September 16, 1939.
Japanese Ambassador to the Soviet Union Togo and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signed an armistice agreement, and both sides stopped all actual military operations at 2 a.m.
The Japanese Kwantung Army's battle at Nomenkan came to an end.
On the Soviet side, more than 9,700 people were killed or missing, and 16,000 people were injured. It was a tragic victory!
But the significance of the Battle of Nomenkan is extraordinary.
The Battle of Nomonhan completely failed the Japanese Kwantung Army's attempt to invade the west, which in turn forced the Japanese army to abandon the "Northward Advance Policy" and choose the "Southward Advance Policy", attack the Pacific Islands, and sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, which ultimately led to the Japanese invasion Total destruction.
Taiyuan Military Police Headquarters
"Captain Zhong, please let me go, please let me go, I will give you all my money, please let me live." A middle-aged man cried bitterly at Zhong Yunhe's feet.
Zhong Yunhe kicked him away: "Drag him down and kill him."
Several soldiers from the Royal Association Army came over and dragged the middle-aged man away mercilessly. Soon, the sound of shooting could be heard outside.
After Zhong Yunhe got off work, when he returned home, Wu Ze had just finished cooking.
"Oze, I will get rid of everyone on that list for you." Zhong Yunhe said to Wu Ze while picking up chopsticks to eat.
In the past, Wu Ze gave him a list of more than a dozen people. Zhong Yunhe followed Wu Ze's method and today he got rid of the last person.
"Yes." Wu Ze nodded and sat down in front of Zhong Yunhe: "You didn't steal the property of those traitors, did you?"
"If you don't let me embezzle it, how dare I." Zhong Yunhe nodded quickly, "I handed it all over."
"Starting from tomorrow, you have to do something else." Wu Ze said.
"What are you doing?" Zhong Yunhe asked suspiciously, "We have now completely established a foothold in Taiyuan. From now on, as long as we don't cause any trouble or cause trouble, we can survive peacefully. That'll be fine."
"You have to learn to make money." Wu Ze said.
"Make money?" Zhong Yunhe didn't quite understand what Wu Ze meant. "We are not short of money now, and we have no place to use money. All expenses can be reimbursed."
"If you want to completely stabilize in Taiyuan, you must learn to give gifts to the princes and further strengthen the relationship. In this way, if there is any accident later, you will not be regarded as an outcast." Wu Ze Said, "And to give gifts, you need a lot of money."
"Then how do you make this money?" Zhong Yunhe asked.
"This is all written for you here. Just follow it." Wu Ze handed Zhong Yunhe a piece of paper with words written all over it.
Zhong Yunhe took it and looked at it, his brows jumped: "Oze, you, you, you asked me to do smuggling!!"
"What are you afraid of? I'm not asking you to smuggle prohibited materials, but I'm asking you to smuggle some living supplies." Wu Zedao, "There are a few people here in Taiyuan who don't smuggle, and everyone is doing it. You are the only one with Qingfeng in your sleeves. You If you don't follow the crowd, do you think the princes really like an upright official like you?"
Wu Ze has already cleared up the links in the arsenal. Wu Ze has found a way to get rid of the scrap parts and other items in the arsenal.
But to get out of Taiyuan, we have to rely on Zhong Yunhe to open up the smuggling route.
"Yes, yes, but I still don't have a clue..." The last person Zhong Yunhe killed today was for smuggling.
"As long as I'm here, you don't know anything!" Wu Ze glared, "How many people want to come to Taiyuan but have no chance. When you come, you have to make good use of it. Otherwise, you won't be able to work for two months and will be beaten back to the third place. Fourth Brigade, there will be another war at that time, do you want to go back?"
"Well, let me do it first."
Zhong Yunhe didn't want to go back even if he died. On the one hand, he didn't want to fight. The Eighth Route Army's troops were so noisy that they even killed the 13th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army and the Da Dao Brigade, and the entire county town of Ping'an was gone. If the trouble didn't go well, he That defense zone will soon fall.
On the other hand, Zhong Yunhe saw the colorful world of Taiyuan. Although he did not miss the proprietress of the Japanese restaurant, Zhong Yunhe had several other goals again. He was changing his hair for the second spring, so he was reluctant to leave Taiyuan. .
"Don't do it first!" Wu Ze said solemnly, "Under the prosperity of Taiyuan, there are countless dead bones buried. Whatever you do, you must be careful, just like if you want to glow with a second spring."
