During the Republican period, if you wanted to maintain local stability, you had to rely on landlords and gentry who owned a lot of land. For many landlords and squires, they often only know how to protect their own interests, and most of them are indifferent to other things.

In many occupied areas occupied by the Japanese army, in order to annex more land and seek more self-interest, many landlords and squires also chose to defect to the Japanese army. In areas that have not yet been conquered, they are also the targets of officials and garrisons.

Compared with the clan forces of later generations, which are rarely seen, the clan forces of the people are extremely respected at this moment. For some of the big clan forces, their local authority, and even local officials, had to be conceded a little.

In the past, the rescue team suppressed bandits, and only a very small number of landlords complained. The reason is that these bandits are more of an armed force that they secretly finance. The property looted by the bandits was secretly handed over to them in exchange for money.

But in this kind of matter, the landlord and the squire did not dare to openly intercede for the bandits. When the rescue team began to pick on these rich landlords and squires, the other landlords and squires began to become endangered.

Many landlords and squires who had a relationship with the city officials and garrisons began to exert joint pressure, hoping that the government and the garrison could send troops to encircle and suppress the rescue team. In the face of this situation, the government and the garrison, which wanted to maintain local stability, naturally did not dare to remain indifferent.

Just when the landlords and squires joined forces to force the palace to the government, Hu Biao, who learned the news, said very directly: "Post these looted landlords' crimes in the form of big-character posters to the county seat, so that the people in the city can see their faces."

If the garrison does go out, teach them a lesson. The officials and garrison officers who had colluded with the landlords and squires were cleaned up together. I also want to see if it's their knife sharpness, or Lao Tzu's gun is fast! ”

"Yes, detachment leader!"

Food was distributed to the victims to allow them to flee to safety, and ill-gotten gains were seized through targeted strikes. This kind of action, at least for Hu Biao and the action team members, did not feel any psychological burden.

Even if the landlords who were killed and looted did not commit treason to the enemy, they wantonly bullied the victims of the flood and made a lot of ill-gotten gains. Posting big-character posters is also a sign to the government that these people deserve their crimes.

Seeing the big-character posters posted outside the city overnight, many officials were also shocked and said: "What are these guys?" Did these slain squires really do so many evil things? Probably not, right? ”

"Who knows! It's just that in this way, if we agree to send troops, I'm afraid that it will cause resentment among the people! ”

A large number of victims poured into the area under their jurisdiction, and the officials on the ruling side were also worried about causing some big trouble. Although the practice of the rescue army is worthy of vigilance, it has invisibly diverted many victims for them.

It's just that the government can sit idly by and ignore the former and loot the landlords, but the latter must take action. For most officials, they don't really care about the lives of these victims. But the squire group is about local stability!

As a result, it is obvious that the big-character posters that Hu Biao asked people to post did not play much role at all. It is gratifying that the crimes of those landlords posted on the big-character posters still made other landlords who had escaped the catastrophe hesitate to do evil.

It is not difficult to see from the crimes revealed in the big-character posters that most of the targets looted by the rescue team were rich and unkind landlords. On the other hand, those landlords who did good deeds, the rescue team did not commit any crimes. This also shows that the rescue team is not killing innocents indiscriminately.

Even many benevolent landlords quickly instructed their families: "Bring some grain to the city, and if the victims come, take something to eat and send them away." If you really want to let the people of the rescue army target you, then you will really be in trouble! ”

On the other hand, those landlords and squires who were lucky and felt that the rescue army was blocking their financial route, while strengthening their own village fort defense forces, still urged those officials and officers who had benefited from them to send troops to encircle and suppress the rescue army that helped the disaster.

Just when these landlords and squires learned that the government had promised to send troops, they were looking forward to the good news. The city defense troops stationed in the county town carried out a clean-up according to the clues they had investigated, but before the place arrived, they were ambushed by the rescue team.

The sniper team opened fire first, killing the officers who were leading the group, and the machine gun team opened fire. Several rounds of grenades were thrown, and the rescue team members who were lying in ambush on the mountain beam shouted: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" Whoever dares to resist will be killed! ”

With the shouts of the rescue team, the surviving defender soldiers squatted down without exception. Seeing this scene, the combat platoon commander who led the team was also speechless and said: "Expecting this kind of troops to defend the city is simply a joke!" ”

Such a defender who is greedy for life and afraid of death, in the eyes of the combat members of the task force, it is almost impossible to resist the attack of the little devil. It's no wonder why as soon as the little devil came, many troops defending the city almost fled.

Dressed in the clothes of the common people and covering their faces, they rushed down from the mountain beams one after another, and the fighters collected all the weapons of the defenders. Although these weapons are a bit miscellaneous, they can be used by the expanded rescue team in the future, and they should still be possible!

