On the road from Tumen County to Wangqing County, a Japanese convoy was speeding along.
Two hours ago, the Lin Agency suddenly received information that the liaison officer sent by the Manchuria Provincial Committee to contact the New Regiment would disguise himself as a ginseng harvester and go to Baicaogou in Wangqing County to collect wild ginseng! After receiving the news,
Asaburo Kobayashi quickly ordered the gendarmerie from Wangqing County to go to Baicaogou to arrest the people, while driving to Wangqing County.
Almost at the same time, Tetsuto Kawamoto, captain of the Japanese military police stationed in Wangqing County, had already led a squadron of Japanese military police to Baicaogou to arrest people.
Baicaogou is located more than 20 miles southeast of Wangqing County. It is a small village with only about 20 households. In addition to farming, these 20 households also collect ginseng and hunt in their spare time, so every household has a shotgun.
The young people in the village are all excellent hunters.
At this time of year, the farm work in the fields has basically been completed, so the young people in the village are preparing to go into the mountains to hunt and collect wild ginseng and other things.
Xiu Gu got up early, prepared a large bag of dry food, and reluctantly sent A Kun to the entrance of the village.
Akun's full name is Zheng Bingkun. He is a well-known good hunter from all over the country. Last spring, he went into the mountains alone and hunted a hungry adult black bear. At that time, it caused a sensation in the entire Wangqing County! By the way, the Zheng family has been practicing martial arts for generations.
, it is said that during the Xianfeng period, our ancestors also won the martial arts examination, and then ended up living in Wangqing County for unknown reasons.
As for Xiugu, she is Zheng Bingkun’s wife. The two of them just got married less than half a month ago.
They were married for less than half a month, and the two of them were very close to each other. Naturally, Xiugu didn't want Akun to go hunting in the mountains at this time. Not to mention the danger, they had to be separated for a while, but after all, there were twenty people in Baicaogou.
There are many families, and if Auntie Xiu bothers to prevent Akun from going hunting in the mountains, she will inevitably be teased by her fellow villagers.
So no matter how reluctant she was to give up, Xiugu could only send Akun to the mountains to hunt.
A Kun was actually reluctant to leave his newlywed wife. As he walked away, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, I will come back early, no matter whether I can catch prey or not, it will only be three days at most."
"No," Xiugu said softly, "if you come back early, the folks will laugh at you."
"Just let them laugh." A Kun said with a smile, "I don't care anyway."
"You don't care, I do." Xiu Gu said with a smile on her face, "I don't want to be called a vixen."
"What happened to the vixen? Vixens are good. They are both beautiful and charming." A Kun said with a low smile, "I like vixens like this. They are just jealous that I have a beautiful wife."
"The appearance of death." Xiu Gu poked her finger on A Kun's forehead and said angrily, "See what you can do."
The two of them were very sticky and seemed to have endless things to say. The young hunters from the same village who had been waiting at the head of the village started to make noises.
"Akun, are you reluctant to part with your new wife?"
"If you can't bear it, don't give it up this time."
"Yes, you should stay at home and watch over your wife."
"If I want to have such a beautiful wife, I will be at home watching over her every day."
Amid the laughter of his friends, Zheng Bingkun finally took the bag of dry food from Xiugu, and then joined the team with a shotgun on his back. Soon, this team of hunters, composed of more than a dozen strong young men, entered the deep mountains.
, but Xiugu stood at the entrance of the village and watched her lover go away, unwilling to go home for a long time.
At this time, two people dressed as druggists quietly entered Baicaogou.
One of the two drug dealers was a little older, probably in his early forties, and the other was a strong young man. When he entered the village from the entrance, the young man subconsciously glanced at Xiu Gu several times.
After the hunters left, Baicaogou quickly calmed down.
However, such calm did not last long. Near noon, a group of Japanese soldiers with live ammunition suddenly appeared in Baicaogou. After entering the village, these Japanese soldiers drove all the men, women, old and young in the village away without any explanation.
When we arrived at the sunbathing field at the entrance of the village, Xiugu was the exception.
The military police captain of Wangqing County, Kawamoto Tetsuto, saw Xiu Gu as soon as he entered the village. He was immediately shocked. Then he asked his adjutant to lead people to arrest Xiu Gu and lock her up alone. Kawamoto Tetsuto wanted to finish it first.
Then he committed adultery with Xiu Gu. After all, Asaburo Kobayashi gave him a death order and must catch the CCP's contact person.
More than fifty villagers in Baicao Village were all driven to the sun drying field at the entrance of the village, including the two drug dealers. Fortunately, the clothes of those two drug dealers were not very outstanding. In addition, the Japanese military police who surrounded the village also
I couldn't tell the difference between Chinese clothing, so I didn't recognize the two drug dealers at a glance.
These two drug dealers were liaisons sent by the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. They were originally planning to go directly to Hunchun County, but on the way they discovered that the Japs had implemented comprehensive martial law in Hunchun and surrounding counties, and they did not have good citizen certificates or letters of introduction.
