"Missing?" Jiang Cheng asked in surprise, "How did you disappear?" Was it killed? Or is it a serious illness or something? ”

Chairman Mao put down the steamed bun and said, "According to our intelligence, Okamura Ningji was appointed as the commander of the North China Front after breaking through Changsha, and he immediately flew to Tokyo to meet their emperor, and their emperor also encouraged him, but the strange thing is that the intelligence showed that he had seen their queen, and he took the plane to Beiping, but no one saw him in Beiping, and now in Beiping, the supreme person in charge is their chief of staff of the North China Front, Yamashita Fengwen, but Okamura Ningji is gone.... At first, our people thought that he was secretly going to North China, so they didn't make much noise, but it has been more than ten days now, but there is still no news, which makes people have to wonder what medicine he is selling! ”

Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said, "Okamura Ningji shouldn't be in any danger, I suspect that he is planning some kind of conspiracy." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOur influence in North China is getting bigger and bigger, and the original ranking in North China was Japan, White, and I, and now it is Japan, I, and White. The strength of the White Party is completely inferior to the threat posed to the Japanese by our army, and Okamura Ninji must have seen this, and I suspect that he is planning a new attack on our base area. ”

Chairman Mao nodded, stood up, walked into the house, took a piece of information, handed it to Jiang Cheng and said, "This is the precious information that our comrades in East China got in the underground front, and the news of Okamura Ningci was also transmitted by them, you can take a look, the content in it is worth remembering." ”

Jiang Cheng opened the document, and the main content of it was to examine how to use China's resources to develop Japan's military industry and how to defend it.

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Isn't this what the Japanese have been doing?" ”

Chairman Mao finished eating, took out a cigarette and smoked it and said, "It's different, you take a closer look, this also requires the Japanese army in Nanjing to investigate how to defend against the attack of the Nationalist Army, and to divide all jurisdictions into three strategic places that can be abandoned, can be given up after the war, and cannot be abandoned." Hehe, the Japanese army in the past didn't say anything about defense, can we think that the Japanese army can't fight anymore? ”

Jiang Cheng thought about the situation in the future and said, "Chairman, this is impossible, although the current Japanese army is a little tired, the number has reached nearly two million, but this is definitely not the real limit of Japan, if the Japanese army wants to make a desperate bet, they can arm more than eight million troops, of course.... The combat effectiveness of these units is incomparable with the current Japanese army. ”

Chairman Mao stood up and said while smoking a cigarette, "The madness of the Japanese army cannot be underestimated, Hirohito and other high-ranking Japanese military officials are out-and-out war maniacs, and in their eyes, the lives of the Japanese people are not worth mentioning... Since this is the case, I guess there are only three possibilities: one is that the Japanese are tired of fighting and want to make peace with us while switching from offensive to defensive; One is that the Japanese want to change their strategy, abandon unnecessary places, and concentrate on more violent attacks; The last one is that the Japanese want to repair, and the war in Europe is about to start, and everyone can see that the war situation in Europe will inevitably change the situation in Asia, and the Japanese are likely to recuperate and start a new offensive. Combined with what you said before and the intelligence we have now, I think that the third is the most likely! ”

Jiang Cheng agreed and said, "But with us being held back in the battlefield behind enemy lines, it is impossible for the Japanese army to recuperate well, I guess that they are about to start a new round of sweeping our army, and the main force is the North China Front, Okamura Ningji's disappearance must be related to this matter." ”

Chairman Mao hummed and said, "I think so too, so the purpose of calling you here this time is this, you immediately find a way to transport some materials to the Taihang Mountain Base Area, Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area, Northern Jiangsu Anti-Japanese Base Area and other major base areas to prepare for the next war.... In addition, I will go to the anti-Japanese base area in the northeast, the situation there has been developing well recently, do you want to see if they need anything? ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Chairman, are you going to make any big moves?" It's not like it's going to be defensive. ”

"Haha, Chairman, I said it, Xiao Jiang, this ghost elf must be able to smell something." Mr. Zhu and Zhou Guansheng walked in together.

