Chapter 583: To Each His Own Calculation
Wang Ye smiled: "Suwon-kun, then you make a price." β
"Shall I make an offer?" Takuya Mizuhara smiled and said, "Wang San, General Okamura is priceless, no matter how much money you pay, it is impossible to buy his head." β
"I don't believe it." Wang Ye said, "There is nothing absolutely impossible in this world, and there is no head that is absolutely impossible to buy, the only thing is to see if you can afford this price." β
After saying this, Wang Ye said again: "I will give 10,000 taels of gold!" β
Wang Ye is just talking, not to mention that it is impossible for him to get 10,000 taels of gold now, and even if he can, it is impossible to really use gold to buy Okamura Ningji's head.
Taku Mizuhara also knows this.
He really didn't mind selling Okamura's head for money.
If the Eighth Route Army really got 10,000 taels of gold, what if it was really sold?
Anyway, he's already thinking about the back road, so why not make another windfall before running away?
But the premise is that the Eighth Route Army has to get the gold, and he won't do anything that violates commercial principles like helping in vain.
At that moment, Takuya Mizuhara said suddenly: "Ten thousand taels? Wang Sang, who are you going to behold? Can you get 10,000 taels of gold? Do you know how much 10,000 taels of gold is worth? One tael of your China is about equal to one ounce, and one ounce is 35 US dollars, so 10,000 taels of gold is about 350,000 US dollars! It's almost possible to buy a squadron of fighters! β
"You can see it." Wang Ye smiled awkwardly, "Don't hide it from you, we really can't take out 10,000 taels of gold now, let alone 10,000 taels, we can't take out 100 taels." β
"So." Takuya Mizuhara said, "We don't seem to have the need to talk about it anymore. β
"No, no, Suwon-kun, I think we can still talk." Wang Ye said, "There are many ways to trade, and you don't have to buy intelligence from you. β
Takuya Mizuhara said, "What do you mean?" β
Wang Ye said: "One hundred taels of gold, buy you a small favor for us." β
"A hundred taels of gold?" Takuya Mizuhara asked, "How can I help you with the idea that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat and can earn one?" β
Wang Ye said: "You are now the head of the combat section of the North China Front, and it seems that you are responsible for formulating the password, right?" β
"Password?" Takuya Mizuhara snorted, "You want to pretend to be the imperial army to infiltrate and break through?" I advise you to dispel this unrealistic thought, you will not be able to escape. β
Wang Ye said: "I'll just ask, is the password drafted by you?" β
"Yes, I'm the one who drafts the password." Takuya Mizuhara said, "So, are you sure you want to buy a password?" β
"yes, I'm going to buy a password." Wang Ye said, "From now on, you prepare the password for five consecutive days after ten days in advance, write it down and give it to me." β
"Yes." Takuya Mizuhara nodded and said, "But it's five hundred taels!" β
After a pause, Takuya Mizuhara continued: "One hundred taels can only buy a password for one day, and five days is five hundred!" β
"Deal!" Wang Ye said, "But I can't pay you now, I have to break through with our whole column, and then it will be delivered to you by the shopkeeper Cao of Zhang Ji Photo Studio." β
"Yes." Takuya Mizuhara said, "I can trust the credibility of the shopkeeper Cao. β
Suhara Takuya actually didn't believe in Cao Mancang's credibility, but just felt that even if he couldn't get five hundred taels in the end, it was always okay to get one hundred taels, and that would be a big profit.
A few words of password can be exchanged for a hundred taels of gold, and blood will be earned.
Speaking of this, Wang Ye shouted outside the door again: "Li Xia, come in." β
Li Xia entered in response, and Wang Ye said again: "Since Okamura Ningji sent an envoy to negotiate with us, we also have to respond, you and Mizuhara-kun go to see Okamura Ningji, you tell him that it is impossible to temporarily truce for ten days, but if the Japanese army can open a passage and let us withdraw to Wanmadu to join the main force, then in exchange, we can also ensure the safety of the Japanese troops trapped in the Chenzhuang battlefield." β
Li Xia replied solemnly: "Yes, I will tell Okamura Ningji." β
Takuya Mizuhara also has no problem with this, because it is a good thing for him to have the envoy of the Eighth Route Army go back with him, otherwise he really can't explain what happened after he was captured by the Eighth Route Army?
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Anhua County, the front command of the Japanese army.
Yanagawa Koji said to Okamura Ninji: "Your Excellency, I have a question. β
"Questions?" Okamura Ninji's eyes were still fixed on the large map in front of him, and he said without raising his head, "What? β
Yanagawa Koji hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "Your Excellency, I don't doubt Mizuhara-kun anything, to be honest, I am also willing to believe in Mizuhara-kun's character and courage, but in case ......"
