Jiang Yifan was about to dissuade him when he heard this, but Xiongchuan Dahui immediately said:

"This is the greatest disrespect to the Empire of Japan. They must all be burned down. Let's see if other villages dare to escape with food."

Li Qun didn't even think about it and ordered loudly:

"burn!"

Jiang Yifan stopped talking and secretly clenched his fists.

He Tianfeng waved his hand, and Agent No. 76 rushed into the village again.

Soon, the whole village was engulfed in flames and filled with thick smoke!

At this time, a group of Japanese three-wheeled motorcycles drove over and stopped beside Commander Songyuan. Colonel Aso jumped off the three-wheeled motorcycle, greeted Jiang Yifan, and whispered a few words in Songyuan's ear.

Song Yuan said happily after hearing this:

"Yoshi! To be able to defeat the enemy without fighting is the best of all. Agree to all his conditions. I can have a secret meeting with him at any time."

"Then let's set it for three days later, at the Red Star Town Hotel!" Colonel Aso finally replied, got in the car and left.

Conquer the enemy without fighting? And have to hold a secret meeting in the Red Star Town Hotel? Could it be that during this brief truce, someone in the Nationalist army would defect to the enemy?

Isn't the Red Star Town Hotel owned by the lady boss? Logically speaking, shouldn't it be a secret meeting place between the Party and the country? How did it become the place where Commander Songyuan and the National Army had a secret meeting?

Faced with the burning village and the atrocities committed by the Japanese, Jiang Yifan was heartbroken but could do nothing.

At any time, the most unfortunate people are the people at the bottom of society. They wanted to escape with food and keep it, but how could they know that they would save the food but lose their homes.

Damn the Japanese, even if they are cut into pieces, it won’t satisfy me.

Songyuan and the National Army had a secret discussion about this matter and must find a way to report it to the headquarters and must not let the Japanese conspiracy succeed.

"Let's go! To the next village."

Li Qun looked at the blazing fire and said with a sense of accomplishment.

So the qingxiang team headed towards another village again.

But when the team was halfway through, a 76th agent ran up to Li Qun and said:

"Report to the Secretary General! All the people in Xiaogang Village have run back to put out the fire."

Upon hearing this, Li Qun couldn't help but look at Commander Songyuan.

Commander Songyuan ordered without hesitation: "Everyone go back and surround Xiaogang Village. Don't let anyone go. Kill them all and take away all the food."

"Hayi!"

Li Qun, Xiongchuan Dahui, Jiang Yifan and others bowed and replied, then turned around and headed towards Xiaogang Village again.

Especially He Tianfeng, he rushed back with his men. He had long hated the guerrillas and anti-Japanese elements in this area. He had collected food twice, but it was stolen and blown up by the guerrillas. Today he could finally vent his anger, so he took the lead and wanted to kill them all!

Soon, fierce gunfire was heard in Xiaogang Village.

When Jiang Yifan and others came to Xiaogang Village again, the village was not only ablaze, but also littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

A three-year-old child was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. He could only sit next to the woman who died tragically on the ground and cry loudly.

Songyuan walked over angrily, took out his pistol without saying a word, pointed it at the child, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

With a gunshot, the child's crying stopped abruptly and he lay down beside the woman, blood slowly flowing out of his young body.

An hour later, the sound of gunfire in the village gradually died down. A truck was already loaded with food.

After seeing this, Song Yuan couldn't help but say happily: "Yoshi! This time we have gained a lot."

Luo Ergou from Yanjia Village, along with his three men, came to Li Qun in fear and asked:

"Secretary General! What on earth is going on?"

"They actually avoided the co-prosperity of the Great Japanese Empire, secretly carried food and fled the village. The village caught fire, and they came back to put out the fire. They were all killed by the Great Japanese Imperial Army! This is the end of going against the Great Japanese Empire. When you go back, you must use this incident to publicize it and ask them to sincerely co-prosper with the Great Japanese Empire. Do you understand?"

Li Qun looked at Luo Ergou and said.

"I understand! I understand!" Luo Ergou nodded and bowed, then turned and left.

A few hours later, the news about Xiaogang Village exploded like a bombshell in the hearts of ordinary people in northern Shanghai.

Everyone was stunned and at a loss. Most of the people who had already fled their homes returned to their original villages, ready to accept the consequences.

They were unarmed and could only wait to be slaughtered by the Japanese.

When Li Qun led his men to the next village, Pailu Village, the former village chief Huang Jingning actually brought a large number of common people to line the streets to welcome them.

This was something that Li Qun and others had never expected.

Commander Songyuan, in particular, was extremely arrogant.

"Do you know why we are here?" Li Qun asked Huang Jingning with great satisfaction.

"Please give me some advice, sir." Huang Jingning asked Li Qun with a servile look on his face.

So Li Qun once again recounted the campaign to clean up the countryside, and finally asked, "Do you understand now?"

"Understood! Understood! Please tell us what you need us to do now! We will obey your orders in everything."

Huang Jingning nodded and bowed again and answered.

"First, let me ask you, are you willing to serve the Empire of Japan and be a village chief serving the Japanese?"

Li Qun looked at Huang Jingning and asked.

"Yes! Yes! I do." Huang Jingning answered without even thinking.

"Very good! Then please tell us all about the anti-Japanese elements in your village, and even the underground party guerrillas!"

Li Qun looked at Huang Jingning and said again.

Hearing this, Huang Jingning was stunned!

The three village cadres around him and the ordinary people at the village entrance also looked at Huang Jingning.

Even Commander Songyuan, Kumakawa Daiki, and He Tianfeng looked at Huang Jingning.

Huang Jingning never imagined that the first demand put forward by the Japanese was not to confiscate grain, but to ask him to hand over the anti-Japanese elements. Isn't this like digging out one eye and filling another?

I was originally the village chief of the Party-State. In this chaotic world, I knew that there were underground party guerrilla activities, but I have lived like this all these years. Especially now, in order to resist Japan and promote cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, I have never asked about the activities of the underground party guerrillas.

But now, the first condition of the Japanese is that we have to hand over the anti-Japanese elements. Isn't this life-threatening?

Seeing Huang Jingning hesitate, Li Qun reminded him impatiently:

"I advise you to think it over carefully and not to have any fluke mentality. Since we asked, it means that we have already grasped the true situation. If you dare to conceal anything, you will die."

Huang Jingning was so frightened when he heard this that he shuddered all over. He knew that if he didn't tell the anti-Japanese elements today, he would definitely die, so he hurriedly said tentatively:

"I know, I know! In fact, there are really no anti-Japanese elements in our village..."

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