Chapter 67 It is not shameful to die in battle!
For the people of Lincheng, the gunshots that sounded yesterday evening really scared them. Fortunately, the gunshots lasted very short, and the troops occupying the county town ordered the whole city to impose a curfew.
Even when many people saw the siege troops wearing Japanese military uniforms, they were still confused. They were not sure where the troops occupying Lincheng last night were. Until dawn, people took to the streets to check the situation one after another.
Some people who originally wanted to leave the city looked at the soldiers standing guard at the city gate and said helplessly: "Sir, we really have something urgent to leave the city, so you can't be able to get along with it?"
"Sorry! To avoid someone informing the Japanese, the city gate is allowed to enter and not leave today. If you force out of the city, we can only arrest you. When will we leave and when will you leave the city?"
"Ah! What should I do if this is the best way?"
Faced with these soldiers guarding the city with a firm attitude, the people who were preparing to leave the city felt helpless. But in this situation, they could not do anything about them. After all, the people did not dare to do anything randomly to these soldiers with guns.
As these people returned to the city and began to join the chattering crowd, many people said: "You said, are these soldiers wearing Japanese soldiers the national army? Didn't they say that they were defeated by Japanese soldiers?"
"Who knows! These days, the city is changing its flag every few days. God knows where these soldiers come. Once they leave, we will probably suffer again. The Japanese army will definitely take revenge wildly when they come back."
"Oh! Why is this world so chaotic? I can't even think about having a safe birthday for a few days!"
When these people were talking in the streets and alleys, Hu Biao, who had only slept for two or three hours, soon came to the prison. In order to avoid leaking news, Hu Biao also arranged a lurking whistle near the city gate last night.
All those who were preparing to sneak out of the city overnight were arrested by the sentries on duty and were temporarily detained. In Hu Biao's opinion, many of these guys who tried to sneak out of the city must be guilty and needed a good interrogation.
Hu Minyi, who was in charge of guarding the prison, looked at Hu Biao who came early in the morning and said unexpectedly: "Battery Commander, you are here!"
"Yeah! Thank you for your hard work, did you gain something last night?"
"Yes! Catch a few big mice and plan to sneak out of the city to hide from the limelight. We interrogated them. Those guys were all squires who served as officials for the Japanese after they entered the city. They ran away with their own wealth and threw their wives and children at home."
"A good trial! Someone is sentenced to a lawsuit, and later he will be taken to the street to Ming Zhengdian for punishment. Including the plainclothes captain who was caught yesterday, he will be taken to the square for public trial. After the public trial, all guns will be executed.
As for their property, some of them will be kept for their families, and all the other ill-gotten wealth will be confiscated. Taking this opportunity, I will let the landlords and gentry in the surrounding counties know the consequences of causing harm to the Japanese."
Even if Hu Biao knew, some landlords and gentry were forced to do things for the Japanese. But no matter what, as long as they were stained with the blood of innocent people, Hu Biao would make them repay their blood with blood.
Only by letting those who are betrayal of the sect and forget their ancestors know how serious the consequences of being a traitor can they shock those fencemen. For a long time in the future, Hu Biao will travel all over the south to attack the Japanese army, puppet army and traitor forces.
Before leaving, Hu Biao also specifically explained: "Minyi, those who do wrong things must pay the price for this. But accordingly, we cannot wrongly accuse good people. During the public trial, we must listen more to the voices of the people around us and not act arbitrarily.
As the saying goes, if you don’t know others, you must not do it yourself. If you do bad things and want to hide them from everyone, it is unlikely. On the contrary, although some people have wealth in their families, they rarely do bad things in daily life, so we must appease such people.
This war will not end in a short period of time. What we need to do is to call on more people to resist the Japanese rule and private servitude. While attacking a group of people, we must also win over a group of people. Only in this way can we survive behind enemy lines."
"Yes, please don't worry, battalion commander, I promise not to wrongly a good person!"
The definition of a good person and a bad person is still difficult to distinguish even if Hu Biao lives for two lives. The only thing he can do is to try not to make mistakes before taking human life. In that case, at least he can feel at ease.
After leaving the prison, Hu Biao ordered the sentry to visit the city to spread the whole city, informing the people of the city that they would hold a public trial in the square in the city at noon. The subjects of the public trial were plainclothes team members and pseudo-government officials who had been interrogated last night.
