"Just last month, a shipment of arms was attacked by unknown militants as it passed through Zhongmu County. All eight soldiers escorted the arms were killed. The arms, as well as the two trucks carrying them, are missing. This is the fifty-fourth accident that came out last month. ”

After reading it, the staff officer put away the document and planned to end the report. There were fifty-four accidents a month, and this was just one of them, and there was nothing to focus on. Muto, who had been silent, suddenly asked him for this document and read it carefully, although the staff officer was inexplicable, he didn't dare to leave, and he was honestly by his side.

"Seventy Type 96 light machine guns and 150,000 rounds of ammunition were attacked near the Longwang Temple in Zhongmu County?" Maybe there is a providence in the dark, and I don't know why, among so many attacks, Yuichiro Muto became interested in this case of losing two truckloads of arms.

However, he was interested in it, and he didn't have a clue about the whole thing. Muto is not an immortal, how can he see the truth of the facts from such a simple document? In the end, it was just a little impression in my mind that this document was still packaged and archived in an unknown corner.

The outcome was a bit unexpected. Second Lieutenant Yoshito, the head of the Japanese army in Zhongmu, who was already ready to meet the storm, and his helpers Takahashi Yasuzo and Cao Chang waited in panic for a month. After a month, there was still no movement, and the minds of these two people came alive. People are like this, once they taste the sweetness, they want to try again. This is true for drug use, as it is for arms smuggling.

Ren Laifeng's money has been remitted to his account. After Yoshitomo Ito and Yasuzo Takahashi split proportionally, the two decided to continue doing business with Commander Ren, who had a good reputation. This time they didn't use machine guns, and recently a batch of mountain artillery was going to pass through the territory, and Ito Yoshitomo decided to make money from selling arms just by selling intelligence, as he did last time.

Of course, the transportation of mountain artillery is a secret, but since Yoshitomo Ito is also a person within the Japanese army, it is not impossible to obtain the number of varieties of this batch of mountain artillery, as well as the transit time and route. Ito and Takahashi acted separately, and as soon as they inquired about it through their respective relationships, the exact news came out. The next step is to inform Commander Ren to send a representative to negotiate the price.

Six Type 75 mountain guns plus 200 shells, this is definitely news that can impress Ren Laifeng. Six 75 mountain guns were the standard configuration of a mountain artillery squadron of the Japanese army. Among the Chinese army at that time, if you don't count the regular divisions of the Central Army, there are generally not so many guns in one division. Not to mention the local troops and partisans.

When he knew that there was such a batch of mountain artillery, Ren Laifeng was determined to win it! This time, Ren Laifeng didn't go in person, he sent Huang Guojin, Xiao Qingfa, and Zhou Lin across the river to negotiate. Huang Guojin is proficient in Japanese, Xiao Qingfa is experienced, and Zhou Lin is a leader among young people, and with the combination of these three people, the negotiations naturally achieved a successful result.

A week later, on the outskirts southeast of Zhongmu, Japanese troops transporting mountain artillery were again sacked. This time, all the Japanese soldiers who were escorted were killed, and all the mountain artillery and the truck carrying the mountain artillery were missing.

In a short period of time, two arms robberies occurred in succession in two places not far from each other, and it was difficult not to attract the attention of those who cared about it.

When Yuichiro Muto saw this information, he immediately remembered the briefing two weeks ago. "Quick, show me the light machine gun information about the car that Zhongmu was robbed two weeks ago."

It was still the same staff officer, and it took ten minutes to hand the document to Muto Nakasa. This document was originally put by him, and it took him ten minutes to find it, and it is estimated that it will take at least an hour to replace it with others.

Muto put the two pieces of information side by side, look at this, look at that. There are two similarities on the two sheets, one is that the trucks transporting the munitions are all trucks, and the second is that the accident is near Zhongmu. Zhongmu, this county seat is only separated by a river from Zhengzhou!

"Who is the commander of the Zhongmu garrison?" Muto asked the intelligence staff officer in the room.

"Second Lieutenant Yoshitomo Ito." Answering this question was much simpler, and the lieutenant staff officer gave the answer after almost casually giving it two glances.

"Second Lieutenant Yoshito? Miyamoto, you take two people to Chumu, bring Yoshitomo Ito here, and tell him that he is here for a meeting at the General Staff. ”

"Hey!" The staff officer loudly agreed. Walking out of the office, he went to the army and picked out two soldiers who were strong and said to be skilled, changed into soldiers' regular clothes and drove a small truck to Zhongmu County.

When Michimo Ito was discussing with Yasuzo Takahashi what to do for the next deal, a soldier outside the door reported: Someone from the staff has arrived.

Although I don't know where the staff is, the yamen must be much larger than his squad. Not to mention the squad, even the squadron has no staff officers, let alone a staff department. Mitomo Ito took Yasuzo Takahashi out quickly.

It was a young lieutenant officer, who looked polite and polite, without a bit of a soldier's fierce spirit. The person himself introduced: he was an ordinary staff officer of the General Staff of the Front Army. I was ordered by the commander to pick up Second Lieutenant Ito and go to Kaifeng. Why are you going to Kaifeng? Meeting!

Ito wanted to invite the lieutenant staff officer to dinner, but they said that the time was urgent. Second Lieutenant Ito didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly went back and got some money, got dressed, brought a gun and a sword, and led two guards out and got into someone's truck.

"It's a little funny, please laugh." The truck had not gone far before Ito took out two silver dollars from his bag and handed them over. This thing is hard currency, and it's worth a lot of money wherever you put it.

The lieutenant's staff officer took it without saying a word and stuffed it into his satchel, and Ito was relieved. Since people dare to accept gifts, it means that it is not a big deal.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant, may I ask your last name?"

"Miyamoto."

"Your Excellency Miyamoto, do you know who went to the staff headquarters for a meeting this time?"

"Oh, they're all commanders of the troops stationed abroad. Ito-kun will know when you get to the place, and maybe there are people you know. You can rest assured, it doesn't matter. ”

Along the way, Yoshitomo Ito tested Lieutenant Miyamoto a lot, and he Miyamoto knew the general content of the meeting in advance, so he had to prepare in advance. But Lieutenant Miyamoto is tight-lipped, saying what he can say, and not saying a word that he can't say without spitting out.

Zhongmu didn't have to go far from the seal, and the truck drove out for an hour to get to the place. It was a small portal with armed soldiers outside. Seeing these doormen in long boots, Ito's heart instantly sank to the bottom.