The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 593
When the two old devils, Yamamoto and Shinozuka Yoshio, were planning how to deal with the Eighth Route Army's conspiracy.

Independence Corps.

After Chu Yunfei and a group of officers from the Jinsui Army left, the Independence Regiment ushered in two more events.

For the first one, news came from the direction of Yangquan that the merchant ship of American businessman John arrived in Shanxi half a day ago.

According to the plan, the merchant ship that John came this time should carry the second batch of arms promised to Kong Jie.

As for the exact number, Kong Jie didn't know, but he had expectations in his heart.

Today, as far as Kong Jie is concerned, if the quantity of beautiful equipment is not too large, no matter how sophisticated it is, it cannot change the trend too much.

What the entire base needs is the quantity of equipment and the quantity of ammunition to expand to the entire army.

For the entire Eighth Route Army, in terms of equipment, it is better to have tens of thousands of rifles instead of a few heavy artillery pieces, and that will play a much greater role than a few heavy artillery pieces.

Not to mention too many, but if the entire Taihang base area can have more than 200 rifles and [-] million rounds of bullets, how dare the little devil go to the enemy's back to carry out a big sweep?

So, after getting the second batch of arms, Kong Jie actually wanted to do a bigger business through the Yankees.

So when he sent someone to secretly receive the second batch of arms brought by John's caravan, Kong Jie asked Shen Quan, who was in charge of leading the team, to bring a letter to John.

In the letter, Kong Jie expressed to John that he hoped to further expand the arms business with John.

The reason Kong Jie said is very clear:
"Our country needs guns to resist the Japanese invaders, and we don't need very good guns. Even if they are obsolete guns from you Americans, as long as they can be used to kill the enemy, if you send them over, I, Kong Jie, will accept them all."

"There are definitely not a few guns eliminated by you Americans on the battlefield. Instead of selling them as scrap metal, John, if you want, you can transport them to China and sell them to Kong Jie."

"This deal won't even end with the withdrawal of your concession. This is a long-term and stable deal."

……

John is a smart businessman, of course he can see the potential huge commercial value from Kong Jie's words.

As for Kong Jie's real identity, Kong Jie didn't say anything, and John didn't ask much.

When an arms dealer sells arms, will he ask more about the identity of the other party?
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Quan and his party secretly transported the munitions sent by John back to the independent regiment headquarters at night, and brought back a reply letter from John.

The reply was written in Chinese, which made Kong Jie heave a long sigh of relief, otherwise his Chinglish would have been revealed.

In the letter, John expressed his willingness to continue to cooperate with Kong Jie in various follow-up businesses, including arms cooperation.

John also said that the next time he arrives with a caravan, he would like to meet Kong Jie again to discuss the details of follow-up cooperation.

In the end, John's words were a little urgent, "Xu, after the third batch of munitions arrives, I hope you can give me the last third of the design drawings."

……

No hurries?
Kong Jie is not in a hurry at all, without the design blueprint of this MP3 submachine gun, can you, John, send me the ammunition in such a hurry?
The third part of the latter design is the finishing part of the core.

regiment.

Kong Jie was more concerned about the second batch of arms, how many of these Yankees sent over.

Shen Quan's face was full of uncontrollable excitement and ecstasy. Seeing Kong Jie, he couldn't help but said:
"Captain, the Yankees sent over a lot of equipment this time!"

"About how many?" Kong Jie asked.

"There are more than 2000 rifles, more than 20 heavy machine guns, 60 light machine guns, 2 rounds of bullets, and 60 M30 [-]mm mortars, but there are fewer shells. Each gun has only half a base shell. Some semi-automatic pistols and shotguns..."

Speaking of the specific quantity of this batch of munitions, Shen Quan is very familiar with it. After all, the second battalion commander personally counted it.

"Gone?"

"It's gone!" Shen Quan said.

Kong Jie's face was not happy, "Compared with the amount John promised me, this amount is still a lot less."

Shen Quan said: "Commander, I also asked the Yankee about this matter. The Yankee said that he was afraid of accidents along the way and would be noticed by the Japanese army, so he controlled the number."

Kong Jie sneered, probably knowing what John was thinking in his heart.

After Shen Quan left, Kong Jie immediately wrote a second letter, and then called the person in charge of the Intelligence Department of the Independent Regiment, and explained: "Send the letter to Tianjin and give it to Lao Zhou. Lao Zhou knows what to do with the rest. Do."

"Yes!"

In the letter, Kong Jie explained to his representative businessmen Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming who stayed in Tianjin, the specific content was to tell them not to rush to buy the factories in China of John’s Yankees, and wait for the specific notice from his side.

