Yang Ling's caution is due to professional habits, because as a soldier, he must always be alert enough so that the enemy will not take advantage of the loopholes and cause himself to suffer losses.
Although the Japanese only controlled the larger towns along the highways and railways due to their military strength, and the vast rural areas were still safe, Yang Ling still did not relax his vigilance after moving into unknown villages to hide.
In addition to the open sentries inside and outside the village, he also arranged hidden sentries and mobile sentries about five miles away from Wuming Village. As long as an enemy approaches, they will have enough time to respond.
"What's going on?" Yang Ling quickly pressed the bullet into the magazine and stood up with a serious face.
Yang Dashu was soaked to the skin and his leggings were covered with mud. He ran back from five miles away because today he was a secret sentry arranged by Yang Ling.
"A common man came towards the village, and his behavior was a bit suspicious. I didn't dare to alert him, so I left a brother to keep a close eye on him. I came back immediately." Yang Dashu briefly explained the situation in one breath.
A suspicious commoner? Yang Ling frowned. Because of the war, most of the local people fled, leaving only empty villages. Now a suspicious commoner suddenly appeared. He was either a traitor or a plainclothes Japs.
Yang Ling quickly made a guess.
"Should we transfer immediately?" Lao Yanqiang also looked solemn. No matter whether the people coming here were enemies or friends, they were all in danger of being exposed, so it was safer to transfer immediately.
Yang Ling thought for a moment and then ordered: "Let the brothers prepare for the transfer first, and then decide whether to transfer after the situation becomes clear."
The old smoker nodded, turned around and walked out the door.
"Are you sure there is only one person?" Yang Ling raised his head and asked Yang Dashu.
Yang Dashu nodded: "There is only one person, do you want to arrest him and interrogate him?"
"If you don't want to alert others, you can lead the way and check out the situation first." Yang Ling could not tell whether the person coming was an enemy or a friend, so he was going to check it out in person.
The patter of winter rain made the world a gray place. When he left the warm house, a cold wind hit him, and Yang Ling felt a chill all over his body.
Yang Ling quickly arrived at the entrance of the village, climbed up to the observation hole that the sentry took out on the roof, took out the captured Cao Changjing from the cowhide sheath, held the edge of the observation hole with both hands, and looked towards the entrance of the village.
Cao Changjing is a telescope equipped by the Japanese to low-level non-commissioned officers and corps commanders to facilitate commanding operations. For the Chinese army, this is a rare thing, because only senior generals have the opportunity to be equipped with telescopes.
Yang Dashu watched Yang Ling hold up the Cao Changjing in a decent manner, and was jealous with envy. He thought that he would have to get one sometime, even if he didn't know how to use it, hanging it around his neck would not be impressive.
Yang Ling's eyes continued along the winding muddy path until they landed on a middle-aged man wearing gray-blue cotton clothes.
This man had his hands in his sleeves, walking up and down the dirt road, looking around from time to time, sneaking and cautious, but Yang Ling didn't see any weapons on him. Could he really be a commoner? It was hard for Yang Ling to judge.
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Yang Ling put down the exquisite Cao Changjing, turned to Yang Dashu and told Yang Dashu: "Dashu, take two brothers up to catch him, and pay attention to safety."
"Yes." Yang Dashu responded and immediately called the two brothers to get into the drizzle. Yang Ling turned around again and raised Cao Changjing.
Yang Dashu and the others did not grab him directly from the front, but went around to the side, and then quietly approached.
The middle-aged man in cotton clothes was still sneaking closer to the entrance of the village, stretching his neck to look around cautiously from time to time.
"Don't move! Put your hands up!" Yang Dashu suddenly stood up from the grass and shouted coldly at the middle-aged man while holding up the Sanba Gai.
The middle-aged man was frightened by the sudden cold shout. He turned around and ran away like a frightened rabbit, catching Yang Dashu off guard.
A soldier in charge of the arrest raised his gun and was about to shoot, but was stopped by Yang Dashu: "Don't shoot! Capture them alive!" After saying that, he raised his legs and chased after him.
“Ouch——” The middle-aged man ran too hastily, his soles slipped and he fell into the mud puddle, and he was immediately covered in mud.
The middle-aged man struggled to get up and continue running, but the black muzzle of the gun was already pressed against his head.
"You try to run away again?" Yang Dashu threatened with a gun.
The middle-aged man had a gun pressed against his head, and his face turned pale with fear. He hurriedly bowed and apologized: "Boss, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, boss, I am a good person, don't shoot..." He was afraid that Yang Dashu's gun would go off and kill him.
"What the hell are you doing? Since you are a good person, why the hell are you running away?!" Yang Dashu kicked the middle-aged man.
"Didn't I think you were Japanese..."
"You don't recognize the clothes I'm wearing? You're not a good guy when I see you!" Yang Dashu ordered the two brothers beside him: "Tie me up!"
Soon the middle-aged man was tied up and brought to the village.
The middle-aged man didn't expect that there were so many armed soldiers hiding in the village, and he was so frightened that his face turned white.
Yang Ling sat firmly on the stool, looking up and down at the middle-aged man who was tightly bound.
The middle-aged man was dressed like an ordinary person. He was covered in mud and looked a little embarrassed. His whole body was trembling slightly, and his face showed fear. He probably wasn't pretending. After casually glancing at the middle-aged man, Yang Ling already had it in his heart.
Rough judgment.
"Tell me, what's your name? What's the purpose of coming to the village?" Yang Ling's voice was not loud, but clear enough.
The middle-aged man was complaining in his heart at this moment. He thought he was careful enough, but he didn't expect that he would still fall into the hands of this group of soldiers. Judging from their ragged clothes, they were probably deserters.
In troubled times, soldiers are not as good as bandits, let alone deserters. The middle-aged people's intestines are filled with regrets. They have hid well, why do they have to come back and suffer this crime? If one answer cannot be answered correctly, I am afraid that my life will be lost.
"The battalion commander is asking you something! Hurry up and tell me honestly!" Seeing that the middle-aged man had not said a word for a long time, Yang Dashu suddenly became impatient and stretched out his legs to kick him.
"I said, I will tell you everything." Facing the rude Yang Dashu, the middle-aged man hurriedly said: "My name is Li Abacus, from this village. I fight every day. I was afraid so I found a place to hide. This adventure
There was nothing to eat when I came back, so I wanted to come back and get some food."
Hearing what Li Abacus said, Qin Shou burst out laughing: "I didn't find a grain of rice in the village. What do you want to eat when you come back? I think you are a spy sent by the Japanese!"
Facing the suspicious looks of Yang Ling and others, Li Abacus knew that things could not go well today, so he gritted his teeth and said: "The third house on the left of the village entrance is my house, and there is food in the cellar under the water tank. If you don't believe it, the boss can go and see it.
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Qin Shou looked suspicious. He went into the village to have a hot meal, but he searched the entire village and couldn't find a grain of rice. Did he really miss something? But looking at what this man said, it didn't sound like a lie.
Yang Ling ordered: "Captain Qin, go and have a look."
"If not, I will kill you when I come back -" Qin Shou looked at Li Abacus, said these words viciously and walked out the door.
Soon Qin Shou came back with an embarrassed look on his face, carrying a bag of grain and a few pieces of bacon in his hand.