One day, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong hid in the courtyard of their hometown, and the Japanese puppet army began to search. The children of the old countrymen shouted: "Taijun, there is food in the West House, you go to the West House to invite." "As soon as the Japanese opened the curtain and entered the house, the children closed the door, and the guerrillas took steel knives and killed several Japanese soldiers.
In 1937, the main Red Army in northern Shaanxi was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army and rushed to the anti-Japanese front in North China. Among them, the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army advanced to the area around the Jizhong Plain and carried out guerrilla operations against Japan. The Jizhong Plain is fertile and wild, and in the blockade of several railway lines of the Japanese army, the Japanese army frantically plunders grain, minerals and other resources in the central Hebei region.
Compared with the mountainous areas, the Eighth Route Army was more difficult to carry out guerrilla operations in the Jizhong Plain, and the mechanized troops of the Japanese army were able to provide rapid support. In order to carry out guerrilla warfare on the plains, the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei actively explored and invented and created such tactics as "curtain-picking warfare," "tunnel warfare," and "mine warfare."
Everyone may be more familiar with "tunnel warfare" and "mine warfare", but have not heard of "curtain picking", which is the earliest invention of the Eighth Route Army's method of plains combat. When the "curtain-picking war" tactic was invented, the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong had not yet popularized "tunnel warfare" and "mine warfare," and could only use the method of "curtain-picking warfare" to maneuver with the Japanese puppet army.
When the Eighth Route Army had just arrived in the Jizhong Plain, the Japanese puppet army vainly tried to take advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route Army's foothold was unstable and drove the Eighth Route Army out of the Jizhong region. The Japanese puppet army sent a large number of plainclothes agents to find the location of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and then gathered troops to launch a sneak attack. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army had nowhere to hide in the plains, but could only hide in the homes of their fellow villagers and evade the search of the large units of the Japanese puppet army.
After the autumn harvest of one year, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong (also known as the Armed Workers' Brigade) completed their reconnaissance tasks and prepared to return to their garrisons. On the way back, the Japanese puppet army suddenly launched a "great sweep", and the guerrillas' way back was cut off and they had to hide in a village. Zhang Laohan in the village hated the Japanese puppet army and set his heart on the cause of anti-Japanese resistance, allowing the eighth route army guerrillas to hide in his home.
The guerrilla leader Li was very touched and led the guerrillas to hide in the west house of Zhang Laohan's house, waiting for the withdrawal of the large troops of the Japanese puppet army. Unexpectedly, instead of withdrawing, the Japanese puppet army surrounded the village and began to loot grain and livestock, and every household began to search. A few puppet soldiers kicked open the door of the old man's house and asked, "Old man, do you have any harbors in the Eighth Road in your house?" ”
Zhang Laohan pretended to be frightened and said to a few puppet soldiers: "Sir, we are all good people, and I am an old man in my family." "The puppet army searched for the Eighth Route Army is false, and if it wants to extort money is true, it must break into the east house where Zhang Laohan lives." Captain Li saw that the puppet army was inferior to the beast, and quietly whispered a few words to Zhang Laohan's grandson, and the child jumped out of the West House.
The child took the food and said to the puppet soldier, "Sir, there is no food in the West House, so you can search the East House." "The puppet army was really deceived, and did not search the East House, but had to search the West House." A few puppet soldiers had just opened the curtain of the West House, only to see a few bayonets exposed, and someone whispered, "Raise your hand, or you will be killed." ”
Several small soldiers of the puppet army immediately raised their hands and surrendered, and were surrendered by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army and tied up by Wuhuada. Zhang Laohan also entered the West House, and when he saw a few puppet army soldiers, he kicked them violently with his feet and gave out a bad breath. After a while, several Japanese soldiers with bayonets broke into Zhang Laohan's house again, still wanting to loot grain and money.
Zhang Laohan pretended to be afraid again and said to the Japanese army: "Taijun, we are very good people, and there is nothing in the house." The murderous Japanese army did not listen at all, pushed away Zhang Laohan, and broke into the East House to loot. The Japanese army took the stolen money and just wanted to leave, zhang Laohan's grandson jumped out of the West House again.
When the Japanese army looked at it, they grabbed Zhang Laohan's grandson and asked, "Little doll, Westinghouse Drop, have you eaten drops?" The child pretended to be frightened and wiped his tears, and cried and said, "Taijun, there is food in the West House, you go into the West House to enjoy it, just beg you to spare our lives." Several Japanese soldiers were overjoyed, broke into the West House, and as soon as they entered the house, they were stabbed to death by the guerrillas with steel knives.
When the captured puppet army saw this scene, they kept prostrating their heads on their knees, and Captain Li only said: "I remember a few of you, and I will see you as a dog traitor in the future and kill you directly." "The blood of the Japanese army was spilled on the ground, and the guerrillas were knocked unconscious by the captured puppet army and hid in a green yarn tent with Zhang Laohan's grandfather and grandson. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army continued to shoot while breaking through, drawing the Japanese puppet army out of the village. When the Japanese puppet army pursued it, they only saw the corpses of the Japanese army on the ground, and there was no trace of the Eighth Route Army.