The Spy

Chapter 424: Remove the Stuck Point
In fact, without money and power, it is really difficult for Jiang Zheng to compete with Niu Yuanxiang.

He himself understands that ideas and reality are not the same. No matter how good his ideas are, it is useless. It depends on whether the people of Xiaohuangshan can accept him.

The task has been assigned to him by his superiors, and he must do his best to carry it out, slowly influencing everyone and taking his time.

Jiang was planning to start by arranging his own people in the camp.

Jiang Zheng only started to make plans after observing the situation of the lower-level soldiers and based on their needs.

Although the battalion commander and company commander were ignored by their subordinates, they could still be regarded as his assistants.

They are all members of the Military Control Commission, so they naturally stick together.

Jiang Zheng went to personally inquire about the military situation, and Niu Yuanxiang saw it all.

He naturally guessed Jiang Zheng's plan, so how could Niu Yuanxiang let Jiang Zheng succeed so easily?

It's already very good to just give them such little arms, let them change their name and put some people in.

If you still want to seize his power, it is impossible.

Niu Yuanxiang has been in Xiaohuangshan for a longer time and knows the people here very well, so he naturally knows what they want.

Doesn’t Jiang Zheng have any money to pay?
Then let Niu Yuanxiang handle this military emergency.

In such a comparison, it is clear who is better and who is worse.

Niu Yuanxiang naturally couldn't come up with so much money. Now he is penniless.

He had some money before, which he used to transform Xiaohuangshan.

Niu Yuanxiang's kindness to the people of Xiaohuangshan is not just lip service like Jiang Zheng's.

He had no money on him, but Niu Yuanxiang had a way to get money.

In terms of wealth in Wuhan, who can compare to the damn Japanese?

When they occupied Wuhan City, they burned, killed, looted and stole a lot of the people's money.

There are also those puppet soldiers who are cowards in fighting, but they are very good at bullying the people.

Now Niu Yuanxiang is going to rob the rich and help the poor.

Robbing the wealth of the Japanese and puppet troops will help the poor people of Xiaohuangshan.

There are now more than 900 people in Xiaohuangshan, and with the weapons sent by the Guo Party, the army is strong and powerful.

As long as the command is proper, capturing a few strongholds will not be a problem at all.

Niu Yuanxiang ordered everyone to have a good rest, but no drinking was allowed, as they were going to do something big in the evening.

On the other hand, Jiang Zheng has been rejected several times.

When the people in Xiaohuangshan saw him, they all greeted him with smiles, but it was just superficial. Once they got to the point, they would make excuses and leave Jiang Zheng aside.

This has to do with Niu Yuanxiang's arrangement. Niu Yuanxiang knows what Jiang Zheng wants to do.

Want to win people's hearts?
That's not possible.

The Guo Party members are good at pretending and pretending. They may perform well at the beginning, but they cannot persist. Once Jiang Zheng loses his patience, he will not be able to deceive anyone.

From now on, these people from the Military Control Commission will be the mascots of Xiaohuangshan Mountain and they just need to stay there every day.

Although the adaptation was carried out, it was not Jiang Zheng who was in charge of the work, but Niu Yuanxiang.

Jiang Zheng couldn't take away this power either. He had just arrived in Xiaohuangshan and didn't know the people here very well. Niu Yuanxiang stopped him with just one sentence.

In terms of understanding of the Xiaohuangshan brothers, Niu Yuanxiang is more familiar with them than the boss, so he is the most suitable person to preside over the adaptation.

During the reorganization, Niu Yuanxiang specially transferred some people who were loyal to the Red Party or had already joined the organization in the Military Control Commission's camp.

With them around, no matter what Jiang Zheng wanted to do, he couldn't hide it from Niu Yuanxiang.

Jiang Zheng really didn't gain anything. He had a bad start, which made him feel very unhappy. Now he felt he had no idea where to start.

The people in the camp also figured out what Jiang Zheng wanted to do, and took advantage of Niu Yuanxiang's order for everyone to rest and didn't say much to Jiang Zheng.

Some people even refused to see Jiang Zheng, saying they needed to rest and asked Jiang Zheng to come back tomorrow after finishing his operation.

Jiang Zheng had no choice but to go back and make plans.

Jiang Zheng couldn't understand it. He knew that the Red Party was difficult to deal with, but Xiaohuangshan was not yet an organization of the Red Party.

He was very clear about this. Stationmaster He had done an investigation, and the behavior of many people on Xiaohuangshan Mountain could prove this.

How come Xiaohuangshan is so united and xenophobic?

But Jiang Zheng missed one point. A large number of these people were oppressed by the government and had no choice but to go up the mountain and become bandits.

According to word of mouth, they didn't have a good impression of the Guo Party, and Niu Yuanxiang was indeed good to them.

Although most of them have not joined the Red Party, they are definitely supporters of the Red Party.

No matter how nice Jiang Zheng, who came as a representative of the Guo Party, was to them, in their hearts he was just being hypocritical.

Sometimes people's hearts are like a hemp rope. The more external force tries to break them, the tighter they will stick together and the more united they will be.

