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

Chapter 83 Xu Yang uses Japanese yen to exchange for silver dollars to make money from the puppet army officers! The war begins! Fighting everywhere!

(6000-word chapter! To make it more enjoyable for my brothers and sisters, I will make the chapters longer in the future.)
at the same time.

After the meeting, the regiment commanders of the 386th Brigade returned and began to make preparations.

The cooks in the kitchen squad began to prepare dry food, but there were not enough people to handle it, so the officers from the communications squad and various departments of the regiment headquarters all came forward to help and fry the dry food.

The supply department also distributed ammunition to individual soldiers.

This time, each regiment of the 386th Brigade was exceptionally well-off. Each combatant equipped with a rifle received 30 rounds of ammunition and five grenades.

The machine gun crew received 240 rounds of ammunition.

Such ammunition configuration may still not be comparable to that of the Japanese invaders, but it is far beyond any time before.

You know, before the copper-clad steel bullet production line was built, even in the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army, a soldier would usually only receive about 5 bullets.

These five bullets need to be used carefully. After the battle begins, three rounds of shooting are usually carried out, and then it is necessary to launch a charge and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

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Yangquan County.

Japanese Army 22nd Infantry Regiment Headquarters.

A large number of puppet army officers came in in groups of three or four from outside. They chatted as they walked, and speculated why Kasahara Koizumi called them over.

Jia Renyi was the first to reach a strategic cooperation with Xu Yang and suffered the least loss in the business of selling fertilizer powder, which made him extremely proud and he was also the closest to Xu Yang.

He came close to Xu Yang and asked, "Brother Xu Yang, do you know why Kasahara Taijun called us here this time? Looking at the situation, is he planning to launch a counter-mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army?"

At this time, the Japanese army's offensive focus was in the south, and there was no extra force to launch a large-scale military operation in the north.

However, Xu Yang would not tell Jia Renyi this.

He said, "It's possible! This is a good opportunity for us to make achievements. Brother Jia, you must seize the opportunity."

Jia Renyi knew that Xu Yang was a close confidant of Hikawa Okazaka, and thought that he had heard something. Upon hearing this, his donkey face wrinkled into a ball: "No way?"

suddenly.

Followed by the sound of military boots stepping on the ground.

Kasahara Koizumi walked in from outside with Nojiri Jiro, Hinakawa Okazaka and others.

The puppet army officers stopped talking and stood up.

"Kasahara Tai-kun!"

"Everyone, please take a seat."

Kasahara Koizumi walked around the crowd and sat down at the head of the conference room. After a quick glance, he said, "Over the past month, with the joint efforts of all of you, the public security situation along the Sho-Tai Railway has greatly improved. This is all thanks to you.

Here, I need to especially praise Xu Yang and Xu Sang. "

"Xu Sang, you've worked hard."

"Hi! It's not hard. It's my honor to serve the Great Japanese Locust Army."

Xu Yang quickly stood up and bowed his head heavily. The smile on his face was extremely flattering and his waist was bent very low.

Of course, this is all superficial work. He will not get carried away just because of a few words of praise from Kasahara Koizumi.

These little Japanese have evil hearts. If you are useful today, they will praise you to high heavens, but if you do something wrong tomorrow, they will chop off your head immediately.

He changes his attitude faster than a dog.

In addition, Xu Yang has another identity, which makes him even more cautious.

As for the improvement of the security situation on the Zhengtai Railway, it was entirely because the rails obtained by the Eighth Route Army were sufficient for the time being, and the Japanese defenses were getting stronger and stronger, so the number of raids was reduced.

"Yoshi! Xu Sang, you are so loyal!"

Kasahara Koizumi gave a thumbs up and said, "You are really capable! Not only did you fight for the Great Japanese Locust Army, you also solved the problem of selling fertilizer powder for the Great Japanese Locust Army.

Therefore, I have specially applied to the Commander for 10 yuan in funding to reward you and your subordinates."

This surprised Xu Yang. Not only did he make money from selling Feitian powder, but he also got a bonus of 10 yuan.

However, when he saw the type of currency that Kasahara Koizumi took out, his expression immediately changed.

