Chapter Twenty-Eight: Disaster Descends from Heaven

Sitting behind the desk with a gloomy face, the half-guards in front of the island tilted their necks, staring at the two Japanese officers and four or five officers of the Imperial Allied Army standing behind the desks with slanted eyes, and they didn't say a word for a long time, but their eyes were fierce, like a vicious dog that was about to choose someone to devour!

If it weren't for the fact that a big tendon on the neck was cut off by the 29th Army's broadsword team in the battle of Xifengkou, the half-guards in front of the island might still be proud of the Japanese army's A division. But after recovering from his injury, he could only tilt his neck and squint at the front half of the island guard, but he was mercilessly thrown by his boss in the original army to Qingle County as a garrison officer - among the officers under his hand, there was a guy who poked his crooked neck and squinted at people every day, wouldn't that be a loss of his own face, and even more of a loss of face of the First Division of the Imperial Japanese Army?

With a stomach full of grief, the half-guards in front of the island had to accept the fact that they had become members of the C Division. However, just two months after he took the position of captain of the Japanese military police in Qingle County, two incidents of attacks on Japanese soldiers occurred in Qingle County, which was originally considered peaceful. Aside from the attack on the garrison soldiers of the Sanchawan stronghold, which is still some distance away from Qingle County, last night's attack actually happened in Qingle County. The two Japanese soldiers on patrol and the two Imperial Allied soldiers led by them did not have time to make any resistance, and they all had their throats slit with short knives and snatched the weapons and ammunition they were carrying!

Staring at the several officers of the Imperial Cooperative Army standing in front of him, the half-guards in front of the island roared in a low voice: "Why did your soldiers leave the camp without permission in the middle of the night? And your star-holding officers don't even report it? Has the military discipline of the Imperial Allied Army collapsed to such a point? What a bastard! ”

Like a microphone, the interpreter He Luoya, who was standing beside the front half of the island, immediately translated the words of the front half of the island into Chinese, and added his own private words at the end: "I said white hemp, don't say that I don't take care of you, a native figure in my hometown!" The Taijun in front of the island is really angry this time, what should you do with the few soldiers under your hands, you should have a spectrum in your heart? ”

Cautiously looking at the half-guards in front of the island with fierce faces, Bai Mazi, the captain of the security brigade of the Imperial Cooperative Army, rolled his eyes at He Luoya: "He Luoya, don't pretend to be confused - the little deal that Liu Hongyan did, you and I have dry shares in it, and you don't take less real money!" Would you like to help me with this...... I'm out of luck, and you won't be okay either! ”

His eyes widened, and He Luoya, who was born white and pure, couldn't help but whisper urgently: "I said that your white leper is really a hob meat, and you don't forget to pull a cushion when you die?" How much do you have to say? How else can I help you round the field? ”

"Then you say...... Last night's star officer had fifty military sticks, and the four one-man thirty military sticks who left the camp without permission were confined for three days? ”

"I'm afraid it won't work...... I said white leper, the island is not so easy to fool? I don't want to see a little blood in this thing......."

"I knew that the Japanese would only do this trick and kill people at every turn...... Come on, I still have a few unlucky Outer Buddhas locked up there, and it's broken! ”

Seeing that the eyes of the half-guards in front of the island were already surging with suspicion in their eyes, the translator He Luoya hurriedly bowed to the half-guards in front of the island: "Your Excellency in front of the island, Captain Bai has already detained the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who left the camp without permission and the officer who held the star last night, and after a while, the soldiers of the Security Brigade of the Imperial Association Army will be gathered and shot in public to set an example!" ”

After snorting through his nostrils, the half-guards in front of the island twisted their bodies and looked at the two Japanese officers standing straight in front of their desks: "What is the situation of the two Imperial Army soldiers who died in battle?" Is the investigation clear? ”

Suddenly, a Japanese soldier with a handful of Rendan beard, Cao Fukai Taro, quickly responded: "The two Imperial soldiers who died were the first patrol sent after the city gate was closed, and they were accompanied by two Imperial Cooperative Army soldiers. Judging from the place where they were killed, they encountered an accident as soon as they started patrolling, and all the weapons and equipment they carried with them were also snatched, not even matches and cigarettes were spared! Such a means of attack is probably not the work of the soldiers of the Chinese army, but the behavior of those bandits! ”

