Hanaya Masashi paused and said: "Your Excellency Commander, Sakamoto-kun has reiterated his suggestion, I think this suggestion is still very reasonable, and it may really be able to improve the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Cooperative Army." ”

"The suggestion of tax included?" Yoshio Iwamatsu finally put down the battle plan in his hand.

"Yes, it's a tax package." Hanaya handed the folder to Iwamatsu Yoshio and said, "To put it simply, it is to package the taxes from the guerrilla zone and the bandit area to the Imperial Allied Army. ”

"From now on, the Imperial Army will be responsible for collecting taxes."

"Half of the taxes in the guerrilla zone are paid."

"The taxes of the bandit area will all go to the Imperial Army."

"This time, the Imperial Association Army and the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army will inevitably become mortal enemies."

"Once the tacit understanding between the Imperial Allied Army and various resistance forces is broken, coupled with the drive of interests, then the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army will inevitably be greatly improved."

"Field battles may still not be counted on."

"But it should be more than enough for the Imperial Association army to defend the city."

"In this way, all the big cities, county towns, and main transportation arteries in Shanxi except Taiyuan can be handed over to the Imperial Army, and the Imperial Army can concentrate the powerful forces of three divisions and two brigades to launch a large-scale sweeping operation against any opponent."

As he spoke, Yoshio Iwamatsu had already finished reading the plan.

"Yo Si." Yoshio Iwamatsu said happily, "This is indeed a good initiative. ”

After a pause, Iwamatsu Yoshio continued: "At least, it's worth trying. ”

Hanaya Zheng swept his gaze over the battle plan on Iwamatsu Yoshio's desk, and suddenly said: "Your Excellency, the tentative sweep against Liao County and Licheng is about to begin, and the reorganization of the Seventh Division of the Imperial Association is said to have been completed, why don't you temporarily seconded the Seventh Division of the Imperial Association to the southeast of Jin to participate in the sweep?" ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu was moved when he heard this.

"Yes."

……

In Ping'an County.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month has passed.

It was late November 1941.

The commander of the 69th Division, Sadae Inoue, is still on the road, and after all, he is a son of a nobleman, and he has been saying goodbye to friends, relatives and classmates in Tokyo for a little longer.

After all, it's going to the battlefield, not tourism.

So during this time, the affairs of the 69th Division were still in the hands of Ryuichi Sakamoto.

In the midst of hurried footsteps, the head of the communications section, Mei Igarashi, walked in and reported, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the official reply letter from the headquarters has come down. ”

"Really?"

Ryuichi Sakamoto put down the pen in his hand and took the folder.

After a quick reading of the document, Takashi Sakamoto was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the three wing commanders and nine group captains recommended by him were all approved, and the headquarters, the front army headquarters, and even the army headquarters did not reject even one candidate.

For this result, Mei Igarashi was also incredulous.

Takashi Sakamoto is a chief of staff, and he has such a powerful energy.

Could it be that His Excellency the Chief of Staff actually has a powerful background behind him?

But this is no longer important, Mei Igarashi has already seen that from today onwards, the 69th Division is actually already the Chief of Staff Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Even if the division commander Inoue Sadawei comes, he will be overlooked.

Mei Igarashi handed another order to Ryuichi Sakamoto.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, this is an order from the Command."

"Okay, I see, Igarashi-kun, you can go back first."

Sending Mei Igarashi away, Ryuichi Sakamoto reached out again and picked up the phone.

"Moses Moses, give me the headquarters of the Seventh Division of the Imperial Association, and I will find Pansang."

After a while, the phone was connected, and Sakamoto Takashi said in a deep voice, "Pansang, you come here." ”

The headquarters of the Puppet Seventh Division was near the headquarters of the 69th Division, and less than a quarter of an hour later, Pan Ren walked in with his back bowed and flattering.

"Tai-kun Sakamoto, are you looking for me?"

Sakamoto Ryuichi hummed lightly and asked, "Pan Sang, how is the training of the Seventh Division of the Imperial Association?" ”

Pan Ren said: "If you go back to Sakamoto Taijun, the queue has already gone a little bit, but the shooting training and actual combat confrontation training have not yet been carried out. ”

Shooting training requires live ammunition.

Combat training also requires empty ammunition.

