Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Yeah." The chief nodded calmly. With the special operations regiment here, there would be no problem with this transaction. They just needed to wait for news quietly.

"In fact, what surprised me more was that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army actually sent us a telegram to alert us of the Japanese's movements." The political commissar said. Although they had a cooperative relationship, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would not bear to see them do well.

Not to mention the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, even the Central Army defending in Zhongtiao Mountain couldn't bear to see them doing well, and even wanted to suppress their development.

"After all, we are in a cooperative relationship. Besides, they should also understand that our intelligence capabilities are not weak. How could we not find the intelligence they have found?!" The chief was very clear about this. If it was really intelligence that they could not find, the other side would not necessarily remind them.

It can even be said that they are hoping something bad will happen to them.

"That's right." The political commissar nodded. It didn't make much sense to remind people of this information, as it was information that everyone could find out. It was just for the sake of making it seem justifiable in name only.

.........

At this time, a large force of the Japanese were also marching towards Niugushan in a mighty manner. This time they assembled more than 7,000 soldiers, nearly the strength of a brigade, and transferred all the troops that could be mobilized nearby.

The Japanese army was also advancing in batches, with troops deployed in front, behind, left and right. A vanguard was also specially sent to the front to check for danger.

Because they knew that the Northeast Army was also observing them secretly and were worried that the other side would really attack them, they needed to be cautious.

There were more than twenty military vehicles in the convoy, all covered with canvas, with prisoners held inside. In addition, there were several vehicles for guards. Once they were attacked, the explosives in the vehicles could be detonated at any time to kill those people!

As a result, the Eighth Route Army would definitely come into conflict with the Northeast Army because their own people were killed.

"Old Zhao, we will be able to return to the army soon." Zhang Kui said in the carriage with a smile on his face. Today is the time to exchange prisoners. As long as the exchange is completed, these comrades can go back.

"Well, it's hard for the organization to spend so much effort to save us." Zhao Jiucheng nodded, feeling guilty.

The higher-ups must have paid a lot of price to save them. Attacking the airport looks easy, but you can tell it's definitely difficult when you hear it.

If Zhang Kui knew what he was thinking, he would probably say, it’s not difficult, not difficult at all.

“What nonsense are you talking about? We are all comrades and good partners with common ideals. It is my duty to save you!” Zhang Kui said seriously.

"Lao Zhang, I..." Zhao Jiucheng was so moved that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"What you need to do next is to work harder for this common ideal, do you understand?" Zhang Kui continued to add that in his opinion, rescuing his comrades is his duty, and the reason he didn't rescue them before was because he didn't have the opportunity.

"Yeah." Zhao Jiucheng nodded.

The other comrades in the car were also a little excited. After being tortured by the Japanese for so long, they could finally return to the army and fight the Japanese again.

At this time, Colonel Noda was also a little nervous. As he got closer to Niugu Mountain, he felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Knowing that the Northeast Army would be watching them in secret, he felt even more uncomfortable because they had no chance of defeating them. Although most of the Northeast Army relied on sneak attacks to fight, after analysis, he found that they could still defeat them even if they fought head-on. This was quite scary.

The reason why the other side didn't fight them head-on was because they were worried about too many casualties. That's why they didn't fight like that. They are powerful, but they never fight head-on. Such an army is really a bit scary.

"Colonel, I have a good idea." The Japanese lieutenant colonel on the side suddenly said.

"What ideas do you have? Don't let them be bad ideas!" Colonel Noda looked at him and frowned. He didn't want to be ruined at this critical moment.

"Colonel, since we have already installed explosives on the prisoners' cars, why not just blow them up to death?" The Japanese lieutenant colonel put forward his proposal.

"Damn it! How can we exchange prisoners if we blow them up? Moreover, once they die, the enemy will probably attack us first!" Colonel Noda cursed immediately. It would only be useful to use such a stupid idea.

"Colonel, you are so anxious, can you please listen to me?" The Japanese lieutenant colonel said hurriedly.

