Although Yan Guiwu now knows that Qianye Xunyi trusts him very much, he is a cautious person and he still has to test Qianye Xunyi's attitude before speaking.
He said cautiously: "Your Excellency, the Division Commander, I have something very important to report to you. Just now, Xu Dalong sent a messenger, saying that Xu Dalong himself has something important and wants to report to you in person.
Interview.
I didn't dare agree to this matter, so I said I would like to hear what you have to say. Now that person is in the humble headquarters, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Qianye Xunyi was full of doubts and asked: "Did the person sent by Xu Dalong tell me what he wanted to talk to me about?"
Yan Guiwu said: "The messenger sent by Xu Dalong said that the drought here is very serious now. He plans to buy a batch of grain from the south, but there is no way to transport it. I hope you can help transport the grain. Of course, the conditions can be negotiated.
We can allocate part of the food to Huang Jun."
Qianye Xunyi felt that there was something wrong with this matter. He asked: "I heard that Xu Dalong has been hoarding a large amount of food since last year. How can he be short of food?"
Yan Guiwu said: "Yes, I had doubts about this matter originally. The visitor said that a lot of the food they had hoarded was transferred away by their superiors. Even Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade and the troops of the Shanxi-Sui Army,
They also bought a large amount of food from him. Now that the drought is getting more and more serious, in addition to their troops needing food, they also need to distribute it to the local people. In this case, the amount of food will not be enough, so he is in a hurry.
We need to buy a lot of food."
Qian Ye
Besides, although Huang Jun was a little short on food, he could get supplies and there was no need to buy food from Xu Dalong.
Just reject him for me on this matter, don't be too aggressive, there is no need to annoy Xu Dalong. Do you understand?"
Yan Guiwu said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise. Huang Jun does not need to cooperate with people like Xu Dalong. I will reject their request right away.
Please rest assured that I will reject them in a tactful way, which should not cause Xu Dalong to be angry."
Qianye Xunyi said: "Yan Sang, I am very relieved when you do things. Just answer them like this. Also, this matter will only end with you. Don't mention it to anyone."
Yan Guiwu nodded and said: "Please rest assured, division commander, I know what to do."
After Yan Guiwu left, Qianye Xunyi still felt a little uneasy. He had been dealing with Xu Dalong for so long and knew that this guy was definitely not a person who acted on a whim. Since he mentioned this matter, with his personality, he should not give up halfway.
Yes, I'm afraid he will come find me again.
The more he thought about it, the less at ease he felt, so he sent someone to call the chief of staff and told him what happened and his worries.
The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, your decision is correct. You must not interfere with Xu Dalong on this matter. It is true that there is a drought now, but most of the areas affected are in the base areas of the anti-Japanese elements.
, most of the places they occupy are remote and mountainous areas, and drought has the greatest impact on them. As long as they can control food, their strength can be greatly weakened.
Therefore, they must not be allowed to obtain food. Not only that, the food matter is too sensitive. If the superiors find out, I am afraid that we will be prosecuted for collaborating with the enemy. This matter cannot be agreed to by Xu Dalong under any circumstances."
Qianye Xunyi said: "This is the truth, but Xu Dalong may not give up, and may find ways to force us to agree to cooperate with him.
If this is the case, what will he do next?"
After dealing with Xu Dalong for such a long time, the chief of staff felt a little uneasy, and he also felt that Qianye Xunyi's words made sense.
After thinking about it carefully, he said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the matter that Xu Dalong wants to cooperate with us is related to food, and he will definitely make a fuss in this area.
I guess he will find a way to make our food very scarce and we will have to cooperate with him.
Your Excellency, the division commander, he may send people to cut off our logistical supplies, especially food supplies."
Qianye Xunyi suddenly became enlightened and said: "This will definitely be the case. He will definitely send troops to attack our grain transport team and destroy the railway facilities. We must guard against this.
Let’s discuss now and see how to send troops to protect key targets. Also, how to prevent our grain transport team from being intercepted by Xu Dalong.”