, simply could not pass the Japanese checkpoints, and they did not dare to go and pick them up in the deep mountains and old forests, so they could only ask the New Regiment to send people to come to Baicao Village in Wangqing County to meet. Unexpectedly, the news was leaked and they were trapped here.
Among these two people, the one in his early forties is Ge Qing, the liaison officer assigned by the provincial party committee, and the one who looks to be in his early twenties is Ge Qing's bodyguard Xiao Lie.
Xiao Lie said in a low voice: "Secretary Ge, the siege of the Japs is not too tight. There is still a chance to break out now. How about we break out quickly?"
After a slight pause, Xiao Lie continued: "In this situation, the fortress may not be able to cover it."
"We can't break out." Ge Qing shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The devils are more cunning than you think. Only some of them surrounded the village. There are more little devils lurking in the woods outside the village. We
If we break out of the encirclement, we will immediately fall into the Japanese trap, but if we don't break out of the encirclement, we will at least have a chance."
Ge Qing is talking about a glimmer of opportunity, not a glimmer of hope. As a party member, and an underground party member working on the secret front, since joining the organization, he has put his personal life and death aside, so he doesn't care about his own life or death. The only thing he cares about is
What matters is whether you can complete the tasks assigned to you by the organization.
Xiao Lie asked in a low voice: "Secretary Ge, are you talking about Xinyi Tuan?"
"Yes." Ge Qing nodded, "The new regiment has sent people to pick us up."
While the two were talking, the Japanese had already set up a machine gun on the drying ground. Kawamoto Zhejiang, carrying a saber, walked to the queue of villagers and stood in front of him. He said in blunt Chinese: "The imperial army has just received news that there are two underground members of the Chinese Communist Party."
The party pretended to be ginseng collectors and sneaked into Baihuagou. These two underground parties of the Chinese Communist Party are very important to the imperial army."
After a pause, Kawamoto continued: "Now, please hand over these two ginseng collectors!"
There were whispers in the crowd immediately, but no one stepped forward to identify Ge Qing and Xiao Lie. Firstly, it was because Ge Qing and the others had not harvested wild ginseng, so the villagers did not know that the two of them were.
Participating in business, secondly, most of the folks who come to the Northeast are very loyal. Even if they know that they are participating in business, they will not tell them.
The reputation of the Communist Party in the three northeastern provinces has always been good. After the New Regiment's blitzkrieg at Fengtian, its reputation became even better. At first, the officers and soldiers of the New Regiment would rather die at the gunpoint of the Japanese than shoot at the common people! Such a unit
, Such a party is the army that truly works for the people, and the party that truly thinks about the people!
The Communist Party is helping them fight the Japanese, so how can they be unconscionable and help the Japanese identify underground party members?
There was total silence among the more than fifty villagers on the drying ground, and no one came forward to identify Ge Qing and the two.
But Tetsuto Kawamoto was not a good-tempered person, not to mention that he was eager to violate Xiugu. He immediately said: "If you are unwilling to cooperate, then we can only deal with it according to the rules of the imperial army!"
After saying that, Tetsuto Kawamoto glanced at the crowd, and then pointed at a young woman holding a baby.
Immediately, two Japanese soldiers carrying 38 big covers rushed into the crowd and dragged the young woman out. They also took the baby from the young woman's hands and placed it on the stone roller on the north side of the drying area.
"My child, my child." The young woman immediately screamed heartbreakingly.
The more than 50 fellow villagers lined up in the sunbathing field instantly became red-eyed. The Japanese are really vicious!
But Kawamoto Tetsuo was not moved at all, and said with a ferocious smile: "Listen, I will only give you one minute. If you don't hand over those two underground members of the Chinese Communist Party who are pretending to be involved in business within one minute, I will crush them to death."
This child, then, I will execute one of you every minute until you are all executed!"
More than fifty villagers lined up in the drying field began to whisper again.
Ge Qing realized something was wrong and said to Xiao Lie: "Xiao Lie, you must remember every word I say now, No. 26 Heixiazi Hutong, Hunchun County, No. 11 Maoer Hutong, Tumen County, Yanji
At Huaxing Pharmaceutical Store, No. 19, Yanji Street, County, the contact signaled that someone was coming from my hometown, and the other party replied that there was no one in my hometown anymore..."
Xiao Lie said: "Secretary Ge, these are all secrets. What do you tell me to do?"
Ge Qing said: "Stop talking and quickly remember what I said in your mind. Don't remember a single word wrong!"
When the two of them were talking, Kawamoto Tetsuto also kept talking: "Think about it carefully, should you let your relatives die, or should you let someone who has nothing to do with you die?" After saying this, Kawamoto paused.
The philosopher added, "I'm going to start timing now. You still have fifty-seven seconds!"
One minute passed quickly. Seeing that no one came forward, Kawamoto Tetsuto immediately became angry and shouted: "Come here, crush that child to death!"
Even then, two Japanese soldiers pushed a stone roller weighing several hundred kilograms and rolled it over the infant.
The child's mother fainted immediately upon seeing this. At the critical moment, Ge Qing finally stood up and shouted: "Stop it, I am the person you are looking for!"