Chapter nine hundred and twenty first clenched fist
Zhao Hanjie originally worked as a stevedore at Xingang Pier, but because he burned the 3,000-ton Japanese ship Yingkou Maru, he was arranged by Lu Chengzhou to go to Dahongqiao Pier.
After Zhao Hanjie arrived at Dahongqiao Pier, he quickly united a group of stevedores.
The 500,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 rifles, 300 boxes of shoes, and 2,000 military blankets obtained from Yoshio Akiyama were transported to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Border Region base area through the Dahongqiao Pier.
Gan Dejun, who was in charge of Dahongqiao Wharf, also hated the Japanese.
As long as it's anti-Japanese matters, we will secretly help each other.
Zhao Hanjie has a high prestige among Dahongqiao dock workers.
Zhao Hanjie was also very surprised when he saw Lu Chengzhou, because he now felt that he and this "Mr. Fire" were no longer the same person.
In Zhao Hanjie's eyes, Lu Chengzhou was from Chongqing, and he came into contact with communism at Dahongqiao Pier.
We know that the proletariat is the most powerful force in the world.
Moreover, Zhao Hanjie has joined the Communist Party, and a party branch has even been established at Dahongqiao Wharf.
Zhao Hanjie shook his head and said firmly: "Mr. Huo, I know your reason for coming, but I have to go. Because many of my friends have been arrested. I am not going to Japan to work as a Chinese laborer, but to rescue them back."
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Lu Chengzhou said in surprise: "How can you rescue them after they get on the boat?"
Japan has been seizing all kinds of laborers in North China and transports hundreds of thousands of them from Haigu to Manchuria and Northeast China every year.
Many people who flocked to Haigu, thinking they could beg for food, were induced by them and sent to Manchuria and even Japan in the name of working.
And now, the extremely vicious Japanese army is arresting laborers directly on the streets.
Anyone who does not have a legitimate job and is in good health may be arrested at any time.
Haigu's food, fuel, and supplies are tight. The more people we arrest, the more we can alleviate Haigu's problems.
Zhao Hanjie said firmly: "At least, I can fight them desperately!"
Lu Chengzhou asked in surprise: "You already have a plan?"
Zhao Hanjie nodded without hiding anything and said: "The Andong Maru is a merchant ship. If we can organize it well, we can capture this ship."
Lu Chengzhou asked: "Even if you can seize it, where are you going to park the ship? You can't go back to Haigu, right?"
A boat is no better than a car, it has to dock.
Zhao Hanjie said firmly: "There will always be a place to go."
In fact, he was already convinced and had reported the matter to his superiors. If he could seize the ship successfully, he would sail to Penglai, Shandong, which is already a liberated area.
Lu Chengzhou didn't ask me again and said slowly: "Do you need any help?"
Zhao Hanjie immediately said: "It would be great if we could provide two short guns."
When sailing out to sea, you can no longer use incendiary bombs, after all, they are also on the ship.
However, if there were guns, it would be much easier to subdue the Japanese soldiers on the Andong Maru.
Lu Chengzhou said thoughtfully: "No problem, I will deliver it to you tomorrow. Do you know how to use it?"
Zhao Hanjie nodded and said with a smile: "That thing is very easy."
The next day, Lu Chengzhou sent Zhao Hanjie two small Brownings, a shell gun, and two grenades.
Each Browning had thirty rounds of ammunition, and the rifle had fifty rounds of ammunition.
As for grenades, they are just in case.
Grenades are easier to use than pistols and are more powerful.
After the Andong Maru left Haigu, one night, Zhao Hanjie contacted other Chinese workers, tied up the Japanese crew and occupied the Andong Maru.
Subsequently, Zhao Hanjie threw all the Japanese crew members into the sea, sailed the Andong Maru to the liberated area of Penglai County, Shandong, and joined the Eighth Route Army.
Lu Chengzhou heard the news from Ishida Akio that a Japanese merchant ship was hijacked by Chinese workers. This had never happened before.
By the time the Japanese discovered it, the Andong Maru had already sailed to Shandong, and all the Chinese workers on board had joined the Eighth Route Army.
After Haigu entered February, the rationing of various supplies became increasingly difficult.
In order to obtain supplies, the authorities even blocked cotton cloth, cooking oil, wood, light bulbs, paper and other commodities from 95 companies.
On April 28, 1944, the Haigu Anti-Japanese Federation printed and distributed about 1,600 leaflets "Welcome May, Prepare for Counterattack" in the city.
They are dropped down through the roof of the Zhongyuan Company, or emitted from the toilet window by train, which has a great impact.
The Pistol Team of the Jinnan Detachment, which is active in Haigu, has been active on the railway line from Haigu to Yangcun, Tanggu and Jinghai after being retrained.
They dug trains and unloaded supplies. In just four months, they obtained more than 300 bundles of tarpaulins, more than 200 boxes of cigarettes, more than 1,800 bags of flour, more than 3,000 bags of rice, and a large number of guns and ammunition.
This time, in addition to part of the supplies being transported to the base area, a considerable part was distributed to the poor local people.
The actions of the pistol team not only frightened the Japanese, but also let the people of Haigu know that there was such a force of their own.
The Japanese army fantasized about attacking the Central Plains area and urgently needed a large number of military bicycles.
However, the Japanese military's military expenditures have long been unable to make ends meet.
In order to solve the bicycle problem, Japan's Haigu Army Secret Service dispatched a large number of military police, seized all the inventory of several large bicycle dealers such as Chunli De, Hualicheng, Tongfeng, and Xingli De, and forcibly purchased 15,000 bicycles.
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The Japanese army only hijacked 1% of the payment.
Such behavior amounts to open robbery.
When June 1944 entered, the Haigu Grain Ration Office divided the city into five groups and began rationing: each person was rationed 1 catty of flour per month, 2 catties and 7 taels each of sorghum and cornmeal, and 1 catty and 8 taels of millet.
Mung beans weigh 3 kilograms and 9 taels, and black beans weigh 1 kilogram and 14 taels, for a total of 12 kilograms and 13 taels.
Even with this small amount of food, we are actually not full.
However, in fact, ordinary people cannot buy these rationed grains.
At the same time, each household is rationed 200 kilograms of coal, one piece of cotton clothing, and half a kilogram of sugar per household per month.
Of course, only those powerful people can buy these rationed items, and real ordinary people cannot buy them at all.
The actions of the authorities have further aroused public anger.
People can be oppressed and exploited, but they cannot go hungry.
Whoever makes them hungry, they will resist.
In late June, dozens of leaflets in the name of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared at the National Hotel in the French Concession: "Clench your fists, rise up to kill the enemy, puff up your chest, and prepare for a counterattack."
Lu Chengzhou and Ma Yuzhen also received a new organizational task: to relieve the comrades' career protection issues.
In June, three comrades from the Urban Work Department of the Jizhong District Working Committee entered Haigu and carried out activities in the area east of Beima Road, from Beidaguan to the northwest corner.
Based on the fact that they had a Muslim cadre, Lu Chengzhou arranged for them to sell beef and mutton as a public identity.
At the same time, they were arranged to live in Xiaoguo Lane in the northwest corner.