Looking at these defenders begging for mercy, the rescue captain was also very annoyed and said: "For the sake of the compatriots, get out of here!" Go back and tell you that the chief is still in office, this is just a warning, and next time it will not be so cheap.

If they still don't give up, and they still want to stand up for those evil landlords, then wait for Lao Tzu to lead people into the city and take their heads. Also, do more good deeds and less harm to the victims, or sooner or later someone will come to them for reckoning! ”

Pick up all the weapons of these defenders and take them away, and the fighters will chase the surviving defenders away like ducks. With this lesson and warning, I believe that the defenders and officials in the city will also know what to do.

The landlords, squires and officials who were waiting for good news in the city looked at the defenders who fled back in embarrassment, and said in shock: "What? How so? Those guys, are you really that bold? Dare to ambush officers and soldiers? ”

Even if the combat effectiveness of these garrison defenders is not very good, they are still wearing the skin of officers and soldiers. Under normal circumstances, ordinary bandit armies will not easily provoke officials and soldiers. But this time, the rescue army seems to have not given face to the officers and soldiers at all.

Seeing that the defenders seemed to be unreliable, many landlords who were worried about being liquidated also began to find a relationship and ask the higher authorities to send troops to clear out the rescue army. It's just that at this time, it is almost impossible for the main force to send troops to suppress bandits.

After ambushing the defenders sent by the county towns, the rescue team continued to distribute the food seized from the landlord's house to the victims in the fleeing team as usual. The victims who received food were also grateful to the members of the relief army.

At this time, Hu Biao also met with the local New Fourth Army guerrillas, and said straight to the point: "Regarding the matter of rescuing the victims, I believe your superiors also have instructions, right?" What can you do about this? ”

In the face of Hu Biao's inquiry, the guerrilla leader, who had already received the notice earlier, also said with a wry smile on his face: "Chief, although the superiors have asked us, let us help these victims as much as possible." But our power is limited, and it is difficult to provide effective help! ”

Although the treatment of the New Fourth Army is better than that of the Eighth Route Army. But Hu Biao still knew that the national army would not recognize this kind of privately formed guerrilla force at all. This also means that if they want to develop and expand, they can only rely on their own strength.

Hu Biao, who knew the strength of this guerrilla force, finally thought about it and said: "In this way, my troops will cooperate with you to carry out some rescue operations in the future." My men will provide you with a certain amount of food and weapons.

What you have to do is to help as many victims as possible and relocate some of them to your base areas. On the way to evacuate the victims, you also cooperated with other guerrilla groups to ensure that the victims were evacuated safely.

And the other thing is that as many weapons are given to you, you will increase your forces as much as you want. When recruiting guerrillas, recruit as many young refugees as possible who have families. In terms of food, priority must be given to helping the victims, can it be done? ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, as long as there is food, we will do our best to help the victims! ”

Although they didn't quite understand where Hu Biao came from, the instructions from above required them to closely cooperate with these people's actions. The so-called rescue army belonged to which unit, and the guerrilla leaders were also confused.

Fortunately, one thing is clear, that is, this unit is somewhat similar to their style. In addition, the other side sent weapons and food, and this kind of good deed that was obviously beneficial to the development of the guerrillas, how could the guerrilla leaders easily miss it?

With a few truckloads of grain and dozens of rifles given by Hu Biao, the guerrilla leader also left happily. Looking at the guerrilla leader who was far away, the rescue captain was also puzzled and said, "Detachment leader, why do you give them these things?" ”

"The reason is simple, in this place we need allies. Even if you do good deeds, you can't take all the credit on yourself. With their help, they can also take some of the attention out of us. The rescue team will eventually be withdrawn in the future! ”

In the future fate of the New Fourth Army, Hu Biao naturally knows a little. But Hu Biao felt that if he interfered too much in this matter, he was afraid that more unknowable changes would occur in history. It's really unknown whether it will change for better or worse.

Under such circumstances, Hu Biao could only hope that the strength of the New Fourth Army would increase as soon as possible. Especially in the Yellow Flood Area, the New Fourth Army armed forces should not have suffered too many blows in the incident that shocked the Chinese people.

If they can develop and grow here, I believe that the New Fourth Army will recover its strength even more rapidly in the future. When the rescue operation in Yingzhou began to stabilize, Hu Biao took the task force and prepared to go to the other side of the Yellow Flood Area.

Even in order to understand the situation of the disaster area first-hand, Hu Biao decided to cross the Yellow Flood Area. Although this is a bit risky, Hu Biao feels that it is not easy to be discovered. If a safe passage can be found, it will also facilitate the future movement of troops in the Yellow Flood Area.

Secondly, on the other side of the Yellow Flood Area, many areas that were not affected by the flood were controlled by the Japanese army. In Hu Biao's opinion, finding trouble with those little devils will make Hu Biao feel happier in his heart!