Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

At about 10:30 the next morning, after Lao Zhang and Lao Feng had breakfast, they opened the door and asked the two Japanese soldiers at the door to take them into the military camp.

When Major General Yoshida learned the news, he immediately came to the door to greet him.

"Mr. Zhang, has your army already selected an address?!" Major General Yoshida asked about the matter. They had detected yesterday that an unknown radio station was receiving signals.

It's easy to guess that the Eighth Route Army must have sent a telegram to the people here, but we don't know what the content is.

Although the signalmen in the communications room had been trying to decipher the contents of the telegram, they were unable to do so in such a short time.

But they could probably guess what was going on, and the content was probably about the transaction address.

"Well, yes." Lao Zhang nodded.

"Let's go to the conference room and talk about it in detail." Major General Yoshida stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. Although he really wanted to know now, it would be better to go to the conference room to be on the safe side.

Soon, several people came to the conference room under the leadership of Major General Yoshida.

"Major General Yoshida, our superiors said that the transaction address is at Niugu Mountain, 50 miles east of the New 1st Regiment, and the transaction time is three o'clock in the afternoon six days later." Lao Zhang said it directly.

"Oh, I understand. By the way, that Northeastern Army won't interfere, right?!" Major General Yoshida asked. He was still a little worried.

"No, just be at ease. We won't do such a thing." Lao Zhang said disdainfully.

"In that case, six days later, please ask Mr. Zhang and Mr. Feng to go with us to trade." Major General Yoshida said. This was something they had thought of a long time ago.

In order to avoid a sudden attack by the Northeast Army, these two people were asked to follow.

In any case, the fact that these two people were sent to discuss cooperation does mean they have some weight. Of course, if the Northeast Army dares to attack halfway, they will kill all the prisoners at the first opportunity.

By then, if they fail to rescue the prisoners, the Northeast Army might become enemies with the Eighth Route Army. This would be a good thing for them.

If you want to destroy the Northeast Army, you need to avoid being attacked by others while destroying them. Otherwise, it will be difficult to destroy them.

"Yeah." Lao Zhang nodded. He guessed that the Japanese would not let them leave just like that. They would definitely let them go with him, as if they were taking them as hostages.

"Mr. Zhang, I have to remind you that we will install bombs on the military vehicles escorting the prisoners in advance." Major General Yoshida continued.

"Fuck, what do you mean?!" Lao Zhang's face darkened.

"Don't get me wrong, we are just trying to prevent the Northeast Army from attacking. There is no other way. Although we don't want to admit it, the Northeast Army is indeed very strong.
We can't dispatch too many people to escort the prisoners in a short period of time, so we have to do this. I hope you can understand." Major General Yoshida said slowly.

He did this just to ensure the transaction could go on smoothly. Otherwise, if they went into the transaction without any preparation and something went wrong, they would suffer heavy losses.

"Hmph! It's up to you." Old Zhang snorted coldly when he heard that, but he could also understand why the Japanese did this.

After all, if they got nothing in return for so many supplies and even lost the lives of a bunch of soldiers, it would be a huge loss.

"Calm down, calm down, I have no choice. I will send someone to escort you and the prisoners out of Taiyuan later." Major General Yoshida said. They had to hurry and get there. Fortunately, they had military vehicles as a means of transportation. Otherwise, it would take them six days to walk this distance.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up." Lao Feng urged. He didn't want to stay in the Japanese army camp for even a second and wanted to leave here quickly.

"Wait a minute, you haven't let us confirm the safety of the prisoners. I want to take a look at the prisoners to make sure their lives are not in danger!" said Lao Zhang.

He didn't want any injured comrades to die along the way.

"No problem. When we escort the prisoners to the car, you will be able to see their condition. Don't worry, their lives are not in danger.
You are quite capable. If you hadn’t captured our pilots, these people…” Major General Yoshida stopped talking here and sneered instead.

