Before the Lugou Bridge Incident, there were already 100 large and small streets in Tai'an City, in addition to more than a dozen pots, dozens of oil mills, eight large money houses and numerous restaurants, inns, warehouses, all kinds of shops, there were hundreds of brick kilns in the towns and villages around the county alone, producing 1.5 million bricks every year to supply urban construction. With the rise of modern chemical industries such as coal mines, there are also new enterprises such as coal mines, electric light companies, flour mills, transportation companies, telephone and telegraph offices, and offices of the Bank of Communications.

From 1926 to 1927, the Shandong provincial government was located in Tai'an, with its office located in Dongyue Temple, north of the city. In those years, Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling sat on Mount Tai several times, which was also a scene on the mountain road of Mount Tai.

It's a pity that the guns of the invaders disrupted the pace of Taean's development.

Japan's largest bank, Shojin Bank, has now been discredited by the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army attacked and occupied Tianjin, Jinan, and Qingdao twice, and the Tianjin Branch, Qingdao Branch, and the office in Jinan of the Zhengjin Bank were all key targets of the Eighth Route Army. In particular, the Zhengjin Bank branch in Qingdao was originally well-capitalized and was the financial pillar of Japanese-funded enterprises and businesses in Qingdao and the whole of Shandong. The economic aggression of the Japanese in Shandong was mainly supported by the Qingdao branch of Zhengjin Bank. The Eighth Route Army captured Qingdao twice, cleaned the Qingdao branch of Zhengjin Bank twice, and even seized all the bank principal and depositors' deposits, and did not even give a penny to the little devils. Although Shojin Bank is the largest bank in Japan, it cannot withstand such a series of losses.

Depositors want to deposit, and shareholders calculate losses, so that the board of directors of Zhengjin Bank does not dare to open a branch in Shandong. However, Shandong is rich in natural resources, not only coal and iron ore, but also grain, cotton, silk, peanuts, and developed railway transportation, so there are huge business opportunities. How can I do it without a bank? Therefore, one is the military ministry requirement. On the other hand, in a hurry to grab profits and make up for losses from Shandong, Zhengjin Bank still opened offices in Jinan, Zhoucun, Weihai, Xuzhou, Jining, and other places to issue military bills and joint bills on a large scale to carry out financial aggression.

On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank was deserted.

Sato, the owner of the Wuzhou pawnshop, led a small group of imperial troops towards the office.

It seems that Sato has a very close relationship with the tall, fierce-looking captain of the Imperial Army, and the two of them are almost walking hand in hand.

Actually, Sato is bitter and can't say. Inside his cotton clothes, four grenades were tied around his waist, and the fuse was held in the hands of Wang Laohu, who was holding hands with him. Wang Laohu made it clear to Sato that if he dared to play tricks, he and his wife would be turned into a pile of minced meat.

Sato runs a pawnshop, sells drugs, collects slaughter taxes in Taean City, and is a regular customer of the Taean office of Zhengjin Bank.

Just arrived at the door of the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank. The two devil sentries clanged. He set up his rifle, and the two shiny bayonets crossed together, blocking the way of Sato and his party.

The devil sentry, this is the job of interrogating something.

Sato is a regular customer, and every time he comes to deposit or withdraw money, he has to be interrogated. At this time, he couldn't wait to break away from Wang Laohu's iron tongs, and let the devil sentry shoot and kill this group of damn dirt eight roads. But he didn't dare, the grenade in his waist was hard, reminding him of the price of taking risks at any time.

Sato told the devil sentry that he was Sato from the Wuzhou pawnshop and came to the bank to handle business. The Imperial Army accompanying him was the guard unit sent by His Excellency Major General Toshio Murai to the pawnshop in Gosu.

The devil sentinels actually know Sato. There are not many Japanese in Tai'an City, Sato is also a pawnshop, a drug trafficker, and a slaughter tax, relying on the bayonets of the Japanese army to make bloody money, and the relationship with the Japanese army is naturally iron. The guard troops of the Tai'an branch of Zhengjin Bank are stationed all year round, and Sato is so diligent. He was so rich and famous, it was impossible for the Japanese sentries to know him or not.

The devil sentry let him go, and Wang Laohu and Liao Guangming followed Sato into the business hall of the Tai'an branch of Zhengjin Bank with a swagger.

As soon as Sato came in, the clerk sitting at the counter immediately greeted Sato and greeted him with a happy new year. Then he said, "Sato-kun, is there anything I can do for you?" ”

Sato said with a sad face. He wants to withdraw money.

