This is a top priority and is directly related to the safety of the arsenal, so these materials must be obtained in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, when the troops below received this order from their leader, they all became busy, just as the Eighth Route Army was busy.
The little devils on the other side were not idle either. When they realized that they had not been able to contact the pair of puppet soldiers they had sent for several days.
Feeling bad in his heart, the little Japanese chief of staff of the army noticed the situation and immediately reported the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka.
"Report to the general, the puppet army we sent out two days ago is now out of contact."
"Is it the puppet army that was sent deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army a few days ago?"
"Yes, General, there are more than five hundred people in total. We asked a newly-established unit disguised as the Eighth Route Army and arranged for them to go deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army."
"We are investigating information about the Eighth Route Army's new rifle and the location of its arsenal, but we have been unable to contact them since three days ago."
Upon hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka's heart sank and he immediately spoke.
"No need to contact us. If nothing else, they have been exposed. If I guess correctly, the Eighth Route Army probably already knows our purpose."
"Next, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be on heightened alert. It is no longer feasible for us to send people pretending to be the Eighth Route Army to inquire about information."
When he talked about the last part, Yoshio Shinozuka's face was very ugly. He didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would discover the identities of the people he sent so quickly.
In less than three days, the puppet army they sent out was exposed. The time was really too short. They had not been like this before.
They sent people dressed as the Eighth Route Army to find out the news. Although the final result was the same, they were discovered by the Eighth Route Army.
But the time difference is too short. Like in the past, no matter how short the time was, it would take more than a week before the Eighth Route Army discovered it.
If you are more lucky, sometimes it can even take half a month, but this time it is different, just three days.
It was discovered by the Eighth Route Army, which means that the Eighth Route Army's vigilance has been strengthened recently. When Shinozuka Yoshio thought of this new rifle recently produced by the Eighth Route Army.
I almost had an inference in my mind that the Eighth Route Army's recent sudden martial law must be about this new rifle. The purpose must be to not let the news of this new rifle leak out.
It can be seen that this new rifle has a very high status in the eyes of the Eighth Route Army. The more this happens, the more determined Yoshio Shinozuka is to destroy this arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.
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Otherwise, if we just sit back and watch the Eighth Route Army develop like this, it may directly grow into their number one enemy.
Realizing this, Yoshio Shinozuka obviously couldn't sit still. He had been fighting the Eighth Route Army in North China for so long, but he knew very well the difficulties of the Eighth Route Army.
Although the Eighth Route Army was difficult to deal with in the past, it did not pose a fatal threat to them because its weapons and equipment could not keep up.
But once the Eighth Route Army is allowed to make up for its shortcomings in weapons, it will be troublesome. Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said solemnly.
"Now that the Eighth Route Army is on guard, there is no need to send people pretending to be the Eighth Route Army to find out information. Tell the intelligence department that the time has come when the empire needs them."
"After raising them for so long, now it's time for them to play their role. No matter what method we think of, we must investigate the information about this rifle of the Eighth Route Army."
"As well as the arsenal where the Eighth Route Army manufactured this rifle. By the way, we also need to investigate clearly, where did the Eighth Route Army get these raw materials?"
"Making rifles and bullets in large quantities will definitely require a large amount of raw materials, as well as various machine tools, etc. Investigate these situations clearly, and then destroy them all in one fell swoop."
"Hayi, General."
Under the orders of Yoshio Shinozuka, the Japs also began to intensify their investigation into the M1 Garand rifle of the Eighth Route Army.
And from what Yoshio Shinozuka said, it can be seen that they paid more attention to this arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, as you can imagine.
Once Yoshio Shinozuka investigates the location of the arsenal, what will greet the arsenal will be a crazy bombing by the Japs.
At this time, in Li Yunlong's independent regiment, when Li Yunlong received the order from the leader, he directly called Kong Jie and Zhao Gang into the room.
"Old Kong, Old Zhao, there is a new task coming down from above, and our independent regiment is required to put down the work at hand and do whatever it takes."
"In the shortest possible time, the more materials we can obtain, the better. I am calling you here because I want to ask you if you know where this batch of materials can be found."
After saying that, he handed the information in his hands to the two of them. To be honest, it was useless for Li Yunlong to hold this information, just because he was illiterate.
That's why they called these two people over. To be precise, they pinned their hopes on Zhao Gang. After all, Zhao Gang was a top student at Yan University.
He must be more knowledgeable than himself. Maybe Zhao Gang has seen the materials on this. It would be best to know where it is.
Kong Jie took the information, briefly glanced at the materials above, and then shook his head.
"Lao Li, I don't know much about the things above."
At this time, when Zhao Gang saw the batch of things above, he fell into thinking. A few minutes later, Zhao Gang also expressed his thoughts.
"Lao Li, I know what the things above are, but I don't know exactly where they are, but I can make a guess."
"Children's counties usually have them. The things here may be a bit scarce for our Eighth Route Army, but for little devils."
"It's very common, so if you want to get the materials above, I suggest you go to the little devil's county."
"It's just that the danger is much greater. If you are not careful, you may be killed in the little devil's county."
When Li Yunlong and Kong Jie heard this, they understood the danger of this trip. At this time, Kong Jie on the side suggested.
"Why don't we ask the soldiers below to go to Xiaoguizi County to inquire about the information first? We will figure out a solution when we are sure that there really is something like this in the county."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Gang on the side shook his head and said.
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(pS: I’m still a little behind in catching up on reading today. It feels like a lot of people are reading books, woo woo woo~)
