under fire

Chapter 676
in a certain village.

There was all kinds of noise in a mess, and the torches were brightly lit on the grain drying ground.

The president of the maintenance committee, with a weeping old face, was beating around the village with a gong in his hands, with a dozen or so puppet soldiers holding guns behind him.

With a hoarse voice, he yelled: "Come out, every household, hurry up and assemble, hurry up, the Imperial Association Army said not to disturb the people, if anyone can't hide, they will be shot."

Bang Bang Bang. The sound of broken gongs is annoying: "Masters, old and young. The village has been surrounded by the Imperial Army, so don't even think about running outside the village. In the dark night, the guns of the officers don't recognize people!"

Assembling in the middle of the night, as long as the guns are not fired, it shouldn't be considered a nuisance, right?

The sleepy-eyed villagers were worried. Some imperial association troops were more ruthless than devils. They hurriedly hid the few grains. Helping the old and the young nervously found a neighbor and slowly staggered to the grain drying ground where there were already many people.

Hearing the president's call, it was the Royal Association Army who came back, and the hearts of each family were relieved a lot.

After arriving at the grain drying field, they consciously huddled together, with women and children in the middle, and the elderly standing in the outer circle.

Fires were lit all around, instead of torches like before, some people began to speculate, didn't they plan to ask questions and leave?
More than a dozen imperial troops stood in front, and the surrounding security forces were neatly organized. It was not the first time I had seen the security forces. There were a few acquaintances among the security forces. Nodding, the crowd slowly quieted down.

"It should be fine!" A voice whispered to the person next to him.

The president with the gong went around the village and returned to the grain drying field. A puppet army commander walked up to the president and said, "Mr. Save face. Then you will be offended!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and said, "Search!"

Immediately, javelin-like puppet soldiers stood nearby, started to light torches, and then ran to the village, ready to search for those who could not come out in the dark.

The president shrank his neck and looked around, and hurriedly said to the company commander: "Look, do you want to express your intention first?"

Company Commander Zhi turned his head and looked at the Imperial Army Commander Cao next to him: "Taijun, do you think it's time to start now?"

The translator and a few black dogs next to him immediately took out a piece of paper and handed it to the imperial army. The imperial army didn't understand the words on it, so they passed it to Company Commander Zhi: "You, find him!"

Company Commander Zhi turned around and appeared in front of the young and old with two big strides. Surrounded by blazing fire, he looked around at the frightened eyes staring at the crowd: "Fathers, fathers and lords, don't be afraid. Be safe, clear out the bandits and the Eighth Route Army in every village, as long as everyone tells the bandits and the Eighth Route Army that you know, after we capture the Eighth Route Army, they will not ask you to pay any more public rations, and everyone will be able to live a good life in the future! "

As soon as this remark came out, someone in the crowd immediately opened their mouths wide and refused to collect food. Is this still the security force?Many people curled their lips, really admiring this person who can turn black into white, really shameless.

I don't know who took the lead in muttering, and the crowd began to buzz and discuss in a low voice.

Company Commander Zhi is not in a hurry, this is what he wants!
The brothers who went to search the village haven't returned yet, and he has plenty of time.

After the villagers below muttered for a while, Company Commander Zhi cleared his throat again, and began to use his trump card: "Fellow folks, I called everyone out tonight for no other reason than the catastrophe last year, and the imperial army sympathized with our people." There is no food to eat, so this year no more grain collection!"

As soon as this remark came out, some people in the crowd immediately lost their composure. In the past dynasties, it has never been heard that an official does not collect food. What kind of play did this little devil play?
An old man with white hair, white beard and white eyebrows leaned on a tree branch and immediately stood up: "Is this true?"

Company Commander Zhi sized him up and down for a while: "Of course, ah. You go and inquire! When did our Imperial Association Army, the Imperial Army stop talking?"

"You really just want to search the village?" The old man suddenly shook his head when he said this: "You can't change your temper even if a dog can't change it!"

"Old man, why are you scolding me?" Company Commander Zhi was so angry that he thought of the imperial army's confession before departure, so he had to bear it first: "I'm not going to die today, I'll pretend I didn't hear it, so don't worry about your mother. Now the imperial army is sending people around to give out soup. You haven’t heard of it? So, young and old, don’t worry, our imperial army is dedicated to building peace, and now everything is for everyone to get through the current situation. Difficulty."

"Ah" The villagers didn't expect the puppet army to say that, and the crowd seemed to be blown up.

"There must be a conspiracy!" A voice murmured softly.

