Rise from the sword

Chapter 434 Isn't it just food?

Peiping.

North China Front Army Command.

Neji Okamura finally met Yoshio Shinozuka.

Not long ago, he planned to ask Yoshio Shinozuka about his views on the "dynamite factory with a production capacity of [-] tons" in the base area of ​​the Independence Regiment, but because Yoshio Shinozuka left for the Northeast region, he had to give up.

"Xiaozuka-kun, sit down."

There were only two people at this time, Okamura Ningji's tone was very peaceful.

The two belonged to the same faction and had the same military philosophy. They had always had a very good relationship and had a deep personal relationship.

"General."

Shinozuka Yoshio bowed his head in salute, acting very humble.

Although he is a lieutenant general, he doesn't have any power now, and his biggest name is only a staff consultant. Facing Neiji Okamura who holds great power, even if he had a good personal relationship before, he has no airs at all.

"Shinozuka-kun, there is no need for this between you and me."

Okamura Ningji said that, but his face was very satisfied.

"Hi, General."

Shinozuka Yoshio agreed with his mouth, and his actions were more humble.

"Xiaozuka-kun, take a look at this information."

Neiji Okamura handed a piece of information to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"This is the latest information about your old opponent, Li Yunlong and his independent regiment."

Hearing that it was Li Yunlong, Shinozuka Yoshio immediately became interested, took over the information and looked through it carefully.

Since Yamamoto told him that Li Yunlong was establishing a solid base in the rear, he has been interested in inquiring about Li Yunlong's information, and he has also learned of the recent large influx of people and the outflow of tens of thousands of tons of grain.

At the first glance, Shinozuka Yoshio's pupils shrank suddenly, and the information in his hand was almost unsure:

"Potassium dynamite?"

"An explosives factory with an annual output of more than [-] tons?"

Taking a deep breath, and then exhaling slowly, Shinozuka Yoshio managed to control the horror in his heart with some difficulty, and continued to read the detailed information below. After reading it, cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead.

Just at the first glance, he knew that this information was absolutely true. Li Yunlong was building an explosives factory with an annual output of more than [-] tons.

According to his previous experience of fighting Li Yunlong, the accumulated intuition told him that the actual truth may be much more serious than the information!

It is very possible that the annual output of this explosives factory is not just a little over 1, but [-] tons, or even close to [-] tons.It is also possible that the time required from the current establishment to the design output is much, much shorter than expected.

That Chen Fan's technology is definitely more advanced than that of the empire, and the common sense of the empire is not suitable at all.

"What do you think of this information?"

Neiji Okamura was very patient, and waited for Yoshio Shinozuka to finish reading before asking.

"General."

Shinozuka Yoshio was silent for a while, during which time he read the information in his hand again, and then replied:
"Only relying on the content of this information, we cannot judge the authenticity of the 'annual production of [-] tons of explosives'. Even though this information came from within the Independent Regiment, the source is too single and lacks other evidence, and its credibility needs to be verified. .”

"Moreover, it can be inferred from common sense that an explosives factory with an annual output of more than [-] tons cannot appear in the mountains of Northwest Shanxi, nor can it appear in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. The equipment and technical personnel of the independent regiment in the intelligence do not support this."

Yoshio Shinozuka is well versed in speech skills. Although he is [-]% sure in his heart that the explosives factory is real, and even worse than the information shows, he still lays the groundwork patiently.

"indeed."

Okamura Ningji nodded, and the main opinion in his mind was the same.

A [-]-ton explosives factory is too inconceivable and theoretically impossible. This matter is equivalent to a machine factory with only a few dozen people and a dozen small machines independently manufacturing a tank.

"But the general."

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"All kinds of things that have happened in the past three years have told us that we cannot judge a matter with pure common sense, especially when it involves Li Yunlong."

"Li Yunlong's weapons of unknown origin, we have not found the source so far, and we don't know where they were produced. In addition to food and other materials, tens of thousands of tons of materials have quietly entered the so-called base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and we have investigated for three years. It’s not even clear how it was transported in.”

Okamura Ningji nodded again.

This is also the core of his hesitation.

In the past few years, Li Yunlong obtained at most two to three hundred tons of materials each time, which is barely understandable. Small-scale materials may reach the so-called bases of the Eighth Route Army through the blockade of the Imperial Army.

Although two or three hundred tons is not a lot.

However, in recent months, tens of thousands of tons of food and a large number of anti-aircraft weapons have suddenly flowed out of the independent regiment's garrison, which puzzled him a lot.

