The highest officer in the battery was a warrant officer.
Yoshino Ibi's military rank is second lieutenant.
Although it is only one level higher, it is a gap that is difficult to jump in the Japanese army.
According to Xu San, death in battle also requires military rank. Generally speaking, those below second lieutenant are not worthy of death in battle.
This is not Xu Sanxin's nonsense, but the Japanese military status management basically targets lieutenants and above.
It's not that there were no people below the rank of lieutenant, but the management was mediocre and it was very difficult to read. This was the reason why the reports of Japanese dead in that period often only had numbers and no specific names.
In addition, in the Japanese army, those above the rank of lieutenant officer are basically the children of nobles.
If civilians want to rely on military merit to be promoted, they can basically reach the level of warrant officer. If they want to be promoted further, they need to use connections.
The warrant officer stationed in the gun tower was the kind of person who had military merit but no way to get around.
When he heard that Yoshinohan had a way to help him move around, he immediately treated him as a distinguished guest. Since it was just in time for the meal, he arranged a table of more sumptuous food and drinks.
Yoshino rice didn't want to eat because he came with a mission.
He wanted to find out whether the ransom money was in this stronghold, so he said, "Mr. Rice Field, I ate a little on the way here, and I'm not hungry yet."
"Then let's eat later?" Inada asked tentatively.
Yoshino neither agreed nor objected. According to the words he prepared, he said, "I'm here to replenish ammunition. Let's finish the business first and then talk about eating."
"Okay, then I'll take you there." Inada made a gesture of invitation.
Immediately, under the leadership of Inada, Yoshino Ibi and two other special forces members entered the arsenal of the stronghold.
According to the fake Kong Jie's description, the ransom money was placed in the stronghold's arsenal, which is why Yamamoto asked Yoshino to supply ammunition.
Originally, Yoshino thought it would take a lot of effort to enter the arsenal.
Unexpectedly, Warrant Officer Inada directly opened the door of the arsenal for the sake of his relationship with Yoshinora, allowing him to choose as he pleased.
After entering, he found two Japanese soldiers standing next to several boxes.
Although the boxes were covered with lids and could not see what was inside, Yoshino was 90% certain that the boxes contained ransom money.
Since it was a supply of ammunition, Yoshino of course pretended to pick some 6.5mm bullets and some grenades.
After replenishing the commonly used ammunition, Yoshino Ichiba left the arsenal. Before leaving, he glanced at the two soldiers who were guarding the ransom, and then asked, "Are the Inada Army's arsenal afraid of being stolen?"
The stronghold's arsenal is not large, only twenty square meters in size. It is indeed a bit awkward to arrange for two people to guard it full-time.
It's really not strange for Yoshinohan to ask this.
"Well." Inada hesitated for a moment and made an excuse, "These two are not my subordinates, they are in charge of..."
With that, he leaned into Yoshinohan's ear and said, "Gas bomb."
Yoshino Han nodded, this reason is indeed valid.
In order to avoid international public opinion, the little devil is very careful about the use of gas bombs, trying to avoid being caught by Wai Guoren.
From the subtle changes in Inada's expression, Yoshino knew that he was lying, but he also confirmed that the boxes in the arsenal contained ransom money.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet, Yoshinohan used a flashlight to signal Yamamoto, informing him that the ransom was the stronghold.
After notifying Yamamoto, Yoshino looked at the time and saw that there was still half an hour before the agreed time.
So he decided to go to dinner, so that most of the officers could be tied up so that they could not direct the battle immediately.
Sure enough, after entering the room, he saw three people except Paddy.
Judging from their military ranks, they should all be junior leaders in this stronghold.
The stronghold is relatively simple, with no tatami mats or low tables.
Including the people brought by Yoshino Rice, a total of eight people sat down around an Eight Immortals table.
The dishes on the table are a mixture of Chinese and Japanese, including roasted chicken elbows and Japanese side dishes, always a combination of meat and vegetables, and there are about a dozen dishes.
Looking at the dishes on the table, Yoshinohan smiled and said, "Inada-kun, you are so considerate. In such a short time, you have prepared such a sumptuous table of dishes."
Warrant Officer Inada smiled slightly awkwardly and said, "Actually, Second Lieutenant Yoshino happened to catch up with our team to improve the food today. Usually the food at our base is very light."
Yoshino didn't expose it, he directly pulled off a chicken drumstick, took a few bites, and said, "No matter what, I want to thank Mr. Inada for your hospitality today."
After finishing speaking, the other two special forces team members also cooperated and picked up the wine bottles to make some more poisonous wine.
However, when pouring the wine, I deliberately made some manipulations.
The wine of oneself is just a shallow layer, but the glass of Inada and others is full.
After everyone had poured wine into their glasses, Yoshinohan stood up, picked up the wine glass, and said, "With this first glass of wine, we would like to pay tribute to His Majesty the Great Locust and wish him a long life and good fortune. Be well!"
After finishing speaking, he picked up the wine glass and poured it all into his mouth at once.
After toasting, he wiped his mouth and showed the empty wine glass to everyone.
He has the highest military rank at this wine table. He has done it all, and others are naturally embarrassed to take a sip.
As a result, several other Japs picked up their wine glasses and drank them all in one gulp.
After seeing everyone finish drinking, Yoshino winked at the special forces team members.
As a result, several wine glasses were filled again.
"Second cup!" Yoshino picked up the wine glass again, "Here's to you, our Yellow Army has a prosperous military fortune and is victorious on the battlefield in China!"
Just like the first drink, this drink was drunk by Yoshino again.
Inada looked at the wine in the glass, gritted his teeth and took another sip.
The wine glasses on the table are not small wine cups, but almost two-by-two large cups.
The wine is not sake, but Fenjiu with about 50% alcohol content.
After two cups, it was four taels. It was so boring without even eating a bite of the food that Paddy couldn't bear it any longer.
His stomach was churning for a while, and he just wanted to have some vegetables to calm him down.
As a result, as soon as he picked up his chopsticks, Yoshinohan held the wine glass and spoke again, "Three glasses to Warrant Officer Inada. You and I hit it off right away. As for what you told me, as long as you have the money, I will do my best." .”
Hearing that he was being talked about and that his future was about him, Warrant Officer Inada didn't even wait for the special operations team to pour the wine. He filled it up for himself and then saluted Yoshino rice, "Thank you, Second Lieutenant Yoshino!"
After saying that, he drank the two cups without hesitation.
In less than five minutes, three glasses of six-liang high-altitude wine!
Most people can't bear it.
Yoshino rice is not Xu San's kind of wine barrel, and he can't hold it.
The reason why he drinks like this is because he is cheating.
In fact, when he was wiping his mouth, he spit out the wine on the towel hidden in his sleeve.
Of course, he learned this skill from Xu San. (End of chapter)
