Devil's Army

After interrogation, Wang Houzi confessed what he had done.

Huang Dejiang decided to publicly execute Wang Houzi the next day.

The next morning, Huang Dejiang and the commander of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade and the commander of the Second Battalion held a sentencing meeting for Wang Houzi on an open space on Deshengtai.

At the meeting, Huang Dejiang read out the various crimes of Wang Houzi to the people of Deshengtai, and finally announced that Wang Houzi would be executed by firing squad.

When Wang Houzi heard this, his legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

The second captain waved his hand, and two soldiers carrying out the execution stepped forward, grabbed Wang Houzi and dragged him away.

After a while, a gunshot was heard from under the small tree. Wang Houzi's idle life was over. Only then did the onlookers applaud.

After Wang Houzi was executed, the land reform work began to slowly return to normal, and the common people began to dare to talk to the land reform team.

Huang Dejiang continued to collect the information that he had just completed halfway through, registering the family members and labor force of every household in Deshengtai.

Three days later, Huang Dejiang distributed the land of the wealthy Wang to the residents of Deshengtai according to the number of family members and labor force. He also told the people that they could grow crops on the land they were allocated, pay 30% of the crops as military rations for the First Army every year, and the rest of the harvest would belong to themselves. No additional fees were required.

The common people were shocked. They helped the rich man Wang to farm the land, and he took 70% of the harvest every year, and the remaining 30% belonged to them.

They worked hard from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but could barely fill their stomachs. When the harvest was bad, they would go hungry. Now the situation is reversed.

The initiative and enthusiasm of the people in farming have been significantly improved.

Huang Dejiang then successfully completed the land reform work in Shatuozi, Ershilibao and other places.

Huang Dejiang asked for an office near the Deshengtai camp headquarters and left the two team members and ten guards he brought with him in the office to deal with problems encountered during the land reform in Deshengtai and several nearby villages.

Due to lack of manpower, he took the remaining guards back to the tribe.

After returning to the tribe, Huang Dejiang reported to Leng Feng on the land reform work in Deshengtai and asked Leng Feng to add more manpower for him. He planned to go to Yaobao Town to carry out the land reform work in the villages near Yaobao Town.

Leng Feng asked him to choose his own people. Huang Dejiang didn't know anyone, so he took the remaining six of the eleven people he brought with him.

Leng Feng also wanted to visit Yaobao Town, so he asked Huang Dejiang to set off together the next morning.

The next morning, Leng Feng and the guards rode horses, while Huang Dejiang's land reform team took a truck, and everyone went to Deshengtai together.

When they arrived at Deshengtai, the people saw Huang Dejiang coming back and greeted him one after another.

Leng Feng smiled and said to Huang Dejiang: "It seems that you are more famous than me."

"I've been here twice. This is your first time, Commander. They definitely don't know you." Huang Dejiang responded with a smile.

When they arrived at Deshengtai, Huang Dejiang and his colleagues went to the land reform office next to the military camp, while Leng Feng went to the military camp.

The Second Regiment Commander and the Second Battalion Commander saw Leng Feng coming and hurriedly stood up to greet him. The Second Regiment Deputy Commander next to them handed Leng Feng a glass of water and said:

"Commander, please have a glass of water."

Leng Feng took the water cup, took a sip and asked, "Have the Japanese in Fengtian made any moves recently?"

"There has been no movement these days. I don't know what he is holding back." The second captain replied.

"Pay attention. I left the Third Brigade near Yaobao Town. If you need any help, please ask Brigade Commander Li for help."

"Okay, I understand." The second captain responded.

"Have the fallen soldiers been settled?"

"We did not bring them back to the tribe, but settled them on a vacant lot east of Desheng Terrace."

"No need to take them back to the tribe. They sacrificed their lives to protect Deshengtai. Let them stay here and watch Deshengtai prosper and develop." After a pause, Leng Feng continued, "Let's go and see them."

The second regiment commander, the second deputy regiment commander and the second battalion commander accompanied Leng Feng to the open space on the east side of Deshengtai.

When we arrived at the open space, we saw a small wooden board in front of the graves of the fallen soldiers, with the names of the fallen soldiers written on it... The cemetery was surrounded by weeds and vines.

Leng Feng frowned and said, "Clear up the weeds and the surrounding area, and use wooden bars to fence off this place. Let them live in peace down there."

"Yes," the second regiment commander replied embarrassedly, and then he continued, "We still have dozens of puppet army prisoners here. We originally wanted to take them back to the tribe after the battle, but then we had to fight Fanhe Town and Yaobao Town, which delayed us. Now we have to make them do labor reform here."

"Okay, you guys go back. I'll go to Yaobao Town." After Leng Feng said that, he and the guards mounted their horses and rushed towards Yaobao Town.

Leng Feng arrived at Yaobao Town. Just like Tieling Town in the past, there were broken walls and ruins everywhere. The troops were clearing the broken bricks and tiles.

When the third regiment commander heard that Leng Feng was coming, he went to meet him.

"Hello, Commander!" The third regiment commander saluted.

"Okay!" Leng Feng returned the greeting and asked, "Where will the common people be resettled?"

“The people are temporarily housed in the town government.”

"The construction of Tieling County is almost complete. I will transfer 500 puppet army members from there to rebuild Yaobao Town. You should intensify your training. Yaobao Town is the southern gate of Tieling County. You must pay attention to the movements of the devils and guard the southern gate of Tieling County."

"Yes".

"During your attack on Yaobao Town, your troops suffered heavy casualties. Have you made arrangements for the fallen soldiers?"

"We settled them all in a vacant lot northeast of Yaobao Town."

"Make the surrounding environment better so they can live more peacefully down there."

"Yes".

"Okay, I'll go first."

"Commander, let's have dinner first?" asked the third regiment commander.

"I'm going to eat at the Third Brigade's place. It's been so many days since they came back from Chahar, and I haven't had a good reunion with Brigade Commander Li yet."

After saying that, Leng Feng left with his guards.