"The Fourth Battalion arrived in Mengjiazhuang, south of Li County, yesterday and assisted the local county brigade in establishing a stable base."
"However, the main force of the Fourth Battalion was discovered by the Japs, and the Japs knew that we were the main force."
"That's a guerrilla zone after all."
"The Japs are deeply infiltrated and it's difficult to hide it completely."
Yangcun.
Zhang Dabiao, chief of staff of the independent regiment, reported to Li Yunlong the latest battle report in Li County.
"fine."
"Let the devil find out that it's part of the plan."
Li Yunlong's tone was calm.
This time his goal was the flag of the Japs Westfield United, and the others were all cover for this purpose.
Unless the little Jaap can guess his purpose and knows that Brother Lu can locate the Japs' alliance flag anytime and anywhere, the more vigilant the Japs are, the higher the probability that he will succeed in seizing the Japs' alliance flag.
When the Japanese go out to attack and enter the base area to conduct sweeps, the flag guard team will follow them.
But in pursuit, they will definitely not bring the flag guard team, but stay at the station.
That's his chance.
"Order the fourth battalion to start harassing the Japanese."
"Be ruthless!"
Li Yunlong emphasized:
"Let the devils know that it is not just the troops of the 38th Route Brigade who are coming, but also our independent regiment!"
Since the annihilation of the Shandao Regiment, the 386th Brigade has become famous. The Japs around the Taiyue base have strengthened their defenses, especially in Wuxiang County, which has more than 1,700 Japs stationed because it is close to the independent regiment.
If you include the Japs stationed in strongholds around Wuxiang County, the total number exceeds 2,000.
For a county, the scale is unprecedented.
Japanese transport teams never even operated below squadron size.
It is enough to see that after being beaten several times, the Japanese's carelessness and rampant behavior finally changed a little.
"yes!"
After Zhang Dabiao stood at attention and saluted, he immediately began to execute the order.
···
When Zhang Dabiao left, the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment and the brigade transportation team also began to gather at the brigade headquarters, led by Cheng Shifa himself.
This time the 772nd Regiment performed a transportation mission.
Inside the brigade headquarters.
Looking at the half million yuan stacked in the yard of the brigade headquarters,
"I never thought that one day we would also have to worry about transporting funds."
The brigade commander couldn't help but sigh.
Five hundred thousand silver dollars.
Including packaging, the total weight is fifteen tons.
Materials of this weight are nothing to the Taiyue Military Region. Any transportation team can transport them to any county, major village or town, and there is almost no need to worry about any danger.
The transportation network plan with Yangcun as the center and each main force group as the node has brought tangible results. In the widened section of the mountain horse road, under good weather, Taipei equipped with new mules and horses The Yue base transportation team can maintain a minimum transportation of 50 kilometers per day.
The maximum can even reach nearly 70 kilometers per day.
With some militia troops joining the road construction team, the size of the road construction team in the Taiyue base area has now reached 15,000 people, and the widening and smooth mountain horse road project is extending at a rate of six kilometers per day.
It has connected almost every major village, town and county on the east side of Taiyue Mountain Area.
But this batch of silver coins needs to be transported to Mount Wutai, the base area of the 115th Division.
Not only is the distance long, it is expected to take half a month, and it also needs to cross the Zhengtai Line, which is heavily blocked by Japanese troops. It is a very dangerous and arduous transportation task.
Therefore, the brigade headquarters dispatched a brigade transportation team equipped with new mules and horses for transportation, and also asked the 772nd Regiment to be responsible for the full escort and contact surrounding base areas for full assistance.
Otherwise, only half a million silver dollars would not be transported.
As for the 500,000 silver dollars that were also transported to the Jinan base area, it was much simpler.
After the capture of Liao County, the control areas of the Taiyue Base Area and the Taihang Base Area were all connected by roads, allowing transport teams to reach them directly. The Jinan Base Area and the Taihang Base Area were also connected by mountain roads.
Although it is a rugged mountain horse trail, transporting fifteen tons of silver coins is not a problem.
The most troublesome thing is actually the 50,000 silver dollars transported to Beiping.
This is a far longer transportation distance than going to Wutai Mountain, and it is the most severe test for underground transportation lines.
Fortunately, the 50,000 silver dollars only weighed 1.5 tons, and the headquarters was responsible for transporting them. They took the route to the southern Hebei base area and then transported them covertly through the Pinghan Line. It had nothing to do with the 386th Brigade.
"lets go."
"remember."
Before departure, the brigade commander said to Cheng Shifa:
"People are more important than money. We must ensure the safety of transportation teams and troops at critical times."
Three million silver dollars per month have been obtained.
as well as,
According to intelligence from Taiyuan, the new chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army have also taken office.
The walking three million silver dollars are in place again.
It is expected that the army will not be short of funds in the future. If there is not enough, just kill a few Japanese chiefs of staff of the First Army. There is no need to lose precious soldiers for a mere five hundred thousand silver dollars.
"yes!"
Cheng Shifa stood at attention and saluted.
···
Taiyuan.
First Army Headquarters.
"Really not the chief of staff?"
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Yamamoto and asked with a smile.