"I believe he is a ghost. Even if the enemy wants to collect food this spring, he will not be able to collect it. They deliberately say that is a lie!" A middle-aged man next to him shook his head.

Company Commander Zhi looked at the chaotic crowd below and immediately said: "Masters, let's talk about it, whose house are those eight roads hiding? The imperial army said that as long as they hand over Tuba road, this time they will be lenient and will not be charged with harboring crimes." , those who know the truth and are willing to speak, the imperial army will still have rewards!"

When Company Commander Zhi said this, he yelled into the distance: "Bring it up!"

Immediately, a group of puppet soldiers walked over outside the sun-grain field, carrying a bag in each hand, and threw it on the ground in front of Company Commander Zhi.

Company Commander Zhi stepped on the grain bag: "A bag of [-] catties, you only need to tell who the eight roads are, and the bag of grain will belong to whoever it is. Let me listen to it. The first thing you say is the one that comes later." No!"

In the light of the fire, the expressions were no longer calm, and several eyes were fixed on the middle-aged man in the crowd.

Although he didn't speak, the middle-aged man has been sold!
Finally, a childish voice came out: "Uncle Zhao Wu knows eight routes, he often sends letters to eight routes!"

"Er Gouzi, you stupid idiot, can you believe what a little devil says? See if I won't beat you to death!" The old man with white beard and eyebrows beside him was shocked and picked up his crutches!

Company Commander Zhi winked, and a dozen or so security forces at the side immediately stepped forward, and the two drove the white-haired old man away, then rushed into the crowd and brought out the middle-aged man pointed at by the boy, who had been crowded together The crowd had already isolated those two.

Uncle Zhao Wu didn't expect such a situation to happen. Pulling out his radish brought out mud. Even the traffic officer who was with him in the village was arrested before he could react!Uncle Zhao Wu's face was flushed with swelling. He never expected that the common people would believe the little devil's tricks so obvious!
"Zhao Changfa?" Company Commander Zhi checked the person in front of him, then looked at the list in his hand, turned his head to look at the president of the Maintenance Association, walked directly to the frightened crowd and shook the paper on his hand: "Actually, you Not to mention, we can still catch people, you see, his name is on the list, now everyone should understand, is our Imperial Association Army really going to help the folks?"

At this time, a group of security forces from the village came out with torches and escorted a desperately struggling black figure.

In another village under the moonlight.

Head Lu was dressed in a military uniform covered in plaster, staring at the map in a daze, with an ugly expression on his face.

Gao stood by the side like a javelin, and said as if he had made a mistake: "This man surnamed Wang is determined to be a traitor, and I will kill him sooner or later!"

The head of the regiment threw the pen in his hand on the map: "What the hell are you? You said that you recruited that bastard puppet army surnamed Wang, and they won't sell your account at all. This time, it's a shame to lose face!" What do people say we are? Grasshoppers after autumn!"

"I lead someone to touch the residence of Wang overnight!"

"You... well, you're a high-ranking knife... Are you angry? Are you going to take the risk of being surrounded by puppet troops?"

Gao Yidao hurriedly pointed to the map: "The enemy advances in a line, and they are aggressive on the surface. As long as we concentrate our strength, we can break through the defense line of the puppet army!"

"Breakthrough? Where do you go? Run east after breaking through? Or turn back to the west, where the enemy's eyeliner is everywhere. Do you think the puppet army is leading the charge in the front? Doesn't the little devil have no back?"

"Then you can do whatever you say, commander."

"Since his puppet army pulled the net, if we these long-toothed fish don't tear a few holes in their net, and get some ammunition by the way, isn't the head of the regiment going out of the mountain this time for nothing?"

"I understand. We still follow the old rules. The enemy harasses us while the enemy chases us. Ambushes?"

Head Lu said with a dark face: "If you can fight a positional battle, I think it's acceptable. Let's find out the enemy's situation first."

Gao Yidao was not reconciled: "Hey, let's forget it? We have rushed to make a lot of mines during this period, just to try the effect!"

Head Lu was thoughtful: "Don't underestimate our opponents. They should be able to judge that we are active in this area in the afternoon, but they didn't make any rash advances at all, and they still advanced steadily. The enemy's operation this time, neither kills nor sets fire, they are like this The purpose of doing this, we must find out what they are holding back tonight, the situation is unknown, and the risk of acting rashly is too great."

"Wu Yan is going to pick up the exchange team. Most of our current situation is under the control of the enemy. We have to transfer first!"

"It's okay, let's talk about it after meeting with the ninth company commander of the first company."

(End of this chapter)