Chapter 1395 Drugging
When the father and son were talking, the war in Europe, or Eastern Europe, was still raging. Under the instigation of Russia, the underground organizations in Eastern Europe made full use of the power of the people and made the foreign intervention forces suffer.
A small village in Poland called Ljuban.
Lyuban actually belonged to the western part of Belarus in the previous life, but now it nominally belongs to Poland. However, the people here obviously prefer Russia, which is also an East Slavic nation.
At night, darkness fell on this rather desolate village, and in a house in the southeast corner of the village, members of the guerrillas were plotting under an oil lamp.
"Village Chief Loftashenko, I heard that a Polish White Bandit grain-collecting team will be resting in your village soon. Is this news true?" A young man with a crew cut asked Loftashenko.
Village chief Rovtashenko was about forty years old and had a bald head. He smoked his pipe and blew out a puff of choking smoke. He said, "Yes, Secretary Popov, those beasts came to our village yesterday. They came from Belarus."
"It's almost time for the potato harvest, and these beasts have come to our village to collect grain again. This is the third time they have forcibly collected grain this year."
The main crop for people in the Belarus region is potatoes. In the past, Belarus was the country with the highest per capita potato consumption in the world. It can be said that potatoes are the Belarusians’ favorite staple food. Since potatoes were introduced to Russia, they have been the basic food crop for Belarusians to survive.
Of course, in other words, this barren land is only suitable for growing crops such as potatoes. For the vast majority of Belarusian people, there is no more perfect crop than potatoes.
Rovtashenko stretched out his thin, withered arms and said to Secretary Popov: "Since the Polish White Bandits and the German devils occupied Belarus, our lives have not only not improved, but have become even more miserable than during the Tsarist era."
"The Polish White Bandits imposed the heaviest taxes on the Belarus region, and there were many extortionate levies. Last year, our village suffered a poor harvest due to drought, but the White Bandits not only did not restrain themselves, but instead robbed most of our food rations. Thirty percent of the villagers starved to death. They killed, injured, robbed, and committed all kinds of evil. Good women deserved it..."
After an unknown amount of time, Rovtashenko suddenly said with a ferocious face: "...My eldest son just argued with them for a few words, and was beaten to death by two White bandit beasts with rifle butts."
Then Rovtashenko's eyes turned red and he said tremblingly: "Secretary Popov, you must make the decision for us! We must avenge our dead relatives no matter what the cost."
After hearing what Rovtashenko said, Popov and other members of the Russian Labor Party and the guerrillas fell silent. Some even cursed with empathy: "These beasts don't even regard us as human beings."
Popov's expression was also somewhat gloomy. He felt a sense of depression in his chest that he could not let go. No matter how many times he had faced such a hell on earth, he thought that he had already become numb in his heart. However, when he really faced it, he could empathize with it.
He said to the distressed village chief Rovtashenko: "Village chief Rovtashenko, please don't say such things. We are all members of the working people. Many of my relatives were also killed by the White Bandits and the Japanese invaders."
"However, this is not a reason for us to cry about our powerlessness. It is precisely because we want to change this tragic status quo and the injustice of fate that we in the Labour Party are united and work hard to overthrow the old world."
"A new life and a better future must be won by ourselves. If we want to achieve an era where everyone can have enough food and fair food, we must continue to fight against reactionary forces..."
After describing his ideal world once again, Popov began to speak: "Village Chief Rovtashenko, do you want revenge?"
Rovtashenko said excitedly: "Of course, Secretary Popov, no matter what you want me to do, our village is willing to cooperate. We have no way out..."
Popov held Rovtashenko's skinny and rough hands and said, "In this case, I hope your village can join and cooperate with our guerrillas. First, you tell us the detailed intelligence of this group of white bandits, and then we will make a plan to eliminate them."
Rovtashenko nodded vigorously and continued, "This group of White Bandits has a total of 128 people. They have no heavy weapons, only rifles. The leader is called Chervrad. He used to be a well-known local gangster. After the collapse of the Tsarist government, he infiltrated the army and served as a running dog for the German devils."
