The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2244 Return of Money

Half a month later, Battalion Commander Shang Zhenliu and several officers were in the woods looking at the valley ahead. The officers looked relaxed, but the soldiers behind them all had their bullets loaded. There were five light machine guns alone, and they looked ready for battle.

And just behind them, there were soldiers escorting seven blindfolded Japanese soldiers.

Although the seven Japanese soldiers were blindfolded and their expressions could not be seen, it was likely that they did not gain anything good, they just did not starve to death.

Today is the day agreed with the Japanese army to redeem people. Appointed by the fat brigade commander, the independent brigade, with a regiment commander as the chief officer and enough officers and soldiers, has come to collect the money.

"Have you ever made a beard?" Captain Liu asked Shang Zhen with a smile.

"I haven't done that." Shang Zhen laughed.

"You've never been a bandit, so how can you be so familiar with kidnapping?" Captain Liu didn't believe it.

"What do you mean familiar? I was only a teenager before entering the customs. It would have been good enough if Hu Zi could be treated as a little boy. How could you kidnap me? It seems that your Captain Liu is quite familiar with the affairs of the Northeast." Shang Zhen responded with a smile.

"We have had dealings with the Northeast Army before." Captain Liu replied.

"I see." Shang Zhen replied.

"People say that men from Northeast China are big men, but you are too thin." The team leader also said at this time.

"Captain Wu is right." Shang Zhen responded quickly.

"He has gained some weight these days. Didn't you see that he was as thin as a stick when he first came?" Captain Liu revealed Shang Zhen's past.

"You're even thinner than you are now. How can you lose more weight?" Captain Wu looked Shang Zhen up and down, and Shang Zhen had no choice but to smile bitterly.

Just as Captain Liu said, Shang Zhen has finally recovered some strength, although he is still thin.

The old Taoist said that when a person is seriously injured, not only the body is injured, but the vital energy will also be seriously damaged, which will shorten the life span.

The old Taoist was Shang Zhen's savior, so he naturally would not refute. However, he was thinking in his heart that whether one lives or dies in a battle is up to fate, so what's the point of talking about injuries that will shorten one's lifespan!

Why bother? At least I am much stronger now than when I first recovered from my serious injury.

Captain Wu was about to speak, but at this moment, a soldier holding a telescope beside him suddenly said, "There's a letter!"

When the soldier said that there was a letter, everyone looked towards the opposite hill.

Today is the day when the Japanese army redeems the hostages, and the location is set in the valley in front.

Who knows whether the Japanese army would be willing to pay the ransom? What if the ransom was fake and the kidnapping was real, or if the annihilation of the independent brigade was real?

So in order to prevent any accidents, the Independent Brigade not only has lookout posts throughout the area, but Commander Wang’s men are also watching over the Japanese army’s lair!

And now they also have sentries on the opposite hill, waving flags towards them.

"What's the situation?" asked Captain Wu.

"He said he saw the Japs, there weren't many of them, and everything was normal!" the soldier reported.

"Everyone get ready, that's 20,000 dollars in cash!" Captain Wu said with shining eyes.

At this time, Shang Zhen picked up a Type 38 rifle he had brought with him.

Captain Liu was in charge of collecting the ransom. Shang Zhen was good at shooting, so he would naturally hide on the hillside behind to provide cover. What if the Japanese army didn't bring over 20,000 yuan in cash, but something else? Shang Zhen took the rifle and walked to the position he had chosen before. There was a camouflage suit he had prepared in advance. It was made by Shang Zhen himself these days. It was like a one-piece hat, but it could be buckled on the head, with small branches and leaves stuck on it.

When Shang Zhen was putting on the camouflage clothes, he heard some movement behind him. When he turned around, he saw Captain Wu following him.

"If this thing succeeds, you will have done a great deed, but it will be worth 20,000 dollars," said Captain Wu.

"It doesn't matter what kind of merit it is. I just hope the brigade commander can give me more weapons when the time comes." Shang Zhen replied while lying on the ground.

Captain Wu smiled, turned and left.

It was Shang Zhen's idea to the fat brigade commander to ask the Japanese army to pay something or money in exchange for the eight Japanese prisoners.

At that time, the fat brigade commander asked, what if the Japanese devils refused to change?

Shang Zhen’s idea was to embarrass the Japanese devils and force them to change even if they didn’t want to.

Because of this, the fat brigade commander sent people to contact the puppet troops. He first sent people to deliver a letter to the Japanese army, but he did not expect that the Japanese army did not play by the rules. Instead, they hung the person who delivered the letter on the city gate tower.

The fat brigade commander was not so easy to deal with, so he used the tactic of replacing the prince with a cat, and exchanged a captured Japanese soldier for one of his own.

In order to continue to put pressure on the Japanese army, they stripped the second Japanese prisoner and hung him on the road leading to the county town.

Why did they insist on keeping the Japanese soldiers' loincloths? It was so that both the common people and the Japanese puppet troops would know that it was a Japanese soldier who was stripped of his clothes and only had strips of cloth left.

Anyway, the independent brigade now has several Japanese prisoners of war. If the Japanese army does not agree to their conditions, they will continue to send people to the Japanese army, sending stripped people!

The Japanese army really couldn't afford to lose this man, so they had no choice but to agree to pay money to redeem him.

But Shang Zhen didn't expect that the fat brigade commander wanted money instead of weapons.

He felt uncomfortable at first, but he felt relieved after thinking about it. For a team like the Independent Brigade, it would be strange if they asked for weapons instead of money!

But when the task was halfway done, the fat brigade commander became worried again and asked Shang Zhen again, "Are we offending the Japanese too much by doing this?"

Shang Zhen’s answer was, we are enemies to begin with, they don’t have the time to deal with our brigade. If they had the chance, do you think they would let us go?

The fat brigade commander thought about it and decided that no matter what, being able to extort 20,000 silver dollars from the Japanese army was absolutely real money, and he could brag about it for the rest of his life!

After a series of thirteen moves, the Japanese army was finally forced to surrender.

Now they just have to wait to receive the money and deliver the goods.

To be honest, for the sake of these 20,000 dollars, they have considered all possibilities.

The Independent Brigade even placed sentries at every intersection leading in this direction of the Japanese army. If there were large-scale Japanese troop activities, the news would definitely be passed on first. So what do they have to worry about?

More than 20 minutes later, the Japanese troops carrying cash arrived as scheduled and handed over the weapons to Captain Liu, who was carrying seven prisoners, in the valley in front.

When Captain Liu opened the rolled-up silver dollars with his hands and threw them onto the box, the silver dollars, which were shining with metallic luster in the sun, collided with each other and made a crisp and pleasant sound!

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was on guard on the hillside, somehow remembered something his wife Leng Xiaozhi had told him.

It is said that since the late Qing Dynasty, China has lost many wars against the great powers, and the result of defeat is naturally to cede territory and pay compensation.

But now, they have exchanged the captured Japanese invaders for 20,000 yuan. Although it is not much, can it be considered as getting some money back for the Chinese?