Chapter 253: Information about Ping'an County, old acquaintance Qingquan Muyi After chatting with Qin Yangming about the breeding farm, the brigade commander did not hesitate any longer and immediately took out two envelopes. "You are going to attack Ping'an County, but the brigade is extremely poor and cannot provide you with any substantial support. But this is the intention of the brigade after all, and it would be unreasonable not to give you some support, so I will give you some intelligence support." Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were looking at the two envelopes with confusion, wondering what they contained. After hearing what the brigade commander said, smiles immediately appeared on their faces. "This intelligence is about the distribution of various forces in Ping'an County, as well as a map of the locations of the Japanese arsenal, troop bases, and headquarters. The locations are clearly marked. Aren't the artillerymen under Xiao Qin very good at accurate shooting? With this information, Xiao Qin doesn't need to take the trouble to lead people into Ping'an County to collect intelligence again. " As the brigade commander was speaking, he took out a map from the first envelope, spread it out on the table, pointed to the marked location on the map and spoke. The map is not a regular military map, but just an ordinary hand-drawn map that simply depicts the general appearance of Ping'an County. Use the city wall of Ping'an County as a base and then draw the locations of various important locations.

"Xiao Qin, take a look and see if this map can be used. If it is, you can take it away later." The brigade commander pointed at the map and looked at Qin Yangming. Qin Yangming took a look at the simple and sloppily drawn map. Although the map was sloppily drawn, some basic things were drawn on it and it could be used. "This map is good. We can use it. I will send two more people to Ping'an County to conduct reconnaissance." "Don't even think about it. Ping'an County has been sealed off. This information was delivered by carrier pigeons late at night. It’s not possible to send someone to sneak in.” "Lock down the city?" Qin Yangming felt a little surprised when he heard the brigade commander say that Ping'an County was under lockdown. Everything was fine, why did Ping'an County suddenly lock down the city? "Yes, the city was sealed off. We don't know what happened, and the intelligence personnel inside didn't pass on any useful information. Anyway, since yesterday, people in Ping'an County have been allowed to leave but not enter. And people leaving the city have to be searched all over, and their clothes have to be taken off and checked piece by piece. This is also why our intelligence personnel cannot bring intelligence out and can only use carrier pigeons. " Listening to what the brigade commander said, Qin Yangming stroked his chin and thought for a while. Just when Qin Yangming was about to give up sending people into Ping'an County for preliminary reconnaissance, Qin Yangming suddenly realized that what the brigade commander had just said was unlikely. Rather than absolutely not being able to. The brigade commander is not like them, and he would not play word games when talking about such things. The army is the army, one is one, two is two, and there are rarely any uncertain words like "maybe" or "perhaps". But the brigade commander just said that it is unlikely, which means that there might be a way to sneak into Ping'an County. "Brigade Commander, do you have any other way to get into Ping'an County?" After understanding what the brigade commander meant, Qin Yangming quickly asked. I want to ask the brigade commander what the solution is.