Kong Jie wanted to see how long John, a cunning Yankee, was going to get.

If you don't send me large quantities of ammunition, I will never give you benefits easily.

When the situation becomes more and more dangerous and the Anglo-American Concession is about to be lost, I will see if you, John, are in a hurry.

At that time, even if you treat the arms as cabbage, you have to sell them to me.

At this point, Kong Jie never took the superficial goodwill shown by those Yankees seriously.

Instead of believing in the character of American capitalists, you might as well believe that sows can climb trees!

……

After this matter is dealt with, it is the second matter.

Wang An, head of the enemy industry department, came to the regiment headquarters to find Kong Jie and reported:

"Regimental Commander, I have to report something to you personally. During this period of time, our base area has been carrying out a campaign of cold guns and guns, and the devils and puppet troops have suffered a lot in the periphery of our base area."

"The devils launched raids several times to retaliate, but they were all repelled by the tunnel warfare, guerrilla warfare, and sparrow warfare we carried out relying on the villages."

"In addition, after the equipment of the militia troops around us has been strengthened again, their combat effectiveness has improved a lot. Sometimes, before the mopping up troops of the devils have even touched our base area, our militia fighters have cleaned them up by ourselves."

"According to what you said at the beginning, there are now several anti-Japanese brigades composed of militias around us. The strength may not be enough, but this gimmick is out."

Kong Jie laughed and said, "It's called pulling tiger skins to scare the devils. The appearance of the anti-Japanese militia brigade can confuse the little devils' judgment even more, making the devils unable to understand and understand the strength of our base area."

Wang An said with a smile: "Who said it wasn't true! The little devil seems to have admitted it."

"In addition, according to the orders given by you, the regiment commander, as long as the militia units around us have obtained the materials for the production of arms, such as rails and wires, they can be exchanged for equipment by our independent regiment."

"After the order is issued, how can our comrades in the militia still sit still? We go to carry out sabotage operations every three days, and the devils repair the railways every now and then, and they are picked up by everyone again when they turn around. Hundreds of kilometers of wires are even worse. It was missing."

"Because of this, the little devil has to constantly spend manpower and material resources to repair the rails, put up wires, build roads, etc., and also spend manpower everywhere to strengthen patrols."

"The devils and the puppet army were also beaten by us. On the one hand, they were held accountable by their superiors because of our sabotage operations. On the other hand, they were also afraid of being attacked by us coldly during their patrol. "

"So just two days ago, a puppet army secretly passed on the news to our Eighth Route Army through the people. According to the puppet army, the affair this time was the intention of some devil officers."

Kong Jie became interested: "Oh, interesting, what kind of tricks does this little devil want to play?"

Wang Andao: "Regimental Commander, the puppet army said that the devils hope that we can restrain the troops and stop damaging the railways and wires.

In this way, if the devils' superiors don't come to hold them accountable or send people to investigate, they can fool us and make peace with us, and they won't invade our root land.

In addition, the little devil said that he hopes to cooperate with us in smuggling and make money. "

"What? The little devil came to us for smuggling?" Kong Jie was also quite surprised.

Wang An nodded, "Leader, I was also wondering, so I came to report to you as soon as I received the news."

Kong Jie thought for a moment, but he could understand the reason.

In recent years, the devil's supplies have become more and more scarce, and there has even been a shortage of successors. The life of the devil's officers and soldiers at the bottom is not easy.

In addition, those around the base area of ​​the Independence Regiment are mostly devils and puppet troops who maintain local law and order.

Being able to calm things down, not only avoid the risk of being wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, but also engage in smuggling to make money, and by the way, you can also hide it from your superiors and avoid being held accountable. Why not do it?

Thinking about it this way, this is the beginning of the Japanese army showing signs of defeat, and this news secretly sent by the Japanese and puppet troops may really be used.

"In this way, don't rush to give the little devil a clear answer. First, ambiguously stabilize the devil and the puppet army, and tell them that cooperation is not impossible, but I don't trust them enough. I hope to see their sincerity."

"Yes!" Wang An replied, and then hesitated: "Commander, do we really want to cooperate with the devils and puppet troops?"

Kong Jie said: "There are many ways to eliminate devils, and military operations are actually just a bad idea."

"Don't underestimate the simple cooperation at the moment. This is the weakness of the Japanese and puppet troops. We may use these cooperation to slowly corrode the security forces of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"Think about it, if one day the Japanese and puppet troops around our base area cooperated with us in smuggling, they would live a comfortable life, with enough food and a warm house."

"At this time, if the Japanese army headquarters launches another war against our base areas, it will cut off the money of these devils and puppet troops, and make them have a bad life."

