On July 7, 1937, the Japanese army provoked the Lugou Bridge Incident near Beiping, and the war broke out in full swing, and the people of the whole country dedicated their efforts to resisting the Japanese army. Although ordinary people cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, they will help the Eighth Route Army to hide their identity. It was precisely because of this that it was difficult for the Japanese army to find traces of the Eighth Route Army.
To this end, the Japanese army thought of a way. That is, to find a few Japanese soldiers who are proficient in Chinese to pretend to be the Eighth Route Army and go to the village to inquire about the news. The Japanese looked the same as our Chinese, and their skin color was the same, so the villagers could not see the beginning. After the Japanese army arrived in the village, they enthusiastically helped the villagers, which was completely different from their previous image, and further won the trust of the villagers. In the middle, when a Japanese soldier went to the toilet, he met a villager who sang a red song to show his hospitality. But unexpectedly, it was the red song that made the villagers suspicious, because the red song was no longer popular at that time. So, the villagers told the village chief.
The village chief decided to find out, prepared a hearty meal, and invited them to eat and leave. Sure enough, during the meal, they had been inquiring about the news of the Eighth Route Army, but fortunately, the villagers had already taken precautions and were airtight. After eating, the village chief found that they had picked out all the coriander, so he concluded that they were Japanese troops, so he reported to the Eighth Route Army in the mountains. In the end, all these Japanese troops were annihilated. I believe everyone is curious, why can the village chief determine their identity through coriander?
First of all, at that time, the living conditions were harsh, and the Eighth Route Army had even eaten wild vegetable trunks, so how could it dislike coriander? Secondly, the Eighth Route Army will not take advantage of the common people, even if the villagers invite, they will leave money after eating. Finally, Japanese people were not used to eating coriander at that time. It was through these three points that the village chief learned their true identities.