My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 110 For the ocean!

"This is?"

"The battle report of the independent regiment?"

On the night of June NO.17, the chief of staff at the brigade headquarters handed a document to the brigade commander.

It can be seen from the fact that the printing paper in the hands of the staff officer is white and smooth, and is of better quality than imported from abroad. It must have been handed over by the independent group. Only Li Yunlong has such high-quality paper.

However, the battle in Shangzhuang only lasted one day, and the remaining sporadic Japanese soldiers had not yet been wiped out. The small Japanese soldiers stood out, and many Japanese soldiers would rather die than surrender. However, this was also a good thing, as it was used to train the troops.

The Independent Regiment fought this battle for five full days. In such a short period of time, the Independent Regiment was able to compile a combat report?
The brigade commander didn't believe it.

And there were only two pieces of paper in front of me.

For a battle involving thousands of people, the combat report goes beyond that.

"No, this is an application jointly submitted by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang."

The chief of staff shook his head.

"Joint application?"

"What is it?"

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander suddenly became interested.

The last time the two of them jointly applied, they created a brigade logistics supply center that can now supply [-] tons of grain, [-] tons of pork suet, and [-] sets of military uniforms every month.

If the transportation lines were not blocked by the Japanese and the transportation costs were high, the troops and political workers in the entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area would have enough to eat.

Even not long ago, it was possible to get [-] cubic meters of wood per month!

Fifty thousand per month, 60 square meters per year!
Although this amount is not as good as the lumber-producing provinces in the south and north, it is still more than what Jin Province consumed every month before the start of the all-out war of resistance.

"Strengthening intelligence agencies."

the chief of staff replied.

After receiving the documents, the brigade commander raised his eyebrows:
"Strengthening intelligence agencies?"

"This kid has a big appetite!"

Once the troops and horses are on the move, what comes one step ahead of food and grass is intelligence.

Therefore, the construction of the headquarters of the intelligence agency started a long time ago, but it has not achieved any results.

the reason is simple,
Because building an intelligence agency, laying out an intelligence network, and improving the army's intelligence capabilities require manpower and financial resources, especially the latter, which is very important.

However, the team is poor.

Not just poor stability.

And getting poorer!

In early January [-], in order to develop the economy of the base area and fight the currency war between the Japanese and puppets, when the bank in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area was established and began to issue border currency, it only had [-] French currency as the original capital.

Although the legal tender back then was still very valuable and one hundred yuan could buy nearly two cows, the basic capital of a bank covering tens of millions of people in the base area was only 3 yuan, which was really pitiful.

Not to mention developing intelligence capabilities, we even need those comrades fighting underground behind enemy lines to donate blood to the base areas.

And now,
Before obtaining Li Yunlong's 20 tons of grain, it was really difficult for the army to come up with [-] French currency.

Even at that time, one hundred French coins could only buy one calf, which was still in poor health and was worth about ten times less than two cows.

Even now, with [-] tons of grain and [-] tons of lard oil per month, the troops have enough to eat, but the rest is a bit difficult to maintain food stability in the base area.

The financial situation of the base area is actually not very good.

There is no way to develop the bottomless pit of intelligence power.

It’s impossible for Li Yunlong not to understand these things, so since this kid dares to bring up this matter, it means that he has a way to make money!

And it's big money!
"Answer Yangcun's phone number for me."

said the brigade commander.

Because of this annihilation war, the telephone line from the brigade headquarters to Yangcun has been inspected and is open.

···
at the same time.

Yangquan.

South lane entrance.

Yaoji Soy Sauce Shop.

"Shopkeeper, you are in a good mood recently!"

Even after receiving the Xinhua News and knowing that several days had passed since the Independent Regiment had single-handedly annihilated more than [-] Japs, shopkeeper Yao Ji still had a subconscious smile on his lips.

Can't hide.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that he is in a very good mood.

"Haha, there is a happy event in my hometown!"

Shopkeeper Yao Ji didn’t say much.

"What a happy event!"

"Things are getting harder and harder these days."

The visitor sighed:

"Here's a pound of soy sauce."

"Old Su, what's wrong with you?"

Shopkeeper Yao Ji asked while making soy sauce.

The person who came here was called Lao Su, a technical manager of an iron smelting plant in Yangquan. Because he had the skills and abilities, and there were also big buyers of pig iron, the Japanese, and his income was pretty good in Yangquan.

"The wages are not rising, but the money is becoming less and less valuable."

Lao Su sighed.

"Hey···"

Shopkeeper Yao Ji, who knew the reason in his heart, could only sigh.

After North China was occupied by the Japs, in order to achieve the goal of supporting war with war, the Japs united with a group of traitors and traitors in February 38, set up a bank, issued counterfeit currency, and plundered wealth.

Since the purpose is to plunder, it naturally does not care about the situation of the currency, and has been over-issuing, causing the currency to depreciate very quickly.

In two years, the value has depreciated nearly ten times.

It’s not slower than fiat currency at all, it’s even worse.

As for the ironworks where Lao Su worked, the people behind it were Japanese, so naturally the wages he received were counterfeit currency.

"Money for you."

After receiving the money and goods, Lao Su didn't say much, but left with the soy sauce.

