Chapter 33: The Rest of the Story
Three days later.
733 Separate Regiment.
The dilapidated but airtight earthen house meeting room at the regiment headquarters.
Six company commanders, regiment commander Zhang Lianshun, and deputy regiment commander Zhang Nuoyan sat around the table, their faces were full of joy mixed with dazedness, and there was a huge bowl of steaming fried bacon on the table, as well as a full form filled out.
Clearing his throat and swallowing the bacon in his mouth, Zhang Nuoyan, who was wearing a brand-new gray thermal coat, picked up the form and began to make a summary report.
"In Dazhuang Village, we... Hmmm·· Plenty of supplies to pick up"
"Among them, about 600 tons of staple foods such as corn, wheat grains, white flour, and rice, and 100 tons of mule and horse feed such as wheat bran and soybean meal"
"50 tons of cured pork, dried fish and other meat"
"1,500 sets of Japanese warm quilts, 1,300 Japanese coats, 1,100 pairs of Japanese leather boots"
"In addition, there are 3 tons of soy sauce, refined salt, edible oil, vinegar, etc., as well as a small amount of tobacco and alcohol."
"This material is enough for us to spend this winter very comfortably" Listening to the quantity of materials, even Zhang Lianshun, who has always ignored the supplies in the group, sighed, licked the residual aroma of lard at the corner of his mouth, he took out a box of Japanese cigarettes from his pocket, and then took out a Meizizi and lit the fire.
"There's nothing wrong with the winter quilt, but it's not suitable for this devil's military coat to be distributed directly," Zhang Lianshun said with a frown after taking a puff of delicious Oriental cigarettes.
Although the warmth effect of this devil's quilt and military coat is extraordinary, the bright Japanese logo and Japanese army logo on it can easily arouse the disgust of the people, especially the devil has gone to the countryside many times to collect materials recently, and the people's hatred for the devil is very high.
The quilt is only used for sleeping, and there will be no problem, but you often need to show up when wearing a military coat, especially in winter, standing guard and sentry, wearing a devil's military coat is easy to be misunderstood by the masses, and it will even cause a sneak attack in the eyes.
"Don't worry, I have asked the people in the village to slightly transform the devil's quilt and coat, remove the devil's logo, and then put on a new style, this is the appearance of the devil's coat after transformation" In response to the doubts raised by the regiment leader, Zhang Promise pointed to the clothes on his body and responded with a smile.
"Well, this dress is good, it matches the temperament of our army" Only then did Zhang Lianshun notice the brand-new coat on his deputy regiment commander.
The all-over gray knee-length loose coat is heavy and warm, and there is no resemblance to the devil's yellow woolen coat, and the style is similar to the military uniform of the 18th Group Army, which is very recognizable.
"Is this food safe, it won't be poisoned by the devils" It was Wu An, the commander of the first company, who spoke, and he was stuffing a large piece of bacon into his mouth at this time, so his speech was a little slurred.
"Then don't eat it" glared at Wu An, and Zhang Nuoyan reached out to snatch the meat from Wu An's mouth.
"Don't, let me try it first, if I don't get poisoned, you will eat it again" Dodging the hand of the deputy head of the regiment, Wu An said with a smile while chewing the delicious meat, the bacon with refined salt, monosodium glutamate and various condiments of soy sauce was delicious, and Wu An's eyes narrowed into a slit when he ate it.
"But who stole it? And the message is for the deputy head of the regiment, is it the deputy head of the regiment that you know the big family? Stretched out his hand again to scoop up a piece of fat and greasy bacon, Wu An said while eating, and the rest of the people were not ambiguous except for the head of the regiment who was smoking, and they were each holding a large piece of meat in their hands and gnawing it fragrantly.
“····” However, at this time, everyone stopped talking when they heard Wu An's words, and then glared at them fiercely.
Regarding the origin of the materials, everyone has discussed it many times in the past three days, but each time it is a fruitless cold ending. Because no matter what they think, it just doesn't come through.
Not long ago, they already knew that the devil's warehouse in Wanping City had been stolen three days ago, and these materials were clearly written as the materials of the Japanese army, and they had already regarded the person who did this as the mysterious friendly army that disabled the devil's baggage team last time.
But what makes them most tangled is that.
Within a few hours, 1,000 tons of devils' supplies were delivered to Shangzhuang Village, which was more than 50 kilometers away from the devil's warehouse, and they had to avoid the vigilance troops and various open and secret sentinels, how did they do it, and there was no trace at the scene.
Moreover, various sources indicate that the devils also seem to be confused about the theft of the warehouse, and they don't even know that the supplies have arrived in the regiment.
"Eat meat, eat meat" Looking at everyone's angry gaze, Wu An shrunk his neck and quickly diverted his attention.
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Wanping City.
Inside the headquarters of the Japanese army.
Several adjutants and high-ranking officials stared at the search report in front of them.
Three days ago, the material warehouse was strangely stolen, and the search of the whole city for three days without the slightest result, they did not find the slightest trace inside and outside the city, as if the materials in the warehouse disappeared by themselves, this strange incident made several Japanese soldiers in Wanping City greatly annoyed.
But more often than not, there is nothing to be done.
They also can't get out of the fire at this time.
The team guarding the warehouse has been arrested by the entire gendarmerie, but the three-day interrogation investigation has been fruitless, and various evidence indicates that the theft of the materials has nothing to do with the guard team, and they have no knowledge.
The three warehouses were also dismantled in three days, from the foundation to every piece of the head were inspected, for which they forcibly conscripted a thousand people, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers also rotated for three days, but the result was nothing.
After three days and three nights of non-stop inspection, and dismantling the warehouse inside and out, they still found three mouse holes and a few rats, and successfully eliminated those rats.
They also thought about whether it could be done by that mysterious force, and it is very likely that this is very likely, after all, this elite team of the Republic of China is mysterious and abnormal, and they have not found any traces so far.
But throughout, they had one doubt lingering.
What went wrong with the warehouse? What exactly did the thieves use to steal the supplies?
And most importantly,
If you don't know the means and methods of the thief, you can't effectively prevent it, which means that the warehouse may be stolen next time.
The loss of materials this time was not particularly serious, there were still food and materials, which were enough for the troops, and it was not difficult to transfer materials.
However, the devils are panicked, and the devils are bitter.
The mysterious squad has not been caught, and the 733 regiment has not been eliminated, and the ordinary baggage squadron is afraid that it will be attacked, and as for the baggage squadron, it really can't be mobilized for a while.
Moreover, it has not yet been figured out how the enemy steals supplies, so he can only send heavy troops to guard him day and night, and a lot of weapons, equipment and materials are distributed, and there are not many troops left that can be dispatched.
Although they have now found the location of the 733rd Regiment through plainclothes reconnaissance, the primary target of the mysterious elite squad of the Republic of China has not been eliminated, and now they have to guard the supplies, let alone exterminate the 733rd Regiment.
"There are not enough troops" In the end, several adjutants glanced at each other, and a thought flashed in their hearts.