The information is in the chicken coop, and there is fraud
On July 15, 1946, in the evening, east of Baihua Village, Shaxi Town (Baihua Village, Shaxi Town, Taicang City). Villager Zou Youneng was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, when he suddenly heard someone knock on the door twice, and then the person outside asked softly: "Lao Zou, is Lao Zou at home?" ”
Zou Youneng heard who the other party was, and then quickly got up and came to the door, and quietly opened the door, where Liu Zhengang, a member of the martial arts team, was standing in front of the door. "Can I stay overnight tonight? ”
Zou Youneng subconsciously thought that the other party was coming to stay overnight. On weekdays, when the local martial arts team members come and go to various villages, they often use Zou Youneng's home as a secret foothold, and if they usually come at this time, they usually have to stay overnight that night.
Lao Zou, I won't spend the night here tonight, this is a note, someone will come to you tomorrow, and give him the note when the time comes. "Liu Zhengang waved his hand and said to Zou Youneng.
Zou Youneng took the note and held it tightly in his hand, as if he was afraid that it would slip from between his fingers. He put the note close to his chest and assured Liu Zhengang: "Don't worry, I will complete the task you have assigned." ”
After speaking, Liu Zhengang turned around and left, Zou Youneng looked at his back and gently closed the door. Although he took the mission very seriously, he did not expect that problems would arise.
Because he had delivered news and intelligence to the members of the martial arts team many times before, he thought that this mission would be similar. However, no one could have predicted that something would really happen the next day.
The next morning, Zou Youneng was busy in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door. He wiped his hands and walked to the door. There were more than a dozen people standing outside the door, and when the leader saw Zou Youneng coming out, he walked over with a smile and whispered to him: "Fellow, I am from the martial arts team, did anyone give you something yesterday?"
I'm here today to get it. "Oh, there's ......Zou Youneng replied subconsciously, but immediately realized that something was wrong with these people.
When the martial arts team is active in the village, it always keeps a low profile, how can it be possible to gather so many people during the day and directly find someone to connect? These men looked around as they spoke, their eyes unsteady, and they looked like irregular soldiers.
Zou Youneng frowned and hesitated, and the person opposite also began to become anxious, urging him to bring the things. Zou Youneng complained in his heart that he had just said it too quickly, but it was too late to change his words at this time, so in desperation, he had to continue to pretend not to know, and then pointed to the chicken nest.
The man ordered him to pick it up, and Zou Youneng pretended not to know that something was wrong, agreed, and then quickly walked to the chicken coop, bent down, and put his head and body into the chicken coop.
At that moment, Zou You could clearly hear his own heartbeat, and although he told those people that he had torn up the note, the note was attached to his chest at this time. Taking advantage of the chicken coop, he quickly pulled out the note, bit off half of it, chewed it and swallowed it, while he quickly tore the other half apart and mixed it into the chicken coop.
He excitedly said, "I found it, I finally found it." However, when he stood up to hand over the shredded pieces of paper to others, he was grabbed by the "martial arts workers" around him and tied up tightly by them.
What are you doing here? Zou Youneng asked with a feigned surprise. "Look at who we are? The Kuomintang officers led by him sneered after getting the note, they had already got what they wanted, so they no longer pretended.
He then ordered his men to put together the note, but they were unable to figure it out due to the badly damaged note, and finally had to give up.
The Kuomintang officers angrily took Zou Youneng away and locked him in the stronghold for torture. No matter what the other party asked, Zou Youneng was always tight-lipped, making the enemy angry but helpless.
In the end, the organization turned to the local gentleman for help, and it took a lot of money to bail Zou Youneng out. Many years later, the gray-haired Zou Youneng recalled that dangerous scene, and still had lingering palpitations: "I almost handed over the information to the enemy at that time, it was really thrilling!" ”
In the war-torn era, there were many grassroots heroes who stood up in the difficult situation, but eventually disappeared into the long river of history. These little-known stories, although they only occupy a small part of the historical picture, are an important part of the people's war.
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Reference: "Taicang Cultural and Historical Materials", memoirs of Zou Youneng.