Damn it, it’s actually the Japanese yen!
I have an entire Japanese yen production line. I have so much of this stuff that I can't use it all. It's so painful to even use it to wipe my butt. It's useless to hold it in your hands.

But we can’t refuse, right?

"Next, you need to continue selling the fertilizer powder. Whoever sells it best will also receive a reward."

After hearing this, the faces of all the puppet soldiers turned extremely ugly, and they all looked as if their parents had died.

Kasahara Koizumi didn't care about the mood of these puppet soldiers. He changed the subject and continued, "In addition to continuing to sell Feitian powder, you will have to work hard for the next three to five months. During this time, you must ensure the safety and smooth operation of the Shota Line at all costs."

The Japanese military headquarters estimated that the war in central China would last three to five months. Once the war in central China was over, the focus of the Japanese military headquarters' attack would shift to North China.

At that time, the Japanese army in North China would launch a large-scale mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army's bases, and several main transportation arteries including the Zhengtai Railway would no longer be in danger.

Therefore, the next three to five months are particularly critical.

The Japanese naturally knew this too.

A group of puppet army officers, including Xu Yang, stood up, bowed their heads and promised: "Hi! Don't worry, Mr. Kasahara, we will do our best and never let the Eighth Route Army pose any danger to the Zhengtai Railway!"

"Yoshi!" Kasahara Koizumi nodded happily. He then explained the reward and punishment system and announced the dissolution of the meeting.

The reward given to Xu Yang just now was also to stimulate the enthusiasm of these puppet troops.

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Leaving the headquarters of the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army.

Xu Yang took out 10 yen and said to the puppet army officers: "My fellow soldiers, this Feitian powder was sold by all of us together, so I decided to share this 10 yen with you as a benefit."

"Brother Xu Yang, are you serious?"

The puppet soldiers were originally upset about Xu Yang playing both sides, but after hearing this, their attitude towards him immediately changed 180 degrees.

Even Gou Dachang, the person who was cheated the most by him, was no exception.

"Of course!" Xu Yang nodded, then changed the subject and said, "However, I cannot give you this yen directly. I need to give you a discount in the form of exchange."

Sure enough, the longest route they walked was Xu Yang's routine. The money was not so easy to get, and everyone's interest was instantly dispelled.

Jia Renyi asked tentatively: "Brother Xu Yang, I wonder how you plan to exchange it?"

Xu Yang: "Exchange with silver dollars."

Gou Dachang was furious: "Xu Yang, fuck you, I want to exchange it with silver dollars, don't I know how to go to the bank?"

Xu Yang was not angry either, and still said with a smile: "Brother Gou, don't be angry, just listen to me first. If you don't want to exchange, I won't force you."

Gou Dachang said with a gloomy face: "You say."

Xu Yang: "The current exchange rate of Japanese yen to silver dollar is about 1 to 0.23. Since I am giving you a discount, it is impossible for me to exchange with you at this exchange rate.

The exchange rate here is 1 to 0.1, that is, one silver dollar can be exchanged for 10 Japanese yen.

How about it, are you satisfied with this exchange rate? "

According to the exchange rate provided by Xu Yang, they could exchange the yen into silver dollars after receiving it. Even after deducting the handling fee, they could still make at least twice the money. At most, it would be a waste of time.

For them, the least valuable thing is time. How can they not be satisfied?
Even Gou Dachang had a flattering smile on his face: "Oh, brother Xu Yang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I wronged you."

"It's just that we don't have any silver dollars with us now."

Xu Yang: "This is easy. You all go back and prepare the money. Remember, it's first come, first served. The total is 10 yen."

"No problem, we'll take our leave then."

A group of puppet army officers smiled and bowed to Xu Yang, then left as quickly as possible.

Looking at their backs, Xu Yang couldn't help but raise a smug smile.

In order to spend the yen as quickly as possible, the Eighth Route Army sent several million to Xu Yang and asked him to find a way to spend it.

Therefore, to Xu Yang now, the Japanese yen is no different from waste paper.

These traitorous dogs were sold out by Xu Yang and are still helping him count money.

