While the garrison was in full swing conducting military training, the Japanese and puppet troops were not idle either.
As the blockade trenches and blockade walls extend gradually toward the hinterland of the base, three new blockade areas have begun to take shape.
It is certain that it will not take long for the Japanese and puppet troops to launch a sweep of the new blockade area.
The old blockade area did not calm down because of the withdrawal of the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese army wanted to build this area into an occupied area. The first priority was to overthrow the original base area management organization and support a group of traitorous spies who obeyed their orders to manage this blockade area.
At the Guanshan Town stronghold, Captain Yoshida was retained and became the top commander of the stronghold.
The garrison of more than 500 people sent out nearly 300 people, and the remaining 200 people were in their own hands and stationed in Guanshan Town.
Last night, a group of mysterious people entered the stronghold and were warmly received by Captain Yoshida.
They are all Chinese, but they defected to the Japs and became spies and traitors that everyone shouted to beat.
Before coming to Guanshan Town, they served as presidents and vice presidents of maintenance committees in other areas occupied by the Japanese army. They acted as minions and pawns of the Japanese, assisting them in managing the occupied areas and oppressing the people.
Because of their "outstanding political achievements", they were deeply trusted by the Japanese and were transferred to Guanshan Town to manage this new occupied area.
They all look forward to taking office soon.
For them, the earlier they take office, the more benefits they will reap.
They set off at dawn the next day. Each person took three escorts, two were puppet troops reinforced by Captain Yoshida, and one was a spy they brought from the occupied area. Plus themselves, they were equipped with a total of two box guns.
Two spears.
This kind of firepower configuration is vulnerable to the main force of the garrison. It is not enough to even fill the teeth, but it is enough to deal with the unarmed people.
Dawangzhuang is a large village with more than 100 households.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the newly appointed maintenance committee president Chen Dasheng entered the village with three of his subordinates.
After gathering all the villagers at the entrance of the village, Chen Dasheng took out a cannon and fired a shot into the sky to declare his arrival.
The villagers were immediately stunned and looked at Chen Dasheng with blank expressions on their faces.
Only then did Chen Dasheng speak: "Everyone, listen up. I am the chairman of the maintenance committee appointed by the Japanese, which is what everyone calls the village chief. From now on, Dawangzhuang, Xiaowangzhuang, and Xiaolizhuang,
It’s all under my control.”
"If anyone dares to disobey my orders, I will shoot them all on charges of colluding with the Eighth Route Army."
"In addition, in order to show everyone's support for the Imperial Army, before dark, each household will send fifty kilograms of grain to maintain the headquarters. If someone does not send it, I will report it to the Japanese and say that you are secretly collaborating with the Eighth Route Army."
"When the time comes when the Japanese want to kill you, I won't be able to care about you."
Seeing angry expressions on the faces of many villagers, Chen Dasheng didn't take it to heart at all.
He raised the box cannon in his hand and continued shouting.
"Also, I warn everyone, this is now ruled by the Imperial Army. The Eighth Route Army, as well as your so-called local troops and guerrillas, have all been wiped out by the Imperial Army. They run away and die. No one will come back to you.
support."
"As long as everyone listens to the imperial army and doesn't go against the imperial army, then we can live well."
"Otherwise, I have all the means to destroy your family and make the earth and the earth inoperable."
"Last point, in order to protect the country and the people, our maintenance association will set up a guard team. If anyone is willing to join the guard team, the guard team will not only take care of the food, but also give a big ocean of salary every month. The family can also be exempted from the imperial army.
Labor service.”
"Of course, if anyone can provide information about the Eighth Route Army, report someone in the village who is secretly communicating with the Eighth Route Army, or kill the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army will be heavily rewarded."
Opportunistic people exist everywhere.
A dozen people signed up to join the escort team on the spot.
Most of them are idle people who have been suppressed by the Eighth Route Army, and a small number of ordinary people have no hope in the Eighth Route Army and want to take advantage of opportunities.
With more people under his command, Chen Dasheng became more arrogant than when he first entered the village.
After dark, they smashed up three households that had not paid food, and even injured people.
In order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from retaliating, an eight-member guerrilla team in Dawangzhuang either withdrew from the blockade area along with the wounded, or lurked in the nearby mountains and forests on standby.
So facing Chen Dasheng who had a gun, the villagers had no choice but to swallow their anger.
And this is just the beginning.
In order to make these ordinary people completely abandon the Eighth Route Army and fall into the arms of the Japanese, these traitors did everything they could...
When the political commissar Wang Hong at the headquarters of the garrison regiment received the intelligence from the blockade area, he was directly frightened by the content. His eyes immediately turned red, and he wished he could rush into the blockade area right now and cut the traitors into pieces.
Li Hao's face was flushed with anger, and his fists clenched loudly.
"Captain, these spies are so rampant that they dare to attack the families of our soldiers." Wang Hong shouted angrily.
"If the news spreads to the troops, these soldiers will definitely be anxious, which will lead to the morale of the troops being shaken."
Li Hao replied with a stern face: "They also have another purpose, to kill chickens to scare monkeys."
"After seeing how they dealt with our Eighth Route Army family members, when someone joins our Eighth Route Army in the future, they will consider whether their family members will be retaliated by the Japanese and puppet troops, and they will have more worries in their hearts."
"In the end, the number of people who take the initiative to join our Eighth Route Army will definitely decrease sharply, and they will not be able to train with peace of mind after joining us."
"This little devil's move is so cruel, he kills two birds with one stone!"
Wang Hong's face became more and more solemn and he continued: "That's not all."
"Taking advantage of the fact that they had guns in their hands, when they entered the base area, they forced the people to hand over food. If they refused, they openly robbed them. They also falsely accused them of secretly collaborating with our Eighth Route Army to steal more food and line their own pockets."
"These grains are life-saving food for the villagers."
"There is a severe drought in North China, and there is not enough food to eat. After the little devil's troubles, there is even less food."
"Captain, if you let these spies and the president of the Maintenance Association continue to run rampant, a large number of villagers in these blockaded areas will definitely starve to death."
"Although the troops have withdrawn, we cannot ignore them."
"This is the latest statistics from the intelligence department. More than 50 fellow villagers have been killed in the three blockade areas, and most of them are family members of the soldiers."
"More than a hundred people are still being held in prison and are being tortured severely by the spies, who are threatening their families to use food as ransom. This is clearly extortion."
"The little devil sent these presidents of the maintenance committee, and in less than ten days, they overtly and covertly stole more than one million kilograms of food."
"Last point, these agents gathered idle people in the blockade area to form a large number of escorts, and together they oppressed the common people."
"So far, the size of these escorts has reached one thousand people."