Li Abacus knew everything about the situation in the village and dispelled everyone's doubts about him, but Yang Ling was especially worried. Although Li Abacus confirmed that he was from the village, there was no guarantee that he had surrendered to the Japanese and became a traitor.
Yang Ling needs to know that the Japanese have been spying on China for a long time, and the spies of the Special High School are even more pervasive. They have bribed many traitors in vast areas of China in recent years.
During the Battle of Songhu, these bribed traitors used mirrors on the ground to guide the Japanese planes to bomb the Chinese army and important facilities. They also acted as guides to cooperate with the Japanese plainclothes teams in their actions, causing the Chinese army to be attacked from both sides and suffer heavy losses.
"Untie the rope for him." Lao Yanqiang did not expect Yang Ling to be so far-reaching. Seeing that Li Abacus knew the village thoroughly, he had already given up his doubts about him.
"Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss." Li Abacus heard Lao Yanqiang's words, and his heart finally fell to the ground. Seeing that the tattered clothes of this group of soldiers were stained with blood, they probably ran away from the army.
A deserter, I clearly remember that a neighboring village was looted by a group of deserters, and many people died.
Although the group of soldiers in front of him seemed quite polite, for the sake of safety, he thought about finding an opportunity to leave as soon as possible to save his life.
"Wait a minute." Just as Qin Shou stepped forward to untie Li Abacus, Yang Ling's words made Li Abacus's heart rise to his throat again.
Yang Ling looked directly at Li Abacus with an aggressive gaze: "I have one last question for you."
Li Abacus suddenly felt distressed, wondering why there were so many questions, and hurriedly said: "Sir, I have said everything I should say, why don't you believe me? I didn't lie to you, I really belong to this village.
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Yang Ling waved his hand to interrupt Li Abacus's cry: "I know you are from this village, but I am very curious. Everyone in this war-torn village has fled, why didn't you flee?"
Lao Yanqiang also reacted, pointed at Li Abacus and asked: "Damn, you almost deceived me, did you want to stay and become a traitor? Or have you been bribed by the Japanese?"
Li Abacus is really complaining now. This group of soldiers is too difficult to resist. He knows that if he doesn't explain the matter clearly today, it will be difficult for him to get out of this room.
He sighed heavily and said: "Sirs, can I ask you a question before I answer? Otherwise, I will kill you and not say anything."
"Hey, I said you can still bargain, believe it or not, I will kill you now -" Qin Shou pretended to take out the shell gun hanging on his waist.
Facing Qin Shou's gun, Li Abacus, who was trembling with fear just now, suddenly became brave and said with a sideways expression on his neck: "I won't say anything even if you kill him."
Li Abacus's words made Qin Shou so angry that his nose was crooked. Thinking that you are a bitch and a traitor, why don't I dare to kill you? So he took out the shell gun and put it on Li Abacus' head.
"Captain Qin, put your gun away." Yang Ling waved his hand and said, "Li Abacus, right? If you have any questions, just ask. I will definitely answer you if I know."
Seeing Yang Ling's words, Qin Shou angrily moved the muzzle of the rifle away slightly, but did not put it in the holster, but kept it in the firing state.
Li Abacus gritted his teeth: "Sir, I would like to ask if you are a team fighting the Japanese or... deserters..." When he asked this question, he was already prepared to be shot.
, if this group of people were really deserters, they would not have said a word even if they were beaten to death.
Li Abacus' words stunned everyone in the room, as they did not expect that he would ask such an unexpected question.
"You're the fucking deserter," Qin Shou quickly realized and cursed angrily, opened the wound on his own body and said, "Did you see, this is the wound from fighting the Japanese a few days ago."
Yang Ling smiled and thought that Li Abacus didn't trust them after thinking for a long time. He sat upright and said loudly to Li Abacus: "We are from the supplementary regiment of the 174th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. We have just retreated from Shanghai. We are a serious team to fight against the Japanese."
, I am the battalion commander Yang Ling, these are my brothers, but we were scattered by the Japanese, so we hid in the village, we are not deserters."
"Are you really not deserters? Are you a team fighting against Japanese invaders?"
Yang Ling smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, you can see the guns in our hands. They were all captured while fighting the Japanese."
Li Abacus didn't know the difference between the guns of the National Revolutionary Army and the guns of the Japanese, but when he saw that Yang Ling looked serious and didn't look like he was telling lies, he finally felt relieved.
"Hey, if you didn't say you were a team fighting Japanese invaders earlier, I would have thought you were deserters." Li Abacus' expression relaxed.
Yang Ling never expected that Li Abacus, who had been hesitating for a long time, was actually afraid of deserters. After all, deserters were shady people, and most of the time they would do extreme things if they were worried about being reported, caught, and shot.
"Then can you answer my question now? Why did you stay instead of fleeing with the villagers?"
"Our ancestors have been making a living here for generations. How can we just leave? Not only me, but also many people in the village have not left. They are all hiding in the nearby woods." Li Abacus put aside his worries about Yang Ling and the others and started talking.
Naturally, there is no scruple anymore.
"You mean there are still many people hiding nearby?"
"Isn't that right? I've been hiding for several days. I'm not allowed to go back to the village to check the situation. Who would have thought that I would be kidnapped by you before I even entered the village."
In order to verify Li Abacus's statement, Yang Ling asked Lao Yanqiang and Qin Shou to lead people to follow Li Abacus to find someone. Sure enough, more than 30 villagers soon returned to the village one after another, allowing Yang Ling to dispel his doubts about Li Abacus.
When these villagers heard that Yang Ling and the others were their own troops who had withdrawn from Shanghai to fight the Japanese, they immediately enthusiastically took out all the food and meat they had hidden everywhere, and lit a fire to cook, so that Yang Ling and the others could have a hot meal.
Treat them with rice.
Seeing the villagers pulling out food from everywhere like magic tricks, Qin Shou, the company commander who once turned the village upside down without finding anything, was stunned: "Damn, it's so deep."
"That's because you are such a waste..." Yang Dashu passed by with a bundle of firewood in his arms.
Qin Shou suddenly became furious: "No, you stupid guy, who are you calling useless?"
Yang Dashu was too lazy to talk to him, leaving Qin Shou with his broad back.
"Captain Qin, call a few brothers and let's go investigate the enemy's situation." At this time, Yang Ling came out of the house fully armed, followed by Li Abacus.
Yang Ling and the others were not familiar with the surrounding situation and did not dare to act rashly, but things were different now. Li Abacus, a local who knew the local area thoroughly, volunteered to be Yang Ling's guide.
So Yang Ling immediately decided to go out and explore the area before dark to see if he could find the enemy's weak spot before killing him.