"General."

In the naval headquarters in China, a senior naval officer bowed his head and reported to Tanimoto:

"I've done the job you've given me."

"On the surface, this batch of gold is transported to the mainland by the Yangtze River waterway, but this is just smoke, used to confuse the smoke of the Republic of China spies and the army, in fact, the gold will start from Banqiao Town, through the Huai River waterway, secretly arrive in Lianyungang, and then be transported to the mainland by naval transport ships."

"For the sake of secrecy, this time I am going to use a grain ship to carry out the transportation, but please rest assured, I have modified the internal structure of this ship, added a watertight cabin, strengthened the anti-sinking performance, even if it is bombarded by small-caliber artillery, it can be safe and sound, and arranged for half a squad of marines to escort it."

"They were accompanied by two armed motorboats, which could defend against any harassment by the guerrillas and ensure that the transport was foolproof."

The naval officer's tone was full of confidence and pride.

"Yo Si."

Tanimoto nodded with satisfaction, indicating that he was satisfied with this arrangement.

This batch of gold is not small, three tons, which is enough to build several small warships, which must be safely transported to the mainland and then handed over to the Admiralty without any accidents.

Even if there is an accident with a grain or transportation ore, the loss is not big, but the loss of three tons of gold is huge.

For this reason, he specially arranged someone to be responsible for the safety of this transportation.

Although it radiates hundreds of kilometers inward from the southeast coast, the main rivers and ports of the Republic of China are basically in the hands of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the rest are also in the hands of the army's horse manure, but even after so many years of purging, the public security environment is still very bad, there are still a large number of remnants of the national army in the coastal areas, and the guerrillas are also very active, and attacks on the imperial shipping are endless.

And shipping and land transportation are also different, the waterway is more unpredictable, a simple mine, can sink a thousands of tons of freighters, mines are more difficult to prevent than mines, and the intelligence department of the government is really not to be underestimated, the reconnaissance ability is very strong, the other party has been looking for this batch of gold, once it is known by that group, I don't know what attack will be planned.

"Don't be careless, the army's horse manure was robbed of a ton of gold from Taiyuan because of carelessness."

Tanimoto's voice was mocking:

"And it was snatched away by troops like the Eighth Route Army."

In Taiyuan City, the Eighth Route Army was called Huazi to rob a ton of gold, and the navy used this incident to mock the army for a long time, and even both sides had a quarrel in China over this matter.

"Hey."

The naval officer was still confident: "General, please rest assured, I will never make such a mistake, this time I will personally escort the ship, and the soldiers accompanying me are also selected from the elite of the Marine Corps." ”

"Yo Si."

Tanimoto nodded again, expressing satisfaction.

"By the way, pay attention to the Army."

Tanimoto went on to remind:

"Although there are ships on the Yangtze River to do smoke, but you can't be careless, when you encounter the army, try to avoid it, don't clash with them, if there is anything, wait for this transportation work to be completed."

Empathy, if the army has a batch of gold in front of him, then he will definitely find a reason to detain it, then empathy, the army has the opportunity and will definitely do it.

Moreover, the army also has the strength to do this.

The group of horse manure also has a lot of armed river boats, but fortunately, the strength of the army on the Huai River is far inferior to that of the Yangtze River.

"Hey."

The naval officer continued to bow his head, and the officer's shoulders were embroidered with shiny epaulettes.

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"Over there?"

"Banqiao Town?"

Li Yunlong still didn't agree directly, looked at the map handed over by Chen Fan, and fell into hesitation.

Three tons of gold is very tempting, the troops are in urgent need, even if it pays a relatively large price, it is worth it, but the location is the Huai River, where the independent regiment is located, and the distance from there is 800 kilometers, that is, 1,600 li, which is three times that of Shuangfeng Town before.

Isn't it too far?

In the era when there was no air transportation and no railway transportation troops, even Li Yunlong, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, hesitated in the face of a distance of 800 kilometers.

At such a long distance, there is no long-distance supply in between, it is all on your own, once there is a problem, in the end, it is very likely that the gold will not be caught, and the troops sent out will be gone.

The distance in between, that's the key issue.

At the standard marching speed of the special forces of the independent regiment equipped with large mules, it is about a hundred miles a day, and even if there is no interception on the way, it will take half a month to rush through, and it will take a month to go and come alone.

No matter how fast it is, it will not be impossible, but it will affect combat effectiveness.

As for the ship, after having the detailed information of the devil, it is not very important, even if it is a wooden ship, he can also use the intelligence organization to infiltrate and assassinate the special forces, so as to get the devil's transport ship.

The special forces have never slackened their swimming training.

"In this business, the ship is not a problem."

Li Yunlong shook his head and sighed: "The distance is too far, the supply of troops is a big problem, and besides, even if this gold is in hand, how to transport it back is also a big problem." ”

How do you transport three tons of gold back after you get it?

Even if the big mule can transport this batch of gold, thirty horses can easily bring it back, but such a long distance, the danger is too great, all the way is full of devils' territory, there is also the territory of the national government, the forces are intertwined and complicated, they are not familiar with the place, I am afraid they will not be able to avoid the sight of this group of people.

These people will never show mercy when they encounter a convoy.

It seems that although the distance is only three times farther than the last time I went to Shuangfeng Town, the difficulty has increased more than tenfold.

"I can't help you with that."

Chen Fan shook his head.

If he could help, he wouldn't mind providing supplies and helping to transport gold along the way, which was simple, but the system forbade it, and there was no way. He can provide supplies to refugees, but not to the army.

"You're going to kill the admiral, right?"

