With the inspection of the area where the Qingxiang was carried out, it was an honor for the traitors, but it was completely a chore for Chen Mingxiang, not that he was too tired, but it was really uncomfortable to see the local people living in such a cruel environment.

These areas were divided into many blockade zones by barbed wire, bamboo fence walls, blockade ditches, and blockhouse turrets, and the Japanese army and puppet army, including the police and security forces, went directly to the homes of ordinary people to rummage through boxes and cabinets and loot property.

What is even more vicious is that the Japanese army and the Qingxiang Committee purchased grain at a low price, and Suzhou was no better than the Shanghai market, and the prescribed price of each stone of rice was 150 yuan of central reserve coupons, but now the market requires at least 200 yuan of central reserve coupons to buy one stone.

In addition, in order to support its own finances, the Wang puppet government wantonly collected talents in Su Province, and the burden was about two yuan and a half yuan per mu before the township was cleared, and at this time it actually reached 20 yuan per mu of land.

What comforts Chen Mingxiang is that it is not without good news!

"Ogasa-kun, you seem to be a little unhappy, what's wrong?" He saw that Ogasawara Kiyoshi frowned a little and asked casually.

"Commander Okamura's plan for a sweep in the central Hebei region did not start smoothly, and the General Headquarters received a telegram from the North China Command, and for three consecutive days, all the participating units reported one after another, not only did they not find the main force of the underground party's anti-Japanese forces, but they were ambushed many times and lost many people."

"The underground party base areas adopted guerrilla tactics, and in such a short period of time, most of the ordinary people in the villages and towns were evacuated, and food and materials were also transferred."

"Although the imperial army occupies the county seat, the goal has not been achieved, the other party has preserved the living force, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to achieve results this time!" Ogasawara Kiyoshi shook his head and said.

In North China, the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party were the most headache for the imperial army, armed with tattered weapons, and even broadswords and spears, and they had been in a stalemate with the imperial army for all these years, and they could not be eliminated.

The most troublesome thing is that every time the main force is used to sweep up, the opponent hides and hides and seeks with the imperial army everywhere, and small units come out to clear and suppress, and the opponent ambushes, bombs artillery towers, pulls out strongholds, dismantles railroad tracks, and grabs supplies, which contains a large number of troops of the imperial army, making it more and more difficult to mobilize troops.

Many generals and officials of the Yamashiro government are prejudiced against the armed forces and combat methods of the underground party, because the underground party does not have the ability to fight the Japanese army head-on, but the problem is that the armed forces of the underground party have only been developed for a few years.

Without cities, there would be no resources for industry and commerce, no taxes for military spending, and weapons and equipment would not have been created by themselves but taken from the enemy.

Without the various base areas of the underground party, the whole of North China would have become a Japanese-occupied area, and it would not have been easy for the Yamashiro government to maintain the strategic stalemate.

"Ogasa-kun, the North China Command has dispatched 36,000 troops this time, and a large-scale march will definitely arouse the vigilance of the other side's intelligence personnel, and it is normal to take any precautions in advance."

"Besides, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, as long as they occupy the opponent's base area, their survival foundation will be seriously damaged, although the goal is not achieved tactically, but strategically speaking, it is victorious." Chen Mingxiang said.

"I didn't expect Chen Jun to have some insight into the military aspect, your views are actually the same as those of the North China Command, let me tell you the good news, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is very satisfied with the work of clearing the township, and decided to continue to support the implementation of the Qingxiang plan, and also to expand the scope of the Qingxiang, the third phase is still carried out in southern Jiangsu, and the imperial army participating in the operation will reach eight brigades." Kiyoshi Ogasawara said.

The so-called work of clearing the countryside has compressed the living environment of the common people in southern Jiangsu to below the bottom line, and in this regard, Shunroku Hata is very satisfied, and instructed Li Shiqun and the Qingxiang Committee to continue to operate according to this model, and the intention of the imperial army is to raise chickens to get eggs, not to kill chickens to take eggs, and to make the richest Soviet province and region become a food supply base for Japan to wage war.

"At the beginning of the implementation of the Qingxiang work, I think that this work is very difficult, and I feel uneasy about whether I can achieve the predetermined goals, but through this inspection, the three consecutive phases of the Qingxiang work have achieved remarkable results, beyond my expectations, as a model for all regions, to the hard work of the Su Provincial Chairman Li Shiqun and the staff at all levels of the Qingxiang Committee, I sincerely express my admiration!" Shunroku Hata said.

"Thanks to His Excellency Li Shiqun's all-out efforts to overcome all difficulties, the work of clearing the township has made unexpected progress and achieved remarkable achievements, and the Jinling government should be commended and rewarded." Sunny Nakasa said so.

This is the end of the inspection, held in the provincial government auditorium, the old devil gave Li Shiqun and the Qingxiang Committee a high evaluation, Qingqi Zhongzuo is naturally biased, after the meeting, the big traitor is so happy that he can't close his mouth, and after Hata Junroku left, a grand celebration party was immediately held.

What Shunroku Hata didn't expect was that as soon as he left Suzhou, Li Shiqun, who was praised as a "meritorious person of the empire", and Chen Mingxiang began to smuggle grain to the Guotong area.

The 10,000 stone rice was mainly loaded from Zhenjiang and transported directly along the river to Shancheng, using the cargo ship of Huatong Trading Company, 600 tons of rice was really not much, and it didn't look very conspicuous, Chen Mingxiang took money from his textile factory to pay for all the goods.

At this time, the Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy engaged in a fierce battle in the southwestern waters of the Pacific Ocean, that is, the Coral Sea, which was also the first time in the history of the world that an aircraft carrier group carried out air combat with carrier-based aircraft from a long distance.

"Mingxiang, just now the military police headquarters stationed in Shanghai sent a telegram order, General Kinoshita asked you to return to Shanghai as soon as possible, what ships have completed their mission and are about to return to Shanghai."

"The rice and flour you want, as well as some corn and soybeans, I have ordered someone to load them on the train and send them to Shanghai, and you just arrived to pick up the goods." Li Shiqun said with a smile.

The profit of 10,000 stone of rice this time is about 120 yuan per stone of central reserve bonds, and Chen Mingxiang obtained 30% of them, that is, 360,000 central reserve bonds, and 20% in the sunny weather, and Li Shiqun himself accounted for half of it, but the Military Command Bureau and Chen Mingxiang settled and had to pay the 2 million central reserve bonds in full.

"Minister, the goods have begun to be sent to their respective dealers, and the payment will be returned in about a month, and when the time comes, the dividends will be converted into reserve bonds and sent to you, I have to come to Suzhou from time to time to stay for a few days, so as not to gossip." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.