The old guy Zhong Yunhe was thinking about the other two widows again. Wu Ze already knew about this.
However, these two widows are not good things. Zhong Yunhe's broken pot has a broken lid, and Wu Ze is too lazy to take care of it. As long as Zhong Yunhe doesn't provoke the Japanese, there won't be much trouble.
This is the nature of Zhong Yunhe, an old guy. If he is asked to restrain himself, it will look unnatural.
"Ahem, Ozawa, Chunli and I are just..." Zhong Yunhe looked a little embarrassed when he heard Wu Ze say that he was glowing with a second spring.
"As long as you don't bring those messy women to me, you can do whatever you like." Wu Ze said.
"Oze, don't worry, I will never let Chunli and the others disturb you!" Zhong Yunhe said immediately.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, explain your affairs, hurry up, and get through the smuggling link as soon as possible." Wu Ze took out the gold bars Pu You had given him and placed them all in front of Zhong Yunhe.
To break through the smuggling link, Zhong Yunhe's money alone was not enough, Wu Ze had to add more money.
"Don't worry, I will definitely get it done for you soon." Zhong Yunhe accepted the gold bar given by Wu Ze without asking any questions.
To do business, you must invest money.
As long as the smuggling link is cleared, these costs can be earned back quickly.
The second day.
Wu Ze went to work as usual.
Due to the failure of the Nomenkan battle, the Japanese cabinet was furious, and Yoshio Shinozuka was also scolded.
Originally, the Battle of Nomonkan had nothing to do with Yoshio Shinozuka, but Yoshio Shinozuka's World War II area has not made much achievements recently, and Li Yunlong also destroyed the 13th mixed brigade of the Imperial Association Army and a Japanese brigade, and lost another county.
Yoshio Shinozuka was also affected by the remaining anger of the cabinet. Yoshio Shinozuka was scolded, so he also wanted to take his anger out on these people below.
Although the impact on the arsenal was not great, the atmosphere in the arsenal was not very good either.
Wu Ze inspected the warehouse and came to Pu You.
Seeing Wu Ze coming, Pu You poured tea for Wu Ze happily.
Wu Ze looked at Pu You: "Director Pu, your expression seems to be about something happy?"
The atmosphere on the Japs side is not good now, but Pu You can still be happy.
"It's not a happy event." Pu You said modestly, "If everything goes well, I should be able to get the position of deputy factory director by the end of the year."
"Congratulations, Director Pu." Wu Ze congratulated quickly.
"Haha." Pu You laughed, "When the time comes, we will have the opportunity to show off our skills."
"Director Pu, it's better to keep a low profile now." Wu Ze reminded, "The atmosphere in the headquarters is not very good now."
Pu You tried hard to control his emotions and looked at Wu Ze, "Tonight, come to my house for dinner. Your sister-in-law has recently become obsessed with Chinese food, and her cooking is delicious."
"Director Pu, I'm still busy designing light weapons. I haven't had a clue lately. The factory director has been urging me." Wu Ze refused casually.
As for Inoue Saki's obsession with cooking Chinese food, it was Wu Ze who secretly worked to make Inoue Saki wear a new cuckold on Puyou.
After Wu Ze gets the machine, he will withdraw.
And Pu You's money cannot be wasted.
At that time, this new cuckold will harvest Puyou's pocket through Saki Inoue at the right time.
"The empire's small arms design is a top priority, so I won't bother you." Upon hearing this, Pu You stopped insisting.
He has seen recently that Ichiro Iwashima and Cihei Okamoto often run to Wu Ze.
"When I have free time, I will definitely come to Director Pu's house to try my sister-in-law's craftsmanship."
"Okay, okay."
…
Ten days later
"Ozawa, look, this is the profit from our first order."
Zhong Yunhe was very excited and showed the profit in front of Wu Ze. If converted into gold bars, he could exchange for two.
"Not bad, old guy, it seems you have a talent for smuggling." Wu Ze weighed the big ocean bag in front of him and said with a smile: "Keep it up, but there can't be only one channel, and there must be two more smuggling channels, just in case. just in case."
The smuggling channel was settled so quickly and the first order was successfully completed. This old guy Zhong Yunhe indeed has a talent in this area.
You know, the smuggling plate is so big. If Zhong Yunhe squeezes in, he will disturb other people's cakes, which will cause considerable resistance.
"Okay, no problem." Zhong Yunhe nodded.
