Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

I waited in line at Xiaowangzhuang for three days and no one reported the problem.

He used the loudspeaker to announce:

"Folks! We have been waiting for three days and no one has come to report the problem.

It seems that there is indeed no problem in our village.

Then we won't wait any longer. There are other villages waiting for us to liberate.

In the future, before the village committee is established, if there are still problems to be reported, we have to go a little further to the Zhaojiayu Brigade Headquarters.

Or if you can find our independent brigade soldiers in the surrounding villages, you can also look for them.

We implement a first-in-complaint responsibility system, and the first soldier to receive you will be responsible until the problem is reasonably resolved.

See you soon, folks! "

After repeating the announcement three times through the loudspeaker, the team left the village.

On this day, people in the village were often whispering, and I didn’t know what they were talking about.

When someone comes, he pretends to be basking in the sun.

It is the slack season, and there is no work to do in the fields.

When the weather is warm, it is indeed possible to come out to chat and bask in the sun.

The entire day passed in this seemingly quiet and peaceful manner.

Until around 5 a.m. the next day, gunshots suddenly rang out far to the west of the village.

There were Type [-], Type [-], and the sounds of assault rifles.

Later the gunfire became sparse.

Around 6 o'clock, two soldiers ran from the west, shouting as they ran: "Folks, get up quickly, the Japanese are coming! A squadron!"

The villagers have long formed a habit. After the gunfire rang out for such a long time, they all dressed up and hid and took away as many things as they could at home. I had come out of the house and was standing at the door looking around.

When the soldiers shouted, the villagers ran away.

At this time, two gunshots were fired at the east end of the village.

"Don't mess around! The imperial army came from all directions, not against us.

It's all the blame on these Eight Route Army soldiers. Why fight the devils when they have nothing to do? Look, did you attract the Japanese?

As long as we capture these two eight-year-olds and offer them to Taijun, nothing will happen to our village!

There might even be a reward! Come on, catch them! "

The person who spoke was the person who took the lead in saying that the village was very clean and there were no remnants of traitors during the meeting that day.

This man's name is Wang Erlai.

The two soldiers were stunned:

"You, you are repaying kindness with enmity!"

"Repaying kindness with hatred? You have done me an unkind favor! If it weren't for you, I would be a very popular person.

I've been scared for three days since you guys came, and I haven't had a good night's sleep for three days! I dare not eat anything delicious.

You guys also said that the Japs can't come. If I had believed you, I would have been dead! "

Wang Erlai pointed his gun at the two soldiers and said: "You two, don't move around. If you do, the gun in my hand won't have eyes!"

The two soldiers raised their hands in unison.

But he still said to the villagers: "Folks, come into the mountains quickly. Some time ago, all the people in the villages in Xiangyuan were killed by the Japanese. Have you heard about it? If you don't run away, you will die!"

"Shut up! If you talk nonsense again, I will kill you! Going into the mountains? Going into the mountains to drink from the northwest wind? Come here, tie them two up, and hand them over to the Taijun when he comes!"

Two strong men came out of the darkness. They found ropes from nowhere and were about to tie up the two soldiers.

One of the soldiers said again: "Are you traitors? If you arrest us, aren't you afraid of having many black spots on your name?"

Li Yunlong's trip to Qixian County proved that traitors still care about the black spots under their names.

The two traitors holding the rope were obviously stunned.

"Dark spots? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have any dots under my name. Even if I add a black spot, I won't die! Damn, there's so much nonsense! I'll send you to the west first!" He said and was about to shoot.

"Stop!" An old voice came from a dark corner.

A thin figure limped out and stood in front of the soldiers.

"Wang Erlai, don't you know how many women the Japs have robbed and killed in our village? Even your sister was given to the Japs by you! You are still helping the Japs do bad things, won't your conscience hurt? ?”

It was Old Man Wang who spoke.

"Old man! I advise you to stop meddling in your own business! If you talk too much, I will burn down your thatched hut! You have no land to farm, and I don't even have a place for you to live!

Don’t think that since the Eighth Route Army is here, you don’t have to pay back the 20 yuan you owe me!

