Once this opportunity to make a fortune spreads, there will definitely be many jealous people.
After several days of fermentation, the incident spread that banks in Tan County, the hinterland of the Third Army of the North China Security Army, were repeatedly robbed by bandits.
It caused an uproar throughout northern Shanxi.
The forces from all sides lamented the boldness of these bandits, while mocking the weakness and incompetence of the North China security forces. Some even mocked the little devils together. There was no way, because all the banks that were robbed were all banks built by the devils!
The Japanese army continued to put pressure on the commander of the Third Army of the Public Security Army, ordering the puppet troops of the Third Army to catch the bandits as soon as possible and take back the cash.
In the hinterland of the North China Security Army and the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas, the Japanese were taunting them to their heart's content.
"Because your security forces are weak and incompetent, bandits dare to come to your territory to rob banks. But this situation will never happen in the counties under the jurisdiction of our Imperial Japanese Army."
Regarding Yangquan, the Japanese army captain Nakahara Joeo who was stationed in Yangquan County said this.
In the independent regiment, the commando team members rested for two or three days in a row. Kong Jie kept his promise and rewarded each team member with 500 yuan, and also gave the commando team a two-day holiday.
Task:
Take the money and go to Yangquan to spend money. But when you get to the county town, don't just focus on eating, drinking and having fun. Take a look at the Japanese and puppet banks in Yangquan County, step in the spots, and investigate the situation.
So on the evening of the fifth day, when the captain of the Yangquan Japanese Army, Joe Nakahara, vowed to declare that the bandits would never dare to rob the Japanese bank in Yangquan.
Ye Min set off with the team members.
The operation to seize the cash flow of Japanese banks in Yangquan was launched immediately.
The eighth day.
The breaking news spread to all directions.
For three consecutive days, many Japanese and puppet banks in Yangquan were robbed by bandits.
What's more, within one day, three Japanese banks were robbed at the same time.
The most shocking thing is that the situation in which the Japanese bank was robbed in Yangquan is exactly the same as that in Tan County.
The masked bandits, a team of ten or twenty people, came and left even faster.
The Japs from the gendarmerie and the puppet soldiers from the garrison gathered their teams from the gendarmerie and puppet garrison camps and got their guns. However, before they even got halfway there, the bandits who robbed the bank had already disappeared.
The news was so shocking that all forces and people in northern Shanxi had not had time to digest it.
The situation once again took a new turn.
It didn’t take long for the trend of robbing Japanese banks to spread in all directions, centered on Tan County, like a plague.
First Tan County, then Yangquan, then Shouyang, Ping'an County, and even Taiyuan City were said to have been robbed.
It was a big joke now.
The Japanese military command headquarters, which always prides itself on maintaining stable public security, saw the old faces of Japanese military officers being beaten hard one by one.
The Japanese and puppet banks were constantly robbed, and the Japanese army's finances suffered a big impact.
The Japanese army initially built Japanese and puppet banks in various occupied areas. The biggest purpose was to monopolize the finance in the occupied areas and provide a steady stream of financial support to the invading forces.
Now that this pillar is under attack, the little devil can't sit still.
If the major banks continue to suffer losses like this, the Japanese will even have to allocate funds to make up for the loopholes.
After the Japanese military command gave the order, all the garrison forces in the county, as well as the intelligence department, were mobilized to strengthen the defense of the bank and step up their efforts to find out the truth about the robbery of the bank.
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The commando team was given another leave by Kong Jie.
"During this period, everyone carried out armed actions to seize cash flow, causing quite a stir. The Japanese will definitely strengthen the security forces in various counties, especially the defense and security measures of banks."
"No action will be taken during this period. The commando team is entering a period of repair."
Kong Jie issued the latest instructions to the commando team.
Dong San, the director of the Logistics Department, counted the coins recovered from the robbery of the Japanese and puppet banks by the commandos during this period, rushed to the regiment headquarters, and reported to Kong Jiehui:
"Captain, now we really don't have to worry about the financial aspects of our independent group. In the Tan County treasury, the commando team seized nearly 400,000 yuan in daily tickets and 200,000 yuan in legal currency."
"Eight more seizures were made in a row during this period."