After Lao Su left, shopkeeper Yao Ji lost his smile and his brows also furrowed deeply.

In May, their Yangquan underground intelligence force successfully discovered the marching route and composition of the Japanese troops. They received a commendation from their superiors and a rare allocation of three hundred oceans of funds.

Encouraged, they were ready to take action.But as the intelligence force that had been dormant began to become active, Shopkeeper Yao Ji and the others encountered a problem - although the three hundred oceans had a lot of funds, spying on the Japanese intelligence, developing informants, and buying intelligence were a drop in the bucket.

In less than a week, all three hundred oceans were spent, but there was no useful information.

Shopkeeper Yao Ji also understands.

Three hundred oceans is actually only ninety dollars.

This amount of money is a lot less, but a lot more.

"Old Yao!"

At this time, a comrade who served as the rotation liaison walked in:
"There is new information."

Yaoji Soy Sauce Shop is a fixed contact point in Yangquan. In order to avoid being targeted by the Japanese, there will be rotating liaisons to prevent one person from coming here too often and being noticed by the Japanese special education class.

Some of them are also new comrades developed by Lao Yao.

"What information?"

Shopkeeper Yao Ji asked quickly.

"Not long ago, didn't we get news from the puppet army? Because the Japanese Beijing Brigade was annihilated, didn't a Japanese big shot come over recently?"

"The news I just received is that the Chief of Staff of the First Army, Colonel Dateng Kazuo."

"But I don't know exactly when it will arrive. I just know it will be within this week."

said the rotating liaison.

"Chief of Staff of the First Army, Teng Yinan?"

Lao Yao frowned again.

This information seems to be of little use.

Only the Japanese knew the whereabouts of the chief of staff of the Japanese First Army in detail. If you want to find out, you must take risks when the intelligence network has not been laid among the Japanese.

"I can get the whereabouts of this old devil."

The liaison officer sounded confident.

"Not for now."

Lao Yao shook his head.

The whereabouts of the Japanese chief of staff must be very secretive.

However, the liaison officer in front of him was his new comrade six months ago, named Niu Wanlin. He was a native of Yangquan and hated the Japanese. He also happened to work under the Japanese and knew many Japanese.

It is indeed possible to obtain this information.

Niu Wanlin was the first to find out the news that Shandao United was going to attack the base area.

But it would be a huge risk.

The Japs are not that easy to deal with, especially the Japs’ military intelligence department.

Many comrades have already died in the hands of the Japanese!
"Okay, listen to you."

After Niu Wanlin finished speaking, he took half a pound of soy sauce and left.

Shopkeeper Yao Ji thought for a while and decided to record this piece of less important information in the information book sent to the base today.

···
the other side.

"Hello, brigade commander!"

The call was quickly connected, and Li Yunlong's voice came from the receiver.

"What's wrong with you kid? Are you suddenly thinking about developing intelligence capabilities?"

The brigade commander was too lazy to chatter with Li Yunlong and went straight to the point.

"Didn't you suffer from intelligence losses recently?"

Li Yunlong said:
"Although the Shandao Regiment was killed, it still caused serious damage to the base area. The houses of ordinary people around Shangcun were destroyed, and some ordinary people were injured or even died."

"If we can get the news a few days in advance, we can organize the transfer of people, protect their property, and reduce their losses."

"Makes sense!"

The Brigadier nodded.

This sentence makes sense.

But not much.

This time when the Guizishan Island Alliance came to attack, Yangquan received the intelligence immediately and promptly warned the base area.

Under the current situation, unless a radio station is provided to comrades in Yangquan to speed up the transmission of information, it is impossible to improve efficiency.

"and also."

Li Yunlong continued:
"Recently, the Japanese have launched aircraft reconnaissance around our Yangcun, Shangcun, and Xiazhuang areas, and have also launched strafing raids on base areas from time to time, causing losses to the transport team."

"I'm thinking that if we develop intelligence capabilities and monitor the Japanese's Taiyuan Airport, we can minimize the losses."

"This makes sense."

The brigade commander continues to promote the theme:

"But you guys need to know that building an intelligence force requires a lot of money."

"In our army, even the poor are like pants!"

"I'm short of money..." Li Yunlong drawled: "I really have a chance to get some money here."

"what chance?"

The brigade commander perked up.

"Someone has a grudge against the First Army, so he wants the life of the Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army. He offers 150 million silver dollars per month. After the deal is completed, he will give the money directly in cash, [-]% of which is pure silver."

Li Yunlong said.

Although Brother Lu can no longer provide intelligence support, confidentiality restrictions have been relaxed. As long as he doesn't tell the truth, it doesn't matter.

"150 five silver dollars a month?"

The brigade commander had no doubts about the ability of the boss behind Li Yunlong, but the price tag did not make him understand it for a while.

"meaning is."

Li Yunlong explained in detail:
"As long as we can kill the Chief of Staff of the First Army, counting from the day he is killed, we can be given 150 million oceans a month."

"This is better than business, let's do it!"

The brigade commander did not hesitate:

"Even if I risk my life, I'll do it!"

150 million oceans per month.

This month is comparable to last year. After excluding the preserved fruit allocation, the border district has a year's funding!
(End of this chapter)