Okamura Ninji finally raised his gaze to look at Yanagawa Koji and asked, "What if?" β
Yanagawa Koji said: "If, I mean, if Mizuhara-kun's will is not strong enough to withstand the torture of the Eighth Route Army, will he reveal our defensive deployment to the Eighth Route Army?" β
Okamura Ninji looked at Yanagawa Koji with a smile and said, "So what? β
"Huh?" Yanagawa Koji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he quickly reacted and said suddenly, "Your Excellency, you didn't do this on purpose, did you?" β
"Hey, I've never doubted Suwon-kun's courage." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "However, as a senior general of the Imperial Army, as a senior commander, you must take all aspects of factors into account, so the possibility of Mizuhara-kun leaking the defense deployment of the Imperial Army is also within my consideration." β
Yanagawa Koji said: "Then can I know how His Excellency the General arranged it?" β
"Of course." Okamura Ninji said without thinking, "You are the deputy chief of staff, and you have the right to know." β
Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji pointed to the map again and said: "If, I mean what if, if Mizuhara-kun could not bear the torture and leaked the defense deployment of the imperial army to the Eighth Route Army in Chenzhuang, and then the Eighth Route Army in Chenzhuang passed this information to the main force of the 386th Brigade in Wanmadu through radio stations or other unknown means, what do you think would happen?" β
"If that's the case......" Yanagawa Koji said after staring at the map for a moment, "If I were the commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, I would choose Anshi Town as the breakthrough point, and at the same time order the Eighth Route Army near Chenzhuang to gather forces at all costs to attack the flank of Anshi Town, in order to counter the main force of the 386th Brigade." β
"That's right." Okamura said, "That's what I want." β
"What? Your Excellency the General wants to attract the main force of the 386th Brigade to the direction of Chenzhuang? Yanagawa Koji was stunned and said, "But the battlefield of Chenzhuang is obviously our weak point?" The second blockade line left a huge gap near Chenzhuang, if the main force of the 386th Brigade really broke through to the vicinity of Chenzhuang, then the two blockade lines inside and outside the imperial army would be abolished! The main force of the 386th Brigade can calmly break through from the direction of Tiandagang or Yunqi Town! β
"No, no, Yanagawa-kun, you're wrong." Okamura Ninji said as he drew a huge semicircle on the map, stretching from the northern foot of Jiugong Mountain to the southern foot of Wohu Mountain, and then said, "This is the second blockade line we have deployed, with a total length of more than 200 kilometers, and although five divisions are deployed for blockade, there are less than 400 people per kilometer on average. β
Yanagawa Koji silently calculated, the five divisions combined were only 70,000 people, divided by two hundred was three hundred and five.
Then the remaining strength per kilometer is indeed less than two squadrons, and the strength of such a defense can be said to be very weak.
Okamura Ninji said: "Five divisions and 70,000 imperial troops seem to be a lot, but in fact, they are not enough to block the length of 200 kilometers. β
After a pause, he said: "So we can only carry out key defenses and set up heavy troops at various key points, but there are a lot of gaps in the middle of each key point, if the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army breaks through Anshi Town, then they can choose any direction to concentrate on breaking through, or they can break through into pieces, and it is difficult for the imperial army to stop them." β
Yanagawa Koji frowned and said, "But doesn't the imperial army have a groundhog defense line?" β
"The groundhog defense line needs to be manned too." Okamura Ningji said, "Didn't you calculate just now, there are only three hundred and fifty people per kilometer, and this person can only deploy a thin defense line, but if the Eighth Route Army does not entangle with you at all, but forcibly breaks through desperately, can such a thin defense line be stopped?" β
"It doesn't have to be unstoppable, right?" Yanagawa Koji said, "The advance of the 15 infantry brigades of the Imperial Army was finally stopped by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army near Chenzhuang?" β
"This can't be compared." Okamura Ningji waved his hand and said, "The 15 infantry brigades of the imperial army were not stopped near Chenzhuang by the Eighth Route Army, but the destination of their infiltration was Chenzhuang. β
After a pause, he said: "Then on the other hand, if the Eighth Route Army is desperate to break through, with less than half a brigade per kilometer and the marmot defense line, I am afraid it will not be enough to stop the Eighth Route Army." β
Yujira Yanagawa said, "In that case, I can only ask for support. β
Okamura Ninji said: "But by the time reinforcements arrived, the Eighth Route Army would have already gone away. β
"Oh, I see." Yanagawa Koji said suddenly, "So Your Excellency the General wants to lure the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to the direction of Chenzhuang, and then ambush and wait for them near Chenzhuang, right?" β
"Yes." Okamura Ninji sneered, "Otherwise, why do I have to keep Chen Zhuang?" β
"I see." Yanagawa Koji said, "I thought that His Excellency the General really didn't order a strong attack because the battlefield of Chenzhuang was already in a mess and it was too tricky." β
"No matter how tricky it is, where can it be tricky?" Okamura said, "Can it be more tricky than threatening the side of Anshi? You must know that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has been playing tunnel warfare for several years, but the imperial army has never fought tunnel warfare, so if nothing else, the imperial army on the Chenzhuang battlefield will definitely be wiped out in the end. β
Yanagawa Koji was awe-struck when he heard this, and said in his heart Okamura Ninji's words, the fate of the nearly 10,000 imperial soldiers who are still trapped on the battlefield of Chenzhuang has been decided.
