[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 428: Prisoner Exchange and Poison Plan (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

At the same time that Ma Zheng reported the exchange of prisoners of war with the chairman and others in Guisui, Senior General Sugiyama Gen also held an emergency meeting in Beiping to discuss the matter.

In the large conference room of the North China Front Headquarters in Iron Lion Alley, General Sugiyama Moto, Yamashita Fumi, Muto Akira, Umezu Mijiro, Otaka Kamezo, Shinozuka Yoshio, Abe Norihide and others sat in turn, while Aiko Sato, head of the Special High Section of the North China Front, was standing at the conference table and making a report.

"Your Excellency, Commander, that's pretty much what happened! China has agreed to exchange prisoners of war and expatriates with us, but their asking price is really a bit high, and if you don't agree to the transaction, please ask Your Excellency the Commander to show me! Aiko Sato said in a deep voice.

"Sato, if all the expatriates and prisoners of war are exchanged, what price will the Imperial Army have to pay? General Sugiyama asked immediately.

"About 60,000 prisoners of war are needed, in addition to 11 million catties of food to be paid to the Zhina!" Aiko Sato replied.

"Nani? So much? Sugiyama asked in surprise.

"According to the reply of the Chinese side, this time they did not kill all the soldiers of the Fourth Division, which was already very merciful to the imperial army, plus the supply of these soldiers for the imperial army during this period consumed a lot of their food, so the imperial army was asked to compensate each soldier Zifu 500 catties of grain, while ordinary expatriates paid 200 catties for the same reason, totaling more than 11 catties." Aiko Sato said.

At this time, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen, chief of staff of the North China Front, spoke: "Your Excellency Commander, if the humble post is not bad, Ma Zheng's department should be short of food, otherwise he will not ask the Yellow Army for food!" ”

"Yo Xi, Sato, what information do you have about this?" General Sugiyama asked again.

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the information we have obtained from the Special High Division, there is indeed a food crisis in the defense area of Ma Zheng's headquarters. The standard of food for its troops has dropped significantly, it's just that it is not clear how big the food gap is! Aiko Sato replied.

"Well, immediately find out how much food the people of China lack, this is very important for the imperial army!"

"Hay, the lowly position will be arranged!" Aiko Sato replied.

Sugiyama Yuan thought for a while and said, "Regarding this transaction, we have no choice but to agree to the conditions of the Shina people. As for the reason, you must also know that His Highness behind the Fourth Division has already spoken, asking us to rescue the captured soldiers at all costs! ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, in fact, there is still room for things to turn around." Aiko Sato said suddenly.

"Oh, Sato, what do you have to do?" General Sugiyama asked.

"Your Excellency Commander, in fact, it is not difficult to crack the conspiracy of the Chinese people, all they want is soldiers and food, as long as we don't let them succeed, it will be considered victory." Aiko Sato said immediately.

"Looks like you've got a plan, just tell me!" Sugiyama Motomichi.

"Does Your Excellency the Commander know about the Ishii troops?" Aiko Sato asked suddenly.

"Ishii troops? You're talking about Shiro Ishii and his Unit 731? "As the former Minister of War of Japan, General Sugiyama naturally knows Shiro Ishii.

"That's right, it's the anti-epidemic force led by His Excellency Ishii. Since the transaction must be made, otherwise we will not be able to account to His Highness or His Majesty the Emperor, so we can only make a transaction. However, the front army could turn to the Ishii troops in Manchuria for help, they had so many good things in their hands that they could easily create a plague in one area, and they thought that this might be a good opportunity for the imperial army to destroy Ma Zheng's troops. Aiko Sato said grimly.

"Yo Xi, let those prisoners of war carry germs, and then detonate this poisonous bomb in the jurisdiction of Ma Zheng's department, with the medical level of the Chinese people, without the imperial army to eliminate them, I am afraid it will not take long to be wiped out by the plague, this plan is very good!" Yamashita said appreciatively.

General Sugiyama Mototo also said with satisfaction: "Sato, you are worthy of being the elite of the Great Japanese Empire, and this plan is very feasible. If you can really eliminate Ma Zheng's department, you and your special high class should be the first to take credit! ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander, for your cultivation!" Aiko Sato said immediately.

