Chapter 53: Arrested Laborers

Captured laborers

In the afternoon of this day, it rained heavily in Wuji Town, which rarely rained all year round, and the children were excited, so Zhu Ge also took their vacation and went home to help collect things. He raised his hands to cover the top of his head and ran to the office, and met Wu Gong walking towards him with an oil-paper umbrella.

"Why aren't you in the security team?" Zhu Ge asked while wiping the rain on his face.

"Suddenly it rained so heavily, who still trained. See you're soaking wet, go back and change your clothes. ”

"Oh." A drop of water fell from the umbrella and smashed on Wu Gong's shoulder, and Zhu Ge turned sideways to keep Wu Gong closer to him. Wu Gong curled the corners of his mouth and raised his hand to take the person into his arms. Zhu Ge struggled twice, saw that there was no one around, and went with him.

The rain beat on the eaves and the ground, making a loud noise, and the two men held umbrellas and walked through the playground to the dormitory.

Suddenly there was a boom, and a big thunder exploded in the sky. Both of them were startled, and felt quite adults, and they were frightened by thunder, and Rao was ridiculous, so they went up the steps and prepared to collect their umbrellas and enter the house.

Another explosion sounded behind him, but this time, the sound sounded a little different from just now. Zhu Ge didn't care, but Wu Gong suddenly turned his head and looked into the rain.

"It's a cannon!"

Zhu Ge was shocked! Where did the cannon sound come from?

"Stay in the house honestly, I'll be back in a moment." Wu Gong opened the door and pushed him in, threw the umbrella and ran away.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the sound of gunfire was faintly heard, and Zhu Ge was nervous in the room, pacing back and forth. He knows in his heart that nine times out of ten he is a devil or a puppet army.

But there is no national army and no Eighth Route Army in Wuji Town, and the devil has just lost in Long County, how can he return? The more he couldn't figure it out, the more worried he became, and he stared at the umbrella at the door, but finally picked it up and rushed into the rain.

The school was some distance from the center of the town, and Zhu Ge carefully walked through the alleys, avoiding the devils running past the main road.

What the hell is going on and why are they coming back? Where did the martial arts go? Are the folks okay? Zhu Ge walked forward anxiously, he was going to the security team and gathering the team members to resist.

Out of the alley is the main road, walk along the road for a few minutes is the security team, Zhu Ge threw an umbrella, hid at the mouth of the alley, and waited for the devils on the road to pass. A wild dog suddenly rushed out from behind, Zhu Ge was startled, staggered back a few steps, and suddenly poured out of the alley.

Zhu Ge knew that he couldn't resist at this time, so he could only let someone move forward with a gun.

As the rain gradually subsided, Zhu Ge and the other villagers were taken to the compound of the security team, where all the men, women, and children of Wuji Town had gathered. Zhu Ge looked around and didn't see martial arts.

A puppet soldier stepped forward and shouted: "Everyone, the imperial army wants to build a house at the foot of Dapo Mountain five miles away, and we need a favor from our people from ten miles and eight towns, and those who are willing to go will stand up, let's make braised pork with big white steamed buns." ”

There was no movement in the courtyard except for the sound of raindrops falling on the eaves. Zhu Ge knew in his heart that this was to arrest laborers.

"Folks, let's not be ignorant, the Japanese said, you have to go, you have to go, you have to go, take the initiative to go and be caught, the nature is different, don't say I didn't remind you, everyone has old and young, the Japanese kill people without blinking, and no one wants to die when the time comes."

The crowd was a little commotional, and Zhu Ge was a little anxious. One of the children suddenly burst into tears, and the devil rushed into the crowd and pulled the child's thin arm. Seeing that the one-year-old baby was snatched out and put under the gun. Then several more children and elderly people were dragged out. The devil's bayonets and guns were pointed at the helpless old men and children, and some people in the crowd sat on the ground in fright.

"The lives of these people are in your hands today."

Zhu Ge couldn't hold back any longer.

He raised his hands and walked out of the crowd, moved to the puppet army step by step, and said: "I am the mayor of the town, let the old man and the child go, I will tell them." ”

The moment the devil released him, Zhu Ge's legs were so weak that he almost fell. He stood under the muzzle of a hundred and ten guns, and shouted at the townspeople: "Folks, the situation is compelling, for the safety of everyone, for the sake of our wives and children, parents, we are young, strong and able to work, stand up." ”

"This radius of several miles, only my Wuji Town has the largest population, the closest to Dapo Mountain, we contribute labor, you must promise not to harm the elderly, children and women here, otherwise we will strike."

The puppet army turned his head and said a few words to the devil's steward in Japanese, and Zhu Ge heard him relaying his words to the devil.

He saw the Japanese officer staring at him fiercely and said, "Cunning Chinese." ”

He also heard that it was not a house at all, but an airport and a training ground.

Dapo Mountain is located in the middle of Wuji County and Long County, is five miles away from Wuji Town, and under the mountain is a cornfield of Pingchuan, which belongs to Wuji Town. Once the airport and training ground are completed, not to mention Wuji Town and Long County, it is not impossible for the entire district to be occupied by devils.

The singleouts ranged from thirteen or fourteen-year-olds to fifty or sixty-year-olds. Smaller and older, plus women were left behind. The devil officer ordered a part of the people to go door to door to find food, and the other part of the people took a hundred and ten laborers to Dapo Mountain.

The city wall outside the town, which had only been built recently, was blown up beyond recognition by the devil's cannons, and several members of the city guard of the security team fell on the ruins, and when they saw the dead, there was a commotion in the crowd, and some people recognized it as their own family, pounced on it and cried, and were pulled up and dragged forward by the devils.

Zhu Ge wanted to step forward to stop it, but was grabbed by someone's hand.

"Wu Gong, how are you ......" He really didn't see him in the team just now.

"Don't talk, look ahead." Wu Gong grabbed his shirt and blocked the hands of the two. Zhu Ge touched something cold, and a pistol slipped into his hand.

"I thought the devils were going to slaughter the village just now, and a few of us were preparing to raid it." Saying this, Zhu Ge found that several people from the security team also took advantage of the commotion just now to get in. "I've already asked someone to deliver a letter to Wuji Town and Long County."

"You should stay and protect the elderly and children." Zhu Ge slipped the gun into the hidden pocket of his sleeve and held the hand of martial arts.

"I'll protect you."

Five miles, an hour's walk.

The devil's guns and machine guns had already been erected at the foot of the mountain, and the barbed wire fence surrounded the surroundings. When the villagers arrived, they were immediately asked to pull out the crops in the fields.

Some people are in their own fields, and they only know how to cry when they are distressed.

"Folks, let's bear with me, the Eighth Route Army will be here soon."

The green gauze tent soon turned into an open space. The devil handed out the tools he had gathered and asked them to build a few simple rooms for rest.

This novel comes from reading books