Seeing Yanagawa Koji's expression, Okamura Ninji guessed what was going on in his heart.
"Yanagawa-kun, things are not what you think." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "First of all, I have not given up the nearly 10,000 imperial soldiers trapped in the Chenzhuang battlefield, they can still fight for themselves and the empire, if they can defeat the Eighth Route Army on the Chenzhuang battlefield in the tunnel war, then I don't mind changing the deployment." β
Yanagawa Xingjixin said that you are not talking nonsense, how could the imperial army trapped in the battlefield of Chenzhuang defeat the Eighth Route Army? As you just said, the Eighth Route Army has been fighting tunnel warfare for several years and can be called an expert, but the Imperial Army has never fought tunnel warfare, so the final result of this contest can be predicted.
After all, there are not so many miracles in this world.
Okamura Ningji said again: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if the more than 10,000 imperial troops trapped in the Chenzhuang battlefield are sacrificed, they will not sacrifice in vain, they can not only kill and injure the living forces of the Eighth Route Army as much as possible in the tunnel battle, but also have the opportunity to attract the main force of the 386th Brigade to the direction of Chenzhuang, which is worth it." β
"Hello." Yanagawa Koji paused, "I have fully understood your painstaking efforts, Your Excellency. β
While the two old devils were talking, a staff officer came in and reported: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the head of the Suwon Section is back, and he has also brought back the Eighth Route Army." β
"What?"
"Mizuwon-kun is back?"
Okamura Ninji and Yanagawa Koji were stunned when they heard this.
Even Okamura Ninji, he didn't expect Takuya Mizuhara to come back alive.
I didn't expect this, so it shouldn't be? Why did the Eighth Route Army let him back?
However, Okamura Ninji reacted quickly, and after being stunned for less than half a second, he said, "Please, please come in." β
After a while, Takushi Mizuhara also took Li Xia into the Japanese headquarters, and Takuto Mizuhara also bowed to Okamura Ninji, but Li Xia stood there without saying anything.
"Boom!" A junior officer immediately drew his saber.
"This person is so rude, dead, dead!"
As he spoke, Shao Zuo's saber had already slashed down on Li Xia's neck.
Li Xia just tilted his head slightly, staring at Shao Zuo coldly, with a steel knife and neck, without even blinking his eyes, as if the devil Shao Zuo was not cutting him.
In the flash of light, the saber had already reached the side of Li Xia's neck.
Okamura Ninji finally lost no time in whispering: "Stop! β
Devil Shaozuo's saber paused stiffly, and Leng Sensen's blade was only a millimeter away from Li Xia's skin, but Li Xia didn't blink his eyes from beginning to end.
"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji couldn't help but applaud and said, "You are very bold. β
Li Xia turned his gaze to Takuya Mizuhara, and Takuya Mizuhara translated: "Your Excellency our general praises you for your courage. β
"There's nothing to brag about." Li Xia smiled and said, "Everyone has to die, sooner or later, it won't come early because you're afraid, and it won't come because you're not afraid." β
"Very philosophical." Okamura Ninji listened to the translation, and then said, "Dare to ask your surname." β
"Don't give your surname Li, Li Xia." Li Xia did not hide his name, because he used a pseudonym when he worked underground in Shanghai, so his real name was not known at all.
"Li Xia? People are as their name suggests, good names. Okamura Ninji smiled faintly and said, "So, Li Sang, what are you doing this time?" β
"It's not expensive." Li Xia said indifferently, "I just received an order from the chief of staff and officially replied to you, it is absolutely impossible for a truce on the Chenzhuang battlefield for ten days, but if your army can open a passage to let us go back to Wanmadu, then in exchange, we can guarantee the safety of the Japanese troops on the Chenzhuang battlefield." β
After listening to Takuya Mizuhara's translation, the Japanese officers present were instantly angry.