If the airport had not been attacked and the pilots had not been captured, these prisoners would have been taken away for bacterial experiments long ago.

Major General Yoshida immediately had the two men taken to the playground, while he went to Itagaki Seishirō's office.

"Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army has already selected the transaction address..." Major General Yoshida quickly told everything.

"Division Commander, should we let the soldiers from the county over there go to Niugu Mountain in advance to occupy the advantageous terrain?!" Major General Yoshida said, and then proposed again.

"It's meaningless. If I'm not mistaken, the Eighth Route Army must have sent people to Niugushan yesterday. It's too late for us to go there now." Itai Seishiro shook his head and said.

If I guessed correctly, the other party had already determined the transaction address yesterday, but did not choose to tell them right away. The purpose was to allow their own troops to seize the initiative in advance, so it was too late for them to send people there.

"Damn it, these people actually use this kind of tricks!" Major General Yoshida cursed.

"That's normal. If it were us, we would make the same decision. We can only say that they are not fools." Itakane Seishirō asked Major General Yoshida to calm down.

"Division commander, I suddenly have an idea! I don't know whether I should say it or not." An evil idea popped into Major General Yoshida's mind.

"Oh?! What idea?!" asked Itagaki Seishiro.

"Division Commander, I think we can put some poison in the food, sugar and salt. It's not that easy to get our things." Major General Yoshida sneered. If he didn't tamper with the weapons, it would be easy to find the problem, but it would be different if he poisoned the food.

If the people over there dare to eat their food like this, they are seeking death. Although the means are despicable, all is fair in war. It's the other party's fault for being so careless.

Even if they were discovered by the Eighth Route Army later, it would be too late. If the other party wanted to condemn them, they could deny it or even fight back.

Therefore, it is quite good that we can inflict losses on the Eighth Route Army without paying any price.

"It's a good idea, but I'm afraid they will conduct random inspections and let our pilots test the poison. If that's the case, what should we do?!" Itagaki Seishirō asked back.

If they could think of this, then the Eighth Route Army could certainly think of it, or in other words, everyone could think of it. The enemy sent us food, and we didn't let anyone test it for poison. How could we dare to eat it?!
"Um...this..." Major General Yoshida was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He had not thought of this.

"So, this method is still somewhat impractical." Itahira Seishirō continued. If it was really that easy to kill the enemy, they wouldn't have to think so much about it.

Just poison the food and then let the Eighth Route Army steal it away.

"I didn't think it through." Major General Yoshida quickly admitted his mistake.

"It's okay. In fact, even if we don't poison the food, the Eighth Route Army won't dare to easily eat the food we send. We definitely need someone to test for poison.

Although we failed to cause any damage to the Eighth Route Army, we were able to delay their time and disgust them at the same time." Itachi Seishiro was very open-minded.

There is actually not much they can do now. The most important thing is to trade with them peacefully and get the pilot back.

"Hi!" Major General Yoshida nodded, "Division Commander, I want to know when our planes can be delivered? Without planes, we won't be able to carry out bombing missions later."

Their air force can still play a very important role in a war, just like in the Battle of Shanghai, many Chinese troops were killed by them before they arrived at the battlefield, and the enemy's logistics troops were also bombed by them.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The current weather is not suitable for planes to take off. We will wait until the snow melts completely before we dispatch the planes over." Itahira Seishirō responded. The current extreme weather with snowing from time to time is not suitable for planes to take off at all!
"Hi!" Major General Yoshida nodded and said no more.

"Speaking of which, Pingnan County reported that a Northeast Army attacked the county, and then the Northeast Army attacked Fucheng.

Could the Northeastern Army on the Eighth Route Army be the one that attacked Fucheng? If so, I think we can send people to attack Fucheng and take it back!" Major General Yoshida proposed again.

He felt that the Northeastern Army in Fucheng had already retreated to participate in the prisoner trade, so the only one left in Fucheng was the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Without the assistance of the Northeastern Army, it would be a very easy task for us to capture Fucheng. After such a huge loss, we should at least get back some face." Major General Yoshida continued. He couldn't afford to offend the Northeastern Army, but he didn't take the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army seriously.

