Chapter 1074 The president has become a hot potato
"Vice president, what does the letter say?" the captain of the escort team asked carefully.
"The Eighth Route Army who assassinated the chairman last night only killed the chief culprit and did not involve other people. If we continue to harm the countryside and oppress the people in the future, they will come back to kill people again."
"Also, the Eighth Route Army asked us to return all the food that the maintenance committee did not hand over to the Japanese to the common people, otherwise someone from the maintenance committee will be assassinated by them tonight."
When he said the last two words, the vice president's voice was as small as a mosquito, and his face turned pale.
In addition, there are only four words in front of it: "Kill the culprit." If the commandos of the garrison really come back tonight, the person who will die will definitely be themselves.
Thinking of this, the vice president immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Immediately deliver food to each house and return all the food that the president has privately withheld to the people."
"By the way, let me tell you that the president has been killed by the Eighth Route Army, and their revenge has been avenged by the Eighth Route Army. From now on, we maintain the association and promise not to harm everyone again."
The captain of the escort hesitated and reminded: "Tell everyone that the president was killed by the Eighth Route Army. With the support of the Eighth Route Army, aren't they less afraid of us?"
"Do you want to die or live?" the vice president asked, staring at the captain.
"Of course I want to live!" the captain replied without thinking.
"If you want to survive, do as I say." the vice president ordered.
"There must be Eighth Route Army spies in the village. Only if we show weakness to the common people will the Eighth Route Army who assassinated the president last night know about it and will not visit our maintenance meeting again tonight."
"Then how do the Japanese explain it?" the captain continued to ask.
The vice-president thought for a moment and replied: "The president intercepted these grains privately to enrich his own pockets. Even if we return them to the people, the Japanese will not know about it."
"Why are you still standing there? If you don't want to be killed tonight, quickly organize a convoy to return the food, door to door, especially those who were framed by us for secretly liaising with the Eighth Route Army. Do they want more?"
"After returning the food, I will personally go to the Guanshan Town stronghold to report the assassination of the president by the garrison commando, and ask the Japanese to send a new president down."
"President, how about you apply directly to the Japanese to become the president!" the captain suggested.
"No!" The vice president jumped up in fright and quickly vetoed.
"Do you have a grudge against me and want the Eighth Route Army to kill me too?"
"No matter who becomes the president, he will serve the little devils and will definitely oppress the people. When the Eighth Route Army takes revenge, the president will definitely be the first target to be assassinated."
"I don't want to die yet, and I must not get into trouble with this."
In the Japanese stronghold of Guanshan Town, Captain Yoshida was very distressed.
In just three days, all the presidents of the maintenance committee sent by the imperial army died.
My first thought is to promote my deputy and serve as the president of the Maintenance Committee to serve the imperial army?
Unexpectedly, these deputies refused.
The chairman of the Maintenance Association, who used to be a hot potato, became a hot potato overnight.
"The Eighth Route Army is a bunch of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. The Eighth Route Army scared them into this with just one sentence. They are too cowardly and not a warrior." Captain Yoshida cursed in his office to vent his dissatisfaction.
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After calming down, he turned his attention directly to the battalion commander of the Royal Association Army: "Battle Commander Zhang... tell us how we should solve this problem!"
"As a Chinese, you understand these people's thoughts better than I do. How can you persuade them to serve as the president of the Maintenance Council and work for the imperial army?"
Battalion Commander Zhang thought for a moment and replied: "Sir, I have heard of the name Commando of the Garrison Regiment before."
"There are not many of them, but they are all elites selected from a hundred. They are well-trained and well-equipped. They often go deep into the areas occupied by the imperial army to carry out assassination missions."
"I also heard from my humble position that many of them are fluent in Japanese."
"If you put on the uniform of the Imperial Army, it will be almost the same as the Imperial Army. It is very powerful."
"Those vice-presidents were frightened by the commandos. They were afraid that they would be the next to be killed if they became president."
"Unless we can take out this commando and put the threat into contact."
"Otherwise, even if we force them to become presidents, they will still be frightened and afraid to do anything for the imperial army."
Captain Yoshida thought for a moment and replied: "I have also heard about this army. They come like a shadow and go like the wind. Killing them is definitely more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack."
"Is there any other way?"
"Yes!" Battalion Commander Zhang replied.
"Similar to those assassinated maintenance presidents, we transferred people from other areas occupied by the imperial army."
"They don't know about this threat. They didn't witness the assassination of the previous president. They must have the courage to take office."
"In addition, we can also remind these presidents to increase their vigilance to prevent the commandos from assassinating them again."
Captain Yoshida quickly made a decision: "That's it, I'll apply to the superiors now!"
Five days later, thirty new maintenance presidents entered the blockade.
Before leaving, Captain Yoshida specifically told them to pay attention to safety.
However, these preparations did not affect their outcome.
Sixteen maintenance presidents were assassinated by commandos on their way to take office, and fourteen were killed on the first night of taking office.
At the same time, several vice-presidents received a secret letter signed by the Guard Corps Commando.
"Sir, the garrison commando team is obviously targeting the president we sent. If we continue to send people, they will definitely not escape death." Battalion Commander Zhang analyzed.
"These assassinated presidents were loyal to the imperial army. It is a pity that they died like this."
Captain Yoshida frowned and asked, "What should we do?"
"Without the president of the Maintenance Council, who will help the imperial army manage the common people."
"After the autumn harvest, who will help us collect grain?"
Battalion Commander Zhang didn't want Captain Yoshida to vent his anger on himself, so he quickly replied: "Several vice-presidents have a suggestion. I don't know whether I should talk about it."
"Say." Captain Yoshida's mind was in confusion, and he could only pin the solution on Battalion Commander Zhang, and answered without thinking about it.
"Let the head of each village directly serve as the chairman of the maintenance committee, and the people we send will serve as the vice-president of the maintenance committee and the captain of the escort team to monitor the maintenance committee of each village."
"The purpose of the Imperial Army's maintenance committee is to manage the people and collect food. As long as they can do these two things, it doesn't matter even if these presidents don't really support us."
"And the vice president is watching, and the escort team is in the hands of the imperial army."
"If these presidents have second thoughts, the vice presidents can immediately replace them."
"The most important thing is that if the village chiefs of each village become the chairman of the association, the resistance of the people will be much weaker."
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely not kill them."
Captain Yoshida thought for a long time before making a decision: "Let's do it!"
"Let each village elect the president of the maintenance committee, and the imperial army will send the vice-president of the maintenance committee and the captain of the escort team."
"At the same time, the elected president of the Maintenance Association will come to the Imperial Army every month to report and study for three days to let them know that the Imperial Army is here to establish a ***** circle and bring them to make a fortune together, not to oppress them.
Theirs, let them completely support the imperial army and work for the imperial army."
"Sir, you are wise! This way, there will definitely be many presidents supporting the imperial army." Battalion Commander Zhang complimented.