When they arrived at the Yellow River Flood with the task force, Hu Biao and his party truly realized what it means to be "without the will but not the strength". Even if they wanted to lend a helping hand to the victims, they knew that they were powerless in many cases.

Compared with the materials carried by the task force, compared with those victims who need assistance, it is a drop in the bucket. When Hu Biao arrived at the guerrillas built in Yingzhou, he found that the situation here was not the most serious.

Although Yingzhou was attacked and bombed by the Japanese army at this moment, it still had not yet fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. However, the influx of a large number of victims still made the area chaotic, such as robbery and murder, and selling children and women, can be seen everywhere.

After listening to the situation report of the guerrilla captain, Hu Biao finally said: "In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things! From now on, collect all the bandit dens in the territory and clear out those bandits that harm the people. If others don't suppress us, we will suppress us.

Secondly, a group of people were organized to loot the landlords and evil gentry who were rich and unkind in the name of bandits, as well as those officials who speculated and made money from the national crisis. All the collected materials were distributed to the victims as much as possible, so that they could escape further."

Faced with Hu Biao's decision, Qin Tianyou, who participated in the meeting, said directly: "If you fight like this, the troops stationed nearby will not be able to sit still. If they send troops to encircle and suppress, how can we deal with it?"

"Don't pay attention! If they dare to help the evildoer, there is no need to be polite to them. All the enemy-behind armed forces in the Yellow Flood Zone will take action in the name of the rescue army. But one thing must be remembered: No indiscriminate killing of innocent people is allowed, and no attack on the county town is allowed!"

It is clear that doing this will cause great chaos in the local area. But in Hu Biao's opinion, killing some guys who are rich and unkind and do many evil things should be able to save more innocent and kind people, and he thinks it is still worth it.

As for the possibility of doing so, it is possible that the Japanese army will be cheaper. As for the current enemy situation around, the Japanese are afraid that they will not want to occupy the places where the victims gather. Moreover, the Japanese's offensive focus should not be put here.

In addition, according to the information provided by the rescue team, there are also guerrillas from the New Fourth Army in Yingzhou. In Hu Biao's view, this kind of place is also suitable for the development of the New Fourth Army. In terms of rescuing disaster victims, the New Fourth Army is undoubtedly more enthusiastic.

Taking into account the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hu Biao issued an order not to attack the county town. The reason is very simple. He needs to maintain the normal operation of the government and the garrison. If he really wants to defeat the county town, the nature and significance will be very different.

After listening to the combat instructions issued by Hu Biao, the rescue captain also said directly: "The captain, if you want to complete these combat plans, I am afraid that the troops will still be expanding. During the combat process, can you recruit some young and strong men to join the team?"

"Yes! Give you a battalion organization, and select some villages with less disasters, and place as many families of soldiers as possible. We cannot stay in this place for a long time. I will order you to retreat to other safer places later."

"Yes, Captain! Where is the weapons and ammunition?"

"In the early stage, I will only support your company's weapons and ammunition. During the later stage of the battle, you should seize a certain amount of weapons and ammunition. Eat rice in one bite at a time. Don't be too greedy and make things worse. When recruiting soldiers, you should also carefully choose!"

"Yes, captain!"

Most of the rescue captains drawn were military backbones of the combat troops. After they arrived in the disaster area, due to Hu Biao's orders, their troops remained at about 200. They wanted to recruit more people, but they lacked weapons and food.

After all, in places like the Yellow River Flood Zone, if you want to recruit young people to join the team, as long as you have enough food, you will not be afraid of not being able to recruit people. But in Hu Biao's view, the rescue team is the main thing to enter the disaster area, and the recruitment of soldiers is secondary.

Even if someone knows in the future that Hu Biao has committed a killing in the Huangpan area, I believe he dare not blame Hu Biao for anything. The reason is very simple. Hu Biao kills people who should be killed. And he will save more people than those who will be killed.

If all the robbed materials are used for recruitment, others will think that Hu Biao has ulterior motives. Letting the rescue team use the banner of rescue troops will also let those who have been rescued know who was the one who saved them.

Although Hu Biao did not expect those who were rescued to repay their kindness, he hoped that through this kind of rescue, more people would know who was saving them. In this way, even if someone wanted to make a decision on Hu Biao in the future, he would have to take into account public opinion.

While forming a force, it is not a bad thing to support more people's expectations. Although Hu Biao never thought of being a saint, he still did his best. He fought the Japanese to save people, and formed a rescue army to save people.

As Hu Biao issued a combat mission, the reconnaissance team led by Xu Sandao began to clear out some bandit gangs in the territory that caused trouble in the area. The seized materials were also distributed to the victims.

After hearing the news, the military and political officials stationed in Yingzhou said in surprise: "What is the origin of this group of people?"

