Pingxing Town is a small town under the jurisdiction of Gu'an County.
The whole town only has about a hundred villages.
In the past, before war broke out and people's lives were relatively stable, there was a population of 70,000 to 80,000.
Later, the war broke out, and disasters occurred frequently in Pingxing County. The people were in dire straits, and the population dropped sharply to 20,000 to 30,000.
Such a remote town is not a major military area, and the Japanese troops stationed here are not many.
"The number of Japs field troops assisting with security in the county is very small. There seems to be only one squad. The rest are Japs from the gendarmerie and some traitors from the puppet army."
"The platoon leader of this puppet army platoon is called Zhang Renfa. We were comrades in arms earlier. Later, after we started working for the Japs, we were very close, but we didn't see each other much. The Japs were also on guard against us. We were generally different. The puppet troops in the area are not allowed to meet casually."
On the way to Pingxing Town, the puppet platoon leader Liu Decai introduced the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in Pingxing Town to Duan Peng and the monk.
The Japanese army has been stretched thin in recent years. In addition, as more and more land has been conquered, a large number of counties, villages and towns need to be managed by personnel. The troops are too scattered and easily attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The troops are too concentrated, and It is difficult to control the towns.
Therefore, the little Japanese could only choose to use China to control China, and recruited a large number of Imperial Army troops to assist the Japanese army in maintaining law and order in counties and towns.
There was only one squad of Japs in Pingxing Town, plus a platoon of Imperial Army soldiers.
Duan Peng had always looked down on those Japanese devils who were trying to save the country by some kind of detour, but chose to be weaklings and traitors just to earn a living. He snorted.
Said: "You are really good comrades. We have already agreed to work together as lackeys for the Japanese!"
"I'm ashamed. I'm really ashamed. I had no choice but to do it. That's what the boss said!"
Seeing Duan Peng's fierce expression, Liu Decai responded quickly.
But deep down in his heart, he disagreed with Duan Peng's words and Duan Peng's identity.
Until now, Liu Decai still believed that Duan Peng and his party were powerful bandits in Jizhong.
Since they are bandits, they are robbing families and homes, doing unscrupulous evil things, they may not be any better than their Imperial Alliance Army.
"Damn it, what do you think I'm doing? Let me tell you, even if I'm a bandit, I'll still be a little devil and I'll be much better than you who are traitors to the devil!"
Duan Peng saw Liu Decai's thoughts at a glance and cursed.
"Yes, yes -" Liu Decai did not dare to refute.
There were words spoken along the way. The team pulled horses, and the horses pulled a large number of empty carts. There were also five military motorcycles mixed in. The group of people drove toward Pingxing Town in a mighty manner.
Liu Decai was surprised at those modified military motorcycles. He recognized that although those motorcycles had been modified, they were obviously military motorcycles only owned by the Japanese army.
Thinking back to the fierce fighting power of the bandits in front of him in the mountainous area, Liu Decai looked frightened.
"Let me tell you, kid, we are not ordinary bandits, we are anti-Japanese bandits who specialize in fighting against little devils!"
This is how Duan Peng deceived Liu Decai at that time.
Liu Decai actually believed it, but he was secretly surprised. In this area of central Hebei, the Japanese had carried out many encirclement and suppression campaigns against the surrounding bandits, and basically eliminated them all.
Where did this powerful bandit appear from, which is not small in size, powerful in combat, and well-equipped?
Liu Decai, who couldn't figure it out, also wanted to see what else this group of bandits wanted to do.
Soon, the group arrived at Pingxing Town successfully.
When they arrived at the city gate, they used some tricks to be wary of Liu De.
Duan Peng stood behind him personally, pretending that the Japanese were close to the Imperial Army, and at the same time pressed the shell gun against Liu Decai's waist.
Liu Decai, who was held hostage, did not dare to play tricks. When he arrived at the city gate, he shouted to the puppet soldiers guarding the city gate:
"I am Liu Decai, the platoon leader of the Imperial Association Army in Gu'an County. I want your platoon leader to come out and see me. He and I are old acquaintances."
"It turns out to be Platoon Leader Liu. What brought you from the county seat to our remote town?"
The leader of the puppet squad leader seemed to recognize Liu Decai and smiled and joked.
Liu Decai motioned to Duan Peng, who was wearing the uniform of a Japanese squad leader next to him, and said: "I came with Taijun to transport some supplies to your Pingxing Town."
The puppet squad leader nodded, glanced at Duan Peng, and said with some confusion: "It's just, Platoon Leader Liu, why does this Taijun seem strange to me?"
As he said that, the cautious puppet squad leader looked carefully at the team behind Duan Peng.
Although Duan Peng, Monk and his party were wearing the military uniforms of the puppet army and the Japanese army.
However, due to previous battles, some uniforms were even stained with blood. Although they had been treated, flaws might still be revealed if they were looked at carefully.
It's better to be far away at the moment.
Liu Decai's heart thumped, and he was thinking about how to reply.
Duan Peng cursed directly in Japanese.
"Baga, what nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and open the city gate!"
As soon as the Japanese words were spoken, the puppet squad leader on top of the city gate was startled.
Angering the Japanese will not yield good results.
Look at the team leader who is leading the team. He speaks Japanese, wears a sanitary beard, and has a tough look on his face. He looks like a little devil at first glance. He must be unmistakable!