……

Taohe stronghold.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Xu Yang had just turned on the telegraph machine when he received a telegram from Li Yunlong: "Brother Xu Yang, where have you been? Why can't I contact you?"

Xu Yang replied: "I went to Yangquan County for a meeting during the day."

Li Yunlong: "Our battle time has been finalized. We will launch the attack at 12 o'clock tomorrow night. You should be ready."

Xu Yang: "So fast? No problem."

……

A few minutes later, Xu Yang just turned off the radio.

Ma Tong rushed in from outside and said, "Captain, Gou Dachang is here and he wants to see you for something important."

"Oh? Really?"

Xu Yang smiled, strode towards the reception room, and bowed to Gou Dachang and said, "Captain Gou, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Although Gou Dachang dislikes Xu Yang, he won't go against money.

He immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Xu Yang, you are too polite. I just arrived too, just arrived, hehehe."

After saying that, Gou Dachang opened the small wooden box in front of him and continued, "Brother Xu Yang, this is 8000 silver dollars, please count them."

Xu Yang pretended to frown and said, "Captain Gou, you want to exchange 8 yen by yourself. This makes it very difficult for me to handle."

Gou Dachang said with a smile: "Brother Xu Yang, it doesn't matter who you exchange this yen with. Who made them not active?

How about this, 8000 silver dollars, and I'll exchange them for 7 yen, how about that?"

"That... okay, but there is one thing, Brother Gou, when you leave, don't tell anyone that you exchanged so many Japanese yen with me. Just say you exchanged 5000 at most.

Otherwise, if the other brothers knew that I was partial to one and not to the other, I would have a hard time living like a human being in the future."

Xu Yang half-reluctantly said so, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

"no problem."

Gou Dachang agreed without thinking. He didn't care about other people's life or death as long as he could benefit from it.

Xu Yang took out 7 yen and handed it to Gou Dachang: "Brother Gou, this is 7 yen, please count it."

Gou Dachang counted them and confirmed that there was no problem. Then he said to Xu Yang, "Brother Xu Yang, count the silver dollars too."

Xu Yang waved his hand: "Brother Gou, what kind of friendship do we have? I don't trust others, so how can I not trust you?"

"I guess the other brothers should be here soon. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I won't keep you for dinner."

Xu Yang ordered them to leave.

"no problem."

Gou Dachang didn't care. He took the money and left Taohe stronghold directly.

As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into Jia Renyi who was walking in from outside: "Ouch!" "Brother Gou!"

"Brother Jia!"

"Brother Gou, I didn't expect you to come so quickly. How many yen did you exchange?"

"Not much, I just changed 5000. I have something else to do, so I'll go back first."

Gou Dachang didn't want to stay here any longer. If he delayed for too long and Jia Renyi knew that he had exchanged the big head, he would join forces with others to ask him to give it back, which would be a huge loss.

He said a few perfunctory words, then walked around Jia Renyi and left.

Jia Renyi didn't have time to chat with the other party. He rubbed his head and walked into the stronghold.

"Brother Jia is here? Orderly, bring the tea!"

Jia Renyi smiled and said, "Brother Xuyang, there is no need to drink tea, let's get down to business.

I wonder how many Japanese yen Gou Dachang exchanged from you?"

Xu Yang: "Not much, only 5000."

It seems that Gou Dachang did not lie.

Jia Renyi breathed a sigh of relief, opened the wooden box in his arms, and placed it near Xu Yang: "Brother Xu Yang, this is 1 silver dollars, please count it."

Xu Yang frowned and asked, "Brother Jia, what are you doing?"

Jia Renyi: "I plan to exchange all the Japanese yen you have."

Xu Yang: "Isn't this inappropriate? Although we are as close as brothers, I can't favor one over the other. If you exchange all the Japanese yen, I won't be able to explain to the other brothers when they come."

Jia Renyi: "Brother Xu Yang, they don't know how many people you exchanged the coins for. When the time comes, you can just say that they came too late and all the coins have been exchanged. Each person exchanged 1 coins. That's all."

