My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 176: Are there planes on Tubal Road? !

"Gudong!"

Yangcun.

After days of hard work by the militia road construction team, today's Yangcun has changed greatly.

A wide and flat road extends from the center of Yangcun, winding along the mountain road, extending to the farthest point, to the end of the field of vision.

On both sides of the road, there are houses rising from the ground.

Around the road, there are markets, wells, and rows of fields.

People are busy in between,

It has become a city in the mountains.

at this time,

In the heavily guarded underground warehouse located in the valley near Yangcun, secretly excavated by the independent regiment's engineering troops, Li Shiming looked at the huge truck in front of him and couldn't help but swallow his throat.

"What kind of truck is this?"

As a six-year-old party member, he joined the army before the Anti-Japanese War.

At that time, the long march had not even begun.

At that time, he was studying abroad, majoring in mechanics.

After graduation, in order to strengthen his practical ability, he joined a large machinery company and was responsible for dispatching to solve product problems.

Therefore, mechanically, he has enough vision.

But the truck in front of me...

Throughout his more than ten years abroad, he had never seen such a huge truck.

Although the structural design is rough, just by looking at the appearance and the tires that are comparable to the height of an ordinary person, Li Shiming can tell that this truck is technologically advanced.

"MAZ-537 truck."

"Weighing twenty tons, full-time drive, the engine is a V12 engine with a displacement of liters and horsepower..."

Listening to the data introduced by the technician, Li Shiming's eyes suddenly became dazed. He looked straight at the giant thing in front of him and didn't even notice the laughter coming out of the corner of his mouth.

Five hundred and fifty horsepower diesel engine.

No truck in the world has such a huge power, not even Germany, the United States, or the United Kingdom. The largest trucks in these countries only have more than 200 horsepower.

Compared with the huge horsepower, the torque of this truck engine is even more terrifying.

Its torque is as high as 3,000 Nm.

Naturally, this truck also brings a terrifying capability with a maximum driving weight of one hundred tons.

Even off-road,

It can also carry a load of 65 tons on rugged dirt roads like Jindi.

Thanks to the technological enhancements used by the system master in the 537s, the MAZ- truck that appeared in the independent regiment at this time was far more advanced than before.

The chassis was redesigned, the engine was redesigned, and the craftsmanship was improved. The reliability and maintainability were greatly improved without much increase in horsepower.

The load-carrying capacity has also been greatly improved.

Sixty-five tons!

Foreign special load-carrying trains can only transport this number with one flat plate.

That is to say...

Li Shiming raised his eyes, glanced at the ten trucks in front of him, and swallowed again.

These ten trucks can transport 650 tons of cargo at a time, which is equivalent to the transportation capacity of a standard Japanese military train - limited by the traction of the locomotive, the carrying capacity of the rails, and the need for military trains to ensure transportation. Speed, the Japanese army column on the Zhengtai Line has a load capacity of only 600 to 800 tons.

And as far as he knows,

This time, the group leader got a hundred of these trucks.

Thinking of this, Li Shiming breathed a sigh of relief.

With this kind of truck, one of the biggest problems plaguing the base area has been solved - the transportation problem.

···

“What are the food prices today?”

Jinan base area.

Ze County.

Old man Jia, a large local landowner, has also begun to feel something is wrong recently.

It's been half a month.

He and a group of 'friends' are desperately hoarding food from the market, pushing up food prices.

The Japanese are also frantically pushing up grain prices, attracting grain flow from the base areas to Japanese-controlled areas, further pushing up grain prices in southern Hebei.

but,

Under the influence of so many factors, the Eighth Route Army still put 300 tons of grain on the market every day.

and.

The most vicious trick was that the Tuhaha Tubal Road group actually recruited a large number of workers and started building roads. Not only were they provided with food, but they also used food as wages.

This move completely stabilized market grain prices.

When Kuhaha has food, the demand for food in the market will naturally decrease, and naturally food prices will not skyrocket.

Although food prices have been rising in the past half month, they have risen too slowly.

Not even half of the Japanese-controlled area was reached.

How can this make money?

As for transporting grain to Japanese-controlled areas for sale, he is doing it. However, the Eighth Route Army strictly prohibits transporting grain to Japanese-controlled areas, and they also control the transportation channels, so he can only sell grains on a small scale.

There is too little money to be made here.

And the exchange of twenty thousand silver dollars every week.