"The next time you smuggle, I will send someone to follow you." Wu Zedao, "I want to see if your smuggling road is safe enough."
If he hadn't been unable to escape, Wu Ze would have followed him personally.
"Don't you believe me?" Zhong Yunhe looked at Wu Ze, "It must be safe, otherwise..."
"It's not up to you whether it's safe or not, it's up to me." Wu Ze interrupted Zhong Yunhe.
"Okay, okay." Zhong Yunhe nodded.
Wu Ze contacted the proprietress again.
This time the meeting place has changed, it is no longer a Japanese restaurant.
We often meet at Japanese restaurants, and it’s easy for others to trace the patterns in our lives.
"How is it? How is the progress at Morishan Otani?" When they met, Wu Ze asked Morishan Otani first.
On Moriyama Otani's side, the original plan was for Wu Ze to have a relationship with Moriyama Otani.
But Wu Ze tried twice, and Moriyama and Otani both rejected him, so Wu Ze had to give up and let the landlady follow his instructions.
First send someone to sneak in and secretly learn the copper smelting technology, and then figure out how to build a boiler machine later.
As for using Moriyama Otani to influence Yoshio Shinozuka’s decision-making, we’ll talk about that later.
"It went very well, people have been arranged to enter the copper smelting factory." The boss's wife replied.
"Yes." Wu Ze hummed and said, "I have arranged for Taiyuan Security Brigade Captain Zhong Yunhe to set up a smuggling route. You will send someone to follow it on a different day, mainly to check whether this route is safe. Later, we will have Important supplies are transferred through this smuggling route."
"Okay." The landlady responded.
Although the boss lady did not mention Wu Ze's help in killing the people on the boss's list with the help of Zhong Yunhe, she admired Wu Ze's ability in her heart.
…
A few days later, Wu Ze and the proprietress met again.
"Great Wall, my people have confirmed that this line is very safe, but the things transported should not be too heavy." The proprietress replied to Wu Ze.
"It's okay, the things I want to transport aren't heavy." Wu Ze said calmly.
He didn't want to use Zhong Yunhe's smuggling method to get the machines out of the arsenal and copper smelting factory. That would have to rely on Pu You, who became the deputy director of the arsenal.
What Zhong Yunhe's smuggling channel needs to transport now are machine parts.
When the time comes, if the machine is taken back, if it breaks down, parts will have to be replaced.
"I will put my things in the designated place, and you will send someone to pick them up, and then transport them out through Zhong Yunhe's smuggling channel." Wu Ze said, "After transporting them out, they will be hidden in safe places outside."
"Okay." The landlady nodded.
…
"Old guy, my people have checked your smuggling route and it's very safe." Wu Ze came back and praised Zhong Yunhe.
"I just told you, it's very safe." Zhong Yunhe was very proud.
"But starting from the next smuggling, I will also bring some private goods." Wu Ze said.
"You also want to bring in private goods?" Zhong Yunhe paused and looked at Wu Ze: "If you have any private goods, just ask me to get them for you."
"These private goods belong to the princes." Wu Ze deliberately frightened him, "Actually, the people checking your smuggling route are not my people at all, but the princes from the headquarters."
"What, those are not your people, they are people from the headquarters Taijun!" When Zhong Yunhe heard this, his brows jumped: "You are cheating me..."
"Old guy, I didn't let you know at first because I was worried that you would be under pressure." Wu Ze interrupted, "There is no pressure now. In the future, there will be goods from the headquarters Taijun on this line, and no one will dare to touch it. It’s safer.”
"What is Taijun's personal belongings?" Zhong Yunhe asked.
"I don't know about this." Wu Ze shook his head and warned, "But don't take it apart and look at it."
"Are you sure there won't be any problems?" Zhong Yunhe was still worried.
"What's the problem? It's the goods of Taijun of the headquarters. I help him carry the goods, which is equivalent to improving our relationship. It will be more conducive for us to live in Taiyuan in the future." Wu Zedao.
"Who is the other party?" Zhong Yunhe was curious, and he agreed with Wu Ze's words.
If there is goods belonging to important Japanese high-ranking officials on this route, Wu Ze can help them make money and build connections.
"Don't ask so much about this. In short, I can't lead you to death." Wu Zedao, "After all, you and I are both grasshoppers on the same rope."
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say." Zhong Yunhe didn't think so much anymore.
If it weren't for the third child, he would definitely still be hiding in the fourth brigade, fearing an attack from the Eighth Route Army.