"Okay, keep talking. I want to see what you can come up with." Colonel Noda suppressed his anger.

"To be honest, I think the most important thing to destroy this Northeast Army is to isolate them.

Therefore, by blowing up those prisoners, we can put the blame on the Northeast Army, and this will definitely create a rift between the two sides.
By then, once we go to encircle and suppress the Northeast Army, the Eighth Route Army will definitely stand idly by. In this way, we can easily annihilate the Northeast Army!
Although this may mean that our prisoners may not be brought back, compared with destroying the Northeast Army, I think it is nothing.
Moreover, don't forget that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well. If something went wrong, they only needed to exchange them once! Of course, it might cost a greater price to exchange them back, but so what, the purpose had been achieved.

Moreover, the Northeast Army would definitely not come to intervene during the exchange. We could even set a trap for the Eighth Route Army. As soon as the exchange is completed, we would immediately take action and make them suffer heavy losses! "The Japanese lieutenant colonel said everything he had thought.

After hearing this, Colonel Noda fell silent. He actually felt that it made a lot of sense.

It seems that a strategy of sowing discord can solve all the problems. It can not only rescue the people, but also prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to cooperate with the Northeast Army, laying the foundation for the subsequent annihilation of the Northeast Army. This is completely feasible.

"Colonel, if we blow up those prisoners, the Eighth Route Army won't suspect that we did it. After all, we have brought the prisoners here just to exchange for the pilots.

How could it possibly kill someone? So, this method will definitely work!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel continued to add.

He felt that his idea was extremely good and most people would never think of it. If his suggestion was adopted by the higher-ups, as long as things were successful, he would be able to make a great contribution and be directly promoted to the position of wing commander. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

"What you said seems to make sense." Colonel Noda had to admit that he was somewhat tempted. If the plan succeeded, wouldn't he be able to make a great contribution?

He has been stuck at the rank of colonel for many years. If his plan succeeds, he might be able to make an exception and become a brigade commander promoted to major general.

You know, given his situation, he will never be able to make any great achievements in his life, let alone have the chance to be promoted to major general.

However, if he could make the Northeastern Army isolated and helpless in the future, it would be a great achievement. After all, the empire suffered too much loss at the hands of the Northeastern Army.

"I need to apply to the brigade commander. Please pass the order and let the troops slow down!" Colonel Noda took out a pen and paper and began to write down the matter. Then he called a soldier and asked him to give it to the telegraph operator to send a telegram! As the convoy slowed down, Zhang Kui and others in the car also noticed something was wrong. After all, the previous speed was still quite fast and the sitting was not stable enough. Now that the speed has slowed down, it is not so bumpy and can naturally feel it.

"Strange, why did the Japanese convoy slow down?!" Zhang Kui frowned, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Maybe this road is too bumpy, and the Japs are afraid of driving too fast and hurting us?! After all, if we show up with new injuries during the exchange, it will be difficult for them to explain." Lao Feng spoke up at this time.

He felt that it was just a matter of slowing down the speed and there was no problem.

“It seems to make some sense.” Zhang Kui nodded after hearing this, but he still felt something was not right and felt a little panicked for some reason.

"Lao Zhang, don't worry. We will arrive soon and everyone will be safe." Lao Feng comforted him. They have come this far and only need the final exchange to complete the mission. What could go wrong?

"Yeah." Zhang Kui nodded. It seemed that there was nothing they could do now. After all, there were explosives in the car, and they had nowhere to escape. Everything depended on fate.

.........

In Taiyuan, in the office, Itaheng Seishiro was reading a book while lighting a cigarette. However, he was holding the book upside down and was obviously absent-minded.

"There must not be any problems with this deal." Itahune Seishirō thought to himself. If anything went wrong and the soldiers he sent out were wiped out, he would not only be removed from his position as commander, but he might also be brought to a military court and his life would be ruined.

boom!
Suddenly, the door was rudely pushed open by Major General Yoshida, who walked in hurriedly.

