"I have delivered food here before, and I have become familiar with this prince, no, this devil." The puppet army leader replied honestly.
"There are usually no combat missions, and they can't go out privately, so he asked me to come and play with him whenever I had nothing to do."
Ding Wei's face was expressionless.
Seeing this, the squad leader of the puppet army was even more frightened and kowtowed: "Eighth Master, believe me, I am really innocent."
But no matter what they said, Ding Wei showed no expression, which made these puppet soldiers even more frightened and did not understand what they were facing.
As for escaping?
They all dare to swagger into the enemy's territory, and they will probably die faster if they run away.
Not a moment.
I heard noisy footsteps outside the door.
"Captain, we are back." Mahan walked in quickly and was not surprised at all when he saw the scene in the room.
He walked quickly to Ding Wei and said: "Destroy all the devils in the ranch, not a single one is left."
Hearing this, the puppet soldiers kneeling on the ground became even more frightened and trembled.
After a pause, Ma Han continued: "The people inside were also rescued. They were the surrounding villagers who were forcibly taken away by the Japanese to plant grass.
I have already asked clearly that this is indeed a Japanese ranch, specifically providing feed for the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.
In addition to producing feed, this is also a warehouse used to store feed for the horses of the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.
It's a coincidence that we came here. They have just harvested a batch of fodder. This is not the Black Island Alliance that was eaten by us, so all the fodder is placed here."
Hearing this, Ding Wei nodded slightly and said to Ma Han: "Call a few common people and ask them to identify themselves. If they haven't done anything bad, let them go."
Just listening to what these puppet soldiers say is of no value at all. They will only excuse themselves.
Since they come here often, the people here must know everything they do.
"Eighth Master, it's not like that, is it?" the puppet squad leader suppressed his fear.
Ding Wei ignored him at all, and Ma Han quickly let the people in.
One of the civilians just came in and saw the puppet squad leader kneeling on the ground. He immediately became furious and pointed at him and cursed.
"Hu Er, you have a day like this too!"
When he saw the people coming in, Hu San's body trembled violently, and he screamed in pain again and again.
At this moment, he only had one thought: he was finished.
With that said, he looked at Ding Wei and said: "Sir, you must not let this guy go. We are locked up here only because of him!"
It's because this son of a bitch gave the Japanese bad ideas that we are locked up here!"
Hearing this, Ding Wei frowned slightly and said, "Speak slowly and I will definitely seek justice for you."
The people started talking with runny noses and tears.
Ding Wei also gradually understood.
This commoner's surname is also Ma, because he is the third oldest in the family and has a single name of three characters.
The Ma San family is not simple either. Since their surname is Ma, their family is also closely related to horses.
They have raised horses for generations and have a unique set of skills in raising horses. They specialize in producing horse feed. Every horse fed by their feed will grow very strong.
After the Japanese stationed their cavalry in Chengyang County, it was impossible to transport feed from there because the main island of Japan was too far away.
So Hu Er suggested to the Japanese that they should capture Ma San, which resulted in the loss of Ma San's pasture and the loss of his business.
Ma San originally swore to die and refused to obey, but the Japanese imprisoned all his clan members and threatened them with their lives.
Ma San had no choice but to plant grass and provide fodder for these devils.
Now that the enemies met, Ma San wanted to eat Hu Er alive.
"Master Ma, this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Hu Er said anxiously: "Listen to my explanation, I really am not..."
Hu Er searched his guts and thought of excuses.
But Ding Wei interrupted him directly, but it was enough to sentence Hu San to death if it caused other people's family ruin.
"Hu Er, the traitor, you are a helper of evil and bullying our people. Today, on behalf of the entire Ma family, I will sentence you to death!"
Ding Wei shouted sharply.
Hearing the word "death penalty", Hu Er was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split apart, and he kept kowtowing to Ma San.
"Master Ma, please, please let me go. Don't kill me. Please beg me."
But Ma San was unmoved. If such a traitor was really let go, he would still be the same the next day, or even get worse.
Ding Wei was also unmoved. He couldn't stand this kind of person licking the Japs, so he immediately pulled out the command knife of the Japs squadron leader and slashed Hu San's head hard.
"Pfft!"
Hu Er's head fell off in response, and his bones rolled around on the ground. Blood immediately sprayed out, staining the whole room red.
The rest of the puppet troops were so frightened that they didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
"Are they related to this matter?" Ding Wei looked at Ma San and asked.
Ma San glanced at them slightly and said harshly: "The same goes for them. Although these scoundrels are not here, they can wake us up and attack us, even more ruthlessly than the Japanese!"
Ding Wei didn't talk nonsense and waved his hand gently.
Mahan, the monk understood immediately and chopped off all the heads of the puppet soldiers without giving them any chance to speak.
The attack on the ranch went much smoother than Ding Wei imagined.
Because when Mahan led his troops into action, most of the Japanese were sleeping, and their necks were wiped by the soldiers in their sleep.
But this was largely due to the fact that the pasture was not the focus of the attack and the Japanese were somewhat relaxed, which made their operation as simple as drinking water.
In this battle, Team 028 suffered no casualties and delivered a perfect answer.
All the fodder in the entire pasture was seized by Ding Wei. In addition to the fodder, they also seized a squadron's equipment.
But these equipments are just a drop in the bucket for Ding Wei, and he is too lazy to repair them.
Currently, his thoughts are all on the man named Ma San.
This guy can grow pasture and make fodder.
Although they grabbed a lot of fodder, there would always be a day when they ran out of food, and he had to think of a way to continuously obtain fodder.
And the Ma San in front of him is an opportunity for him.
Just as Ding Wei was thinking about how to keep him, Ma San spoke.
"Sir, I, Ma San, am here to thank you!" Ma San said and wanted to kneel down: "If it weren't for you, we would all be exhausted here!"
Seeing this, Ding Wei hurriedly supported him: "There is no need to give such a big gift. As Chinese soldiers, we naturally have to consider the people. This is our responsibility!"
Ma San asked: "I wonder which part of the Eighth Route Army you are from?"
"I am Ding Wei, the commander of the 28th Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army." Ding Wei said.
Mahan's expression suddenly became one of surprise: "You are Ding Wei, Commander Ding!"
"Oh, have you heard of me?" Ding Wei said with a smile.
Ma San did not hide the admiration in his eyes: "That's natural. Who doesn't know the name of your 28th Regiment now? It's like thunder.
You killed the Bantian command post with one shot and wiped out all of Bantian. There is no unit in the entire northwest of Shanxi that is more famous than you!
When I met him today, Commander Ding was indeed very impressive."
"It's just trivial things that are not worth mentioning." Ding Wei smiled and waved his hand.