After returning to Taiyuan, Takahashi Bingwei reported the situation he had learned to Zhou Mingde, and the information was quickly reported to Xu Dalong and others.
The problem is quite serious. The main material reserves of Military Station No. 1 are placed in the tunnels, and the tunnels are also designed to function as air raid shelters. If there is a bombing by enemy planes, a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers will also hide in the tunnels.
Once the battle started, the air raid shelters would be bombarded by enemy artillery fire, and the Japanese troops would also enter the tunnels.
Even if our army occupied all the ground buildings of Military Station No. 1, it would be very difficult to enter the tunnel. Even if they were able to storm in, not only would it cause a large number of casualties, but the Japanese would also have plenty of time to detonate the ammunition in the ammunition depot. If special measures were not taken, it would be impossible to seize Japanese supplies.
In order to solve this problem, Xu Dalong asked Li Yunlong to seize the time to prepare for the war and be ready to go at any time. He, Monk Wei and others went to Taiyuan in person.
Before setting off, Xu Dalong asked Zhao Gang to prepare 300,000 yuan for him. This time they did not ride horses, but took a captured Japanese military truck to Taiyuan.
Taiyuan City.
In Zhou Mingde's trading company, Xu Dalong met Takahashi Bingwei and discussed ways to enter the No. 1 Military Station.
Takahashi felt very embarrassed and said: "There are strict regulations in the No. 1 Military Station and outsiders are not allowed to stay there, so there is not even a guest house in the warehouse.
If there are family members of officers visiting the No. 1 Military Station, they cannot stay in the No. 1 Military Station. The Military Station will arrange vehicles to take them to Taiyuan City or to Taigu County for accommodation. It is very difficult to place people in advance. "
Xu Dalong said: "I have also considered this. I will tell you a way, do you think it will work?"
When Xu Dalong finished talking about his method, Takahashi Bingwei nodded and said: "This is a method, but I can't guarantee its success. You can try it first and get a feel for it before talking about it. Let's do it, I'll go and do it myself. I’ll go to Military Station No. 1 and report back to you if the matter is settled.”
Takahashi Bei is now a mature agent. He asked for leave and left the logistics class. He did not say that he was going to the No. 1 Military Station, but found another excuse to avoid having any contact with the No. 1 Military Station in the recent period.
When he went to the No. 1 Military Station, he did not use a Japanese military vehicle, but took a vehicle provided by Xu Dalong and others.
After arriving in Taigu County, he used a civilian phone to call the Taigu Military Station and invited his two related households.
Takahashi Bingwei hosted a banquet for the two of them. After drinking for three rounds, he explained the purpose of his visit.
He said: "Our section chief and I got a batch of valuable tobacco and alcohol, and we ran into a little trouble. The director of the Special High School Operations Section also wanted to join us and get a piece of the pie.
The section chief was unwilling to take him with him, so the guy tried to track down our batch of goods.
The section chief and I have discussed it and want to temporarily store this batch of goods in the No. 1 Military Depot for safety reasons. I hope you two can help with this matter. "
The warehouse director said with some pride: "There is no problem with this. The No. 1 Military Depot is a unit directly under the Logistics Department of the North China Front Army. Although it is managed by the First Army in Shanxi, the personnel appointment power lies with the Logistics Department of the Front Army. We don't need to buy them at all. According to the account, the special high school class of the First Army has no right to enter the No. 1 Military Station to search.
Although it is absolutely safe to store the supplies in the warehouse. "
Takahashi Bingwei raised his thumb and praised: "You belong to the logistics department of the front army. You are rich and powerful. You are so powerful. It's not like I am just a person in the logistics department at the military level. I have to look at people's faces all day long. I really envy you."
The director of the warehouse and the chief of the financial department felt a little elated after being praised by Takahashi Bingwei, and they couldn't help but brag a few more times.
I have to say that the two of them are definitely proud of themselves. In an era when supplies were scarce, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi all begged for the No. 1 Military Station. The two of them are the heads of the most important departments in the No. 1 Military Station. It can be said that they have great power. It is natural for them to be arrogant and arrogant.
Takahashi Bingwei praised them for a while, and while they were happy, he said with some embarrassment: "I know the rules of your military station, and outsiders are not allowed to spend the night in the military station. But now I am in trouble, please give me some advice. Please help."
