Chapter 167: Deliberation
"Commander, according to your instructions, we have been keeping an eye on the little devil! So far, the devils have at least transported tens of thousands of dollars worth of silver to the Japanese concession in Tianjin. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition, there is also a large amount of silver that has been transported in the past few days, Junzuo, are the Japanese crazy, what are you doing buying silver at a high price. ”
Since receiving Li Han's order, Jin Long has been sending people to resist the actions of the Japanese in Pingjin and Tianjin.
It soon became clear that the Japanese had been going crazy lately, desperately buying silver. This person Jin Long was puzzled, what is wrong with Japan, is there a shortage of silver in Japan?
It is actually normal for the golden dragon to have this doubt, the purchasing power of the Japanese currency in the Republic of China period is more reliable than the silver dollar, after all, Japan is also one of the great powers, regardless of that era, the country's strong currency is naturally stronger.
Just like before World War II, the British pound was the dominant currency in the international financial industry and was the most widely used currency for denominated settlements in international settlements. After World War II, the United States became the most powerful country in the world, and the dollar became dominant in international finance.
The behavior of the Japanese buying silver in large quantities is too abnormal in Jinlong's opinion, so he thinks that the Japanese are crazy.
Li Han also had no economic talent, he only knew the real purpose of the Japanese smuggling silver only by standing on the advantage of being familiar with history, so he didn't talk to Jin Long in detail, but just let him keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese.
After hearing Jin Long's report, Li Han couldn't help frowning, whether it was the Tianjin Japanese Concession or the Beiping Japanese Concession, there were Japanese army handles, which made him feel like he didn't know where to start.
It doesn't matter if it is in his own jurisdiction, for the sake of this silver, Li Han is willing to risk the disapproval of the world and send all his troops to snatch all the money, but these two places are on the territory of the 29th Army.
The people of the 29th Army had already seen their own madness, and they dared to kill more than 500 Japanese soldiers for the sake of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars of arms.
In the eyes of the top brass of the 29th Army, for the sake of this silver, it is estimated that Li Han is likely to kill all the Japanese in Beiping and Tianjin, so they will not allow Li Han to lead troops into the border between Beijing and Tianjin.
However, if you can't bring troops into the two places, you can't snatch the silver from Japan. The Japanese concession in Tianjin was guarded by two Japanese squadrons, and there was also a devil barracks in the Tanggu area, garrisoned by 2,000 Japanese soldiers.
Needless to say, not only a large number of troops of the 29th Army, but also more than 6,000 Japanese troops in the Beiping area, and more than 1,000 devils in Dongjiaomin Lane alone.
"It seems that I thought about my problem too simply, not to mention whether we can grab this batch of silver, even if we do, such a huge amount of silver, we have no way to transport it to Chahar under the noses of the Japanese and the Ninth Army."
Li Han said unwillingly, watching the little devils plundering the hard-earned money of the people, but he was powerless, he had not experienced this feeling for a long time.
He knew that even if he dispatched the entire security army, it would be useless, let alone the Japanese, and he would not be able to pass the 29th Army alone.
"Junza, if you really can't do it, forget it, there are still many days to deal with little devils in the future. Besides, our country has suffered less sins!
Of course, in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government lost more than 200 million taels of silver, and it still did not survive. As long as we develop Chahar, one day we will let the little devil lose back with interest. ”
"What the Chief of Staff said! Li Han, you are now the commander of the first army, no longer the former small company commander, and every time you do something, you must think about the tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole army.
Even if you succeed in this operation, but you have not thought about the consequences, and you have lost tens of millions of yen at once, the Japanese will not stop until they turn North China upside down, and Chahar will never have peace. ”
Shi Shi'an was really frightened by Li Han's plan, he used to rob the arms, that was because there was a reason for it, and Liu Guitang's bandit security army would be exterminated sooner or later.
If he is allowed to successfully receive the more than ten cannons, the security army will definitely have to pay a greater price when they attack Liu Guitang in the future.
However, this plan to rob Japan of silver made Shi Shi'an, a battle-hardened general, couldn't help but be a little frightened, and the silver worth tens of millions of yen was robbed, so the Japanese must not be crazy.
At that time, it is estimated that even the Kwantung Army will be dispatched, and the Eighth Division in Rehe will be added, and there will be more than 10,000 troops stationed in North China, and the security army will have nothing else to go except to flee to the depths of the Mongolian steppe. Because at that time, I am afraid that no one will dare to take in Li Han's army under the pressure of the Japanese government.
