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The person who can make the decision came and exchanged more than 100 kilograms of honey just brought from Weijia Village for more than 5000 kilograms of food brought by the convoy. This transaction is not about who loses and who gains, but just about each party getting what they need. Honey is now an extremely scarce commodity. Giving it to those high-ranking officials and rich people can exchange it for something of higher value.

As for food, the Eighth Route Army never has too much of it! It can save lives!

The caravan came and went, as if it was just a transaction between the two parties. However, both the third captain and Kong Jie were wary of the caravan that appeared this time. When was this? There was still a caravan transporting food from Yuci to Xiyang? How stupid must one be to have such a deal?

Of course, maybe they really are businessmen, really doing business, but no one dares to deny that there are no intelligence personnel planted by the Japanese in such a caravan.

"Don't rush to eat the newly acquired food, and don't mix them up! I'll arrange some people to take out some samples from each pocket and have some mice eat them to try! It will be troublesome if the Japanese have tampered with them! There's an epidemic breaking out around here, so we have to be on guard!" said Political Commissar Zhang.

"Old Zhang, you are really careful! But in my opinion, even if the devils really come to test us, we are not afraid. Let them see. After they understand, we can change our defense measures! But we must be on guard against poisoning! I heard from Master Chen of the detachment that the epidemic this time was very likely caused by poisoning by the devils! It's just that the devils didn't expect that it could be transmitted from person to person, so they could also be infected."

"Hey, the Japanese never thought that we have good things like penicillin and allicin. In short, if we get sick here, we can cure it quickly, but it's hard to say about the Japanese!"

While the New Second Regiment was always keeping an eye on Songta Town, it also did not forget to send troops to the surrounding areas with the regiment headquarters as the node. It soon took control of all the villages south of the railway line and formed two bases with the independent regiment in Zhaojiayugou, one in the west and one in the east of Yangquan.

While Kong Jie and his colleagues were busy with these things, the convoy that had appeared in Songta Town before met their commander in Yuci, and the team leader reported what he had seen.

"Mr. Yamaguchi, we are back! According to our observations, Songta Town is indeed occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and this group of Eighth Route Army is very strong! Look, this is the map we drew based on what we saw along the way and the Eighth Route Army's defense map! These three points are three heavy machine guns; this is a bunker under construction, and there are many circles drawn around it, and it is still under construction!"

"Once these fortifications are completed, there will be a group of blockhouses on the mountains to the west of Songta Town and on both the north and south sides! There are also weapons of the Eighth Route Army. We found that the weapons used by the Eighth Route Army are actually submachine guns. The magazines are so long that they must be full of bullets! There are also many Eighth Route Army soldiers who use the semi-automatic rifles we captured, and the patrolling Eighth Route Army carries light machine guns..."

"Yoshi, you are very observant! So, how did you negotiate with the Eighth Route Army?" asked Nobuto Yamaguchi, former captain of the Yamaguchi Battalion and now chief of staff of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade.

"It's like this, we use... By the way, before leaving, the Eighth Route Army officer gave us a pack of Sakura cigarettes, saying that they have channels to get such goods!" said the team leader.

"What? Are you saying that the Sakura cigarettes were actually obtained from the Eighth Route Army?" Yamaguchi Nobuto immediately became angry: "Let me see it!" "Hayi..." The traitor who led the team took two steps at a time and quickly brought a pack of cigarettes that were not well packaged.

"Oh, this is the taste, but the packaging is so bad!" After opening the cigarette, Yamaguchi Nobuto lit a cigarette, took a puff and said, "Okay, go back in a few days, allocate 1 kilograms of grain from the warehouse, and go to the Eighth Route Army to buy cigarettes like this! I'll write you a note!" After saying this, Yamaguchi Nobuto began to write the note.

"Hey, aren't we going there to gather intelligence? Why are we doing business?" The traitor leader felt his mind was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on.

"Zhu Sang, you are a good businessman! You have to do business with the Eighth Route Army, and then get close to them, and it will be more convenient to inquire about their news! Just like doing business, you have to let your opponent taste the sweetness first, and then you can continue to cooperate...well, defeat your opponent! As for the loss of food, that is the price you must pay for obtaining intelligence! As for the cigarettes, leave them to me!"

"Ha Yi, Lord Yamaguchi is smart!" Zhu Er nodded and bowed. He couldn't understand why the Imperial Army should have assembled its troops and fought a big battle with the Eighth Route Army instead of focusing on gathering intelligence?
Yamaguchi Nobuto didn't care what his traitors thought. He just wanted to find a suitable place to produce the outer packaging, change the cigarettes into a nice outer packaging, and then ship them back to the country through his own channels. Of course, it would be fine if the military could digest it, but the packaging must be more exquisite, such as painting the ink-and-wash cherry blossom pattern on the outer packaging.

In order to raise military funds, the Japanese opened up many places into large tobacco fields, and then made a lot of profits by selling these poisonous substances. However, the Japanese also knew that this thing could not be smoked, but the demand for cigarettes was increasing. As for the resources in China, there was no hope of growing tobacco, and the occupied areas of China mainly plundered food and other materials...

In short, cigarettes can be exchanged for high returns in the hands of Yamaguchi Nobuto, which is safer and more profitable than reselling some military supplies. Reselling some gasoline to black market merchants, Yamaguchi is not sure where it will end up, but it is a hidden danger after all. But exchanging food for cigarettes with the Eighth Route Army and then selling them, it is much safer! With cigarettes, honey is not sweet!

As for food? Just deduct some of the puppet army's food! And there is also the consumption of intelligence, which can all be reimbursed and taken as kickbacks!
So, 10 days later, Zhu Er led the caravan to Songta Town again and specifically asked to exchange cigarettes with the Eighth Route Army. This shocked Kong Jie. My goodness, 1 kilograms of food, which is enough for our entire regiment to eat for more than 10 days. This must be done! So, that night, the carriages and horses rushed, and a large number of cigarettes were urgently allocated from Yin Jiulang Village to the New Second Regiment.

Well, no one expected that a small provocation would eventually turn into a business operation of exchanging cigarettes for food...

As for the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Nakajima received a report from Yamaguchi: the actions of the Eighth Route Army were under initial control and would not have a bad impact on the Eighth Route Army. At least, the Eighth Route Army would not suddenly attack the county town without receiving any information.

Nakajima was satisfied when he heard the news, and the New Second Regiment, which received a large amount of grain, was satisfied. Yamaguchi, who made a huge amount of money by making the difference and reselling it, was also satisfied.

So, in a satisfied atmosphere, the New Year has arrived and it is time to celebrate the New Year... (End of this chapter)