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Chapter 454: The Heavenly Armament

That night, all the arms and medicines were delivered to Kang Ze's camp. Kang Ze personally watched his men move all the arms into the warehouse, and then he felt relieved.

What Kang Ze was most happy about was not this unexpected batch of arms, but the unexpected 20,000 silver dollars, which was real wealth.

The principal sent him to Jiangxi to encircle and suppress the Communist Party. Although his official rank was not reduced, his salary was significantly reduced, and there were no subsidies at all.

However, this money was all extra money given by Lu Ming when he was in Shanghai, and it was not part of his due income.

But that’s how people are, no matter how money comes from, it can increase but cannot decrease. Once you are used to living a comfortable life, your income suddenly shrinks, just like climbing a ladder but missing the point, and you feel a sense of loss.

Lu Ming's 20,000 yuan came just in time, and it would at least keep him from being financially strapped for a year.

But what Kangze never expected was that this batch of goods and money was just a big hole dug for him by Lu Ming, and he was already deep in the hole.

The next morning, the Red Army suddenly launched a fierce attack in Kangze's jurisdiction. At the same time, intensive gunfire rang out from all the encirclement directions.

The Kuomintang troops were a little panicked. They thought the Red Army was going to launch a large-scale breakout operation and hurriedly prepared themselves.

What they didn't expect was that the Red Army only launched a feint attack in other directions, and the main force's attack direction was Kang Ze's Rangers.

In order to encircle the Red Army, the Kuomintang army's front was stretched too long and the pie was spread too thin.

If they launch an attack on the base area, they can reorganize their troops and concentrate their firepower, but when defending against a Red Army breakout, they have to rely on spies lurking in the base area to provide intelligence.

What was strange this time was that they did not receive any intelligence and had no idea that the Red Army would launch such a large-scale breakout operation.

It was difficult for the Kuomintang army to mobilize troops to block the breach in a short period of time, and they watched the Red Army rush over.

The Rangers led by Kangze were responsible for a defense zone alone, but were immediately defeated under the fierce attack of the Red Army.

At the critical moment, Kang Ze took the lead in escaping in a jeep under the protection of the guards, otherwise he would have become a prisoner of the Red Army.

The members of the Rangers under Kang Ze were all temporarily recruited idle personnel who had not undergone strict military training or experienced real combat. They all laid down their weapons under the fierce offensive of the Red Army and became prisoners.

The Red Army successfully occupied Kangze's camp and found the warehouse. When they saw the mountains of arms and medicine inside, they all happily raised their guns and shouted long live.

They immediately began to move supplies. Before Kang Ze could return the trucks and their drivers, they were all seized by the Red Army. They loaded the munitions and medicines onto the trucks and rushed towards the base area.

The rest of the people were not idle either. They couldn't carry the whole box of guns and ammunition, so they broke the guns and ammunition into pieces. Everyone carried several rifles and bags of bullets and quickly returned to the base area.

Seven or eight thousand Red Army soldiers came down the mountain this time, and the entire warehouse of arms and medicine was emptied out at once.

Poor Kang Ze received this batch of arms, and before even a single gun or bullet could be distributed, they all fell into the hands of the Red Army.

By the time each defense zone came to their senses and hurriedly sent troops for reinforcements, the Red Army had already withdrawn to the base area, and all they saw were empty barracks and warehouses.

"Principal, we have been fooled. I thought that the Communist Army was no longer able to carry out such a large-scale assault. We could trap them to death as long as we encircled them. But now it seems that it is not that simple. According to the current situation, Jiangxi's suppression of the Communist Party still needs to be strengthened.

Deploy forces and adopt a combination of encirclement, suppression and mopping up."

Gui Yongqing made this statement when reporting the war situation to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

Of course Chairman Chiang knew that he had been tricked by the Communist Party, but he still didn't understand what the Red Army was causing, and what was the purpose of a meaningless breakout?

The intelligence received by Nanjing before this was very clear. There were not many weapons and ammunition left in the Communist base area, there was a serious shortage of food, and the wounded could not receive treatment.

Tens of thousands of troops were besieged in the mountains, with only death waiting for them.

I didn’t expect that the Communist Army would still be able to launch such a violent attack and have the courage to make such a huge expenditure. Is this the Communist Party’s last desperate struggle?