How did tens of thousands of tons of supplies bypass the sight of the imperial army and enter the Eighth Route Army base in just a few months?
With this matter ahead, Okamura Ningci also had to hesitate about the information about the explosives factory.

"If that Chen Fan provided them with [-] tons of explosives, I would believe it, but an explosives factory with an annual output of [-] tons is really unbelievable." Okamura Neji shook his head.

With the huge amount of food in front of him, Chen Fan provided [-] tons of explosives to Li Yunlong without any difficulty, but it was hard not to doubt him to help him set up a factory to produce [-] tons of explosives.

There is a huge difference in difficulty between the two.

Moreover, according to the information from the latent intelligence personnel of the independent regiment, only a batch of small chemical equipment was found inside the explosives factory, and no corresponding technical personnel were seen to assist.

It is hard to believe that without technicians, relying on those small chemical equipment, it can produce [-] tons of explosives per year, even if there are a lot of small equipment.

"General."

"We have almost blocked all the lines of communication in the entire Republic of China. Even in the northwest, there are a large number of intelligence personnel lurking, but for three years, we have not found out how Chen Fan transported the materials to the guerrillas, nor did we find out. The other party's production place"

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"This shows that the technology mastered by Chen Fan and the forces behind him exceeds that of the empire in some respects."

"What we think is impossible may not be difficult in the eyes of the other party."

"For this information, my suggestion is to believe it and deal with it immediately. It is already confirmed that the independent regiment base is building an explosives factory, but the output cannot be determined."

"Xiaozuka-kun, what do you think we should do?"

Neiji Okamura asked directly.

"The best way is to immediately organize heavy troops to launch an attack, and at least the strength of a full division is required, and a heavy artillery wing and an aviation wing are needed to provide fire support."

Shinozuka Yoshio said without hesitation.

The independent regiment has been transferred to Northwest Shanxi for half a year. He learned from Yamamoto that the scale of the independent regiment is not only restored to Shou County, but even far exceeded. It also has a lot of weapons and equipment, and has built roads and fortifications around Zhaojiayu group.

To deal with today's independent regiment, stronger troops are needed.

"Xiaozuka-kun, you should be clear."

Okamura Ningji shook his head:

"Based on the current situation, a battle of this scale, not to mention me, even General Yan Junliu, would not agree. It still needs a nod from the base camp. Do you think this bit of information alone can make the base camp agree?"

"The headquarters will never agree."

Yoshio Shinozuka glanced at Neiji Okamura.

The group of people in the base camp had rigid thinking and outdated cognition, and only relied on intelligence data to understand the situation. They had never been to the front line to see it on the spot, so it was difficult to truly understand the actual situation.

Just like other people in the North China Front Army, even General Gangcun couldn't really understand how terrifying the solid base that Li Yunlong was building with Chen Fan's support was.

Yes, scary!
"I suggest that, under the circumstances that it is currently impossible to launch a military offensive, mobilize all the air power of the North China Front Army to bomb the base of the independent regiment, and strengthen the blockade, prohibiting anyone from going to Li Yunlong and the base of the independent regiment."

Shinozuka Yoshio said that he never expected to get consent from the previous one.

"All air power?"

Gangcun Ningci was taken aback.

He was preparing to bomb the Independence Regiment, and he also began to mobilize planes to Taiyuan, but only a small part of the air force was used.

"Correct."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was affirmative.

"Only block the floating population?"

Gangcun Ningci changed the subject, did not talk about the bombing, but changed the topic to ask.

"Because it is meaningless to block supplies, it can only be a waste of effort."

Shinozuka Yoshio let out a long sigh.

The corner of Gangcun Ningci's mouth twitched, but he did not say a word.

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Behind Zhao Jiayu.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were in a hidden camp, looking at the team in front of them.

The 37 members of the special team, including monks, lined up neatly. Next to the team, there were fifteen big mules carrying a lot of supplies.

"Priority is to ensure that Honjo Shige is killed."

Li Yunlong looked around and said only this sentence.

"Pay attention to safety, and remember to be careful when contacting the radio station. Devils have radio detection equipment."

Zhao Gang also spoke concisely.

As the independent regiment became stronger and the base shop became bigger and bigger, the two of them worked more vigorously and seldom talked nonsense. After all, there were a lot of things to deal with, and there was no time for detours.

Jointly and indirectly, whether it is the construction brigade or other farms, they all have the same style of work.

"Yes."

