"This time we must do whatever it takes to completely solve the serious problem of the garrison!" the commander shouted with a murderous look in his eyes.
Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "Have there been any changes in the garrison recently?"
"Not yet!" the chief of staff replied, shaking his head.
"Same as before, both local troops and the main force are seizing the time to train."
"The inspection and vigilance of the base area are still as strict as ever, leaving us no chance to take advantage of it."
The army commander snorted coldly and replied: "Don't they have a strict policy on immigration checks? Then I will break their policy first, and then combine it with the economic blockade to expand their food gap, make them famine, and disrupt their base areas."
"Now is the coldest time of the year, so we act now."
"Chief of Staff, haven't the Imperial Army recently recruited several regiments of the Imperial Association Army? Drop them to the front line immediately."
"To eat food from the imperial army and receive military pay from the imperial army, you must do things for the imperial army."
"Tell the commanders of the Imperial Army that I will regard this next task as their declaration of submission to the Imperial Army. If it is completed, the Imperial Army will be rewarded with many rewards, and it will not be a problem to expand the regiment into a brigade. If it is not completed well, everyone will be punished.
, all soldiers and officers in the regiment will be demoted to one level."
Liuwan Village is more than ten kilometers away from the garrison base area and is a very large village in the Japanese-occupied area.
Just after dawn, the bells of "Bang Dang... Bang Dang..." rang at the entrance of the village.
This is the signal for the maintenance committee to summon the villagers to a meeting. If you arrive late, you will be fined at least ten kilograms of grain.
There is a severe drought in North China, and food is life-saving. There is no excuse for the Maintenance Council to take it away.
In less than half an hour, more than 400 people in the village, including young and old, gathered at the threshing floor at the entrance of the village.
Only then did the villagers realize that today's event was a bit abnormal.
In addition to a few traitors from the Maintenance Association, there were also more than a hundred puppet soldiers holding rifles standing around the threshing floor.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers stood guard not far away, rifles in hand, staring at the threshing floor with a cold attitude.
Under the order of the puppet company commander, the always arrogant president of the maintenance committee shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Fellows, the Imperial Army has just ordered that all the young adults in the village between the ages of 16 and 40 should go to the Gong Town stronghold to report and build gun towers and fortifications for the Imperial Army. Now I order all young adults who meet the requirements to stand on my right hand.
Side, others stand to my left!"
In the past, the Japanese also used young men to build gun towers, but they always had one young man from each household.
Today, all the young men in the village are required to be dispatched. No one can be left. Even a fool can smell an unusual smell.
So the villagers of the threshing field director immediately became commotion, but no one moved.
"Pa bang bang..."
The puppet company commander standing next to the sustaining president didn't have that much patience.
The Japanese just watch from the sidelines. If you perform well, you will be promoted and make a fortune; if you perform poorly, you will be demoted.
Eager to show off, he was not polite at all. He took out a cannon and fired three shots into the sky.
The commotion among the villagers suddenly became quiet, and they all showed expressions of fear and fear.
"Listen up, I'm giving you five minutes. Stand up immediately. If I find someone disobedient, the gun in my hand is no joke. They will all be executed on the spot for conspiracy with the Eighth Route Army. Start counting now!
"
Under the threat of death, although everyone smelled something unusual, they had no choice but to obey.
Nearly a hundred young adults were quickly separated.
Then I saw dozens of puppet soldiers rushing between Qingzhuang and his family, completely separating them with guns.
"Everyone who builds turrets will follow me..."
Amid the shouts and curses of more than thirty puppet soldiers, nearly a hundred young men reluctantly left their village with fear for their future.
After everyone disappeared at the end of the road, the remaining puppet troops suddenly moved out and surrounded all the remaining old, weak, women and children in the village.
Under the eyes full of fear, the puppet company commander spoke again: "Now I ask that each of your households provide one person. Go home now and pay the imperial army the standard of fifty kilograms of food per person!"
"
"Sir, haven't we already handed over this year's public rations?" an old man asked with courage.
"Pa bang..."
The puppet company commander showed no mercy or explanation. He raised the box cannon and fired two shots, knocking the old man to the ground. Then he continued to shout: "Where did all this nonsense come from? I asked you to hand over the food.
Hand over, send someone back to carry the food now, and the maintenance committee will be responsible for the statistics. No matter who it is, a pound of food will be lost with one life!"
The remaining people in the village felt increasingly that today was unusual.
Paying fifty kilograms of grain to one person is clearly pushing everyone to a dead end.
But if you don't hand it over, you will be beaten to death now.
Without the support of young adults and family members, everyone chose to hand over food.
An hour later, the grain on the threshing floor had piled into a hill, weighing more than 20,000 kilograms.
Only then did the puppet company commander show a satisfied smile.
Just when everyone thought today's events were about to end, an accident happened.
The reason why the puppet company commander laughed was not because more than 20,000 kilograms of grain had been collected, but because when everyone had just moved the grain from home, the puppet army following them had already figured out where each household's remaining grain was hidden.
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The smile immediately turned into a sneer, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Start taking action and drag all the remaining food in the village over, otherwise it would be a shame to burn it down in a while."
More than 30 puppet troops were armed with rifles and light machine guns, staring eagerly at the old, weak, women and children left on the threshing floor to prevent them from making any changes.
The remaining fifty or so puppet troops rushed into the village like hungry wolves with their red eyes staring.
In addition to food, their goals also include the gold and silver finances that the villagers have worked hard to save, or the cattle and sheep raised at home.
Therefore, everyone is as if they have been given a shot of chicken blood, fearing that if they arrive late, others will take away all the good things.
The villagers on the threshing floor were crying with fear and panic.
But blocked by the black hole of gunfire, they could not move and could only sit on the ground and cry bitterly.
More than an hour later, all the puppet troops who entered the village returned fully loaded.
Not only did they bring out nearly 20,000 kilograms of grain, but they also brought out a large number of livestock and gold and silver. Everyone gained a lot and had smiles on their faces.
"Start setting fires!"
Before the matter was over, the puppet company commander issued another order that made everyone despair.
Dozens of puppet soldiers rushed into the village holding torches and set fire to the houses one by one.
Half an hour later, the entire village was enveloped in fire, with thick black smoke rising one to two hundred meters into the sky. It was very tragic.
It's winter now, there are no houses, and the temperature that keeps dropping after dark can freeze everyone to death.
Many people saw that the puppet army would not leave them any way to survive, so they mustered up the courage to fight them desperately and make a final struggle.
But what's left here is a bunch of old, weak, women and children, who are completely vulnerable to dozens of strong puppet troops.
After more than a dozen people died, the remaining people were completely desperate and watched helplessly as their homes were burned to ashes.
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