The puppet army searched the pedestrian basket, asking for money or life
On August 20, 1940, an unexpected event occurred in the carriage shop in the northwest corner of Qingyun Bridge in Xuzhou. Four merchants with foreign accents came to the carriage shop, claiming that there was a shipment of light bulk cargo to be transported to Pei County, and four horse-drawn wagons needed to be hired.
After the carriage shop owners Wang Lianchang, Wang Gongzhang, Sun Tongxu and Zhang Dexiang negotiated, they followed these businessmen to a deep alley at the end of Dongguan. At the end of the deep alley, a huge warehouse stands there.
The merchant opened the door of the warehouse, and a batch of light and loose "goods" was neatly placed inside. What's even more surprising is that there are several large tin buckets scattered around the corner of the warehouse.
We have heard that you are poor brothers, and now we ask you to help transport the goods out of Xuzhou, and if you succeed, you have made a great contribution to the people. ”
When Wang Lianchang and the others heard the other party's words, they looked at each other in surprise, it turned out that behind this pulling mission was actually an anti-Japanese righteous act. They looked at the brothers around them, their eyes were firm, and a businessman dressed as a Qiao of the New Fourth Army spoke: "I have long heard that the Communist Party fights the world for the poor, and we will definitely send medicine to the troops tomorrow." ”
After hearing this, Wang Lianchang and the others straightened their chests and unswervingly determined to die generously. The person on the other side waved his hand lightly, saying that they would cooperate with the pass early tomorrow morning, and if something went wrong, they would be responsible for compensation.
Early the next morning, Wang Lianchang and others checked the vehicles and goods, and then set out on the road. Yesterday's three businessmen did not show up, but instead a young man named Zhang Hu, dressed as a peasant, holding a basket in his right hand, and smiling very innocently.
Not long after, they came to the puppet army bayakou at the head of Tongpei Road, where there was only one puppet soldier on duty.
However, there is also a Japanese watchtower nearby, and there are quite a few Japanese puppet soldiers in it, so if anything happens here, they can immediately rush to support. Zhang Hu turned his head to look at Wang Lianchang and the others behind him, and whispered: "You follow me and see what I do." ”
Then, I saw him holding a bamboo basket and walking quickly towards the watchtower. When the puppet soldier with a spear on his shoulder saw someone coming, he immediately shouted: "Stop, check." ”
Zhang Hu immediately stood still, very honestly in front of the watchtower, waiting for their search. After the puppet army came over, he was first attracted by the bamboo basket held in Zhang Hu's hand, he pointed to the bamboo basket and asked, "What is inside?" ”
Zhang Hu replied: "The snacks I bought for the old lady in the countryside and bring them back." The puppet army listened and didn't pay much attention, but he still lifted the cloth on the bamboo basket according to the procedure and looked inside.
However, when he looked at the contents, his mouth opened in surprise.
Lying quietly in the bamboo basket are reserve tickets, on which are pressed a bullet. Zhang Hu quietly walked to the puppet army sentry, put a gun against his waist, and whispered: "Choose, do you want money or death?"
A few cars behind us are going to get stuck today, so please make it convenient for you. Remember, you are Chinese! Hearing this, the body of the puppet army sentry began to tremble, and he knew the true identity of the person who came without asking.
He trembled and took out the reserve ticket, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let you go, you guys leave quickly." He then quickly opened the door and gave way to them. Zhang Hu signaled to Wang Lianchang and the others, and they immediately accelerated, and the carriage quickly passed the jam and disappeared into the distance.
In the era of fire, countless ordinary heroes stepped forward, they fought bravely in hardships and hardships for their ideals and beliefs, but in the end they were forgotten in the long river of history.
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Reference: "Xuzhou Cultural and Historical Materials", dictated by Wang Lianchang.