They were trapped in the cave, but the enemy set fire to the cave but was unharmed, and it turned out that the village chief saved them by fake burning the cave
After the enemy's sweep in 1941, through the vigorous contact of Zong Ziming, a member of the district party committee, the party organizations in various parts of Yuanshan District, which had been devastated by the rebellion of Wang Bochen, the secretary of the district party committee, were closely linked again, and the village organizations were newly developed, and the situation was getting better day by day.
The Yuanshan District Party Committee studied and launched a political offensive against the enemy. First, educate and propagate the masses and strengthen the struggle against the enemy; the second is to publicize and shout to the artillery tower puppet army; The third is to investigate the good and bad performance of the puppet army among the masses in each village, make a black and red list, give the puppet army precise blows, and urge it not to do bad things; Fourth, strive to disintegrate the enemy's puppet army.
After the work tasks are determined, the district committee carries out the division of labor activities. Zong Ziming and Wei Heting led a squad of the district squadron to work in five artillery towers and more than ten villages including Lixin in Zhujiazhuangzi; District Chief Jiang led two classes to six artillery towers and nearby villages in the north of Yuanshan District and Wangzhuangdong area; Yu Zizheng's public security commissioner and civil affairs assistant led a group of people to the eastern section to open up the situation, where there were three artillery towers and fifteen villages. In short, everyone has a division of labor according to the situation and works flexibly. Act independently according to the plan.
After Zong Ziming came to Mount Yuanguan, he stayed in the temple under the northwest corner of Mount Yuan that night. This temple lives the family of Uncle Liu, who watches the temple, he has three sons and daughters-in-law, two girls, two old parents, plus him and his wife, a total of twelve. He made a living by farming land and collecting rent, was relatively progressive in his thinking, and supported the Communist Eighth Route Army. There were four Communist Party members in his family, Uncle Liu was the first, and the other three were the eldest son, the third son, and the second girl, with Uncle Liu as the leader of the family party member group. He and Village Chief Zhu (also a party member) are relatives and often come and go.
Zong Ziming and they stayed in the temple for a day and came to the Zhujia Zhuangzi North Artillery Tower at night. They have already made a preliminary investigation of this artillery tower and the Sancha Hedong artillery tower, and have thoroughly explored the puppet army, and are ready to try it on this artillery tower first to see what effect the shouting has.
They first surrounded the artillery tower, fired a few shots, and began to shout.
The content of the shouts went something like this: "Puppet army brothers, the artillery tower is now surrounded by our ranks." Don't be afraid, don't shoot, we have a few words for you. You ×× captains×× squad leaders, and ××× soldiers××× ... Remember: Do not go to the village and scold the people; 2. Do not rob the people of their possessions; Third, don't be a traitor with a dead heart, but find your own way out; Fourth, do not harm the working comrades of the revolution. We have propaganda slogans for you all to see (shoot the slogans with a bow). Tomorrow you will go to the wall of the village and look at your names, there are black and red dots behind the names, good red dots, bad performance black dots. Tell you, the past is good and bad, starting from tonight, and in the future, it will be done monthly. ”
After waiting for Zong Ziming to finish shouting, the enemy did not fire a single shot.
The next morning there was a meeting to study, and everyone said that last night's work went well, and it is estimated that first, the enemy could not understand our troops, and second, they named the enemy, and they were a little afraid. At the meeting, everyone decided to go to Zhujiazhuangzi in the evening to learn about the enemy's reaction and the views of the people, and the day after tomorrow to study the next political offensive against the Sanchahe Artillery Tower.
After dinner, Zong Ziming and they went to the Zhujia Zhuangzi to divide the work to investigate. He first found Village Chief Zhu.
Village Chief Zhu said: "Last night your political offensive against the enemy was good, and early this morning the puppet army of the artillery tower went to the wall of the small temple at the head of the village to see the list of black and red dots pasted on the wall. They were very nervous, some called mother, some called mother, and said that the eighth road understood so clearly, who reported it to them? In the future, we will not be able to come to the villages casually. Some people say that our little life is in their hands, and we really have to be careful. There is a man named Boss Zhang who said, I am afraid of what he will do, I can do whatever I want, he can still eat me? ”
He continued: "The captain of the artillery tower came to the village office in the afternoon and said, 'Village chief, do you know which team made the black and red dots. I said I don't know, wow, after you brothers went to the temple wall to look at it, I found out, I heard that hitting a black spot is not good, and hitting one is equivalent to adding a piece of incriminating evidence." The squad leader listened to the ashes and slipped back."
Judging from the situation obtained from the investigation, the entire village of Zhujiazhuangzi supported the method of black and red list.
After completing the investigation, Zong Ziming and they went to the wall of the small temple at the head of the village, put a big black spot on the puppet army called Boss Zhang, and then returned to the big temple to sleep.
The shouting of the artillery tower lasted for seven or eight nights, while they also carried out propaganda and investigation work with the masses in twelve villages.