However, the Japanese army not only controlled live ammunition very strictly, but also controlled the empty cartridges of paper or wooden bullets, and more than 10 rounds of ammunition needed to be approved by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

"It's okay to have a queue, and there's no rush for shooting training."

After a pause, Ryuichi Sakamoto said again: "But now there is a chance." ”

"Opportunity?" Pan Ren's heart moved slightly and asked, "What does Sakamoto Taijun mean?"

Ryuichi Sakamoto handed over the order from the headquarters and said, "Let's take a look at this first." ”

Pan Ren glanced at it and said in amazement: "Let the 7th Division of our Imperial Association cooperate with the 36th Division to sweep Liao County and Licheng County?" ”

This Pan Ren really didn't expect it.

actually went to Liao County and Licheng to sweep?

"Yes, this is undoubtedly a good training opportunity."

Sakamoto Ryuichi said happily: "Some of your ideas may be difficult to implement in the northwest of Shanxi, because the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army cannot move, and the defense of the Eighth Route Army is too tight, and the Seventh Division of your Imperial Association may not be able to bargain, so it is better to start with Liaoxian and Licheng in the southeast of Jin, or you can get miraculous results." ”

"Hello." Pan Ren nodded his head.

……

Another week passed, and it was early December 1941.

Zhaojiazhuang is a small village in the northwest of Liao County, where forty or fifty families live.

Zhaojiazhuang did not belong to the base area controlled by the Eighth Route Army, nor did it belong to the security area controlled by the Japanese army, but belonged to the guerrilla area that the two sides repeatedly fought over.

These are areas that no one can occupy.

The Eighth Route Army did not have the ability to establish a solid democratic regime in these areas, nor did the devils have the ability to expel the Eighth Route Army's forces from these areas.

Both sides have intelligence officers in the area.

Whether the devil is coming or the Eighth Route Army is coming, the other party will soon know.

The cruelty of war is vividly displayed in such a guerrilla area, although the Eighth Route Army has the heart but is unable to provide protection, the devil puppet army does not treat the people in the guerrilla area as its own at all, and wantonly kills.

Six o'clock in the morning is the darkest time before dawn.

Under the cover of night, a puppet army quietly appeared at the entrance of the village.

Pan Ren tightened the cotton coat on his body, but he still couldn't stop the cold wind that drilled into the placket.

I have to say that the Licheng Mountains in December are too cold, and only a hardcore traitor like Pan Ren will bring the puppet army out to harm the people on such a cold day.

Pan Ren didn't know what the specific task of the 36th Division was, but the mission of the 7th Division of their Imperial Association was very clear, which was to take this opportunity to raise supplies.

"Commander of the Tenth?" Pan Ren shouted in a low voice, "Tenth Regiment Leader?!"

Lian Sheng, the head of the puppet Tenth Regiment, hurriedly trotted to Pan Ren: "Division? ”

"Let's start with your ten regiments." Pan Ren stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain village in front of him, and said in a cruel voice, "The livestock, grain and valuable goods have all been robbed, and the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law have all been arrested, especially the handsome ones, who are not allowed to let go, and they will all be caught by Lao Tzu and taken back to Yushe, which is specially explained by the imperial army." ”

Lian Sheng hesitated and persuaded in a low voice: "Shizuo, they are all their own sisters, why don't you arrest them?" This kind of thing is done too much, and it hurts the sky and ......"

Speaking of this, Lian Sheng's voice stopped abruptly.

Because Pan Ren's pistol was already on his head.

"Company Commander." Pan Ren said with a dark face, "Is there something wrong with your ears, or did I not make it clear just now?" I said, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law are all arrested and returned to Yushe! ”

"Yes, yes, all of them, all of them."

This time, Lian Sheng didn't dare to say more than half a word, and the official level crushed people to death.

What's more, the surname Pan is still a murderous master, and Zhong Yunhe was killed by him.

Only then did Pan Ren put away the shell gun with satisfaction and said: "One more thing to add, if you dare to resist, you will be killed regardless of men and women, young and old!" ”

"Yes." Lian Sheng said, "If you resist, you will be killed." ”

"Okay." Pan Ren said, "Then let's start quickly, hurry up for me, it's a cold day." ”

"Yes!" Lian Sheng agreed, then turned around and shouted, "Jiu Lian listened, robbed me of the village in front of me, livestock, grain, goods, and big girls and little daughters-in-law, all of them!" ”

"Whoever the dares to resist will be killed!"

