Two of the plainclothes team hiding in the house were killed at the beginning, and the remaining two were also injured. When they heard that grenades were going to be thrown, they were trembling with fear.
"Throw out the gun and come out one by one with your head in your hands!" Wu Changqing shouted coldly.
Soon, several shelled rifles were thrown out of the broken window, and the injured plainclothes team members also walked out one by one.
As soon as they stepped out of the threshold, they were violently pushed to the ground by the guerrilla brothers hiding on both sides. Some brothers took the opportunity to rush into the house with guns.
"There is no one alive inside." The brother who soon finished the search came out to report.
Wu Changqing ordered: "Search carefully and take the person back."
The arrest operation went extremely smoothly. These plainclothes teams without military training usually used guns to scare people. Faced with the guerrilla officers and soldiers who acted cleanly and neatly, they were all arrested quickly.
"Sir, five were killed and six were captured alive." Wu Changqing quickly reported the results to Yang Ling.
Yang Ling thought for a moment and then ordered: "Separate the interrogations immediately to ensure that no fish slip through the net."
The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas took action quickly. They didn't know it until the first trial. They were shocked at the first trial. They didn't expect that there were so many hidden traitors and spies in Zhangjiaji.
Yang Ling and others followed the lead and soon arrested some more hidden enemy agents in many places. From the people who were arrested, they learned that there were plainclothes teams in every village.
"Notify Staff Officer Lei, let the security platoon also participate in the operation, and arrest according to the interrogation list!"
"yes!"
These hidden plainclothes teams underestimated Yang Ling's determination to eradicate them. They thought they would be safe hiding among the people, but Yang Ling had many ways to expose their true colors.
Under Yang Ling's order, the officers and soldiers of the guerrillas attacked everywhere. With insufficient strength, two companies of recruits stationed in Xiaowangzhuang for training also participated in the action.
For a time, every village under the control of the guerrillas was filled with guerrilla officers and soldiers armed with live ammunition. Firefights broke out from time to time, and unidentified outsiders, hidden enemy agents, and traitors were all attacked.
This was the first time for the people in each village to encounter such a large-scale manhunt by the guerrillas, and they were panicked for a while.
However, when they learned that the guerrillas were arresting traitors and plainclothes teams sent by the Japanese, they all applauded and actively participated in the report.
"Reorganize and screen the brothers in the recruit company to prevent enemy agents from sneaking in."
Yang Ling not only launched operations in various villages, but also carried out a cleanup within the guerrillas.
Many traitors who had sneaked in while the guerrillas were recruiting new recruits were not so lucky this time, and were discovered one after another.
In just a few days of purge operation, after carefully screening the arrested people, it was found that the number of traitors and plainclothes teams alone reached more than 100, which was shocking.
If there had not been this purge operation and these enemy agents were allowed to operate, I don't know how serious the consequences would have been. Thinking about it makes people feel scared.
"Sir, what should we do with these arrested people?"
As the purge operation came to an end, how to deal with these arrested people became a new problem, and Wu Changqing, who was in charge of the operation, had to ask Yang Ling for instructions.
"Convene a public trial and execute these traitors and the plainclothes team sent by the Japanese in public!" Yang Ling thought for a while and then ordered.
Upon hearing that Yang Ling was going to deal with so many traitors and enemy agents, staff officer Lei Xiong also took a breath.
"Sir, there are more than a hundred people there. Isn't that too harsh? Why don't we just kill a few to show off? After all, they are all Chinese." Lei Xiong couldn't bear it.
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Yang Ling shook his head: "Since they are seeking glory as traitors and killing our own people, they don't regard themselves as Chinese, so why should we be polite."
"But......"
"Execute the order." Yang Ling interrupted staff officer Lei Xiong and said with a cold face.
"yes!"
Soon, the guerrillas carried out executions against the captured traitors and plainclothes teams at the grain drying field in Zhangjiaji, a populous city.
In order to achieve a deterrent effect, Yang Ling specially invited representatives from each village to come and watch the execution. At the public trial meeting, there was a sea of people, and the crowds were overwhelming.
"Dear fellow villagers, I think everyone knows about the Zhangjiaji murder case. It was committed by these traitors who were seeking glory!"
After hearing what Wu Changqing said, the people watching were all gnashing their teeth and looking angry.
"Kill them!"
"It's so abominable, you can't live without doing evil!"
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Facing the surging people, the plainclothes team members with their hands tied were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were shaking like chaff.
"These bastards have become the minions of the Japanese. They are ruthless and ruthless in their crimes. They run rampant in the countryside and oppress the people. This is intolerable. Chief Yang has ordered that they all be shot!"
In troubled times, heavy codes were used. Yang Ling had been too tolerant of the traitors before, which resulted in the extermination of two families in Zhangjiaji, so he was also angry and decided to shoot all the traitors captured this time.
"What an injustice!"
"We are just helping the imperial army...to pass information to the Japanese. We are not guilty of a crime that will lead to death..."
...
When they heard that they were all going to be shot, the arrested plainclothes teams and the traitors who maintained the association panicked and begged for mercy one after another.
"Bring them up!"
Wu Changqing was too lazy to listen to the begging of these traitors for mercy. He waved his hand and the twenty traitors in the first batch of executions were pulled to the earth platform and knelt down.
"First firing squad, come up!" When the traitors were in place, Wu Changqing ordered the new recruits who were lined up.
Now they were behind enemy lines and lacked weapons and ammunition. To execute so many traitors and enemy agents, a lot of bullets would be wasted, so Yang Ling directly asked the recruits to execute them with bayonets.
The new recruits are now wearing uniform gray military uniforms. Yang Ling and others have almost bought up all the gray cloth in nearby areas. With the assistance of the Women's Committee, the first batch of two hundred sets of military uniforms has been sewn and distributed to the troops.
Although it is not as formal as the military uniforms made in the quilt factory, it still looks like it.
More than 20 new recruits walked out of the team under the shouts of key veteran officers and stood behind these traitors.
The recruits have only been wearing military uniforms for a week. Although they have practiced assassination, they are still a little frightened when facing living people.
"Fix the bayonet!" the officer ordered coldly.
The recruits tremblingly pulled out the bayonets from the bayonet scabbards on their waists, and then installed the bayonet holders. Their trembling hands showed the fear in their hearts at this moment.
"Raise the gun!"
"prick!"
Under the cold and stern eyes of the officers, the recruit Li Dequan, whose family had been silenced, shouted angrily, and the bayonet pierced the body of a traitor with a pop, and the bloody tip emerged from the traitor's chest.
"ah!"
The traitor was screaming in pain, and the onlookers were also screaming in fear. Many people turned away and did not dare to look at this bloody scene.
"prick!"
Seeing that many recruits were still reluctant to take action, the officer shouted coldly again.
Facing the stern officers, the executioners finally stabbed out their bayonets.
But he was too nervous, and the bayonet just poked a hole. The traitors screamed in pain, and the veterans had to step forward to repair the wound.
The recruits all turned pale, and some couldn't help but vomited at the smell of blood, while the traitors' faces were ashen.
"Whoever dares to be a traitor and harm our Chinese people in the future, this will be the fate!"
Facing the traitors who died under bayonets, Wu Changqing looked around at a group of onlookers and warned them loudly.