Jiang Cheng hurriedly stood up and greeted the two, turned back to Chairman Mao and said, "Chairman, are you really going to make a big move?" ”

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhou Guansheng also found a place to sit down, and Mr. Zhu said, "Now the main force of our Eighth Route Army has reached 600,000, including nearly 300,000 in Shanxi and Suiyuan, 70,000 in Hebei, 70,000 in Shandong, 50,000 in Yan'an Border Region, about 50,000 in other base areas, and nearly 400,000 guerrillas in various places. We've been doing a lot this year. This does not include the New Fourth Army and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance Forces, all of which add up to 1.23 million troops. ”

Zhou Guansheng continued, "It's because it's very fast, so the Japanese can't stand it, and we also think that the main direction of the Japanese army is about to change from the frontal battlefield to the side battlefield, and Mr. Zhu's idea is not only to fight, but also to fight a counteroffensive!" ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Germany, Britain and France can fight at any time, leaving us less and less time, we must drive out the Japanese fascists as soon as possible to build our country, so that we can truly become a victorious country in this war!" My idea is to wipe out the Japanese army in North China within two years from now! Strive to recover the entire territory of the Northeast within three years! ”

As he spoke, Chairman Mao patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder and said, "In order to achieve this goal, Comrade Xiao Jiang, the captain of our transportation brigade, must work hard." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I also have a deputy captain Hirohito to help, with him, my burden is much smaller!" ”

Saying that, Chairman Mao couldn't help laughing, Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "Let's go, the meal is over, let's go in and have a good talk!" ”

-- Taihang Mountain Range, Hebei Province

A caravan was walking slowly on the mountain road, and the caravan car was hung with a blue sky and white sun flag on one side and a Japanese red pill flag on the other, which looked extremely strange.

A few people who appeared to be principals walked in the middle.

"Sir, why did you venture here? If it is discovered, it is too dangerous. A man said in Japanese to a man with glasses.

The bespectacled man had a beard on his face, which seemed to be a bit thick, but the shrewdness that flashed in his eyes from time to time revealed that his identity was extremely unusual.

This person is none other than Okamura Ninji, who has been missing for half a month.

Okamura Ninji touched his beard, expressed his satisfaction with his beard and said, "The imperial army has suffered repeated setbacks in the battles between North China and the Chinese Red Party army, and the biggest reason is that we don't know what our opponents are like at all, and many of our generals look down on these Red Party troops because of their arrogance, and think that the imperial army is invincible in the world, and have made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. I'm here to find out what's going on with these Red Party troops. ”

The man looked at the surrounding mountains and forests and said, "But we've all been in the mountains for a few days, why haven't we even seen a single figure?" ”

Okamura Ninji smiled and said, "We are swaggering like this, we have been discovered a long time ago, they are observing us, haven't you noticed, there are often birds flying around us, which means that there are people around us." ”

"Bang" A sudden gunshot rang out, and Okamura Ninji was immediately overjoyed, while the rest of the caravan was so frightened that they seemed to be hiding, but the few guards who had been temporarily found were motionless, as if they had known that this would be the case.

"Lin Dangjia's... You've got to protect us!! Okamura Ninji pretended to be frightened and said to the captain of the guard.

Okamura Ningji and others were also helpless to find Lin Dangjia in Hebei Dart Bureau, the whole Hebei knew that the salt on the Taihang Mountain was indeed a good thing, but there were two prerequisites for doing business with them, the first was to listen to their arrangements, and the second was that there could be no Japanese armed personnel. In fact, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, because the base areas were relatively stable, there was no oppression, and taxes were low, so that many businessmen were willing to do business in the base areas, and Japanese businessmen were no exception. What we should do is to treat everyone equally, and at the same time do a good job of anti-espionage work and tax collection work; if we dare not let the Japanese do business with us today, then when the anti-Japanese war is victorious in the future, will we still have to close the country? ”

In this way, the base areas in various places slowly issued orders, requiring merchants outside the base areas such as Japan to only do business with the Eighth Route Army and the anti-Japanese government's trading houses, and everyone must be under surveillance, but for the sake of profit, what surveillance of these merchants would not be able to bear? What's more, it's just surveillance, but the possible bandits along the way have become the most headache for these businessmen, and gradually they found that they can hire martial arts and dart bureaus from all over the country to protect themselves, and these martial arts and dart bureaus also know that as long as they don't do bad things in the base area, there is no danger, and the prices offered by these merchants are high, and it has gradually become a common practice.

