In one of the simple houses, a fire suddenly flashed out of the window in the darkness.
A bullet rushed towards the back of the talking figure.
The figure trembled violently and immediately fell forward.
The guard next to him hurried forward, panicking: "Director Zhang, how are you?"
The squatting figures in the square were stunned, some were gloating, some were shocked...
Tian Sanqi reacted and immediately shouted: "Kill out the remaining enemies!"
Groups of soldiers held guns and pulled bolts, running in the direction where the gunfire had just been fired.
Cao Shangfei curled his lips, calmly pulled the rifle, and skillfully left the yard and ran north in the dark alley, disappearing into the darkness in a few moments.
The soldiers ran very fast, but the guy in front had already climbed over the wall. When the soldiers raised their guns and aimed, the black figure had already climbed over the wall.
The shooting was fruitless, and they continued to pursue desperately. When they climbed over the wall, they only heard the shouts and gunshots of the militiamen coming from outside the town.
A black figure braved the hail of bullets, dashing left and right and running quickly to the east, and soon disappeared into the darkness.
Tian Sanqi squatted beside Director Zhang in a daze. Director Zhang had stopped breathing a long time ago. The gun shot directly from behind and penetrated the left chest. There was a big hole in the chest and blood dripped all over the floor. There was no trace left at all. A last word.
His eyes were wide open and lifeless.
At this moment, Tian Sanqi was in a state of confusion.
I began to recall every bit of my contact with Zhang Yi. He was educated, upright, and organized...
As a soldier of the Ninth Company, he had received a lot of experience from Director Zhang. At this time, he was full of bitterness.
Everyone knows that there will be sacrifices on the battlefield. Director Zhang did not die on the way to the charge, but died under a black gun.
"The guy who shot the black gun ran away, and Monkey followed Xu Xiao in pursuit!" A soldier came back to report the situation.
Tian Sanqi had a dark face. Sadness could not solve the problem. Now that bandits have escaped, the town is not safe and must be relocated immediately.
Holding back the grief in his heart: "Immediately arrange for militiamen to enter the town to transfer food and seize it."
After speaking, he turned around and came to the square and ordered Director Zhang's guards: "I don't care what method you use, immediately interrogate all the Ma Da Bangzi bandits who are staying in the town tonight..."
The guard's eyes were red: "I want these bandits to die with the director!"
The squad leader next to him immediately reminded: "Didn't we kill all the bandits under Ma Da Bangzi?"
Tian Sanqi did not hesitate: "Then ask the bandits' family members for questioning. There must be some missing bandits. No matter what, we must find out who shot the black gun!"
The guard was trembling all over: "I won't listen, I want to avenge the director!"
Tian Sanqi shook his head: "Calm down, don't let hatred blind you, I'll let you investigate, but don't kill anyone! The shooting location is more than a hundred meters away from Director Zhang, you have to investigate now Who was shooting in the dark? That damn guy who shot was definitely a good shot!"
People do change. Tian Sanqi did not comfort the guard at all. He knew that he was also responsible for Director Zhang's sacrifice.
As a commander, he had spent a lot of time dealing with Director Zhang in the past two months, so he repeatedly warned himself not to be impulsive, but to be calm and calm.
His hands were trembling. If this had happened half a year ago, he would have killed the prisoners quietly...
The guard drew his rifle and went to find the bandit's family.
Tian Sanqi quickly kicked the half-crazy guard to the ground, then squatted in front of him, stared into the red eyes and continued: "We know from the bandit's escape route that he is definitely very familiar with the town. It can't be a new bandit, so it's not that difficult to find him. If you can't even find out who shot him, how can you take revenge? Who are you going to seek revenge from!"
The guard finally calmed down, got up and wiped away his tears, put his rifle in the holster, called two police officers, and walked towards the group of bandits' families.
Tian Sanqi has a lot to deal with now, and he is beginning to think about how to deal with the captured new bandits. Although most of them have expressed their willingness to join the Eighth Route Army, in enemy-occupied areas, who knows if they will do anything wrong if they are taken along with them. The risks are too high and handling them is still a problem.
A young student led the militiamen to transfer supplies. Although he had never fought in any battles, he was very efficient. He soon came to Tian Sanqi and said, "Report that the militiamen have distributed part of the food to the town." Most of the people were transported out of the town and buried in the ravine behind. They can send people to pick them up quietly in two days! It’s just the things those bandits collected... there are so many things that they won’t be able to collect them all in a while. Get it away."
"Too many supplies?" Tian Sanqi looked at the militiamen who were still busy: "Nearly a hundred militiamen can't move out?"