In addition, Liu Decai, the puppet platoon leader, accompanied him.
The puppet squad leader did not dare to hesitate any longer and quickly ordered the roadblocks to be released and the city gates to be opened.
When the city gate opened and monk Duan Peng successfully entered the city gate with soldiers disguised as Japanese and puppet troops, it was like a wolf among the sheep.
There were only six or seven puppet troops stationed at the city gate, plus two or three Japanese soldiers.
Monk Duan Peng and his party quickly took control of the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese killed him with a dagger on the spot without any hesitation.
This scene shocked Liu Decai and other puppet soldiers.
Monk and Duan Peng had a deep understanding of the kid's will to die rather than surrender, so there was no need to waste time.
As for the remaining puppet troops, looking at the "Japanese soldiers" stuck in front of them, holding pistols to their heads, they dared not show any resistance, and they surrendered one after another.
Liu Decai followed up and said: "These are all anti-Japanese heroes. They came to the city this time just to deal with the Japs. Brothers who know what they are doing should cooperate with these heroes and be heroes against the Japanese. If they don't know what they are doing, then Just wait to get shot!"
After a lot of coercion and inducement, the puppet troops responsible for defending the city gate chose to cooperate quite conscientiously.
Then, the puppet squad leader told Liu Decai that their platoon leader Zhang Renfa was currently in the gendarmerie.
Duan Peng left a team to guard the city gate to ensure that the road to the city gate for the soldiers to retreat was clear at all times.
Then he took Liu Decai and the puppet troops and rushed all the way to the Japanese Gendarmerie.
Soon after, a fierce but short battle broke out in the Japanese military police compound in Pingxing Town.
There was no doubt about the result. The only thirty or so little Japs in the gendarmerie were quickly eliminated.
Relying on the convenience of disguise, the little devil was caught off guard, and the news of the sneak attack on Pingxing Town had no time to spread.
As for Zhang Renfa and his party fighting the five scum puppet troops, under the coercion of the monk and his party, coupled with Liu Decai's persuasion, they easily chose to surrender and cooperate.
After cleaning up the Japs in the town and taking control of the city gate's defense, Duan Peng and the monk ordered the soldiers to start moving supplies.
After surrendering, the puppet troops also came to help load the trucks honestly.
The large number of horse-drawn carts brought by the monk and his party, as well as several military motorcycles, including some transportation tools purchased by the Japanese in Pingxing Town, were all put to use.
To say that these little devils are indeed hateful, Pingxing Town, which is not a large town, has still hoarded a lot of supplies and food despite the constant plundering by the little devils.
"These little naughty little devils, they are all supported by the people!"
Duan Peng couldn't help but curse a few words.
As for these grains and materials, naturally they dare not distribute them to the local people. One is that they do not have enough time.
The other one is given to the people, and sooner or later it will be snatched away by the Japanese, and may even harm the people.
It is not unusual for little Japanese to like to label some innocent people as anti-Japanese.
"Platoon Leader Zhang, as a Chinese, you still have to have a basic conscience. I said, we are just to deal with the little devils."
"After we leave, Pingxing Town will be handed over to you again, but please remember it for me. You must wait until tomorrow morning to pass the news to the little devil."
"If you dare to be cunning, huh, even if you hide in the enemy's lair, I can find you out and kill you!"
Under Duan Peng's threats, Zhang Renfa quickly expressed that he would never dare.
"It's already a great favor that the hero is willing to save our lives. Please rest assured, hero, we will act in accordance with the hero's instructions and will never notify the Japanese in advance!"
"So much the better!"
"Platoon Leader Zhang, goodbye then. Maybe we will have a chance to meet again in the future."
"Eh!"
Zhang Renfa responded with an expression on his face that was uglier than crying. He didn't want to run into these evil stars again.
... Looking at the retreating figures of monk Duan Peng and his entourage, standing on the city gate, the puppet squad leader couldn't help but said to the platoon leader Zhang Renfa: "Platoon leader, are you just going to let them go like this?"
"Otherwise?" Zhang Renfa asked rhetorically.
"...But, who are these people?"
Zhang Renfa snorted coldly, "I heard from Liu Decai that they seem to be a group of fierce bandits in the mountains, but I think these people are very strict and organized, and their fighting power is even more amazing, so they may not necessarily be bandits."
"But no matter what their identities are, we only know one thing. We cannot afford to offend these people."
"We can't afford to offend the Japanese, we can't afford to offend the Eighth Route Army, and we can't afford to offend these ruthless people who kill Japanese and chickens like chickens!"
"Do you think our Imperial Army is really easy to do? We have our tail between our legs in front of the Japanese, and we have to keep our tail between our legs in front of the Eighth Route Army and these people. You really think that when you get to the little devil, you will have an absolutely safe umbrella for yourself. Already?"
"If you can't kill the owner, how can you kill a dog?"
"..."
After monk Duan Peng led the soldiers to leave Pingxing Town, he pulled large carts and small carts of supplies not directly to the base area, but to the neighboring Songhe Town.
In Duan Peng's words, "It's not easy to make this trip. If we don't fill up all our carriages, we will definitely not be able to go back."
"I think so too!" The monk agreed with a smile.
Liu Decai on the side was frightened when he heard this.
These bandit leaders are too courageous. They really don't take the little devils seriously!
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