Chapter 26: Borrowing a Knife to Kill (Part 1)
The confused false army fired a burst of shots into the woods, hitting trees and leaves flying everywhere.
"Captain!", "Big Brother!", Zhang Shaodong's men rushed over, only to find that Zhang Shaodong was already dead, his head had been smashed open, how could he still be alive?
"Damn it! The Black Wind Village people killed the captain! Brothers, charge for me and avenge the captain!" Lu Liyi's ferocity was triggered by Zhang Shaodong's death. He held the grenade box in his hand and ordered the puppet army to charge into the woods. Fortunately, he was lucky that those puppet soldiers who charged forward were immediately repelled by an explosion as soon as they entered the woods. The explosion killed or injured over a dozen people, and Lu Liyi was suddenly sobered up by it.
"Fall back! There's an ambush inside!", the fake soldiers shouted as they retreated.
"Old road! Not good! They're hiding inside, we'll be easily ambushed if we go this way." Wu Yunsheng said to Lu Li.
"XXX Liu Heizi! Come out if you dare, don't hide in the woods like a woman and launch a sneak attack!" someone outside shouted. The response was a burst of gunfire and bullets whizzing by. Fortunately, this kid was hiding behind cover when he shouted, otherwise his life would have been in real danger.
"Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!" The puppet army's machine guns fired a retaliatory burst into the woods. The other puppet soldiers hid behind their cover, not daring to show their heads again. After waiting for a while, Lu Ri still decided to lead his men in an attack on the woods.
"Brothers, follow me in a charge!", a group of puppet soldiers shouted as they charged into the forest. This time they had learned their lesson and slowly pushed forward, initially without being attacked or discovering any bandits. Suddenly, another explosion occurred, and several unlucky puppet soldiers triggered Li Xinmin's trap, killing and injuring several more.
After repeated probing attacks, they finally charged into the depths of the forest, but after sweeping the entire forest, not a single person was found. The people inside had long since fled without a trace. Li Xinmin and his men had already retreated after their successful attack, and at first, they did leave a few people behind to cover their retreat. A few people followed Li Xinmin's orders, firing a few shots before running away. The ambush set up by Li Xinmin gave them time for their retreat, and by now they had already run several miles away, making it impossible for the security team to catch up with them. As for those weapons and silver dollars, Liu Wentao had long since led people to bury them in pre-dug pits, and they even added camouflage on top.
They searched several times on the road but couldn't find a single person, so they could only bring Zhao Dong's body back to the county town with anger.
Li Xinmin and his team returned to their base with joy, Li Xinmin couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The two biggest targets were taken down, one killed and the other captured alive. The rest of the targets were no longer a concern.
"Comrades! Today's action was very smooth, and it is inseparable from your efforts. Everyone performed well! We are not far from the best victory, just get rid of the remaining few and complete the task!" Back at the camp, Li Xinmin gathered everyone together to summarize today's gains. Upon hearing Li Xinmin's speech, a warm applause erupted from below.
"With this task completed, let's go back and hold a celebratory meeting!", another round of warm applause.
"Sergeant! Your marksmanship is great today!", said soldier Chen Sheng from below.
"Haha! Your acting skills aren't bad either!" Li Xinmin said with a chuckle. "Hahahaha!", everyone else was amused.
The county town of Liao County, the soldiers on duty saw someone bringing people back on the road, and one soldier went up to greet them. "Commander Lu is back! Why didn't I see Commander Zhang? Was it a smooth trip this time?" Looking at his smiling face, Lu's anger rose, and he cursed, "Get out!", then whipped his horse and rushed towards the enemy's gendarmerie headquarters.
Wu Yunsheng led the others back to the headquarters of the Ba An Tuan with Zhang Shaodong's body.
In the Konoe Garrison Headquarters of Liao County, a detailed report was made to Captain Hashimoto about the situation where Lu Riying and Zhang Shaodong were tied up and killed.
"Road camp chief! You mean it was done by the people of Heifeng Village?" asked Hashimoto.
"It was the people of Heifeng Village who did it!", Lu Li replied very affirmatively. "Are you really sure?", "Absolutely certain! These are all things I saw with my own eyes, and at that time there were also several hundred brothers from our security team, it's absolutely impossible to be wrong!", Lu Li said very affirmatively.
"Guards! Go and fetch Lieutenant Suzuki!", Hashimoto ordered.
Before long, the Japanese guards outside shouted, "Commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Suzuki has arrived!", "Please let him in!". As they spoke, a small-sized Japanese military officer walked in.
He glanced at Ruri and then turned back to Hashimoto with a respectful tone, "Commander! You wanted to see me about something?"
"Suzuki! How's the matter with Kurokaze Village going?", "Sir, Liu Heizi of Kurokaze Village has not yet shown his intention to surrender to our Great Japanese Imperial Army. This will take some more time." Lieutenant Suzuki replied.
"That's right! He is not yet a member of the Great Japanese Imperial Army.", "Exactly! Liu Heizi always dodges and weaves, trying to get us to raise our offer."
"Suzuki Lieutenant! Do you know? Just today, Liu Heizi led a group to kidnap Lan Guoqing, the deputy commander of the Security Regiment, and killed Commander Zhang Shaodong." said Hashimoto Torao with a stern face.
"Is this true? Liu Heizi dares to attack the Imperial Army?" Suzuki was not quite convinced of this. He had contacted Liu Heizi several times, hoping to recruit him and use him to strike at the Eighth Route Army. It was true that Liu Heizi had attacked his own transport team before, but since contacting him, he had not launched a surprise attack again. It seemed that Liu Heizi really wanted to surrender to the Imperial Army, and the reason he refused to agree now was just to get more benefits.
"Absolutely true! Lieutenant Suzuki!", Lu Li immediately became anxious when he saw Suzuki's expression at that time, and he immediately came out to prove that Liu Heizi indeed attacked the security team.
"Bastard! Liu Heizi is dead, dead, dead! How dare he deceive the Imperial Army!", Suzuki knew the truth and was suddenly furious. Indeed, anyone would be angry about this matter. What made Suzuki angry was that this Liu Heizi had expressed his intention to surrender to him during their conversation, but instead secretly attacked his security team behind his back.
"Your Excellency! I suggest annihilating this Black Wind Fortress!", Suzuki suggested.
"Not bad! This guy who doesn't know the times should be thoroughly eliminated!" Hashimoto was also very angry at this time. Zhang Shaodong's value had not been fully utilized yet, and he was killed by someone, how could he not be angry?
"Lu Ying Chang! From now on, you will act as the deputy captain of the security team and be responsible for eliminating the Black Wind Fortress. Remember to rescue Lan Deputy Captain!", Matsumoto instructed.
"Yes! Thank you, Lieutenant Commander!" Ruri hastily bowed her head repeatedly like a Pomeranian dog towards Hashimoto.
The road was joyful and blooming, he finally had the power in his hands, but at this moment, he indeed felt a bit of sadness. After all, Zhang Shaodong brought them together to surrender to the devils, yesterday they were still eating and drinking together, today Zhang Shaodong was killed by someone.
The unlucky Heifeng gang was unknowingly framed by Li Xinmin. Li Xinmin made a good move, not only getting rid of Zhang Shaodong but also using the foreigners' hands to strike down the evil bandit Liu Heizi.
