Chapter 237: Brigade Commander: I’m Afraid The Entire Shanxi Province Is Going To Descend Into Chaos
Zhang Wanhe hurriedly went to headquarters, Li Muzhi went to the office to nap for half an hour, and rested his spirit a bit.
Then he took the workers and continued to modify the equipment again.
Another piece of equipment was modified, Li Muzhi was preparing to test it personally when Old Qi walked over, holding an anti-disassembly device part in his hand.
“Factory Director, take a look.” Old Qi handed the device part to Li Muzhi and said, “There are a few places in this that, for some reason, don’t meet your requirements.”
This anti-disassembly device part is not placed inside the jumping mine; it is placed inside the Hell Cannon shells.
Maybe someone would say, why not just enlarge the anti-disassembly device from the jumping mine and put it in the Hell Cannon shells?
If military industry were that simple, the Japanese invaders wouldn’t have left us so far behind.
This anti-disassembly device placed in the Hell Cannon is much more complex than the one in the jumping mine.
This one needs to have a validity period set, withstand the booster thrust of the shell firing, ensure the self-destruct device doesn’t accidentally activate during the booster process, and so on.
The anti-disassembly device in the jumping mine is different; it has no such requirements. After deploying the jumping mine, nothing else needs to be ensured; it just needs to jump up and explode at any disturbance, so of course it’s much easier to make.
Li Muzhi took the device part, glanced at it once, and said, “This is an equipment issue. Readjust the equipment slightly according to my requirements again.”
Li Muzhi quickly explained the details of the fine-tuning, Old Qi took notes one by one in his notebook, then closed the notebook: “Alright, Factory Director, then I’ll readjust the machine according to your requirements.”
“Good.” Li Muzhi nodded.
Old Qi left quickly, Li Muzhi continued with the work at hand, debugging the modified equipment in front of him.
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386 Brigade Headquarters
“Brigade Commander, it’s just been confirmed.”
The Deputy Brigade Commander walked up to the Brigade Commander, who was in a bad mood, and reported, “The location of the Japanese invaders’ arsenal producing seamless steel pipes has been confirmed. Currently, the Japanese side shows no signs of relocation for the time being, but there has been a strengthening of troops.”
Although they obtained the location of the Japanese invaders’ previous arsenal from the Factory Director of Cuicun Arsenal, they still had to send people to confirm and verify it personally.
In case the Japanese invaders had moved it.
As for why the Brigade Commander was in a bad mood.
The reason was easy to explain; the Brigade Commander had just returned from headquarters.
No one dared to ask what the Brigade Commander had experienced at headquarters.
“We still need to send people to secretly monitor the Japanese invaders’ arsenal producing seamless steel pipes.” The Brigade Commander said very seriously, “Even if they move it, I want the new location brought back to me.”
“Yes.” The Deputy Brigade Commander nodded.
A staff officer hurriedly ran over and handed the Brigade Commander the newly arrived intelligence: “Brigade Commander, this is the intelligence our intelligence officer just intercepted from the Japanese invaders’ side.”
The Brigade Commander took the intelligence and looked at it, his expression somewhat stunned: “What identity does this sakura tree have to warrant such a big move from the Japanese invaders!”
Three Japanese brigades had been pulled out from the encirclement troops and were heading toward Li Yunlong and his group.
The Brigade Commander was also very puzzled about this.
What exactly had that kid Li Yunlong done to make the Japanese invaders’ encirclement forces pull out three brigades?
Now, the Japanese invaders’ encirclement forces had basically formed a stalemate with their side; the Japanese raids couldn’t do anything to them for the time being.
According to this intelligence, the movement of the three Japanese brigades was because of the sakura tree.
The Brigade Commander didn’t believe the Japanese invaders would go to such lengths over a tree; this sakura tree was most likely a code name for some important Japanese personnel.
The Deputy Brigade Commander guessed on the side: “Brigade Commander, could this sakura tree be some batch of important military industrial supplies, like other rare minerals as precious as tungsten ore?”
The Brigade Commander nodded: “That possibility can’t be ruled out.”
The Brigade Commander then cursed: “Li Yunlong, oh Li Yunlong, you’d better hold the line for me, don’t let me down. I’ve made guarantees to the Leader at headquarters.”
“Brigade Commander, what guarantee did you make to the Leader at headquarters?” the Deputy Brigade Commander asked.
The Brigade Commander didn’t answer this question, but said: “Quickly provide this intelligence to the intelligence department at headquarters and see if they can find answers.”
“Yes.” The Deputy Brigade Commander left.
The Brigade Commander continued cursing: “That bastard Li Yunlong, now that he’s gotten the sakura tree, not only Northwestern Shanxi but probably the entire Shanxi Province will be in chaos.”
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Jin Sui Army 358 Regiment
“Regimental Commander, Regimental Commander, Regimental Commander!”
Jin Sui Army 358 Regiment’s Chief of Staff Fang Ligong ran to Regiment Commander Chu Yunfei as if he had taken the wrong medicine: “The latest news just came in: the Japanese invaders’ encirclement troops have pulled out three brigades and are rushing madly toward the rear. It looks like Li Yunlong has poked some sore spot of the Japanese invaders, enraging them so much that they’ve had to slow down their raid on the Eighth Route Army’s main force.”