Not to mention, there was only one regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army guarding Fucheng. It was simply impossible to stop them from attacking the city.

"Forget it. Sending people over there can indeed help take down the floating city, but what about next?! What if they cooperate with that Northeastern Army again?! By then, the floating city will be lost again, and many soldiers' lives will be lost." Itakane Seishirō denied this plan.

In the short term, they do have an advantage, but in the long term, it is no longer an advantage but a disadvantage.

"Commander, I'm sorry. I seemed to be a little too impatient and didn't think so far ahead." Upon hearing this, Major General Yoshida apologized again.

He was only thinking about getting back some face, but forgot to look at the long-term.

"It's not your fault. If it weren't for that Northeastern Army, your battle would have no problem. But that Northeastern Army couldn't be dealt with by conventional forces." Itakane Seishirō did not blame Major General Yoshida.

The other side just wanted to contribute to the empire. They were able to defeat many Chinese troops, but they were defeated by this Northeast Army.

Moreover, the other side is the Northeast Army that has separated from the army, but it can still be so powerful, which is simply incredible.

"Let the intelligence personnel find out the news about this Northeastern Army, no matter what the cost. I don't believe that we don't have any news about this Northeastern Army!" Itahira Seishirō has regarded the Northeastern Army as a thorn in his side.

"Hey! I will let the undercover agent in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army send back the news as soon as possible. I believe we will get the news soon!" Major General Yoshida said hurriedly.

They now have very little information about the Northeast Army and don't even know the name of the commander of the Northeast Army.

"Well, this transaction will be handled by your subordinate Colonel Noda, is that ok?!" said Itakane Seishirō.

"Let him go? Colonel Noda is quite capable. If something happens..." Major General Yoshida hesitated and fell silent at the end.

Colonel Noda was his right-hand man, and he was quite capable. What if he was killed by the enemy during the transaction? ! It was still difficult to train such a good subordinate.

"Since you are worried about something happening to him, then you will be responsible for this transaction," said Itagaki Seishirō.

"Division Commander, I think the decision you made before was correct. Colonel Noda is indeed the best choice for this mission. I will go and inform him right away." When Major General Yoshida heard that he was asked to go, he immediately felt that what the division commander said made sense!
Young people should gain some experience, and this mission is a good opportunity.

"That's fine. Tell all the troops in the county over there to mobilize over there and make sure there are no problems with this transaction." Itahira Seishirō gave another order.

The total strength of the troops in the county over there is about 6,000 to 7,000. I believe that after seeing this, the Eighth Route Army would not dare to act rashly. After all, not all the Northeast Army is there.

"Hi!" Major General Yoshida turned and left the office.

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On the playground, Lao Zhang and Lao Feng were brought here. They couldn't help but start looking at other situations in the military camp, but there was very little useful information they could see. Unless the Japanese allowed them to walk freely in the military camp, they could record the useful information.

"Baka, stop looking around!" The Japanese officer who was watching from the side scolded him in a bad tone.

"Damn it, who the hell are you scolding? I just watched it, so what? If you dare, try to touch me!" Lao Feng cursed directly, he glared with his eyes and said with murderous look on his face.

"You!" The Japanese officer was so angry that he couldn't speak. Under normal circumstances, who would dare to talk back to him like this?

"You don't accept it, right? Come on, let's fight. Fuck! I can't beat you anymore!" While speaking, Lao Feng was about to roll up his sleeves and really take action.

The Japanese officer turned his head and looked away. There was nothing he could do. The major general had warned him not to conflict with these two men, let alone hurt them, otherwise, he would really take action!

"If you're scared, just shut up and don't make yourself uncomfortable!" Lao Feng continued to scold.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Lao Zhang couldn't stand it anymore and spoke out to stop them.

(End of this chapter)