Chapter 608 Matters from the town of Zhuangzhuang

The newly appointed commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ningji, seems to have seen through Tang Qiu's fate, and listed the Taihang Mountains, that is, the rear base of the North China Independent Division, as a key target, but these are still his preliminary ideas and plans in his head, and Tang Qiuli has no way of knowing Okamura Ningji's thoughts.

After receiving the order of the division to assemble the troops in the Xuzhou area, Han Tie gave the troops scattered out and issued an order to concentrate in Xuzhou.

Even so, along the way was also harassed by different local armed forces and bandit forces, Han Tie's troops were very scattered, there were troops in Lunan and southwest Lu, and the farthest troops had already entered the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, where to gain a foothold and open up new areas, Han Tie was eager to gather the troops back, so as to carry out the orders of the division commander, and the orders issued were very clear, excluding interference, not entangled with local armed forces along the way, and quickly returning to construction.

Stomping Zhuang, located in the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, not far from the world-famous Menglianggu, is a mountain town surrounded by mountains, but more than 1,000 households, the first battalion of the fourth brigade of the Yellow River Henan Garrison Corps of the independent division is stationed here, the battalion commander Gu Dashan is less than 25 years old this year, is the independent division after entering North China, in the Taihang Mountains to participate in the troops, experienced several big battles, especially in the Kaifeng blocking battle, as a platoon commander Gu Dazhang fought bravely, one person killed more than a dozen devils, led the whole platoon to hold the positionAfter the war, the troops retreated to Huangya Cave to rest, and Gu Dazhang was promoted to company commander because of his outstanding achievements.

Later, the unit was expanded, and combat backbones and grassroots commanders like Gu Dashan were all reused, and Gu Dashan was promoted to major battalion commander, and he was very satisfied with the battalion he led, with four infantry companies in the battalion, and a machine gun company, four Type 92 infantry guns, eight mortars, and ten heavy machine guns, with a strength of more than 1,200 troops.

Gu Dashan is very confident, even if it is a brigade of troops against the little devils, he can be sure to kill all the devils, the only thing that makes him unhappy is that because the troops were formed during the recuperation period in Huangya Cave, most of them are new recruits who have been replenished, and they have not experienced battles.

After the first battalion was stationed in Stomping Village, the first thing encountered was that the local people were very afraid and indifferent to the troops, and when they encountered soldiers on the street, they all avoided walking, as if they were afraid of getting bad luck, especially those big girls and little daughters-in-law, when they saw the soldiers, they were like seeing the Lord of Yama, so they could not avoid them.

The work of the army cannot be carried out, Gu Dashan is anxious, he always wants to find a breakthrough and open the current stalemate situation, it is better to Taihang Mountain, there is no need to say where the troops go, the local government and the people have prepared a qiē for you, if you want to say that there is something going on with the troops, as long as you shout, the people flock to help, he is very nostalgic for the days in the Taihang Mountains.

The opportunity came, this morning, Gu Dashan went out with the guard squad, ready to go to a few leading figures in the town to discuss the housing problem, in the winter in the mountainous areas of southwest Lu, the temperature is also very low, the troops are still camping in tents in the field, there are already a few soldiers who have been frozen and their hands and feet are broken, and if this continues, the non-combat attrition alone can drag the troops down.

Those big families have dozens of idle houses, and they don't let the troops live, and even ordinary people don't want to give up their houses to the troops, and they can't give money, the people here are really backward, and they can't forcibly enter and live, violating the discipline of the troops, the dismissal is light, and it is possible to lose their heads, as a veteran soldier of an independent division, he does not dare to touch the policy of loving the people formulated by the division commander himself, this high-voltage line, but Gu Dashan does not have much hope for the effect of this trip.

Turned an alley, arrived at the crossroads, there were hundreds of people in front, and there were shouts and scolding and women and children crying and begging for mercy, Gu Dashan squeezed into the crowd, and when he saw this scene, he was angry and his lungs exploded, a man about forty years old, lying on the cold ground with a face covered in blood, a middle-aged woman who seemed to be his wife, kneeling at the corner of the street, kept begging for mercy from five or six guys with sticks in their hands, who were not good people at first glance, two teenage children, crying there, one of them was a little girl, was dragged to the ground by a big man's hair.

These guys, with their faces full of meat, their sleeves rolled up to their elbows, completely ignoring the pleas of women and children, used the stick in their hands to beat the man who was already motionless, and scolded in his mouth, Gu Dashan stepped forward and snatched the stick from the hands of these guys, and kicked the big man who beat the hardest.

