Longling Village is a large village southwest of Yangquan. It not only has more than 800 people, but also covers 3,000 acres of fertile land around it, and is no less than a town in many places.

The Japanese attach great importance to the grain production capacity here and specially built a stronghold here to control Longling Village and seven or eight surrounding villages.

Originally, the stronghold was stationed with a Japanese infantry squad and a company of the puppet army. In order to concentrate superior forces against the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army almost drained all the mobile troops in Yangquan, resulting in only one Japanese combat squad and one company of the puppet army left at the stronghold.

The garrison troops were less powerful, and according to reason, the Japanese and puppet troops should have defended their strongholds and kept their doors away, but the brigade command did not give them this opportunity.

The 400,000 kilograms of grain collection task was like a huge rock that weighed on their hearts.

There are eight villages of all sizes controlled by the stronghold, with a total population of more than 6,000 people and a land area of ​​more than 13,000 mu. It should not be difficult to raise 400,000 kilograms of grain. On average, only 30 kilograms of grain will be enough for one mu of land.

This is not the case: after the grain collection comes, the base must leave some spares to deal with possible emergencies.

The Chinese who collected grain from each village for the Imperial Army must also deduct a part of it as a reward for their efforts to give the Imperial Army.

After the food is delivered to the county town, the garrison must leave some spares, and also take out some of the food to feed the spies and intelligence officers in the county except the troops... At the same time, the benefits of officials at all levels must not be missing...

After layering up, the 400,000 kilograms of grain collection task was directly turned into 800,000 kilograms. On average, more than 60 kilograms of grain were collected per mu of land to meet the requirements.

As the saying goes, when geese pluck their hair, the Japanese squad leader stationed at the stronghold did not want to miss this opportunity to get benefits. He just opened his mouth and set the collection standard to 80 kilograms of grain per acre of land.

As soon as the autumn harvest ended, the Japanese and puppet troops left behind the stronghold began to take action separately and rushed to various villages to collect grain.

As for safety, the garrison command made it very clear.

The only enemies of the Yangquan Garrison were the National Salvation Army and the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The National Salvation Army was blocked by the blockade line in Xiyanghe, and even if you put wings on, you would not be able to enter Yangquan.

The Eighth Route Army's Yangquan Independent Regiment was attacked by a strengthening brigade of the Imperial Army, and the base may be captured at any time, and even self-protection is a problem, let alone sending troops to the Imperial Army-occupied area to fight.

Therefore, there are no enemies around the stronghold, and there is no danger. They can enter the village to collect food with confidence.

As soon as dawn was dawn, two platoons of puppet troops and six Japanese soldiers broke out of the village.

Every puppet army was very excited, as if they were hit by a pie falling from the sky, and they were full of expectations for today's grain collection task.

Although the team leader raised the grain collection standard from more than 60 kilograms to eighty kilograms, which could bring a lot of benefits to the stronghold, those benefits were all for the Japanese and officers, and it was not their turn to ordinary soldiers.

If they want to take the opportunity to get benefits, they can only find a way for themselves, and being ordered to enter the village to collect grain is their opportunity to make money openly.

Within the defense area? Except for Longling Village? Any nearby village has more than 1,000 acres of land. Do a little trick when collecting grain scales? One acre of land weighs five kilograms of grain? A village can collect more than 6,700 kilograms of millet, equivalent to 60,700 kilograms of millet? Every soldier participating in today's operation can divide a piece of ocean, which is worth half a month's military salary.

The village they are going to today has 1,800 acres of land? If it is a little more cruel, it will be levied for each acre of land. Every soldier who participated in the operation today can get two oceans of benefits. How could he be unhappy?

The Japanese and puppet troops arrived at the village at 10 o'clock in the morning, and many ordinary people were carrying grain to wait at the entrance of the village? A look of bitterness and revenge.

This is not because the villagers are so conscious? They take the initiative to hand over food to the Japanese and puppet troops, but there is no way.

One mu of land can harvest 80 kilograms of grain, and for high-quality fertile fields that produce more than 180 kilograms of millet, there are still about 100 kilograms of grain left. If the per capita land is three mu per capita, it will be enough for everyone to survive until next year's autumn harvest.

But among the more than 1,000 acres of land in the village, only one-third of the high-quality fertile land? And most of them are concentrated in the hands of landlords, so it would be nice for ordinary people to have two acres of land that are almost the same.

Such land can only collect 140 or 50 kilograms of millet per acre.

The Japanese collect eighty kilograms of millet per mu of land? Based on the per capita land of two mu, everyone can only have 130 to 40 kilograms of millet left? No matter how much they save, they will not be able to sustain the autumn harvest next year.

But the Japanese have guns in their hands. If they don’t hand over the food, their lives will be gone.

In order to survive? Everyone can only compromise? First hand over the food and escape the disaster.

As for shortage of food, at most, you can replace millet with miscellaneous grains and find more wild vegetables to eat, which will definitely last longer.

"Sir, my family has seven acres of land and I have paid 560 kilograms of grain. They are all here!" An honest middle-aged man walked to the puppet army, feeling heartbroken but unwilling to say it.

"Scale him..." The puppet army squad leader ordered the soldiers behind.

Six bags of grain were weighed in just one minute. A puppet army walked to the squad leader's ear and whispered a few words. Then he saw the puppet army slapped the table hard, and then scolded: "Bastard... you actually tricked the imperial army into the head. The food I just sent was obviously only 500 kilograms, but there were 560 kilograms..."