Get out of the way! If you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you too! Damn it, if I keep you, you won’t be able to pay back the money! "

After saying that, he raised his gun again.

"Pa!" With a gunshot, Old Man Wang threw himself on the two soldiers, protecting them with his body. Then I realized something wasn’t quite right! The gunshot was a bit far away, about 20 meters away. And Wang Erlai was only five or six meters away from him.

"Ouch!" Wang Erlai's pistol fell to the ground.

It turned out that dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers had come up from the outside of the village. The platoon leader shot Wang Erlai in the arm with a sniper rifle from a distance of 20 meters.

The bones and flesh were broken, with only a bit of skin still attached.

When Wang Erlai saw his broken arm, he thought about it for a while, then realized that he must be in pain, and then he screamed.

Then he lost too much blood, plus the pain and fear, and fainted.

The platoon leader came over and asked the medical soldiers to tie his severed arm to stop the bleeding.

Let the remaining soldiers take down the two accomplices holding the rope. They were tied up with the ropes they were holding.

Then he helped Old Man Wang up and checked to make sure that the old man was not injured.

"Old man, thank you just now!"

"It's okay, haha. In fact, I didn't help much. The second scoundrel Wang is the officer, ah no, this comrade should be injured. Even without me, the scoundrel Wang couldn't hurt these two comrades! "

"Old man, thank you too.

Seeing our soldiers escaping here, no one helped, but some people wanted to hand them over to the Japanese.

My heart went cold.

Until you not only bravely stood up to speak for us; you even tried to use your body to block bullets for us.

My heart warmed up.

Only from you can we see the hope of the Chinese nation! "

After speaking, he solemnly saluted the old man.

"But, old man, I have to talk about you! I've been waiting in the east corner of the village for three days, why did you never report this problem?"

The old man was silent for a while, then slowly told the whole story.

It turned out that Wang Erlai's father had an office run by the Japanese in several nearby villages, which was equivalent to maintaining a meeting to do things. That is to say, helping the Japanese oppress the Chinese people.

His family is the richest in this village.

But this Wang Erlai has never personally killed anyone, but he has beaten people.

Even the armed workers team thought that he did not do many evil things and did not give him any black marks.

But a few years ago, he did help the Japanese to capture women in the village, and he had some ideas. Point out which woman is beautiful.

Because his family was the richest and his sister was relatively well-maintained, she was favored by the Japanese.

One day, he tricked his sister into going to the city and handed her over to the Japanese.

His family also did not implement the policy of reducing rent and interest rates.

Ordinarily, Old Man Wang lent him two yuan to treat his wife, and later returned him four yuan, but he still said it was not enough. They also robbed the only two acres of land and asked the old man to continue to pay back the money.

According to the rent reduction and interest reduction policy, the maximum repayment should be twice the principal and interest, and the rest does not need to be repaid.

Ordinarily, it should have been stopped a long time ago, but I don’t know how he calculated it. He also said that the old man owed him 20 yuan, and if he didn’t pay it back in time, it would double in the future.

During the day, the old man wanted to say something, but no one in the village came forward. Everyone looked at each other. There is a herd mentality. The old man doesn’t really want to stand out.

In addition, the platoon leader said that there must be evidence.

I was worried that there was insufficient evidence and that I would be retaliated for exposing my true intentions. I didn’t dare to say it.

There are usually a few gangsters who help Wang Erlai bully others. If you cannot take them down in one fell swoop, you will almost certainly be retaliated against.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the villagers don't believe in the Independence Brigade that much.

The platoon leader first apologized for his lack of consideration for what he said.

He also told the villagers that if they testify against others but there is insufficient evidence, the whistleblower will be protected.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army will work together to find evidence, and the whistleblower does not need to find evidence by himself.

For example, regarding the matter of Old Man Wang, if you go to your own village and neighboring villages and inquire about it, and you hear that there is such a thing, this will be evidence.

There is also the armed workers team, which also has some evidence.

After that, he asked the villagers to point out a little gangster who had slipped through the net.

The platoon leader arranged for people to arrest them and send them to Zhaojiayu together with Wang Erlai.

Convicted and punished by the organization.

This gradually opened up the situation.