While Ma Mingyuan and Widow Liu were messing around in the small restaurant, a squad leader who usually walked very close to Ma Mingyuan approached Su Hongliang, the instructor of the Third Company of the Fourth Battalion.
"Instructor, after I listened to your anti-enemy agent education last night, I have a situation to report to you. It is about our horse platoon leader. The more I think about it, the more I feel there is a problem."
Zhang Erkui was the first to rebel in the Ma Mingyuan Battalion. He shot and killed the traitor platoon leader before the battle. After joining the Eighth Route Army, he worked hard to reform his thinking and actively moved closer to the organization. Due to his military exploits, he was promoted to the fifth squad leader of the Ma Mingyuan Platoon.
Su Hongliang became more vigilant upon hearing this, put down what he was doing and asked Erkui in a low voice:
"Erkui, if you have any questions, please tell me."
Erkui leaned his head close to Su Hongliang and said softly:
"I found that Platoon Leader Ma was very strange recently. He often complained without saying anything. He also always asked for leave to run into the town. When he came back, he smelled very strongly of alcohol. One time I accidentally saw him entering a restaurant;
I looked over and saw that the lady boss of the restaurant looked like a fairy, and Platoon Leader Ma seemed to be very familiar with her. I didn't take it to heart before, thinking it was because of his old habit of the puppet army.
After listening to your anti-enemy special education yesterday, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that Platoon Leader Ma’s behavior was very abnormal. I suspected that there was something wrong with that restaurant. Everyone was working today, and he asked for leave again..."
Su Hongliang has realized the seriousness of the matter. This is no longer an abnormal problem. Today, Ma Mingyuan asked him for leave and said he had to go to town to handle something. He didn't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that he was too careless.
"Er Kui, take Class 5 with you. Let's go to the restaurant you mentioned. When we get there, be more careful and control anyone who looks abnormal!"
"Okay, don't worry, I won't let anyone escape!"
Erkui said excitedly that he had long been dissatisfied with Ma Mingyuan's style. This was the Eighth Route Army, and Ma Mingyuan was still acting like a puppet army. He deliberately approached him because he wanted to see what tricks he was playing. It was time to perform meritorious deeds!
Su Hongliang and Erkui quietly gathered together the fifth team and went straight to the Widow Liu's Hotel. They arrived at the hotel ten minutes later, leaving a group on guard outside. The others, led by Su Hongliang and Erkui, went straight to the hotel. Go through the door.
"Who are you, and how come you are so good at dressing up in civilian houses?"
At Su Hongliang's signal, Erkui knocked out the waiter who wanted to shout a warning with the butt of his rifle, and the others rushed into the back room.
A waiter stretched his hand into his arms, ready to touch his gun, but was restrained by two other soldiers with their guns.
Others began to search for radio stations as assigned in advance...
The noise outside still woke up Ma Mingyuan and Widow Liu. They had just put on half of their clothes when Su Hongliang and others rushed in.
Widow Liu pushed Ma Mingyuan away and knelt down to Su Hongliang, crying:
"Oh, Commander Eighth Route Army, I'm going to die. This Eighth Route Army comrade bullied the slave family while he was drunk. You must make the decision for me!"
As soon as Widow Liu saw something was wrong, she immediately took matters into her own hands and diverted the affairs between the two of them to those between men and women in order to muddy the waters.
Ma Mingyuan was also a ghost, and he understood Widow Liu's intention as soon as he heard it. The little thing between a man and a woman would not make him lose his head. If the Eighth Route Army knew that he colluded with the Japanese spies and betrayed the Eighth Route Army intelligence, then he would not be able to survive. .
"Instructor, I also drank a little too much and couldn't control myself. I did stupid things and tampered with the boss's wife. Before I could get anything done, you guys broke in. I was wrong!"
"Sister-in-law, please don't cry yet. Come back with us. If one of our people does something like an animal, we will not be lenient!"
When Widow Liu heard this, she wanted to muddy the waters even more and shouted loudly:
"I don't want to live anymore. The Eighth Route Army bullies good girls. Folks, come and see!"
