Devil's Army

As soon as Huang Dejiang heard that Deshengtai and Yaobao Town had been recovered, he immediately asked to resume the land reform work.

Leng Feng refused to let him go to work on the grounds that he was injured.

Huang Dejiang smiled and said: "I only injured my left arm, not my mouth, so it doesn't affect my speaking work."

Leng Feng had no choice but to transfer a platoon from the first brigade to work with him.

Huang Dejiang picked two more people from the eleven he brought and took the platoon to Deshengtai.

When they arrived at Deshengtai, Huang Dejiang clearly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. The people looked at them with obvious fear.

Some ordinary people were talking on the street. When they saw the land reform team coming, they immediately turned back into their houses and closed the doors.

Huang Dejiang saw a little boy who used to like playing with him playing with a few other kids on the road. He took out a few bullet shells that he had picked up at some point in the past from his trouser pocket and walked towards the kid.

"Gousheng, these are for you."

The little boy happily took the shell and shouted to Huang Dejiang: "Thank you, Uncle Huang!"

"Gousheng, what happened? I think the villagers are all very scared."

"Murder." The little boy whispered.

Huang Dejiang wanted to ask him something, but a middle-aged woman came over in a hurry, grabbed the little boy, and said to Huang Dejiang:

"Team Leader Huang, don't listen to the kid's nonsense." He then pulled the little boy into the house and closed the door. Then the boy's loud crying could be heard from the house.

"It seems that the common people have something to hide." Guard Platoon Leader Wang said to Huang Dejiang.

Huang Dejiang also suspected that it was the soldiers in the army who did things that damaged the relationship between the army and the people. But after careful observation, he found that the people were not afraid of the soldiers of the First Army in uniform, but of the land reform team in plain clothes.

To untie the bell, one must find the person who tied it. Huang Dejiang decided to find the answer from the little boy's family.

He took several members of the land reform team and knocked on the door of the little boy's house several times a day. The boy's family did not open the door, so he knocked for more than half an hour.

The knocking continued for two days. On the second evening, the boy's mother finally opened the door.

The boy's mother said to Huang Dejiang in a panic, "Team Leader Huang, please spare us. Gousheng is still young and I want to live a few more years to raise him."

"Tell me what happened and I won't bother you." Huang Dejiang really looked like a rogue at this time.

The little boy's mother stuck her head out and looked around. Seeing no one around, she pulled Huang Dejiang into the house.

She just happened to pull Huang Dejiang's injured left hand, and Huang Dejiang grimaced in pain.

The boy's mother didn't notice and immediately closed the door and asked Huang Dejiang:

"Just ask whatever Team Leader Huang wants to know?"

"Why are you so afraid of us when we come here this time?"

"Didn't Mr. Wang come in with the Japanese invaders from Fengtian a few days ago? All the common people who were close to you were implicated. Mr. Wang and his guards killed the entire families of the two families that supported your land reform the most. He spread the word that you are just guerrillas who can only wander around. Even though Deshengtai has been occupied by you today, you will fight back tomorrow. Anyone who is close to you will be put on the list."

Huang Dejiang slammed his palm on the table and cursed: "This old stubborn man, I should have killed him last time."

Then he asked the boy's mother, "Who reported the news of those people who were close to us to the rich man Wang?"

"That monkey Wang at the head of the village was idle all day long, relying on informing on the rich man Wang and the devils to get some small money for food and drink. Sometimes when he didn't like a family, he would make up some crimes and cause that family to be arrested by the rich man Wang and suffer. The villagers were so angry with him that their teeth itched, but they didn't dare to offend him. They greeted him with a smile when they saw him."

"How ridiculous!" Huang Dejiang stood up suddenly. "I'll go and deal with this monkey and see how he can get out of the palm of the Buddha this time." After saying this, he left without looking back.

He left the little boy's house, took a few members of the land reform team, and walked towards the village entrance.

Wang Houzi knew this person. He had disliked this person during the land reform in Deshengtai some time ago. He did not expect that his character was so bad.

When we arrived at the village entrance, Wang Houzi was squinting his eyes, cracking melon seeds, and watching the people passing by.

When he saw Huang Dejiang and the others coming, he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said:

"Team Leader Huang, you are here? Welcome, welcome!"

"You really welcome us over." Huang Dejiang sneered.

"Of course I welcome you with open arms." Wang Houzi felt that Huang Dejiang came with bad intentions this time.

"Come here, tie up Wang Houzi and take him back for interrogation."

Several members of the land reform team rushed forward and tied Wang Houzi tightly with a rope.

"Team Leader Huang, what are you doing?" Wang Houzi pretended to be aggrieved.

"Don't you know what you have done?"

"I didn't do anything bad."

"Take him back for interrogation to find out whether he did it or not. Take him away!" The people around were very happy when they saw this scene, but no one dared to applaud.