Japanese occupation zone.

Yangquan, Shouyang, Tanxian, Heyuan and other major counties.

Over time......

Due to the defeat of the Japanese army in the Autumn Harvest Defense, coupled with the fact that a team secretly mobilized the main force to return to the rear of the major county towns of the devils, they took the opportunity to harvest the crops of the devils.

The Japanese puppet army, who learned that this year's autumn harvest crops were basically robbed by the Eighth Route Army, couldn't help but worry about whether they could fill their stomachs.

Plus the deliberate propaganda of a detachment of propaganda departments.

It also pushed the Japanese puppet army's fear of the Japanese army's lack of food stocks, which would even cause the soldiers to freeze and starve this winter, to the peak.

Although the commander of the devil, Yoshio Shinozuka, immediately issued a number of countermeasures.

Stop the rumors spread by the propagandists of the Eighth Route Army.

He also specifically instructed the officers at all levels to do a good job of ideological work for the soldiers, so that they do not have to worry about the problem of food shortage.

It's a pity that the Japanese military government speaks better than it sings.

In the end, the Japanese puppet army stationed in the major county towns did not get any practical benefits.

What is it that can be seen?

The purchasing power of the military salary, the daily ticket, is falling more and more day by day.

In the past, I could buy a day ticket for one pound of rice, but now I am afraid that I can't even buy half or two rice.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, although the salaries of the soldiers of the Japanese puppet army have also been increased several times in a row, they cannot keep up with the rapidly rising prices.

Some attentive Japanese soldiers even found that the canned beef had become canned mixed meat at some point, and now even the canned mixed meat seems to be gone, and what they have eaten recently is canned cereals!

Many Japanese soldiers spent part of their military salaries in the past, and they could save some of them and send them back to their relatives in China every once in a while.

Now, the monthly military salary is not enough for oneself, let alone sending it back to one's family.

The Japanese soldiers are still like this, not to mention the puppet soldiers who follow the little devils, just to make ends meet and get military salaries.

In private, there are few complaints.

Yangquan County.

A teahouse in a private room.

Approaching November, the weather in Shanxi gradually changed from steep to cold.

Many farmers who have the conditions have begun to burn hot kang to resist the cold.

Unconditionally, I am trembling and suffering, hoping that this winter can pass sooner.

When the Japanese soldier Shaozuo Kawashima rubbed his hands and got into the private room, the devil squadron leader Miki Ichiro and the puppet army company commander Qian Dekai had been waiting in the private room for a long time.

"Money, Miki-kun!" Kawashima, who casually brought the door of the private room, opened his mouth to say hello.

These three are Kong Jie's "outstanding representatives" of various business cooperation in the Japanese occupation area.

Thanks to various business cooperation with Kong Jie in private transactions.

At present, the morale of the Japanese puppet army is gradually declining, and the soldiers' pockets are even more deflated because of the recent soaring prices.

This money has to be opened, Kawashima, and the pockets of the three of Sanbonichiro, but they are still bulging.

After Kawashima sat down, the three of them officially entered the topic.

The first to speak was Qian Dekai, and this kid, as a puppet army officer who had direct contact with the connector sent by Kong Jie, did not get any less benefits from Kong Jie.

The so-called eating people has a short mouth, and taking other people's hands is soft.

This money has to be opened, and taking the money can be regarded as a practical matter.

"Kawashima-kun, Miki-kun, I recently contacted the Eighth Route Army again, and Kong Jie expressed his hope that before this winter, he will have a few more transactions with us."

"After the complete winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, there are fewer people coming and going, it is easy to be exposed, and the caravan is not easy to run because of the severe cold."

"After these trips are completed, we are ready to spend this winter comfortably first, and wait until the beginning of spring next year."

Secretly remembering Kong Jie's explanation, Qian had to open his mouth to speak, and then asked: "I don't know what the two Taijun think?" ”

It was Kawashima who was the first to speak, tightening his clothes, a costly leather jacket he had recently bought.

"I agree, this Eighth Route Army is really not easy to mess with, a few days ago it even snatched up all the crops planted by our Yangquan suburbs and the imperial army.

You have also received the news in the past two days, and it is estimated that the military rations of our troops for the winter this year will be a problem.

