Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

"I said, I said!"

The current situation was clear, and Huang Zhengmin dared not hide anything. He told the Japs everything he had said. "Master Ba, it's like this. The Japs have assigned us to help them eliminate all the armed forces in the county town area, or at least make them retreat to the mountains."

"It seems that there was a Japanese major general coming to inspect, so Ono came up with this idea."

"Master Ba, this is all I know. I've said everything I need to say. Can you please leave me a way out?"

Lin Qiang said thoughtfully, "I'll give you a chance to live. Report each other. As long as anyone hasn't harmed the people, I can let him live."

"I'll give you ten minutes, Qiangzi, to take charge of a few of their reports."

Then he said to Hu Zi, "Come out with me for a moment."

Outside the house, Lin Qiang and Hu Zi came to the yard. Under the dim moonlight, Hu Zi vaguely saw a trace of worry on Lin Qiang's face.

Lin Qiang didn't say anything. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and exhaled a puff of white smoke before slowly saying, "The Japs are planning a big sweep!"

Hu Zi was stunned and asked, "Platoon Leader, the Japanese can't possibly launch another large-scale raid so soon, right?"

It has been less than half a year since the last major sweep, and Hu Zi doesn't believe that the Japanese will start a new round of sweeps so soon.

Not to mention that the Eighth Route Army could not bear it, even the Japanese themselves could not bear the losses caused by multiple large-scale raids.

Lin Qiang laughed and said, "What Huang Zhengmin said is most likely true. The Japanese Major General will inspect the war zone. If he finds any traces of Eighth Route Army activities, he will definitely formulate a mopping-up plan when he returns."

"Then let's not let him go back!"

Hu Zi said firmly: "With our current strength, it is not a problem to concentrate our firepower to kill the Japanese major general. If that doesn't work, we can still think of other ways, as long as we can't make him return."

Lin Qiang stamped out his cigarette, sighed, and said, "This is exactly what I'm worried about. Whether the Japanese Major General goes back or not, the result won't change."

"However, if we take action against this major general, a new round of sweeps will be accelerated. So, the question now is how do we handle this news?"

"Should we report to the regiment headquarters or act alone?"

Now Hu Zi finally understood why he saw a worried look on the platoon leader's face. It turned out that he was worried about this matter. He immediately said, "Platoon leader, you also said that the Japanese will launch another large-scale sweep sooner or later. Whether we take action or not, the result will be the same. We might as well kill that damn Japanese major general and collect some interest in advance."

Lin Qiang turned to look at Hu Zi, and felt from the bottom of his heart that he was not as decisive as him.

In fact, after learning the news, Lin Qiang's first thought was to kill the Japanese major general, but he considered too many things and was a little hesitant for a while.

After saying so much to Hu Zi, he just wanted to find someone to convince himself.

"you're right!"

Lin Qiang no longer hesitated and said, "Since I can't hide, I'll collect some interest in advance. Let's go and see if we can get some useful information."

There was still a lot of noise in the house. In order to survive, these puppet soldiers rushed to report their colleagues around them, fearing that if they spoke a little too slowly, they would be the ones to die.

But they didn't know that Lin Qiang had no intention of letting them go from the very beginning.

Every one of these people in front of us has done many things that are against the will of heaven, harm the people, and hurt their compatriots.

Cavalry plays a huge role on the battlefield. It is impossible for the Japanese to simply recruit a group of puppet soldiers and give them fat and strong war horses and weapons.

As expected, Qiangzi came over with a gloomy face and said in a cold voice: "Platoon leader, none of these people are good people. The one who was reported the least harmed a decent woman and killed her entire family!"

Such shocking news made Lin Qiang's face extremely gloomy. The murderous intent in his eyes was not concealed at all. He said in a cold tone: "Kill them all, leave no one alive!"

I can't believe that the person who did the least evil was the one who brutally killed a family of common people. What about the others? How many evil things did they do?

Lin Qiang's words were heard by the nearest puppet soldiers. They were so frightened that they couldn't stop shaking. They crawled on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Eighth Master! Please spare me. I am willing to join the Eighth Route Army!"

