The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2242 Package Swapping

In a county town in the Japanese-occupied area, a man suddenly shouted one morning from the Japanese military headquarters: "Two countries are at war, but why don't you kill the envoys? Besides, I'm just a messenger!"

But when the man shouted to this point, the voice suddenly stopped, and what followed was the heart-wrenching screams and the roars of the Japanese.

A few minutes later, Japanese soldiers dragged out a man covered in blood. The man was not dead, but it was obvious that he had no strength to struggle.

The Japanese army dragged the man directly towards the county town’s gate tower.

This scene was seen by some puppet soldiers not far away, and anger and dissatisfaction were revealed in their eyes.

But what could they do? They could only follow behind towards the city gate tower.

In the end, the man covered in blood was hung on the city gate tower with a rope by the Japanese soldiers, but his mouth had been blocked by the Japanese soldiers, so he could only face the sun's scorching heat, not knowing whether he would live or die.

"You have to think about it. If you don't, won't this person be dried up like a fish?"

"Third Uncle is really just a messenger, why do you beat him too?"

"We have to find a way to rescue him."

"How can we save him? We can't save him now. We have to wait until dark."

The puppet soldiers were whispering not far away, but the two Japanese soldiers standing at the foot of the city gate tower with rifles had no expression on their faces, but the bayonets flashing coldly in the sun had an invisible force that prevented the puppet soldiers from moving forward.

They can't afford to offend the Japanese army unless they want to rebel!

The reason why the puppet soldiers sympathized with that man was that they had a good relationship with him, he was older than them, and he took good care of the puppet soldiers' families in the countryside.

But that person only came to the county town to deliver a message to the Japanese army, but he was beaten like this by the Japanese army. If they didn't save this person, the puppet soldiers would never be able to get over it.

After all, the puppet troops are also Chinese, and they are different from the Yamato people after all.

Although some of them are trying to make a living, some are as cruel as beasts when it comes to harming the people, and some are even full of evil.

But there is one thing: they cannot be ungrateful!

What's more, that person had done a favor to most of the puppet soldiers. If they didn't repay the favor, how would their companions see them in the future? Would they still want to stay in the puppet army in the future?

As the sun rises higher, the temperature naturally becomes hotter.

The city gate has been opened, and people waiting to enter the city began to come in one after another.

Of course they saw the man hanging on the city gate tower, but most of the people just walked away with their heads down and no expression on their faces.

Who knows the identity of that person, whether he is a bandit or an anti-Japanese element? As Chinese people, they may sympathize with him in their hearts but they will never show it.

This is the self-protection consciousness of the common people. The Japanese are standing at the gate tower with their bayonets shining brightly, and you show sympathy? You don't want to live anymore!

Time passed little by little, and when it was almost noon, a puppet army leader appeared on the city gate tower.

The puppet army leader talked and gestured to the Japanese soldiers who were standing below with guns in hand, and he also stuffed two cucumbers into the hands of the two Japanese soldiers.

The weather was extremely hot, and the sun was shining here. The two Japanese soldiers naturally gave a thumbs up to the performance of the puppet army leader. What they expressed was nothing more than "good conscience."

At this time, the puppet army leader gestured towards the man who was hanging above their heads, and even made a gesture of raising his head to drink water.

"Imperial Army, give him some water. If he dies of thirst, how can we let the people see it?" The puppet army leader spoke to the two Japanese soldiers in Japanese mixed with Chinese.

The Japanese soldiers also understood that the person who delivered the letter had some relationship with the puppet army. For the sake of the two cucumbers, they agreed.

At this point, the man was let down and fed a few bowls of water by the puppet army leader. Otherwise, in this scorching sun, the man would have died at least half dead.

Time passed like this, and finally night fell. But it was already midsummer, and how could there be such a big temperature difference between day and night in Henan? It was getting hotter and hotter at night, and there was no wind at all.

From the alleys of the county town could be heard the night watchman's call of "It's dry, be careful with fire." The whole city had already fallen asleep.

But at this moment, a muffled groan suddenly came from the city gate tower, and then a rustling sound was heard.

To be honest, the sound was not loud, the process was very short, and it was dark everywhere. Who knew what happened?

Night passes and day comes.

At this time, a Japanese soldier came to the city gate tower to change shifts, but found that his companion was gone.

He thought his companion might have gone to the toilet, so he didn't take it seriously. But after waiting for a while, the companion still didn't show up.

Only then did he look up and was surprised to find that the man who was originally hanging on the city gate tower was actually covered with a sack!

This was too strange. The Japanese soldier who came later quickly untied the rope and let the person down.

But when he pulled the man's head out of the sack, he was surprised to find that the person inside was not the guy who was beaten yesterday, but a companion he did not know!

Why was he sure that the guy was his companion? The reason was that the guy was not tall, but he had a small beard under his nose and above his mouth!

This is a unique symbol of the Japanese.

It can be said that many Chinese people during the Beiyang warlord period before the Republic of China also had red beards under their noses. Those people either went to study in Japan or were influenced by the Japanese.

But since the outbreak of this war, few Chinese people have grown such beards.

Anyone who dares to grow a beard like that when his country is about to be destroyed is obviously a traitor, isn't he?

Of course, traitors sometimes act as if they are powerful, but even a traitor would never grow a beard like that, unless he wants to be hit from behind while walking on the street!

The Japanese soldier was surprised and then pulled the sack down. Then he confirmed again that this was one of his companions, because this companion had a loincloth tied around his waist, which was unique to the Japanese!

Even though the crotch had lost its original whiteness and turned bloody!

This is a big deal!

The Japanese soldier shouted loudly, and soon the incident alarmed the Japanese commander.

The Japanese who was "replaced with a cat for a prince" did not die, and his identity was soon confirmed. He was also a Japanese soldier.

However, he was not the missing sentry, but one of the eight hostages kidnapped by the Independent Brigade a few days ago!

Then how come his sentry disappeared right under the noses of the Imperial Japanese Army, and the tied up prisoner disappeared, only to be replaced by one of the previously captured prisoners?

The Japanese commander immediately launched an investigation.

The investigation revealed that the puppet army leader who fed water to the messenger yesterday and several corresponding puppet soldiers had disappeared!

No need to ask, this was the work of those Japanese soldiers.

How could such a thing be suppressed? The rumor spread like wildfire that not only did those puppet soldiers use the trick of replacing a cat with a prince to exchange the prisoner who had done them a favor, but the Japanese soldier who was exchanged as a hostage was also castrated!

Yes, they were castrated, which means that a normal person in ancient China became a eunuch!

Moreover, the wound had been treated. According to well-informed sources, the wound was sprinkled with incense ash!

As for where the missing Japanese sentry went, it was easy to imagine. The independent brigade had eight prisoners and one was sent back. So they had to get another one back to make up the total of eight.