Half a month later, the district party committee held another meeting in Yuanshan to sum up lessons learned and study ways to further carry out work. Zong Ziming acted as the secretary of the district party committee at this time and was responsible for presiding over the meeting. All three points reported the situation, and in general, the purpose was basically achieved and good results were achieved.
The meeting was ongoing, and Village Chief Zhu came to report the letter.
He said that the enemy in the artillery tower was changing defenses, and the puppet army of the artillery tower here was transferred to Wang Zhuang, and the puppet army over there was transferred here.
Although it is a frequent occurrence for the enemy to change defenses, this time the change is greater than usual, which is not conducive to the work of the district committee. The meeting studied this and decided: First, the political offensive against the enemy will remain unchanged and will continue, but it is necessary to find out clearly the situation of the enemy, such as the names and places of origin of the captains, squad leaders, and soldiers; Second, it is necessary to make it clear to the party organizations in all villages that the enemy's defense has changed, which will increase new difficulties, heighten vigilance, and strictly guard against sabotage by the enemy, paying special attention to the activities of plainclothes spies; The third is to prepare for the enemy's clean-up and sweeping of the countryside. This is also a rule, once the enemy changes defense, he will carry out sabotage and sweep once; Fourth, it is necessary to strengthen intelligence work in all villages.
After the meeting, the members of the district committee divided the work to various points. At this time, the devils and puppet army began a large-scale sweep and set up temporary strongholds.
The enemy carried out inventory in the villages, and they could not enter the villages during the day, they all worked at night. At this time, Zong Ziming was stationed in Yuanshan Guan Village. He and Comrade Wei Heting stayed in the cave of Mount Yuan during the day, went to work in the village at night, did not move the nest for a whole week, and ate meals were sent by Zhu Fenghua, the eldest girl of the village chief of Zhu and a member of the Communist Party.
One day, as soon as Comrade Zhu Fenghua delivered food, the enemy came to the mountains to search for it, and Zhu Fenghua did not dare to leave. The three hid in the cave and did not dare to move.
When the enemy saw the cave, he shot guns, threw grenades, and shouted in a bluff: "We see it, come out and surrender!" "Grab him and don't tell him to run!"
The enemy found the hole where they lived. After the machine gun was fired inside, the enemy shouted as usual: "We see you hiding inside, come out, or we will go in and catch it." Then he shouted, "Take firewood and grain grass and burn it." ”
Wei Heting and Sister Zhu were frightened and said that the enemy had seen us. Zong Ziming has experienced this a lot and acted calmly. He said, "Don't listen to these guys, don't scream. ”
After a while, the grass burned, and the grass fell down, but the smoke did not come in. Outside, people shouted, "The people in the cave are burned." ”
After a while, the enemy's whistle sounded, and probably the search was complete and it was almost time to go down the mountain. The three of them pinched a handful of sweat in the cave, and only then breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Heting said: "There is nothing to do, the enemy is gone, I will go to the entrance of the cave to take a look." Zong Ziming hurriedly stopped: "Don't move first, the enemy said to leave, there may be people who have not left." ”
As he spoke, the enemy on the mountain above spoke: "Can we withdraw?" The enemy under the mountain said, "If there is no movement, you can go down." The three men heard footsteps coming down from the top of the cave and then drifting away.
After the enemy passed, Zhu Fenghua said: "Comrade Zong is right and has experience. At this time, the enemy has gone to the village, but we cannot go outside the cave to see the enemy. We can see the enemy, and the enemy can see us. Especially if the enemy has a telescope to see us more clearly, it is better to go out later. When it gets dark, let's go to the village together. ”
After dark, the three returned to Village Chief Zhu's house.
Village Chief Zhu said: "Today, the enemy went up the mountain to search, but it frightened us, and one moment he shouted that he saw it, come out quickly, and asked our people to carry firewood and burn the hole." I also went up and burned your hole. I know the hole, we put firewood and grass at the mouth of the cave, it looks like the fire is very large, but in fact, the smoke can't get in, and the inside can't burn. But hearing what the enemy shouted burned to death, I was half-convinced in my heart, and the three of you came, and this was relieved. ”
After that, he beckoned them to eat quickly, and also explained that the enemy should not come again tomorrow.
Zong Ziming said that is not necessarily. He asked Wei Heting to go overnight to Gaojiazhuang to drink and contact District Chief Jiang to discuss how to deal with the current situation.
After Wei Heting left, Zong Ziming told Village Chief Zhu that he was going to go to the circle and stay in the cave at night. Village Chief Zhu dissuaded him, saying that he was not safe alone, so he would not live in the cave, stay at home overnight, and go up the mountain again tomorrow morning. Lady Zhu also urged on the side. Zong Ziming couldn't bear to refuse and agreed.
Late at night, he returned from the circle and stayed at Village Chief Zhu's house. Unexpectedly, this housing problem is big. He expected that the enemy might return, but he did not expect that the enemy came too early and completely unexpected.
How exactly did Zong Ziming escape the round-up of the enemy? But that's another story.