Since the third child can let him come to Taiyuan to hang out and take root in Taiyuan, no matter what the third child says, we will just cooperate.
new group
Li Yunlong was practicing calligraphy when guard Wei Dayong came to report: "Report to the leader, Captain Kong of the Independent Regiment is here."
"Let him come in." Li Yunlong kept writing.
Kong Jie walked in and looked at Li Yunlong practicing his calligraphy carefully. He was very suspicious: "Old Li, if you don't hurry up and worry about your promotion, why are you practicing calligraphy?"
In the past, Kong Jie, the 13th brigade of the Imperial Association Army, took half of the weapons. Of course, the brigade commander also made a fortune in part.
However, the ammunition and guns left for Kong Jie are still sufficient, and the logistics department has added troops to Kong Jie. The total number of soldiers and horses in the independent regiment now totals more than 1,560.
The independent regiment is now taking the time to train, and its combat effectiveness is getting stronger day by day, but Kong Jie is still thinking about his position as deputy brigade commander.
No matter how good the independent group is, it can't compare to Li Yunlong, the new group.
If you can follow this guy Li Yunlong and become a deputy brigade commander, it will definitely be better than continuing to be an independent regiment commander.
"Lao Kong, do you think I don't want to be promoted?" Li Yunlong kept writing, "The brigade commander said that we want to be a brigade commander. We must pass the cultural study. I have to pass the exam at the headquarters. Our new Only as a group can we get the expanded number and we can be promoted."
"No wonder you are working so hard to practice calligraphy." Kong Jie suddenly realized that he was just weird.
This kid Li Yunlong captured Ping'an County again and made great achievements. The superiors did not give him a promotion. It turned out that they wanted Lao Li to arrest Wen Wen.
This guy Lao Li is not a scholar.
It’s hard for him to practice calligraphy so hard now.
"Kong Er, don't you have any big job, are you going to trick us into following you out?" Li Yunlong asked Kong Jie.
"Where, where." Kong Jie waved his hands, "How can such a big job be so easy to come across."
"Then you are here to care about the position of deputy brigade commander?" Li Yunlong glanced at Kong Jie.
"That's for sure." Kong Jie didn't hide it, "Being a deputy brigade commander is definitely better than being a regiment commander."
"Old Kong, your culture is not much better than mine. If you are thinking about the position of deputy brigade commander, then you should seize the time to study." Li Yunlong said, "When the time comes, our old Li will be promoted, and his subordinates will not need it. Illiterate Deputy Brigadier Bangchui!"
"Li Yunlong, don't worry, our cultural level is better than yours at any time!" Kong Jie was full of confidence. In fact, during this time, he was also strengthening his cultural studies.
"Hey, Kong Er, you are so awesome. If you can't be the deputy brigade commander because your education level is not up to par, don't blame me, Old Li, for not supporting you!" Li Yunlong said.
"Absolutely not." Kong Jie was confident, and then asked in a low voice, "Old Li, do you have any news about Wu Ze?"
"Not yet, the brigade commander said to wait." Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie, "During this period, you, Old Kong, should also train the troops. By then, even if we pretend to attack Taiyuan, it will be hard work."
"Don't worry, my independent group has been training every day and has not missed a day." Kong Jie said seriously, tentatively: "Old Li, do you think Wu Ze will come back with us this time?"
"That's hard to say." Although Li Yunlong misses Wu Ze very much, now Li Yunlong also knows that Wu Ze is not a thing in the pool.
Even if he comes back, he will probably have to enter the headquarters. The small temple of Xinyi Tuan cannot accommodate this great god.
But Lao Li is still very proud in his heart. No matter what, these are the people who came out of our new group.
If our Lao Li accidentally gets into trouble or makes any mistakes in the future, Xiao Wu will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. We are also considered as people at the headquarters.
"Then let's wait and see." Kong Jie simply said.
Although Wu Ze was not a member of the independent group, his wisdom really impressed Kong Jie.
Kong Jie was thinking that if Wu Ze could come back, he must ask him for advice.
On the surface, Kong Jie wants to be Li Yunlong's deputy brigade commander. In fact, who doesn't want to be the official?
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie are brothers who got mixed up in the same class. He is the leader and we are the deputy. No matter how you think about it, they are a bit awkward.
Isn’t it true that Li Yunlong has made more contributions than me, Kong Jie? When the time comes, I, Kong Jie, will also make some great achievements under Wu Ze’s guidance. Isn’t this going to be a step up?
