My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 140 Yoshio Shinozuka: Come again? Is it over yet?
  "Dog traitor!"

"Open your eyes and take a good look."

Ping County.

Early July.

In a slightly grand restaurant, a middle-aged man woke up suddenly. He subconsciously looked at the gray sky outside the window. It was about dawn.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a dream!"

Turn on the light, get up, get dressed.

The gorgeous clothes and electric lights in the house indicate that this person is of high worth and status.

After getting dressed and washing, the middle-aged man did not leave the room. Instead, he took out a wrinkled newspaper from the drawer and slowly spread it flat on the table.

It was a photo of the latest version of Xinhua Newspaper.

On the front page, it was Captain Li holding a ghost-headed sword, with a Japanese flag at his feet.

The second page is a news report on the attack on the highway outside Pingxian County - the 16th Regiment ambushed the Japanese transport team, and attacked and killed the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army for the third time.

At the end, he also issued a warning to all Japanese officers - be careful of heads on your neck.

"I actually killed him three times in a row."

"The Shandao Alliance was actually annihilated, the captain was killed, and the alliance flag was captured."

As the second vice-chairman of the Ping County Maintenance Committee, the middle-aged man naturally knew that the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army were killed three times in a row.

But he didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would be the ones to do it three times.

He also knew that the [-]th Brigade stationed in Yangquan had suffered heavy losses recently.

But unexpectedly, the entire regiment was annihilated. Although the Japanese tried their best to cover it up, as the president of the Ping County Maintenance Association near Yangquan, he naturally noticed the clues. Now after comparing it, he suddenly understood the facts.

"Independent Group, Li Yunlong!"

"Maybe we can actually win?"

At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter. The middle-aged man took a deep breath, his eyes became determined, and he seemed to have made some decision. He turned off the light and put away the newspaper, which seemed to be about to throw it away.

But after hesitating for a moment, he still put the newspaper into the drawer - laying it flat and carefully.

He then walked out of the house.

Half an hour later, several traitors and Japanese officers walked in surrounded by a Japanese officer.

"chief of staff."

The middle-aged man immediately bowed and praised him in fluent Japanese.

The visitor was the newly appointed deputy chief of staff of the First Army. He was originally the captain of a brigade directly under the First Army. After meritorious service, he was promoted to deputy chief of staff.

As for the chief of staff, he has not yet been selected.

He was here to receive the newly arrived [-]th Division.

“Serve the best food.”

The traitor who came here pretended to be a tiger, and his tone was arrogant and domineering.

"Good!"

The middle-aged man continued to bow his head and responded,
  During this period, he also took a deep look at the newly appointed deputy chief of staff, and then remembered something recorded in the newspaper - the Eighth Route Army had killed the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army three times in a row in the past month.

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  At noon that day.

Taiyuan.

Shinozuka Yinan was lying on the table, looking at the map of the Taiyue base area on the table.

In order to solve the current security problems in the areas occupied by the First Army from the root, the core factor is to cut off Tubal Road's channels for obtaining foreign supplies.

Otherwise, even if the [-]th Brigade is eliminated, there will be another [-]th Brigade.

There will be no shortage of people on Tubal Road.

Although the [-] locust troops of the [-]th Division are attacking the Taiyue Mountains in a mighty manner, theoretically, any transportation channel can be cut off and completely destroyed.

But Yoshio Shinozuka always had an ominous premonition in his heart.

The empire mobilized the intelligence network of the entire North China region and even the entire Republic of China, but failed to discover the source of Tubal Road.

Can the [-]th Division really do it?
  Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it carefully and realized that the source of this uneasiness was the weapons whose manufacturing technology was obviously superior to that of the Empire, as well as the communication equipment that appeared in Ping County, and the ultra-long-range mortars that appeared in Ping County.

These things made him doubtful.

Are the materials that appeared in the Tubal Road base area some ingenious means that the empire had not thought of, as the North China General Staff speculated, or are they technologies that far exceed the empire's imagination?
  If it's the former, then it's no problem to cut it off.

But if it’s the latter, you’re in big trouble!

"General."

Suddenly, a staff officer ran in with a panicked tone.

"what happened?"

Yoshio Shinozuka felt nervous.

There seems to be no good news lately.

"Ping County, the deputy chief of staff was poisoned and broken into pieces in the morning!"

The staff officer responded with a nervous tone.

"Nani?"

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly widened his eyes.

He just elected the deputy chief of staff yesterday.

Tubal Road is coming again?
  Is it over or not? Can you change someone else?
  "Have you caught the attacker?"

Shinozuka Yoshio rubbed his forehead.

He is actually having a headache for the position of Chief of Staff of the First Army.

Yamamoto Kazuki once again refused to become chief of staff, and he was indeed reluctant to let Yamamoto be chief of staff. Yamamoto's intelligence capabilities were indeed good, and it was somewhat inappropriate to put him in the position of chief of staff of the First Army.

But he didn't expect that he would have to find another deputy chief of staff now.

"The poisoner is the vice president of a maintenance association in Ping County."