"The devils and puppet soldiers are also human beings. Tell me, how much fighting spirit do they still have to deal with us by this time?"

Wang An suddenly realized when he heard it, and after secretly admiring it, he immediately responded: "Yes, leader, I understand what to do."

"Go! Remember, the principle of doing this well is to boil the frogs in warm water, and let the devils and puppet soldiers slowly wear down their will to fight."

"Yes!"

After Wang An left, Kong Jie thought about it. Although this matter was a good thing, it was easy to fall into the trap in nature.

So this matter has to be discussed with Li Wenjie, the political commissar, and Li Wenjie should make a report to his superiors, so as not to put a black hat on our old Kong in the future, right?
Afterwards, Kong Jie arranged for someone to notify Ye Min.

Ask Ye Min to take the commando team and choose from the batch of American equipment sent by John first.

Especially for the M2 60mm mortar sent by John, Kong Jie directly approved ten of them to the commando.

for subsequent use.

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The new second group.

Shi Kui, the head of the [-]th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, finally found an opportunity to find Li Yunlong alone.

With people under the eaves, Shi Kui didn't have the nerve to beat around the bush, and cut to the chase: "Brother Yunlong..."

As a result, Li Yunlong didn't show any face at all. Although he had a smile on his face, his words were choking: "Tuan Zhang, you should call us Tuan Zhang, I remember that we are not so close, right?"

Don't look at Li Yunlong who always has a smile on his face, but Lao Li has a high spirit!
A hero like Chu Yunfei called Brother Yunlong, and he agreed that he would not buy other people's accounts.

Shi Kui's face froze, a little embarrassed, but he was soon forced to suppress it, after all, he wanted something from others.

"...Leader Li, Ming people don't speak dark words, brother, I came here this time to ask you to get back your equipment and people!"

Li Yunlong pretended to be confused and said: "Tuan Zhang, our old Li can't understand what you said. You asked me to ask for equipment and people. What do you mean?"

Shi Kui said anxiously: "Captain Li, don't pretend to be confused. Didn't all the more than 300 soldiers in my third battalion let you take them back to the new second regiment? Also, the equipment of my two battalions It's all in your hands now!"

Li Yunlong said: "Tuan Zhang, don't be bloody. What old Li caught was a traitor team that fornicated devils. When did you get caught by the Jinsui army?"

Squeeze: "..."

How could he fail to see that this Li Yunlong deliberately pretended to be confused, wiped his mouth, and didn't want to admit it!

"Captain Li, it's very unkind of you to do this. I admit that my third battalion commander really deserves to die. He dared to surrender to the Japanese army. This kind of thing is what Shi Mou hates the most."

"In this way, if Commander Li is willing, you can shoot my third battalion commander for me and clean up the door. It's just that my 300-odd brothers and the equipment of two battalions are still there. You have to return it to me, otherwise I won’t be able to report to the higher authorities.”

Only then did Li Yunlong seem to come to his senses, a smile appeared on his originally stern face, and he said, "Oh, Commander Shi, I understand, so the cowards of the 300-odd surrender devils are soldiers from your [-]th Regiment?"

"Shi is ashamed!"

"Forget it, since it's Commander Shi's army, so I'll release the 300-odd captives back later, isn't that all right?

In addition, I will return your third battalion commander to you, and it is up to Commander Shi to clean up the house himself! "Li Yunlong said.

Shi Kui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and replied: "Then I would like to thank Captain Li. Captain Li understands righteousness deeply, and Shi admires it."

Li Yunlong smiled and said: "I don't understand the righteousness. The key is that you have more than 300 mouths in my new second regiment. I have to take care of the food and shoot your third battalion commander. I have to waste a bullet. Our old Li will not do such a loss-making business."

"..."

"Captain Li, when you return my brothers, please send out the equipment of my two battalions together."

"What? What equipment?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise.

Shi Kui: "Captain Li, don't you want to deny your account of the equipment seized from my 300-odd brothers and a battalion led by my deputy commander later?"

Li Yunlong said: "Oh, I remembered, but... I'm really sorry, Commander Shi, you also know that our Eighth Route Army has iron discipline, and if it is captured, everything must be returned to the public."

"The equipment I got from you, I have already handed it over to the headquarters, so if you want this batch of equipment, you can do it.

You have to go back and make a report to Chief Yan to explain the matter clearly, and then Chief Yan will personally come to our Eighth Route Army to explain the situation.

After we confirm the situation here, the equipment of these two battalions will be returned to you. "

Squeeze: "..."