If we can send someone with a radio into Ping'an County first, the soldiers who enter Ping'an County in advance will be able to provide precise guidance to the artillery in the county. By then, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army will be able to hit the target accurately, and we will see what the Japanese can use to defend themselves. With the artillery shells reserves of the Vanguard Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment, even if one shell hits one small Japanese soldier, all the Japanese soldiers in Ping'an County can be killed. "Commander, what you said is unlikely. Does that mean we still have a chance to send someone with a radio into Ping'an County first? If we can send someone into Ping'an County first, it will be much more convenient than fighting our way in from the city wall later." "There is a way." Hearing Qin Yangming's question, the brigade commander did not keep him in suspense and directly took out the information from another envelope. "Our comrades hiding in Taiyuan sent out this intelligence. The original commander of Ping'an County was found to be corrupt and too cowardly. So Taiyuan is planning to replace the commander of Ping'an County with a lieutenant colonel who is known as a tough warrior!" "Tough warrior? Damn it, no matter how tough you are, can you be tougher than my cannonballs?" Listening to what the brigade commander said, Li Yunlong sneered Seeing Li Yunlong interrupting, the brigade commander didn't say anything and just glanced at Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong, who had just been scolded, quickly shut up, shrank his neck like a child who had made a mistake, and stood aside obediently. Qin Yangming became even more confused after listening to what the brigade commander said. The Japanese changed their commander. What does this have to do with him sending people to infiltrate the county seat of Ping'an County? Wouldn't it be more difficult to fight if a cowardly commander was replaced with a guy who could be called a tough warrior by the Japanese? "This tough warrior is an acquaintance of yours." "My acquaintance???" Listening to the brigade commander's words, Qin Yangming had more question marks on his mind. He didn't remember having any acquaintances among the Japanese. Almost none of the Japanese soldiers in front of him could survive. "Qingquan Muyi. Do you remember?" Seeing that Qin Yangming didn't react, the brigade commander immediately said the name of the Japanese's new commander. "The new Ping'an County garrison officer, Qingquan Muyi, has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was shot while fighting the enemy, and then he asked the military doctor to cut open the wound without anesthesia, and used a bayonet to pick out the bullet and debris bit by bit. Thus he earned the nickname of a tough warrior among the Japanese troops. " Seeing that Qin Yangming still remembered, the brigade commander continued to talk about the other party's identity. "Chiyang Town Mine, have you thought about it?" When Qin Yangming heard the brigade commander mention the Chiyang Town mine, he immediately thought of the Japanese devil in Osaka. "Muraguchi Saburo?" "Yes, he is here too. He is the deputy captain and also serves as the battalion staff officer. Qingquan Muyi is the person in charge of the mine in Chiyang Town. Because of his meritorious service in guarding the mine, he has now been transferred to the commander of Ping'an County and promoted to captain." "And Murakuchi Saburo became the deputy captain and also served as the battalion staff officer of the Ping'an County Japanese Battalion. These two people are probably your acquaintances."

Listening to the brigade commander's words, Qin Yangming nodded and then asked. "Then Commander, you mean that you have contacted Murakuchi Saburo. Is Murakuchi Saburo willing to help us enter the county seat of Ping'an County?" Hearing the brigade commander mention the Chiyang Town mine, Qin Yangming also thought of the village man Sanlang who used to do business with him. Although the two of them only did business once at that time, later on, Murakuchi Saburo gave him a radio, saying it was a gift for future business. After returning, Qin Yangming handed the radio to the brigade commander. Qin Yangming had no idea how Murakuchi Saburo made deals with the Eighth Route Army afterwards. Listening to the brigade commander's question at this moment, Qin Yangming guessed that it was probably Murakuchi Saburo who took the initiative to contact the Eighth Route Army and wanted to continue doing business. After all, they have now lost the Shangdang area. As the few relatively sober middle-level officers in the Japanese army, Murakuchi Saburo and others must understand that it will be very difficult for them to win. In order to avoid poverty after the defeat, Murakuchi Saburo naturally needed to find ways to make a fortune by utilizing the Japanese's resources before the defeat. After all, for a small vendor like Murakuchi Saburo who has not been brainwashed by Bushido, fighting is secondary. What if he wins the battle? What if he loses the battle? Only the money in hand is king! As long as the money is enough, they would even dare to kidnap the locusts and sell them. In short, as long as the money is enough, there is nothing these guys in Osaka dare not do. So as for what the brigade commander said, it must be that Murakuchi Saburo realized that the Eighth Route Army would launch an