731 Weird things happen every year, especially today.
Intelligence from various sources in the independent regiment’s base area shows.
This independent group indeed regarded Dafengzhuang as a hub for transporting grain, and secretly transported the grain stored in three hub villages including Laohugou, Banan Village, and Sanhe Village to Dafengzhuang.
Even though Yoshio Shinozuka was cautious in character and felt that Kong Jie was the most scheming person, he couldn't help but be tempted by repeated information.
At present, the counties in Shanxi Province are severely affected by the disaster, and the food in the city is secretly flowing to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
The unscrupulous people in a large number of villages in the Eighth Route Army guerrilla zone secretly handed over their food to the Eighth Route Army and never to the imperial army.
Even some villages under Japanese control in the occupied areas seemed to be suspected of secretly transferring food to the Eighth Route Army.
It's just that the Japanese army didn't get actual evidence for a while.
However, the reinforcement grain promised by the Japanese higher command to be allocated from other provinces has not yet arrived via railway transportation.
Yoshio Shinozuka spent this period of time almost racking his brains in order to raise military rations and feed the troops.
Even those Japanese merchants whom he had always disliked the most, Shinozuka Yoshio lowered his attitude and asked them to help raise rations for the imperial army.
At this time, the large amount of food stored in Dafengzhuang became the inevitable target of Yoshio Shinozuka.
"As long as we can capture Dafengzhuang and rob the Eighth Route Army of a large amount of food stored in Dafengzhuang, we will be able to solve the urgent need of food shortage in our First Army."
The water far away cannot relieve the fire nearby. We are waiting for food reinforcements from other provinces to arrive. We don’t know when exactly it will arrive.
Chief of Staff Beichuan echoed:
"Hi, General is wise!"
Even though he said this, there was still a worried look on Shinozuka Yoshio's face.
"Is the general worried about the Eighth Route Army?"
"Yes, Kong Jie is the most cunning person. The information about the Eighth Route Army hoarding large amounts of military rations in Dafengzhuang has been verified in many aspects."
"The sources of these intelligence are, on the one hand, communication signals intercepted by our army's communications department, and on the other hand, the information transmitted back by the informants lurking inside the Eighth Route Army base areas.
But I always feel that this information came too smoothly, as if it was deliberately revealed to us by the Eighth Route Army."
Looking at Yoshio Shinozuka's confused look, Chief of Staff Kitagawa smiled and said:
"General, you are overly worried. This time our armored forces are secretly reinforcing Yangquan. The information is kept strictly confidential and will not be exposed."
"Now that the Eighth Route Army is also responding to the disaster, why should they bother?"
Yoshio Shinozuka thought for a moment and nodded.
"Perhaps I am really overthinking... In this way, I will send the informant to the Dafengzhuang area to investigate for a few days. If no special situation is found, I will send cavalry and armored troops to raid Dafengzhuang according to the original plan."
"Hi!"
"In addition, according to the communication signal intercepted last time, how are the officers who were secretly smuggling with the Eighth Route Army exposed?"
"General, don't worry. It's being processed. All those who should be arrested have been arrested and are being interrogated."
"What's the result?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked,
"The situation is indeed true. Many of the officers have been recruited. They do have secret business dealings with the Eighth Route Army."
"The Eighth Route Army purchased their supplies and even equipment and ammunition at very generous prices, which made these officers excited, so..."
"Baga! Isn't the military salary of a dignified Imperial Japanese officer not enough? What kind of place is this? As a soldier, he dares to make money on the battlefield. It is an unforgivable crime!"
"Let them recruit them one by one, and those who refuse to recruit will be tortured to extract confessions."
"Don't be soft, drag these scoundrels who have smeared the Empire of Japan directly to the market, and execute them in front of all the soldiers and civilians, as a warning to others. Tell me about the Empire of Japan, including the officers of the Imperial Association Army, and the people in the county.
Common people who dare to deal with the Eight Route Smugglers privately will end up like this."
"Hi!"
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But say the other side.
Two days ago.
The key area occupied by the Japanese, Yangquan.
Dr. Nakai, the third head of the Japanese Taiyuan City Japs secret service, rushed to Yangquan with a group of spies. At the officers' meeting held in Yangquan, in front of dozens of Yangquan security forces, field troops, and some officers of the Imperial Association Army
He said:
"Just recently, our intelligence department has discovered some information that is not beneficial to you."
His tone was a bit colder.
"As far as I know, many of you here may have secret smuggling business with the Eighth Route Army, and some even dare to sell guns and ammunition to the Eighth Route Army privately."
"This is an unforgivable act of subsidizing the enemy. The Eighth Route Army bought the guns you sold to them, and then turned them around to deal with our Empire of Japan. How many imperial warriors will be killed by these guns?"
"As soldiers of the Japanese Empire, don't you feel ashamed?"
Then the angry voice spread throughout the conference room.
The head of the Japanese secret service in Taiyuan City hated the Eighth Route Army with all his heart.
After all, the first two secret service chiefs fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
Takeda Eijiro, the first Japanese spy agency chief in Taiyuan City, was a veteran who was particularly good at intelligence work. During his tenure as spy agency chief, the Eighth Route Army's intelligence work was hindered at every turn.
The Japanese agents even arrested a large number of Eighth Route underground party members in the occupied areas.
