The Eighth Route Army had a regimental chief of staff named Shang, who came from northern Shaanxi. This time, for some unknown reason, he even absconded with weapons and several people without accepting any mission.
The superiors were worried that the group was defecting, so they sent three teams to track them in three directions.
This task is really difficult. The difficulty lies in not being able to tell whether it is an enemy or a friend.
It would be easier to deal with them if they really defected armedly. They could be caught and killed, but what if they didn't defect? If you shoot directly, you may accidentally kill a good person.
Therefore, the few people carefully selected by Teacher Wang are the ones with the best skills and the clearest minds.
The purpose of equipping them with submachine guns is not to use them to kill people, but because they have to go deep into enemy-occupied areas. If they encounter the Japanese, they can quickly escape by relying on the powerful firepower of the submachine guns.
The five-person group was heading east. There were mountains all the way. Going further east was almost to Baoding.
If that group of people surrenders to the enemy, they are most likely to come this way, because further northeast is Peiping.
They also encountered Japanese search teams along the way, but they didn't come into contact with them. Instead, they stayed away from them.
Xiao Wuzi was a spearhead about 200 meters in front of the team. At noon the next day, there was a village in front of him. Xiao Wuzi was dressed in ordinary people's clothes and carrying a sack in his hand, and walked directly into the village.
But the team behind him found a place to hide, waiting for news from him.
The first time he entered the village, he saw the gray military uniform of the sentry on top of the barn. He did not stop, but continued walking inside. The man on sentry had obviously noticed him and kept watching him as he walked towards a house.
Xiaowuzi turned into a courtyard, and the owner of the house greeted him. He was an old man.
Xiaowuzi said: "Uncle, I am passing by. I am thirsty and come to ask for a bowl of water."
The old man was quite enthusiastic, so he took him into the house and poured him a bowl of water.
Xiaowuzi asked while drinking: "Where is this place? Have Japanese soldiers been here?"
The old man said: "This village is called Xiaosong Village, and the one ten miles away is called Dasong Village.
When people heard that the Japs were coming, the people were all panicked.
But yesterday a group of the Eighth Route Army came and settled in this village, and the people felt a little more at ease. "
Xiaowuzi said: "How many Eighth Route Army troops are here? With so few people, they can't defeat the Japanese?"
The old man said: "There are not many people, only a dozen or so, but they are all good young men. Although there are few people, we don't panic because they are there to control us."
It didn't take much effort for Xiao Wuzi to figure out which courtyard these people lived in. Xiao Wuzi did not go back the same way, but continued forward. Passing by the courtyard where the group lived, he saw the third man on guard with a gun. There were two sentries, and then Xiaowuzi walked directly out of the village from the other side and made a long circle before returning to the meeting place.
Xiao Wuzi drew a simple map on the ground and marked the location of the sentry post he saw and the location of the compound where he lived.
These people were very alert. There were less than ten of them in total, and they actually posted three sentries, one at the beginning of the village and one at the end of the village, one outside the courtyard, and there may be mobile sentries.
From what the old man said, no Japanese soldiers or puppet government troops came. This is good news and proves that this group of people has not surrendered to the enemy. However, they did not dare to be careless. They simply ate dry food and waited for dark.
The teacher asked everyone to hurry up and go to bed first, because the action might take place in the middle of the night.
In the middle of the night, the weather was very clear, there was no moon, but the stars were bright.
The teacher's first order was, there was no need, don't shoot, try not to hurt anyone, block them in the room first.
Yu Hai took the first step towards the first sentry post, while Xiao Wuzi circled half a circle towards the other sentry post.
Yu Hai was really talented. He walked without making a sound until he climbed up the barn and approached the sentry.
The sentry had just changed his guard, and when he heard someone approaching from behind, he shouldn't be the comrade who was being replaced, so he shouted: "Password?"
Then his mouth was covered and pinned against the barn, and he couldn't even pull the trigger.
Yu Hai took off his hat and stuffed it into his mouth, then tied him up with a small rope.
Xiaowuzi was also climbing up the room, trying his best not to make any noise.
When he went to the room, the sentry on the room asked: "Why are you back again?"
Before he could turn around, Xiao Wuzi struck him on the back of the neck with his palm. The huge momentum caused the sentry to faint. When he woke up, he was already being carried back with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged. He wanted to struggle, but the voice of the person carrying him could be heard in his ears. "You'd better not move. We are the Eighth Route Army. If you are my comrade, just stay still. Misunderstandings can always be explained clearly. If you surrender to the enemy, just struggle. See if I am ruthless enough to kill someone."
The sentry stopped struggling and let Xiaowuzi carry him outside the compound.
At this time, Erniu and Sidezi had also restrained the sentries outside the courtyard without making any sound.
Lao Shang is the regimental staff officer of the New Second Regiment in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region of the Eighth Route Army, and is considered the third-in-command in the regiment.
He was originally the deputy commander of the third regiment and commander of the first battalion, and the entire first battalion was an old unit that he single-handedly raised.