"The Eighth Route Army is too arrogant, do they think that the Imperial Army is just a flock of sheep, and life and death need to be decided by them?"
"Since the Eighth Route Army does not have any sincerity, then there is nothing to say, Your Excellency General, please give an order directly, and launch a general attack on Chenzhuang this afternoon, and strive to clear the Eighth Route hiding there as soon as possible."
"Chen Zhuang's Eighth Route Army will not care about him first, and kill this guy first."
Suddenly, the dozen or so high-ranking Japanese officers present were all filled with righteous indignation.
Okamura Ninji's mood was not affected at all, and he could even laugh.
Okamura Ningji smiled and said: "Li Sang, your conditions are too harsh, and the imperial army can't meet them at all, but I won't kill you either, please go back, we'll see you on the battlefield." β
It is not possible to let the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield of Chenzhuang go to Wanmadu.
If there is no Eighth Route Army on the battlefield of Chenzhuang, how can you fish?
"Is that your reply? Then I'll take my leave. After Li Xia finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Several Japanese officers present wanted to stop them, but they were stopped by Okamura Ninji's sharp eyes.
Seeing Li Xia go out, Okamura Ninji said to Takuya Mizuhara again: "Mizuhara-kun, you have worked hard this time, so go back and rest first, and you won't be on duty tonight." β
"Hello." Takuya Mizuhara nodded slightly, turned around and walked away.
Seeing Takuya Mizuhara go out, Ninji Okamura reviewed the entire battle plan again in his mind and found no problems, because Takuya Mizuhara didn't know his real plan.
Therefore, even if Mizuhara Takuya also sold what he knew to the Eighth Route Army, it was only an assist, which would only strengthen the determination of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and make them break through from Chenzhuang.
Of course, there is no assistance from Takuya Mizuhara,
There is a high probability that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will also break through from Chenzhuang.
Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji's brows furrowed again.
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In the evening, the column headquarters again received a telegram from the Wolf Warrior Brigade.
"Brigade commander, what did Xiao Wang say on the telegram?" Li Yunlong asked.
"Xiao Wang, let's break through from the direction of Chenzhuang." The brigade commander casually handed the telegram to Li Yunlong and said, "He also said that they will eliminate the devils on the battlefield in Chenzhuang within ten days, and then let some soldiers pretend to be devils, so as to create a false impression that the Chinese and Japanese armies are still facing each other in Chenzhuang." β
Zhao Gang said: "Good plan, this is a deception!" β
"That's right, Xiao Wang is a trick to hide from the world." The brigade commander smiled and continued, "It's just that behind this trick to hide the world, he added another false and real plan!" β
After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "Okamura Ningji, this old devil is powerful, there is a high probability that he can guess the hidden sky and the sea in front, but he will definitely not be able to guess the real and false plan in the back." β
"A real plan?" Li Yunlong was stunned and said, "Brigade commander, didn't the telegram say it?" He only said that he broke through separately. β
"You didn't see it." The brigade commander snorted, "Breaking through separately is a virtual and real plan designed by Xiao Wang, among which there must be only one way that is real and the other way is false, otherwise how could he deliberately tell us to hurry up and screen prisoners of war?" And also to integrate reliable prisoners of war into our ranks? β
"Really?" Li Yunlong will be skeptical.
Speaking of which, Li Yunlong has a lot of ghost ideas for fighting, but when it comes to stratagems and the like, he is actually just a layman, and he knows a fucking thing about thirty-six schemes.
The brigade commander turned his head again and asked Zhao Gang: "Zhao Gang, is the Chinese cram school in the prisoner of war camp still in class?" β
"It's still on." Zhao Gang nodded, and said, "However, there are not many people who learn well, and most of the prisoners of war can only speak a few simple words, and there is no way to communicate on a daily basis. β
The brigade commander said, "You go and call me if you speak Chinese." β
The prisoner of war camp was next to the headquarters, and after a while, Zhao Gang walked in with two prisoners of war.
