Rise from the sword

Chapter 333 The smile that disappeared in an instant

Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

"Yamamoto-kun, you did a good job in intelligence work this time."

Yoshio Shinozuka put down the telegram in his hand, and praised Yamamoto who was standing at attention.

Then he continued with a smile and said:

"The news from the south has intercepted the navy's batch of gold, and the transport ship is escorting it to the shore. According to the conditions agreed before, we can get one and a half tons."

"Navy no..."

Yamamoto was taken aback.

Counting the time, the army has only been working for a few hours!
too fast.

This is three tons of gold, quite a lot.

In the cabinet, for a little military expenditure every year, both the navy and the army are out of their minds, and the emperor can't do it when he comes down. Why is the navy admitting to this batch of gold so quickly?
There must be a problem here.

"This is because you did a good job in intelligence work."

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't think too much, and said with a smile:
"The group of idiot red deer didn't expect that we could investigate the departure time of his transport ship, so we only sent a small guard, and the guard force was obviously insufficient."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was full of satisfaction.

Kazuki Yamamoto's intelligence capabilities were beyond his expectations. The army in the south had been looking for and investigating this batch of gold, but they didn't find it. Instead, Yamamoto found it.

"Furthermore, in inland areas, the navy has little power, and it is normal to give up resistance."

He went on to explain.

The sea and the land are mortal enemies, but no one dares to fire the first shot. Facing the dominant army, the navy wisely gives up resistance and prepares to save gold through high-level intervention.

But it's too soon to give up resistance, right?
There must be a problem.

Although he was still puzzled, Yamamoto still bowed his head and said with a humble attitude: "Hey, this is what a humble job should be."

"General."

Afterwards, Yamamoto lowered his head and asked, "Has the navy responded to this matter?"

"It's not clear yet."

Speaking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio obviously frowned slightly, obviously he was also very puzzled by this matter:
"There has been no movement from the navy. According to the telegram from the south, Tanimoto has only sent a senior officer to deal with this matter."

In contrast, if his three tons of gold were robbed, he would immediately send a large army to deter him, and at the very least, he would send an officer corps or an officer at the level of a major general to deal with the matter.

"Speaking of which, the recent naval actions are really weird."

Speaking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio recalled the recent changes in the domestic navy.

Judging from various investigations, the navy seems to be very busy, very busy, but I don't know what it is busy with?
"I don't know."

Yamamoto bowed his head silently.

As the commander, he has limited access to information, but judging from domestic clues and the recent sudden and difficult supply of supplies, Yamamoto can guess that the navy should have a major military operation.

but····

Who are they going to deal with?

"Anyway, the gold is already in hand, and it is impossible for the red deer to take it back."

Shinozuka Yoshio finally gave a cold snort.

The gold has already been in the hands of the army, so the navy should not want to go back. Even if they bring in the so-called battleships, they will not be able to take them back. Can your warships come to land?

Moreover, the navy takes up so much money every year, and this little gold is not enough for them to eat and drink.

"General, please send someone to inspect the gold."

Yamamoto, who was proficient in intelligence analysis, still felt something was wrong and reminded.

"Ah."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded.

For this confidant, although he is not interested in special operations, he still attaches great importance to other aspects, especially intelligence analysis.

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Huai River.

on the transport ship.

After the two shuttles killed the three devil telegraph operators, the monk searched for a long time, but only found a few devil crew members.

For those devils holding knives and screaming, the monk was too lazy to talk nonsense, and he didn't even bother to waste bullets. He rushed up and crushed the throats of those little bean devils.

"Damn..."

The devil was not found, and the completely unsatisfied monk put away his gun with a grin.

At this moment in the cabin, Zhang Dabiao kicked open the loaded wooden box, and suddenly, a flash of bright yellow shone out.At the same time, the surrounding soldiers also opened the packing wooden box.

In an instant, the whole room was illuminated into a golden color.

"My mother..."

"Mom..."

"How much is this..."

The members of the special team were fine. After all, they were people who had seen the world. They also saw a ton of gold in Taiyuan and touched it with their own hands. Their expressions were not too shocked, but the other soldiers were not so calm.

There are dozens of boxes of gold in front of them, and the gold everywhere, making everyone else lose their minds for the first time.

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Seeing this situation, Zhang Dabiao's eyes flashed sharply, he didn't want to talk nonsense, he directly took out his gun and shot it above his head. The piercing sound of the gun pulled everyone back from their trance.

