wind in the dark night

Chapter 232 Gao Kejian's Back-up Plan
Ten minutes later, all the men, women, old and young in Kaoshan Village were gathered at the threshing ground, and armed police were on guard around the area.

Ning Zhiyuan stood in front of everyone and said loudly: "The police department has repeatedly stressed that anyone who secretly supports the anti-bandit movement in any way or for any reason will be considered as collaborating with the enemy. According to the National Law of Manchukuo, the sentence is one to fifteen years in prison. Those with serious crimes may be sentenced to death! I believe that the vast majority of the villagers in Kaoshantun are good people, but there are also a small number of people who have been influenced by communism and cannot distinguish between good and evil. Once these people are verified, they will never be forgiven!"

A special agent came up and whispered in his ear: "Captain Ning, they are here."

Ning Zhiyuan nodded and continued, "In addition to the government's reward, the police department will also offer additional rewards to those who proactively provide clues. Some people may be concerned about being retaliated against by anti-bandit forces afterwards. I assure you that this will never happen, and we will strictly keep the reporter's confidentiality!"

The villagers were whispering and talking among themselves.

Kaoshantun is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has inconvenient transportation. It is a truly remote and poor place. This is also the fundamental reason why the Anti-Japanese United Army was stationed here. The mountain roads are rugged and the enemy's armored forces cannot enter. In case of emergencies, they can move to the mountains at any time.

But for the villagers, apart from living on a few acres of thin land and going up the mountain to hunt to supplement their family income, they have no other extra income. When they heard that there was a reward for reporting the Anti-Japanese United Army, many of them were tempted.

Ning Zhiyuan whispered to Zhao Zhenhai beside him: "Watch them. No one is allowed to leave the threshing ground without my order!"

After giving his instructions, he called Qi Yue and left in a hurry.

"Brother Yuan, where are we going?"

Qi Yue asked as he walked.

Ning Zhiyuan said: "Anti-bandit campsite."

The Binjiang Detachment has nearly 500 people. Although there are some empty houses in Kaoshantun, they cannot accommodate so many people. If they live too dispersed, it will not be conducive to the assembly of troops in an emergency.

Based on this, all members of the Binjiang Detachment participated, and with the help of the villagers, in less than a week, they built a row of adobe houses near the threshing ground as the Binjiang Detachment's camping site.

At this time, in front of the barracks gate, there was a military truck covered with tarpaulin. A Japanese officer with a command knife on his waist and a warrant officer collar insignia was pacing back and forth under the vehicle.

Following behind Ning Zhiyuan, the spy who reported the news said, "Captain Ning, he is Warrant Officer Miyamoto of the Kwantung Army's Engineer Battalion."

Ning Zhiyuan came closer and said, "Warrant Officer Miyamoto, you have worked hard. Let me introduce myself, Sergeant Ning Zhiyuan of the Police Department. On behalf of the Binjiang Police Department, I would like to thank the Kwantung Army for their great assistance... Qi Yue, you translate for me, he doesn't seem to understand Chinese."

Warrant Officer Miyamoto saluted and said, "I understand Chinese, so I don't need an interpreter. I am here on orders and will obey your orders. Just tell us what you need us to do."

Ning Zhiyuan was very happy and said to Qi Yue: "I told you, if Warrant Officer Miyamoto didn't understand Chinese, he should have brought an interpreter with him. Without an interpreter, he would definitely be able to understand it, haha."

Warrant Officer Miyamoto said: "In the engineering battalion, I am the only officer who can speak Chinese."

Ning Zhiyuan asked: "How many people did you bring?"

Warrant Officer Miyamoto said, "There are two engineering teams, a total of 26 people. According to the requirements of the National Police Agency, these people are carefully selected from the best demolition experts in each squadron."

"Okay, follow me in."

Ning Zhiyuan stepped into the barracks.

Warrant Officer Miyamoto followed closely behind.

Qi Yue also followed in.