All of a sudden, I felt like crying. As for Chief Yan, who is desperate for face, he can condescend to your Eighth Route Army for the equipment of two battalions?
Not to mention that it is really embarrassing that his third battalion surrendered to the devils. If Chief Yan knew about it, it would be good if he didn't punish him, so why would he look down and ask for equipment?

Well, this batch of equipment can be regarded as meat buns and dogs, or they will come back.

"Chief Shi, don't look at me like that! We can't do anything about it if you look at me like that. How about I make a report to our headquarters in advance and report this matter to you, Chief Yan, and we'll talk about it. It's clear, follow the procedure again, and return the equipment to your [-]th regiment, how about it?"

...Finally, Shi Kui left with gritted teeth full of depression.

As for Li Yunlong, a reckless guy, he has nothing to do.

Li Yunlong patted his pocket cheerfully, looking at the back of the dejected leaving, "Well, this time the equipment of the two battalions in the pocket is proper."

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Brigade.

As soon as Li Yunlong brought the equipment of the two battalions back to the New Second Regiment, the brigade commander with great powers learned about it.

The political commissar was shocked when he heard about this, "At this juncture, Li Yunlong, a bastard, can't do anything wrong again."

The brigade commander said with a smile: "After all, there are no casualties, which is a good thing."

"As for the current timing, Li Yunlong grasped the evidence that the [-]th Regiment colluded with the Japanese to surrender, and won this batch of equipment. He really has nothing to say about the Jinsui Army."

The political commissar smiled and said, "That's right, Yan Laoxi can't afford to lose this person."

"For the equipment of the two battalions, although the [-]th Regiment of the Jinsui Army is far stronger than the [-]th Regiment, the equipment of the two battalions is not a small amount."

The brigade commander muttered to the side.

The political commissar said cheerfully, "Brigade Commander, don't you think about Li Yunlong's equipment again?"

The brigade commander said with a serious face: "I'm not thinking about the equipment, just thinking about it, but I haven't seen the old subordinates for a few days, and I always went to the independent regiment a few days ago. Tell me, as an old leader, I can't favor one over another, right?"

The political commissar was a little startled, but then couldn't help laughing.

……

New group.

Ding Wei, who has always been bold, careful, and has an extraordinary vision, was not at all ambiguous when some officers of the Jinsui Army came to the Xinyi Regiment to visit, exchange and study.

The next morning, Ding Wei led a company, and a group of officers from the Jinsui Army accompanied the army to watch the battle.

This was an ambush, and it was a coincidence that the officers of the Jinsui Army arrived. Ding Wei had been planning for a long time for this. The collection of intelligence and the plan to lure the Japanese army to be fooled were all ready.

The two sides in the battle, one is a company of the new regiment, and the other is a transport squadron of the Japanese army.

When the battle started, Ding Wei handed over the command power to Sun Zhenguo, the commander of the first battalion, and he led the officers of the Jinsui Army to watch the battle from a distance with the help of binoculars.

What a beautiful battle of annihilation.

In the whole battle, the deployment before the ambush was exquisite. After the battle started, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment broke out in combat power in an instant, which made the officers of the Jinsui Army pay attention to it.

It took less than an hour to finally kill the Japanese transport squadron, clean up the battlefield, and return with the supplies of the Devil Transport Squadron.

The accompanying officers of the Jinsui Army were amazed for a long time.

Only then did they realize that once the Eighth Route Army team like Xinyituan did not lack sophisticated equipment and abundant ammunition, how amazing their combat effectiveness would be.

Ding Wei didn't care about this: "The devil transport squadron is nothing more than an elite squadron, and its firepower is not as strong as ours. We are using the strong to fight the weak, which is nothing special."

What else can the officers of the Jinsui Army say about this?

In their view, the Japanese army was so strong that they hardly dare to provoke them, but in the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army, it looked like mud. This once aroused their doubts about whether the Japanese army was strong.

Even the head of the Jinsui Army couldn't help but wonder, is it true that the little devil is so broken?
……

Three days later, in Taiyuan City, under the deployment of the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka, the Japanese army began to move.

The Japanese army's combat deployment this time is very clear, with a combination of odd and positive.

Considering that the Eighth Route Army is getting bigger and bigger, Yoshio Shinozuka mobilized four full brigades with more than 2 troops. According to the iron roll sweeping style, the troops were divided from the two wings and approached the Taihang base area where the Eighth Route Army headquarters is located. .

In addition, while the frontal battlefield attracted the attention of the Eighth Route Army, Yamamoto led the special agent team through the gaps in the battlefield, and followed the established interspersed curve to sneak attack the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

The troops of the four brigades deployed by the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield attacked from two fronts, and two of the brigades went straight to the defense area of ​​the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi...

　What I owe is more paid off, sweating...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)