Xu Yang nodded: "This is indeed a good idea, but, Brother Jia, you have to cooperate with me and don't let anything slip."

"Of course, of course, my mouth is shut."

Jia Renyi held the "remaining 95000 yen" and left Xu Yang's Taohe stronghold with a smile...

Throughout the entire night, Xu Yang's Taohe stronghold was like a market. Puppet army officers came one after another, and each of them returned with a full load and a smile on their face. They never mentioned to anyone how much Japanese yen they had exchanged with Xu Yang.

……

At the same time, officers and soldiers from various regiments of the 386th Brigade left the base and headed straight for the Japanese-occupied area.

According to the order issued by the headquarters, they had to move to the edge of the Japanese-occupied area along the Zhengtai Railway and hide and wait before three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day.

After nightfall, they marched quickly under the cover of darkness and penetrated deep into the Japanese-occupied area.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, that is, before 0: the next morning, all main groups entered their designated positions.

At one o'clock, all the main force regiments participating in the battle, in battalion and company units, simultaneously launched attacks on more than 80 small strongholds from Yangquan to Niangziguan, and ended the battle before dawn.

Li Yunlong's independent regiment was the most powerful unit in the entire 386th Brigade, with 5 battalions, more than 3000 people, and was equipped with 5 flying thunder cannons.

He divided his troops into eight parts and launched attacks on eight small strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops at the same time.

Among them, the first and second battalions were organized as companies, each carrying a flying thunder cannon; the third, fourth, and fifth battalions did not have flying thunder cannons, so the pressure of attacking was relatively high, so they launched the attack as combat units.

After dark.

Li Yunlong personally led the first company of the first battalion and, under the cover of night, headed straight for the target stronghold Liujiatun.

Relying on strong grassroots organizations, the Communist Party has demonstrated powerful organizational and mobilization capabilities.

In less than three days, all the hundreds of local armed forces and militia in the Taihang base were mobilized, and even combat tasks were assigned.

The militia had prepared ladders in advance to cross the blockade ditch and were waiting next to the blockade early.

With the assistance of the militia, the first battalion of the independent regiment crossed the blockade ditch very smoothly, and then marched quickly. By 10 o'clock in the evening, they reached Liujiatun.

Thanks to the intelligence information provided by Xu Yang, Li Yunlong already had a clear understanding of the military strength and firepower of the Liujiatun stronghold.

Liujiatun was considered to be a relatively large small stronghold, with a squad of Japanese invaders and a reinforced company of puppet troops stationed there.

The total force consisted of more than 250 people, three Type light machine guns and a grenade launcher.

However, the real threat was the Japanese squad deployed in the artillery tower. As long as the artillery tower was blown up, that company of puppet troops would not be a problem at all.

Li Yunlong ordered to rest and accumulate strength.

The surroundings fell silent, and time passed slowly in the suffocating waiting.

Every once in a while, Li Yunlong couldn't help but take out his pocket watch to take a look. Just two hours seemed as long as two years.

Such a large-scale military operation made even Li Yunlong, who was very calm, feel nervous and excited.

the other side.

Xu Yang, however, slept exceptionally soundly.

Because today's operation does not require him to take any action at all. Tomorrow's attack on a large stronghold will be his stage to perform.

……

Finally, the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand of the pocket watch pointed to the number 12 on the dial at the same time!

"The time has come. Go ahead! Blow up the enemy's artillery tower for me!"

Li Yunlong gave the order without hesitation, and the gunner who had deployed the flying thunder cannon in advance decisively lit the fuse.

“Shhhhhhh!——”

When the fuse burned to the end, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and the explosive pack, which had been modified into a spherical shape, flew over with a line of fire.

"Boom!"

A few seconds later, the explosive pack fell to the ground and exploded.

Because the propellant was loaded a little too much, the shell went directly over the top of the gun tower and landed on a barracks and exploded.

The entire barracks was reduced to ruins in an instant, and more than a dozen puppet soldiers inside were killed on the spot while they were still asleep.

Several houses nearby were also affected. In a short period of time, countless people were killed and injured, screams were heard one after another, and the entire stronghold was in chaos.

