"Vice President, what does the letter say?" The captain of the escort asked cautiously.

"The Eighth Route Army that assassinated the chairman last night only punished the head of the crime, and did not involve anyone else, if we continue to plague the township and oppress the people in the future, they will come to kill people again."

"Also, the Eighth Route Army asked us to return all the food that the maintenance association did not hand over to the Japanese to the people, otherwise there will be people who will be assassinated by them tonight."

With the last two words, the vice president's voice was as small as a mosquito, and his face turned pale.

In addition, there are only four words in front of him, if the garrison commando team really kills back tonight, the person who died must be himself.

Thinking of this, the vice president immediately ordered: "What are you still doing, immediately send food from door to door, and return all the food that the president has secretly withheld to the people." ”

"By the way, I would like to tell you that the president has been killed by the Eighth Route Army, and their revenge has been avenged by the Eighth Route Army, and from now on, we will maintain our commitment to ensure that we will not harm you again."

The captain of the escort team hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Tell everyone that the chairman was killed by the Eighth Route Army, and after the Eighth Route Army supports them, aren't they even more afraid of us?" ”

"Do you want to die or live!" The vice president stared at the captain and asked rhetorically.

"Of course I want to live!" The captain replied without thinking.

"If you want to live, do what I say." The vice president ordered.

"There must be the Eighth Route Army's eyeliner in the village, only if we show weakness to the people, the Eighth Route Army who assassinated the chairman last night will know, and will not come to our maintenance meeting again tonight."

"Then how do the Japanese explain there!" The captain continued.

The vice president thought for a moment and replied, "These grains were all intercepted by the chairman privately and prepared to fill his own pockets, and even if we return them to the common people, the Japanese will not know." ”

"What are you doing? If you don't want to be killed tonight, hurry up and organize the escort team to return the food, and pay it back door to door, especially those who were framed by us for secretly communicating with the Eighth Route Army, they want to give more? ”

"After paying back the food, I personally went to the stronghold in Guanshan Town to report that the chairman was assassinated by the commando of the garrison regiment, and asked the Japanese to send a new chairman down."

"President, why don't you apply directly to the Japanese to become the president!" The captain suggested.

"No way!" The vice president jumped up in fright and quickly vetoed.

"Do you have a grudge against me and want the Eighth Route Army to kill me?"

"No matter who is the president, he has to do things for the little devils, and he will definitely oppress the people. When the time comes, the Eighth Route Army will retaliate, and the chairman will definitely be the first target to be assassinated. ”

"I don't want to die yet, I must not touch this mold."

The Japanese stronghold in Guanshan Town, Captain Yoshida was very distressed.

In just three days, all the presidents of the maintenance associations sent by the imperial army died.

My first thought was to raise my deputy, serve as the president of the maintenance association, and work for the imperial army?

But I didn't think that these deputies would refuse.

used to be the president of the maintenance club of fragrant dumplings, but he became a hot potato overnight.

"Eight Grid Yalu, they are all a bunch of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the Eighth Route Army scared them like this with a word, they are too timid, and the warriors are not." Captain Yoshida yelled in his office, venting his displeasure.

After calming down, he directly shifted his gaze to the battalion commander of the Imperial Association Army: "Battalion Commander Zhang...... What do you think we can do to solve this problem! ”

"You are Chinese, you know the minds of these people better than me, how can you say that you can move them to serve as the president of the maintenance association and work for the imperial army."

Battalion Commander Zhang thought for a moment and replied: "Sir, I have heard the name of the commando of the garrison regiment. ”

"There are not many of them, but they are all elite, well-trained and well-equipped, and they often go deep into the areas occupied by the imperial army to carry out assassination missions."

"I've heard that many of them are fluent in Japanese."

"If you wear the uniform of the Imperial Army, there is almost no difference between it and the Imperial Army, which is very powerful."

"Those vice presidents were all scared by the commandos, and they were afraid that they would be the next to be killed when they became presidents."

"Unless we can take out this commando and bring the threat into contact."

"Otherwise, even if we force them to become presidents, they will be frightened and dare not do anything for the imperial army."

Captain Yoshida thought for a moment and replied: "I have also heard of this unit, coming like a shadow, going like the wind, trying to kill them is definitely more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

"Is there any other way?"

"Yes!" Battalion Commander Zhang replied.

"Like the assassinated Presidents, we've brought in people from other Imperial Army-occupied areas."

"They didn't know about the threat, they didn't witness the assassination of the previous president, and they certainly had the guts to take office."

"In addition, we can remind these leaders to strengthen their guard to prevent the commandos from assassinating them again."

Captain Yoshida quickly made a decision: "That's it, I'll apply to the above now!" ”

Five days later, thirty new Presidents of the Sustaining Council entered the lockdown zone.

Before leaving, Captain Yoshida specifically told them to pay attention to safety.

However, these preparations did not affect their end.

Sixteen of the presidents of the maintenance council were assassinated by commandos on their way to office, and fourteen were killed on their first night in office.

At the same time, several vice-presidents received a secret letter signed by the garrison commando.

"Sir, the commando team of the garrison regiment is obviously eyeing the president of our subordinate faction, and if we continue to send people, we will definitely not be able to escape death." Camp Commander Zhang analyzed.

"It's a pity that these assassinated presidents were loyal to the imperial army, and they died like this."

Captain Yoshida frowned and asked, "What then?" ”

"If there is no maintenance guild president, who will help the imperial army manage those ordinary people."

"After the autumn harvest, who will help us collect the grain?"

Battalion Commander Zhang didn't want Captain Yoshida to vent his anger on himself, so he hurriedly replied: "There is a proposal from several vice presidents, and I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

"Say." Captain Yoshida's mind was in a mess, so he could only pin the solution on Battalion Commander Zhang, and answer without thinking about it.

"Directly let the village head serve as the president of the maintenance association, and the people we send down should be the chairman of the maintenance association, the captain of the escort team, and monitor the maintenance association of each village."

"The purpose of the Imperial Army's establishment of the Maintenance Council is to manage the common people and collect food, as long as they can do both, it doesn't matter if these presidents don't really support us."

"And there is a vice president staring, plus the escort is in the hands of the imperial army."

"If these presidents have two hearts, the vice presidents can immediately take their place."

"The most important point is that if the village head is the chairman, the resistance of the people will be much weaker."

"The Eighth Route Army will definitely not kill them."

Captain Yoshida thought for a long time before making a decision: "That's it!" ”

"Let each village nominate the president of the maintenance association by itself, and the imperial army will send the vice president of the maintenance association and the captain of the escort team."

"At the same time, the elected president of the maintenance association must come to the imperial army every month to report and study for three days, so that they can know that the imperial army is here to establish a ***** circle and bring them to make a fortune together, not to oppress them, so that they can completely support the imperial army and do things for the imperial army."

"Sir, wise! In this way, there must be many presidents who support the Imperial Army. Battalion Commander Zhang complimented.