In the autumn of 1938, the 3rd detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which had advanced into Shandong to open up a battlefield behind enemy lines, secretly opened an underground transportation line within the three stations along the line of The Jiaoji Railway, from Xindian to Yidu, to support the base areas, and set up a special service brigade in the local area, with Ma Gongchen, an old comrade who was familiar with the local situation, as the captain.
▲ The Eighth Route Army advancing into Shandong is inspecting the captured Japanese sabers
When my special service brigade was just working in the Zihedian area, there were only three or four people in this brigade. Ma Gongchen and other comrades dispersed their activities, went deep into the fields and homes of villagers, publicized the anti-Japanese resistance to the people, and mobilized the masses. With their efforts, it did not take long for the special service brigade to expand to more than 20 people, and also had some weapons.
As the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression turned into a stalemate, the Japanese puppet army began to strengthen the so-called "law and order operations" behind the enemy lines, and began to use traitors as their own lackeys to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient troops. Zihe is an area closely controlled by the Japanese puppet army, and Ma Shuhuan, the commander of the special agent detachment stationed at Zihe Station, is a traitor who is desperately working for the devils, and because of his tight control over the nearby areas, it is difficult for our army's work to be carried out. Although the special service brigade repeatedly fought for and warned Ma Shuhuan, not only did he not repent, but he intensified his efforts, and even beat and detained the ordinary people who delivered letters to the Eighth Route Army.
▲ The traitors of the pseudo-North China Political Affairs Committee, before Wang Jingwei surrendered to the enemy, they were the biggest traitors
Subsequently, the special service brigade sent a team member to the Zihe Hotel, which Ma Shuhuan often went to, and after talking with the hotel owner, worked in the shop in the name of a buddy to monitor Ma Shuhuan's activities. Two days later, Ma Shuhuan informed the hotel to entertain guests in the store, and then the team members passed on the information to Ma Gongchen. Ma Gongchen immediately led the 2 team members straight to the hotel. After arriving at the hotel, the team members immediately reported to Ma Gongchen that Ma Shuhuan and 2 accomplices were waiting to serve food, Ma Gongchen and 3 other people then rushed into the box, Ma Shuhuan tried to pull out his gun to resist, and was killed.
▲The Japanese army marched into Chinese cities
This clean and beautiful hoeing greatly shocked the enemy. Soon after, the special task force of the Zihe stronghold had a new captain, but he knew the strength of the special task force. Therefore, as soon as he arrived at his post, he took the initiative to contact our army, saying that he was just eating a mixed meal, ostensibly fooling the devils, and secretly making it convenient for my army. Subsequently, after consultation, the two sides reached an agreement that as long as the people of the special service brigade could freely enter and exit the Zihe stronghold, the situation was suddenly opened.
▲Group photo of Japanese troops and traitors
Once, Ma Gongchen and another comrade went to a nearby village to hold a cadre training class, but unfortunately encountered more than 10 puppet soldiers who came to the village to collect grain. Seeing that it was too late to hide, another comrade had already drawn his gun and was ready to break through. But Ma Gongchen calmly asked the comrade not to clash first, and then took the initiative to go up to the puppet army and report to himself: "I am Ma Gongchen, please ask your captain to come out and speak." As a result, the puppet army was also surprised, and it was too late to run. In desperation, the captain of the puppet army could only cry and apologize with a sad face, saying: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Captain Ma was coming." Ma Gongchen took some money to dispatch these puppet troops, and warned them not to extort the masses, and the puppet army squad leader quickly nodded his head and thanked them, and at the same time gave Ma Gongchen 30 rounds of ammunition as a greeting gift. In this way, without a single shot, it scared away the enemy.
Author/Zhou Hongxin