Not to mention, Chiba Xunyi and the chief of staff made extremely accurate judgments this time. What Xu Dalong wanted to do was to cut off the food transportation channel of the 32nd garrison division, so that they would have no food and the soldiers would have no food to eat.
If you are forced to have no choice, the possibility of cooperation between the two parties will be greatly increased."
Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others had already predicted the development of the matter in advance, so they received a telegram from Zheng Xirong, saying that Yan Guiwu had received a message from Qianye Xunyi, saying that he had refused to cooperate with the Mawushan Military Division.
This has long been expected by them, and they have already formulated corresponding battle plans.
Li Yunlong said: "Qianye Xunyi, this dead Japanese, is so shameless. I will lead people to teach them a lesson."
Lingao City.
Qianye Xunyi acted very quickly. He knew that Yan Guiwu had recently purchased 3 million kilograms of grain, and immediately asked Yan Guiwu to keep what his troops could use normally and hand over the rest to the 32nd Division.
Yan Guiwu was very depressed and helpless. He couldn't afford to offend Qianye Xunyi, so he had no choice but to agree and hand over the grain that he planned to use to make a windfall to Qianye Xunyi.
The grain that Yan Guiwu purchased from Xu Dalong was intended to be used to make a fortune, so naturally this grain would not be transported directly to Lingao City, but would be stored in Cheng'anpu, the headquarters of Huang Xiejun's Sixth Regiment.
Cheng'anpu is a town more than 60 kilometers away from Lingao City.
After Yan Guiwu agreed to hand over this batch of grain to Qianye Xunyi, he was worried that something might happen to the food on the way, so he asked Qianye Xunyi to send troops to transport the grain away.
Chiba Xunyi was also worried that the puppet army would not be able to protect the food, so he sent two infantry squadrons to escort the transport convoy to Cheng'anpu.
The Japanese army went relatively smoothly and did not encounter any problems along the way. After loading food in Cheng'an, they began to return to Lingao City.
Shortly after they left Cheng'anpu, they were attacked by a reinforced battalion of the New 1st Brigade, accompanied by two cavalry squadrons.
The battle ended quickly. Not only were the two Japanese infantry squadrons responsible for the escort completely annihilated, millions of kilograms of grain, including the transport vehicles, all became spoils of war for the Mawushan Military Division.
The reason why he was able to master such accurate information was naturally inseparable from Yan Guiwu's help. He was not willing to let Qianye Xunyi benefit from this batch of grain, so he secretly asked Wang Shuhuai to inform Xu Dalong. As a result, Xu Dalong and others occupied a large area.
Cheap.
Of course, Xu Dalong still paid Wang Shuhuai the original price for this batch of grain, and gave him an extra 10,000 yuan as a reward for reporting the news.
The bad news reached Qianye Xunyi, and he was really dumbfounded. Although he had already guessed Xu Dalong's next move, he was in the dark and he was in the open. Who knew where Xu Dalong would start? It was really hard to guard against it.
Qianye Xunyi had no choice but to report the incident that had just occurred to his troops again, and reminded the railway garrison along the Zhengtai Railway to strengthen their defenses to prevent Xu Dalong's troops from sabotaging.
Although Chiba Xunyi has increased his vigilance and strengthened precautions, bad news still keeps coming.
On this day, the Hutuo River Bridge at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei was blown up by troops from Kong Jie's New Second Brigade, and a military column loaded with supplies fell under the bridge.
Because the bridge was blown up, the food transportation channel from Hebei to Shanxi was temporarily interrupted, and the Japanese army's food supply in Shanxi was greatly affected.
Next, accidents occurred on the Zhengtai Railway and the Shitai Railway. Li Yunlong led the main force of the new brigade to wreak havoc along the railway. Not only did the railway garrison fail to ensure the safety of grain transportation, they were directly annihilated by Li Yunlong.
It is simply impossible for the 32nd Garrison Division to obtain food supplies in the short term.
In Qianba Xunyi's office, the chief of staff said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, division commander, Xu Dalong and the others are so elusive that we cannot guard against them. Now that there is no source of food, our food reserves can last for more than 20 days at most. You will see what happens next.
what to do?"