Widow Liu's shout immediately attracted a large number of idle people, pointing inside the hotel;
It is said that there are many disputes in front of a widow, let alone a pretty widow. This matter also involved the Eighth Route Army, which completely whetted some people's appetite for gossip, and more and more fellow villagers gathered around to watch the fun.
A few minutes later, the soldiers responsible for the search finally found a radio station from the mezzanine of the hotel wall.
Instructor Su put the radio in front of Widow Liu. Widow Liu was speechless. Just as she was about to make a desperate struggle, she was knocked unconscious by Erkui's rifle butt.
"Er Kui, you lead a team to stay and guard this house. No one is allowed to come near. The others will take these two agents back."
"Fellow fellows, we are the Eighth Route Army and we are on a mission. These people are dog spies hidden among us. Everyone should keep their eyes open and report to the Eighth Route Army if they find suspicious persons!"
Su Hongliang felt that it was still necessary to explain clearly to the fellow villagers. Although this would leak the news, it was more important to maintain the Eighth Route Army's image among the people.
If this kind of thing is not explained clearly, it will be spread from ten to ten, and the image of the Eighth Route Army among the people in Liuzhen will be greatly reduced.
When the onlookers heard that the Eighth Route Army was arresting Japanese spies, they immediately sided with the Eighth Route Army. Now the people of Liuzhen support the Eighth Route Army as much as they hate the Japanese.
"Have you heard what Comrade Eighth Route Army said? Widow Liu is a good enough spy. She wants to tarnish the image of the Eighth Route Army after being caught. We can't be fooled by a dog spy!"
"That's right, Widow Liu looks like a goblin, so she's not a good thing at first glance."
A businessman who often patronized Widow Liu's restaurant said righteously, as if he was not the one who usually patronized Widow Liu.
"Have you heard from Comrade Eighth Route Army? Dog spies are hiding around us. If they find anyone sneaking around, they will report it. We can't let them ruin our good life in Liu Town..."
After Su Hongliang explained in front of the crowd, the onlookers all shared the same hatred and were scolding the Japanese agents. Some were ready to report to the Eighth Route Army that so and so was abnormal and suspected of being enemy agents. This was something to be said later.
After Su Hongliang brought Widow Liu and Ma Mingyuan back, he immediately conducted a surprise interrogation. Widow Liu, a Japanese agent, had been stubborn and refused to speak, but Ma Mingyuan quickly gave up and confessed that Widow Liu asked him for information about the base area.
Ma Mingyuan has joined the Eighth Route Army since the old Seventh Company. He is considered an old man in the base. He has a lot of information. If he hadn't been arrested in time this time, a lot of important information would have been leaked.
"Instructor, I was also confused for a moment. I have said everything I need to say. I beg you to be punished and spare my life. I have an eighty-year-old mother above me, and below -"
It was the same trick again. Su Hongliang didn't bother to listen to his ramblings, so he was taken away directly. This time, the raid on Widow Liu's restaurant captured three Japanese spies, including Widow Liu, and dug out Ma Mingyuan, who was hiding in the hotel. The scum in the revolutionary ranks avoided a serious leak of secrets.
At the same time, under the organization of the Security Department, a storm of anti-enemy agents broke out in the entire base area. Through the most extensive security education in the defense area, the soldiers and civilians in the base area realized the importance of anti-enemy agents;
Every village, every company, every battalion, the democratic government and Liu Town have conducted detailed investigations, with the participation of all military and civilian personnel. Those abnormal elements hidden among the masses and troops have surfaced one after another, and they can no longer hide!
Each enemy agent was picked out by the masses and soldiers, and then reported to each other. They pulled out the carrots and brought them out of the mud. The enemy's intelligence network in the base area received a thunderous blow;
Just as Chu Xiong and Gao Wancheng imagined, most of the enemy agents were caught, and only a small number of fish that slipped through the net escaped. They could only hide honestly and no longer dare to blatantly operate in the base area.
Half a month later, the anti-enemy agents operation throughout the entire base area came to an end. In order to deter enemy agents and those with disloyal intentions, the Independent Regiment Security Office, with the approval of the regiment party committee, carried out public shootings of the 152 captured enemy agents. , including Ma Mingyuan.
Thousands of people in the base area witnessed this feat, which also made them realize clearly——
"The enemy agents are around us, everyone is responsible for keeping secrets secret!"
