By this time, the villagers, having already got wind of what was happening, had hid their women and children in the warehouse of the Cooperative Association, while the men took cover in the surrounding woods, prepared for a fight to the death with the islanders.
此時已有風聞的村民，則將婦女和孩童們藏匿在大同拓殖株式會社的倉庫裡，男人們則隱蔽在附近森林中，準備和島民展開殊死鬥。