"This is our commander." Zhao Gang first introduced the brigade commander, and then pointed to the prisoner of war and said to the brigade commander, "This is Ichiro Akiyama, this is Jiro Komatsu, both of them were military officers of the 69th Division before they were captured. β
Ichiro Akiyama and Jiro Komatsu nodded at the brigade commander at the same time: "Your Excellency, Commander." β
The brigade commander waved his hand and said with concern: "There are still Komatsu in Akiyama, right?" I won't say much about the superfluous clichΓ©s, but I'll just ask, have you two realized the dangers of military ghostism? β
"Hello!" Ichiro Akiyama and Jiro Komatsu looked at each other, and said in blunt Mandarin, "Japanese military ghostism is not only a disaster for the Chinese people, but also a disaster for the Japanese people, in fact, the people in Japan are also deeply affected by this war. β
Komatsu Jiro continued: "Not only have mothers lost their sons, wives have lost their husbands, and children have lost their fathers, but the national economy of the whole country has also been on the verge of collapse, and many farmers in the countryside have died of hunger. β
The brigade commander asked, "So are you two willing to stand up and fight against the military ghosts?" β
"We do." Ichiro Akiyama and Jiro Komatsu said without thinking, "Not only us, but the vast majority of prisoners of war in the entire Chinese language study class have repented, Your Excellency Commander, please allow us to join this great holy war against ***ism!" We are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of Japan! β
"Okay." The brigade commander said happily, "I agree with you to join the 386th Brigade. β
Ichiro Akiyama and Jiro Komatsu were both in good spirits when they heard this, and they looked a little excited.
However, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo were confused, the attack of the devils was not fierce at the moment, and the strength of their northwest column in Jin was not tense at all, so it seemed that there was no need to supplement the Japanese soldiers, right?
The brigade commander didn't explain much, and sent Ichiro Akiyama and Jiro Komatsu away.
After finishing the brigade, the brigade commander said to Ding Wei: "Ding Wei, I will hand over this batch of prisoners of war to your team, and from tonight onwards, you will arrange for them to go to the battlefield, so that they can get used to fighting with their former comrades-in-arms." β
"Yes." Ding Wei said solemnly, "Don't worry, brigade commander, I will arrange it." β
"Okay." The brigade commander nodded, and said to Kong Jie again, "Kong Jie, Xiao Wang has already said that there is no need to dig out the tunnel from the vicinity of Wanmadu, the distance is too far and it will take too long. β
"So dig straight ahead from the positions of your two detachments."
"It only takes one kilometer to dig into the ground of Anshi Town."
"If you dig just one kilometer, the time required is greatly reduced."
After a pause, the brigade commander said: "But even so, it is not easy to dig a one-kilometer-long tunnel in ten days, an average of 100 meters a day to dig a distance of 100 meters, and it is deep underground, it must be stuffy and hot, the labor intensity is extremely high, and the efficiency is extremely low, so it will definitely be very difficult." β
Kong Jie said: "Brigade commander, please rest assured, I will organize all the party members of the second detachment when I go back, and we will definitely carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship or tiredness, and dig the tunnel within ten days at all costs." β
"Lao Kong, that's all you can do." Li Yunlong said disdainfully, "In this matter, it is far from enough to rely on Communist Party members to take the lead and carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship or tiredness, you have to use your brains a lot." β
"How?" The brigade commander smiled and asked, "What the hell did you kid think of again?" β
"Brigade commander, I really have a trick, and I can definitely greatly improve work efficiency." Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Lao Kong, the tunnel is only so big in total, and the working surface is so small, and only two people can be guaranteed to work at the same time, otherwise it will be very crowded, so it is useless to have many people." β
"My opinion is to select elite soldiers and divide them into twenty-four tunnel-digging teams."
"Each team only needs to work for an hour, and then the next team is replaced."
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong continued: "By the way, in order to reduce the temperature in the tunnel, you can use the saltpeter from the arsenal to make ice cubes, and then send it to the tunnel to melt it." β
The brigade commander couldn't help but pat Li Yunlong's head: "You kid has a lot of ideas, how did you know that saltpeter can be used to make ice cubes?" β
Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Xiao Wang told me." β
"Xiao Wang?" The brigade commander nodded, and said, "That's it, let's all get busy." β
"Hey, brigade commander, what are we doing in the three detachments?" Li Yunlong hurriedly said, "Lao Ding and Lao Kong both have tasks, you can't just hang our Lao Li alone, right?" β
"The three detachments had no combat mission." The brigade commander said, "The three detachments now have only one task, eat and sleep, take care of Lao Tzu's body, and nourish his spirit, and when the day comes to launch a breakthrough, the more than 3,000 soldiers of your three detachments will have to rush out like more than 3,000 heads coming down the mountain!" β
"Yes!" Li Yunlong perked up and said, "Guarantee to complete the task." β
"All clear?" The brigade commander snorted and said, "Get out of here." β
Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong snapped upright, saluted and turned around.
ps: Let me slow down for a few days, and then resume the 10,000-word update after getting through this fatigue period.
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