"Go back immediately and carry another 60 kilograms of grain. Otherwise, if I tell Taijun a while, it will not be a problem with 60 kilograms of grain. Taijun starts to get angry and asks you that you have to give it to 100 kilograms of grain, otherwise they will catch people directly!"

The man panicked when he heard this. He weighed the 560 kilograms of millet at home several times. It was impossible to lose weight. He subconsciously refuted: "This is impossible... Sir, are you mistaken? I have weighed all these grains at home!"

The squad leader of the puppet army did not hear it, and cursed impatiently: "Do you think we are all blind? You can't even look at scales. I said that if you lose 60 kilograms of millet, you will lose 60 kilograms of millet. Don't talk nonsense here, blocking others' path."

"Go back and carry the food immediately. If you come back late, I will report to Taijun. Then your family will have to replenish at least 100 kilograms of food..."

Hearing this, the fool also understood what was going on.

The old man had handed over 560 kilograms of grain just now, but Ergouzi, who weighed the grain, wanted to take the opportunity to get the benefits, so he deliberately said that there was not enough food.

With a "puzzle...", a middle-aged man of seven feet tall knelt directly in front of the puppet army squad leader.

"Sir, my family really has no food. If we pay another 60 kilograms of food, we will have nothing to eat! You are proud of yourself and let us go!"

The man was telling the truth, and his family planted seven acres of his own land and five acres of landlords' home.

The land harvest at home is not good, with an average yield of 140 kilograms of millet per mu. The grain tax paid today was reduced, and only 420 kilograms of food left.

Although the landlord's land harvest is good, the average yield per mu is 180 kilograms, but after deducting the grain tax and rent, only 40 kilograms of millet are left per mu.

The whole family worked hard and collected only 620 kilograms of food for the whole year.

There are five people in the family, and all 620 kilograms of food are replaced with miscellaneous grains. It is difficult to keep up until next autumn harvest with wild vegetables. If you give the Japanese another 60 kilograms of millet, it is equivalent to handing over the family's food for a month. How can you survive at that time?

The puppet army ignored these things and cursed coldly: "I am only responsible for collecting grain. No matter these messy things, I will go back and carry the grain immediately, otherwise 60 kilograms of millet will immediately turn into 100 kilograms...the next..."

The people next to them also became nervous, and they silently calculated how much food they would have to replenish in a while...

By 6:00 pm, more than 100,000 kilograms of grain were collected.

Today I had no time to deliver the food to the stronghold. The Japanese led the team leader Cao to decide to rest in the village for one night and to deliver the food to the stronghold tomorrow morning!

The puppet army occupied a yard of the landlord's house. Every soldier was very happy and asked the landlord's house to prepare a few jars of good wine to celebrate in the evening.

Because they can get at least two oceans of benefits in today's grain collection, the officers doubled.

The deputy company commander of the puppet army led the team to discuss with the landlords in the village and sell him more than 10,000 kilograms of grain he had collected today at the market price, and the harvested ocean will be distributed early tomorrow morning.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the landlords' compound, which had been lively for a day, was completely quiet.

Except for the ten puppet troops on duty, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops were all drunk.

The puppet troops on duty were divided into two groups, one group was responsible for the first midnight and the other group was responsible for the second midnight. Two puppet troops were guarding the gate of the courtyard, and three puppet troops stood on the pile of grain, staring at the surroundings from a high place.

On the small road one kilometer across the village, nearly fifty national-savior soldiers wearing puppet army uniforms were advancing quickly, pointing to the village where the Japanese and puppet troops were located.

They were the operation team sent by the Second Company of the National Salvation Army. The deputy company commander personally led the team, equipped with a mortar, a heavy machine gun, two grenade launchers, three light machine guns, and one 38-large cover for infantry.

Two days ago, I entered Yangquan through the blockade line and hid in the nearby mountains and stood by. Last night, I met with nearby underground party intelligence officers.

At this moment, two underground parties were leading the way, nervous and excited.

Because the deputy company commander promised them before departure that all the spoils seized by the operation team in Yangquan would be divided into part of them, and they had the final say on how to do so, which could not only further strengthen the underground party's intelligence forces in the local area, but also form a guerrilla team...

"Deputy Company Commander Zhang, we are in the village ahead. The Japanese and puppet troops and the food collected by the day were all in the yard of the landlord's house..." The team went forward five or six hundred meters, and an intelligence officer who came to pick him up ran over to report.

"How is the vigilance of the Japanese and puppet troops?" Deputy Company Commander Zhang asked immediately.

"Very bad!" the intelligence officer replied.

"I asked two fellow villagers who cooked for the puppet army. The Japanese and puppet army seemed to be celebrating something. Except for a few people on duty who didn't drink, everyone else was drunk!"

"God helps me too..." The deputy company commander was excited and decisively asked the troops to stop, and then summoned all the squad leaders to give orders.

"The heavy machine gun team blocks the entrance of the village, and the mortar team blocks the end of the village. After the battle begins, no one can leave the village!"

"The grenade launcher team and squad one guarded the village. The two and three squads and two squads attacked the landlords' courtyard with me. The devils were all eliminated. The puppet army could capture them if they could. If they could not, they would kill them directly and end the battle within ten minutes."
Chapter completed!