Seeing that he couldn't produce any results for the time being, Jiang Zheng had to take a rest. Niu Yuanxiang ordered that there would be action tomorrow and he should conserve his energy as much as possible.

As for what the action was, Jiang Zheng didn't even know.

Niu Yuanxiang gave the order on his own without even consulting his chief of staff.

Jiang Zheng had no choice. He had just arrived and was now in a weak position. Even if he went to confront Niu Yuanxiang in person, he would not be able to change the outcome.

Now we can only take one step at a time and see what happens later.

At night, Jiang Zheng sighed. There was no electricity here, so he blew out the oil lamp and went to bed early.

The task was more difficult than he had imagined.

Niu Yuanxiang had already formulated a battle plan.

In addition to the checkpoints, the closest outpost to Xiaohuangshan is a supply outpost set up by the Japanese along the road outside Wuhan, and Niu Yuanxiang had already figured out the situation there before.

Sooner or later, these strongholds will be taken down by them.

Unlike strongholds and checkpoints, strongholds have gun towers with machine guns inside and have relatively strong defensive fortifications.

Large strongholds even have bunkers, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The strongholds were all built on important transportation routes. The one that Niu Yuanxiang targeted had less than two hundred people, most of whom were puppet troops, and there was only a small team of Japanese troops stationed there.

However, they were well-equipped, equipped with two heavy machine guns, and had the advantage of terrain.

There is a watchtower in the stronghold, surrounded by open area and no shelter.

There are trenches, barbed wire, mines and searchlights next to the turret, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The Japanese army used this stronghold as a logistics station in its previous two attacks on Xiaohuangshan.

The Japanese have sent a lot of supplies here, so if we can take it down we will definitely have a rich harvest.

But there was a railway stronghold not far from him, and it would take less than two hours to come for support.

They could not fight a war of attrition, and Xiaohuangshan had to be taken by surprise in a short period of time, so Niu Yuanxiang set the time of attack at night.

Moreover, by observing Xiaohuangshan, it has been determined that they will change defense at 2 o'clock in the morning, which is the best time to attack.

Niu Yuanxiang explained the situation to everyone that this time they had to mobilize the entire army and must defeat the enemy as quickly as possible.

There are more than 900 people in Xiaohuangshan, with sufficient guns and ammunition, including light and heavy machine guns, and more than a dozen homemade cannons.

Now there are still mortars. Niu Yuanxiang successfully repaired two of the mortars that were previously damaged. With the shells provided by the Military Control Commission, the guns are enough for the time being.

Unfortunately, there weren't many artillerymen, and he didn't have time to train them, and he was even more reluctant to use artillery shells to let them actually practice.

We can only use these veteran gunners, get familiar with them first, and then train them on the battlefield.

However, they had to be careful all the time and change positions after firing a few shells, otherwise they would be spotted by the enemy and would immediately fire back. Niu Yuanxiang led his brothers down the mountain early, and Jiang Zheng followed behind him.

Niu Yuanxiang knew that these people who were former agents were not too bad at shooting. Since they wanted to follow, let them follow. They could help a little during the battle.

Niu Yuanxiang explained the plan to his men, and Jiang Zheng listened and analyzed it. His design was indeed good, and Jiang Zheng, who came from a military background, could not find any problems.

First, we had to take advantage of the Japanese's change of defense to advance and destroy the searchlights and barbed wire, then quickly seize the trenches and paralyze the Japanese army's observation capabilities.

This step must be covered by light machine guns, and snipers and pitchers must throw grenades to suppress the firing holes of the turret.

Then, with the help of trenches, they set up fortifications and set up mortars to blow up the outer wall, and Niu Yuanxiang led his men to rush inside.

Most of the people in the artillery tower are puppet soldiers. Their resistance will not be too strong, and the focus is still on targeting the Japanese.

If the puppet troops are willing to surrender, they can be taken to Xiaohuangshan for transformation.

Niu Yuanxiang even thought of a charge slogan and would shout it out at the beginning.

"We only attack the devils. We will not kill them if they surrender their weapons."

This will further weaken the puppet army's will to fight.

Jiang Zheng didn't say anything, but just kept listening. Niu Yuanxiang's arrangement was good. If the puppet army did not resist strongly, this battle would be easier.

"Separate your actions. Xiao Liuzi, you lead the others..."

After going down the mountain, Niu Yuanxiang began to make arrangements. In order to blockade Xiaohuangshan Mountain, the Japanese set up many temporary checkpoints around it.

Most of these checkpoints were guarded by puppet troops. They simply built a shed, blocked the road with chevaux de frise, and checked people passing through.

Their actions have affected Xiaohuangshan's income.

Even if the Guo army was not incorporated, Niu Yuanxiang would have defeated them.

Xiaohuangshan's main source of income is the tolls paid by passing merchants, which can also be said to be protection fees. Now that the Japanese have done this, they can no longer collect the money.

If the merchant continues to collect the money, he may go bankrupt.

These people who are blocking the points have been at ease for so long, it's time they pay the price.