Wang Gensheng saluted, and then led the troops towards Zhangjiakou.

Seeing the sound of a group of people going away, Li Yunlong clicked his tongue and smiled:
"Five hundred kilograms of new explosives, hehehe..."

The production of the explosives factory went smoothly beyond expectations. Today, more than two tons of explosives have been stored. With a wave of his hand, Li Yunlong gave Wang Gensheng's special team [-] kilograms to do things.

"Let's go, Zhang Wanhe should be here soon."

Zhao Gang walked directly to the regiment headquarters.

While the special team was marching towards Zhangjiakou, the monk touched the two hand cannons on his waist, and then looked at the equipment on others.

Wang Gensheng's submachine gun, Cao Mantang's sniper rifle, deputy captain Li Yuan's 60mm mortar, and the machine gunner's general-purpose machine gun. The rest of the team members were also submachine guns.

This thing is really powerful. It can be used against armored vehicles. Ordinary walls can't stop bullets at all, but the range is a bit short. It's not very powerful to compete with this group of people. The key is the range.

"Ask Boss Chen next time."

The monk muttered in his mouth.

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"Minister Zhang."

Zhao Jiayu, the regiment headquarters, and Li Yunlong personally welcomed Zhang Wanhe who came in:

"Haha, you are a rare visitor. Since I came to Zhaojiayu in Northwest Shanxi, this is the first time for you to come to my place."

In fact, Captain Li wanted to drive a car to meet Zhang Wanhe. body, had no choice but to give up.

"Hahaha···"

Zhang Wanhe laughed:
"Recently, I have been busy expanding the arsenal, and I am really busy."

Not long ago, the devils carried out an unprecedented large-scale raid. Although the Taihang Mountain Arsenal was forced to move to concealment, but because the strength of the troops has increased a lot and attracted a large number of devils, there is almost no loss in the concealed extreme equipment, and production resumed soon, and Zhang Wanhe It also took the opportunity to gather the talents of the repair workshops in the surrounding base areas, coupled with a large number of talents from abroad and domestically, the arsenal was greatly expanded, and even grenades, grenade grenades, grenades, Bayi-style horses Rifles, as well as bullets, these five key items have been upgraded from the original small workshop production to a production line, and the output has increased dramatically.

After the two chatted for a while, Li Yunlong got straight to the point:

"How is the tung oil prepared? I'm waiting for the rice to cook!"

The initial stage of the explosives factory was relatively smooth. The experts from the arsenal, along with a small group of skilled workers with experience in chemical factories, quickly mastered the production technology. At present, the output can reach 150 kilograms per day. The new batch of workers is being trained. It is expected that one It can reach one ton per day in a month.

"Our country is the largest producer of tung oil, and it is planted all over the country. Although the output has decreased due to the war, there are still [-] tons per year."

Zhang Wan said: "Through the various bases, so far, I have obtained [-] tons of cooked tung oil, and it will be transported to you one after another starting next month."

"[-] tons? That's right, I can produce [-] tons of explosives here."

Li Yunlong was very satisfied.

"But the follow-up will be more troublesome. Tung oil is a strategic material. The Americans and even the British are desperately buying it. The government is also buying it for foreign exchange. Now the market price is very high."

Zhang Wanhe continued:
"So if you want to continue to get tung oil, you have to do me a favor."

"How to help?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes.

"Give me more grain, especially your high-quality fine grain, and bring it to me in a package. The more the better."

Zhang Wanhe said:
"Right now, the demand for grain in the market is completely in short supply, especially the high-quality fine grain you have here, which is well packaged, waterproof and moisture-proof, suitable for long-term storage, and the price is more than double that of ordinary fine grain on the market."

"We don't have gold or silver, so we exchange grain for tung oil."

"As much food as you give me, I can get as much tung oil."

"It's simple."

Li Yunlong smiled:
"Isn't it food? I'll give you five thousand tons a month."

If it's anything else, he really can't get it out, but for grain, then he can pat his chest and say that he won't frown at [-] tons.

40 tons, that is, just shot down four Devil planes. As far as he knows, a large number of planes have come to Taiyuan recently. The happy Lao Li asked Brother Chen to replace a lot of [-] anti-aircraft guns on the spot, the double-mounted ones.

And the next big move he and the new group and the new group are preparing will start with a minimum of [-] tons of grain. If it is done well, it may be more than [-] tons.

　Let's read the next chapter tomorrow morning. I have only written more than 1000 words, and I was called to work overtime at night.

　　Around eight in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)