Chapter 90: Fame or infamy
After learning about the Japanese's actions, Xu Jinbiao can only give up.
He had originally planned that even if the Eighth Route Army attacked, he would just kill the Japanese first and then lead his troops to surrender.
But he didn't expect that when the Japanese captured civilians, they not only captured a lot of people alive, but also killed a lot of people.
This time, even if he surrendered, the Eighth Route Army would not let him go!
He is now the highest commander of Qinghe County. No matter how you look at it, the Japanese were accused of massacring civilians and it was him who ordered it.
He had thousands of soldiers under his command, but the Japanese were left with only about twenty or so.
The Japanese wanted to kill ordinary people, why didn't you stop them?
Without your consent, can the Japanese kill ordinary people?
Maybe those Japanese soldiers who took action might survive, but he, the commander of Qinghe County, would definitely not survive.
Since there is no way he will survive if he falls into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, he might as well do it to the extreme.
"For the last time, withdraw from Qinghe County. I promise to release these people!"
"Xu Jinbiao, I'll give you ten minutes. Lay down your weapons and lead your troops to surrender. I promise not to kill you!"
"Hahaha, kid, are you playing games for me here?
Do you think I haven't read the storybook?
You promise not to kill us. Once we lay down our weapons, the person next to you will immediately give the order to beat us to death, right?
Or maybe the heavy machine gun on the roof would suddenly go off and kill us all.
Do you think I'm uneducated? Don't I understand? Do you think I've never used this trick before?"
"I was born a bandit. When it comes to conspiracy, you are far behind me!"
Qin Yangming listened to what Xu Jinbiao said and touched his nose uncomfortably.
In fact, he really thought so.
Many company commanders under the Vanguard Battalion did this when attacking the artillery tower.
Some soldiers even brought guns specifically for accidental discharges.
Everyone knows that the Eighth Route Army’s weapons are poor, so it is easy to understand why guns went off accidentally.
Li Yunlong received a lot of criticism for this matter.
Ding Wei looked at Qin Yangming's actions and smiled.
Not only Qin Yangming thought so, he also thought so.
If Xu Jinbiao dares to arrest ordinary people, then this kind of person will definitely not survive and must be killed as a warning to others.
The people are the bottom line, whoever touches them will die!
Accompanied by the neighing of horses, Deputy Captain Wu, who received the news, rode over on horseback.
"Captain Qin, what's going on?"
After Deputy Captain Wu came over, he quickly asked Qin Yangming and Ding Wei.
"Old Wu, it's like this. Xu Jinbiao, the puppet army commander of Qinghe County, has captured civilians and wants to use them to force us to withdraw our troops."
"But we can't retreat now, so I asked you to come here to see if you have any way to make those puppet troops surrender."
"As long as the soldiers are convinced, Xu Jinbiao won't be able to cause any trouble."
Deputy Captain Wu rolled his eyes as he listened to what Ding Wei said.
"Captain, I can try, but there is no guarantee that I will succeed."
"Battalion Commander, Commander Ding, those are not ordinary people!"
At this moment, Duan Peng, who was observing in front, quickly ran over to report.
Hearing Duan Peng's words, Qin Yangming and Ding Wei looked over.
"What do you mean? They are not ordinary people? They are fake soldiers?"
Duan Peng shook his head and quickly said, "No, those are not ordinary people, they are basically traitors!"
"I saw that one of those people was the chairman of a township maintenance association under Qinghe County."
"Duan Peng, are you sure that all those arrested are traitors?"
Duan Peng listened to Ding Wei's question and shook his head: "No, I have only seen a few people. The rest may be relatives of those traitors, but I am not sure."
Qin Yangming listened to Duan Peng's report and shook his head: "Let Deputy Headmaster Wu try first."
Deputy Head Wu nodded and said, "Well, I do have some experience in persuading people to surrender.
Although these puppet troops were transferred from Hebei to North China, in the final analysis, there was no fundamental difference between these puppet troops and the puppet troops in Shanxi. "
"They are all the able-bodied men the Japanese conscripted from Hebei. They are Chinese people."