"In teams of three, pack the gold and ship it to the motorboat."

"Move fast."

"We have no time to delay."

Zhang Dabiao said sharply.

Although the money is touching, but not only the elite fighters, but also the fighters with firm faith can enter this team. Everyone quickly reacted and started to act without command.

The gold was taken out of the box, then wrapped in the canvas prepared earlier, and then lowered to the motorboat by rope. 100 people worked together, and in just over half an hour, three tons of gold were put on the boat.

Before setting off, the monk did not forget to fish for the radio station in the cabin.

Even, many soldiers took the time to search the property in other cabins, and took away what they could carry. Anyway, the gold was transported by big mules.

"Walk."

Looking back at the transport ship, Zhang Dabiao waved his hand and led the people away.

If there is enough time, he would like to blow up the transport ship. After all, it belongs to the devil, but now that he is in a hurry, he doesn't carry any explosives, and there are not many grenades, so he will let the transport ship go.

The engine hummed violently, and the three motorboats rowed violently towards the shore.

Although the motorboat provided by Chen Fan looked exactly the same as that of the Devil Army, it was significantly more powerful and very fast, reaching the river bank in a few minutes.

In the spirit of disposable items, they can be used casually, the three drivers directly pressed the gas pedal to death, and rushed the motorboat to the river bank abruptly.

On the bank of the river, fifty big mules were already waiting here.

"Put the gold on the big mule, and be quick."

Turning over, Zhang Dabiao jumped off before the boat stopped shaking.

However, his order was obviously a little redundant. Before he finished speaking, the soldiers all started to move, holding the gold bag and placing it on the big mule, and then tied it with a rope.

Fifty big mules were divided into two groups, one group of forty mules was used to hold gold, each weighing less than [-] kilograms, and the other group of ten mules already contained food, weapons and ammunition and other supplies.

Within half an hour, the gold was installed.

"I'm going first."

After talking to Zhang Dabiao, Wang Gensheng quickly left along the mountain road with sixty soldiers and forty big mules.

In order to speed up, their weapons and equipment and other main loads are placed on the big mules, and even so, the weight of each big mule does not exceed 95 kilograms, not even two-thirds of the standard load, walking easily loose.

After all, feed and grain have been prepared on the road, and there is no need to carry too much.

"Find these in a hidden place and burn them."

Watching Wang Gensheng and others go away, Zhang Dabiao, who stayed behind, pointed to the devil's uniform on the ground.

"Let's go over there."

Tightening the submachine gun in his hand, Zhang Dabiao pointed to a route about [-] degrees away from Wang Gensheng's departure route: "There is a devil's stronghold over there, let's show our faces."

Burning the military uniforms, before leaving, the monk pointed to several motorboats:

"Then this ship..."

"It's useless, just stay here."

Zhang Dabiao waved his hand, and led the remaining 40 people and ten big mules towards the distance.

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"Your Excellency the Lieutenant General."

In the naval headquarters, a staff officer came in again: "A telegram from Colonel Koizumi."

"Oh? Show me."

Lieutenant General Tanimoto was still polishing his samurai sword leisurely.

Putting down the samurai sword and receiving the telegram handed over by the staff officer, his expression changed suddenly at the first glance:
"Nani?"

"Koizumi met the motorboat of horse manure?"

Fortunately, the number behind and Colonel Koizumi's speculation made him immediately heave a sigh of relief: "There are only three ships, and there are no heavy machine guns. I guess I encountered a patrol boat."

Then, he cursed:
"Baga, how did the intelligence department do it? The location of the army's steamboat is not even clear."

Like the navy's tanks, the army's motorboats are not many, especially around the Huaihe River, where there are only a handful of them. The intelligence department had sworn before that there were no army motorboats near the Huaihe River. Where did these three come from?

"waste."

After cursing again, Tanimoto still had a smile on his face.

A small accident, he is not worried.

However, before he could smile for three seconds, another staff officer came in in a panic, his tone even more flustered:
'The middle lord'

"Oizumi Koizumi's transport team was attacked by horse dung..."

"Also, we lost contact with each other."

The first time Lieutenant General Tanimoto heard the news, Lieutenant General Tanimoto was stunned, his smile disappeared instantly, and then he reacted, stood up abruptly, and widened his eyes: "What's going on? What's the situation?"

"How dare horse dung?"

