The crazy purchase of grain in the Mawushan base area attracted the attention of all parties. Some people asked why they were hoarding so much grain here. Of course, Xu Dalong could not say that it was preparing for next year's drought. That would cause panic and increase the number of guerrillas.
Difficulty in purchasing grain.
He asked someone to spread the word that the guerrillas were planning to build a large winery and would use the grain to make wine.
In order to deceive others, they actually built a medium-sized brewery. Brewing could also bring a certain amount of income to the base area.
On this day, Zhang Wanhe, the head of the headquarters’ logistics department, sent a telegram saying that the headquarters military factory needed to buy raw materials, the clothing factory needed to buy cloth, and the hospital needed to buy medicines and other supplies. He hoped that the Mawushan base area could provide 50,000 yuan.
After Xu Dalong and others discussed it, they sent a telegram saying that they agreed with the headquarters' request, and someone was sent to deliver it to him soon.
Unexpectedly, the military region headquarters sent a telegram, requesting that Xu Dalong personally deliver the money. The military region headquarters had a task that it wanted to assign to Xu Dalong to complete.
Xu Dalong and Wang Xiaohu took a transport plane and flew to the Taihang Mountain base area.
After arriving at the military region headquarters, I saw Logistics Minister Zhang Wanhe already waiting there.
After Wang Xiaohu handed over Dayang to Zhang Wanhe, Zhang Wanhe did not leave. He and the commander talked with Xu Dalong. Also participating in the conversation was Li Changshui, the Minister of Enemy Industry of the Military Region.
Zhang Wanhe said: "Brother Dalong, you still have a way to help the headquarters solve its economic difficulties. Due to the economic blockade imposed by the Japanese and puppets, the headquarters was already experiencing economic difficulties, and another very serious incident occurred.
The incident caused the finances in the base area to become increasingly tense.
It turned out that in order to bring down the economy of the base area, the Japanese army resorted to another vicious trick. They printed a large number of border area tickets and went to the base area to purchase a large amount of supplies. As a result, prices in the base area skyrocketed and the economy was hit hard.
The headquarters decided to smash the Japanese invaders' conspiracy of economic aggression. Zhang Wanhe recommended Xu Dalong to the head of the headquarters and asked him to complete this task.
Zhang Wanhe's opinion was to send Xu Dalong and others to find the Japanese and puppet dens where counterfeit banknotes were printed, and then destroy them. The Taiyue Military Region decided to send Li Changshui to cooperate with Xu Dalong and others' actions.
Xu Dalong knew about this matter and how to solve this problem in the end.
He said: "Minister Zhang, it is necessary to destroy the dens where the Japanese army prints counterfeit banknotes, but it cannot completely solve the problem.
Even if the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote factory was destroyed, with their economic and technical capabilities, they could quickly re-establish a new counterfeit banknote production den.
The most fundamental way is to work hard on our own anti-counterfeiting technology so that the Japanese invaders cannot copy it."
Zhang Wanhe said: "I have thought about this and organized technical personnel to conduct research. However, based on the existing conditions in the base area, even if new banknotes are printed, the Japanese invaders can still counterfeit them. This is really shocking.
People have headaches.”
Xu Dalong said: "Technically speaking, it is impossible to stop the Japanese army from counterfeiting. But we can work hard on the materials. We have to find a unique material, which is preferably a specialty of the base area. Based on this material,
Processing, it will be difficult to know what kind of materials we are using, and the difficulty of counterfeiting will be much greater. At least we can prevent them from counterfeiting for a long time."
When Zhang Wanhe heard this, his eyes lit up and he said: "This is a good idea. But what unique materials are there in the base area?"
Xu Dalong knew the specific materials used at that time. He said: "Using oak from the Taihang Mountains and reeds from Ansai in northern Shaanxi as raw materials for papermaking, the paper produced will have a special feel. As long as it is kept strictly confidential, the Japanese army will simply Paper with the same texture cannot be made. This eliminates the risk of them counterfeiting."
Zhang Wanhe was very happy after hearing this and said: "Brother Dalong, you have a way. I will organize people to collect these raw materials for research as soon as I return."
Li Changshui heard this and said: "If this is the case, destroying the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote printing factory is of little significance."