"The specific plan is up to you and Yamashita-kun to make and implement it as soon as possible!" General Motodai Sugiyama instructed.

"Hail"

Ma Zheng did not know that the Japanese army was using vicious stratagems to calculate the Suicha Military Region, and now the inspection of the central working group was nearing the end, and after seeing the strong strength of the Suicha Military Region, the chairman and others immediately made a decision to agree to the reorganization plan reported by Ma Zheng earlier.

Subsequently, under the leadership of the central authorities, the Suicha Military Region carried out a large-scale reorganization of the existing troops, and the work of reorganizing the squid had already been prepared, so the headquarters of the Suicha Military Region ordered that the military and political cadres of all units immediately take up their posts, and the large-scale reorganization of more than 100,000 troops was completed in just two days.

After the completion of the major reorganization, the chairman and others also left the Suicha Military Region and returned to Yan'an.

In addition to Ma Zheng taking a cavalry regiment to escort them, the military region's transport unit also specially mobilized more than 20 vehicles to transport various materials, mainly cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver dollars, and so on.

After the reorganization of the troops was completed, Ma Zheng ordered all units to immediately conduct targeted training for the troops, and personally formulated a training outline. Ma Zheng instructed the troops to devote a large amount of time to training in positional warfare and tackling tough positions, and military commanders at all levels should also step up their study of positional warfare and tackling tough positions; in addition, the commanders of the engineer regiments and battalions of various units were also gathered together for intensive training, and the content of the training was how to build fortifications better and in accordance with local conditions.

At this time, the negotiations between the Suicha Military Region and the North China Front Army were all over, and the two sides agreed to conduct transactions in Datong, Zhangjiakou, and Xinghe at the same time on April 29.

On the night of April 27, with the cooperation of the North China Front, 300 carefully selected "Maruta" were held overnight in a concentration camp in Peiping and then dispersed into the ranks of prisoners of war.

Two days later, all the prisoners of war were put on the train and rushed to Datong, Zhangjiakou, and Tianzhen to trade with Ma Zheng's subordinates.

At the same time, more than 20,000 Japanese nationals and more than 13,000 Japanese prisoners were also sent to Fengzhen, Xinghe, and Zhangjiakou. According to the agreement between the two sides, before the exchange of prisoners, each side sent a small unit without weapons and equipment to the other side's camp to count the prisoners, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, the exchange began, and the two sides should remain calm within a day after the exchange was completed, and ensure that the prisoners of both sides were withdrawn to a safe place before they could carry out military strikes.

Since it was not the first time that the two sides had made a deal, the capture went smoothly, and the deal was completed by three o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th. Moreover, the Japanese army was also relatively restrained, and did not immediately send fighters to bomb the defense area of Ma Zheng's headquarters.

By the morning of the 30th, when all the prisoners had returned to the defense area of the Suicha Military Region, Ma Zheng, who was far away in Suicha, could be regarded as relieved.

Ma Zheng has always been very worried about this transaction, because this time is different from the past, in addition to receiving a large number of prisoners of war, there are more than 10 million catties of grain. With Ma Zheng's understanding of the Japanese, these guys will definitely not let this batch of grain fall into the hands of Ma Zheng's department safely. Coupled with the fact that the Japanese now had absolute air superiority, Ma Zheng expected that the Japanese would send bombers to bomb the prisoners on their way back.

However, what the two did not expect was that the Japanese did not do so this time, which was really surprising. But in any case, it's good for people to come back.

However, although the people are back, there are also many problems in the future, and how to arrange this group of people is also a problem. Of course, the intelligence department is also very busy, and among so many people, there are people who are traitors and criminals, and there are also nails planted by the Japanese army, and it will not work at all without careful screening.

Fortunately, the actions of the people in the intelligence department have already been prepared, and Xu Yinghui and Xu Xiaolin have been waiting in Fengzhen, Zhangjiakou and other places for a long time with more than 500 members of the intelligence department. As soon as people return to the defense area of the Suicha Military Region, the first thing they have to do is to take a bath and eat, and then they will be examined one by one. (To be continued.) )