Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

The brigade commander smiled and said, "The loyalty of the Lone Wolf Staff Officer is beyond doubt. You have brought countless equipment and supplies to our army, and also provided a large amount of intelligence data, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese invaders.

If such people are spies, then I hope there will be more of them.

On the contrary, if anyone dares to say that you, the Lone Wolf Staff Officer, are a spy, I will be the first to kill him!"

Then the Chief of Staff said, "I now understand what the Lone Wolf Chief of Staff meant by recuperating and developing military strength.

With these production lines, what our army needs most now is time."

Xu Yang nodded and said, "Yes, once these production lines are put into production, there will be MG improved general-purpose machine guns, Type 105 infantry guns, and Krupp mm caliber howitzers armed into our team at all times.

In other words, at every moment, the strength of our army will be qualitatively improved.

Now that we are working in tandem with the Osaka Division, not only can we purchase a large amount of supplies that we desperately need, but it can also buy us time to develop our military strength and gradually reduce the Osaka Division's vigilance against us.

It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone!
Once the time is right, we can close the net and wipe out the Osaka Division's devils in one fell swoop, then break out of the base, enter Jinzhong, liberate Taiyuan, and even the entire Shanxi, and all of China!"

The brigade commander nodded.

The chief of staff asked again: "When will this batch of production lines be delivered to our base?"

Xu Yang: "In the next few days, I will ask the Osaka Division to give me some permission to transport the production line and some raw materials over.

As for the subsequent raw materials, because the quantity is too large, they need to be transported in batches.

However, there will be absolutely no delay in production.”

Chief of Staff: “That’s great.”

……

The next period of time.

As the Eighth Route Army and the Osaka Division started a double act, the two sides temporarily entered a period of confrontation.

However, although both sides have remained inactive and no exchange of fire or clashes has occurred, undercurrents are surging.

For example, every few days, the Osaka Division would release news about how many Eighth Route Army soldiers they had destroyed and, of course, how much ammunition they had consumed, and would also ask Yoshio Shinozuka for reimbursement.

Since the 37th Division was tied to the same tank as Kitano Kenzo, it naturally followed suit and would report a few battle achievements from time to time, and also report the casualties of the troops.

Then they would send telegrams from time to time asking when their reinforcements would arrive.

As time went on, the casualties of the 225th and 227th Infantry Regiments in the first battle were actually equalized.

As for the 36th Division, with the complete destruction of the 222nd Infantry Regiment and the 223rd Infantry Regiment, only the 36th Field Artillery Regiment was left on guard at the periphery, ready to provide fire support to the main force at any time.

However, neither the commander of the Osaka Division, Kitano Kenzo, nor the commander of the 37th Division, Hirata Kenkichi, would play with him, so the 36th Infantry Regiment could only continue to be on guard, and they were almost bored to death.

the other side.

The Eighth Route Army would naturally not sit idly by and wait for death. They would report to the outside world from time to time that they had wiped out another small Japanese force.

Then, naturally, there was a war of words between the Chinese and Japanese sides. As for the authenticity of the results, there is no way to find out, or they simply don't check it.

During this period, the production lines of the MG-42 general-purpose machine gun, the Type 105 infantry gun, the Krupp mm caliber howitzer, and the bullet and artillery shell production lines were also transported to the Eighth Route Army base and put into production.

……

Yangquan County.

The headquarters of the 3rd Independent Battalion of the Imperial Army.

Ma Tong came in with an invitation and said to Xu Yang, "Battalion Commander, Shouyang County Military Police Captain Lieutenant Colonel Ichiro Hirata invites you to attend his birthday party at Juxianlou in Shouyang County in three days."

Xu Yang: "Who? Ichiro Hirata?"

Ma Tong: “Yes.”

Xu Yang raised a barely perceptible smile. In the TV series "Bright Sword", Ichiro Hirata was the captain of the gendarmerie in Heyuan County, and it was he who instigated Qian Bojun to rebel.

Perhaps it was because of Xu Yang's time travel that the world line changed, and Ichiro Hirata became the captain of the gendarmerie in Shouyang County.

However, this old devil is as dramatic as ever, and he is even thinking about celebrating his birthday.

In that case, his birthday and death anniversary can be celebrated on the same day.

The defense zone of the 22nd Infantry Regiment covered the three counties of Shouyang, Yangquan and Pingding. Therefore, the county seat of Shouyang was within the sphere of influence of Hikawa Okazaka.

It’s just that Ichiro Hirata had just been transferred to Shouyang to serve as the captain of the gendarmerie, and Xu Yang had been busy with the cooperation with the Osaka Division and the transportation production line these days, so Xu Yang didn’t know about all this.

Xu Yang decided to find Hinakawa Okazaka to find out about Ichiro Hirata, so he went to the headquarters of the 22nd Infantry Regiment next door.

