Chapter Thirty-Six
From Li Lianchang's mouth, it doesn't seem like this Li Sanlian is a traitor, but his second son is very suspicious.
Li Tie decided to take a few people to have a look.
Li Lianzhang gathered the militia as soon as he said so. This so-called militia regiment had only about 20 people, with only five 38-style rifles, and the rest were bird guns and long spears.
With some militiamen, Li Tie arrived at the gate of Li Sanlian's home.
Li Sanlian's home entrance was about the same as that of other peasant households, only slightly larger, with a slightly larger yard and slightly higher walls.
Li Lianchang went forward and knocked on the door. The door opened.
The door was opened by Li Sanlian's eldest son.
He looks like an ordinary farmer, with a sturdy build and a dark red face, showing that he is a standard farmer.
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The militiaman at the gate looked somewhat tense.
Li Lianchang noticed his tension and took a step forward.
"I heard your second brother is back, we want to find him to understand some situation, can we?"
Although it was an inquiry, the tone was one that this rustic fellow couldn't refuse.
"Ah, come in." Few words were exchanged. Li Tie and Captain Li entered the door, while the rest of them stood guard outside.
"My second brother is in the west wing room, I'll go call him."
"It's okay, we'll just go directly, no need to trouble you."
"Second brother, someone is looking for you." The eldest still called out once more.
Hearing the big brother's shout, the second child came out of the house.
But the ghost also came out and closely followed Lao Er's back.
Having watched modern cop dramas, Li Tie immediately thought that Lao Er might have been kidnapped by the devils.
"Second Uncle, I'm your nephew from the village next door, do you remember? I've been thinking of joining the Eighth Route Army, but the people in the troop said that I need to get my family's consent first. I told my mom about it, but she didn't agree. I think that since you're often away and have seen a lot of things, maybe if you talk to my mom, she'll listen to you."
Li Tie was wearing casual clothes and suddenly thought of a trick.
As expected, the devils behind Lao Er seemed to have believed Li Tie's words and kept a slightly farther distance, but only slightly.
"Alright, I'll go talk to him, but I can't guarantee he'll agree."
Lao Er was also a shrewd person. At first glance, he understood that Li Tie was helping him and took advantage of the situation to agree to Li Tie's "request".
Lao Er finished speaking and was about to leave, the ghost behind him wanted to follow. As soon as Lao Er walked to Li Tie's side, Li Tie suddenly drew out his revolver and pointed it at the ghost's forehead:
"Don't move, put your hands up"
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"Hey, what are you doing? Li Wenmeng and I are friends, we're friends."
The little devil still wants to struggle before dying.
"Cut the crap and raise your hands!"
Seeing Li Tie not buying into this, the little devil had no choice but to raise his hands.
Li Tie reached out and pulled out a pistol from the little devil's waist and threw it to Captain Li. After searching his body, he also found a dagger on his leg, some bullets and silver coins on his body, as well as that pass for the children's team. There was nothing else.
"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I'm from the District Scout Team. Take a look at my route badge."
The little devil was still thinking about it, but Li Tie didn't care about his so-called road signs and directly tore them off.
"Take it away."
Two militiamen took the little devil away.
Li Wen Meng was Li San Lian's second brother, and a look of ease appeared on his face.
"Let's talk inside." Li Wen Meng said, beckoning Li Tie and the others into the house.
Before Li Tie could ask, Li Wen Meng had already poured out everything about himself to Li Tie.
Years ago, Li Wen Meng was indeed studying in the provincial capital. When he graduated, he enthusiastically joined the army, wanting to do something for his country and people. However, he had joined a warlord's troops. Before he could figure out what was going on, the devils (Japanese) arrived, and this warlord surrendered to them, so Li Wen Meng became a puppet soldier.
Because I'm not used to my superior's domineering behavior, although he has a degree, he is flexible and doesn't understand human relationships, so until now he's just a big-headed soldier.
He also thought about leaving here, but after finishing school, he joined the army and had little contact with people in society, so he didn't know where to go to serve the country.
Later, I heard that the Eighth Route Army was an anti-Japanese army and its officers and soldiers were united, which suited someone like me. So I thought about joining the Eighth Route Army, but since I didn't know anyone and had no connections, I could only bury this idea in my heart.
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At this time, Itakura organized a plainclothes team to investigate the Eighth Route Army, which again triggered his idea. After "struggling", he finally joined the plainclothes team. Taking advantage of this investigation, he returned home and wanted to find someone through his family to introduce him to the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived home, the devils followed. Due to his family situation, the devils knew some things, so it was not strange for the devils to find him. What he found strange was how the devils could find him so quickly.