The barracks was dimly lit, with an aisle in the middle that was one person wide and earthen beds covered with straw mats on both sides. Judging from the appearance, it could accommodate at least twenty people. Apart from that, the room was empty.

Ning Zhiyuan looked around and said, "I've inquired about it. The anti-bandit soldiers have dinner at about six o'clock. It's cold now. After dinner, they basically go back to the barracks to rest. Warrant Officer Miyamoto, your mission is to bury explosives in the kang holes of all the barracks. When the anti-bandit soldiers come back, blow them to pieces!"

Warrant Officer Miyamoto hesitated for a moment: "There is no problem in installing explosives, but explosives need people to detonate them. How to solve this problem?" Ning Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "It's easy to solve. Extend the fuse to the furnace. As long as they burn the kang to keep warm, the explosives will detonate - let them send themselves to the west!"

Hearing this, Qi Yue on the side couldn't help but be secretly surprised. In this punitive operation, he thought that Gao Kejian might have a backup plan, but he couldn't guess what it was.

Normally, after the Japanese and puppet troops withdrew, it would take no more than one or two months for the Binjiang Detachment to return to Kaoshantun. By that time, it would have been winter, and they would have certainly heated up the kang at night...

Warrant Officer Miyamoto gave a thumbs up and said, "Sergeant, you are so smart!"

Ning Zhiyuan smiled and waved his hand: "It's not that I'm smart, this is all the idea of ​​Chief Gao of our Special Agents Department, I'm responsible for the execution. Warrant Officer Miyamoto, it's getting late, let's get started."

"Yes!"

Warrant Officer Miyamoto hurried out of the room and shouted, "Everyone get out of the car!"

More than twenty Japanese soldiers jumped off the military truck one after another. Just by looking at their equipment, it was clear that they were not combat troops. Each of them carried a tool bag on his waist, which contained professional tools used by engineers, and there was also a box of detonators on the truck.

After Warrant Officer Miyamoto assigned the tasks, the engineers went into each barracks in groups of two, lifted the straw mats, cut a hole in the earthen bed, put the detonator in, used a rope to guide the fuse into the furnace, and then smoothed the earthen bed again.

Outside the barracks, Ning Zhiyuan lit a cigarette, took two puffs of it comfortably, and looked at Qi Yue with a smile: "What are you thinking about?"

Qi Yue asked: "Is this the mission you mentioned?"

Ning Zhiyuan nodded: "That's right. This time we came here mainly to take care of this matter. Of course, if everything goes well and the anti-bandit is eliminated, there will be no need to bother with this matter."

Qi Yue smiled bitterly: "It turns out that Chief Gao had a plan in advance. If I had known this, I wouldn't have to worry about the anti-bandit escaping all the way."

Ning Zhiyuan patted Qi Yue on the shoulder and said, "Except for those Japanese soldiers, you and I are the only ones who know about this matter. What does this show? It shows that Section Chief Gao trusts us. So stop complaining."

Qi Yue nodded: "I know."

……

An hour and a half later.

After all the explosives were installed in the barracks, Warrant Officer Miyamoto led his men to leave first. The villagers in the threshing ground were also allowed to go home and gathered in one place to prevent the news from leaking out.

Everyone had left, except for a middle-aged man wearing a gray cloth gown, a sparse goatee, and round glasses, who was wandering around with his hands in his pockets, looking hesitant.

Zhao Zhenhai noticed him: "Hey, why don't you leave? Is there something wrong?"

The man with the goatee smiled and said, "I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now..."

He walked a few steps, turned back hesitantly, and looked at Zhao Zhenhai with an almost flattering look: "Officer, I want to ask you something."

"what's up?"

"How much is the bounty you mentioned?"

"As long as the situation is true, the government will give you a reward at its discretion. The Police Department will give you an extra reward, with a minimum of one sheep ticket and a maximum of ten sheep tickets. What, do you have something to report?"

"A little, but not much, hehe."

(End of this chapter)