"What is this?"

"The operational report of the Separate Regiment?"

On the night of June 17, the brigade headquarters, the chief of staff, handed a document to the brigade commander.

It can be seen from the white and smooth printing paper in the hands of the staff officers, which is of better quality than imported from abroad, that this must have been handed over by the independent regiment, and only Li Yunlong's side has this kind of high-quality paper.

But the battle of Shangzhuang is only one day over, and the remnants of the sporadic devils have not all been eliminated, and the little devils are protruding from a flute, and many devils would rather die than surrender, but this is also a good thing, just used to train the troops.

In this battle, the independent regiment fought for five days, and in such a short time, the independent regiment was able to sort out the combat report?

The brigade commander didn't believe it.

And there are only two sheets of paper in front of me.

A battle involving thousands of people, and the combat report is more than that.

"No, this is an application jointly submitted by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang."

The chief of staff shook his head.

"Joint application?"

"What is it?"

Hearing this, the brigade commander suddenly became interested.

The last time these two people applied jointly, they came up with a logistics supply center for the brigade headquarters, which is now capable of supplying 50,000 tons of grain, 5,000 tons of lard, and 50,000 sets of military uniforms every month.

If it weren't for the fact that the transportation routes were blocked by devils and the transportation costs were high, the entire Jinchaji base area troops and political workers would have enough to eat.

Not long ago, it was 50,000 square meters of timber per month!

50,000 per month, 600,000 square meters per year!

This amount, although not as large as the timber provinces in the south and north, is also more than the amount consumed by Jin Province every month before the start of the full-scale war of resistance.

"Strengthen the construction of intelligence agencies."

The chief of staff replied.

After taking the documents, the brigade commander raised his eyebrows:

"Strengthening the intelligence agency?"

"This kid has a big appetite!"

When the soldiers and horses are moving, it is intelligence that is one step ahead of the grain and grass.

So the headquarters of the intelligence agency construction started to do it a long time ago, but it has not been effective.

The reason is simple,

This is because building intelligence agencies, laying out intelligence networks, and improving the intelligence capabilities of the armed forces require manpower and financial resources, especially the latter, which is very important.

The troops stand out however a poor.

It's not just poor stability.

And getting poorer!

At the beginning of January of the 38th year, in order to develop the economy of the base area and fight against the Japanese pseudo-currency war, when the Jin-Cha-Ji Base Bank was established and began to issue border currency, only 30,000 legal currency was used as the original capital.

Although the fiat currency was still very valuable back then, and 100 yuan could buy nearly two cows, the basic capital of a bank covering tens of millions of people in the base area was only 30,000 yuan, which was really pitiful.

Not to mention the development of intelligence forces, it is even necessary for those comrades who are fighting underground behind enemy lines to transfuse blood into the base areas.

And now,

Before obtaining Li Yunlong's 200,000 tons of grain, it was really difficult for the troops to come up with 30,000 legal currency.

Even at that time, a hundred fiat currency could only buy one calf, which was still the kind with a bad constitution, and the value of two cows fell by about ten times.

Even now, with 50,000 tons of grain and 10,000 tons of lard every month, it is enough for the troops to eat, and the rest is somewhat reluctant to maintain the stability of grain in the base areas.

In fact, the financial situation of the base areas is not good.

There is simply no ability to develop the bottomless pit of intelligence forces.

It's impossible for Li Yunlong not to understand these things, so since this kid dares to bring up this matter, it means that there is a way to make money!

And it's big money!

"Give me the call to Yang Village."

The brigade commander said.

Because of this annihilation battle, the telephone from the brigade headquarters to Yangcun has been overhauled and is unblocked.

···

Meanwhile.

Yang Spring.

South Lane Entrance.

Yao Kee soy sauce shop.

"Shopkeeper, I've been in a good mood lately!"

Even after receiving the Xinhua News and knowing that it had been several days since the Independent Regiment had annihilated more than 500 devils by itself, the corner of Yao Ji's shopkeeper still subconsciously smiled.

You can't hide it.

A discerning person can see at a glance that he is in a very good mood.

"Haha, there is a happy event in my hometown!"

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji didn't say much.

"Good news!"

"It's been a hard time these days."

The person who came sighed:

"A pound of soy sauce."

"Old Su, what's wrong with you?"

While making soy sauce, Yao Ji asked the shopkeeper.

The person who came was called Lao Su, who was the technical manager of an ironmaking plant in Yangquan, because he had technical ability, and he also had a big buyer of pig iron, and his income was good in Yangquan.

"The wages are not rising, but the money is becoming less and less valuable."

Lao Su sighed.

"Hey..."

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji, who knew the reason in his heart, could only sigh.

After North China was occupied by the devils, in order to achieve the purpose of feeding the war with war, the devils united a group of traitors and traitors in February 38, set up a bank, issued counterfeit money, and plundered wealth.

Since the purpose is to plunder, then naturally it does not care about the situation of the currency, and it has been over-issued, resulting in a rapid depreciation of the currency.

In two years, the value has depreciated nearly tenfold.

It's not slower than fiat at all, and even more so.

And the ironworks where Lao Su works are backed by the Japanese, and the wages naturally paid are also counterfeit money.

"The money is for you."

The money and goods were both gone, Lao Su didn't say much, but left with soy sauce.