"He is from the village next door to us, but he has been a bad guy since he was young. He always steals and flirts with the widows in the village."
"After that, when he grew up, he ran away to Belarus and joined a gang. He would show off his power when he occasionally returned to the village. He relied on his gang membership to extort money from his neighbors. He had a terrible reputation. After the Germans occupied Belarus, I don't know how he managed to become a puppet army squad leader."
"Later, when the White Bandit Government was established, his squad was recruited by the Polish White Bandits and became junior officers."
Popov asked, "Then his team is probably composed of the same people as him?"
Rovtashenko nodded and said, "Yes, they are basically hooligans from the surrounding area. Otherwise, with their abilities, they would not be able to do the work of the grain collection team."
"They just bully us unarmed common people who have no fighting power."
Rovtashenko's remarks are certainly not without purpose. During the Tsarist era, he was also a veteran soldier who had served in the army. However, when Rovtashenko was young, the Tsarist Russia was still very powerful on the surface most of the time.
Therefore, Rovtashenko has not participated in any war, but this does not mean that he has no military qualities. Even if he has not eaten pork, he has seen pigs run. He still has an idea of the combat effectiveness of a team composed of ruffians like Chervlad.
After listening to the information from the village chief Rovtashenko, Popov also had a certain understanding of this White Bandit group.
He said to Rovtashenko: "It is easy to wipe out this White Bandit group, but we must also consider whether it will anger the White Bandit government if we wipe them out in your village."
"We could just walk away, but our faith doesn't allow us to do that. So, we must have a detailed plan for the aftermath of eliminating this group of white bandits."
After listening to Popov's concerns, Village Chief Rovtashenko suggested: "Secretary Popov, you don't have to worry about this. If the White Bandits want to investigate later, let me, a half-buried man, bear the blame. I just hope that you can take care of the villagers and my family after I die."
According to Loftashenko, if this group of White bandits was wiped out by the guerrillas, it would definitely alarm the Polish government, and they would definitely investigate their own village in the end.
At this time, as long as he stood up and took the blame for Tong Gong, he should be able to calm the enemy's anger.
Anyway, he is old and doesn't have many years left to live, so sacrificing himself in exchange for eliminating a group of white bandits would be a win.
Popov was of course well aware of Rovtashenko's plan, but he said, "Village Chief Rovtashenko, I don't think you have such negative thoughts before the outcome is determined."
"Our mission is to overthrow the rule of the White Bandit Government and the German devils. Death is not scary to us, but why should we act according to the scripts of the White Bandits and the devils?"
"Who stipulated that when the White Bandits come to encircle and suppress us, we must have someone surrender in order to appease their anger and beg for their forgiveness?"
In response to his series of questions, Rovtashenko asked: "So what should we do?"
Popov said: "Of course we have to fight to the end. After all, the current situation is that even if you don't resist, will the White Bandit government let you go? This is obviously impossible. After all, the White Bandits went to the countryside to collect food and military expenses."
"Even if you don't resist, the final outcome will be that most people will starve to death. Since you are doomed to starve to death, it is better to take the most drastic measures and completely break off relations with them."
"In fact, the White Bandit Government is now at the end of its strength. They only appear to be strong, but they are definitely not as helpless as you think."
"After all, the White Bandits only have one head. If they are shot, they will die. And judging from the morality of the bandits, are there any of them who are not afraid of death?"
Rovtashenko agreed with this statement, but still said: "But after all, they have weapons, and we..."
Popov put his hand on Rovtashenko's shoulder and said, "Of course I know this. After all, no one with bare hands can defeat an enemy with weapons head-on. But who says we must confront them head-on?"
"At this time, we must outsmart them and first solve our shortcoming of lack of weapons. After we obtain more guns and ammunition, we can confront them head-on."
Rovtashenko: "How do you outsmart them?"
As for the second half of Popov's sentence, Rovtashenko simply ignored it. After all, if he had the real weapon in his hand, he would have gone to fight the White Bandits long ago. The problem now was how to get the first gun to "start a business".
Just like in World War II, when the Allies airdropped Liberator pistols that had little combat effectiveness to the rear of Germany, the purpose of this pistol was not to allow the people in the enemy-occupied areas to confront the German army head-on, but to give them the "initial funds" to obtain the necessary supplies.