He doesn't make much either.

It was only 25% profit. In one month, he could only earn 20,000 silver dollars, part of which he had to spit out to maintain his status as a model anti-Japanese.

For example, distribute food to disaster victims, donate food to Tuba Road, etc.

"Still not rising."

The butler lowered his head and answered.

In the past week, although grain prices in Ze County have not fallen, they have not increased at all.

"Got to find a way."

Old Jia put his hands in his arms and paced back and forth.

not enough.

I don’t earn enough silver dollars.

He wants more silver dollars.

···

"Donate money and food to the base area, distribute porridge to the victims, and recruit refugees."

"This old man Jia is quite smart."

Ze County,

Inside the headquarters of Jinan Base Area.

The person in charge of economic warfare looked at the information in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"of course."

A local staff officer couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

Old Man Jia can become a big landowner in southern Hebei, hold on to the 5,000 acres of irrigated land handed down from his ancestors, and never suffer from financial ruin, so he must have good abilities.

To put it simply, although this kind of person is bad, he is definitely not stupid.

Although this person secretly cooperated with the Japanese, reselling silver dollars with a new generation of Jinan coins, secretly hoarding grain, raising the price of grain in the base area, and even secretly transported grain to the Japanese-controlled areas to make money.

But on the surface, he still pretends to be a good person.

He goes around doing good deeds and publicizing them.

"Humph."

"He's not a fool. He was deceived by the Japanese into receiving a large amount of counterfeit money."

Some people disagreed.

Most of the 20,000 silver dollars exchanged by Old Man Jia last week were fake first-generation Jinan coins manufactured by the Japanese. More than 90% of them were fake. If it were not for the purpose of catching a big fish, Old Man Jia would have justifiably poured 5,000 acres of water into his land. Bring them all.

He had already bankrupted Old Man Jia.

"Take it easy."

The head of economic warfare said with a smile.

Old Man Jia irrigates the land, and one acre costs about 60 yang. Five thousand acres is 300,000 yang, or 3 million new Hebei dollars.

Only when Old Man Jia's losses reach this amount can the net be closed.

Of course, there were many other landowners,

This time I will catch them all in one fell swoop.

"However, Commander-in-Chief..."

A clerk looked at the person in charge of economic warfare with a worried tone:

"Recently, the territory we control has become larger and larger, and people continue to pour into our base area."

"The Japanese went out of their way to drive the people into our base area."

"In addition, the Japs are still raising food prices. Although they are strictly controlled, more and more food is still flowing into the Japs-controlled areas."

"With our current food reserves, I'm afraid we won't be able to sustain it for long."

"It's ok."

The person in charge of economics spoke confidently:

"Soon, we will have enough food!"

Although the news that the troops had obtained sufficient transportation capacity was still confidential, he already knew it.

···

"airplane?"

Northern Review.

Naoto Matsuzaki's office.

Matsuzaki Naoto looked at the subordinates in front of him and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You mean, Tubal Road may transport silver coins and newspapers to Beiping by plane, and take away those people in Beiping." of?"

airplane!

It's nothing unusual.

There are plenty of locust troops.

But there are planes on Tubal Road?

Is this possible?

Of course, there are people behind Tubal Road now, with the support of mysterious forces.

With the capabilities of this force, having an airplane is no big deal, and bringing an airplane to Tubal Road is also an easy task.

but!

Use planes to transport silver coins and newspapers to the north and avoid the sight of the locust army.

Is this possible?

How can this be?

Do you think the locust army is blind?

The plane flew to Beiping, but the empire's more than 10,000 locust troops couldn't see it? Can’t you see the empire’s spies all over Beiping?

"Based on intelligence."

The subordinate continued:

"In the suburbs, quite a few people heard the sound of propellers at night."

"Some people also saw a transport team transporting supplies at night."

"Furthermore, according to the logs collected by the Special High School Division, they have discovered missing Beiping people in the suburbs."

"at night?"

Matsuzaki Naoto frowned deeply.

If it was nighttime, it would be understandable why the locust army didn't notice.

At night, you can't see the plane, you can only hear the sound. Plus it's a suburb, so it's normal not to notice it.

but···

"How did they land the plane at night?"

"How to navigate?"

Matsuzaki Naoto couldn't understand.

Although he is not a pilot himself, Matsuzaki Naoto also knows enough about airplanes.