The same Japanese squad leader Muguchi Tian Sabi, who was upright and short and fat like a water urn, continued Fukai Taro's words and said: "Also last night, Liu Hongyan, a friendly businessman in Qingle County, was attacked in the restaurant he opened. According to Liu Hongyan's description, the people who attacked him also looked like local bandits! ”

With slanted eyes, the half-guards in front of the island stared at Taro Fukai and Sabi Muguchi: "Bandits? Do you want to say that the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army are not as good as a few bandits in combat ability? ”

Nodding his head violently, Mu Koutian Shabi replied without hesitation: "If it is an open fight on the battlefield, a soldier of the Great Japanese Imperial Army can probably eliminate a hundred bandits!" But those bandits never obeyed the rules of fighting between samurai, and would only hide in the shadows! In such a situation, the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army will encounter accidents! And ......"

After hesitating for a moment, Mu Koutian Shabi reached out and took out a report from his coat pocket, and handed it to the half-guards in front of the island with both hands: "The situation report submitted by the imperial soldiers stationed in the Sanchawan Artillery Tower also shows that the three imperial soldiers who died were ambushed!" Two of the Imperial soldiers suffered fatal injuries caused by weapons such as bows and arrows, and only one Imperial soldier was shot with a rifle! If the soldiers of the Chinese army had launched this attack, I am afraid they would not have fought with such primitive weapons, right? ”

Signaling the translator He Luoya to take the report handed over by Mu Koutian Shabi, the half-guards in front of the island just glanced at it hastily, and immediately turned their bodies to look at He Luoya who was standing beside him: "He, are there many bandits in Qingle County?!" ”

After a few voices, He Luoya helplessly bowed his head and said in the ear of the half-guard in front of the island: "Your Excellency in front of the island, although the contemptible person is from Qingle County, he was sent to the Japanese Empire by his father to study since he was a child, and he really doesn't know much about the local situation in Qingle County...... It's Captain White...... Maybe you know? ”

Seeing that the eyes of the half-guards in front of the island were looking at him obliquely under the guidance of He Luoya, the white leper suddenly scolded in a low voice: "He Luoya, are you making trouble for me in front of the island again?" ”

Smiling awkwardly at the white leper, He Luoya replied in a low voice: "Isn't this also a rut?" The former Taijun of the island asked if there were any bandits in Qingle County, where did I know about this? It's Captain White, you...... Before you became the Imperial Army, weren't you an expert at eating silk rice in Qingle and Gongnan counties? If I don't ask you about this, I guess no one can explain it clearly, right? ”

glared at He Luoya fiercely, and the white leper looked at the half-guards in front of the island with a smile: "Taijun in front of the island, there is an Tieping Mountain in this Qingle County, the mountains are high and dense, the terrain is dangerous, and there have been many bandits camped in this Tieping Mountain since ancient times. Although after the imperial army occupied Qingle County, many bandits were so frightened that they fell down and fell into the banner, there were always some who did not know whether to live or die in the mountains. But...... Taijun in front of the island, I'm here to tell you the truth, it's okay for bandits to bully and bully those Zhuang families and ordinary people, and go to the county town to fight against the imperial army...... I really don't think any bandit has the courage to do this? Even if they have the guts, I'm afraid they don't have the ability......"

A little anxious to wink at the white leper, He Luoya translated the white leper's words into Japanese, and at the same time stretched his hand to his waist and pointed at the white leper's knee.

Subconsciously looked at his knees with He Luoya's gesture, and the white leper didn't stop talking, but his eyes turned around vigorously, and the tone of his words suddenly changed direction: "But you have to think about it carefully...... Shimamae Taijun, I really think that there is such a group of bandits, maybe it has something to do with the killing of the imperial army? ”

After a long sigh of relief, He Luoya translated the words of the white leper into Japanese, and after speaking, the eyes of the half-guards in front of the island suddenly widened: "Are there really bandits who dare to go against the imperial army?" White, do you make it clear carefully?! ”

Almost without waiting for He Luoya to translate the words completely, the white leper had already burst out of his mouth and shouted: "There is a village with only a hundred people in Tieping Mountain, and the people who live there are all surnamed Tu, and the rivers and lakes report the number of Tuxingsun, who specializes in drilling in the mud and hiding in the soil. Relying on the remoteness of the place where they lived, after the imperial army came, their Tujia Village did not pay grain and taxes to the imperial army. If you want to say that you dare to attack the imperial army at night...... Then it can only be them! ”