"I don't know yet! I heard from the victims who received the food that this group of people seemed to be the rescue army? I robbed several bandit nests of our grain team in the past, and I heard that this group of strong men were asked to suppress people, and all the bandits were killed."

As a garrison in the territory, such things happen in the territory are naturally inevitable to pay attention to them. For those bandits who chaotic places, the garrison naturally wanted to encircle and suppress them, but the effect seemed to be very obvious, and they even returned due to setbacks repeatedly.

Especially with the influx of a large number of victims, many young people who survived finally chose to join the bandits in order to survive with enough food. In this way, some bandits' nests quickly grew stronger through robbery.

As a result, this time, I met a group of extremely powerful colleagues who were good at blackmailing. But what made the officials and the garrison commander wary was that the materials obtained by the rescue army to suppress bandits were distributed to the victims who were preparing to flee for free.

Many victims waiting for assistance also said excitedly after learning the news: "Is there really someone who has given us food for free?"

"It's not free! Those who gave the food said that they would continue to stay here, but they were afraid there would be no way to survive. If we want to survive, we could only continue to go to other places where we were not affected, and their food would be distributed to those who left."

"If we eat all the food they distributed on the road, wouldn't we starve to death again?"

"Will you starve to death if you keep staying here? Forget it! Next time those people come, I would rather get some food and continue to flee! There are too many people here, even if there are kind-hearted people, they can't save them!"

Even if you beg, you have to find a place where there are few beggars to beg. Now, some undisastered counties in Yingzhou are crowded with victims waiting for assistance. Many defenders in the county towns dare not open the city gates at all, for fear that the victims will rebel.

Some counties will serve porridge outside the city, but a bowl of porridge is not enough to eat at all. Now some people distribute enough food for a few days, which can also allow them to go further and find a glimmer of life that may exist.

When the rescue team distributed food in the next place, the victims who learned that they had disappeared soon gathered over. Fortunately, every time the food was distributed, the rescue team would select places with fewer victims and persuade these victims to leave.

If you really want to go to a place where the victims gather in large numbers, you are afraid that the food seized will not be enough to be distributed. Faced with the persuasion of the rescue team members, many victims thanked and asked, "Hero, can we go there?"

"Walking to Lu'an or Xinyang, it's safe for the time being. When you get there, you can always find some way out. If you continue to stay here and expect the government to rescue you, the government will not be able to rescue you at all."

"Hero, is your team recruiting people? Otherwise, can we follow you?"

"My fellow villager, sorry, our team is not recruiting people! After taking the food, we hurry up and get on the road. Everyone should be more careful on the road!"

After the food was distributed, the rescue team disappeared quickly. The people who took the food were worried that the food was snatched away by other victims, so they could only choose to go on the road as soon as possible. The rescue team would also send people to escort a section of the way.

If you see someone robbing halfway, the rescue team members will also appear and shoot or beat those victims who have done evil. When these victims leave Yingzhou safely, the rescue team members who are following and escorted will also return.

If the action of suppressing bandits made the government and the garrison indifferent or even optimistic, then the second phase of the rescue team's action to crack down on local tyrants and evil gentry really stirred the nerves of the government and the garrison.

These landlords who raised a large number of armed servants relied on a large amount of land and food to bully the victims who fled. They even took this opportunity to humiliate the women who fled. Hu Biao also took mercilessly towards such people.

Compared to clearing out those bandits and attacking these landlord manors, the rescue team must provide information first and allow the action after Hu Biao confirms it. In fact, Hu Biao will draw combat platoons to cooperate with the action.

Looking at the attackers who broke into the door late at night, many landlords who were pulled from the bed said in horror: "Good man, spare your life! Good man, spare your life! I will give you whatever you want, please spare your life!"

"Now I know how to spare my life, what have I done? In the face of a crisis, I don't want to serve the country and do good deeds, but instead run rampant in the village and trampling on the victims. It's a great sin. I'll take your life this time to make you pay off your debts!"

Apart from armed servants and landlords who commit serious crimes, the rescue team will execute them mercilessly. The rescue team will not kill those servants and landlords whose crimes are minor. However, before leaving, they will take away their wealth and food.

Except for the small amount of food that allowed it to survive, the rest of the things were looted. Overnight, the landlords' villages and forts with the greatest public anger were declared looted. The rescue team also raised the banner of the rescue army to rescue the people.

Upon hearing the news, the government and the garrison were also extremely shocked. On the other hand, the victims said secretly excitedly: "Those damn guys have finally gotten retribution! The rescue army is so good to kill! These people should be killed!"

The food was distributed to the victims who fled to escape twice, and the reputation of the rescue army among the refugees was completely established. In the eyes of many refugees, this is a group of heroes who really robbed the rich and helped the poor, so they naturally deserve their praise and gratitude!
Chapter completed!