Landing at night is a problem, but there are solutions, just putting lights on the runway, but night navigation is a big problem.

It is easy to yaw during the day, let alone at night.

"do not know."

The subordinate could only shake his head:

"I have asked people to find traces of suspected plane landings where the sound of the plane appeared, and also sent people to strengthen night patrols, but no other findings have been found so far."

"understood."

Matsuzaki Naoto waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to leave.

Afterwards, Naoto Matsuzaki walked directly to the headquarters.

···

"Ishihara smiles!"

Commander of the North China Front.

Tada Shun looked gloomy.

According to the telegram from the base camp, Ishihara Wanji is coming!

With the orders of the Prime Minister and Tian Locust, he came to investigate the truth behind the seizure of three alliance flags and the murder of Miyano Michichi. And, by the way, investigate the matter of Tuba Road obtaining supplies.

This is not a problem.

The issue is,

He and Ishihara Wanji have always been at odds.

Now that Ishihara Wan'er has great power, he will definitely cause trouble for him.

This is the big trouble.

Three regiment flags were seized, and the chief of staff was still attacked and killed after being notified by the Eighth Route Army. If it is really found that there is an internal problem in the North China Front, then he may be directly thrown into the reserve.

He will never be in power for life.

This is absolutely unacceptable to him.

so··

"The Xinhua Newspaper on Tubal Road must not be allowed to appear in Beiping City, and the same is true in other cities."

Tada Jun's eyes flashed sharply.

"General."

At this moment, Naoto Matsuzaki ran in and reported to Shun Tada:

"After investigation, it has been confirmed that Tubal Road uses airplanes to transport newspapers and silver coins to the north at night."

"airplane?!"

"Night transport?"

Tada Shun's eyes suddenly widened.

"you sure?"

He couldn't help but ask.

"determine."

Matsuzaki Naoto sighed.

"this··"

Tada Shun frowned.

Although I don’t know how Tubal Road is able to transport newspapers and silver coins through airplanes at night, how can the navigation problem be solved?

but···

How to intercept planes that appear in Beiping at night?

Once a newspaper recording the murder of the chief of staff appears in Beiping and in a city controlled by the locust army, then he will be in big trouble.

This news must be blocked.

"Go and ask the aviation brigade commander to come over."

Tada Jun's tone was a little flustered.

He panicked!

···

"Incredible."

The 358th Regiment.

Chu Yunfei has been very leisurely recently.

Although the life of the Jinsui Army is still not easy, without the Taiyuan Arsenal, there is less money, fewer people, and less ammunition and supplies.

But Chu Yunfei is an elite after all, a direct descendant, and has priority in supply.

and.

After benefiting from the sufficient funds of the army, they began to vigorously develop the economy. The Luliang Mountains controlled by the Jinsui Army also benefited a lot. They received a lot more funds and the economy also improved a lot.

Things are getting a little better.

Coupled with the Japanese's full-scale attack on the Eighth Route Army, the Jinsui Army has recently begun to gain weight.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was holding a copy of the previous Xinhua Newspaper in his hand, speaking incredulously.

"Team leader, this is obviously just sensationalism from the Eighth Route Army."

"Can they kill Miyano Michichi under the heavy protection of the Japanese?"

"Is this possible?"

Fang Ligong, chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, didn't believe it at all.

It is extremely difficult to succeed in assassinating the Japanese Chief of Staff of the North China Front.

Not to mention a public attack and killing.

No one would believe it.

"Brother who has made meritorious service."

"What do you think?"

Chu Yunfei took out a newspaper again, and it was a newspaper that recorded the capture of three Japanese alliance flags by the Independence Regiment.

"Is this true?"

Chu Yunfei asked.

"this···"

Fang Ligong fell into deep thought.

He wanted to say it was false.

How could it be possible to seize the Japanese flag?

but,

Li Yunlong from the Independent Regiment sent word that their Jinsui Army could send people to see the captured Japanese regiment flag in Yangcun at any time, and they could even take photos for money.

And also sent an invitation to their leader.

The film fees for officers of the Shanxi-Sui Army can be waived.

"so··"

Chu Yunfei put away the newspaper, patted his military uniform, and said:

"Let's go and see it together."

"Go and take a look at the three Japanese flags they captured."

"Go and see if they have the strength to publicly kill Miyano Michichi!"

Chu Yunfei's voice landed loudly.

(End of this chapter)