I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Chen Feng carefully observed the village. The three rows of courtyards in front were the gathering place of the Japanese invaders. Dozens of war horses were tied in the woods on the east side. There was a large courtyard on the east side of the village. Chen Feng stared at the large courtyard with a telescope. It had blue brick walls and blue tile houses. This was the only courtyard in the whole village that looked relatively good. It formed a sharp contrast with the dilapidated adobe houses around it. If Liu Heiqi was in the village, he would most likely choose this place.

At half past four, Liu Heiqi came out of the house. He could let his subordinates spend as much as they wanted on other things, but not on money. Liu Heiqi knew the power of money. Once his subordinates had money, they would have more ideas. Escape was a small matter. If they were not controlled well, it would even threaten his own position. Liu Heiqi never treated his subordinates badly, but he would never allow rich people to appear among them.

Liu Heiqi sat in the yard, holding a pipe in his mouth, staring at the leaders who came to offer their treasures with sharp eyes. His subordinates dared not hide the treasures at all. There were spies of the commander in every team. Once, because a subordinate hid the treasures, he was stripped naked, tied up, smeared with honey, and thrown into an ant nest, where he was bitten to death by the ants. Many people had seen it. The scene was extremely terrifying.

"Reporting to the commander, the second company of the third battalion seized 18 bags of grain, a cow, five sheep, more than 30 chickens, ducks, geese, etc., and 52 dollars. This is all the dollars. Please take a look, commander."

The company commander untied the cloth bag and piled all the dollars on the table in front of the commander. Seeing Liu Heiqi nodded, the company commander saluted and retreated.

Company after company began to offer their treasures. As it gradually darkened, Liu Heiqi called a halt to his men and said that this was enough for today and the remaining offerings could be made tomorrow morning. He then ordered the troops to have dinner, knowing that the brothers had worked hard all day just to have delicious food and wine to eat in the evening.

Although it was getting dark, the sound of gunfire was still roaring in the south, and it seemed that the Japs were planning a night battle.

More than half an hour later, the whole village was filled with the aroma of meat. With the help of the slight southeast wind, the aroma drifted to the place where the commandos were hiding. Through observations in the afternoon, Chen Feng discovered where the enemy stored their ammunition. After each team came back, except for their own rifles and grenades, all light weapons were sent to the back yard. Chen Feng concluded that this was most likely Liu Heiqi's arsenal.

When the noise of eating and drinking came from the village, Chen Feng issued a combat mission:

The team entered from the back of the village and first silently took out the two sentries in the arsenal. Wang Hanqiang and Wu Tianxiang changed into puppet army clothes and replaced them. Anyone who came to replace them had to be dealt with silently. The others quickly found grenades and began to set up booby traps on the periphery. They waited for the puppet army to finish their meal and rest, and then entered the yard to set up the traps. They must be well concealed. After everyone had rested, they set up the door to the room. The arrangement must be completed before 2 a.m., and then the team gathered to raid the large yard in the middle where Liu Heiqi lived. The battle was resolved within ten minutes, and they came out from the back of the village and blew up the arsenal.

Liang Benzhong and Xiao Dezhi were on duty guarding the armory tonight. Although they were both eating fat chicken boiled in salt water, they were not happy. The noise in the yards in front was too loud, with people drinking, playing finger-guessing games, and singing songs like girls. The sound made the fat chicken in their mouths taste like vinegar. After they finished the wine and meat, there was the most exciting gambling, but they could not take part.

Chen Feng and Zhang Liang quietly climbed into the yard and quietly moved behind the two sentries. The two nodded and killed one sentry each. With a snap, the neck of the sentry on the left that Zhang Liang was in charge of was broken. However, Chen Feng did not kill the sentry immediately. He grabbed the sentry's neck with his right hand and removed his shoulders with his left hand in a flash. The fat chicken in the sentry's hand fell to the ground. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and broke into a cold sweat in an instant:

"Don't move, or you will die!"

The sentry saw out of the corner of his eye that his companion, who was chatting and laughing just now, was lying on the ground with his head twisted towards him. He was so scared that he wet his pants and dared not even breathe.

"I will slowly let go of you. You just answer whatever I ask. If you say one more word, it will be the same as him. Don't worry, as long as your answer satisfies me, I won't kill you."

The sentry tried to loosen the hand on his neck slowly, but he still held on tightly. He knew that his life or death depended on the person behind him. His mind was working rapidly, thinking about how to satisfy the other party.

"Does Liu Heiqi live in a courtyard with blue bricks and tiles?"

The sentry nodded and whispered yes.

"When will you change shifts?"

The sentry shook his head and whispered that he would not change until dawn.

Seeing that Chen Feng had something to ask, Zhang Liang went to the gate, opened it, let all the team members in, and closed the door again. The yard was full of weapons and ammunition. There were no cannons, but seven or eight light and heavy machine guns, five or six sacks filled with explosive packs, and the rest were all bullet boxes and grenade boxes. The few people ignored Chen Feng, each of them had a box of grenades, and began to set up booby traps. After a while, it was easy to deploy.

Chen Feng was still pinching the sentry's neck and asking:

"More than 2,000 of you are all in the three rows of yards. How are you going to sleep at night?"

"My dear, the officers are in the house, and the soldiers are sleeping on the floor in the yard. My dear, I have old parents and young children to take care of, please don't kill me."

"If you say another word of nonsense, you will die immediately."

The sentry didn't dare to speak.

"Is the noise ahead due to drinking? Liu Heiqi doesn't care"?

"Commander, that's not right. Liu Heiqi never cares about anything. He just gambles after drinking and can play until the rooster crows at three in the morning."

"Stop talking nonsense. Are there patrol posts at night? How are the posts arranged?"

"Hero, there is no one on patrol, only Commander Liu. Ah! Liu Heiqi has more than ten people standing guard around the big yard, but Liu Heiqi is the only one in the yard. With so many treasures, he doesn't trust anyone."

Chen Feng snapped the sentry's neck. It was not that he was not trustworthy, it was that he talked too much.

Wang Hanqiang and Wu Tianxiang came over to change the clothes of the enemy soldiers. Chen Feng signaled to them that they did not need to change clothes and to set up booby traps quickly. Chen Feng also joined the team and whispered to the team members about the task. Because the enemy soldiers had no patrol team and most of them were gambling in the house, the team should first fix the explosive packs behind the houses in each yard and be careful of the sentries around the large yard. Each person was responsible for two yards. Chen Feng and Wang Hanqiang were responsible for three yards. After the explosive packs were arranged, the booby traps were arranged and arranged in a circle around the yard. Then they were ignited on time at eight o'clock, leaving a length of one meter for the fuse. After the ignition, there was enough time to run to the outside of the large yard to deal with the sentries and they could open fire freely after the explosive packs started to explode.

Everything was ready and the time was right, so the team started to move. The houses in the first three rows of the village were bustling with noises of all sizes from the dice rolling. It was estimated that most of the Japanese were gambling in the houses. There were also sounds of gunfire from the south, which facilitated the team's actions. Each household had four rooms, and a pack of explosives was placed behind each house. Still not feeling reassured, Chen Feng ordered everyone to start moving grenade boxes, and put the boxes full of grenades directly on top of the packs of explosives.

In just ten minutes, everything was done and booby traps were set around the yard. In twenty minutes, everything was set up without any mistakes or accidents. Everyone was quietly waiting for eight o'clock. Chen Feng reserved a pack of explosives, tied it with a rope and carried it on his back. This was for use in exploding munitions.