Popov said: "We have brave guerrillas, and now we have the advantage in intelligence. If we can wipe out this group of white bandits in your village, we can get a hundred guns, and then we can organize a new guerrilla force."
"Of course, I have an idea. We don't even need the guerrillas to confront the enemy head-on. We just need your cooperation, and maybe we can easily defeat them."
At this point, Popov turned to Rovtashenko and asked, "I wonder how the grain-collecting team in your village gets their food. Can you get in touch with them?"
Hearing Popov's question, Rovtashenko immediately thought of the word "drugging". Popov should want to tamper with the White bandits' food so as to capture this group of White bandits without any casualties.
However, Rovtashenko still thought about whether it was feasible, and then he concluded: "If we tamper with the food, it should be feasible, because the food that these white bandits are currently eating is indeed forced upon our village, but we don't have the corresponding medicine."
After all, Rovtashenko's village is just an ordinary village. How could there be a large amount of illegal drugs there?
Popov said: "You don't need to worry about the medicine. I can take care of it, but we must be careful about this matter."
"Especially if they notice it, then it is very likely that the plan will fail. Especially if someone with psychological problems is sent to carry out the plan, it will be easy to reveal flaws."
What Popov said is indeed very important. Just like the story of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin in the history of the Far Eastern Empire, if one encounters someone like Qin Wuyang who fails at the critical moment, the perfect plan may very likely fail.
When it comes to the plan of Popov and others, the executors, because of their weak ability to withstand psychological pressure, will reveal flaws, which is likely to arouse the suspicion of the White Bandits.
Regarding Popov's concerns, Rovtashenko said: "Let me carry out this plan. I will definitely not make any mistakes. Besides, I can get in touch with the kitchen, so it is not easy to arouse the enemy's suspicion."
Popov had no doubt about the psychological quality of the village chief Rovtashenko. After all, he dared to run to Liuban Village in the middle of the night to provide him with information. It was obvious that he was a brave and careful person. Of course, more importantly, the White Bandits were too bold.
If the White Bandits had been a little more vigilant, Rovtashenko would probably have lost his head.
However, the loose and unvigilant group of the White Bandits made it convenient for Popov to implement his plan.
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The next day, in Luninits village, this village is where Rovtashenko is located.
At this time, Rovtashenko had already returned here, and the guerrillas came back with him, and now the guerrillas were hiding in his house.
At daybreak, Rovtashenko arrived at the place where the White bandits were staying. This was originally the house of a landlord in Luninitsi village and also the best residence in the village. It was used as a temporary base by the White bandits' grain-collecting team.
Carrying a large bag of potatoes, Rovtashenko swaggered into the kitchen as usual, without the White Bandits being on their guard. Behind him were three villagers who were responsible for cooking for the White Bandits.
As mentioned before, potatoes are the staple food of Belarus, so Rovtashenko carrying potatoes did not arouse the suspicion of his enemies at all.
In the kitchen, Rovtashenko helped peel potatoes, and then when he was about to make the next step, which was mashing the potatoes, he quietly took out some powder from his pocket and secretly put it in. He had already sent everyone else away to do other work.
Generally speaking, the villagers of Luninitsi village eat potatoes by boiling or steaming them in water, but this is obviously not the case for the White Bandits' grain-collecting teams. They eat a kind of flatbread made by mixing potatoes and coarse grain flour. This is also the basic condition for why Rovtashenko was sure that he could drug them. After all, the way the villagers eat them, they just wash the potatoes casually without even removing the skin, but put the whole thing in the pot and cook it.
Naturally, there is no way to mix in the drugs. At this time, we can only think of a way from the dishes, but the person who cooks is fixed. After all, the white bandits are picky about food, so they must use the best chef in the village to cook.
If Rovtashenko wanted to put drugs in the food, he had to collude with the cook first. But this made Rovtashenko worried about problems. Fortunately, the problem could be solved during the staple food stage, and he was the only one present who knew that Rovtashenko had put drugs in the staple food.
(End of this chapter)
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