"Give me a chance! Master Ba!"

"I'm willing to redeem myself from my crime and make meritorious contributions, Master Ba, please give me a chance!"

Lin Qiang selectively blocked out these voices and pretended not to notice their praying movements.

Lin Qiang can be soft-hearted in anything, but it is absolutely impossible for him to be soft-hearted in this matter!

Zhang Yuntian, Xu Lin, Xu Lang and others had all served in the puppet army, but they had never done anything harmful to the world.

In order to survive and make a living, they became puppet soldiers. Lin Qiang thought it was normal for the two sides to confront each other on the battlefield. After all, the Eighth Route Army did not know what the other side's purpose was in becoming puppet soldiers.

On the battlefield, as long as they do not harm the people or kill their compatriots, Lin Qiang believes that as long as they are not determined to be traitors, they can be given a chance to reform.

There is a chance, but it is definitely not for these beasts in front of me.

Thinking this way is definitely not to defend those who choose to be puppet soldiers. It’s just that Lin Qiang believes that not all puppet soldiers want to be traitors.

The news quickly spread among the crowd, and a puppet soldier immediately questioned Lin Qiang: "You don't keep your word. We have already done what you want. Why do you want to kill us?"

"I said I would give you a chance to live, but none of you will get it."

Lin Qiang said in a cold tone, "When you were harming the people, did you ever think of sparing their lives?"

"You are the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army should treat prisoners well!"

This made Lin Qiang laugh out loud. He angrily said, "We treat prisoners well, not animals. And you're just unlucky enough to have met me. I'm good in every way except for one thing: I don't treat prisoners well!"

Qiangzi quietly loaded the Mauser pistol. After both guns were loaded, he walked over to Lin Qiang and said, "Leave this to me, Platoon Leader. I must do it!"

"no problem!"

Lin Qiang understood his feelings. After hearing what these beasts did, not to mention Qiangzi, even Lin Qiang himself couldn't help but want to deal with them personally.

"Huzi, take some people and bring all the horses over."

Lin Qiang lit another cigarette and said, "We should leave when Wang Er comes back."

"Yes!"

Qiangzi sat quietly on the doorstep, holding two guns in his hands, waiting for Lin Qiang's order.

The war horses were brought over, and Lin Qiang ordered the soldiers to take all the puppet soldiers out of the house. This kind of thing could not happen here, otherwise people would not be able to live here anymore.

Some puppet soldiers refused to cooperate and had their arms twisted off by Qiangzi immediately.

The heart-wrenching screams were particularly harsh in the night, but Lin Qiang did not stop them. He knew that Qiangzi needed to vent his anger.

It took a lot of effort to drive this company of puppet soldiers to the open space outside the town. At this time, Wang Er also appeared outside the town with a dozen people.

At this point, Lin Qiang left a horse for Qiangzi and then led the team back to the base.

Unexpectedly, a team rushed out from the darkness at this time. They all had white towels tied around their heads and held a variety of weapons in their hands, including red tassel spears, border-made spears, broadswords and sabers.

"Comrade, please stay!"

A middle-aged man emerged from the crowd, approached Lin Qiang's horse, and asked, "Comrade, which unit of the Eighth Route Army are you from?"

Lin Qiang replied calmly, "From the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"Independence Group?"

The man who spoke thought for a moment, then said excitedly: "Finally I found the organization!"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. We are a guerrilla force that was organized spontaneously. We don't have a formal organization. I used to be in the Central Army. When the Japanese started their sweep, our team was dispersed. So I started guerrilla warfare with a few of my men. These are all people with lofty ideals who are willing to fight the Japanese together."

"Comrade, please let us join your team and let us kill the devils together!"

Hu Zi rode up to Lin Qiang and whispered, "Platoon Leader, is there something fishy going on?"

"rest assured."

Having already used his eyes of insight to look over everything, Lin Qiang was very confident in these people who wanted to join the team. He dismounted, walked up to the person who was speaking, extended his hand and said, "On behalf of the Independent Regiment, I welcome everyone to join us!"