The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2189 The Traitor's Destruction

Baoduqiao Anti-Japanese Base.

The night was pitch black, and apart from the occasional sound of wind, there was no sound at all.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are no dogs left in the entire Baoduqiao Anti-Japanese Base.

As for the reason here, it is not just the result of the Japanese army's raid, but because the Eighth Route Army guerrillas often operate at night.

If there are dogs in the village, then when there is an unusual noise, the dogs will bark. If there are many dogs, the barking will become continuous, which will alert the enemy.

If the Japanese and puppet troops launched a surprise attack, what would it matter if the dogs barked fiercely? Even the most loyal guard dogs could not resist the enemy's bullets.

Therefore, under the advocacy of the base area government, all villages have killed all the dogs.

The night grew darker and it was almost midnight. At this moment, a door of a house was quietly pushed open, and a person flashed out from the darkness of the house and merged into the even more infinite darkness outside.

The man walked carefully, without making any sound, and went to an abandoned mill west of the village.

How can there be any mechanical grain mills in rural China nowadays? They use the friction of two stone mills to grind wheat into flour, and then use a winnowing basket or other traditional methods to winnow the bran off.

Originally this mill had a stone mill, but during a Japanese raid, the Japanese captured a young Eighth Route Army soldier.

The young soldier refused to tell the whereabouts of the main force, so the Japanese army tied one of the millstones to the soldier's body and drowned him in the river.

The mill was already in a dilapidated state, the roof had collapsed, and one of the millstones was missing, so the mill was abandoned.

In the darkness, the man walked to the mill. He looked at the dark mill under the starlight and couldn't help but sigh. He felt that the mill was like a monster in the dark night, which might swallow him up at any time.

But as the saying goes, once you enter the world, you have no choice. Since you have done it, there is no medicine for regret in this world.

The man carefully slipped into the mill and groped around with his hands. At this time, a faint light came on. It was a flashlight covered with a red cloth.

The light flashed and disappeared, and in this short period of time, the man's hand was stuffed under the remaining millstone, and then quickly pulled out.

Just as that person was about to turn around and leave, there was another "hissing" sound from the mill.

It was the flame of a lit match, but then the flame grew brighter, it was the torch being lit.

What followed was a loud shout of "Don't move" and the sound of people moving, as well as the swaying shadows of several people in the light of the fire.

The man who had entered the mill earlier had collapsed. Although the firelight was red, his face looked extremely pale.

It's the feeling of knowing that everything is over after you've done something bad and got discovered.

Now that they have been caught, this time they will be escorted back with torches.

However, neither the traitor who was forced back nor the people who were escorting him noticed that someone was watching them in the darkness.

……

When the rooster sings, the world becomes white.

The Baoduqiao Anti-Japanese Base Area ushered in another sunny day.

Wang Laomao, Qiu Bo and Qian Chuaner were now dressed in the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and followed the others into a room.

The room is very big, and it is where the Eighth Route Army holds meetings.

The leader in charge of presiding over the meeting has not come in yet, so the cadres under them can naturally speak.

Wang Laomao deliberately glanced at the person opposite him, and then he exchanged glances with Qiu Bo and Qian Chuaner that only they could understand.

At this time, Wang Laomao took the initiative to speak: "Leader Xu, what do you think is the reason why my left eyelid keeps twitching?"

When Wang Laomao said this, everyone in the room started laughing.

You should know that those who came here to attend the meeting were not only Wang Laomao, Qiu Bo and Qian Chuan from the former Shang Zhenying, but also some cadres of the Eighth Route Army, including Xu Lang.

The leader Xu that Wang Laomao mentioned is naturally Xu Lang.

For some unknown reason, or perhaps because it could not be brought to the surface, Wang Laomao always called Xu Lang "Leader Xu" instead of any other name.

Xu Lang naturally protested to Wang Laomao about this. But according to Wang Laomao, I think you are very good at speaking and are particularly suitable to be a leader.

When Wang Laomao said this, he was very serious and his attitude was very correct. Xu Lang couldn't choose a gift even if he wanted to, so after a long time, he could only let Wang Laomao call him like this.

Seeing Wang Laomao start to make trouble again, an officer of the Eighth Route Army nearby said with a smile: "The left eye twitches for good fortune, the right eye twitches for disaster. Good things are about to happen to you!"

"Oh, do you people from Shanxi have such a saying?" Wang Laomao said with a smile when he saw someone taking up the conversation.