Lin Dangjia laughed and said, "It's okay, if there was really something wrong, we would have all been killed a long time ago, this is the eighth master testing us, I have sent people like you I don't know how many times, I am very familiar with it." ”

At this time, a man wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army came out, held a gun and said, "Where did you come from the caravan?" What to do in Taihang Mountain? ”

The Lin master stood up and arched his hand and said, "Junior brother Lin Yi, the dock is twenty-seven, and there are twenty-five incense burners on his head, this time he is entrusted by someone to escort a team of friends to find a deal for white things, please report it." ”

The man walked over and looked at the Japanese flag and asked, "Why is there a Japanese flag?" ”

Okamura Ninji hurriedly nodded and walked out and said, "Report to the boss, we are the work of Japanese businessmen, and we are great good citizens!" It's definitely not the work of the Japanese army who killed people! ”

The Eighth Route Army didn't seem to be strange at all, just frowned and smiled, "Okay, you guys wait here, don't walk around!" I'll go and report to the captain. ”

After about ten minutes, a team of Eighth Route Army walked out, led by Lin Yi and said, "Master Lin, meet again, you also know the rules, our base is not allowed to come in casually, are these people reliable?" ”

Lin Yi arched his hand and said, "Captain He, how are you doing this time?" This is also the first time for me to take over this team, but it was introduced by a brother from the church, and the first few of them are real Japanese, I know the rules, I have investigated, and they are all recorded in the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and some of them have some dealings with you before. But as you know, our power is limited, and you have to check the details. ”

Captain He nodded and said, "Then please wait outside the mountain, we will bring these people back first, and we will definitely inform you if there is any news." ”

As he spoke, a team of the Eighth Route Army stepped forward, blindfolded Okamura Ninji and the others, let them get into the car, and then took them all away.

Except for Okamura Ninji and the personal samurai who had just spoken to Okamura Ninji, all of them were real Japanese merchants, and a few of them had come before and said a few words to everyone not to be afraid, and the others did not dare to move, so they let Captain He take them up the mountain.

Although Okamura Ninji couldn't see anything, he was thinking in his heart, he came to this caravan in the name of a down-and-out merchant in Tokyo, he originally thought that this time he could at least know the mountain road to Taihang Mountain, but he didn't expect it to be kept secret to such a point, and Lin Dangjia, who protected himself and others all the way, also had a connection with the Eighth Route Army. I'm afraid that he also exchanged news with these Eighth Route Army in normal times, and Okamura Ninji slowly made up his mind that he must completely purge the anti-Japanese forces in various places.

Soon, when he arrived at the place, Okamura Ninji's black cloth was taken off, and Okamura Ninji got used to it for a while before he looked around and found that it was a cottage.

"Comrades have worked hard, this is where we trade, you can check if your supplies are missing." Captain He said to everyone, among them who understood Chinese immediately translated, Okamura Ningji also pretended to check it, found that there were no missing items, couldn't help but be surprised by the military discipline of the Eighth Route Army, this time he brought more expensive cloth, MSG, tea, etc., he even deliberately tied a money bag outside the car, which was full of silver dollars, and there was actually no less, he knew that even in the Japanese army, at such a time, someone would unconsciously touch some things.

Military discipline is the soul of an army, why the Yuejia army lamented that the mountain is easy and the Yuejia army is in trouble, it is because they have the military discipline of freezing to death and not demolishing the house, starving to death and not looting, Okamura Ningji looked at the dress of the Eighth Route Army around him, and found that a small part of these people's weapons were Japanese-style weapons, and some of them were old sleeves, Hanyang-made and other old weapons, and at a glance he knew that it was not the real main force of the Eighth Route Army, but it was such a terrible military discipline that was the kind of troops, which made him feel a little afraid. He has been fighting against the Nationalist Army, and in the battle he has always looked down on the Chinese army, because of the corruption of military discipline and the extremely low fighting quality, but now it has given him a new sense of the Chinese army, it turns out that the Chinese army can also become like this, in his eyes, these troops with weapons on their backs are messy as long as they are replaced with sophisticated weapons and slightly integrated, they can confront the Japanese army head-on... For the first time, Okamura felt a great deal of pressure. (To be continued.) )