Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 722 It went too smoothly (third update!)
After a while of jumping around, all the more than 800 people in Gaojiaao Village were gathered at the threshing ground at the entrance of the village.

The devils and the puppet soldiers all pointed their bayonet-mounted rifles at the besieged civilians.

Five or six light machine guns and heavy machine guns were set up on the commanding heights around the threshing ground, and the muzzles of the black holes were all aimed at everyone, with a murderous look.

Within the encirclement, the cries, curses, and disputes of the common people rang out.

"Da da da……"

The heavy machine gun next to the leader of the devil group suddenly fired, and the swishing bullets flew towards the sky against everyone's scalps.

Although no ordinary people were killed, the piercing gunshots still frightened everyone. The threshing ground, which was still lively just now, suddenly became quiet.

"Wang Sang, tell me!" The devil's captain was very satisfied with the result, and a sneer quickly flashed across his tense face.Staring at the puppet battalion commander around him, he ordered.

"Yes, Taijun!" The puppet battalion commander nodded and bowed his head, with a very flattering expression.

Then he stood up and said, "Folks, I don't tell you the purpose of the Taijun's visit, and everyone knows it! According to the agreement, [-]% of the grain harvested in autumn should be handed over to the Taijun as the big guy's annual grain tax!"

"We have calculated that the entire Gaojia'ao Village has more than 600 mu of fertile land. According to the agreement, [-] catties of grain will be paid for each mu of fertile land as grain tax. The whole village will hand over [-] mu of grain to Taijun. Are you ready!"

Although the Eighth Route Army had asked them to prepare food before, and promised that the food would be returned to everyone within a month at the latest.But when it was time to give food, everyone still couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and some people even showed a look of despair on their faces.

You must know that most people in the village only have more than one mu of ration land per capita. Even if a catty of grain is not paid, the total harvest will not be enough to survive for the next year.But in front of him, the devil was about to leave halfway as soon as he opened his mouth.This means that the whole family will have no food to eat for at least half a year. If the promise of the Eighth Route Army cannot be fulfilled, the whole family will be ruined by next year!

Therefore, after the puppet battalion commander finished speaking, the entire threshing ground was still silent and there was no movement.

"Why, I didn't understand? Do you want me to say it again? Or do you have to contact the Eighth Route Army, and all the food is given to the Eighth Route Army!" Everyone's reaction made the puppet battalion commander very annoyed, and he frowned.

This time, there was finally movement in front of him!

A very old commoner stood up and said, "Sir, this old man is the head of this village. To tell you the truth, although today's grain harvest is bumper, the whole village only has more than 1000 mu of land. If half of the grain is given to the emperor Army, the remaining food is not enough for everyone to eat until next year's autumn harvest!"

"This old man hopes that the chief will be more accommodating, so that the Taijun will take a little less food from us. Even if one mu of land receives less than ten catties of food, all the people in Gaojia'ao Village will be grateful to the chief!"

The collected food is the military food for the army for the next year.

With less income, I must be the one who will be hungry by then.The puppet battalion commander refused without thinking about it.

"No, fifty catties of grain per mu, a total of [-] catties of grain, and one catty of grain must not be less!"

For the sake of food, the puppet battalion commander also became ruthless at this time, and directly threatened: "Give everyone a minute to think about it. If there is no movement, then don't blame us for being polite, and go directly to the village to find food by yourself!"

"The food must be in the village. If the imperial army is allowed to do it themselves, the food taken away by the imperial army will definitely be more than [-] catties. You should think carefully about it!"

Seeing that no one responded, the battalion commander of the puppet army continued to threaten: "I know that some of you must have been instigated by the Eighth Route Army to hide all the food. But I want to tell you that this time the imperial army came to ask for food. As I said above, the imperial army will never let it go without getting the food, and everyone can see it from the current posture of the imperial army. For food, if they can't take away the food, the imperial army will definitely kill people!"

"They are all Chinese. I don't want any of you to be killed by the imperial army for a little food. So, I hope everyone will think carefully."

The devil captain seemed to understand the last threat of the puppet battalion commander.

As soon as he finished speaking, he whispered something in the guard's ear.

Then the four devils rushed into the encirclement, grabbed two women holding children with bayonets, and pointed their black muzzles at their heads.

"Taijun calm down, let's prepare food right now. They are all women and children. They have never seen the world and will be frightened. Please let them go!" Everyone's dream of reducing food tax standards was shattered. .The old village chief was also frightened by the devil's act of arresting people as soon as he came up, so he quickly stood up and answered.

"Yoxi!" The tense face of the devil captain quickly relaxed, and with a wave of his hand, the four devils exited the encirclement.

All the grain was prepared in advance, and it took less than half an hour to pile up [-] catties of grain to the threshing ground, which was as high as a hill.

"Taijun, [-] catties of grain is only a little too much, and it's all just harvested. However, if you want to transport all the grain back with a cart, you need at least [-] carts."

"Contact the garrison at the stronghold, and go to the supply unit to deploy fifty supply trucks to transport food!" The captain, who did not expect the whole operation to be so smooth, immediately made a decision after being shocked.

Then he continued: "The task given to me by the brigade headquarters is 150 million catties of grain, and the gap is still very large. I decided that today we will make persistent efforts and win another village!"

"Leave the first team of the first squadron, Wang Sang, your people leave a company to protect the food!"

"After the carts of the supply troops arrive, protect the supply troops to transport the food back to the base, and then protect the supply troops to join me in the next village!"

"Also, the Eighth Route Army is likely to send troops to attack us and take back the food. Therefore, before the food is shipped away, these Chinese people cannot be released, and all of them are gathered here as our hostages!"

On the top of a mountain ridge one kilometer away, Xiong Changhe was holding up a binoculars, staring at the threshing ground at the entrance of the village without moving.

The main force of the Japanese army retreated, and the remaining troops continued to stare at the villagers and protect the food...

Xiong Changhe could see everything clearly.

"Battalion Commander, there are only more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops left, and most of them are puppet troops. How about rushing over now, killing them, recapturing food, and rescuing the people!" An impulsive leader must have impulsive subordinates.Compared with Xiong Changhe, the combat character of the first battalion and company commanders is almost the same!
After figuring out Wang Ping's thoughts on this battle, Xiong Changhe lost his previous impulse.

Glaring at the other party fiercely, he cursed: "What if you hurt the common people by mistake? Are you here to pay for the lives of the common people?"

"The devils came back after robbing food in the village, thinking that the robbing of food was related to the people in the village, so they asked the people again what to do if they wanted food?"

"This..." The company commander was directly speechless when asked.

But after hesitating for a while, he frowned and asked back: "Battalion Commander, when shall we attack and get back the food!"

"Wait, the investigation team has been out for two hours, and news should come back soon. As soon as the investigation team returns, we will start to act!"

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