In early 1943, the Eighth Route Army in the Shandong base area captured two machine guns of the other side while fighting the Japanese Kou. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was relatively backward, and these two machine guns were a good treasure for everyone.
The Eighth Route Army in the Shandong base area was backward in equipment at that time, and large knives were also a common configuration
The guys then polished the two machine guns, but the more they rubbed, the more worried they became, and this light machine gun, without bullets, was also blind.
Where can I get some bullets?
At that time, in Xuzhou City, the enemy's arsenal near the Tongshan Bus Station had a lot of ammunition, but there were a large number of Japanese puppet troops stationed in the city, and the guards were very tight, and it was very difficult to directly grab it.
Lian Chunyi, the liaison director of the local Eighth Route Army, once inadvertently mentioned this matter when he was chatting with his friend Zhang Shizhao in Houyao Village, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"The enemy's arsenal has so much ammunition that it is really eye-watering to look at, and if anyone can find a way to get some out of it, they will be of great help to the anti-Japanese resistance."
The speaker has no intention, the listener intends.
In his later years, Zhang Shizhao recalled the anti-Japanese situation
Although Zhang Shizhao has been working as a farmer at home for many years, he likes to make friends and knows many acquaintances in the local area, and after listening to Lian Chunyi's words, he thought of a friend - the foreman of the xuzhou station pulling a large board, Du Quande.
Coincidentally, this Du Quande's home is next door to the arsenal that Lian Chunyi said, and there is a wall of distance between the arsenal and the arsenal. Du Quande and himself are lifelong friends, and this person is also very supportive of the confrontation day, looking for him to help, naturally there is no problem.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shizhao said to Lian Chunyi:
"I can find a way to get some arms."
Lian Chun listened to them one by one, and suddenly became interested, "Really? If you can steal the bullets, we'll give you credit! ”
Zhang Shizhao waved his hand and said:
"It doesn't matter if you remember the merits or not, as long as it's for the sake of fighting the devils and can help, we will never say two words."
The next day, Zhang Shizhao led the family's cattle into Xuzhou City, knocked on the door of his friend Du Quande's family, and after explaining his intentions to the other party, Du Quande said that he had helped him with this help.
In the afternoon, the two men found a board car, and then pretended to be the master of the goods, and walked around the arsenal, and Zhang Shizhao saw that near a remote corner of the arsenal, there was an abandoned dog hole, and several iron bars were welded at the dog hole.
Usually there will be dog holes in the walls
Here's a great opportunity.
In the middle of the night, the two quietly drove the ox cart out of the door to the dog hole, and then sawed off the iron bar, Zhang Shizhao climbed into the arsenal, while Du Quande let the wind outside to check the situation.
In the arsenal, the black lights were blind and could not be seen clearly, Zhang Shizhao touched the ammunition box close to him and dragged it to the mouth of the cave, going back and forth more than a dozen times, a total of thirteen boxes of ammunition were moved, and then the two quietly drove the ox cart back to Du Quande's home.
Because there was a lot of ammunition in the arsenal, and at the same time, when Zhang Shizhao came out, he dragged a box and blocked the opening of the hole, so the enemy did not notice the theft of arms for a while and a half.
However, after getting the ammunition box, Zhang Shizhao was a little worried, how to send the ammunition out of the city quickly, when he came in, he found that the enemy's inventory was quite strict, and the clothes of the pedestrians had to be turned over several times, not to mention the ox cart?
Old photo: Japanese troops interrogating passers-by
Du Quande said to Zhang Shizhao, wrapped in him, and then Du Quande went out, and not long after, Du Quande, who was smelly, returned with two large buckets of dung in his hand, and it turned out that he had just gone out to dig up dung in the gutter.
"Dress up this car as a dung truck, the Japanese soldiers certainly don't want to check it out." Du Quande said to Zhang Shizhao.
Although this suggestion was risky, it was a worthwhile solution for Zhang Shizhao, who was eager to send the ammunition out, and in the end, the two of them covered the large dung on the ammunition box, and then spilled a lot of fecal water on the grass mat covered on the "dung truck", which made it smell far away, and it was all smelly.
Subsequently, Zhang Shizhao drove the ox cart out of the door, and before leaving, he shook hands with Du Quande, "If I didn't break through, I would undoubtedly die, and the matter of getting arms for the Eighth Route Army would have to please you." ”
Du Quande's eyes suddenly turned red, "Brother Zhang, if you are really caught by the devil, I will desperately try to fulfill your wish." ”
On that day, the enemy guards at the city gate were still very strictly inspected, and the pedestrians were rushed to the side to check, although Zhang Shizhao's heart was pounding, but the closer he got to the city gate, he suddenly had an idea.
After taking a few more steps, Zhang Shizhao slammed the bull's body with a whip, the scalper was startled, and suddenly pulled a lot faster, and with the rapid travel of the body, the fecal water on it also splashed everywhere, spilling on the road surface of the traveling street, emitting a foul smell, so that pedestrians on both sides could not help but cover their noses and flee.
This smell naturally attracted the attention of the Japanese guards, and the first reaction of all the Japanese soldiers was to avoid, and one soldier shouted in disgust while covering his nose:
"Quick! Hurry up and open the way! ”
The Japanese army in the film and television drama guards the city gate
In this way, Zhang Shizhao carried the thirteen boxes of ammunition out of the city without any danger. That night, Lian Chunyi, who received the news, sent a number of plainclothes Eighth Route Army troops overnight to transport these ammunition boxes away.
At that time, after the thirteen boxes of arms stolen by Zhang Shizhao were opened, there were nearly 20,000 rounds of bullets, and these bullets played a great role in the later resistance against the Japanese Kou.
After liberation, Lian Chunyi once found Zhang Shizhao to fulfill his promise and ask for a reward for his merits, but in the end Zhang Shizhao refused, and he patted his chest and said to Lian Chunyi:
"To tell you the truth, when I first did that, my head was pinned on the waistband of my pants, for the sake of not your official half-position, since it was not for this, now we don't want this, for the country, we are at ease."
In that era of flames and wolf smoke, grassy people who stood up for the country and the people and risked death abounded, although they were little known and as silent as autumn grass, but their stories made us read them.
The great hero, for the country and the people, like Zhang Shizhao, who stood up for the country and did not have fame and fortune behind him, can be called a "hero".
Tribute to Zhang Shizhao, tribute to those little-known chivalrous heroes. Thanks for reading, I am a young history like smoke, every day to share different stories, different things, welcome to pay attention to the discussion, jointly promote positive energy, thank you.