He Luoya had just finished translating the words of the white leper, and the half-guards in front of the island had already stood up from their chairs suddenly, twisting their bodies to look at the military map of Qingle County hanging in the office: "Tujia Village...... Point it out on the map! ”

Rushing to the map, He Luoya searched for a long time on the extremely detailed military map before he stretched out his hand on the map: "Here!" Your Excellency in front of the island, Tujia Village is here! ”

Crooked and walked to the map, the half-guards in front of the island looked carefully at the direction where Tujia Village was located, and only after a while did he chuckle in a cruel voice: "This kind of terrain is very suitable for defense." And it's located in the deep mountains, so it's not suitable for a large army to crusade ......"

Flatteringly towards the half-guards in front of the island, He Luoya leaned beside the half-guards in front of the island and said: "Your Excellency in front of the island, this is a long way to go to Tujia Village, if you can get from ......"

Stretching out his hand to point on the map, He Luoya said in a flattering voice: "If you can go to Hejia Daji from the main road first, and then go over the mountain and take the small road to Tujia Village, you can start in the morning and arrive in the afternoon!" ”

Turning his body to look at He Luoya, the half-guards in front of the island shouted suspiciously: "He, do you know the road?" ”

"Recognize! My home is on the He family set, and the road to Tujia Village over the mountain is familiar to me since I was a child! If Your Excellency is afraid of instability, then Captain Bai should also be familiar with the path from Hejia Daji to Tujia Village? ”

Nodding slightly, the half-guard in front of the island turned around and looked at the white leper who nodded to him: "Order the troops to prepare for the crusade against the bandits!" The security brigade of the Imperial Association Army is all dispatched to cooperate, and all the bandits who dare to attack the soldiers of the Imperial Army must be annihilated! ”

Agreeing one after another, He Luoya and the white leper walked out of the office of the half-guard in front of the island side by side, and the two of them almost whispered to each other in unison: "You are using a plan to kill people with a knife?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the two of them laughed in unison again, and He Luoya smiled and said to the white leper: "I said Captain Bai, fortunately, you still remember the stick that the people of Tujia Village gave you a reward for your knee back then?" Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to say this by myself? ”

"He Luoya, don't plant this thing on my head alone! Your old lady was planning to get the medicinal herbs in Tujia Village twenty years ago, so he asked me to deal with the people in Tujia Village! But who knows...... Those practitioners in Tujia Village are really not in vain! ”

"So...... This time, the Japanese cleaned up those people in Tujia Village for us, it should be nine out of ten, right? I really don't believe that those practitioners in Tujia Village can practice invulnerable? In front of the guns and shells, I looked at the large field of medicinal herbs, is it surnamed Tu or He?! ”

"Brother, settle accounts, this matter is something that my Imperial Association Army Security Brigade is all out of the army to help your He family, and your eldest young master of the He family must have an explanation?"

"After the deed is done, I will divide you as Captain Bai...... Half percent! ”

"Half percent? What about sending Hanako?! I said, Young Master He, are you more ruthless than your father? Your father agreed to give me 20% of the money......."

"It's not that the year is bad, and the medicinal herbs are not so good, is it? Besides, I'm afraid there will be no living people left in Tujia Village this time. Without the old way of growing medicinal materials, I can't say if the medicinal materials will be abandoned? ”

"If there is less than thirty percent, you Young Master He don't expect my Imperial Association Army Security Brigade to work hard! Nothing else, I can't open an opening and let go of a few people in Tujia Village? When the time comes, the eldest young master of the He family will prevent thieves for a thousand days, and you will not be afraid of a tiger napping? ”

"The surname is white....... Okay, three percent! You're going to have to sell me hard this time!? ”

"Refreshing! Look at me...... I said He Luoya, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, how can a few brothers in the security brigade of my imperial army have to see some meat and drink a few cups tonight? ”

"I said you're ...... You can eat stick bones and mosquito legs? I said, is there anything in this world that you don't take advantage of? ”

"Yo...... Not really! Master He, give me a happy word? ”

“...... Yes! Tonight's Baiwei Xian Restaurant, enough wine and meat! ”

"I said, Young Master He, you really learned the art of buying and selling from the Japanese? Such a thief? This meal at the Baiwei Xian Restaurant tonight, I'm afraid you don't need to pay out of pocket, but it's the filial piety that Liu Hongyan should give, right? ”

"Where do you care where he came from......