During the Anti-Japanese War, before the fall of the county county seat, the Third Special Administrative Office and the county government of Hubei Province evacuated the county seat and moved their offices to Dahongshan District, which is far away from the county seat.
In this way, the Kuomintang county government's ability to control the entire county was weakened; in addition, it was also the war years and a period of chaos; after the national army fought against the Japanese invaders, weapons abandoned on the battlefield could be seen everywhere.
At this time, bandits, hooligans, and the dregs of society appeared. They took in soldiers and hooligans, collected weapons, and proclaimed themselves militia , commanders, and regimental commanders, each dominating one side or occupying the mountain as king.
At that time, there were more than 300 bandits in Sui County alone, ranging from 200 to 300 people in large groups and 300 to 50 people in small groups. They blocked roads, kidnapped people, committed murders and set fires, robbed people of their property, got something for nothing, and committed all kinds of evil!
The bandits caused the death of many families. The evil deeds of the bandits further aggravated the disaster caused by the war to the people of Sui County!
There are also "bandits" in Lijiazhai, the northern suburb of Suixian County. These "bandits" are completely different from the bandits mentioned above. The leader of this group of "bandits" is called Li Moushan, and people call him Li Mazi. It can be said that he and his brothers do not take "a needle and a thread" from the common people; but they treat the Japanese invaders and puppet soldiers differently. Not only do they like to take their "a needle and a thread", but they often ask for Take their lives!
Li Mazi is a very big man. He is 1.85 meters tall and weighs over 200 kilograms. He has a very well-proportioned figure and is very strong. He once easily lifted a 100-kilogram weight with one hand. Adults raise it above their heads and then put it down gently; Li Mazi is a very outgoing person, because he has a few pockmarks on his face, and people like to talk about his pockmarks behind his back. After hearing this, he simply said to people, from now on. Call me Li Mazi, or my real name. I won’t agree. As a result, his Li Mazi was called away.
In the chaotic and seemingly neglected war years, hooligans and scoundrels emerged, wanting to take advantage of the troubled waters and do some evil deeds, such as pulling a pole to gather people to occupy a mountain and become king, and rob people of their money. Li Mazi also pulled up the pole at this time.
Li Mazi also wanted to make a fortune at the beginning: Li Mazi was originally a hunter, and his marksmanship was very good. He was good at penetrating a poplar from a hundred meters; during the war, he also picked up many weapons and ammunition on the battlefield, and then hid them at home; Because Li Mazi was strong and had strong appeal, he later recruited dozens of brothers to protect the safety of the village, and also wanted to make some ill-gotten gains.
Once, Li Mazi called a gang and said: Tonight, they are going to rob the house of a rich man named Wang in a certain village. After his parents found out, they resolutely did not allow them to do this and followed them secretly. When their gang members began to climb into the rich man's house, they When the high wall was raised, Li Mazi's father immediately rang a gong he was carrying, and the gang fled... From then on, Li Mazi never did such a thing again.
Later, Li Mazi said: I will not do things like robbing the common people, killing people and stealing goods. If you want to do it, just do it with the bandits and steal things from them. Those who don't want to follow me can leave, so they left some.
Li Mazi is very scheming: others do robbing and stealing at night, but he does it during the day.
I will only talk about one of them here: this time he chose a Japanese-puppet artillery tower in Ma'anshan, Xihe River. He sent people in advance to bribe a puppet soldier inside. During the bribery, he lied to the puppet soldiers that they were passing by to deliver something valuable to a rich man's house, but he was afraid that the Japanese invaders would snatch it away, so he asked the puppet soldiers to choose a time when he was on duty and the Japanese invaders and puppet soldiers were resting. The slack time has passed since then. The puppet army was overjoyed after hearing this. It was a trivial matter, so he took over the job privately.
One day, everyone in the blockhouse was taking a lunch break after drinking. After the puppet army sent out the signal, Li Mazi and his party pushed a convoy of cars covered with cloth over. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the gun tower, one person quickly controlled the puppet soldier. The other people quickly rushed into the artillery building, and within a short time they eliminated the Japanese invaders and puppet troops inside. They took away all the guns, ammunition, food, and money, and ran away dragging several carts full of things.
Except for this puppet soldier who survived, all the other Japanese and puppet soldiers were killed.In the end, the puppet soldiers did not dare to report to the Japanese invaders and ran away alone; the Japanese invaders were furious and did not know who did it.
In terms of fighting the Japanese invaders like this, Li Mazi later did many things, either ambushing or attacking the Japanese invaders. As a result, more and more brothers gathered around Li Ma, and later it grew to more than 180 people.
During the first battle between Suizao and , the national army heard that there was such a group of people asking for life for the people, so they sent someone to contact Li Mazi. Li Mazi's group of righteous brothers are also willing to join the army to fight against the Japanese invaders, but what if they have children at home? Later, the national army brought two boxes of silver coins and asked Li Mazi to distribute them to them to solve their worries.
Later, Li Mazi's brothers were organized into a company, and Li Mazi was appointed as the company commander. Li Mazi led his group of brothers to participate in the Suizao Battle and the Zaoyi Battle. Later, when Li Mazi was bayoneting on a battlefield, he killed more than a dozen Japanese invaders by himself and made a great contribution without being harmed. Therefore, he was appointed as the battalion commander. Later, Li Ma led his group of brothers to fight bravely on the anti-Japanese battlefield!
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Original author: Jiang Tao