After Lao Su left, Yao Ji's shopkeeper no longer smiled, and his brows were also deeply furrowed.

In May, their Yangquan underground intelligence force successfully found out the route and composition of the devil's troops, and was rewarded by their superiors, and rarely allocated 300 oceans of funds.

Inspired by this, they were ready to make a big move.

But as the intelligence force that had been latent began to be active, Yao Ji's shopkeeper encountered a problem - although the funds of the three hundred oceans were a lot, it was a drop in the bucket to spy on the intelligence of devils, develop informants, and buy intelligence.

In less than a week, all three hundred oceans were spent, but there was no useful information.

Yao Ji's shopkeeper also understands.

Three hundred oceans is actually only ninety dollars.

This amount of money is a lot less, but not too much.

"Old Yao!"

It was at this time that a comrade who served as a rotating liaison walked in:

"There's new information."

Yao Ji Soy Sauce Shop is a fixed contact point in Yangquan, in order to avoid being targeted by devils, there will be rotating liaison officers, so as to avoid a person coming over often, so as to be detected by the dog's nose of the devil's special high class.

Some of them are also new comrades developed by Lao Yao.

"What information?"

Shopkeeper Yao Ji hurriedly asked.

"Not long ago, didn't we buy news from the puppet army, because the devil's Beijing Brigade was annihilated, and a devil big man came over recently?"

"The news I just got is the chief of staff of the First Army, Da Teng and a man."

"But it's not clear when it will arrive, it's just that it's within a week."

The rotation liaison said.

"The First Army Chief of Staff Da Teng Kazuo?"

Lao Yao's brows furrowed again.

This information doesn't seem to be of much use.

To obtain the whereabouts of the chief of staff of the devil's first army in detail, only the devil knows, and if you want to find out, you must take risks when the intelligence network is not laid into the devil.

"I can find out where this old devil is."

The liaison's tone was swearing.

"Not yet."

Lao Yao shook his head.

The whereabouts of the chief of staff of the devil must be very secretive.

However, the liaison in front of him is his newly developed comrade half a year ago, named Niu Wanlin, a native of Yangquan, who hates devils to the core, and happens to work under the hands of the Japanese, and knows many Japanese.

There is a real ability to get this information.

The news that the Yamashima United was going to attack the base area before was the first thing Niu Wanlin inquired about.

But at great risk.

Devils are not so easy to deal with, especially the army intelligence of devils.

There are already many comrades who have died at the hands of devils!

"Okay, listen to you."

After Niu Wanlin finished speaking, he beat half a catty of soy sauce and left.

After thinking about it, the shopkeeper of Yao Ji decided to record this piece of less important information in the information book sent to the base area today.

···

The other side.

"Hello Brigadier!"

The phone was quickly connected, and Li Yunlong's voice came out of the microphone.

"Why are you kid, suddenly thinking about developing intelligence forces?"

The brigade commander didn't bother to talk to Li Yunlong and went straight to the point.

"Haven't you suffered a loss of intelligence lately?"

李云龙 says:

"Although the Yamashima United Force was killed, it still caused serious damage to the base area, and the houses of the people around the upper village were destroyed, and some ordinary people were injured or even sacrificed."

"If we can get the news a few days in advance, we can organize the transfer of ordinary people, protect their property, and reduce the losses of ordinary people."

"Makes sense!"

The brigade commander nodded.

There is some truth to this statement.

But not much.

This time, when the Devil's Mountain Island United came to attack, Yangquan received the information as soon as possible, and warned the base area in time.

With the current situation, it is impossible to improve efficiency unless the comrades in Yangquan are provided with radio stations to speed up the transmission of information.

"And."

Li Yunlong continued:

"Recently, the devils have launched aircraft reconnaissance around our Yang Village, Shangcun, and Xiazhuang, and have also launched strafing shots at the base areas from time to time, resulting in losses in the transport team."

"I'm thinking that if we develop intelligence forces and monitor the devil's Taiyuan Airport, we can minimize the losses."

"That makes a lot of sense."

The brigade commander continued to push the theme:

"But you have to know that building an intelligence force requires a lot of money."

"Our troops, but the poor have to be pants!"

"Lack of money..." Li Yunlong dragged out his voice: "I really have a chance here, I can get some money." ”

"What chance?"

The brigade commander was in good spirits.

"Someone has a grudge against the First Army, so he wants the life of the chief of staff of the First Army of the devil, and bids 1.5 million silver dollars per month, and after the matter is completed, he will directly give cash silver, ninety percent and five feet of silver."

Li Yunlong said.

Although Brother Lu can't provide intelligence support anymore, the secrecy restrictions have also been relaxed, as long as it is not said as it is, it doesn't matter.

"One hundred and fifty-five silver dollars a month?"

The brigade commander did not doubt the ability of the boss behind Li Yunlong, but the brigade commander did not understand this price for a while.

"Meaning."

Li Yunlong explained in detail:

"As long as we can kill the chief of staff of the First Army, from the day we kill them, we can give us 1.5 million oceans every month."

"It's better than buying and selling, it's done!"

The brigade commander did not hesitate:

"Even if you risk this life, you will do it!"

One and a half million oceans per month.

This month is comparable to last year's one-year funding for the border area after excluding the preserved fruit allocation!

(End of chapter)