"How is it, is the transaction completed?!" Itagaki Seishiro asked hurriedly.

"Not yet. This is a telegram sent by Mr. Noda. It describes a plan that seems feasible." Major General Yoshida handed the telegram to Itakune Seishirō.

"What plan could he have?" Itagaki Seishirō frowned, took the telegram and began to check it.

He looked at it quickly and then put the telegram down.

"You brought it here to show me because you think what he said makes sense, right?!" Itagaki Seishirō looked up at Major General Yoshida and spoke expressionlessly.

"Division Commander, I think this plan is indeed feasible. It's a very good plan. As long as it can be implemented, it will definitely alienate the relationship between them. Then the rest will be easy." Major General Yoshida said confidently.

"Idiot!!! The premise of this plan is that they don't trust each other that much, but judging from their cooperation, they trust each other very much.

Do you think they are on the side of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?! They can be fooled by just a random trick?!

Once this plan is put into action, not only will it fail, but it will also be met with crazy retaliation from the Northeast Army. By then, the entire army will be unable to return, and more than 7,000 soldiers may die in battle. Will you take this responsibility?" Itaheng Seishiro cursed angrily and began to explain the loopholes in the plan.

"This, this... They may not trust him that much." Major General Yoshida stuttered, because after listening to what the division commander said, he also felt that this plan didn't seem to work, but he could only say this stubbornly.

"Not that trusting?! If you think they don't trust each other enough, would they cooperate with that Northeastern Army to attack the airport?!" Itagaki Seishirō asked.

From the enemy's perspective, if they didn't have enough trust, they would never agree to cooperate with the Northeast Army to attack the airport, let alone specially send the strongest New 1st Regiment to cooperate. It is because of enough trust that they can cooperate in this way.

Because this mission was extremely dangerous, if an accident happened, the New 1st Regiment would have nowhere to escape.

From this we can see that the Eighth Route Army and the Northeast Army trusted each other extremely. In this situation, if they wanted to use such a simple strategy to alienate each other, they would be treating the other side as fools.

"Division Commander, I was not thoughtful enough! I deserve to die!" Major General Yoshida quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"If this plan was changed between them and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, it might be successful. But it happened to be the Northeast Army with which they had cooperated many times. In this situation, it would be stupid to implement this plan." Itagaki Seishirō said unhappily.

"If this plan is feasible, do you think I wouldn't have thought of it?!" Itahira Seishirō's face darkened. He was not a fool. He had already considered these things and whether it would work. But the comprehensive conclusion was that the plan was not feasible, so he could only choose to exchange prisoners with the Eighth Route Army.

"Division Commander, I will let Noda-kun act according to the original plan and not do anything unnecessary." Major General Yoshida said quickly.

"Remember to tell him that if he dares not to act according to the original plan and causes unexpected transactions, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame! He will never be able to turn things around in his life!" Itaichi Seishiro said slowly.

Colonel Noda almost ruined his plan.

"Hey!" Major General Yoshida hurriedly left the office and asked someone to send a telegram to Colonel Noda. He was afraid that if it was too late, all the prisoners would be killed in the explosion.

.........

On a certain mountain peak, two soldiers from the special operations regiment were staring at the Japanese troops. When they saw that the Japanese troops suddenly slowed down, they both frowned.

"What's wrong with these Japanese?! They suddenly slowed down. What are they thinking?!" one of the soldiers couldn't help but say.

"I don't know. Is the road too difficult to walk on? So walk slower?!" the soldier next to him replied. He didn't see what the Japanese's intentions were, he just thought the road was difficult to walk on.

"This stretch of road has always been difficult to walk on. It didn't become difficult suddenly. Their speed didn't slow down much just now. I feel like something is not right!"

"That's right. Then quickly contact the political commissar to tell him about the situation of the devils. I hope nothing unexpected happens."

"Okay." The soldier quickly took out the walkie-talkie and contacted Xu Qingfeng, then told him everything about the sudden slowdown of the Japanese troops.

(End of this chapter)