"Brother-in-law, are you talking about Ichiro Hirata, the new gendarmerie captain of Shouyang County?" Hinakawa Okasaka looked at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang nodded: "Not bad."

Hikawa Okasaka: "This Hirata Ichiro is the nephew of the 37th Division Commander Hirata Kenkichi. During this period, the 37th Division has made many military achievements and has been applying to Shinozuka Yoshio for additional troops.

However, the 1st Army had no reserve troops to supplement the 37th Division. In order to appease Kenkichi Hirata, Yoshio Shinozuka promoted Kenkichi Hirata and promoted him from major to lieutenant colonel.

Xu Yang: "I didn't expect that this guy is actually the nephew of that old devil Hirata Kenkichi. This is really great."

Hikawa Okazaka seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Brother-in-law, do you want to do something to this Hirata Ichiro?"

"That's right!" Xu Yang nodded: "Brother-in-law, you also received the invitation to Ichiro Hirata's birthday party, right?"

Hikawa Okasaka: “Not only me, but all the officers in our regiment, including second lieutenants and above, received his invitation.

In addition, most of the local tyrants and evil gentry also received invitations. "

Xu Yang: "Haven't we always been planning to eliminate dissidents? Ichiro Hirata's birthday party is an opportunity.

At that time, you can give a heads-up to your trusted subordinates and ask them to make excuses that day and not go, saying they have important matters to attend to.

Those who go there will all be our enemies.

When the time comes, I will disguise our comrades as local tyrants and sneak them into Ichiro Hirata's birthday party.

Eliminate this bunch of troublemakers who are hard to keep away from the root of the problem!"

Hikawa Okazaka: "That's a good idea. On that day, I will replace the city defense and patrol personnel with our own people to facilitate the smooth withdrawal of our comrades..."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yang made some careful arrangements with Hikawa Okazaka and sent a telegram to Li Yunlong.

……

The headquarters of the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

These days, with the successive equipment of MG-42 general-purpose machine guns, Type 105 infantry guns, and Krupp mm caliber howitzers, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment has made a qualitative leap.

Unfortunately, however, having all the good equipment but no target to attack, Li Yunlong was almost exhausted.

Li Yunlong was watching the live-fire training of the artillery battalion in the back mountain when the communications squad leader suddenly ran over in a hurry, saluted him and reported: "Report, Commander, the Lone Wolf Staff sent an urgent message."

Li Yunlong suddenly became interested: "What did the Lone Wolf Staff say?"

Communications Squad Leader: "The Lone Wolf Staff invites you to have a banquet at Juxianlou in Shouyang County in three days. Oh, by the way, he also asked you to bring a few more people and wear nice clothes."

"A banquet? We need to bring a few more people?" Li Yunlong figured it out immediately, so he said, "Call the Lone Wolf Staff Officer back and tell him that Old Li will definitely be there on time."

"Yes!" The communications squad leader agreed and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Li Yunlong: "Wait a moment."

The communications squad leader turned around and looked at Li Yunlong in confusion, asking, "Captain, do you have any other instructions?
Can you call Lao Ding and Lao Kong to ask them whether they have received an invitation from the Lone Wolf Chief of Staff?
If not, ask them if they want to join us, and if so, tell them what the Lone Wolf Advisor wants."

The bases of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment were not far from each other and were connected by telephone lines, so there was no need to send telegrams, they could just make phone calls.

"Yes!"

The communications squad leader nodded and waited for a while. After making sure that the regiment commander Li Yunlong had no other instructions, he turned and left.

……

Time flies, and two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie each brought their own guards and a dozen good fighters, and arrived at the independent regiment headquarters one after another.

Because the base was more than 100 kilometers away from Shouyang County, they needed to set off early and travel on horseback.

Good guy.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie were wearing long gowns, while Li Yunlong was wearing a pair of sunglasses. At first glance, he looked like a handsome young man from the surrounding area.

Kong Jie couldn't help but teased: "Good fellow, Lao Li, those who know you know that you are going to a banquet, while those who don't know you would think you are going with your fellow villagers!"

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "What's the matter? Old Kong, you are not convinced? If you are not convinced, just bear with it!

The Lone Wolf Chief of Staff invited us to dinner, but we are dressed so poorly, wouldn't that be embarrassing for him?"

Kong Jie: "Well, I told you you're fat and you're still panting. You're really looking in the mirror in the bathroom, conceited!"

Li Yunlong was not angry either: "You are just jealous! Now that everyone is here, let's go. This place is not close to Shouyang County."

After he finished speaking, Monk Wei just happened to bring the military horse over. Li Yunlong grabbed the saddle with both hands and climbed up swiftly.

Ding Wei: "Old Li, we've come to your place after all, why are you just leaving without treating us to a meal?"

Li Yunlong: "You want to eat my house? Hang a curtain on the wall, no way! Don't you have any dry food? You deserve to starve!"

