The guerrillas settled down and hid in Yangjiawan, dozens of miles away from Qinghe Town. The Japanese Captain Kasai Sadao sent a detective team to search everywhere but to no avail.
After all, as long as the guerrillas don't appear in Qinghe Town, he will have nothing to worry about and he will be happy and free.
It seems that the grain has been harvested, so these days the Japanese captain Kasai Sadao is busy organizing grain requisition teams to go to the countryside to collect grain.
Although the Japanese have a complete industrial system, they are still a small island country with limited resources.
Originally they thought of a quick victory and destroy China within three months, but they underestimated the Chinese people's tenacious will to resist. The Battle of Songhu alone lasted three months, completely defeating the Japanese conspiracy.
In the several large-scale battles that followed, although the Chinese troops were still defeated and the Japanese occupied large areas of China, the Japanese were mired in the quagmire of war and the consumption of various resources could no longer keep up.
They are now not only plundering coal, iron and other resources from China, but shipping them back to China every day to make weapons and ammunition, they are also plundering food and other resources in the occupied areas to make up for the consumption on the frontline battlefield.
Qinghe Town is located in the Huaihe River area. It has been a land of plenty since ancient times, so it has naturally become a key area for the Japanese to collect grain.
The grain collection task assigned to Qinghe Town this time is over one million kilograms. Those landlords, rich households and devils want to win over, and they will definitely not collect it from them.
Therefore, in the end, these millions of kilograms of grain had to be collected from the people of more than ten villages under Qinghe Town. Whether the grain collection task could be successfully completed was also related to the promotion evaluation of Japanese Captain Kasai Sadao.
"We want to build a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, but now the Chongqing Army is still resisting, and the Imperial Army on the frontline is still fighting bloody battles. You... cannot just sit back and watch, but you must also do your part for the Co-Prosperity Sphere, and do more for
The imperial army collected food to defeat the Chongqing army and establish a new order as soon as possible. Do you...understand?
In the lobby of the Japanese Guard Squadron in Qinghe Town, all the prominent figures in Qinghe Town were present, and the Japanese Captain Kasai Sadao began to instill in them the idea of the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
"I understand, I understand, we can't go to the battlefield to fight, but we can still do it by collecting some food."
Liu Liang, a wealthy local man from Xiaowangzhuang, had his house confiscated by Yang Ling and others and fled to Qinghe Town. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. The Japanese were also very smart and immediately appointed him as the vice president of the maintenance committee.
From a small rich man in the countryside who no one cared about, he suddenly became the vice president of the entire Qinghe Town Maintenance Association. It was like a chicken turning into a phoenix, which made Liu Liang expand rapidly.
Of course, he also knew that his current identity and status were all given by the Japanese, so he devoted his life to the Japanese.
"Yours, a great good citizen." Seeing Liu Liang being so kind, the Japanese captain Kasai Sadao certainly did not hesitate to praise him.
When the rich and prominent people around him saw Liu Liang being praised, they naturally would not let go of this opportunity to flatter him and spoke one after another.
"Taijun, I will take care of the grain collection. I promise to complete the grain collection on time and in quantity."
"Taijun, leave Zhangjiaji to me. A grain of grain is absolutely indispensable..."
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"Your contribution is indispensable." Seeing these prominent wealthy figures actively participating, Japanese Captain Kasai Sadao also nodded with satisfaction.
"I will send people to assist you. Anyone who refuses to pay food for the imperial army is a bad person and will die!" Kasai Sadao said and made a beheading gesture.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
When they heard that Kasai Sadao would send people to assist them, the wealthy and prominent figures in the association expressed their gratitude one after another.
"This is the amount of grain collected from each village. You can go and collect grain. You must collect it within a week. Otherwise, you will get no credit but you will be punished!"
After speaking, Japanese Captain Kasai Sadao distributed the amount of food requisition to these people and gave them a reminder.
The Japanese were extremely vicious when they were fighting on the front lines with the Chinese troops, but now they are pretending to be amiable in the occupied areas.
Firstly, it wanted to paralyze the people in the occupied areas and make them lose the power to resist. Secondly, it also wanted to ease conflicts and facilitate the collection of more food and other resources.
Regarding the matter of collecting grain, the Japanese were unwilling to personally come forward and asked the wealthy households and prominent figures in the Maintenance Association to collect the grain.
After all, these lackeys all speak Chinese, which makes it easier for them to communicate with the people. Once something happens, they can also intervene as mediators to cover up their appearance as invaders.
After receiving the task of collecting food, these people who maintained the association immediately started taking action without stopping.
As the vice president of the maintenance committee, Liu Liang has not done much since he took office, so he does not want to miss the opportunity to perform this time.
He personally led a team of grain collectors and went straight to Xiaowangzhuang. He was familiar with Xiaowangzhuang, and he knew very well how much land and grain each household had.
The grain that the common people have worked so hard to grow has to be handed over to the Japanese. The common people are not willing to do so, so they often refuse to hand over the grain.
Therefore, in Liu Liang's food requisition team, in addition to one squad of puppet troops, there were also thirteen Japanese soldiers holding the line as a deterrent.
"Woof woof woof——"
Before Liu Liang and his party entered Xiaowangzhuang, a group of dogs from Xiaowangzhuang rushed out and barked at the food collection team.
"Snapped!"
A Japanese soldier saw a group of dogs rushing out. Without saying a word, he pulled the bolt of the gun, raised his hand and fired.
"Woooo..."
The Japanese soldier's marksmanship was accurate, and the bullet penetrated the body of a dog. The dog immediately whimpered and fell down, scaring the other dogs and fleeing in all directions.
"Yours, drag the dog's back, and ours will eat meat."
The Japanese soldier put away his gun and gave orders to a puppet soldier beside him.
"Yes Yes!"
This puppet soldier was so frightened by the Japanese's superb marksmanship that he hurriedly ran over to the bloody dog, dragged it back, and put it on the cart carrying food.
"Taijun, your marksmanship is so good." Captain Liu Liang, who came to Xiaowangzhuang to collect food, also gave the Japanese a thumbs up, which made the Japanese very proud.
"The devil, the devil is here!"
The gunshots outside Xiaowangzhuang alerted the villagers who were making fire for cooking. Some people poked their heads out and saw that they were a group of Japanese. They were immediately frightened.
The leader of the Japs squad saw someone running into Xiaowangzhuang shouting. With a wave of his hand, the Japs behind him split into two and chased after him.
"Run quickly, run quickly."
The villagers had a natural fear of the ferocious Japanese, and they stopped eating.
They gathered their belongings and ran towards the other end of Xiaowangzhuang in a panic, preparing to go out and hide. The whole Xiaowangzhuang was in a panic.
But when the noisy villagers ran to the other end of Xiaowangzhuang, they found that at some point, several fierce-looking Japanese soldiers were already standing at the exit at the other end.
The cold gleaming bayonets in the hands of these Japanese soldiers scared the villagers of Xiaowangzhuang to death.