attack on Ping'an County, and planned to use Ping'an County to exchange some money from the Eighth Route Army before the attack began. Moreover, they can tell the Eighth Route Army about the matter in time to avoid being attacked by the Eighth Route Army during the battle. By that time, if the money is not spent and his people are gone, then Village Sanlang will have no place to cry. Listening to Qin Yangming's words, the brigade commander knew what Qin Yangming was thinking. He shook his head directly. "No, no, there was no telegram from Murakuchi Saburo. In other words, we have lost contact with Murakuchi Saburo. After the Shangdang Campaign, we had no more contact with Murakuchi Saburo, and Murakuchi Saburo had never sent us a telegram. I was originally wondering if Murakuchi Saburo was killed by our people in a battle. They are all prepared to ask someone to investigate thoroughly. If he was captured, Murakuchi Saburo has such a relationship with us, and he himself is a major, so he must be able to meet Eighth Route Army officers at the level of regiment commander or even brigade commander. By then, Murakuchi Saburo could simply tell us about his relationship with the Eighth Route Army and ask us to help him escape. After all, Major Saburo Murakuchi in the Japanese army is much more useful and valuable than Saburo Murakuchi prisoner of war in our army. It was from the time when you handed in the radio that Murakuchi Saburo gave you until the start of the Shangdang Campaign. Saburo Murakuchi gradually provided nearly 3,000 guns and 300,000 rounds of ammunition to the Northwest Shanxi Military Region and the Wutai Military Region. Although they were all the puppet army's Type 65 rifles or some Liao-made or Hanyang-made rifles, they were also good guns, especially since they provided a lot of food and medicine. You know, there are many things that we can't buy with money, but now we can buy these supplies directly from Sanlang at the village entrance.

The most amazing thing is that people from the 115th Division said that for the first time in such a long time, they passed through the Japanese blockade area under the Japanese escort, and then rescued our captured intelligence personnel under the protection of the Japanese. But I did not receive any news that Murakuchi Saburo was captured by our people, and there was no report from below that a Japanese officer named Murakuchi Saburo had been killed. This kind of thing cannot be investigated openly, otherwise, the identity of Murakuchi Saburo will be directly leaked. By then we will lose a source of supplies. Moreover, every time when Murakuchi Saburo sends troops to conduct a mopping-up operation, he always notifies us in advance, and we cooperate with him and put on a show. In the end, Murakuchi Saburo and his men can get credit, and our Eighth Route Army can obtain equipment and supplies. We can also harvest a batch of food or take the opportunity to exchange our captured comrades. Why not? But after the Shangdang Campaign ended, there was no news from Murakuchi Saburo. At that time, the underground party comrades in Taiyuan sent news that they had been appointed as the latest Japanese commander in Ping'an County. I took a look and found that the new commanders were Kiyozumi Kiichi and Murakuchi Saburo. It was impossible for such a coincidence to happen to meet two guys with the same name. So I guess that this Kiyozumi Kiichi and Murakuchi Saburo are most likely the Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Kiichi that we know. But it was Murakuchi Saburo who took the initiative to cut off contact. So now we don’t know what Murakuchi Saburo means or what his attitude is. If the loss of contact was just an accident, maybe he could get into Ping'an County with the help of Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi. After all, Qingquan Muyi will soon be the new commander of Ping'an County, and whether our people can enter Ping'an County depends on his words." Qin Yangming hadn't spoken yet while listening to the brigade commander's words. Li Yunlong, who was already shocked and stunned by what the brigade commander said about the deal with Murakuchi Saburo, listened to the brigade commander's last words and quickly expressed his doubts without caring whether the brigade commander asked him to speak or not. "Commander, this is not right. We are going to attack Ping'an County, and that Qingquan Muyi will soon be the commander of Ping'an County. When the time comes, we ask him to help our people enter Ping'an County and attack Ping'an County. Will he help us? Even if the Japanese love money, they won't do something that will hurt themselves. " Listening to Li Yunlong's words, the brigade commander nodded. "Yes, that's true, but Kiyomizu Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo are more greedy than we thought. They don't have the honor of the so-called holy war like the other devils. They even hate war. I even hope they fail quickly and return home.” “So I thought we could give it a try, what if it works? You have nothing to lose by trying.” "We have received intelligence that Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo will set out from Taiyuan the day after tomorrow, pass through Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, then pass through Zhangzhuang stronghold, and finally head to Ping'an County. You can seize the opportunity to fight and see if you can reconnect with Murakuchi Saburo and others." (End of this chapter)