Half an hour after Yamamoto received a telegram that the supply fleet had been attacked. Ouyang Yun received a telegram from Tie Linfei: "The "Cooking" operation was successful.

"We can implement our plan," Ouyang Yun forwarded the telegram to Chang Geng, and then said.

Chang Geng looked at the telegram, and then said, "Commander-in-chief, then I will let Yang Chuntai and Ye Chengyan start their actions." ”

"Call me first, and if necessary, I can come forward."

"Yes."

Yamamoto Isoroku wanted to force the Osaka Division to compel it by reducing its supplies, but he underestimated the business activities of the "Merchant Division". The first to make the attempt was a private named Seiichiro Kuroda. After a chance encounter with a local, Seiichiro Kuroten first put down his rifle to show his sincerity, and then made a deal with the local in half-baked Chinese and gestures, exchanging his water bottle and a spare pair of suede shoes for twenty pounds of peanuts. Not only that, but he also made a promise with the local that the old place would continue to trade tomorrow. When it was time to break up, he patted his chest and assured the honest local: Mine is here, you have made a lot of money.

This "local" named Shen Gen'er was actually disguised as a scout of the Cadet Army. Because not far from Kuroda, there were a bunch of devil soldiers who were enjoying the shade under a coconut tree, so he was ready to fight to the death for Kuroda to suddenly catch him. I never dreamed that it would end like this, and this matter was reported, which quickly attracted Chang Geng's attention. Chang Geng reported to Ouyang Yun, and Ouyang Yun formulated a plan according to the situation.

The devils of the Osaka Division have a talent for business, and if it weren't for the war, they would have been doing business or opening shops in Tokyo at this time. The daily allowance for each person is compressed to one-third or even one-fifth of the usual amount, not to mention that it is not enough to maintain the limit consumption of the body. The conscience of these bastards in the navy is very bad, and the officers above don't care about the life or death of the soldiers below, in this case, they have to rely on themselves if they want to survive - Kuroda and other devil soldiers have such an awareness, in their opinion, exchanging food with the locals is really a last resort.

Kuroda Seiichiro's conscience was obviously not as bad as his naval comrades-in-arms, after bringing back twenty catties of peanuts, he was better to eat alone than to eat all, at the price of half a catty of peanuts and a pair of suede shoes, in exchange for fifteen pairs of suede shoes, in a sack, the next day rushed to the place of trading with Shen Gen'er in advance.

Ten minutes later, Shen Gen'er appeared with two cadets dressed as locals. At first glance, seeing the other party coming, Kuroda was very nervous, and quickly hid in a bush, and set up a three-eight cover.

Shen Gen'er and the others had already seen Kuroda, but they only pretended not to see it at this time. The three of them stood in the old place, put down the burden on their shoulders, and the other two said, "Old Shen, you didn't lie to us, did you?" What about the Japanese? ”

Shen Gen'er looked left and right, and then looked up at the sky again, and said, "Don't worry, it's not time yet." ”

Kuroda observed nervously, and when he found that the old Shen had already changed the suede shoes he had changed for him yesterday, and the burden carried by the three of them seemed to be full of peanuts, he was suspicious for a while, and slowly dragged the sack out.

"Hey,, we're here!" Seeing him, Shen Gen'er shouted excitedly.

Yesterday, Kuroda corrected him a lot because of the title "", but now, after realizing that this is going to be a big business, he doesn't care about these superficial articles. "Who are they?" He asked, gesturing.

The other two "locals" looked very reserved, they looked at the gun in Kuroda's hand, and looked at Shen Gen'er with a frightened expression.

Shen Gen'er bargained with Heitian for a long time yesterday, and seemed to be completely unwary of the latter, he frowned and said, "Black devil, what are you doing with a gun?" Do you want to rob it? ”

"No, no!" The people of Osaka value reputation, and Kuroda hastened to plead, and then, in order to show sincerity, he put the gun on his back, then opened the sack and threw it on the ground. Fifteen pairs of suede shoes rolled out, and he noticed the expressions of the three men, and when he saw that they were immediately attracted by them, he couldn't help but grin.

"The military suede shoes produced by the Imperial Army are of great quality! A pair for twenty pounds of twins. Kuroda said in exchange for it.

Shen Gen'er and the others also removed the soil-dyed cloth on the basket, revealing the peanuts inside. Shen Gen'er stretched out his hands and gestured and said: "Just like yesterday, a pair of shoes is ten catties of peanuts, and you can change it, not change it." ”

After a burst of foaming and bargaining, Kuroda's fifteen pairs of leather shoes turned into two loads of peanuts. And he made an appointment with Shen Gen'er and them again to continue to make a fortune at this time tomorrow. The deal was completed, and then the question came, Kuroda was only one person, how could he pick up these two loads of peanuts back?

Shen Gen'er and the three seemed to be afraid that the "black devils" would regret it, so they ran away with the remaining peanuts and fifteen pairs of leather shoes.

"Oops, it looks like we can only hide a load first," Kuroda thought about it, and was about to put it into practice, when suddenly a few devils who were with him jumped out. One of them, Umuromachi, pointed at him and shouted, "Okay, you Kuroda, how dare you do business with the Shina people with armaments and supplies?" You don't want to live anymore! ”

Kuroda was startled at first, but when he saw that it was a few of them, he shook his head and said, "You guys, actually stalking me?" ”

The right room said with a smile: "If we don't follow you, how can we know that you actually came to make a fortune alone." Kuroda, we are all in the same army, we have a lot of money, so many peanuts, you can score some of us. ”

Kuroda thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but what do you get in exchange?" I declare that I don't want military tickets. ”

"Kuroda, let's do it, you give us some credit first, and we'll go and exchange it for someone else - how long will it take you to sell all these peanuts alone?"

On the third day, when they were about to continue trading with Shen Gen'er and others with a large amount of military supplies, the squadron leader of their squadron, Ichikawa Sabei, came to the door with a few people.

"Kuroda, you did a good job!" Ichikawa led people to surround them, and then shouted so loudly.

Kuroda was not afraid of him, he glanced around and scolded: "Which bastard betrayed Lao Tzu?" ”

His friends hurriedly dodged away and said in unison, "It's not me." ”

Seeing this, Ichikawa smiled and said, "Kuroda, don't blame them, only blame you for being too unrighteous!" Haven't you heard of the rich everybody? ”

As soon as he appeared, Kuroda guessed that this would be the case, and he sighed bitterly and suddenly said loudly: "Captain Ichikawa, we can take you with us, but this matter must not be known to Captain Hattori." ”

Ichikawa's attempt was to make a fortune with him, and when he heard this, he immediately said, "Yaxi! ”

Ichikawa promised it really, but how many people could he restrain with his promise. Within a few days, this matter spread in their brigade, and even their captain Hattori Harukawa was stunned to join the group, so Kuroda's tentative measures gradually snowballed into the collective action of the Hattori brigade.