Of course, Shi Shi'an was not afraid of the Japanese, but felt that it was unnecessary to do so, Chahar is now on the right track, his 145th Division has all completed the redress, and Li Han also allocated all the 12 75-caliber field guns that he grabbed last time to the 145th Division.
At present, the 145th Division has two brigades, three infantry battalions directly under the division headquarters, and the number of other non-combat units has reached about 14,000.
However, there are also a large number of recruits in the 145th Division, and these soldiers are certainly not opponents of devil soldiers who have gone through many years of military training and have fought several battles from there.
Therefore, Shi Shi'an hoped that Li Han would be able to settle down and develop for a few more years, and he believed that after a few years of training, the 145th Division would definitely be able to become an elite division.
In addition, the situation of several other units of the security army and the 145th Brigade is similar, with the financial support of Chahar, the security army is now lacking not in money but in time.
"I know what you say has a point, but I'm not going to be willing to watch the devil's plot succeed, we can't get it, and the devil doesn't want it.
The old regiment commander, the chief of staff, the devil's silver will definitely be shipped out of Tianjin in the end, I plan to directly blow up and sink the devil's transport ship, if the Japanese have the ability, go to the sea and get the silver back. ”
Li Han said coldly, it's not that he doesn't know that what the security army needs now is time, but no matter what, he can't ignore the Japanese being so wild under his nose.
In fact, Li Han's deal with the Japanese this time was not for money at all, if it was just for money, he could have participated in the reselling of silver.
With his current status and status, it was too easy to do this, not to mention that there were many big businessmen in Chahar who were extremely wealthy.
In the past, he was able to raise five million silver dollars just by selling bonds, let alone making a fortune with these big businessmen, as long as Li Han said a word, he could completely collect more than 10 million silver dollars in a month.
Of course, he will definitely not do this, this is sucking the blood of the government of the Republic of China and the common people, if Li Han can drive the Japanese out of China by himself, then he can try, but obviously the security army does not have that strength now.
The frontal battlefield still has to be dominated by the national army led by the Central Army, and the rich Chahar pits the Nanjing government, which is to strengthen the support of the weak cadres and put the cart before the horse, which will do more harm than good to the overall situation of the War of Resistance in the future.
What the Japanese government likes to do most is to make trouble for the Nanjing government everywhere and not give up any opportunity to suppress the Nanjing government.
Li Han is the same, his favorite thing to do is to make trouble for the Japanese, whether it is the marijuana law or a small trouble, Li Han is also not far from giving up any opportunity that can weaken Japan. In his opinion, even if one more devil is killed, one less Chinese may be harmed by devils.
If these tens of millions of silver are successfully sold by the Japanese, I don't know how many Chinese will die on the strategic materials exchanged for this batch of silver.
"The whole plan of the military seat is feasible, the number of people in the people and the Japanese who have enmity is innumerable, if they can really blow up and sink the Japanese cargo ship transporting silver at sea, the Japanese will not know that it was the security forces who did it."
Gao Jian knew that Li Han would not give up easily, and since he was in Rehe, he had never seen Li Han admit defeat to the Japanese once. If you can win, you will fight, and if you can't win, you have to fight, and it seems that the military seat was born to oppose the Japanese.
However, compared with the previous plan of direct robbery, Gao Jian agreed with Li Han's plan, which could not only severely damage the Japanese, but also not set himself on fire.
"Yes, yes, but do you know which ship the Japanese put their silver on? When do they sail?
How will our people get on the ship then? How to transport the explosives from the ship? These are the big questions before us. ”
Shi Shi'an couldn't help frowning and said, Li Han was unwilling to give up his hand on the Japanese silver, which was not surprising to him.
Although he didn't know why Li Han knew so much, he knew from the fact that the Silver Bill, which was far away across the ocean and had not yet been enacted, knew that it would cause harm to the government.
But he knew that Li Han couldn't tolerate the slightest bit of sand related to the Japanese in his eyes, not to mention that this was more than just a sand, it was simply a huge marble, if Li Han could endure it, it would really be beyond his expectations.
In fact, Shi Shi'an, like most Chinese people, thought that the increase in the price of silver was beneficial to the Republic of China at first, because such benefits were obvious.
For example, in the arsenal that Chahar is building recently, a machine tool that could have been purchased for 10,000 silver dollars would have been enough if it had been only 6,000 silver dollars after the "Silver Bill" had been promulgated, saving 4,000 silver dollars at once.