The commander said: "I think it is still necessary. It takes a certain amount of time to produce new border banknotes. During this period, the Japanese invaders are still printing a large number of counterfeit banknotes. This period of time will cause heavy losses to the base area. The sooner they are destroyed, The better their den is."
Xu Dalong said: "The commander is right. We still have to go there, not only to destroy their counterfeit banknote factory, but if possible, to bring their counterfeiting equipment and experts back to the base area to help the base area develop new border tickets. "
Zhang Wanhe said happily: "Brother Dalong is still thoughtful. I agree with this opinion."
After discussion, it was decided that Xu Dalong and Li Changshui would lead a commando team to Peking City to carry out this mission.
Peking City.
Xu Dalong, Li Changshui, Lin Xueying, Wei Monk and others arrived at the outskirts of Peiping. Li Changshui was about to send a telegram to the underground party organization in Peking City, but Xu Dalong stopped him.
He said: "Minister Li, don't alert the underground party people when you come to Peiping this time."
Li Changshui asked puzzledly: "We are unfamiliar with the place here in Peiping, wouldn't it be more convenient for the underground party to provide help?"
Xu Dalong said: "It's really not necessary. If the underground party participates in this mission, it will increase the risk of exposure. We can just do this ourselves."
Li Changshui said worriedly: "We don't have any clues at all, how can we find the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote factory?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "I have clues and know where they are."
Li Changshui was very puzzled and asked: "We just took over this task, how did you know about it?"
Xu Dalong really knew. He checked the relevant information and knew that the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote printing factory was located on the outskirts of Peiping. But it was difficult to get close to it because the factory was located inside the No. 2 Depot of the Logistics Department of the North China Front Army. In addition to the original depot Some Japanese guard troops should have added troops specifically to protect the printing factory. These situations must be top secret. Even the underground party intelligence station can't provide much help, so there is no need to trouble them.
Li Changshui saw that Xu Dalong had quickly found the Japanese army's counterfeit money lair. Although he was full of doubts, based on his past understanding of Xu Dalong, he knew that this guy was elusive and could not help but admire him. He sincerely praised: "Captain Xu , you are really amazing."
Now that the location of the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote factory has been found, the next step is how to destroy this den. Xu Dalong and others brought Wei Monk's special operations squadron this time. The special operations squadron has strong combat effectiveness, and it is not too difficult to destroy the Japanese army's den. , but Xu Dalong’s purpose is not only this, he also wants to transport away those machines and equipment and take away the technical backbone.
This requires mastering the timing of the arsenal's operations and ensuring that those technical backbones can be in the arsenal when the guerrillas take action.
Xu Dalong and others arranged for the troops to temporarily live in a village near the Japanese Army's No. 2 Military Station, and tightly blocked the news to prevent the troops from being exposed.
Subsequently, Xu Dalong, Li Changshui, Lin Xueying, Wei Monk and others led a squad of special operations team members to the vicinity of Warehouse No. 2.
They first found the telephone line for external communication in the military depot warehouse, connected the monitoring equipment they brought to it, and began to monitor the phone calls.
Monitoring was a very boring task, so they took turns monitoring. They monitored for a long time, but did not hear any phone calls related to the production of counterfeit banknotes.
Li Changshui asked with some confusion: "Captain, is it true that the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote factory is not here? How come there is no content of their phone call?"
Xu Dalong was a little confused for a moment. He also believed that no matter how secretive the counterfeit banknote factory was, they would definitely have calls with the relevant departments of the Japanese army. Could it be that there was an error in the data record? It shouldn't be.
Xu Dalong personally monitored the phone call, and a smile appeared on his face as he listened. He heard a word repeatedly on the phone: "Sashimi."
Beiping City is not near the sea, so it is not easy for the Japanese army to eat fresh sashimi. In this case, mentioning this here will inevitably make people a little suspicious. Xu Dalong guessed that this is a code name, and the Japanese army's military depot warehouse is responsible for logistics
There are no more secrets about this matter, and the only person who may use a code name should be the Japanese army's counterfeit banknote manufacturing factory.
Therefore, he requested to focus on monitoring content involving "sashimi".
Li Changshui thought Xu Dalong's words made sense, so he conducted the monitoring himself.
