The deputy captain of the district team led people to reconnoiter the back mountain, firstly to prevent bandits from coming from the back mountain, and secondly to see whether the road down the mountain was clear.
Not long after leaving, I discovered that a dozen bandits from the back mountain had reached halfway up the mountain!
After throwing down a few grenades, the bandits all retreated after leaving a few wounded soldiers behind.
The deputy captain stood in the sun and carefully observed the terrain of the mountain behind the village. It was so perfect that he didn't even need to hide when attacking bandits in such a place.
The bandits didn't move for a long time. They felt bored staying here. After thinking about it, they led the soldiers back to the mountain.
After walking around for a while, I came to the outside of the house where the prisoners were kept.
Directly order the soldiers to lift a bandit leader outside the house.
The vice-captain's eyes were red, he rubbed his temples, took out his shell gun and pointed it at the leader's head: "You will fall into the hands of grandpa one day. If you collude with the Japanese, I will kill you now!"
The leader was so frightened that his legs immediately collapsed and he fell to the ground, with snot bubbles coming out of his nose: "Sir, please forgive me, if the devils hadn't come, who would be willing to run to this stupid mountain village? I can't do anything bad." Never done it..."
"Oh, tell me, have any Japanese troops disguised themselves as soldiers and entered the mountains from your place before?"
"Well, how can I know this? Emperor... If the Japanese really dress up as the Eighth Master, we wouldn't be able to recognize him. Anyway, the Eighth Master is going to pass through here, and our boss has never said a word." The head of the family replied with a sad face. .
The vice-captain thought for a while: "Three months ago, the Japs entered the mountain to sweep up. A team entered the mountain from your place. Mr. Ge, you'd better tell me honestly. Who participated?"
"How dare we? There were so many Japs entering the mountain. As soon as we got the news, they all ran away. Who knows if they would attack us, but we didn't dare to come back until half a month after they left the mountain!"
"So, who are the people who help the Japanese drive and pull things? Hey, don't say you haven't done it before."
"The Japs have their guns on their heads. Who dares to resist? It's all conscience. We really don't know that they are going to go into the mountains to raid!"
The vice-captain kicked the little boss off the ground: "If I find out you lied, I will skin you!"
The little boss didn't even dare to scream, he just sucked in his breath desperately.
"Call two more out!"
...
When Yang Deshi and Captain Liu saw the deputy captain interrogating prisoners, he asked them if they were accomplices of the Japanese. Who would dare to admit it?
The bandits at the foot of the mountain made little movement, and only fired a few shots occasionally, feeling that there was no need to stay there.
The two put away their guns and walked to the other leader who had just been pulled out. Captain Liu pulled the deputy team aside.
Yang Deshi stepped forward and asked kindly: "Tell me, who are you and why did you become a bandit?"
The little leader was in shock: "I was originally from the county security group. Later, when the Japanese came, I fought two battles with the Japanese. The group leader also died. After being dispersed by the Japanese, I had no choice but to go up the mountain."
"Then you are bandits now, am I right?"
"Ah? No, no, no, we are a security group, a security group that protects the safety of ordinary people." The little leader quickly defended.
"Your village has been colluding with traitors for a long time, and you still say you are not a bandit?"
"I swear to God, we are not. I have never bullied ordinary people."
"Oh, it's true. You didn't bully me. What about your subordinates?"
"I can't care about other people."
"Oh, so you are still a good person?"
"I don't know if others are bad, but I'm definitely not a bad person."
When the deputy captain saw County Magistrate Yang talking nonsense with this guy, he couldn't stand it: "Who has time to talk to you about these useless good guys and bad guys? You mother, please tell me honestly, where did all the money you scraped go?"
"Sir Mingjian, most of the money is in the village at the foot of the mountain and is managed by the deputy commander. We people are just trying to make ends meet, so how can we have any money!"
Yang Deshi pulled the deputy captain away and asked Xiaotou: "Tell me, how did you solve the water source in the village?"
"There is enough water in that tank for one day. We carry water from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain every day."
"Then why don't you just live under the mountain?"
"We thought about it too, but the commander said that we can't all put our troops together. We should take the mountain village as the center and disperse the people to the surrounding villages. Even if the Japs or the eighth master come, we can go up the mountain or go from the back mountain. Run to the north and advance and retreat freely.”
"Okay, it seems that you bandits are doing well, at least they are not hungry." After Master Yang De finished speaking, he ordered the guarding soldiers: "Lock him in first."
Captain Liu frowned: "I took a look, there isn't much water in the water tank, and there are a lot of us. With these dozens of prisoners, it will be difficult to solve this problem."
"If we save some money, we can still last two or three days."