The staff of the Tai'an office of the Zhengjin Bank were anxious when they heard that they wanted to withdraw money, because because the Eighth Route Army had eliminated the main force of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army and attacked the periphery of Tai'an, the depositors who had deposits in the office in Tai'an City came to squeeze early this morning, so that the office had to ask His Excellency, the brigade commander of the 16th Brigade of the ** mixed brigade stationed in Tai'an, to personally come and suppress it, and repeatedly assured that the attack of the Eighth Route Army had been repulsed and that the money was placed in the Zhengjin Bank to be greatly safe, so that the depositors were dispersed.

The staff of the Taian office of Zhengjin Bank still patiently handed over a withdrawal form and asked Sato to fill it out, thinking that if the withdrawal amount was not large, he would give it to him. After all, it's a big customer, and I can't afford to offend.

Sato trembled and filled in the number of 1 million yuan on the withdrawal form, and handed the withdrawal form through the counter window along with the passbook.

When the staff of the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank saw it, they panicked and hurriedly asked Sato-kun why he was raising so much money?

Sato said that he plans to open two more tobacco shops in Tai'an City, and to Yanzhou and Jining to open pawnshops and tobacco shops, and that he will need to buy a large amount of tobacco paste and need a lot of money.

With so much money, the little clerk can't be at home, so he can only ask Sato-kun to wait for a while, and he goes in to report to the manager.

After a short time, the manager of the Taian office of Jeongjin Bank, who was wearing a suit and an overcoat, appeared and asked Mr. Sato to come in for a detailed discussion.

That's what Wang Laohu wants. Because the bank is different from other places, it is heavily guarded, and there is a large iron gate between the business counter and the outside, if you force your way in, the devils of Tai'an City will inevitably find out. Wang Laohu did this when he was making trouble in Jinan City, and he was very old-fashioned.

The devil manager opens the iron door and invites Sato-kun in. As a result, as soon as the door opened, Wang Laohu pulled Sato and walked in together. Immediately afterwards, Liao Guangming led the special combat team members who came with him.

The devil manager and several employees in the business counter were dumbfounded, stupidly looking at the muzzle of the black hole hole on the top of Xiong's mouth, and did not dare to move.

This is a bank clerk, not a soldier of the field division of the Japanese army, who did not have such a tenacious will, and obediently handed over the key to the vault under the guns of the Eighth Route Army. Actually, it doesn't matter if they don't hand over the key, it's the Eighth Route Army special combat team that comes. There are ways to open the vault.

The only trouble was the Japanese guard squad stationed at the Taian office of the Zhengjin Bank.

Entering the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank is equivalent to Sun Monkey getting into the belly of Princess Iron Fan. Toss as much as you want. No, the two special combat team members brought the two devil sentries at the door into the office business hall, and under the trembling eyes of several bank employees, they easily crushed their throats, and stood at the door with the rifles of the two of them, acting as sentinels. Immediately afterwards, the special combat team members who rushed into the inner courtyard rushed to the residence of the devil guard squad. It didn't take long for the bloody smell to drift out of the living room of the devil's guard squad.

It has been almost a year since the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank was opened.

After all, it's a regular bank. In addition to the Japanese officers and soldiers and the owners of Japanese-funded shops and enterprises who deposited deposits and exchanged money here, many merchants in Tai'an City also conducted business here. Three major coal mines, including the Huafeng Coal Mine in Tai'an, the Electric Light Company, and the Flour Mill, all have deposits here. There are indeed quite a lot of deposits in the treasury, about 10 million yuan, including yen, North Korean bills, military bills, and joint bills.

With only this amount of money in the vault, it's no wonder that the devil is terrified at the sight of a large withdrawal.

There are some antiques in the vault safe, and needless to say, they are the collateral items sent by Sato's Gozu pawnshop for safekeeping.

Wang Laohu was originally hoping to get 1.8 million gold bars and silver dollars here, but who knew that he searched all over the vault. Only twenty-six small yellow croakers and 2,000 silver dollars were found.

Hopes are dashed. Wang Laohu was furious. He pulled over the manager of the Tai'an branch of Zhengjin Bank and used a trick to force him to tell where the gold bars, silver dollars, US dollars, and pounds were placed.

No matter how Wang Laohu is punished, the devil manager will not be able to take out gold bars, silver dollars, US dollars, and pounds, because as long as these hard currencies are deposited, they will be quickly sent to Jinan and Qingdao.

Only then did Wang Laohu think that little Japan had become poor, and he wanted to take the gold bars and dollars he collected from China to buy urgently needed materials internationally.

Thinking that Little Japan might become poor, Wang Laohu was not annoyed, and laughed. No longer entangled with the devil manager, he ordered the soldiers to tie up all the devil bank employees, tie a grenade to each person's waist, and stuff a rag in his mouth. Then load all the devil's banknotes into the cart and prepare to retreat out of the city when it gets dark.