Li Yunlong saw the requirements behind the business.

The devil's gold independent regiment handled it on its own, but asked to kill a naval officer accompanying the escort by the way, and the price of the business also depended on whether the naval officer could be killed.

"Yes."

Seeing that Grand Master Li seemed to have moved his mind, Chen Fan continued to tempt:

"As long as you kill this devil Navy Dazuo, I can give you fifty big mules, and ·····"

Speaking of this, Chen Fan paused and changed his tone:

"I have a batch of new military factory equipment on my side, which is equipment for the production of grenadiers and small-caliber mortars, in addition, there is also a batch of chemical raw materials for explosives, about 400 tons, which can also be used as a package for you."

As he spoke, Chen Fan handed over a list.

"Equipment for the production of grenadiers and small-caliber mortars?"

"And four hundred tons of chemical raw materials for explosives?"

Taking the list, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up.

Since the seizure of the batch of machinery and equipment for the production of grenadiers and ammunition, the production capacity of grenadiers and supporting ammunition in the headquarters arsenal has increased greatly, and various units have also benefited a lot, equipped with a lot of grenadiers, and the ammunition supply is relatively sufficient, and the firepower has been greatly improved.

This made it a lot easier for the troops to fight against the devils, after all, the grenadier canister is an excellent weapon against the devil's machine gun, and in guerrilla warfare in the mountains, sometimes it is better than 60 mortars.

However, after all, what was seized was only the equipment transported by the little devil at one time, and some equipment was lacking, resulting in limited production capacity, and he heard Zhang Wanhe sigh more than once, if only there were more machines and equipment.

Moreover, although the headquarters arsenal has recently solved the technology of explosives production, its production capacity is extremely limited, which leads to the small charge and poor power of the shells it produces, which makes the front-line troops very helpless.

If you can get this batch of chemical raw materials, then...

"Okay, I'll take over the business."

Li Yunlong's tone was categorical.

This batch of things is simply timely rain, it must have been specially prepared by Brother Chen for the troops, and Li Yunlong, who was a little grateful, did not continue to take the opportunity to raise prices.

At this price, it is already okay, fifty big mules are in urgent need of the independent regiment of the greatly expanded army, and that batch of mechanical equipment and explosives raw materials can greatly improve the strength of the overall army.

This time the business is really good. Li Yunlong sighed in his heart.

For the sake of these things, this risk is worth taking.

Even if you can't get the three tons of gold, it's not bad to kill that devil Dazuo to get this batch of supplies, in addition, you can blow up the ship, you can't get it yourself, and you can't let the little devil get the gold.

Besides, isn't it 800 kilometers, the Long March has come down back then, and you are still afraid of this distance? There is plenty of time now, and there is time to prepare slowly and ponder slowly.

"Okay."

"Then it's settled."

Looking at Li Yunlong, who was full of joy and didn't even bargain, Chen Fan touched his nose.

In fact, this batch of machinery and equipment, as well as explosives raw materials, were all systematically rewarded after Shou County was laid. And those fifty big mules were also provided by killing the navy, so. This time he barely offered any bids.

This business is really good.

Chen Fan also sighed in his heart.

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After the business was negotiated, Chen Fan left.

At this time, it was still in the afternoon.

The soldiers of the Xujiacun Independent Regiment were still carrying weapons and ammunition, and more than 400 soldiers were carrying weapons and ammunition boxes to the Xujiacun warehouse like ants.

Because of the previous attack on Shou County, the independent regiment was all dispatched, and at this time, most of the troops were on the Shou County side, and there were less than 600 people on the Xujia Village side.

In addition, almost all the big mules were sent to transport, and Li Yunlong did not expect that Brother Chen would send supplies over the next day, so at this time, the big mules were basically on the side of Shou County, and the soldiers could only carry them with their bare hands, which was very inefficient.

Four hundred soldiers, mountain roads, facing more than 100 tons of supplies, until now, less than half of them have been transported.

Li Yunlong was not in a hurry, and let the soldiers carry it.

Ding Kongli and the three were in a clearing outside Xujia Village, and the three of them looked at the two new 120 heavy mortars that had been assembled.

In order to open his eyes, Li Yunlong deliberately asked Yan Sheng to assemble the two new guns, because he was unfamiliar, so the first assembly work was relatively slow.

"Lao Li, do you plan to move the regiment headquarters to Shou County?"

Ding Wei asked suddenly.

He looked at Xujiacun's posture, and it seemed that he was shifting.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong nodded: "Judging from the devil's reaction, I don't plan to snatch Shou County back in a short time, I just went to the county seat to stay and feel the life of the county master." ”

"Moreover, Shou County is a strong position, I am ready to strengthen it, and the next time the devil comes, I plan to let the devil taste the street fighting."

Li Yunlong's tone was gloomy.

Shou County, the devil will definitely take it back, and he plans to take the opportunity to let go of the little devil's blood.

"That's a good idea."

Dingkon agrees with the idea.

Shou County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one road leading to the county seat, as long as the surrounding valleys are guarded and the devils are not allowed to infiltrate and cut off the retreat route, the little devils will not be able to completely surround the county, so there is a basis for the implementation of bloodletting for the little devils through street fighting.

The independent regiment also has the material and troop base to fight a tough battle.

The three of them chatted about the future battle situation, waiting for the new cannon to be assembled.

At the same time, outside Xujia Village, Zhao Gang, who was patrolling the vigilance measures as usual, looked at the brigade commander who was waving to him, and thought of the three regiment commanders who were now in the small courtyard of the regiment headquarters, and a thought flashed in his heart:

"There's a good show to watch."