The staff officer lowered his voice at this time:
  "This man opened a restaurant and poisoned the food. He died together with the deputy chief of staff, several Pingxian officers, and several Pingxian maintenance committee members."

"Nani!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned:

"Is this person from Tubal Road?"

"There is no evidence yet."

"Moreover, this person has received awards from the Locust Army many times for cooperating with the Locust Army in raising supplies."

The staff officer continued to answer: "But the Ping County Gendarmerie found the latest Xinhua Newspaper issued by Tubal Road in this person's room."

"Xinhua Newspaper?"

Yoshio Shinozuka continued to rub his forehead.

"General."

At this time, Kazuki Yamamoto also walked in and said to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"We need to find ways to control the flow of Xinhua Newspaper published by the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas."

"A similar situation occurred not only here, but also in Beiping. Some people were bewitched by the Xinhua Newspaper published by the Eighth Route Army and launched an attack on the locust army. A major was attacked and killed."

"Something happened to Beiping too?!"

Yoshio Shinozuka rubbed his forehead even harder.

Yamamoto had suggested weeks ago that he step up searches of newspapers, and he issued the order, but enforcement was modest.

He did not expect that a few newspapers with poor printing quality would cause so much trouble.

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  at the same time.

Station of the Sixteenth Regiment.

"This is a message from Yangquan intelligence personnel."

"This morning, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army who arrived in Ping County was poisoned to death by the restaurant owner while he was going to a restaurant for dinner. The dozen or so Japanese traitors who went with him also died."

"And this restaurant belongs to Liao He, the vice president of the Ping County Maintenance Association."

"Liao He!"

The commander of the [-]th regiment frowned.

He knew this person. He was the vice-president of the Maintenance Association and a traitor. Although his behavior was not as extreme as other traitors, he did a lot of things for the Japanese. Moreover, the underground organization in Ping County had tried to win but was rejected. This person had always been Seeing resistance as pointless.

Unexpectedly, this time he died together with the Japanese.

"what happened?"

asked the captain.

Could it be that some comrade fought over it?
  Or is there an internal conflict?

"It's not clear yet."

The intelligence officer who reported the report shook his head:

"I only know that the Japanese found a Xinhua Newspaper in this person's room."

"Xinhua News!"

The commander of the [-]th regiment was stunned for a moment.

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  "It's working!"

That night.

Headquarters.

The deputy general staff sounded excited:

"Boss, the effect of our publicity has come out."

"A few days ago, according to telegrams from Beiping, there was an attack on the Japanese near the Japanese garrison in Beiping, and a major was killed. It is said that the Japanese later searched the warrior and found a copy of the Xinhua Newspaper."

"Yesterday, under the cover of underground comrades, another [-] college students quietly left the Beijing Review and went to our base area. These students were also influenced by our Xinhua Newspaper."

"Also this morning, the vice-president of a Japs maintenance association in Ping County, a man we call a die-hard traitor, also died together with several Japs."

"Okay!"

The boss was immediately overjoyed:
  "Only by arousing the will of resistance across the country can we truly drive the devils out."

"Then, does [-] million silver dollars count?"

the teacher suddenly asked.

"I asked the Independence Group."

"Of course."

"Even if the Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army falls to his death, or if he is killed by his own people due to internal strife, we can still get [-] million per month!"

The deputy general staff replied with a smile.

"Hahaha··"

The boss and teachers suddenly burst into hearty laughter.

"However, I'm afraid the Japanese will tighten restrictions on our newspapers this time."

The Deputy General Staff continued:

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy to transport newspapers to northern areas in the future."

"Furthermore, according to information from comrades in the southern Hebei base area, the Japanese have also stepped up inspections of goods shipped to Beiping and Shimen. Of the new batch of [-] silver dollars shipped to Beiping, [-] of them were discovered by the Japanese."

"so much?!"

The teacher felt a little distressed.

Seven thousand oceans!
  Although the Eighth Route Army really has no shortage of oceans now, it can't help but waste it so casually.

Ok?
  The teacher thought that he had bought another [-] million yuan today, and his heartache suddenly became much less painful.

"We have to find a way to solve the transportation problem."

The Deputy General Staff continued:

"We need to transport the silver coins to Beiping."

"The comrades over there have already obtained opportunities to purchase stamping machines and some military machine tools from abroad. As long as they pay a deposit, the foreign sellers will start shipping."

"There is also a new batch of ink and newsprint, which will cost about [-] silver dollars."

"There is no problem in transporting back from Beiping. The Japanese did not check strictly, and the comrades in Yangquan also opened up the transport channel."

"But going to Beiping is not possible at the moment."

"Looking for Li Yunlong?"

The division commander immediately suggested.

Regarding the transportation problem, the base area is really at a loss at the moment and has tried every possible solution.

"That's exactly what I mean."

The deputy general staff said:

"Just in time, doesn't this guy want that set of printing equipment that Xinhua News Agency has eliminated and loved?"

"I'll transport them there by the way."

(End of this chapter)