Ning Jie secretly assigned his guards to the Japs during the march... This was easier to accomplish during the march. For example, if several guards walked slower or arranged their equipment, they would naturally come to the Japs at the end of the team.
, some guards yelled at the troops in front, pretending to urge the troops to speed up, and successfully approached the Japanese in front of the team.
The reason why we use guards instead of commanding subordinates to do this is because all the lower-level officers are Japs.
This is also where the Japanese are smart. They control not only the high-level headquarters but also the military power at the grassroots level.
In fact, the Japanese control policy of the puppet army is usually "pine at the top and tight at the bottom", that is, the high-level command is not strictly monitored, but more emphasis is placed on the control of the grassroots soldiers.
For example, all the soldiers are Chinese, but the commanders above the platoon leader, including the company commander, are all Japs. Some fortifications with few personnel, such as bunkers and gun towers, and even the squad leaders are all Japs.
This approach is of course correct.
Because the Japanese know very well that it is only the lower-level commanders who have the "real power."
There are more than thirty people under the platoon leader, and there are about a hundred people under the company commander. Usually, these soldiers obey the command of the platoon leader and the company commander. They are the commanders who directly give orders to the soldiers and have direct contact with the soldiers.
Battalion commanders and above, including regimental commanders, seem to have greater command authority with higher military ranks. However, as long as the company and platoon commanders of the Japanese-held companies obey the command of the Japanese staff, the battalion and regimental commanders can be elevated to mere commanders at any time.
Because of this, Ning Jie never dared to act rashly from beginning to end, because he was worried that no one would obey the orders he gave, and that the Japanese would take control of the situation, and his life would be in danger.
But Ning Jie also has his own confidants, namely Xiang Li'an, the deputy commander, and his bodyguards.
At this time, Japanese staff officer Shintani Masaichi came closer and said to Ning Jie in half-baked Chinese: "Tuanzuo, yours, Datong has made great contributions, and Dongxiao Village has a big reward!"
As he spoke, he gave Ning Jie a thumbs up.
Ning Jie looked around and saw that the guard company was almost ready, so he stopped pretending: "Xingu Jun, when you said 'big reward', did you mean to wait until we get to Dongxiao Village to disarm us?"
Although Shintani Shoichi cannot speak Chinese clearly, he can still understand it after having worked with the Chinese army for so many years.
His expression changed after hearing this, and his right hand unconsciously touched the tortoise box at his waist, but before he could make a move, Ning Jie had already shouted: "Do it!".
At the same time, he quickly took out the box cannon and pressed it against Shintani Shoichi's chin from bottom to top.
Ning Jie has many years of combat experience. He knows that the chin is the softest part of the head. There is no bone to block it. As soon as the trigger is pulled, the bullet can shoot directly into the target's brain and turn the brain into a ball of paste. The enemy will not
There is no time for any resistance.
At the same time, the guards who had been prepared suddenly took action, using either knives or guns to control all the Japanese in the team.
The soldiers suddenly saw this situation and didn't understand what was going on. They looked at all this in shock and didn't know what to do even though they had guns in their hands.
Shintani Shoichi understood immediately that the matter had been exposed, but he still pretended to be calm and asked: "Danzao, what do you mean? Do you want to rebel?"
Ning Jie didn't bother to talk nonsense with Xingu Zhengyi, so he knocked Xingu Zhengyi to the ground with the handle of his gun. The guards immediately went and tied him up.
Ning Jie turned his attention to Xiang Li'an, who was taking a translator to check the telegrams collected from the Japanese communications corps... What they needed was more conclusive evidence.
Of course, it doesn't matter if there is no evidence. Now that the 23rd Regiment has reached this point, there is no turning back.
If they can't find any evidence, Xiang Li'an and others can just make excuses.
But if there is evidence, then all the soldiers in the regiment can make up their minds and no one will hesitate or even tip off to the Japanese to ask for credit or reward.
Ning Jie had to guard against this, because he knew that some of his subordinates had been seriously brainwashed by the Japanese and were very loyal to the Japanese.
In fact, it cannot be said that he is a "die loyal", this is more like a kind of Stockholm syndrome... because he has witnessed the Japanese's ferocity like beasts with his own eyes, and he is afraid that he will become the target of being brutalized in the future. In this kind of inner fear,
When stimulated, they tried their best to show loyalty to the Japanese in the hope of gaining their trust and thus gaining a sense of security from being harmed.
This feeling is so strong that some people don't feel anything wrong even if they die under the gun of their own compatriots.
Because they think that the best way to die is to die quietly under the gun, which is much better than falling into the hands of the Japanese and dying in pain and torture.
After a while, Xiang Li'an found it as expected. He handed several telegrams to Ning Jie and said: "Regiment leader, we found it. The report from the Japanese and the instructions from the Taiyuan headquarters asked them to go back to Dongxiao Village.
Cooperate with the garrison to disarm us!"
This time I feel settled.
Ning Jie took a look at the telegram, and then shouted loudly to his subordinates who didn't know what was going on: "Brothers, this is a telegram from the Japanese. They want to disarm us in Dongxiao Village!"
The subordinates were in an uproar, and some asked:
"Why?"
"Didn't we perform meritorious service in Datong? Why do we need to disarm?"
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Ning Jie replied: "No reason, because we came out of Datong alive but the Japanese army did not! What do you think the Japanese will think?"
Xiang Li'an added: "The devils thought we escaped alive because we collaborated with the enemy. They want to take advantage of us and kill the chicken to show the monkey!"
The subordinates were stunned for a moment, and then they understood the cause and effect, and then they immediately began to curse:
"Damn it, the Japanese are so inhumane!"
"Do we have to die in battle to make them believe it?"
"There's nothing we can do, it's a dead end anyway!"
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"Brothers!" Ning Jie added, "Thanks to the reminder from the Eighth Route Army this time, otherwise we would have rushed all the way to Dongxiao Village to be unjustly killed. What's more, our family members are also in Datong, so I decided to join the Eighth Route Army.
Are you willing to fight with them in the future?"
"willing!"
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The puppet soldiers responded in unison.
Ning Jie went on to say, "I'm going to say something ugly first. If anyone doesn't want to, you can quit now. I, Ning, will never stop you, but if you still want to do things for the Japanese after joining the Eighth Route Army, don't blame me for not caring about brotherhood."
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"Yes!" the puppet soldiers responded loudly.
If I was still hesitant before, now I am forced to do it by the Japanese.
It's just that the puppet troops, including Ning Jie, didn't know or expect that it was not the Japanese but Wang Xuexin who drove them to Liangshan.