Tanimoto opened his eyes wide, full of disbelief.

Although there are constant land and sea disputes in the empire, and there is even the intention of a big fight. Secretly, in order to fight for resources, almost all the brains are out, but on the surface, both sides are very restrained. Everyone knows that once who makes the first move, then the last When it comes to liquidation, it will definitely suffer a big loss.

Horse manure shouldn't know how to do it, and it can't be so stupid.

However, it cannot be ruled out that that stupefied green army idiot is daring to do this.

"According to the telegram, it was the hand of horse manure. However, the other party should have destroyed the communication link. The last telegram only received a few words."

The staff officer lowered his head.

"What did you say at the end?"

Tanimoto narrowed his eyes, his expression extremely gloomy.

No matter who did it, then the gold is probably...

But, didn't Koizumi say that there were only three motorboats?Why can't even send a telegram?
"The convoy was attacked, the enemy is..."

Seeing the telegram handed over by the staff officer, Tanimoto was so angry that he almost wanted to kill someone.

"Order the reconnaissance flight team to take off, all take off, and quickly investigate Banqiao Town."

Taking a deep breath, Tanimoto pulled out his samurai sword hoarsely, and shouted hoarsely: "Navy personnel in the surrounding area also move closer to Banqiao Town, and naval ships around the Huaihe River all want to move closer to Banqiao Town."

"Check it out for me."

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On the shore of a port along the Yangtze River.

More than a dozen motorboats stopped slowly around a transport ship, arousing the curiosity of the surrounding people, but these ships were all decorated with plaster flags and devils who blocked the port in advance, so the common people could only suppress their curiosity.

But on a hidden hillside more than a kilometer away from here, a few people lurking in the grass looked at us with binoculars:
"This should be the gold that the bureau is looking for, right?"

"Well, it should be."

"Hmph, was this robbed by the devil's army? It's really true that the little devil's sea and land are at odds..."

'Let's take a closer look. '

When a few people approached secretly.

At the riverside port, the captain who was in charge of this mission suddenly saw his regiment captain approaching, and immediately bowed his head in salute.

"Your Excellency, Captain."

"Get on board, open a few more boxes, and take a look at the goods inside."

The captain of the alliance was in a bad mood, and his tone was very aggressive.

This time, we cooperated with the First Army of the North China Front Army to intercept the navy's gold.

It's a good thing, but it also embarrasses the troops stationed here.

They had known about this batch of gold for a long time, but they had never robbed the navy before, and they couldn't find it after the search. Instead, the First Army, which was hundreds of kilometers away, investigated the information, which made them feel ashamed.

Just now, the First Army actually suspected that there was something wrong with the goods they seized, maybe it wasn't gold, which immediately made him feel even worse.

Are they that stupid?
This has been confirmed a long time ago, and it is indeed gold inside.

But when faced with the request of lieutenant general level, even if he is not directly under his superior, he can only implement it. After all, Duan Fan and the head of his own division are best friends.

"What do you want to do?"

"We're going to check the cargo again."

"No, as I said before, this batch of goods is the confidential material of the navy and can only be opened after an officer arrives."

The conversation on the boat suddenly made him feel very unhappy and realized that something was wrong.

It has been checked before, why is it not allowed to check this time?

"Could it be..."

The leader of the devil's alliance squinted his eyes, waved his hand, and ordered the troops to forcibly rush up to check.

In front of the superior force, the red deer's resistance was weak and weak, and a crowd of devils and horse dung rushed in.

A few minutes later, the devil captain rushed out in a panic, holding a box in his hand.

"Commander..."

"Except for one box which is gold, everything else is stone."

"Nani?"

First, his complexion changed, and then the captain of the regiment suddenly became a little angry: "Hmph, the intelligence department of the North China Front Army is nothing more than that, it's not that they were played by the navy."

Before, he was brooding over his intelligence mistakes, but now, although he lost the gold, for some reason, he felt much better.

"Not gold."

At this moment, a staff officer ran over and handed the Captain a telegram.

Seeing this, the captain of the devil alliance suddenly raised his eyebrows, full of surprise:

"The navy planes are dispatched collectively, and even the marines are dispatched. What is this for?"

"Moreover, it's headed towards the Huaihe River..."

For the navy stationed on the coast, the army stationed in the south will naturally keep a close eye on it, and it will know immediately if there is any movement.

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(End of this chapter)