Hearing this, the warehouse director and finance chief frowned slightly. Although the two didn't speak, the meaning in their eyes was, since you know there are such rules, don't make it difficult for us.
Takahashi Bingwei said: "This batch of goods is worth 300,000 oceans, and the Special High School Department is tracking it very closely. The goods are stored in your No. 1 Military Depot, but if the relevant personnel are caught outside, it will be a big trouble. , not only will this batch of goods be detained by the Super High School, I'm afraid it will also implicate all of us.
What our section chief means is that we can hide these people and the goods in your No. 1 Military Depot. The people from the Special High School Department don't dare to come and search anyway. Let them leave with the goods once the storm has passed. "
Having said this, Takahashi Hei opened his briefcase and took out 12 large yellow croakers. At this time, one large yellow croaker was worth about 410 oceans, and these large yellow croakers were equivalent to 5,000 oceans.
He said: "This is a little bit of my heart and mind, please accept it."
Money can make the world go round, and they have common interests with Takahashi Bingwei, so both of them were tempted.
The warehouse director asked: "How many people are there in total?"
Takahashi Bingwei said: "There are four vehicles in total, and there are 12 people in total including the driver and the escort."
The warehouse director thought for a while and said, "There are not many people, but..."
Takahashi Bingwei hurriedly said: "Don't worry, you two! None of these 12 people will carry weapons. After entering the warehouse, they will stay at the location arranged by you. They will not walk around in your warehouse and will not attract people. Pay attention. They also carry all their own food and drink, so they won’t cause you any other trouble.”
After hearing this, the two of them felt relieved and said, "If this is the case, then there will be no problem."
Takahashi Bingwei said: "Thank you very much. When this matter is over, the section chief and I will come to thank you again."
Then they discussed the time and method of entering Military Station No. 1.
After seeing off the warehouse director and financial section chief, Takahashi Bingwei came to a hotel and reported to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong was very satisfied, praised Takahashi Bingwei and asked him to return to Taiyuan City. Then he sent a telegram to Li Yunlong.
After receiving the telegram, Li Yunlong was very happy and immediately set off overnight with the rapid response detachment of Zhang Dabiao and Sun Desheng to the No. 1 Military Station in Taikoo.
On the evening of the same day, Zhu Guangming, captain of the Third Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade, personally led 11 special operations team members, disguised as Japanese soldiers, and drove four trucks to the gate of the No. 1 Military Station.
According to the prior agreement, the warehouse director sent his own orderly to greet him at the gate. Because he was met by an acquaintance, the warehouse guard did not check all the goods. He just looked inside through the baffle of the carriage and let them go.
The orderly took Zhu Guangzhao and others into a private courtyard inside the military station, closed the courtyard door, and posted two Japanese soldiers at the door to stand guard.
Before the orderly left, he told Zhu Guangzhao and others not to leave the yard. Of course, Zhu Guangzhao agreed wholeheartedly.
After the orderly left, Zhu Guangming and others took out the warehouse floor plan that Takahashi Bingwei had drawn for them, and compared it with the terrain they had just seen when they entered the warehouse, they quickly determined the yard where they were and the location of the tunnel entrance. .
The straight-line distance from here to the entrance of the tunnel is about 80 meters. Once the battle starts, they can get there in less than half a minute.
As night fell, Zhu Guangzhao and others quietly took out the hidden weapons from the truck and prepared for battle.
The mechanized detachment marches very fast. In the past, it would have taken at least two or three days for the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to walk from the Mawushan base to Taikoo County, but it only took a few hours by car.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng and others had already arrived near the No. 1 Military Station. In order not to alert the Japanese troops too early, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army got out of the trucks and walked to the No. 1 Military Station.
Zhu Guangming and others were already up. They turned on the walkie-talkie, adjusted the volume to the lowest setting, and placed their ears on the receiver. "Puff puff puff. Puff puff puff." A rhythmic blowing sound came from the receiver.
Zhu Guangming also pressed the call button and tapped the phone rhythmically with his fingers.
The other party also knocked a few times, which meant that he had received Zhu Guangming's signal.
Zhu Guangming was very excited and lowered his voice and said to the team members: "Commander Sling and the others have arrived, let's start taking action now."