"What nonsense! If the eyelids can twitch so accurately, why are we still commanding the war? Why don't we just check which eyelid is twitching before fighting?" At this time, another Eighth Route Army officer joined in.

"What feudal superstitions!" Xu Lang finally spoke.

"Look at how well Leader Xu speaks!" When Wang Laomao saw Xu Lang finally spoke, he quickly took over the conversation. However, his next words made Xu Lang's face change, because Wang Laomao said, "Leader Xu, isn't your right eyelid twitching?"

What Wang Laomao said was really annoying.

Although it is said that the Eighth Route Army does not believe in feudal superstitions, anyone with a higher emotional intelligence would never say that about Xu Lang!

The other Eighth Route Army officers did not expect that Wang Laomao would say such a thing. They did not know what to say for a moment and the scene became a little awkward.

But at this moment, the door rang and a higher-ranking Eighth Route Army officer walked in.

The people in the room stopped talking. After all, the Eighth Route Army was still the Eighth Route Army, and not what Shang Zhenying had originally been like. These people from the Northeast who had joined the Eighth Route Army could no longer talk nonsense.

But when the first and second officers walked in, no one was surprised because they were the brigade commander and political commissar of my brigade.

But when the third person showed up, there was a buzz in the room, and even an officer of the Eighth Route Army stood up and shouted in surprise: "Secretary He!"

At least everyone in the Eighth Route Army knew that Secretary He had sacrificed his life, but who would have thought that he would come back now!

The only people in the room whose expressions remained unchanged were Wang Laomao, Chu Tian and Qian Chuaner.

Everyone else's attention was on Secretary He, but the three of them were focusing on Xu Lang sitting opposite them.

If others saw Secretary He's expression as surprise, then from the observation of Wang Laomao and the other three, Xu Lang saw Secretary He's expression as frightened.

Secretary He waved his hand to signal the people in the room to be quiet, and when he sat down in the front, he shouted: "Press the traitor up!"

Secretary He's words caused the room to buzz again, and then it became quiet.

In the current war of resistance, "traitor" is always the most sensitive word.

When everyone is united against the same enemy and working together, who wouldn't be afraid of being stabbed in the back or shot in the back? Therefore, traitors deserve to die.

Following Secretary He's order, when the traitor was really brought into the room, the people in the room made another uncontrollable "buzzing" sound, and then they all looked at Xu Lang.

The reason is that the traitor was one of Xu Lang's followers!

Xu Lang sat on the stool, but his body was shaking uncontrollably, his face was pale and beads of sweat were dripping from his temples.

Saying that his follower became a traitor, does he have no responsibility at all? This is the most superficial thinking, and the deeper level is that Xu Lang is also a traitor, right?

"Xu Lang has confessed everything. What else do you have to say?" Secretary He asked Xu Lang at this time.

"What do I want to say?" Xu Lang was already stuttering. He forced himself to calm down and argued, "Even if he is a traitor, what does it have to do with me?"

"He doesn't attend many meetings because he is not at a high enough level. So where does he get his information from?" Secretary He said angrily. Then he waved his hand and said, "Suppress Xu Lang and wait for investigation!"

This was dealing with a traitor in public, and everyone else in the room was shocked beyond words.

But think about it, even if Secretary He didn't say so, there must be solid evidence that Xu Lang was a traitor, so how could he be wrongly accused?

Inside the room, Xu Lang and his follower were pinned down amid the shock of the Eighth Route Army officers.

At this time, Wang Laomao muttered in a low voice: "I told you, your right eye is twitching, but you still don't believe it?"

Wang Laomao spoke in a low voice, and the leaders living upstairs only heard him talking, and Secretary He looked over.

Wang Laomao quickly shut his mouth, but exchanged glances with Qian Chuan Chutian and the others.

Do you think Wang Laomao's initial teasing of Xu Lang was aimless?

Of course not.

They had suspected Xu Lang for a long time, but it was difficult to report to their superiors without any evidence, so they secretly sent people to keep an eye on Xu Lang. Was it the kind of 24-hour surveillance?

And just last night, when Xu Lang's follower was secretly delivering information to the mill, he did not escape their surveillance.

So they already knew that Xu Lang would be arrested today.

"I'll tell you later how Xu Lang betrayed the revolution." Secretary He spoke at this time, but then he looked at Wang Laomao and the others and said another word.

Secretary He's words made Wang Laomao and Chu Tianqian stand up and say in unison: "Really?"

Because Secretary He said: "There is news coming from the front, Shang Zhen is heading here!"