"Seven companies and eight companies, fence the whole village for me."

Soon, more than 200 puppet troops surrounded Zhaojiazhuang.

More than a hundred other puppet soldiers rushed into the village with rifles with bayonets and began to set fire to looting everywhere, completely fucking like the Japanese devils.

With Pan Ren as the division commander, the puppet army of the puppet Seventh Division is also unlucky.

These blood debts are committed today, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Eighth Route Army in the future.

But the most unlucky thing is the father and old folks of Zhaojiazhuang, who are still asleep in a daze, and the courtyard door was knocked open, followed by chickens and dogs, ducks and pigs screaming.

Then there was the screams of the big girl and the little daughter-in-law.

"Ah, Daddy! Help me, Daddy! Brother Huzi, save me! ”

"You beast, let go of my daughter, let go of my daughter!"

"Dog traitor, don't let go of your claws, believe it or not, Lao Tzu killed you today?"

Immediately after that, there was a sound of a horn hook, and there seemed to be a muffled snort that someone had been shot.

"Brother Huzi?" Accompanied by the woman's heart-rending wail, there was also the smug laughter of the puppet army, "Take it away, this is the person the imperial army wants." ”

……

Taiyue Mountains.

The brigade commander went around outside, and he was frozen to the tip of his nose.

When I returned to the house, I hurriedly squatted by the fire, rubbing my hands and saying, "Damn, it's really cold this day." ”

"What is this?" A staff officer from the Northeast Army said with a smile, "In our Northeast Nagada is really cold, dripping into ice, do you believe it?" ”

The brigade commander asked, "How do you make ice by dripping water?" ”

The staff officer smiled: "Even the brigade commander, the urine you pour can be frozen into icicles, if you move a little slower, hehehe, even you will be frozen directly, do you believe it or not?" ”

"I believe it." The brigade commander laughed and scolded, "I believe you are a ghost. ”

After speaking, he turned around and asked Cheng Shifa: "Cheng Shifa, have the devils in Qin County withdrawn?" ”

"Withdrawn." Cheng Shifa smiled and said proudly, "The devils in Qin County have survived for half a year, but after all, they can't stand it anymore, and they ran away in disgrace, but unfortunately Lao Cao was not there at that time, otherwise they would have to be left behind." ”

After a pause, he said: "But there is no Lao Cao, and most of them have been killed by us." ”

The brigade commander asked with a smile: "Cheng Blind, looking at you like this, this ticket should have gained a lot of benefits, right?" ”

"No, not much." Cheng Shifa instantly became vigilant and denied it, "More than 100 rifles plus more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition were seized. ”

"Just you?" The brigade commander said abruptly, "You also want to learn from Li Yunlongmeng?" ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "There are more than 1,000 devils and puppet troops in Qin County, and you only captured more than 100 rifles plus more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition?" ”

"Brigadier, I probably didn't count it out."

Cheng Shifa said with some embarrassment: "I'll go back and count again." ”

"No, I've already counted it for you." The brigade commander snorted.

"A total of more than 700 rifles, 12 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition were seized."

Cheng Shifa's face turned the color of pig liver, and he thought that he hid it well, but the brigade commander already knew everything.

"If you do this, you can keep half of the bullets, and the remaining half of the bullets and the captured guns will be sent to the brigade headquarters." The brigade commander rubbed and said, "Lao Tzu can expand another regiment by picking points from several other regiments." ”

Cheng Shifa was anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "Brigade commander, you are too partial, our 772nd Regiment has only captured such a little bit of weapons and equipment, and you have to take all of them, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie have captured so much, but you don't even want a rifle from them, how can there be this?" ”

"It's all troops from the 386th Brigade."

"Why is there such a big difference in treatment? The brigade commander couldn't figure it out. ”

"If you can't figure it out, think slowly." The brigade commander said, "Don't forget to send weapons and ammunition to the brigade headquarters." ”

Okay, with such a sentence, what else can Cheng Shifa say? You can only obediently obey orders.

There was a fire in his heart that couldn't come out, Cheng Shifa turned his eyes and found a pack of cigarettes on the table, so he immediately went into his pocket, most of the regiment's weapons were handed in, shouldn't you smoke a pack of cigarettes?

The corners of the brigade commander's mouth hooked slightly, but he pretended not to see anything.

When Cheng Shifa walked to the door, the brigade commander suddenly remembered another thing.