He heard something important. Tomorrow morning, a cash transport truck disguised as an ordinary freight truck was coming to the No. 2 Military Depot.
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He said happily: "Captain, it seems your information is accurate. There is indeed a Japanese counterfeit banknote manufacturing factory here."
After determining the location of the counterfeit banknote manufacturing factory, the next step is to study how to take action.
If it is just to destroy the Japanese army's printing den, it is nothing to the special forces. Monk Wei is sure that he can quickly defeat the Japanese army and then take down the counterfeit banknote printing factory. But he must arrest those important technical personnel at the same time.
It is also very difficult to transport the machinery and equipment.
First of all, they cannot guarantee that those important technical personnel will happen to be in the factory during the operation.
Secondly, even if the operation goes well and the counterfeiting experts can be caught and the machines and equipment are captured, once the Japanese army is alerted, it is almost impossible to safely transport them back to the base area. They will definitely be intercepted by a large number of Japanese troops on the way.
People and things could not be transported away, so even special forces could easily be surrounded by Japanese troops and suffer heavy losses.
Thinking about these problems is a headache. Li Changshui quietly said to Xu Dalong: "Captain, the task assigned to us by our superiors is to destroy the dens where the Japanese army prints counterfeit banknotes. There is really no way to take away those counterfeit banknote manufacturing experts and machinery and equipment.
, just destroy and blow them up."
Li Changshui fully sympathized with Xu Dalong and the special team and hoped that they would avoid danger as much as possible.
Xu Dalong didn't want to complete the task so simply. He needed these counterfeit banknote manufacturing personnel and advanced machinery and equipment, because he also had his own long-term plan.
He said: "Let's think of another way. If there is really no way to take away the technicians and machinery and equipment, then we can eliminate them."
Li Changshui asked: "How should we start?"
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry about this. Let's monitor the Japanese army's phone calls again and see if we can find any other clues."
Since it was difficult for the special forces members to understand what Xu Dalong really wanted, Xu Dalong simply monitored the phone calls himself.
For two days, Xu Dalong monitored hundreds of phone calls and finally found what he wanted.
Liu Changchun is a member of the Intelligence Squadron. He was originally a drama actor and was particularly good at imitating other people's speech. Xu Dalong thought that he could come in handy this time, so he specially asked him to participate in this mission.
Xu Dalong found the phone he wanted to monitor, and then told Li Changchun his request, asking him to monitor the content of the phone and make sure to understand the accent of the key person during the call.
That morning, a car drove out of the No. 2 Military Depot and headed for Beiping City. The car was driving when it suddenly saw a Japanese checkpoint on the road.
The driver of the car was very puzzled because there had never been a checkpoint here. He didn't know when this checkpoint was set up and what it was for.
The car arrived at the checkpoint and was stopped.
The driver said arrogantly: "You guys, please get out of the way. Your Excellency, the Commander, is on top of the car."
When Commander Cao, the Japanese soldier at the checkpoint, heard the driver announce such a big name, he was not afraid, but instead smiled. He said: "I have received orders from my superiors. People from the underground party must pass through here. Anyone from the underground party must pass through here." They all have to be inspected." As he said that, he came to the car and looked inside.
He saw a Japanese soldier sitting in the back seat of the car, and a young Japanese woman next to him.
He waved his hand, and several special forces members rushed over and pointed their guns at the people inside.
The car drove away quickly. They did not continue to Peiping City, but turned onto a country road under the escort of Japanese cavalry.
After the car left, the checkpoint was removed.
The person sitting in the car is Nobuo Hirota, the commander of the Japanese Army No. 2 Depot, Daizuo Hirota, and the young woman is Nobuo Hirota's daughter, Eko Hirota.
Xu Dalong and others learned through monitoring the phone calls that they were going to the city today, so they stopped them on the road.
Xu Dalong interrogated Nobuo Hirota. During the interrogation, Li Changchun was present throughout the entire process. This guy was indeed capable and could imitate Nobuo Hirota's accent perfectly.
As an officer in the logistics department, Hirota Nobuo was not as stubborn as the Japanese officers and soldiers in the combat force. In addition, his daughter was in the hands of others, so he soon confessed the information Xu Dalong wanted to know and agreed to cooperate with Xu Dalong The actions of others are just hoping to keep their father and daughter safe.