Kong Jie: "Lao Ding, Lao Li is like this, a rat in an oil pot, only goes in but never out."

After saying this, he kicked the horse's belly and chased after him.

……

the next morning.

At the east gate of Shouyang County, Japanese and puppet troops stood at the gate, strictly checking passers-by.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others lined up and moved towards the city gate little by little.

Li Yunlong held his head high and looked around at the deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops at the city gate.

Suddenly, Li Yunlong saw several bounty notices on the city wall. Upon closer inspection, he found that some were from him, Li Yunlong, as well as Kong Jie and Ding Wei.

In addition, their portraits were also included on the reward notice.

However, they were all ugly brush portraits, which looked like they were painted by a soul painter at a cost of 50 cents.

Not to mention that they were simply disguised today, even if they were not disguised, the Japanese and puppet troops who were checking them would not be able to recognize them when standing under the portrait.

"Old Ding, Old Kong, look at the reward notice on the city wall."

Li Yunlong whispered to Ding Wei and Kong Jie beside him, and when they looked up, he continued, "The portraits you two drew are still quite good, but I am a handsome young man in the area, what's the point of drawing me so ugly?"

Ding Wei said, "I think your portrait, Old Li, is the most similar to that. It even makes you look much more handsome. What do you think, Old Kong?"

Kong Jie: "Don't tell me, Old Ding, don't tell me, this portrait of Old Li is indeed much better looking than he is in person."

Li Yunlong: "I think you two are just jealous of me. My head is worth 5 dollars to the Japanese, but you, Old Ding, are worth 3 dollars, and you, Old Kong, are only worth 1 dollars."

Kong Jie was speechless for a moment. The reward price offered by the devils was the greatest recognition of the strength of their respective regiments...

"Everyone, show us your communication cards and good citizen certificates!"

"If you're done with the inspection, get out of here! Don't stop here and block the road, you hear me?"

The puppet army second lieutenant who was in the lead walked over, raised his foot and kicked a hesitated fellow villager on the butt.

Then he opened his voice and shouted at Li Yunlong and the others: "What are you guys arguing about? Keep quiet, keep quiet, do you hear me?"

The second lieutenant of the puppet army walked while cursing, portraying the image of the puppet army vividly, more like a puppet army than the puppet soldiers themselves.

After a while, the lieutenant saw Li Yunlong's appearance and quickly changed his expression, smiling and saying, "Oh, it's Boss Li. Our battalion commander asked me to pick you up here. You don't have to wait in line. Come into the city quickly. Our boss is waiting for you at Zuiyue Tower."

This second lieutenant was a veteran of the independent regiment and was also one of the first batch of people Li Yunlong sent to the Independent Third Battalion as an undercover agent. Therefore, he knew Li Yunlong, and Xu Yang deliberately arranged for him to wait for Li Yunlong here.

It is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court.

Under the guidance of this second lieutenant, Li Yunlong, Wei Heshang, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and their guards, a group of six people, cut directly into the queue and entered Shouyang County smoothly without even having to be checked.

As for the other fighters, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, they continued to queue up for questioning.

Of course, these were all on the surface. In fact, the puppet soldiers on duty at the city gate saw the white towels wrapped around their necks and did not check them carefully at all, and just let them pass.

After entering the county town, Monk Wei seemed more alert and watched the Japanese soldiers patrolling the roadside vigilantly along the way.

Li Yunlong seemed very calm and natural. He looked leisurely, as if he was shopping in the vegetable market.

Firstly, the calmer and more composed you are, the more you can relax the Japanese's vigilance.

Secondly, and most importantly, Li Yunlong had already learned from Xu Yang in advance that the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the city today had been replaced by his own people.

Therefore, he was naturally fearless.

Monk Wei found a vendor setting up a stall and asked a few questions. Then he led the way, passed through several alleys, and soon arrived at Zuiyue Tower.

Li Yunlong looked up at the plaque of Zuiyue Tower and walked into the restaurant.

The restaurant has three floors and there is a large courtyard downstairs. In the middle of the courtyard there is a stage where a group of actors in costumes are performing.

The audience upstairs and downstairs drank wine and listened to the opera leisurely.

"Good, good, good! Not bad, not bad, it's a reward!"

When they heard the climax, the audience in the restaurant applauded each other, and some people even stood up excitedly and threw money as tips.

The actors sang even harder.

There was a lot of noise upstairs and downstairs, it was extremely bustling. Because Juxianlou was booked by Ichiro Hirata, Zuiyuelou's business was particularly good today.

"This Zuiyue Tower is quite lively."

Li Yunlong heard the noise and walked into the restaurant lobby. When the shopkeeper behind the counter saw Li Yunlong's appearance, he quickly put down the abacus in his hand, walked around the counter and greeted him with a smile.

"Are you Boss Li?"

...(End of chapter)