Chairman Chiang strictly ordered all defense areas to step up their vigilance, and at the same time sent troops to take over Kangze's defense area.

Although Kang Ze lost the defense area, he was not blamed. First, he was the principal's confidant, and second, the Jiangxi Rangers he was ordered to form had the weakest combat effectiveness. From personnel to weapons and equipment, they were all informal organizations.

Such a team simply cannot withstand such a fierce attack by the Red Army, so losing the defensive zone is inevitable.

Kang Ze did not dare to tell him about Lu Ming's supply of arms. He was afraid of taking responsibility and hoped that the matter could be kept secret.

His cronies also kept silent. As for the soldiers of the Einsatzgruppe, more than half were killed or wounded, and all the survivors were now prisoners of the Red Army.

That night, the base mobilized many people to check the arms and medicines, and found 50,000 silver dollars sealed by Lu Ming in two large boxes.

This donation is so precious, like rain coming after a long drought, or meeting a ladder when climbing a high place.

Twelve Japanese prisoners who were brought by ship were tied up and their mouths were sealed, and they were first thrown into a dilapidated house on the edge of the pier.

Later, they were escorted to Kangze's defense area. Kangze didn't know what to do with them, so he imprisoned them in the barracks. As a result, when the Red Army attacked, these twelve people also became prisoners of the Red Army along with Kangze's men.

After checking all the goods, the headquarters sent a telegram to Mr. Dong:

All weapons, ammunition and medicines have been received, and the quantities and types match.

Fifty thousand silver dollars were received.

Twelve Japanese prisoners have been received. This is a very good gift and will be of great help to us in the future.

After seeing this, Mr. Dong was a little puzzled as to why there were twelve extra Japanese prisoners. He went to ask Lu Ming, and then he learned the origin of these prisoners.

"What does the headquarters mean when it says these prisoners are very helpful? What use are Japanese soldiers to us?" An Yi didn't understand.

"The headquarters can learn about the training situation and training methods of the Japanese army through these Japanese prisoners, as well as the individual combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, techniques and tactics, etc. This will be of great help to our future anti-Japanese operations." Mr. Dong said with his own understanding.

Analyze.

What the three of them did not expect was that after being inspired and educated by the Red Army, these twelve Japanese prisoners suddenly awakened and became members of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, becoming Japan's first batch of fighters on the anti-fascist front.

These people have almost the same experience. An ordinary Japanese citizen received a military education ignorantly as a child, was drafted into China, was captured, underwent transformation, understood the fascist nature of Japanese militarism, and later became a staunch anti-fascist fighter.

The next day, the Red Army launched a fierce attack across the entire front. The ferocity of the artillery fire was unprecedented.

All the defense zones that the Kuomintang participated in the containment collapsed and had to retreat across the board. The Red Army not only regained the previously lost ground, but also more than doubled its base area.

After this battle, the Red Army's supplies were basically guaranteed, and its combat effectiveness returned to what it was before the encirclement and suppression. It even increased.

Chairman Chiang was also stunned. He didn't know how the Red Army's firepower suddenly increased dozens of times, including fierce artillery and machine guns.

Could it be a divine weapon descended from heaven?

Why is the Communist Party always like this, seeing it is dying, but always holding on tenaciously, like God's help at critical moments, not only does it not perish, but it is resurrected with full blood?

Chairman Chiang could not figure it out, and neither could a group of senior generals and staff members of the Nanjing government.

This is no longer the case for the Communist Party's elusiveness. It always does so at critical moments, like weeds all over the mountains and plains, which cannot be drowned by water or burned by fire.

A few days later, a Kuomintang agent lurking in the base area managed to transmit information. Only then did Chairman Chiang learn that the Red Army had used some unknown method to not only obtain a large amount of food, salt, cloth and other basic living supplies, but also to obtain a large amount of food, salt, cloth and other basic living supplies from Kangze's defense area.

An astronomical amount of arms was seized.

Only then did Nanjing realize that the Communist Army was not a magic weapon sent from heaven, but had seized a batch of arms from the Nationalist Army's defense zone.

But how could there be an excess of arms and ammunition in Kangze's defense zone? They even have a serious shortage of their own equipment. Where did they get these weapons and ammunition?


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