Two armed security guards hurried over and snapped to attention. One of them shouted loudly, "Report that a group of Japanese spies have been trapped in a compound on Ximenli Fourth Street."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongliang immediately asked, "How many people are there on the other side?"
The soldier said, "Including those killed and arrested, there are a total of thirteen to fifteen people. There are still about eight people trapped in the building."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongliang waved his hand and said, "Take us there!"
After that, under the leadership of the two soldiers, Zhao Hongliang, Wang Jia, and the soldiers behind them as reserve support, immediately rushed to the scene of the incident.
When they arrived, a group of agents, two mobile teams, and Hua Zhang's people had already surrounded a courtyard. The reason why only two mobile teams were dispatched was because the situation was unknown. Who knew if there were any other Japanese spies in the city. A team is left behind and can provide support at any time.
Zhao Hongliang observed the yard, then turned around and said, "Commander Wang, bring up the machine guns and mortars, fire a few rounds first to give the other party a warning, and then blow a few big holes in the houses inside. Collect firewood on the spot." , rags and other burning objects, and let the stronger brother throw all the burning objects into the big hole created by the explosion to force the opponent out."
After hearing this, Wang Jia smiled and said, "What a good idea!" He then turned around and ordered two squads of soldiers to go and do it immediately. Although Wang Yang's team car could not be driven, the equipment was not damaged, so the mortars were quickly put in place.
Zhao Hongliang squatted next to the mortar, pointed to the building in front, and said, "The architectural model of the Sanheyuan, shoot two mortars on the walls or windows of each house first!"
The two soldiers responsible for operating the mortar nodded, took a careful aim, and after adjusting, reached out and placed a shell on top of the barrel, then released their hands. "Boom!" was fired directly.
Not long after, there was another loud bang, and the roof of the house in the triple courtyard exploded directly at the junction with the wall in front. But after all, the mortar was not that powerful, so it only blew up a large area of tiles.
Zhao Hongliang was not in a hurry anyway, so he fired two if one shot failed. Anyway, he brought a lot of artillery shells, enough to blow up the building.
He was so happy that he fired four or five shots in a row. During the interval of the shells, someone in the building suddenly shouted, "Don't fire yet! How about we talk?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongliang also shouted, "Hand over your weapons and surrender within one minute! Start the timer now!"
Several figures flashed vaguely through the window of the house opposite, possibly observing the situation outside. The voice from before yelled, "You'd better listen to us, we have a hostage! You know, when we came in, a couple and their parents were..."
Just when he said he had a hostage in his hand, Zhao Hongliang turned around and said, "Keep firing, don't let him finish his sentence!"
The soldier controlling the mortar let go after hearing this, and fired again with a bang. Directly interrupting the other party's speech. Just like that, three more shells were fired in succession, and the roof of the house in the middle was connected to a wall, causing a large gap to collapse.
Zhao Hongliang pressed his hand down, and the soldier immediately stopped. Then he shouted, "Hand over your weapons and surrender! If you don't answer within ten seconds, we will continue to fire!"
About seven or eight seconds later, the voice from before said, "Do you really not care about the lives of your fathers and fellow villagers? To show my sincerity, I can let the two old people go first!"
Zhao Hongliang shouted, "I said! Hand over your weapons and surrender! Otherwise we will continue to fire! Give you a minute to think about it!"
The voice shouted again, "They have come out, don't fire!" After saying this, the wooden door opened and an old couple was pushed out! Then the door closed again.
The old lady turned around and knocked on the door, crying and screaming, "My son, please let my son go." The old man next to her was calmer than her. Although his face was sad and angry, he stretched out his hand and pulled the old lady out. Go, shouting, "You... let's go out first and then talk. Get up! Get up quickly!"
After all, it was a man, who was much stronger than the woman. He grabbed the other person's arm and walked out of the yard with force. But after seven or eight steps, the woman in her fifties, perhaps emotionally overwhelmed, squatted down hard, broke free from her husband's hand, and rolled towards the previous door again. .
Zhao Hongliang shouted, "One minute is up! Tell us the answer within ten seconds! Otherwise, we will blow you up!"
The voice from before replied, "We have shown our sincerity, let us leave! And you have arrested many of us, so you can fully explain it to your superiors..."
Zhao Hongliang didn't even wait for him to finish, he turned around and said, "Hit the roof! Fire!" He pointed at the house on the right side of the Sanheyuan.