"Clothes, clothes, grains, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, pots and pans, the bandits also had dozens of mules and horses...the bandits had quite a lot of belongings. Now that the enemy is sweeping them away, there is no way to get rid of these things. ...!" The young student looked excited but helpless.
Tian Sanqi was stunned: "Then do you have any good ideas?"
The student quickly said: "There is a way."
"Then why don't you tell me quickly?"
"Let's leave some people behind to pretend to be the new bandits!"
Tian Sanqi looked at this guy, Jiulian could commit suicide, but this guy was even better, and shook his head: "Not to mention that Ma Da Bangzi may come back at any time, there are so many people in the town, and there are definitely spies planted by the Japanese among them. !”
"Didn't a group of bandits come outside the city? Besides, let's find a way to wipe out Ma Da Bangzi's troops who have already left. Isn't this... the end of the matter?"
Tian Sanqi had a black line on his head: "Suppressed? Puppet troops are raiding everywhere. You damn thing can't sit still and talk without pain in your back!"
"Hey, don't you want to ask me for advice? Why are you still picky after I told you?" The student felt aggrieved.
let me consider it! Tian Sanqi was a little moved: "What is the background of that group of bandits outside the city?"
The student suddenly became a little excited: "Where did the bandits come from outside the city?"
Tian Sanqi didn't understand for a moment: "What did you say?"
The student was not a light-hearted person, so he winked and said, "The bandits from outside the city... aren't they us?"
Tian Sanqi immediately understood this plan and had to look at the educated student with admiration: "What do you mean?"
The student was even more proud: "Have you forgotten that more than a hundred security groups from the north came out... and got into the enemy's mopping up team? If nothing else happens, they will definitely not be too far away from here!"
Tian Sanqi was a little moved: "The trouble is the family members of the bandits... What should we do with so many of them?"
"They killed so many people, don't they have any responsibility? Wouldn't it be enough if they were buried?"
Tian Sanqi shook his head: "This is a serious violation of discipline, we can't do this."
"How could we do these things? They were all done by new bandits from outside the city!"
"What about the people in the town?"
"Hey, the Eighth Route Army has been beaten away by the returning bandits. The bandits of Ma Da Bangzi...all died in the battle..."
Tian Sanqi was no longer reckless: "You have to remember clearly that we are the Eighth Route Army, not inhumane Japanese. I will find a way to take away the families of those bandits. As for the common people, you and the comrades of the public security team will do your job well! I will stay There is one squad leader of the ninth company, plus twenty veterans, and you select forty more from the militia to form a... reinforced platoon!"
Tian Sanqi was very thoughtful. His important task when he returned was to find a way to kill Ma Da Bangzi. Even if he couldn't kill him, he would never be able to live in this world again if he returned to the bandits' den!
When bandits fight among themselves, the Japanese generally turn a blind eye.
Not long after.
The guard, with red eyes, was sad but excited, and ran to the two people who were talking: "Report to the platoon leader, we found out, the person who shot him was the bandit, the third master, Cao Shangfei!"
"Flying on the grass?" Tian Sanqi turned to look at the guard, then looked at the body of Director Zhang covered with white cloth. He felt extremely sad, but calmly ordered the guard: "You lead people to pursue you immediately, monkey. They'll leave marks along the way...I don't care what method you use, you have to pull this piece of shit out and cut it into pieces!"
The bandits' families finally learned from the guards' questioning that it was the third leader Cao Shangfei who shot and killed the Eighth Route Commander. They began to feel nervous. Now, they were not sure whether they would survive...
Seeing the grieving guard leaving with the two police soldiers, Tian Sanqi suddenly felt something in his heart. He pulled the young student aside and lowered his voice: "What's your name?"
The student was stunned for a moment. Did Platoon Leader Tian forget his name? He quickly replied: "Niu Qiang."
"Where is home?"
"From the city of An County."
"Have you been to school?"
"Studying in normal school in Kaifeng..."
"Then...can you change your name?"
He asked with serious doubts: "What? Why do you want to change your name?"
"We have to prevent the enemy from knowing your situation, and then those traitors will find your home..."
The student nodded. He really didn't think carefully enough. This is an enemy war zone: "Zhong, it's a good idea to change the name. Then I will change it to... Niu Dazhuang."
"No, you have to change to Liu Jianqiang!"
The student soldier didn't care what his name was changed to: "In that case, you go back and tell Lao Qin."
Tian Sanqi murmured: "'He' will be very happy."
"What did you say?"
After dawn, a nearby unit was responsible for logistics and had nothing to do. The puppet troops asked the Japanese instructors for instructions and then sent reinforcements southward...