At that moment, the brigade commander beckoned and shouted: "Cheng Shifa, you wait first, there is still something to do." ”

Cheng Shifa turned around in an instant, and said overjoyed: "Brigade commander, have you changed your mind?" I'll just say, even if you fight the local tyrants, you can't hit our 772nd Regiment, and our 772nd Regiment is now the king and hegemon in the Taiyue Military Region, and it can't be compared with the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment. ”

"What are you excited about?" The brigade commander didn't have a good air.

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "That's the case, the 36th Division of the Japanese Army and the 7th Division of the puppet army are frantically sweeping around Liao County and Licheng, this sweep of the devils is different from the past, it seems that it is not to seek a decisive battle with our main force, but just to burn and kill and plunder, especially the 7th Division of the puppet army is abnormal, and suddenly becomes mad, more ferocious than the devil, and the people of Liao County have suffered from them." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shifa's face fell.

"These beasts, I didn't care about them before."

"Now you're still a good man? Fucking learning to be a devil? ”

"The most hateful thing is that I also took a lot of girls from the base area." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "The head of the headquarters is very worried that the puppet army will send these girls to Taiyuan to serve as comfort women for the devils, so he asks us to organize a rescue as soon as possible, and I will hand over this arduous task to the special operations squadron of your 772nd Regiment." ”

"Yes." Cheng Shifa said solemnly.

"The 772nd Regiment guarantees the completion of the mission."

……

Outside the city of Yushe, the headquarters of the Seventh Division of the Puppet Army.

Pan Ren is playing mahjong with several group leaders.

Although it was a sweeping period, it was not every day that there were missions, especially today because of the heavy snowfall, so all combat operations were canceled.

"Chick." Pan Ren threw out a card casually.

"I'll touch it." Zhao Youcai, who was sitting in Pan Renshang's house, immediately shouted.

"You touch the chickens too?" Lian Sheng, who was sitting opposite Zhao Youcai's house, said with a dark face, "Aren't you making cakes?" ”

"Lao Tzu has changed to a strip, can't he?" Zhao Youcai snorted, and picked up a card from the middle of the card in front of him and played it, "A cake." ”

"A loaf of bread? I touch! ”

Sitting in Zhao Youcai's house, that is, Pan Ren's Diao Desheng of the family, subconsciously said.

"Huh?" Pan Ren glared at him with a look, and Diao Desheng quickly changed his words, "Ah, no, I read it wrong, I only have one piece and one cake, and I can't touch it." ”

Lian Sheng said angrily: "Shouting whether to touch or not, Tianhu can only be regarded as a fart." ”

"Got it, is butt." Diao Desheng said with a dark face, "Anyway, I can't do it." ”

While speaking, Pan Ren had already touched the cards, and with his thumb and belly against the card, he swept it lightly, and immediately slapped the mahjong cards on the table: "Self-draw, Qinglong!" Ha ha! ”

Lian Sheng and Diao Sheng's faces immediately fell.

Zhao Youcai's facial muscles also twitched slightly.

This way of losing, that salary can't be carried at all.

"Give the money quickly." Pan Ren smiled and said, "One hundred yuan." ”

Lian Sheng, Diao Desheng and Zhao Youcai can only obediently offer a hundred.

"Again, again." Pan Ren knocked down the stacks of cards in front of him.

However, at this moment, a sudden gunshot suddenly sounded outside: "Horn hook!" ”

"Direction of the big car shop!" Lian Sheng's sycophants are not as good as Diao Desheng and Zhao Youcai, but his military literacy is much stronger than those two sycophants, no matter what, he is from the regular army.

"Oops!" Pan Ren said, "Someone wants to save those women." ”

Lian Sheng said: "Captain Ma seems to be in the big car shop, so there should be nothing wrong." ”

"It's okay, fart." Pan Ren didn't have a good breath, "How many catties and taels can Ma Daring have, I don't know?" ”

Speaking of this, he added: "Gather the brothers together quickly, and go with me to the big car shop for reinforcements." ”

This time I returned to Yushe, which was a busy leisure, so the main force of the puppet Seventh Division did not come back, Pan Ren and the others just returned to Yushe with their respective guards, and did not enter the city.

At that moment, Pan Ren and the others hurriedly gathered their respective guards.

Then hundreds of puppet soldiers, copying shell guns, went straight to the big car shop.