"Currently, the Ministry of Finance has made statistics and found that a total of more than 853,400 yuan in daily bills, more than 358,600 yuan in legal currency, and other types of paper bills have been seized, totaling more than 100 million yuan. .”
And how much is this money?
For example, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the national military government promised to pay the Eighth Route Army.
Based on the establishment of three divisions and 45,000 people, the monthly military pay is about 630,000 yuan, including 300,000 yuan for living expenses, 200,000 yuan for combat expenses, 50,000 yuan for subsidies, and medical subsidies. 10,000 yuan, rice allowance subsidy and military depot subsidy 70,000 yuan
Of course, in fact, this number was reached initially, and it was basically not reached in the subsequent years.
For example, it was at the beginning of the year when the Eighth Route Army had not launched any offensive operations.
The Eighth Route Army can only receive 400,000 military pay in about a month.
But in fact, the size of the Eighth Route Army has long exceeded the establishment of three divisions. This little money is simply not enough. In addition, half of the military salaries must be left to the central government for control. In fact, when there are three divisions, each It would be good if the division could receive a military salary of fifty to sixty thousand yuan.
There was not enough money, so each regiment could only raise its own food in the base areas behind enemy lines.
At the beginning of the year, Kong Jie heard that his division only received a total of 100,000 yuan in military expenses for two months. When divided evenly, the military expenses were only 50,000 yuan a month.
In this regard, the division headquarters also stated that it would save 10,000 yuan and hand it over to the central government for deployment and expenditure. The frontline combat troops behind enemy lines should try their best to raise food funds through seizures and self-cultivation to solve the food problem of the troops.
It is really because there is not much funding. In addition to the three divisions that need money, the schools and agencies in the rear also need money in all aspects.
Calculated in this way, 40,000 yuan is the military expenditure of Kong Jie's entire division for one month.
The purchasing power of daily tickets is not bad. Although the purchasing power of French currency has dropped a lot due to rising prices in recent years, it is still considerable.
In other words, the coins seized by the independent regiment through the commando force's armed cash flow operation were enough to pay the entire division's military expenses for more than thirty months.
At this time, this was a considerable sum of money.
Even for the elite Central Army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, one division only received a monthly salary of around 100,000 yuan.
Thinking of this, Kong Jie nodded after listening to Dong San's report.
"After returning, this matter was carried out in secret. Prepare 200,000 legal currency and 600,000 daily tickets. Wrap it in a sack and tie it up twice, and then send it to the regiment headquarters. In addition, we will send 100,000 yuan for the coal stove we just built. Come here, pull two carts with briquettes."
"Yes!" Dong San responded.
Not long after, Dong San arranged for a team from the logistics department to deliver sacks, briquettes, and coal stoves.
Kong Jie called the monk again and ordered: "Monk, remember this. The bag contains military expenses sent to the brigade headquarters. There are a total of 600,000 daily tickets and 200,000 legal currency. You must hand it to the brigade commander and political commissar in person. In addition to these briquette stoves and briquettes in hand, tell the brigade commander and political commissar that it is our independent regiment that sends warmth to the brigade headquarters."
"Oh, by the way, be sure to tell the brigade commander and political commissar that the air circulation must be ensured when using this coal stove, and the windows or doors must be opened, otherwise it is easy to be poisoned by gas."
"Forget it, here are the precautions and methods for using this briquette stove that I wrote in my hand. You can take them to the brigade headquarters."
"yes!"
The monk nodded in agreement and led a platoon from the guard company, pulling two carts of briquettes, containing ten coal stoves, plus several bags of paper money, and rushed towards the brigade headquarters.
The money must be handed over to the brigade commander, who will then hand it over to the headquarters. The headquarters now needs money more than the independent regiment.
Kong Jie has also heard about the matter. It has been nearly four months since the last battle of Shotai ended.
In the past nearly four months, the national military government has not paid half a cent of military expenditures to the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army's logistical supply capabilities are inherently poor, with supplies and equipment lacking, and funds even less.
Otherwise, the team would not be unable to afford military pay.
The hundreds of thousands of military salaries provided by the national military government every month, although not much, are one of the important sources of funding for the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, due to the recent raid, the supply of funds was directly stopped. I heard that the headquarters is now at a loss. Kong Jie only hopes that the military funds sent there can respond to emergencies...
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