The sudden change stunned several big men and onlookers, a big man who seemed to be the leader, the cold light in the triangular eyes, flashed away, looked at the guards who came up, and was not afraid, and asked with a smile: "This sir, we are collecting debts, it doesn't hinder you from anything, right?" How do you hit my brother? After speaking, he also brushed his shiny head with his hand, with a look of arrogance.

The tone was very tough, and there was a sense of reproach, it seemed that he didn't pay attention to the muzzles around him, presumably he relied on something, Gu Dashan ignored him, helped up the kneeling woman, and asked the reason for the matter, the middle-aged woman with a yellow face and thin muscles looked at these big men with fear, and did not dare to speak, her eyes flashed with extreme fear.

Under Gu Dashan's repeated questioning, this woman intermittently told what happened, the local accent was very strong, coupled with sobbing and choking, Gu Dashan flew so hard, only to know that when this woman told what happened, these five or six big men, with their arms folded in front of their chests, with a sneer on the corner of their mouths, did not leave.

These few people are the guardians of Sun Million's family, the biggest rich man in Stomping Village, this Sun Million, his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, herds of mules and horses, and more than half of the households in Stomping Village are tenants of his family, and he is also in Linyi City with a few big deals, he is a rich man, before, in Han Fuyu's Shandong Provincial Government, he was a high-ranking official who served as a director, but this guy's personality is really not good, and he is more ruthless to the people than Lord Yan.

In the stomping on the ground, Sun Million is the emperor, in his own words, a stomp foot, half of the Yimeng Mountain are trembling, the officials and bandits go two long ways, black and white, it is said that and the largest bandit leader in southwest Lu Liu Motou, or worship the son of the brother, there are also 100 guns at home, the authentic bully, the common people call him "Sun Yan Wang" behind his back. ”

The beaten surnamed Liu, a tenant of Sun Million's family, just because this year's rent was not enough, all the food in the family was drawn, and it was not enough, and the family of four could only starve with their necks.

Liu tenants know that Sun Million is the living king of Yama, the Sun family compound is the palace of the king of Yama, and the child who has just eleven years old has entered, it is equivalent to entering the tiger's mouth, and he may be tortured to death that day, and he will not agree to live or die.

Several nursing homes were furious at the time, punched and kicked, knocked Liu Dianhu to the ground, and beat him to death with a stick, the crying and shouting here attracted hundreds of onlookers, but the power of Sun Million was deterred, and he didn't dare to come forward to stop it, they all looked at this scene with horror, seeing that Liu Dianhu was out of breath and not in breath, these nursing homes still refused to stop.

Gu Dashan caught up with this scene, after he listened, the anger in his heart could not be suppressed, they were all from poor people, he couldn't stand the people being bullied like this, and when he helped up Liu Dianhu, who was lying motionless on the ground, his body was already cold, and he had long been out of breath, looking at Liu Dianhu, who couldn't close his eyes and was covered with scars, Gu Dashan gently put down his corpse.

With a wave of his hand towards the guard squad, several soldiers stepped forward and forced these guards to hold them with guns, Gu Dashan's eyes were on fire, staring at these guys viciously, and several guards saw Gu Dashan with a hideous face, and their hearts trembled, and the head of the guard quickly said: "Sir, for the sake of a poor stick, we can't do this, when Han Dashuai is here, Master Sun and our team have a good relationship, you also want to meddle in this matter?" The last sentence was threatening.

Gu Dashan suddenly pulled out the matching gun, a crisp gunshot, suddenly sounded, on the heads of several nursing homes, there were thumb-thick blood holes, the body swayed a few times, stared at the eyes of disbelief, fell to the ground, Yin Hong's dirty blood flowed all over the ground, the crowd of onlookers was stunned by the sudden scene, and they were in a hurry to run, but they were stopped by Gu Dashan's drink.

Gu Dashan shouted to the crowd: "Folks, we are the troops of the North China Independent Division, we came here to let the villagers live a good life, never oppress the people, we must punish such bullies, I am the battalion commander Gu Dashan, killing people pays for their lives, they brutally beat a poor people to death, I sentence them to death on behalf of the troops, and it is also the fate they deserve, see which one dares to take the lives of the people seriously"

After Gu Dashan finished speaking, he was very satisfied with his words and the level of the case, waiting for the stormy applause of the people, but, no, the numb faces of the onlookers were panicked, and their eyes flashed with irrepressible horror, and they all tried to avoid him from afar, which made Gu Dashan very depressed, he couldn't figure out, how could the people in this place be like this?

(To be continued)