Zhu Guangzhao and others climbed out of the back window, climbed out of the back wall, and quietly approached the door of the tunnel.
It was just dawn, and the sound of roosters crowing could be heard in the distance. The two Japanese sentries in front of the military station gate were very happy when they knew that the time for changing of the guard was coming.
A sentry yawned, stretched again, and suddenly felt his eyes blurred. He looked carefully and saw many figures appearing not far away, walking towards the warehouse.
The sentry was startled, and while taking his rifle off his shoulder, he shouted sharply: "Who is it? Password?"
He was answered by a muzzle flash and then the sound of a gunshot. Before they could react, bullets had already hit their bodies.
The gunshots alerted the garrison in the warehouse, who panicked and organized a counterattack, and the battle officially began.
When Zhu Guangming and others saw the battle starting, they immediately rushed to the tunnel door, eliminated the two sentries at the gate, and then rushed into the tunnel.
The tunnel was very open, and the first thing they entered was a hall. There are four tunnels in the hall, one of which leads to the ammunition depot.
Zhu Guangzhao and others entered the tunnel where the ammunition was stored with flashlights on. Seeing that there were many rooms inside, Zhu Guangzhao left a few team members and took out the sacks immediately, filled them with fire-fighting sand, and piled them in the tunnel as a bunker.
He and the others hurried to open the warehouse door. The warehouse was full of weapons and ammunition. They quickly moved out 6 Type 92 heavy machine guns and set them up on a bunker made of sandbags. Then they moved out a large number of machine gun bullets and got ready for battle.
The sound of gunfire at the entrance of the tunnel had already alerted the Japanese troops in the warehouse. Soon after, some Japanese troops ran in.
They didn't know which tunnel the people who entered the warehouse went to, so they searched separately. When five or six Japanese officers and soldiers entered the tunnel where artillery weapons and ammunition were stored, dense machine gun bullets flew towards them. The Japanese officers and soldiers who entered the tunnel had nowhere to hide, and their bodies were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest.
Soon after, a large number of Japanese troops came over, trying to rush into the tunnel and eliminate the Eighth Route Army who entered the tunnel.
Unfortunately, there was only one entrance to the tunnel. The Japanese officers and soldiers had no way to take a detour and could only rush forward from the tunnel.
Facing the fire net composed of six Type 92 heavy machine guns, it was completely impossible for the Japanese officers and soldiers to enter the tunnel.
The Japanese defenders around the warehouse resisted hastily and were in a panic for a while. Fortunately, they had relatively complete defenses and were able to barely block the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Just when the Japanese officers and soldiers felt they could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard the roar of rumbling machines, and then a large number of tanks and armored vehicles rushed forward.
The Japanese officers and soldiers guarding the bunkers and trenches had no anti-tank weapons and were helpless in the face of the sudden torrent of steel.
The Eighth Route Army's tank troops quickly broke through the enemy's position. The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army behind the tank troops spread out to eliminate the Japanese defenders.
The Japanese were hiding in the bunker and originally thought it was relatively safe. However, the large number of 82mm recoilless rifles and rocket launchers carried by the Eighth Route Army completely shattered their dreams.
The Japanese firepower points were destroyed one by one, and their defense line quickly collapsed.
A large number of Eighth Route Army officers quickly rushed into the enemy's position. Soon after, a large number of Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers rushed into the courtyard of the No. 1 Military Station, and then rushed towards the tunnel.
After the battle started, the Japanese officers and soldiers in the depot warehouse ran into the tunnels one after another. After they entered the tunnels, some ran into other tunnels, and some stayed in the hall.
The vast majority of these personnel are support personnel, and many of them do not even have a gun on them. They also hoped to capture the ammunition warehouse as soon as possible, but unfortunately they couldn't get in at all.
The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers quickly annihilated the Japanese troops in the military station compound and compressed the remaining Japanese troops into the tunnel. Then the Eighth Route Army rushed towards the tunnel.
The Japanese officers and soldiers in the tunnel fired guns outside, causing casualties to several Eighth Route officers and soldiers.
Seeing this situation, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to temporarily stop the attack, and then sent someone to call the tank brigade over to deal with the Japanese troops in the tunnel.
(End of chapter)
