In 1943, the Eighth Route Army captured two machine guns on the battlefield, which made the soldiers very happy. The more they polished the machine guns, the more they looked at them, the more they delighted, and then they were stumped by one question: where did the bullets come from?
In the eventful years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were often plagued by a shortage of weapons and ammunition on the arduous battlefield.
Once, after a fierce battle, they were lucky enough to capture two machine guns, but this was not accompanied by bullets, which silenced the fighters, who were already in high morale.
Lian Chunyi, a staff member of the Eighth Route Army Liaison Office, was also worried about this matter, and in a daily casual conversation, he inadvertently confided in his friend about this trouble. Unexpectedly, this casual mention of hardship was listened to by the peasant Zhang Shizhao, although he had never participated in the war, but he had long hated the atrocities of the Japanese army, and was determined to contribute to the resistance against Japan.
In order to find a suitable way, Zhang Shizhao decided to seek the help of his friend Du Quande, who was a good neighbor in the village and had a certain understanding of military equipment, and the two hit it off and began a plan to steal ammunition.
After some careful reconnaissance, they discovered a hidden hole not far from the arsenal, a discovery that undoubtedly relieved them.
In the dead of night, when the vigilance of the enemy was at its lowest, they went into action.
Du Quande took out a pair of wire cutters prepared in advance and neatly cut the barbed wire fence locked at the entrance of the cave, while Zhang Shizhao deftly drilled into the hole and carefully groped his way forward. With previous reconnaissance information, he quickly found the warehouse where the ammunition was stored.
He carefully removed 13 heavy boxes from the warehouse, and pulled them one by one to the hole. Du Quande outside was responsible for transporting these precious materials home. After several round-trips, the two men actually stole all the bullets from under the noses of the enemy.
However, the next conundrum before them was how to get the bullets out of the city safely. The Japanese army at the gate of the city was very strictly inspected, and any abnormal behavior would attract interrogation, and at this time, Du Quande came up with another clever trick.
Du Quande found two large dung buckets, filled them with dung water, and then carefully wrapped the boxes containing bullets, soaked them in dung water, and covered them with a layer of straw as cover. In this way, these boxes looked no different from ordinary dung buckets, and it was not easy to attract the attention of the Japanese army.
In order to make the plan more smoothly implemented, Zhang Shizhao decided to drive alone, he put on an ox cart, put a large dung bucket full of ammunition, and then slowly drove out of the city gate in the sight of the Japanese army.
Along the way, there were dripping dripping on the ground, and the smell was unbearable, and the surrounding Japanese soldiers also avoided this scene, and no one wanted to come over to find out.
In this way, Zhang Shizhao successfully brought the precious ammunition out of the city.
In a hidden place in the field, he unloaded the dung bucket, then removed the bullets one by one and wiped the wrapped edge clean with a damp cloth. Immediately afterwards, he and Du Quande safely delivered this batch of clean bullets to the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
Looking at the 13 bullet boxes, the faces of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army showed a long-lost smile, and they quickly counted the number, and there were more than 20,000 rounds, which was undoubtedly a timely rain for the soldiers who were fighting hard.
After the war, Lian Chunyi wanted to ask for credit for the two heroes, but was politely declined. They believe that what they have done is only a small contribution, and as long as they can help the Eighth Route Army and do their part for the country, they will be satisfied.