"These people serve as puppet soldiers for nothing more than money and power." "But for us Chinese, there is something that ranks above money and power."
"name!"
"Hehehe, Commander, Captain Qin, many people don't really want to be puppet soldiers. They either do it for a living or are coerced.
For these people, money and power mean nothing.”
Deputy Captain Wu walked forward confidently, ready to try his own method.
When it comes to dealing with the puppet army, he has many more ways than Qin Yangming and others.
He himself was a puppet soldier before. How could he not know what most puppet soldiers wanted to do?
He even relied on his understanding of the puppet army to recruit many puppet soldiers and even persuaded many puppet soldiers to join the Eighth Route Army.
Even the brigade commander personally affirmed him and asked him to pass on his experience to other troops.
Deputy Captain Wu walked forward, holding the loudspeaker he had brought with him.
"Listen up, brothers of the Locust Army in front. I am Wu Xiaoguo, deputy commander of the New 1st Regiment."
"I was just like you before. I did the wrong thing and chose to join the Japanese invaders and became a traitor.
But now, I am the deputy commander of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and I am no longer a traitor! "
"Think about it, if you continue to resist like this, the only outcome that awaits you is death!"
"You have seen the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army. With our combat effectiveness, how long do you think the Japanese can last?"
"If you don't surrender and continue to do wrong things, it means that you have become traitors through and through, and you won't even have the chance to surrender. Only death awaits you!"
"We, the Eighth Route Army, have obtained your roster, which means we, the Eighth Route Army, know all your names and places of origin.
Sooner or later, our Eighth Route Army will retake Hebei, and by then your names and identities will return to your hometowns!"
"We will tell your relatives back home exactly what you did!"
"By then, your wives and children will become the wives and children of traitors!
Do you want your children to be labeled as the children of traitors for the rest of their lives?
Do you want your parents to close their eyes amid countless calls of "You have a traitor child"?
Maybe they can’t even close their eyes!”
"Do you want to be removed from the family tree and become wandering ghosts after death?"
"Or do you want to erect a stone tablet in your hometown, engrave your names on it, clearly stating your identity as traitors, so that your relatives will never be able to hold their heads up high for the rest of their lives?"
"Qin Hui has been kneeling for a thousand years, and he will have to keep kneeling until the end of time!
Do you want to learn from Qin Hui and kneel in your hometown for thousands of years, letting countless people who come after you curse you as traitors? ! "
"I promise you, if you kill one little devil, you will no longer be a traitor, and I promise to give you the identity of the Eighth Route Army!
Even if you die at that time, you will have sacrificed your life for the country, and we, the Eighth Route Army, will take care of your relatives in accordance with regulations.
I think you should understand the policy of our Eighth Route Army."
"Shut up! He is spreading rumors and misleading the people. Brothers, don't listen to him!"
"He was a traitor. He was a member of the National Army at first, but then he betrayed the National Army and surrendered to the Locust Army.
Now he has abandoned the light and joined the dark, betrayed the locust army and joined the Eighth Route Army. "
"Do you dare to believe what such a person says?"
When Wu Xiaoguo listened to Xu Jinbiao's words, veins popped out on his forehead.
What he hated most was when someone brought up his identity as a traitor.
After he surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, no Eighth Route Army officer mentioned his identity as a traitor. Even when he went to the brigade headquarters to impart his experience, everyone said that he was a true Eighth Route Army soldier.
The brigade commander even defined his past experiences as: he was young and ignorant, was coerced by his superiors, and was a victim.
Wu Xiaoguo’s smile remained unchanged: “Ten minutes, I’ll give all of you ten minutes.
Think carefully, the people who were arrested are not ordinary people, they are traitors in Qinghe County. "
"You wouldn't know that, would you?
The Japanese can even capture people who work for them and use them as human shields, so what about your relatives in Hebei?"
"Most of your relatives are probably ordinary people."
When Wu Xiaoguo said this, he directly made clear what all the puppet troops were worried about.
"It is to become a soldier of the Eighth Route Army and live forever.
Or become a running dog of the Japanese devils and a traitor who will be infamous forever. It's your choice!"
(End of this chapter)