"But if we include the prisoners, I think the bottom will be reached in two days."
"The availability of water became the key to our ability to persist for a long time on the mountain."
"I don't know if the group has received any information about us."
"There should be no problem. If nothing else happens, if we hold on for three days, the main force will arrive."
Yang Deshi firmly believed that there was a stalemate with the bandits here, and the regiment would probably get the news tomorrow.
He thought very carefully and left two soldiers on the southern periphery. Once the district team occupied the bandit's stronghold, he would report to the regiment, and the regiment would definitely arrange reinforcements.
"County Magistrate Yang, I'll keep an eye on this place. You'd better go and get some sleep first. Don't let us both lose energy at night."
"You go and get some sleep first. After the regiment gets the news, they can assemble the troops and go out. It will take at least three days to get here. The bandits don't dare to come up now. I'll keep an eye on it first. I'll write a report by the way. You can watch the night. The task is more important. .”
"Well, you have to be careful."
"Don't worry, as long as you keep all the bandits here, when the main force of the regiment arrives, they will be able to complete the battle."
Captain Liu nodded in understanding.
The bandits who had been struggling all night gave up the attack and only occasionally fired cold shots at the cliff.
At the foot of the village, the commander's eyes turned red: "Three dead and four injured?"
The deputy commander quickly replied: "Yes, the situation above has been cleared up. There are only forty or fifty people who attacked the stronghold. We have surrounded the front and back mountains with water, making it difficult for them to fly!"
"Did you know that Lao Wu was beaten to death by them over there in the blockade ditch?"
"Ah, this group of people did it too?"
"As expected, this group of people was brought here by Zaijiu from the south."
"That's not right. There are only a dozen or so people over there at Zaijiu. Where did he get so many people out?"
"I estimate that the person who hacked away at Jiu Cai's heart and colluded with the detective team is probably the one surnamed Xu."
"No way, isn't the person named Xu always cooperating well with us?"
"People die for money. He must have got the news from Zhang Jiu. He knew that the special price of the goods we sold to the mountains was a lot higher than what he sold to us, so he took action."
"Ah? Then don't they have a backup plan?"
"There must be, but if he dares to play tricks on me, his surname is Xu is tired of living!" The commander smiled grimly.
"Then what should we do?"
"How many brothers are there on the mountain?"
"Last night, there were more than 40 people who came back from jumping off the cliff. Those four were injured. I heard from them that many people were killed in the village. There must have been more than ten people. The others were all captured by them."
"There is no water on the mountain, so they won't be able to hold on for long. I'm a little surprised. Since it was our idea, only forty or fifty of them have come now. This is unreasonable."
"That's right, if we add the surrounding brothers, there will be four to five hundred of us. Why is Xu so brave?"
"So, you have to use your brain in everything. Shouting and killing all day long will capsize in the gutter sooner or later."
"Brother, my stupid brain, if you didn't give me some advice, my deputy commander would be a stick."
"Don't go too far. What I'm worried about right now is that the person named Xu is getting together with the Eighth Route Army in Shanli."
"Ah? What should we do?"
"Think about it, I beat three of the detective teams named Xu. If Master Ba hadn't gotten involved, would he have dared to attack us?"
"That's true. With just a few of us, it's really not enough to offend Mr. Ba."
"Stay still for now and look at the situation. Don't mess up the position. If it doesn't work, let's go to the north and invest in the 13th detachment!"
"Isn't the Thirteenth Detachment also a joint force between Master Ba and the government?"
"Shit, don't you know that the Thirteenth Captain is someone arranged by the Chongqing government?"
"But we didn't give them a good look when they came to collect us in the past."
"It used to be the past. At that time, we were deserters. If we were caught, we would either serve as a death squad or be shot. Now, we are the only ones with guns in our hands, and he dares to say no."
"They are with the Eighth Route Army. If we go there, if they are playing dirty tricks, aren't we just throwing ourselves into a trap?"
"They don't dare. If so, who will accept their recruitment in the future?"
“What should we do now with the copycat?”
"The bullying is shitting on us, and if we don't give them some color, everyone will think that we are soft persimmons."
"I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you want to fight or not?"
"It's not just a fight, it's a hard one."
"Ah, that's great. Don't we have a mortar? Let's blow up the stronghold and make sure no one is hit."
"Damn it, there are so many brothers on the mountain, we can't do this."
"Well, since Xu and Master Ba have hooked up, luckily our belongings won't be put on the mountain. Look at this, why don't we give them some money and let them let those brothers go?"
"I'm just guessing, I have to wait first. If this is the case, at least Xu must arrange for someone to come. Hehe, I have to let him know why the flowers are so red!"
