A Japanese brigade of about 500 people, plus an equal number of puppet troops, was advancing towards the base of the Eighth Route Army without hurry.

The commander of the Japanese army was Terada, who was surrounded in the center on an Oriental horse, and he was the supreme commander of this unit.

On the left is his adjutant Chihiro Tanaka, and on the right is Zhao Xingwang, a regimental commander of the puppet army, who is responsible for cooperating with their brigade to "sweep".

Kazuta Terada looked at the faint village in front of him and asked, "What is the place ahead?" ”

Zhao Xingwang said very doggedly: "Taijun Terada, the front belongs to the unsafe area, a village called Panjiayu. In accordance with the order of His Excellency the Commander, the "three lights" policy can be carried out. ”

"Roar Xi, Zhao Jun, then carry out the order!"

When Zhao Xingwang heard this, he commanded his puppet army to surround the village and began to drive the villagers away, preparing for the three-light policy. And the devils also set up machine guns in important places, waiting for orders at any time.

The commander of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Ninji, was in place in 1941. He put forward a three-year plan for the suppression of public order, that is, the war of law and order in North China.

According to this plan, Okamura divided the northern China region into three types, namely: "public security areas, quasi-public security areas", and "non-public security areas".

The so-called "security area" refers to the area controlled and occupied by the Japanese army and its surroundings;

The so-called "quasi-security zone" refers to the area where the forces of the two sides are staggered, and it is also a guerrilla area where the Eighth Route Army often operates;

The so-called "unsafe areas" refer to the anti-Japanese base areas.

Okamura Ninji has taken different measures for different regions. For the "public security area", the main thing is to clear the township.

The "Clean-up Movement" was based on the principle of "advancing both military and government, suppressing and appeasing at the same time", and "three parts military and seven parts political".

Villages with a small number of people were merged into townships, and then a puppet regime was established from the county to the township and the village, and the slave rule was strengthened.

In the security area, the puppet army assumed the garrison duty, while the Japanese army was drawn out to advance to the "quasi-security area".

For "quasi-security areas", "encroachment" is the mainstay.

Its central idea is to consolidate its sphere of influence by plundering its property and "turning quasi-security areas into no-man's land".

The general method is to rely on the transportation network, fortresses, and ditch walls to gradually divide the base areas of the Eighth Route Army from the outside to the inside, and gradually turn the liberated areas into enemy-occupied areas.

For villages that cannot be occupied, they will be turned into no man's land to prevent the in-depth activities of the Eighth Route Army.

For "unsecured areas", military offensives are the mainstay.

The Japanese army dispatched a large number of troops to continuously carry out "sweeping" operations, dismantling and destroying facilities and munitions in the base areas.

The brutal "three-light" policy was carried out, so that the Eighth Route Army could not live in shelter and could not carry out construction, so that it gradually developed into a "quasi-public security area."

Okamura Ninji's criteria for judging whether it is a security district or not are very simple, and you can see the quality of the local security situation from the eyes of the Chinese girl.

First, there is absolutely no trace of the girl. It is a corroboration of the fear of the Japanese soldiers, and it is "bad public order".

Second, I was surprised by the Japanese cars and trucks and looked out of the window from a distance, saying that "the security was a little better."

Thirdly, in the following two cases, when she walked out of the house and looked out, the Chinese girl walked calmly on the street where there were Japanese soldiers, and it was "good public order".

Of course, this is just a division method of Okamura Ninji, even if the common people are good citizens to the devils, it only ensures that they will not be killed at will.

But once they encounter the need for their "dedication", the devil will not be merciful. wantonly grabbed strong men to repair turrets, dig trenches, dig coal mines, and so on.

I thought that this was the end, it was relatively better to repair the turret and the trench, control your life freedom, give you some hungry food, and let you repair until the year of the monkey.

And to dig a coal mine, you basically die for a lifetime. The Japanese army frantically pursued the bloody policy of "exchanging people for coal".

The so-called "exchanging people for coal" means arresting people and sending them to the mines to dig coal, so that they can work like cattle and horses, working at a high intensity of more than 12 hours a day.

The miners eat wotou, black bean cake and moldy "Xingya noodles" every day, and sleep in soil holes dug along the mountain col, covered with sacks and cement paper bags.

If you are sick, you will not be given medicine, and if you can't get up, you will be carried and thrown into the "mass grave" by the corpse pulling team; Those who were infected with infectious diseases were sent to the "burning field" and burned alive before they could breathe.

It can be seen that the brutal nature of the devil will not change because the people are obedient, but will become more intense and more unscrupulous.

Back in this "sweep", the devil came too suddenly, and the villagers of Panjiayu were caught off guard by not discovering and transferring in advance, so they could only hide and try to avoid this catastrophe.

A few devils broke into the courtyard and searched for the hiding people with bayonets. The house was empty, and there didn't seem to be a single person.

An old devil with many experience in sweeping, looked at the house and did not look like it was unoccupied, and knew that the family was hidden.

"So, they must still be there."

The water tank was smashed, the bedding was overturned, the windows were punctured, and ...... was a mess in a short time.

In the corner of the stubble, an old couple was shivering.

After all, the old devil searched for it and stabbed it a few times, but it didn't hit anyone.

However, he decided that there were people hiding here, how could he retreat in a gray way because he couldn't find it!

Especially when he was followed by two recruits who had just been recruited from the country, if he made such a big scandal in the first sweep, how could he be arrogant to him in the future.

"You two come here and kick this stubble down for me."

When the two devils heard the order, they pointed to two puppet soldiers to join them. It didn't take a few strokes to find the old couple hiding inside.

"Dazhi, Dadou, it's time to test the skills of the two of you, one for each person." The old devil pointed to the old couple and ordered the two devils behind him.

Aoki Dadou was nurtured by Japanese **** since he was a child, and he is also an extremely aggressive member in school.

Seeing this kind of opportunity as mentioned by his predecessors, his heart was also extremely moved. And, seeing the frightened eyes of the old couple, he seemed to see the little ghosts who were afraid of him when he was a student,

A sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Roar, the pig, it's dead, it's dead."

Without any fear, without any discomfort, the bayonet plunged into the old woman's chest and into the deadliest heart, and the spray of blood stained his clothes and his hideous face red.

The old devil commented very appreciatively: "Yo Xi, Da Dou, you who have killed the pig of Shina, now you can be regarded as a qualified Imperial Japanese Army." ”

Aoki licked the blood off his lips and smiled even more. He kind of felt that it was also a good choice to come to this place where he could dispose of the pigs at will.

Seeing that Shouwu Dazhi didn't act for a long time, the old devil said unhappily: "Dazhi, it's your turn, hurry up." ”