The cannon manipulator also understood what he meant. When the cannonball exploded, it flew upward at an oblique angle, so when the cannonball landed on the roof, it could not hit the two old couples at all.
Then why don't we wait until the old man and old lady come out? Nothing to lose anyway? That's because of Fan Keqin.
During class, Fan Keqin repeatedly told them that there was absolutely no negotiation with Japanese spies, and the only way was to make the other party surrender. Don't worry about anything else! Even if the other party has our Chinese hostages in their hands, don't worry about it! Because you compromise once, spies may do this again in the days to come! But if you ignore it, next time or a few times later, the Japanese spies are not fools. They will naturally know that taking hostages will not help them at all, but will become a drag. In this way, more people will be saved.
As for the people who were injured or killed at the time, there was really nothing that could be done. Do you want to say that Fan Keqin is cruel? That’s right! He is indeed cruel, but this cruelty is based on later, so that Japanese spies will not dare to use Chinese people as hostages in order to save more people.
As soon as the cannon fired, the old woman seemed to have reacted, knowing that if she continued like this, she would only lose her own life, and it would be impossible to save her son, daughter-in-law and family. Her husband also mustered up the strength to pull her out.
Wang Jia looked at the side and pointed with his hand, and said, "Go and ask that man what's going on in the room? How many people are there!" His battalion deputy rushed forward with his men, pulled the two men aside, and began to interrogate them. .
After the woman saw the Chinese soldiers, she kept crying and begging. Still his husband, he still maintains a certain calmness. Tell the situation again.
After a while, the battalion deputy came back and reported, "What they said was that there were eight bandits in the house, all holding pistols. In addition, we hope we can save his son's family. There is also a child inside, who is their grandson." "
At this time, Hua Zhang said from the side, "There are eight people, two Chinese people and a child. Team leader, I think your original plan is still feasible! They just want us to surrender, and we can't follow their wishes!"
Zhao Hongliang nodded and said, "That's right! We will never negotiate any conditions with the Japanese. This is something the section chief has repeatedly emphasized to us." After that, he ordered the two gunners again to continue bombing the two houses on the left and right. Suddenly the explosion sounded again.
After a while, the walls of the two houses on the left and right were also blown down. After a while, people from the two classes collected a lot of fire-starting objects and rushed back. Moreover, a soldier went back to the camp outside and received a tin kettle of gasoline.
Zhao Hongliang ordered people to set up a lot of torches, and also asked people to put cotton wool, rags, rags and other toys on them, pour a little gasoline on them, and put them in earthen jars. After they were ready, they selected ten strong soldiers from the security division and divided them into two groups. Five people threw torches and five people threw earthen jars.
After giving the order, the ten soldiers standing on the wall showed their heads one after another and threw the objects in their hands towards the targets that had been assigned long ago. This family looks like a big family, with a three-sided courtyard. The yard is not small, but the distance from the courtyard wall to the house inside is less than twenty meters. Everyone is still very accurate. After two consecutive rounds of throwing, the three-room The fire started burning at the same time.
Zhao Hongliang ordered people to continue making earthen jars, and then kept throwing them into them. This time the fire became stronger and the smoke gradually rose.
His purpose was actually not to burn the other party to death, but to create thick smoke. This time they came without gas bombs, which was a mistake. However, there are not many gas bombs in the National Government now. Shangfeng believes that instead of having time to make gas bombs, it would be good to make more artillery shells. Even among the arms shipped from the United States, there should be no gas bombs as much as possible. Therefore, the inventory is very small, and a piece of Guokan may only cost a few hundred pieces.
However, the method Zhao Hongliang used now was also very effective. After the fire started, he directly ordered the two gunners to stop firing. Let the ten soldiers smash in the jars filled with cotton wool, rags, and gasoline.
When combined with thick smoke, the effect is actually not much worse than a gas bomb. Since no shots were fired, a loud coughing sound came from inside after a while.
About five minutes later, Wang Jia lost his composure and said, "Brother Hong Liang, this group of spies is indeed an elite group. They were trapped inside by more than a hundred of us, roasted and smoked by fireworks, but they haven't even escaped yet." Surrender, I think it’s better to attack by force?”
Zhao Hongliang smiled and said, "Brothers, don't be anxious. They must have been trained in this area. Although they didn't wear gas masks, they could just find a few towels, or tear up their clothes to make masks, and pour some water on them to avoid gas." Kai inhaled most of the poisonous gas..."
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