Chiba Xunyi was also scratching his head. He said: "I have sent a telegram to the Commander asking for help, but he told me clearly that the food problem is solved by ourselves.
Food supplies in the direction of Taiyuan are also very tight, and it is impossible to transport them there."
The chief of staff said: "This is all caused by that guy Xu Dalong. They didn't have enough food, so they cut off our food transportation channel. This is to force us to cooperate with him."
Qianye Xunyi said: "It seems that we have underestimated Xu Dalong's energy. There seems to be no other way now. Otherwise, we will run out of food soon. Although there will be a lot of troubles in cooperating with Xu Dalong, there are also
It’s better than everyone starving to death.”
The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, division commander, are you planning to cooperate with Xu Dalong?"
Chiba Xunyi said helplessly: "What can we do if we don't cooperate?"
The chief of staff said: "Working with Xu Dalong to obtain food is a good way to solve the current predicament.
But this matter involves too much. If some people use it to make a fuss, we will be fully guilty of collaborating with the enemy, and we can’t live with it!"
Qianye Xunyi said: "Of course I understand this, but there is no other way. Xu Dalong can force us to cooperate with him, can't we force our superiors to agree to this matter?"
When the chief of staff heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened.
He said: "Your Excellency, the Division Commander, is wise. Yes, we can also put pressure on Your Excellency, the Commander!"
The two of them did what they said and immediately drafted a telegram and sent it to Yoshio Shinozuka.
Taiyuan City First Army Headquarters.
Yoshio Shinozuka received the telegram from Chiba Xunichi and said dissatisfiedly: "Chiba Xunichi is a loser. As long as he sends a telegram, it will be bad news."
The chief of staff was very angry about the fact that his brother-in-law Tanaka Yuhe was wiped out by the guerrillas. He hated Chiba Xunichi for failing to protect his brother-in-law. As a result, his wife made him cry and make trouble.
He was troubled by hanging himself.
He said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I really don't know how Chiba Xunyi, a loser, became the division commander? He was incompetent in fighting and lost a large area of defense. Now he comes to us for food. What's the use of such a waste?"
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Shinozuka Yoshio knew that he was dissatisfied with Chiba Xunichi because of the death of his brother-in-law Tanaka Yukazu.
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "It's useless to say this. There are still nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers guarding the 32nd Division. They need to eat. We can't just watch them starve to death."
The chief of staff said: "Now our food is also very tight. Even if we can raise some food, but now the anti-Japanese armed activities of the underground party are rampant, how can we transport the food? I think it is better to let them find a way.
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Yoshio Shinozuka said with a wry smile: "It would have been okay if I said this in the past. If they were short of food, they could go to the private sector to collect it. But now due to the impact of drought, where is the food in the hands of the people? They have to rely on themselves to solve the problem.
Basically impossible.
Send a telegram now to learn more about the situation there. Forget it, let Qianye Xunyi come to Taiyuan City and resolve any issues face to face."
After receiving the telegram, Chiba Xunyi said to the chief of staff: "It seems that the commander has no good solution. He can't watch all of our more than 10,000 officers and soldiers starve to death. I will go to Taiyuan immediately and follow the commander alone.
Your Excellency, please mention Xu Dalong’s suggestion.”
As soon as Chiba Xun arrived in Taiyuan City, he came to see Yoshio Shinozuka.
The chief of staff had been waiting for him for a long time. When he saw him, he had a nose that was neither a nose nor a face, so he reprimanded him.
He said: "Chiba Xunyi, you are confused. My brother-in-law Tanaka Tomokazu was attacked by the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces in your defense area. Why didn't you send troops to rescue him?
You are a coward, a coward, and a murderer. My brother-in-law was killed by you. I must accuse you and send you to a military court."
Qianye Xunyi didn't care about him at all. He rolled his eyes and said: "Don't talk nonsense here. Don't think that I don't know why you sent your brother-in-law to me. You just want to go to the plate."
Gold plating, easy to climb up.
He doesn't know what's good or bad. After he came to my place, I took great care of him, but that guy didn't obey military orders because he had your support."