Chu Yunfei was shocked upon hearing this: “Is the news accurate? Three brigades of Japanese invaders are going? In that case, wouldn’t Mr. Yan be in danger?”
Earlier, Chu Yunfei had sent Yan Kai to find Li Yunlong.
Although Yan Kai had written some things for Chu Yunfei to hand over to his superior.
Chu Yunfei had still been criticized; his superior had said that if anything happened to Yan Kai, Chu Yunfei wouldn’t get off easy.
Now hearing that three Japanese brigades were heading there, how could Chu Yunfei not worry about Yan Kai’s safety?
Fang Ligong nodded emphatically: “Regimental Commander, the news is true; I’ve verified it repeatedly. What do we do now? Should we send troops immediately?”
“With three brigades of Japanese invaders and just our 358 Regiment’s manpower, going out wouldn’t help.” Chu Yunfei shook his head.
“We’re not sending troops, so are we just going to watch Mr. Yan Kai face the threat of three Japanese brigades?” Fang Ligong was very anxious.
“Wait.” Chu Yunfei was concise.
Since 358 Regiment had received the news, his superior and Officer Yan would definitely receive it soon too.
If his superior and Officer Yan planned to send troops, they would definitely notify 358 Regiment.
“Then we’ll see how the superior and Officer Yan decide.” Fang Ligong understood Chu Yunfei’s meaning, then asked suspiciously: “How did Li Yunlong enrage the Japanese invaders? What exactly is he doing over there? It can’t be that he’s stepped in dog’s luck again and found another Japanese arsenal, right?”
The Eighth Route Army had taken Yanzhen Arsenal, and the news had already reached the Jin Sui Army side.
“Probably not.” Chu Yunfei shook his head and said, “If Li Yunlong had found another Japanese arsenal, the Japanese invaders wouldn’t need to rush over so frantically; they could just block the road and prevent Li Yunlong and his group from having a chance to return. But with the three Japanese brigades rushing over like mad, it’s as if their old mother at home had been violated. So Li Yunlong must have poked some other sore spot of the Japanese invaders.”
“Then what sore spot could it be?” Fang Ligong was suspicious.
“That’s unclear, but one thing is certain: this guy’s luck has been good lately. I estimate he’s had a very big gain.” Chu Yunfei dropped the topic and said to Fang Ligong: “Still, have the troops prepare for an attack.”
“Yes, Regimental Commander.”
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Heyuan Japanese Gendarmerie
“Deputy Minister, I’ve figured it out.”
The confidant came to Sato Jino with a serious expression: “The Ninth Brigade, Twenty-first Brigade, and Twenty-ninth Brigade rushed back to the rear because an important person was captured by the Eighth Route Army.”
“What important person?” Sato Jino asked suspiciously.
“Code name sakura tree, one of our Army’s senior naval experts.” The confidant said.
“Baka!” Sato Jino cursed angrily upon hearing this: “This senior naval expert should be staying domestic. What is he doing in China?”
What a senior naval expert meant to the Army was something Sato Jino knew all too well; no wonder the Ninth Brigade, Twenty-first Brigade, and Twenty-ninth Brigade were rushing back like mad.
If they couldn’t rescue the sakura tree, the Army’s shipbuilding might have to stop.
The Navy idiots would be laughing and secretly delighted.
“It seems he went to Taiyuan Arsenal for some exchange; I’m not clear on the details.” The confidant looked at Sato Jino, “What do you think, should we help?”
“If three brigades can’t find this Eighth Route group, they should all commit seppuku.” Sato Jino said directly.
In Sato Jino’s view, no help was needed.
With three brigades conducting a blanket search, finding the Eighth Route Army was just a matter of time.
The confidant continued: “It seems the sakura tree suffered serious violation by the Eighth Route Army. If we can rescue him sooner, perhaps…”
“No need.” Sato Jino decisively waved his hand and said, “Our work here is still very important; don’t get distracted.”
Although Sato Jino was furious about the sakura tree being violated, the more this moment, the more he needed to stay clear-headed.
The sakura tree had already been violated; that was an unchangeable fact.
Commander Shinozuka had already promised two more military dogs, so this was Sato Jino’s last chance; he had to turn the tables.
Soon, another assistant quickly walked over and reported to Sato Jino: “Report to Deputy Minister, the two military dogs for us have arrived.”
“Yoshi, excellent.” A hint of smile appeared on Sato Jino’s face, “Where are the military dogs? Hurry and take me to see them.”
With the military dogs, this scent-tracking move could thoroughly hit the Eighth Route Army’s vital point!
“Deputy Minister, follow me.” The assistant led the way ahead.
Sato Jino followed to the place, where he indeed saw two robust military dogs.
Seeing them, Sato Jino felt as if he saw his own future.
A cold glint appeared on Sato Jino’s face: “Now that the military dogs are in place, next it’s about watching the Eighth Route Army bite the bait. As soon as they take the bait back, our chance to turn the tables will come. Find their arsenal and uproot them!”
“Yes, just waiting for the Eighth Route Army to bite the bait.” The assistant nodded.