Almost at the same time as the explosion sounded, the soldiers of the company who had been waiting for a long time opened fire at the same time.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da!--"

"Afraid, snap, snap!——"

The soldiers of the first company used whatever they had: light machine guns, rifles, and pistols, all firing at full power. After just one round of attack, they knocked down all the puppet army sentries standing guard on the periphery.

The Japanese soldiers guarding in the artillery tower would naturally not sit and wait to die. After being awakened, they raised their guns and launched a counterattack through the shooting holes.

Hundreds of puppet soldiers also rushed out of the barracks and entered the outer trenches and circular fortifications to launch a counterattack.

"Boom!"

Another huge bomb fell heavily into the Liujiatun stronghold and exploded violently. Flames rose from the ground and shot out several meters high.

A dozen puppet soldiers who had just rushed out of the barracks nearby were torn to pieces by the shock wave on the spot, with bloody limbs and arms scattered everywhere.

The puppet troops who were a little further away were also killed and wounded by the broken iron blocks, and a large number of them fell down.

The Feilei Cannon shells were filled with a lot of railroad iron scraps, which spread out after the explosion, just like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, filling the sky and leaving the surrounding puppet troops with nowhere to hide.

However, Li Yunlong was very dissatisfied with the results.

He opened his throat and shouted, "Keep bombing for me. We must blow up the enemy's artillery tower!"

"Boom!"

The third explosive pack finally landed accurately on the Japanese's artillery tower. Although the huge blast wave only destroyed the top floor, it shocked the Japanese hiding on the bottom floor to death.

Their internal organs were broken and blood was flowing from all their orifices!

As the artillery tower was destroyed, the Japanese machine guns instantly fell silent and their firepower was reduced by more than half.

"Keep bombing for me!"

"Use chemical bombs!"

Next, the target became the entire stronghold, so the gunner no longer needed to aim deliberately, and the shelling speed increased a lot.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!——"

One after another, explosive packs fell into the Liujiatun stronghold and exploded. The pungent smell of chili peppers instantly spread, and then hundreds of puppet soldiers began to cough violently and uncontrollably, with snot and tears flowing out. How could they have any fighting power at all?

The so-called chemical bomb is actually just some chili powder filled into the explosive pack.

Such chemical explosives not only have the lethality of high explosives, but also have the chemical attack characteristics of chili powder.

Although the amount of explosives was reduced, in a sense, the lethality was actually increased.

After just a few minutes, all the surviving puppet troops raised the white flag and walked out of the stronghold.

The entire battle process lasted less than half an hour!
The first company of the first battalion of the independent regiment suffered only a dozen casualties, most of whom were hit by stray bullets.

This is war, and it has its own iron laws. Even if you have an absolute advantage, it is impossible to have zero casualties, especially in modern hot weapons warfare.

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Yangquan County.

Kasahara Koizumi was awakened from his sleep by a faint sound of explosion.

At first, the old Japanese thought he was dreaming. After being stunned for a while, he fell asleep again.

However, the next moment, several more explosions were heard, and each one became clearer than the last.

This is obviously impossible and I am still dreaming!
"Baga! Where did the explosion come from?"

Kasahara Koizumi was so frightened that all his sleepiness disappeared. He cursed angrily, then quickly put on his military uniform and got up.

When Kasahara Koizumi dressed neatly and walked into the operations room, he saw several signalmen on duty were already busy and sweating.

Chief of Staff Jiro Nojiri was on the phone.

"Moshi Moshi! This is the wing headquarters!"

"What? The dozen or so strongholds around your Blackwater River stronghold were attacked at the same time?"

"Has your base been attacked?"

"No? That's good!"

As soon as the phone was hung up, the phone on the other side started ringing again.

"Moses! This is the regiment headquarters! Baka, what did you say? Are all the strongholds around your Niangziguan Railway Station also under attack? Moreover, the five strongholds including Liujiatun and Xujiaji have lost contact and there is no movement."

"Moses Moses..."

The phone calls kept coming in, and Nojiri Jiro was so anxious that his face was full of tension, sweat was pouring down his back, and he was about to shit...

(End of this chapter)