Ma Jintian quickly shook his head and replied: "Reply to the Secretary-General! I don't know!"
"The Great Japanese Empire wants to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere with our new Chinese government to achieve common prosperity. So from now on, we will conduct a major cleanup of those Chinese who are hostile to the Great Japanese Empire and re-establish a new grassroots government. Now I call you here to ask you, are you willing to support the Great Japanese Empire and work with the Great Japanese Empire to defeat the Republic of China army and achieve common prosperity?"
Li Qun seemed to be prepared and answered casually while looking at Ma Jintian.
This made Daiki Kumakawa feel a headache again. These were all borrowed theories, but they sounded so reasonable.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yifan couldn't help but curse in his heart, what a die-hard traitor he was, he actually understood the Japanese's intentions so thoroughly.
When Song Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but nod secretly and said, "Well said!"
But Ma Jintian was confused after hearing this. He was just a farmer, so how could he know what common prosperity was? He asked with a puzzled look on his face:
"I'm sorry, Secretary General, I don't understand what you're saying. Just tell me directly, what exactly are you going to do?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qun couldn't help but feel disappointed. He felt that all his preparations were in vain.
He pondered for a while, reorganized his words, and then spoke:
"That is to say, from now on, this place is officially under the rule of the Empire of Japan. If you still want to continue to be the village chief, you must first reveal all the anti-Japanese elements in the village and hand them over to the Japanese. Then, you will be responsible for handing over a certain amount of food and taxes to the Empire of Japan every month, and providing logistical support for the Empire of Japan to defeat the Chinese army. Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Ma Jintian couldn't help but curse in his heart, what the hell is this common prosperity? Isn't it just about extorting money from the common people?
Isn't this just making yourself a complete traitor and running dog?
Although Ma Jintian understood it in his heart, he did not dare to say it directly. Instead, he organized his words and said:
"So that's how it is. But, Secretary General, you may not know that we are in such a state of chaos and war right now that we ordinary people have no food to eat. I'm afraid we really can't give any food to the Imperial Japanese Army!"
"As for the anti-Japanese elements, please rest assured, Secretary General, we are all good citizens in Yanjia Village. There are no anti-Japanese elements at all. I can guarantee this with my life."
When Li Qun heard this, he knew that this person would definitely not surrender to the Japanese easily, so he looked at He Tianfeng.
He Tianfeng immediately understood what Li Qun meant, and he pulled out his pistol, pointed it at Ma Jintian, and said viciously:
"If you don't accept my toast, you'll be punished! If you dare to say that there are no anti-Japanese elements in your village again, I will shoot you to death."
Jiang Yifan knew that He Tianfeng must have already grasped some of the situation. If Ma Jintian didn't tell him, the outcome would be unimaginable.
Kumagawa Daiki had a look of indifference on his face.
On the contrary, he was a little disgusted. He thought Li Qun's methods were too soft. There was no need to be so polite to these inferior nations, the sick men of East Asia. If they didn't tell the truth and disobeyed orders, he could just kill them directly.
Commander Matsubara's mind was not here at all. He was more anxious than anyone else and wished he could end the so-called cleansing campaign immediately and lead the Imperial Japanese Army again to kill all the Chinese troops, so as to completely occupy China and become the real master of China.
But based on local orders, he had to carry out the operations, so he did not take the cleanup campaign seriously at all, and even thought it was a waste of time.
Ma Jintian saw that He Tianfeng pointed his gun at him without explanation, and he was panicking. It seemed that if he disobeyed today, there would be no good end. However, the Japanese had committed many evil deeds, so how could he voluntarily hand over the anti-Japanese elements in the village? So he hurriedly said:
"Sir, spare me! I'm telling the truth!"
Hearing this, Li Qun shook his head and said, "I wanted to give you a chance to live, but you didn't know what was good for you and tied him up."
He Tianfeng heard this and kicked Ma Jintian to the ground, and shouted, "Tie him up!"
Four or five secret agents rushed out from behind He Tianfeng, started punching and kicking Ma Jintian, and then tied him up.
"Go into the village and search it. Arrest all the anti-Japanese elements you know of."
Li Qun gave the order loudly again.
Upon hearing the order, Agent No. 76, the Mei Agency Action Team, the Special High Section Intelligence Group and Action Team, and a group of Japanese soldiers behind Song Yuan rushed into Yanjia Village like a pack of wolves. The village was in chaos again, with cries and shouts filling the air.
Ma Jintian saw it all and felt pain in his heart, but at this moment he was helpless and could only watch.
"Notify everyone in the village to gather together. I will elect a new village chief for them. Everyone must obey the orders of the Xincun Township. Otherwise, they will be shot on the spot."
Li Qun looked at He Tianfeng beside him and gave the order.
"Yes!"
He Tianfeng responded and led his men towards the village.
An hour later, the five or six hundred people in the village were all driven by Agent No. 76 and Japanese soldiers to the front of Li Qun and others.
He Tianfeng walked up to Li Qun and said:
"Report to the Secretary General! We have not caught any anti-Japanese elements in the village."
Jiang Yifan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. But Li Qun's next words made him tense again:
"Did someone leak the news?"
Hearing this, even He Tianfeng was startled and could only answer truthfully:
"At present, I dare not speak rashly!"
Hearing this, Xiongchuan Daihui also interrupted and asked, "Who knows about this?"
He Tianfeng looked at Xiongchuan Dahui and was about to say something, but Li Qun frowned and replied:
"The clean-up and sweep of the countryside was decided by the three of us in my office. No one else knew about it, right?"
Jiang Yifan cursed in his heart when he heard this, "Damn it! You are suspicious in the circle, why don't you look for the reason from He Tianfeng?"
"How could the news leak out to the three of us? Captain He, who else knows this news?" Xiongchuan Dahui looked at He Tianfeng and asked seriously.
Jiang Yifan also pretended to be very concerned and immediately looked at He Tianfeng.
This made He Tianfeng's scalp tingle, and he looked at Xiongchuan Dahui and replied:
"Report to Chief Xiongchuan! I asked my men to go to various villages and towns to find out this information. I didn't tell anyone, did I?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yifan took the opportunity to step forward and said:
"Isn't it time to figure this out? Even if they run away, as long as we establish the political power in each town and village, they will still be in our hands, right? The most urgent task is to quickly establish the political power and arrange the work of collecting grain and taxes."
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