A burst of gunfire rang out, and just outside the Gathering Hall, more than 30 people with devils and beards were all shot collectively! The bearded people, whether they came out of the Hall of Justice or were originally outside, were frightened one by one.

The third child and his gang are arrogant, pointing their guns at these former partners, and if you dare to say a word, our side will shoot immediately.

"Demolish the cottage and follow me down the mountain to join the New Ninth Army!" Li Yunlong rode on the war horse in high spirits and issued a military order. The Erlongshan bandits, who had been doing evil in the local area and harming the township for many years, have since disappeared, but the Flying Tiger Battalion has once again become a full-strength mechanized main battalion with strong combat effectiveness from today onwards.

Things like the Flying Tiger Battalion, the Erlongshan Hu Bandits, and the Taipingzhuang Guardian Team have been playing out in the land of North Manchurian in recent times.

There is no way, the new Ninth Army is currently in its infancy, and the shortage of soldiers is too great. Qinggang County is far away from the central government and any theater of operations, and the New Ninth Army will not receive any replenishment from higher-level units in terms of personnel in the first place, and Ren Laifeng has no other channel than self-financing. He wants a powerful New Ninth Army, so he can only keep recruiting troops and merging other armed forces.

Such a large-scale annexation will inevitably touch the interests of the hostile Japanese Kwantung Army, and may even lead to skirmishes with the Kwantung Army's army or secret services, just as Erryuzan shot Sato Yoshito and other Japanese spies.

However, even though the interests of the Kwantung Army were frequently touched upon, and some expatriates had accidents from time to time, Senior General Umezu Yoshijiro, as the commander of the Kwantung Army, never took any effective measures against this.

Neither mobilized a large army to sweep the Qinggang area, nor did it send a large number of spies and special forces to carry out large-scale infiltration operations. Except for warning all units of the Kwantung Army to strictly observe discipline and strengthen their vigilance, he never issued any major battle orders.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Yoshida, the inspector of the Kwantung Army, approached Umezu Mijiro several times, hoping that he would pay attention to Aooka's New Ninth Army and eliminate it as soon as possible to prevent the thieves from becoming bigger. Umezu Mijiro always promised well verbally, but he didn't do anything in practice.

On this day, Yoshida came to the door again. After the two of them greeted each other according to their duties, Earl Yoshida asked straight to the point: "Your Excellency, Commander, why haven't you taken action against the new Ninth Army in Qinggang?" ”

"Yoshida-kun, the New Ninth Army is not so easy to deal with, and Ren Laifeng is even more difficult to deal with! You don't know his past records, you don't know this man. Ren Laifeng is even more difficult to deal with than we imagined. To deal with him, I must have a complete battle plan, if I don't fight, I must win all battles! Otherwise, it is better not to fight than not to fight. ”

If it were normal, Count Yoshida would definitely ask why this was the case, what kind of ability Ren Laifeng had to make the dignified commander of the Kwantung Army so jealous. But today, the Earl's mood was clearly a little excited.

"Umejin-kun, the New Ninth Army must be defeated! Ren Laifeng shot Yoshito Sato on Erlong Mountain, do you know who Yoshito Sato is? ”

"Yoshito Sato was shot by Ren Laifeng?" Umezu Mijiro gasped, "It's the one from Prime Minister Tojo's nephew?" ”

"Yes!" Count Yoshida's expression was quite sad, more ugly than his dead wife, "Before I came to Manchuria, Prime Minister Tojo invited me to drink flower wine, and specifically asked me to take care of his nephew Yoshito Sato. I didn't expect Sato Nakasa to be still, or unfortunately martyred! How do you ask me to explain to Prime Minister Tojo! At the end, Count Yoshida almost burst into tears.

"Yoshida-sama, please mourn." Umezu Mijiro didn't expect that a spy who died casually turned out to be Hideki Tojo's nephew! This old thing, it's okay, what are you sending your nephew to me for? Okamura Ninji is strong and strong, isn't it safer to follow him than to follow me?

"Umezu-kun!" Hearing that Umezu Mijiro asked him to mourn, Yoshida was a little annoyed, "Don't think that this matter has nothing to do with you!" I am the Count of the Empire, and as long as the Emperor is here, no one can help me! It's a big deal, I'm not going to do this bullshit inspector! But what about you? Yoshito Sato died in Manchuria, how can you, the commander of the Kwantung Army, explain to Prime Minister Tojo? ”

How to explain it? How do you care how I explain it? What Lao Zamao is most afraid of is that he can't face the Prime Minister's anger, right? Of course, Umezu Mijiro only dared to say this in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it clearly.

Yoshida can't do anything with him, the commander of the Kwantung Army, but people will say it! Like speaking ill of the emperor in front of him? Another example is to run in front of Hideki Tojo and put all the responsibility for Sato's death on himself? He, the commander of the Kwantung Army, couldn't walk away, but the inspector of the Kwantung Army could run between the country and Manchuria. When the time comes, will the emperor and Hideki Tojo believe him or himself?

"Listen to me, Lord Earl, it's not that I don't want to send troops, it's that if I am in this position, if I give the order to start a war, there are too many related things! Do you want to report to the War Department? Would you like to ask the base camp? How long do you have to wait for them to reply? ”

"If Ren Laifeng gets the news in advance and runs away, how will we fight this battle? If the men and horses are sent but there is no enemy, it will not only be me, Umezu Mijiro, but you, including the entire Japanese Empire, who will be embarrassed in front of the international community! Who can afford this responsibility? ”

"What then?" Yoshida was taken aback by the terrible consequences described by Umezu Mijiro, and he didn't expect things to be so serious. Subconsciously asked, and after asking, Count Yoshida realized that his attitude seemed to be a little weak. But the words have been exported, but I can't get it back if I want to collect it.

"If you want me to say, you can completely mobilize some troops to fight in the name of the inspector of the Kwantung Army! Doesn't the base camp give you the power to move up to 20,000 troops at will? I can give you a little accommodation. I'll give you a field infantry wing, a field artillery wing, and you can use them to form a crusade detachment to specifically crusade against Qinggang's new Ninth Army! ”

Two wings? Yoshida quietly calculated in his heart, one wing is calculated according to 3,500 people, and two wings are only 7,000 people, which is still far from 20,000! Is this called caregiving? It's a pullback, right?

Umezu Mijiro saw Yoshida's unhappiness, and hurriedly added material, "In addition, there is aviation support, an aviation group is on standby at any time, you are on call!" I'm giving you a sapper brigade and a baggage brigade to form a complete detachment! Umezu Mijiro gritted his teeth and was ruthless. But Count Yoshida just had a stiff face and didn't look happy at all.