A while ago, I encountered the Japanese and lost a battle. The regiment leader was seriously injured.
As the deputy captain, he should have acted as the captain of the regiment as a matter of course, but his superiors did not give it to him and instead transferred a new captain.
Not to mention, without making any mistakes, he was transferred from the Third Regiment and transferred to the New Second Regiment as a regimental staff officer.
This is a bit unreasonable. He didn't say anything when he was transferred from the old team he brought out, but this was obviously a downgrade. This was too bullying.
This time he took away a dozen of his old brothers out of anger. He planned to find a place to open a new business from drumming, and then organized an anti-Japanese team to make some achievements and vent his bad breath. No, we came to Xiaosong Village, which was very close to the Japanese, but the more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity.
Lao Shang slept until midnight when he suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps. He was startled. As soon as he wanted to get up, a knife was pressed against his neck. There was also a hand on his shoulder, which was very strong. .
Lao Shang was angry. He was being tricked, and his group of people were all shit eaters.
There was a flash of fire, the oil lamp was lit, and Lao Shang saw Lao Wang. This guy was older than him. He came from the Long March. He also led a regiment on the border of Shanxi. His troops were resting, so this guy was sent. Give lessons to Kangda University.
Lao Wang's first words were: "Lao Shang, I received a mission and said that you had defected. I was asked to come here specifically to take you back."
Lao Shang was furious: "Defection? Fart, I have never thought about rebellion since the beginning of the revolution. I just want to find a place to work alone. Who is throwing dirty water on me?"
Lao Wang came closer, stared into his eyes for a long time, raised his head and asked Xiao Wuzi to let him go.
Xiao Wuzi took back the knife, let go of Lao Shang, and jumped down from the kang.
Lao Shang sat up, touched the blood seeping from his neck, and cursed him as a little bastard.
Lao Wang asked him: "You really didn't defect?"
Lao Shang was so angry that he wanted to hit him, "Lao Wang, the first day you met me? How can a person like me surrender to the Japanese? I just wasn't convinced and transferred me without any reason. I wanted to show them what I could do." "
Lao Wang said: "Well, since it is a misunderstanding, you can go back with me and explain the matter clearly. The order given to me by my superiors is that if you rebel, you will be killed without mercy."
Although Lao Shang was angry, he was also convinced that Lao Wang could take care of him silently with just a few people.
Lao Wang also ordered to lift the alert and release all the arrested people. There were still a few people in the room who were trapped under the covers. When the lights were turned on, they found that the weapons had been taken away. Some of them were so ashamed that they wanted to kill them head-on.
Just then, a young soldier ran in from outside. He was dusty and tired. When he entered the room, he shouted, "Batalion Commander, the Japs are coming. They are still five or six miles away from here."
These are the scouts sent out by Lao Shang and rushed back from afar.
He said: "It's dark and I can't see clearly. It's probably a search team coming this way."
The Japanese's search team was actually a food-grabbing team. In this big sweep, they grabbed wherever they went.
The number of people in a search team varies, but it usually consists of a detachment of Japanese soldiers, plus a platoon or two infantry squads of puppet troops.
Lao Shang looked at Lao Wang with suspicion, and Lao Shang was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
He said to Lao Wang: "If you really don't believe me, shoot me immediately. Then take all the brothers away."
Otherwise, give me a gun and let me stop the enemy for you. "
Lao Wang said: "I will believe you just once. I have put my life in your hands. If you want to be my brother, then fight out with me."
How could this team of devils come here in the middle of the night? Lao Wang couldn't help but doubt it.
There are ten people in Lao Shang's team and five in Lao Wang. Although there are fewer people, the advantage is that they have enough firepower. Even Lao Shang and the others have seven or eight box cannons.
Moreover, if the Japanese are not coming for them, then they are the enemy openly and secretly. Lao Wang is confident that he can ambush them in this village.
The Japs really didn't come for them, but got lost, bumped into each other by mistake, and came here. When they saw a village, the Japs were so happy. If there was a village, they would have food, drink, and a place to sleep. It was exhausting after a day in the mountains.
The Japs also had their own vanguard. The vanguard went around the village and when he saw everything was quiet, he left the village and gave a signal with a flashlight.
After a while, there were twelve Japanese soldiers in one detachment and twenty puppet soldiers in two squads. They all drove into the village happily and got into the pocket array set up by Teacher Wang.
One group of puppet troops was in front, and another group of puppet troops was behind, sandwiching the Japanese soldiers in the middle.
When the sound of a box cannon sounded crisply, five submachine guns roared, focusing on taking care of the Japanese soldiers in the middle.
Click, click, click, the sound of submachine guns rang out. The enemy was stunned by this sudden attack. They never expected that someone would ambush them in the village in the middle of the night.
Regardless of whether they were Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers, they all fired blindly in all directions at the first opportunity, regardless of whether they could hit the enemy. As long as they fired, it proved that they were still alive.