Yoshio Shinozuka regarded Yamamoto as his absolute confidant, who had good military capabilities but was slow in dealing with interpersonal relationships. The first thing Shinozuka Yoshio thought of as the vacated chief of staff this time was Yamamoto.
But contrary to Yoshio Shinozuka's expectation, Yamamoto refused.
"General."
"The head of the First Army Intelligence Section is a better match for my special operations skills."
Kazuki Yamamoto replied:
"I must find out the source and transportation channels of Tubal Road's supplies, and then destroy him."
"This is a more worthy target than the Eighth Route Army headquarters."
The current situation made Yamamoto realize one thing.
As long as he finds the source of materials and transportation channels on Tubal Road, and dispatches special forces to cut off the transportation channels, he will be able to gain real say and promote special tactics.
Although serving as chief of staff of the First Army has greater power, it is useless for promoting special operations and will only consume his time.
"good."
"Then you continue to be responsible for this."
Finding the sources and transportation channels for the Eighth Route Army supplies was also a very critical task, so Yoshio Shinozuka no longer forced Yamamoto:
"If you can find the source of weapons, ammunition and supplies for the Eighth Route Army before the North China Front Army Intelligence Section, you will be able to find out, general."
As the Shandao Regiment was completely wiped out.
The supplies that appeared in the Taiyue Mountains not only attracted the attention of the North China Front Army, but even the base camp began to pay attention. For this reason, the North China Front Army formed a special investigation team to investigate the matter.
The person in charge is Colonel Matsuzaki Naoto, chief of the Beijing Evaluation Agency Section.
"Hi."
Yamamoto's eyes suddenly lit up.
If he can be promoted to a general and his voice is increased, coupled with the support of General Shinozuka and the support of North China Front Chief of Staff Miyano Michichi, then the promotion of special operations will definitely go much smoother.
···
"strangeness."
"How did it get transported in?"
Northern Review.
The secret service section directly under the North China Front,
Section Chief Naoto Matsuzaki looked at the information in front of him and frowned deeply.
Starting in March, Tuba Road in Taiyue Mountain District, SX Province, North China, received a large amount of imported weapons, ammunition and materials, causing serious problems in local security.
The imperial army suffered repeated attacks and suffered heavy losses.
There was even a serious problem of one regiment being wiped out.
Recently, these weapons, ammunition and materials have begun to spread, and these imported weapons, ammunition and materials have appeared in most areas of North China, including southern Hebei.
Seriously affecting the security of the North China region of the empire.
For this reason, Commander Tada Shun ordered him to take charge of the investigation and asked the Special High School and other spy intelligence agencies to assist.
But when Naoto Matsuzaki put together all the intelligence, he found that the empire's entire North China Front army's three-month intelligence collection failed to provide any clues about the source of this batch of materials.
Not even a tiny bit.
It was as if these supplies appeared out of thin air in the Taiyue Mountains.
Focus on the north.
The first suspect is the enemy in the north.
However, the Mongolian Army stationed in Mongolia eliminated this suspicion after detailed investigation and diplomatic communication, and the north seems to be investigating the source of these materials.
"How can it be?"
Matsuzaki Naoto was puzzled.
From the imported flour that widely appeared in Yangquan, Taiyuan, and Pingshi, it can be concluded that the amount of materials obtained by Tubal Road in Taiyue Mountain District during the past three months definitely exceeded 50,000 tons.
least!
Fifty thousand tons!
Even in the Empire, rail transportation requires more than 800 trains and takes a month.
The mysterious force that provided supplies to Tubal Road did so without attracting any attention from the empire, and the subsequent investigation did not reveal any clues.
Unless shipped by air.
However, the Empire has not found any traces of aircraft flying over in the past three months, and there is no airport suitable for aircraft landing in the Taiyue Mountains.
Moreover, 50,000 tons were transported by air in three months, still to mountainous areas.
No country in the world has such a powerful air transport force.
Matsuzaki Naoto could not understand something so beyond theory and imagination.
"Stored in advance in a warehouse in the Taiyue Mountains?"
"But these materials are very new and were obviously produced recently. The possibility is very low."
"Underground transportation channel?"
"How long can it be to avoid the empire's sight?"
"How wide is it? How many months can it transport more than 50,000 tons of materials?"
"At present, it seems that it is almost impossible to investigate the source of these materials in a short time. Only by sending troops into the Taiyue Mountains for detailed investigation can we know."
After a lot of analysis and decision-making, Matsuzaki Naoto still couldn't investigate the source. However, as he had served in the Special High-Tech Department, he knew that intelligence investigations could not go too far, so he decisively changed his mind:
“Put aside the sources of materials and transportation channels for now.”
"Wait until the army invades the Taiyue Mountain area and then investigate."
"The current priority is to stop the spread of materials from the Taiyue Mountains."
"The transportation channels for materials coming out of the Taiyue Mountains are much clearer."
With his thoughts reaching this point, Matsuzaki Naoto's annoyance and doubts gradually dissipated.
No matter who is providing weapons, ammunition and supplies to Tubal Road, they are definitely not a direct opponent of the empire, or they do not dare to confront the empire directly, otherwise they would not provide supplies in such a covert manner.
Just a clown!
Since he is a clown, there is no need to worry.
(End of chapter)