Wang Laohu did not use his own motorcycles and cars when they entered Tai'an, because the ** mixed into the 16th Brigade stationed in Tai'an itself has very few cars and armored vehicles, and it is easy to attract the attention of devils when driving. Just right. Two trucks and a sedan were parked in the courtyard of the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank, the truck was used to facilitate the payment to Jinan and Jining, and the car was the bank manager's car. Wang Laohu can use waste and directly use cars to transport troops and cash.

Originally, Wang Laohu and the others had already completed the task by defeating the devil bank. It's okay to withdraw. However, due to the fact that there were not many seizures. And they are all yen, military tickets, and joint coupons that the common people don't want to see, Wang Laohu felt that this trip was not worth it, so he thought that he had to give the little devil a little bit of a thorn in the face, so as to be worthy of this trip to Tai'an.

Just after dark, a car and two trucks drove out of the compound of the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank. There were machine guns on the roof of the car, and they were full of escorted ghost soldiers.

When he arrived at the south gate of Tai'an, the devil on duty came up to check, and Liao Guangming, who was sitting in the car, was very arrogant, holding a pass from the Tai'an office of Zhengjin Bank and dangling it in front of the devil sentry, saying that he was ordered to release the money to Jining, and he left.

Wang Laohu did not retreat, he took a few special forces to escort Sato back to the Wuzhou pawnshop and joined the few fighters who stayed there.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, Wang Laohu tied Sato and Mrs. Sato together and told them not to shout or move, otherwise the grenade would explode and blow them to pieces. He also told them that when the gendarmerie came to investigate, they could only say that they were held hostage by the Japanese rescuers, and they could not say anything else. Otherwise, he will be invited to the team site for tea by the gendarmerie, Sato will be tortured to death, Mrs. Sato will be killed by the gendarmerie**, and even Han Jiā who assists the gendarmerie in handling the case

After scaring Sato Fufu, Wang Laohu led the soldiers to disguise themselves as Japanese patrols, went out of the Wuzhou pawnshop, and headed towards Tai'an Railway Station.

Wang Laohu was originally going to end up the Japanese army ** mixed into the 16th Brigade Headquarters, but now the Japanese army in Tai'an City has become a frightened bird, highly vigilant, without a good reason, it is difficult to enter the Japanese army headquarters, so he can only retreat to the second best thing and go to the railway station to try his luck.

Along the way, I encountered five devil patrols. Fortunately, Wang Laohu and the others had already mixed in last night, knew the Japanese army's password, and arrived at the train station smoothly.

The Jinpu Road to the south of the kiln was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and the Dawenkou Railway Bridge was bombed earlier this evening, and the Jinpu Road could only lead to Tai'an. At this time, the Japanese army was newly defeated, and it was eager to send supplies to Ciyao, Qufu, and Yanzhou, and Tai'an became a supply and distribution center for the Japanese army's military supplies. Trains from the north unloaded supplies at Taean Station, and the Taean defenders requisitioned cars and carts to transfer them south. Therefore, even though it was night, the Tai'an railway station was still brightly lit, and teams of Japanese soldiers patrolled back and forth to supervise the coolies.

As soon as he saw this situation, Wang Laohu's spirit came suddenly, and after just a moment of thought, he made up his mind to burn down the Tai'an Railway Station.

As for how to retreat after the train station was burned, Wang Laohu was not worried at all. Tai'an City is so big, where can I not find a place to hide? Not to mention other places, the Japanese military barracks and the homes of overseas Japanese are all good hiding places. Besides, there are tunnels in Tai'an City that lead to the outside of the city, but the little devils don't know it.

Wang Laohu, a special operations hero, is really not afraid of heaven and earth, he left six fighters, formed two combat teams to be responsible for the response, and walked towards the entrance of the railway station with two soldiers swaggering.

The devil sentry was very alert, and as soon as he saw Wang Laohu and the three of them entering, he immediately pulled the bolt of the gun and shouted the password.

After Wang Laohu answered the password, he walked to the devil sentry and asked very gently whether he was cold or hungry, and the posture was like a good commander who was very considerate of the soldiers.

After a long time, Wang Laohu told the devil sentry that he had been ordered to enter the station to check the alert situation, and he would be back in a short time.

The password is right, and they are ordered to check the vigilance, where can the two devil sentries suspect anything else, they will simply let them go.

Entering the platform of the station, Rao is Wang Laohu has experienced a hundred battles, and he almost cheered.

The platform was full of people, stevedores were busy unloading from the trucks, and gasoline drums, noodle bags, rice bags, and ammunition boxes were piled up on the platform.

It's messy, it's really messy!。