In addition, the daily tickets we have in hand are becoming less and less valuable, and with the few military salaries paid every month, we will starve to death sooner or later!

It's better to hurry up and make a few strokes. ”

When Kawashima said these words, he subconsciously touched his comfortable leather jacket.

If you weren't doing business with the Eighth Route Army, where would you get the leather jacket to wear?

Miki Ichiro said: "Kawashima-kun, prices have risen sharply recently, let's talk about it, Matsuyama-kun, Chang Yijun, Zuo Nao-kun ......"

Miki gave a list of names in one breath.

"They're not having a good time!

Relying on the military salary of three melons and two dates issued every month, he can't even support himself.

You also know the situation at home, just waiting for the little military pay they send back to live! ”

"In our team, there are many officers who are basically in this situation, and there are even more soldiers, and the family thinks that we will definitely be able to pay a lot of subsidies and salaries when we are officers in the army."

"But in this situation, we are just glamorous on the surface, and even many farmers can't compare to ......."

Miki Ichiro didn't continue, his face full of emotion.

At this time, Kawashima, who had a glorious face on his face, said with righteousness and awe: "Miki-kun, we are both soldiers of the Japanese Empire, how can you and I watch our comrades-in-arms live so sadly?

I think we should help these comrades in need.

At the very least, we should help those in need and help their loved ones at home. ”

As soon as these words came out, Miki Ichiro also seemed to have found a glorious and sacred goal and direction.

He immediately agreed: "Kawashima-kun, what you said is so good, since we have the ability now, why don't we lend a helping hand and help these colleagues, comrades-in-arms and soldiers of ours?"

This is a great cause, including the private business dealings between you and me and the Eighth Route Army, and it is all for our comrades in financial difficulties!

Shouldn't we be more proactive? ”

"Yoshi, Miki-kun, what you said is so good!" Kawashima agrees.

Then, the two old devils said a word, as if they had met a confidant in life, and they almost hugged each other in tears and told each other.

There was a Chinese named Qian Dekai next to him, who never spoke.

It's just that the ugly old face, that cheek has been twitching uncontrollably.

He really meowed......

Money has to be slandered in the bottom of my heart:

His grandmother's, I've seen shameless, I've never seen such a shameless Japanese, secretly doing business with the Eighth Route Army, engaging in smuggling, and even secretly selling arms to the Eighth Route Army, so that the Eighth Route Army will in turn beat you little devils.

To the two of you, it has become a sacred cause?

It's understandable that money has to be opened.

These two old devils are probably secretly smuggling with the Eighth Route Army, and they have ghosts in their hearts, and they deliberately use the things in front of them as an excuse to make themselves feel at ease.

He didn't bother to care about this, anyway, the things that Captain Kong explained, we have to pay for him.

In this way, with a cup of tea, the three of them happily reached a plan to strengthen business cooperation with a team before the winter.

And in the following time.

Qian Dekai is to witness the truth that money can make little devils grind.

With the completion of several business cooperation with the detachment again, Kawashima and Miki Ichiro's side, through the occupation of a large number of daily necessities, including military supplies, secretly transported to the detachment's base area.

In exchange for a large number of day tickets, some were even simply border tickets issued by the Eighth Route Army.

This is not Kong Jie's deliberate fraud, but at the time of the transaction, Kawashima and Miki Ichiro specifically requested.

The reason is very simple, the purchasing power of the border area tickets issued by the Eighth Route Army is stable, and I heard that it is directly linked to grain, and it is widely favored by the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and even a large number of people in the occupied areas.

For example, in the current Yangquan County, some people who do business even make it clear that they will not accept day tickets, as long as border tickets.

Who made the purchasing power of that day ticket unstable!

You can buy a pig today, maybe you won't even be able to buy a pig's trotter tomorrow.

Even the Japanese military government, due to the economic crisis and material pressure, simply turned a blind eye to the circulation of border area tickets in the occupied areas.

After all, many Japanese officers and soldiers secretly used border tickets in private, and then secretly sighed: The tickets are so good!

As for the private transactions, including the communication between the representatives of the two sides and the contact of the follow-up transport team, it is certainly impossible to hide all the traces.

You'll have to hire someone for the team, right?

Convoy, you have to get out of the city, right?