Today, he saw the militia captain lead a personal team, and more than 90% of them were Eighth Route Army, so he told his situation again and expressed his desire to join the Eighth Route Army once more.
Li Tie said that on behalf of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, he welcomed Li Wenmeng and asked him to wait at home for news, after dealing with this little devil, he would give him a task.
Out of Li Wen Meng's house, Li Tie and Captain Li went directly to where Xiao Gui Zi was being held.
Li Wen-meng told Li Tie that this time the plainclothes team of devils mobilized had dozens of people, who infiltrated the base from different places, each with a different task. Some were responsible for reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's garrison, some for reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's factories, and some for reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's habits of action. There were even those responsible for assassinating the Eighth Route Army. Each small group had devils watching them, and each group did not act uniformly. Li Wen-meng was in charge of reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's factory. He had a devil above him who was in contact with him and several other members, but he was only allowed to contact the devil and could not contact the devil and other team members.
Because there was no order from Li Tie, the militiamen did not tie up the little devils.
Seeing Li Tie come in, this little devil still pretended to be calm and composed.
"Comrade, I'm really from the district scouting team, you've misunderstood."
"What district reconnaissance team? Which district is it? Japanese scout from which nearby district?"
"What did you say? Who is Japanese, I am Chinese."
"Are you really Chinese? Alright then, I'll say something and you repeat after me."
"Alright, you speak." The little devil's thieving heart is still not dead.
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"Come on, with your accent, you're saying you're Chinese? Say it again."
Li Tie pointed at one of the militiamen with a wave of his hand.
"This militia came out of nowhere, basically correct, although the tone is not quite standard."
"You don't look like a Chinese person at all, your legs seem to be growing directly from your chest! A mouthful of protruding teeth. A complete little devil."
"Don't say that, my legs are grown on my butt."
"Oh, sorry about that, maybe I was wrong, your legs are growing out of your butt and so are your arms, and with a body as small as yours, you're still coming out to make a fool of yourself."
"I'm not short."
"Not short, compare with him?" Li Tie directly pushed a militiaman who was nearly 1.9 meters tall next to the little devil.
The little devil was speechless.
"Take off his shoes."
A militiaman went up and took it off immediately.
A thick cocoon between the big toe and the second toe, far apart.
"What's with your feet? Where are Chinese people wearing wooden clogs?"
The little devil was completely speechless.
"What is your mission? Can you tell me?"
"Hmph, the brave warriors of Great Japan are not afraid of death." The little devil had a look of fearlessness in the face of death.
"Alright, let's put it this way. I'm the commander of an independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Generally speaking, what the Eighth Route Army knows, I know; what they don't know, I also know. Moreover, I'm also a military representative of the Eighth Route Army's arsenal. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me directly, and I'll make sure to satisfy your curiosity, how about that?"
As expected, the little devil was moved a bit.
"So, tell me, were the weapons you used in your last raid on the station made by yourselves?" The little devil looked at Li Tie with a sincere gaze, hoping that Li Tie would say something that wasn't true.
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But he was disappointed.
"Yes, it is our own design and manufacture. That was just a product in the experiment, now we have successfully researched this type of weapon with greater power and longer range, and has begun to be equipped with troops in batches." Li Tielian pretended to deceive the little devils.
The little devil has already stagnated. This is still a product in the experimental stage. A weapon with greater power and longer range has been successfully researched, what kind of weapon would that be?
"How many of you are there now?"
Half a day later, the little devil asked another question.
"Not many, just five companies, three special warfare companies, one artillery company, and one independent company, that's my company."
"The last raid on the station was by several squadrons?"
"It's just a small squad, a tiny station, and it still takes several brigades?" This is indeed true, just a fox squad, an enhanced version.
"Where is your current residence?"
"Oh, you're asking about the troops' garrison? The first company is at 37°13′12″N latitude and 112°12′11″E longitude. The second company is 5 seconds east of the first company, the third company is 6 seconds north of the first company, and the artillery company is 2 seconds south of the first company. As for the headquarters, it's not far from here." Li Tie was enthusiastically deceiving the little devils.
What place is north latitude 37 degrees? What's east longitude 112 degrees? The little devil has completely fainted.
"You didn't send out just a few dozen people, did you? We've already caught thirty or so, and you're the thirty-third prisoner."
"What? Impossible! There were 42 of us in total, and you've already caught 33!"
What, a total of 42 little devils came out and all entered the base? Li Tie's heart sank, oh heavens, why did you bring so many little devils here, when can we ever finish catching them?
The sky has darkened and a light rain has started falling, an autumn rain that brings coolness.
It's getting cool.