"action."

Niu Yuanxiang waved his hand, and everyone went to their destination according to his arrangements.

Although Xiaohuangshan is not big, the Japanese have set up eight checkpoints around it, with fifty to sixty people at each checkpoint, which means there are four to five hundred people in total.

It would be fine if these puppet soldiers were obedient, but if they were not, they would be beaten to death.

As for the strongholds, it is a good time to attack them unexpectedly at night. We have just eliminated their checkpoints during the day, and the Japanese will not expect that they will take action again at night.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, spare my life."

Soon, people at each checkpoint began to beg for mercy. Some of the smarter ones had deployed secret sentries in advance, and they ran away immediately when they knew that people from Xiaohuangshan were coming.

They were not stupid enough to stay and fight to the death with Xiaohuangshan.

The Japanese can't even defeat them, so there's no chance of defeating them with just these crooked guys.

The battle went smoothly and was resolved at noon. Everyone returned to Xiaohuangshan in the afternoon.

There were also more than 300 prisoners captured by them.

Xiaohuangshan will not kill them, but we cannot let them continue to harm the people now. We will take them to the mountain and educate them first.

Xiaohuangshan welcomes those who are willing to stay and fight against the Japanese.

Now that Xiaohuangshan has enough weapons, it is time to recruit soldiers, but Niu Yuanxiang does not want just anyone. First, he has to find out whether they have done anything wrong.

Those who commit many evil deeds and harm their compatriots will remain in Xiaohuangshan forever.

And the kind that never needs to eat.

Those who have not done evil will be given priority to stay. Of course, it also depends on their own wishes. Niu Yuanxiang is not a member of the Guo Party, has not done evil, and is really unwilling to stay in Xiaohuangshan to fight against the Japanese. He will be given travel expenses to send him away.

There is only one condition: you must not help the Japanese harm your compatriots again, otherwise we will not release them next time we are discovered.

The Red Party does not force anyone, and Niu Yuanxiang is no exception.

They have done few evil deeds but their character is not very good. We will let them go after teaching them a lesson. Under the same conditions, we can spare them this time. But if we find that they are still helping the Japanese, we will not spare their lives next time.

In addition to prisoners, the biggest gain was weapons.

Today we cleared an ordinary checkpoint. There were no machine guns or cannons, but there were rifles and grenades, and we also seized some pistols.

The most common type is the Mauser pistol.

This is everyone’s favorite on Xiaohuang Mountain.

Although this gun has many problems, it can hold a lot of bullets and is quite powerful. If you hold one in each hand, the firepower is very strong.

Whether it is close combat or long-range combat, he is capable of fighting.

The rifle is a little worse.

These people were puppet soldiers who surrendered to the devils. The Japanese would not give them very good weapons. Most of them were Hanyang-made weapons from the Kuomintang period, and some of the rifling had been worn out.

What's the big deal if the rifling is worn out? The organization was much tougher than this back then. Niu Yuanxiang would have wanted it if it was a gun.

Even if it is broken, he will take it away and find a chance to repair it later. Even if he can't use it, it can still support the brother troops.

There are also their Red Party guerrillas around Wuhan, and their lives are even harder.

In addition, there were some things looted by these puppet troops.

Niu Yuanxiang took them all away.

He wants to keep these things in Xiaohuangshan first, not that he doesn't want to return them to others.

Even if the number matches, he cannot return it, otherwise he will hurt others.

Niu Yuanxiang had long understood how inhumane the Japanese were.

At night, Niu Yuanxiang took action again.

This time we went down the mountain quietly.

When passing through the places he had bombed before, everyone was very careful, especially the artillerymen, who carried mortar parts and passed through little by little.

This place has been repaired, but only a bridge was built and the area underneath has not been filled in.

There is no way. Niu Yuanxiang was too ruthless at the beginning and buried a lot of explosives. It is already good enough that the mountain did not collapse. They will continue to repair it here until it is completed.

In the Japanese stronghold, several puppet soldiers were standing outside and dozing off.

There is also the secret sentry they set up, who is now sleeping soundly.

It is almost impossible to get these puppet soldiers to work hard. They will never do anything when they can be lazy, unless it is profitable.

"Get rid of them."

Niu Yuanxiang gave a low order, and several skilled men quietly moved over and knocked down all the secret sentries.

Unlike strongholds and checkpoints, the facilities here are more complete.

If the Japanese were awakened, they would use their turrets for defense and cause huge damage to Xiaohuangshan.

"Military Advisor, the cannons are ready."

The artillery company commander came running over to report. Even though they had changed their name, they still liked to use the previous one.

No one called Niu Yuanxiang "Captain", and no one called him "Deputy Captain".

Jiang Zheng was helpless. This was not the time to remind them. He would go back and set up some rules and regulations. He must slowly change this.

Since it has been reorganized and acknowledged as the Independent Regiment of the Loyal and Patriotic Army, at least the name should be changed back, right?
Jiang Zheng believed that this request was not excessive considering that so many weapons and ammunition had been sent.

(End of this chapter)