Beginning in 1944, China's War of Resistance Entered the Counter-Offensive Phase. The Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei struck a heavy blow, opposing "sweeping" and "encroachment," winning victories one after another, and inflicting heavy casualties on the Japanese army. In mid-September, Li Yunchang, commander of the Jireliao Military Region, led the special service battalion and reconnaissance company of the military region into the area around Sanchakou Village in Jixian County.
One day, Liang Fuxiang, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, and Yan Wenhai, a soldier, received orders to go to Mashenqiao and Jiubaihu Village in Jixian County to find out the situation of the enemy's strongholds in order to launch operations against the enemy. Too early, the two arrived at Zhang Laohan's house at the east end of the nine-hundred-household village. Zhang Laohan said:
"There is a trench about a hundred meters east of the village, a gun tower built on the side, a small group of puppet troops stationed, and a devil's stronghold not far away."
Outside the turret was his family's threshing yard. It turned out that this puppet squad leader was a sex ghost. When Zhang Laohan and his daughter were playing in the courtyard, the "disgraced" squad leader often came to tease his daughter. Every time Zhang Laohan rushed like a duck. He was most afraid that his daughter would be ruined, and after explaining the situation of the stronghold clearly, he said: "Please Balu quickly get rid of this 'disgraceful country' guy!" ”
After Liang and Yan clarified the situation, they immediately returned to Sanchakou Village and reported to the platoon leader, saying: "Uncle Zhang finally had a request to get rid of the puppet army squad leader who had committed many evil deeds. ”
The platoon leader agreed, saying, "If it is too early to get rid of evil, then you will immediately return to the village of nine hundred households and eliminate harm for the people!" ”
When they came to the village of nine hundred households again, Liang Fuxiang said to Zhang Laohan, "I pretend to be your nephew and help you play the game, okay?" If the squad leader comes back to tease your daughter, I will act on the spot and kill him. ”
The next day, Liang Fuxiang hid a pistol in his waist and held a scythe in his hand, and followed Zhang Laohan to the courtyard. Yan Wenhai, with a rifle, hid in Zhang Laohan's courtyard, ready to act at any time.
Unsurprisingly, the leader of the puppet army squad saw Zhang Laohan's daughter playing in the courtyard, so he opened the door of the turret and walked over with a big wave. Although he was full of courage, when he saw that there were people he didn't know present, he was still extremely alert, pointing at Liang Fuxiang and asking:
"What do you do?"
Liang Fuxiang pretended to be very scared, and quickly replied: "I am from the eight hundred villages, this is my aunt's house, I have come to give them a scene." ”
The squad leader tilted his head to look left and right, still not at ease, and suddenly said, "No! I look at you like eight ways! With that, he pulled out his pistol. Say it's late, then it's fast. Liang Fuxiang raised the scythe in his hand and slashed at his head. The squad leader reached out to cover it, and the scythe was right on his arm, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground. He screamed and ran toward the turret. Liang Fuxiang drew his pistol, "snapping" - sound, the bullet through the heart, he fell to the ground in response.
Yan Wenhai, who was hiding in the house, saw it very clearly, pointed his gun at the turret, and prepared to kill one of them and destroy a pair of two, but strangely, the turret did not make a sound, nor did he see the puppet army come out.
Seeing that they were all right, Liang and Yan returned to the troops.
In addition to harming the people, it is very gratifying to the people. However, the platoon leader said, "As soon as you leave like this, the devils will not retaliate?" ”
Liang Fuxiang and Yan Wenhai thought, too. Early the next morning, the two rushed to Zhang Laohan's house to protect their family. Who knows, Zhang Laohan said excitedly:
"There has been no movement in the turret since last night until this morning, and the gate of the turret is also open, as if no one is there."
Liang Fuxiang was quite surprised, and he was so bold that he actually ran to the turret to "see", and sure enough, there was no one inside. Later, they learned that the puppet army in the artillery tower had long heard that the three forks had brought a lot of the Eighth Route Army, and they were afraid that they would attack the artillery tower, and their hearts were so nervous that they suddenly saw that the squad leader had been killed, and they were frightened like dogs that had lost their families, and they did not dare to act rashly.
In this statement, the crowd was even more confused. A small group of puppet troops immediately scattered and fled through the night.
As soon as they left, the nearby Japanese troops also took care of themselves and sneaked back to the county with their guns.
After this incident came out, the story was a bit "deformed", and it became that the Scouts of the Eighth Route Army shot down an enemy turret, and the compatriots said one after another: "Good marksmanship, if there are a thousand and eight hundred such sharpshooters, the little devils will not be able to stay in China!"