The direction you're going in is still the base of a team, right?

A little investigation of these situations can easily be exposed.

But what surprised Qian Dekai was that Kawashima and Miki, two old devils, were really clever in using money.

Along the way, the patrol team checked and the guards of the city gate guarded, including some Japanese officers who were in charge of the market supervision in the county.

turned a blind eye to Kawashima and Miki Ichiro's secret smuggling operations.

Every time the convoy departed, it was a green light.

What's more, they simply swaggered out of the city in broad daylight, pulling a large number of transport wagons.

But when he returned to the camp and returned to the gendarmerie, Qian Dekai was surprised to find out.

The Japanese soldiers I met along the way, whether they were soldiers or officers, whether they were military police or field troops stationed in the county town, were quite respectful to Miki Ichiro and Kawashima.

Seeing the look of respect on his face, it didn't seem to be fake.

Not long after, the relevant Japanese military inspectors specially dispatched from the Taiyuan City direction secretly visited and noticed that some Japanese officers and businessmen outside the occupied area were secretly smuggling.

Then he interrogated Kawashima and Miki Ichiro, and asked the Japanese officers and soldiers related to Yangquan about the situation and the time to collect evidence.

There were a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers who came spontaneously and spoke out to protect Kawashima and Miki Ichiro.

claimed that the two were loyal to the Japanese Empire and had never done anything to commit adultery.

The so-called secret smuggling with the Eighth Route Army is even more illusory.

In addition, there is indeed no tangible evidence at hand, and the supervision department's review of Miki Ichiro and Kawashima is over.

When we met again in the teahouse, I couldn't help but ask for the specific reason.

"Kawashima-kun, Miki-kun, many officers and soldiers who were questioned obviously knew very well that we had secret business smuggling with the Eighth Route Army team.

But the last time the inspectors came, why did everyone help us hide it?

There are even many soldiers who risk their lives to protect us? ”

In this regard, Kawashima Shaozuo smiled calmly: "There are some officers who protect us because they are in the same boat as us, in your Chinese words, grasshoppers tied to a rope, people sitting on a boat.

They all really benefit from our business chain.

Such guys are not only in Yangquan, but also in almost all the surrounding counties.

As for those who want to jump out and testify against us, thinking about the fate of Yuichi Takagi and others, they can only swallow those words into their stomachs. ”

As for who Yuichi Takagi is.

It was the most powerful shouting in Yangquan at the beginning, shouting every day to eliminate the Eighth Route Army and eradicate the spies of the stupid people, but not long after taking office, he was killed on the spot in a sweep to a team.

Later, many Japanese officers died inexplicably.

In addition, there are many opponents who jumped out, and some were killed by a team of disguised bureau Shi Dahu and others with a deliberately leaked list.

There were also some hardcore traitors who were eliminated by a hoe and rape squad sent by a detachment and hanged alive in their own homes.

Since then, in the major counties and towns around the detachment, there are almost no Japanese puppet army officers who dare to oppose the Eighth Route Army.

Kawashima continued: "There are also many soldiers whose families are poor and need to send their salaries back to support their families, and there are many cases in our Imperial Army.

If it weren't for the poverty of the family, what parents would be willing to send their children to the front line?

In order to help these soldiers in need, we even sent a lot of money to their homes in their name. ”

Miki Ichiro added and explained to Qian Dekai: "Money, you can imagine if you are only a soldier at the lowest level, and you are penniless when you need money urgently at home.

And at this time, your commander helped you send a lot of money back to your home without you knowing.

If you had learned about the situation, what would you do to the commander who loved and helped the soldiers like this? ”

Qian Dekai was stunned, and then replied in a sudden realization: "If there is such a commander, it is like a reborn parent, and there is no soldier who does not love him." ”

"So, that's why there are so many officers and soldiers who shelter me and Kawashima-kun!" The smile on Ichiro Miki's face deepened.

Money has to open a thorough understanding.

Boy.

These two old devils will not only use money to make ghosts grind, but also use money to play a hand of emotional cards!

Clever, really clever!

Qian Dekai, who was impressed, gave a thumbs up to Miki Ichiro and Kawashima, with a look of looking up at the mountains.

In the private room of the teahouse, there was the wanton laughter of the trio who were in calumne......