Chapter 9: Get Ready to Get Started!
"New password?!"
When the shopkeeper of Yao Ji was about to translate the first telegram, he realized that the content of the next telegram would be extremely confidential, which was very amazing.
I was prepared.
But when he translated the contents of the follow-up telegram with the new password, he was still in a long state of shock.
"Headquarters telegram order: Regardless of the cost, kill the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army, if you can't act, you need to report immediately, and the superior will send an action team to carry it out."
Telegrams need to be concise and concise, so there is not much content in subsequent telegrams.
But a few short words made Yao Ji's shopkeeper deeply feel that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had an endless determination to kill the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the devil's First Army.
Not for the devil who sits in this position.
It is aimed at the chief of staff of the First Army and the deputy chief of staff.
"Why?"
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji still had strong doubts in his heart.
The meaning of the order from the higher authorities is very clear, that is, every chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army can be killed at any cost, no matter who sits in these two positions, they can be killed at any cost.
Even if the intelligence forces in the rear are completely destroyed.
He wanted to ask why?
The Chief of Staff of the First Army, although the Deputy Chief of Staff is a position of real power, but the power is not great, the former is slightly inferior to the commander of a mixed brigade, and the latter is equivalent to the commander of an infantry wing.
There are more powerful devil officers than these two devils.
Kill these two officers, and the devil can easily replenish them.
Not long ago, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front was killed, and the next day his successor came to power, with an interval of no more than ten hours.
But the intelligence organization that the troops lost will take a year or even more to recover.
Unless it is the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, and the commander of the North China Front, Tada Jun, a real high-ranking officer with real power, who is qualified to let the troops kill them at any cost.
"Could it be that the superiors are carried away by anger?"
Yao Ji's shopkeeper thought subconsciously.
In his opinion, this decision was clearly unreasonable, and it could only be made in the face of extreme anger.
If he hadn't been sure for it, he would have suspected which spy had issued the order.
But there are other possibilities.
For example, it has something to do with the large amount of food, weapons and equipment that the troops have suddenly obtained recently.
The superior did not give a reason, and he could not make an accurate judgment.
"Keep an eye on the Devil's Command."
"Let's hold off for now, and we'll wait until the higher-level liaison arrives."
Yao Ji's shopkeeper advised.
For every one killed, you can get 1.5 million silver dollars a month, if it weren't for witnessing the materials that magically appeared in the Taiyue Mountains, not to mention the intelligence personnel in the rear, even the headquarters would not believe it.
It was simply impossible to make it clear in the telegram, so the headquarters simply gave the order, and without explaining in detail in the telegram, it was ready to let the liaison inform the explanation.
"Okay!"
Shen Sheng was also puzzled.
"Good!"
But Niu Wanlin had a thought in his heart.
He was working in the stable next to the Devil's Headquarters, very close to the Devil's Headquarters, and the commander of the Devil's 29th Brigade, Otani Matsubara, had seen him many times.
And he also found some loopholes in the vigilance of the devils.
If these two devil chiefs of staff come to the Yangquan Devil Command, as long as there are weapons and ammunition, such as a few grenades, he will have a great chance of killing this devil.
Anyway, changing one is a big profit.
He is an ordinary person, and if he is a high-ranking officer of a devil, he will make a lot of money, and he can also avenge his father.
If you change two, it's blood!
Glory to the ancestors.
When I saw my dad underground, I was able to puff up my chest.
And even if he dies and dies with the devil, the old mother and brothers and sisters in the family will not worry about eating and drinking.
Niu Wanlin clenched the two bags of grain in his hand.
"Wan Lin."
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji didn't seem to notice Niu Wanlin's thoughts, he just advised:
"You have to pay attention to these two bags of grain and lard, and try not to let others know."
"Although there have been a lot of this kind of imported grain and imported lard in the market recently, it is inevitable that there will be people who pay attention to it, and change the packaging after going back."
In more than two months, the grain and materials that gradually flowed out of the base areas have penetrated into Yangquan and Taiyuan because of their excellent quality, and have been quite popular in the market.
"I know."
Niu Wanlin nodded:
"My hometown is in the countryside, and there are very few devils there."
His father had moved from Yangquan to the countryside far away from Yangquan a long time ago.
"Good!"
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji told again:
"Don't act rashly just yet."
"I'll wait until the liaison from the higher level arrives."
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Meanwhile.
Northern Review.
Pingzhen, an old fire brick house.
This is where the intelligence organization of the Northern Assessment of the Army, the permanent communication station is located.
"Headquarters telegram order: Regardless of the cost, kill the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army, if you can't act, you need to report immediately, and the superior will send an action team to carry it out."
"This..."
But seeing the translated order, Wen Sheng's brows furrowed deeply.
As one of the heads of the intelligence organization here, Wen Sheng knew very well how much they had paid for the development of their current intelligence force.
The sacrifice of hundreds of comrades.
Millions of dollars invested.
And once you concentrate your forces and launch an attack on an officer of the devil, even if you do it covertly, you will inevitably be touched by the devil, pull out part of your strength, or take the initiative to abandon part of it.
This is an almost unavoidable scenario.