Although the Wang puppet regime has not yet been formed, in some counties controlled by the Japanese army, the Japanese army has summoned some gentry to handle city affairs under their governance committee. This institution is the predecessor of the county-level puppet government.
On one hand, there was the temptation of the official position, and on the other hand, the Japanese were the coercion. In this case, some squire who were eager to become officials naturally agreed to the Japanese's recruitment. After taking office, they became the Japanese's loyal leg.
But these people never expected that not long after they took office, Hu Biao brought a group of uninvited guests to recover Lin Cheng. Hu Biao even decided to impose a public trial on them, making them pay the price for the evil they had done.
As the soldiers patrolling the city loudly proclaimed this order, many people also said in surprise: "Public trial? Who is the Japanese? "
"It seems not! I heard that the Japanese who left the city yesterday were all killed by these soldiers. The Japanese who left the city yesterday were also killed by these soldiers. Today, the people who were examined should be Wang Mazi and the others."
"That's great! If Wang Mazi can really be shot, I must go and see it myself. This villain with bad pus all over his body will be today. It seems that these soldiers can still solve some disasters for the people!"
"Who knows! It seems that these soldiers will not stay in the city for too long. They have killed so many Japanese devils and also run errands for Japanese devils. When the Japanese devils come back, I'm afraid there will be another disaster!"
"Whatever it does! Why is it just a little bitch? If it really doesn't work, go to the countryside. If you stay in the city and continue like this, you will starve to death sooner or later. The Japanese and those plainclothes teams will be so bad that they will collect taxes!"
For many traitors who have been recruited by the Japanese, it is rare to turn over and have power and guns as their masters, so they naturally want to show off. The most important thing is that they all desire money, and only money can make them feel satisfied.
So where does the money come from?
Of course, they still exploited the people and merchants in the city, and all kinds of harsh taxes have made the merchants in the city miserable. Even the people who usually do small business feel that the business can't continue.
While the people in the city were talking, the soldiers who were summoned to finish breakfast after a night of rest and then stood in the captured Japanese military camp again. Looking at the extra combat company, Hu Biao also felt that the troops had grown stronger again.
In this newly expanded combat company, the company commander is still a captain imprisoned in Lincheng, and the deputy company commander is transferred from other companies. As for the four platoon leaders, they are also selected from the officers among the prisoners of war.
Considering that there is currently no military uniform of the National Army, Hu Biao asked these newly rescued prisoners of war to put on the Japanese uniforms. Even when he saw these soldiers on the playground, Hu Biao felt a little inappropriate.
While the troops were gathering, Hu Biao even smiled and said, "Old Xu, our miscellaneous army has expanded again!"
"Yes! The soldiers' clothes look very diverse. But their mental outlook is much better than before. Although we are a miscellaneous army, I believe that our combat effectiveness must be stronger than the miscellaneous army."
"That's natural! Knowing shame before being brave, it's not shameful to be captured. What's shameful is that you have no courage to kill the enemy. If you have time later, you platoon leaders of the company will have more feelings for the soldiers. From now on, we can't even be captives.
Besides, during this period of detention, I believe you already know what it feels like to be a prisoner of the Japanese. To put it bluntly, you are very lucky. If you were later, you would probably have been escorted to other places by the Japanese.
If you really want to be sent to a mine by the Japanese and wait for your fate, it will be even more miserable than being imprisoned in prison. If you don’t want to live a prisoner’s life that is worse than death, then it’s better to go to the battlefield and kill the Japanese and you will be happy and you will not be embarrassed to die in battle!”
"Yes, battalion commander!"
If these people were not captured before Hu Biao said these words, perhaps these officers did not believe them. But after the days of being captured and detained, these officers knew very well that Hu Biao had not told lies. Being a prisoner of war, sometimes it was better to die in the battlefield than to die in battle.
As the troops were assembled, Xu Sandao, who was on duty, stepped forward and saluted at the right time: "Battery Commander, the entire battalion has been completed. Except for the troops on duty, the other combat troops are all here. Please give me a lecture!"
"After a moment!"
"yes!"
"There are all camps, rest!"
With Xu Sandao's order, the soldiers who were still whispering each other finally calmed down. Looking at Hu Biao who was standing in front of the team, the soldiers present knew that this was their benefactor and their commander at the moment!
Chapter completed!