During the May Day sweep by the Japanese army against our base area in Hebei, due to the enemy's great superiority and fierceness, huge losses were inflicted on our army and the base area, forcing our main force to shift to the outer line, leaving only some local troops and militia on the inner line to persist in the struggle. However, to a certain extent, this defeat caused some people to lose confidence in the future of the war, and at the same time, they could not bear the harsh environment of the war behind enemy lines, so some people fled or even defected.
Cheng Runtian, a guard of the deputy director of the Hebei Central Military Region's Hoeing and Rape Department, was one of them; when he saw that the Japanese and puppet armies were strong, he went to Xianxian County to defect to the enemy; because this person was extremely familiar with the internal situation of our army, knew many cadres and party members in the units and localities, and also knew a little about the organization of the headquarters of the military region, and after the defection he gave a complete confession to the enemy about the situation of our army. The Japanese army saw that he was "loyal" and appreciated him, and soon made him the leader of the Kisa task force of the enemy secret service organization.
This shameless national scum is grateful to the enemy, and he is working hard to sell his life for the enemy, arresting and killing people everywhere, and many people who have contacts with our party and our army have been arrested and even killed one after another, and the impact is extremely bad. In order to get rid of this traitor with an iron heart and a traitor, and to deter the Japanese and the hypocrites, the Armed Workers Of the Eighth Route Army was determined to find an opportunity to approach him and then destroy him.
After Cheng Runtian rebelled, he thought that he had now become a promoted official and made a fortune, spread his wings and flew high, so he changed his name to Cheng Zhanfei. This hardcore traitor was stubbornly loyal to the enemy, and even many spies, traitors, and puppet soldiers were afraid of him. The armed workers' brigade dispatched 4 shrewd and capable comrades to take advantage of our connections to get close to the personnel of the Xianxian Enemy Special Organization, hoping to use the contradictions within the enemy and the special forces to clarify the situation.
During the investigation, our side found that there was a contradiction between the deputy captain of the Muze task force and Cheng Zhanfei, who had been captured by our army, so he knew our policy relatively well. But it also affected his future, and he only became a deputy captain in the task force. He has always been dissatisfied with Cheng Zhanfei and wants to get rid of him and become the captain himself. We felt this was an opportunity and immediately began to approach the vice-captain.
One day in April 1943, four members of our team disguised themselves as spies and stationed themselves at the station of the Kitashi Task Force Intelligence North Group to familiarize themselves with the situation. Cheng Zhanfei lived opposite the Japanese garrison outside Dongguan in Xianxian County, and in order to get close to him, we went to a relative's house near his residence that night to wait for Cheng Zhanfei. However, the captain of the puppet army gendarmerie team in Xianxian County that night just asked Cheng Zhanfei to watch the play to mediate the previous contradictions between the two sides.
This was a good opportunity, and we immediately asked the vice captain to stay and stare at Cheng Zhanfei. After the play was over, Cheng Zhanfei returned to the residence, and the deputy captain chatted with him one by one, and unloaded the bullets in his pistol in a "joking" way, and after Cheng fell asleep, the deputy captain immediately came out to tell several members of the martial arts team. The 4 team members left 1 outside to monitor the Japanese troops on the opposite side, 1 left in the courtyard after opening the backyard door to deal with the unexpected situation, and the remaining 2 people were responsible for entering the house to kill Cheng Zhanfei.
▲ The internal troops left behind by our army insisted on fighting with the Japanese puppet army
After confirming that Cheng Zhanfei and the other 2 agents in the house were asleep, the 2 team members suddenly broke the window, and when Cheng Zhanfei just woke up, they forced him with a pistol, and then the 2 team members quickly executed the traitor, and went to the outhouse to capture the other 2 agents, these 2 agents were already dissatisfied with Cheng, and after we fought a little, they agreed to use it for me.
In order to further expand the contradictions within the enemy, our side explained to the two agents that the gendarmerie had executed Cheng, and sent a letter to the gendarmerie through the internal line, urging how the execution of Cheng cheng had been done. At this moment, the Japanese army was really furious, and the Japanese special agent Muzawa immediately mobilized the Muze task force and the Japanese troops to surround and disarm the puppet army gendarmes in Xianxian County, and arrested all the personnel present and went back to torture. In this way, this gendarmerie team completely collapsed, and the Kizawa task force was also devastated by the loss of Cheng Zhanfei, a hardcore traitor, and after the deputy captain took over as the captain, it was also used by me, and the situation of the work of the county was completely opened up.