In order to deal with just two devil staff officers, they paid such a huge price.
This order from the superiors will naturally cause dissatisfaction among everyone.
Fortunately, it is not a mandatory task, so it is just a little dissatisfied.
"Why?"
The crowd at the station was puzzled.
"It's not explained in the telegram."
"However, the telegram said that the superiors would send a liaison over after a while."
"Moreover, the chief of staff of the First Army, how could he come to the North Review."
The stationmaster of the communication station comforted everyone's emotions:
"When the time comes, I'll ask why."
"Okay!"
Wen Sheng nodded, and after the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart calmed down, the doubts in his heart became more and more intense.
The order came from headquarters and has been confirmed.
Will the headquarters be muddy?
When pigs fly.
So, why exactly?
Could it be related to the large amount of food supplies that have appeared in the base area recently?
"Our main task now is how to raise 10,000 silver dollars to buy the latest newspaper rotary printing press."
"The base replied that they only had three thousand oceans."
"And that merchant, the lowest price is also nine thousand seven hundred oceans, and it must be more than ninety percent pure silver."
Then the stationmaster's words interrupted Wen Sheng's doubts.
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Yangquan is located at the midpoint of the Zhengtai line.
It is very close to the Taiyue base area, and it only takes less than 12 hours for a single person and a single horse to set off from the edge of the Taiyue base area and arrive at Yangquan.
So that night, two liaison officers from their superiors, as well as three soldiers of the independent regiment who were preparing to carry out the execution of the chief of staff of the Devil Killer, arrived at Yao Ji's soy sauce shop and met Yao Ji's shopkeeper.
It also brought a message containing one and a half million.
"Kill these two devils for 1.5 million?"
Yao Ji's shopkeeper subconsciously didn't believe it.
How can it be?
"It's not 1.5 million, it's 1.5 million every month for every one of them."
"Moreover, the follow-up chief of staff of the First Army of the devil can also get 1.5 million silver dollars every month for every one killed."
A platoon commander of an independent regiment who came with him explained again.
This platoon commander is also a native of Yangquan and a veteran of the new regiment, who went to the independent regiment with Li Yunlong, and enlisted in the army for more than two years, so he was sent to participate in this mission.
"Who gave it?"
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji still didn't believe it.
This is normal.
It's hard for anyone to believe.
"This is classified, and we don't know."
The liaison shook his head and went on to explain:
"However, I can tell you that the massive amount of food and weapons and equipment obtained from the Taiyue Base Area and the Taihang Base Area recently came from the same place as this batch of silver dollars."
"Weapons and equipment and food and ammunition."
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji fell silent.
Reason told him that it couldn't be.
Who wants to pay three million silver dollars a month in order to kill the two devils?
If so many silver dollars are given directly to the devils, the devils are estimated to be able to directly arrest and kill the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff of the First Army.
However, it is a fact that the troops have obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and he has received information from the devils many times, and the devils are doing their best to investigate the sources and transportation routes of these weapons and ammunition.
And food!
A large amount of imported grain that has appeared on the market recently does come from the base areas, which can be proved by the devils.
It seems not impossible to transport such a huge amount of weapons, ammunition and food to the base area without the sight of the devils, and pay three million oceans per month for the sake of the two devils.
This would also explain why the headquarters issued such a strange order.
During the entanglement of Yao Ji's shopkeeper,
The platoon commander who came from the separate regiment said:
"You're in charge of providing the information, and we're going to make the plan of action and implement it."
"Okay!"
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji heard the resoluteness in this voice with a Yangquan accent.
"Good!"
In the end, the shopkeeper Yao Ji nodded.
"That's right."
Subsequently, a soldier from the Independent Regiment handed Yao Kee a ten-shot barge gun, 200 rounds of ammunition, and 20 German-made grenades:
"This is the self-defense weapons and ammunition allocated by the superiors."
"Great!"
The shopkeeper of Yao Ji was immediately overjoyed.
Lurking in the devil's lair, no one can guarantee whether the devil will find him tomorrow.
So weapons and ammunition for self-defense are important.
Especially grenades,
When necessary, you can die with the devil to avoid being captured by the devil.
To be honest, the shopkeeper of Yao Ji himself is not sure in his heart whether he can resist the punishment of the devils, so in the end, it is best to drag a few devils to hell together.
"According to the intelligence, tomorrow afternoon..."
"Two for each person."
"The way to use it is to open it first..."
After handing over the information, the shopkeeper Yao Ji immediately taught Shen Sheng and Niu Wanlin how to use and safely hide grenades, in fact, it was mainly Niu Wanlin, Shen Sheng had been on the battlefield and would use grenades.
When he left with two grenades, Niu Wanlin glanced at the three independent regiment soldiers with some regret.
Kill one, and you can get 1.5 million silver dollars every month.
Moreover, every subsequent chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army is worth this price.
According to the information he heard, tomorrow afternoon, the two devil chiefs of staff will arrive in Yangquan.
If he can kill these two, even if he is rated with this life, isn't it still a blood to earn?
It's a pity that this matter was carried out by a special fighter of the independent regiment, and it was not his turn.
(End of chapter)