The entire Taiyuan City was built like an iron barrel by this old devil, and the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army could not find a chance to infiltrate.
Later, when this old devil Takeda Eijiro was recruiting the 251st Regiment of the National Army, he was stolen by Shen Quan and his troops.
Eijiro Takeda was directly shot to death by sharpshooter Wang Xikui.
The second Taiyuan City Japs spy agency chief Kudo Tashun comes online.
Kudo Tatoshi has been serving as Takeda Eijiro's deputy, and his abilities are equally good. Since he became the head of the secret service, he has also not given the Eighth Route Intelligence Unit a chance to take advantage of the situation.
Until Kudo Tatoshi, when he took over the surrender of the 251st Regiment of the National Army, he was tricked and killed by Kong Jie himself.
It is now Dr. Nakai’s turn to come online as the third head of the secret service.
Due to the rotation of the head of the secret service, the Eighth Route Intelligence Department also used this opportunity to find loopholes and finally successfully penetrated Taiyuan City.
The entire secret service was left in a huge mess.
Because of this, Nakai hated the Eighth Route Army, especially the Independent Regiment, with deep hatred.
...Many of the Japs and puppet army officers who attended the meeting dodged their gazes and lowered their heads slightly under Nakai's questioning. It was as if a thunder exploded in their hearts, and the secret was over.
Among them was Ichiro Mimoto, the Japanese squadron leader who was the first to cooperate with the Independence Regiment and have private contacts.
There is also the puppet company commander Qian Dekai.
Including Japanese Army Major Kawashima, who later took office, collaborated with Ichiro Mimoto and Qian Dekai, and made extra money by doing business with the Independence Regiment.
At this moment, the hearts of the three people with evil intentions were pounding, and they did not dare to look at Nakai at all.
However, some Japanese officers felt that they were not afraid of their shadows being tilted, so they straightened their bodies.
Among them, Saburo Takeda, the captain of the Japanese Military Police Squadron in Yangquan, and Kenji Fujino, the squadron leader of the Japanese Army, are the most magnanimous.
"That's exactly what His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel said."
"The Yangquan Empire of Japan, including the Imperial Alliance Army, has long been in a state of chaos. It's time to put things in order."
"I think the growth of the Eighth Route Army in recent years is closely related to some people secretly colluding with the Eighth Route Army, or even sponsoring the enemy."
Takeda Saburo glanced at Qian Dekai and Mimoto Ichiro with contempt, and spoke slowly.
Ichiro Miki and Qian Dekai continued to remain silent, their hearts filled with despair.
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over.
This is what happened!
Miki Ichiro even cursed Takeda Saburo in his heart for being unkind.
If you don't want to get rich and don't want to do business with the Eighth Route Army, it's fine. Why do you have to put me to death?
During this period of time, due to the increased efforts of the Independent Regiment to purchase grain, Miki Ichiro and Qian Dekai's actions became increasingly large, and were later noticed by Takeda Saburo, the captain of the Japanese Military Police.
Saburo Takeda has been holding on to Ichiro Mimoto and his money.
I have been trying every possible means to collect evidence of the crimes of Ichiro Sanmoto, Qian Dekai and Eight-Road Smuggling.
Who would have thought that before the evidence of his crime was collected, the secret service would be the first to notice these officers who dared to secretly smuggle with the Eighth Route Army.
Nakai, the head of the Japanese spy agency, had a panoramic view of the expressions of all the officers, and his face seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Finally, it stopped at Saburo Takeda who had just finished his speech.
"Takeda-kun, you're pretending well. Come on, arrest Saburo Takeda and Kenji Fujino!"
"Hi!"
Several spies rushed up from the left and right, and directly held down Saburo Takeda and Kenji Fujino.
Takeda and Fujino were stunned by the sudden scene.
Ichiro Miki, who was originally full of despair, had money, and the worried Japanese Major Kawashima was also confused.
What is going on?
Aren't you here to catch the officers smuggling with the Eighth Route Army?
"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, what are you doing? You have arrested the wrong person!"
"We are not smuggling with the Eighth Route Army, we are not smuggling with the Eighth Route Army!"
Takeda and Fujino struggled and said.
The Japanese agents, however, couldn't help but unload Takeda and Fujino from their guns, and held their arms tightly to control them.
Nakai snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter whether you smuggled with the Eighth Route or not. When we get to the interrogation room, all the answers will be revealed naturally."
"Take it away!"
"Hi!"
Amid cries of injustice, Takeda and Fujino were taken out of the conference room by Japanese agents.
Looking at the remaining Japs and puppet army officers who were looking at each other, Nakai said loudly:
"Don't be so smart as to think that all our secret service agencies are blind."
"Takeda and Fujino are a lesson learned from the past. I hope you can be alert and not make the same mistakes again!"
After finishing his threatening words, Nakai strode out of the conference room.
Miki Ichiro: "..."
Qian Dekai: "..."
Kawashima: "..."
Lieutenant Colonel, isn't he blind?
The three of them looked at each other, and while they were still in shock, they felt that the scene in front of them was quite dramatic.
The three principals did nothing wrong, but they were always against them. Takeda and Fujino, who secretly searched for evidence of their smuggling with the Eighth Route Army, were caught.
This is really a strange thing that happens every year, but there are so many today!