Chapter 60: The Gold That Was Targeted
"Zhang Dabiao."
Regiment headquarters.
Li Yunlong's voice was as wild and fierce as ever:
"Including the special squad, you select a hundred soldiers from the whole regiment, and they are required to have excellent physical fitness, strong individual combat ability, excellent team cooperation, and excellent will to fight devils, in addition to being proficient in water."
"This time, there is a difficult task for you."
After speaking, Grand Master Li took a deep breath and stared gloomily at a map covering North China and Southeast China on the table, and on the stool next to him, there was a large stack of maps.
This is the information of this business.
Produced by Boss Chen, it is as good as ever.
The map shows all the forces and terrain along the route to the Huai River. In other detailed atlases, even mountain roads and cave villages are marked, and this batch of maps covering a radius of several hundred kilometers alone is worth it.
"Can you know water?"
Zhang Dabiao was stunned for a moment before responding: "Yes." ”
What task is it necessary to know water? Deal with the devils on the river, the devils stationed on the island? Or is it necessary to retreat or transport supplies by river? Glancing at the map on the table, Zhang Dabiao's thoughts were scattered.
"In two days, I'm going to see this team of 100 people."
Li Yunlong didn't raise his head, and continued to stare at the map on the table: "After the team gathers, immediately organize and strengthen training, mainly water-based and long-distance foot marching, and the training time is one month. ”
There are still two and a half months left before the mission time, and although the road is long, there is plenty of time.
A team of 100 people, more than 700 kilometers, the slowest only takes 20 days to arrive, in the case of detailed maps and force markers, day and night, disguised as a caravan, to the target mission location can be very hidden, will not be discovered in advance.
The difficulty of this mission was on the way back.
The devil's gold was robbed, Dazuo was killed, he must have sent troops to pursue him frantically, and the intelligence department was dispatched, once he made a move, it would be like a hot oil pot, and the dense forces around him would all stir up.
At that time, how the team withdrew and how the gold was transported back was the key.
"Yes."
Zhang Dabiao narrowed his eyes slightly.
Strengthen the training of soldiers in water and strengthen the training of long-distance marching on foot······· The distance of this mission should be very far, and much farther than the last time in Shijiazhuang, otherwise there is no need to deliberately emphasize the long-distance marching training.
After all, the warriors who can be selected by him are excellent in their physical abilities. Moreover, the food of the independent regiment also ensures that almost all the fighters are in good physical condition.
And it is most likely to be done on the river, otherwise there is no need to strengthen water-based training.
Judging from the expression of the regiment commander and the rare soldiers who demanded a strong will to resist Japan, this mission was very difficult and risky, and the troops were in danger of being wiped out, but the harvest should be very good.
In an instant, Zhang Dabiao read a lot of information.
High risk, long distance, high returns····· It's a fun task, and I like it····· Zhang Dabiao licked his lips.
"Hey, hey, hey..."
Looking at Zhang Dabiao's familiar expression, Li Yunlong couldn't help laughing.
Even in the past, the strength of the troops has undergone earth-shaking changes, and life has been much better, but Zhang Dabiao is still the same Zhang Dabiao, or the first battalion commander who rushed to charge with a knife on his head.
"In addition..."
Li Yunlong finally said to Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng: "In five days, Sun Desheng will come back from the training at the headquarters, and then we will have a meeting together, including a hundred selected fighters." ”
The task is difficult, so let's hold a pre-war mobilization meeting.
As he spoke, Li Yunlong handed a piece of information to Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng.
The two took the information and looked at it, and their eyes exploded.
"Seven hundred kilometers?"
"Three tons of gold?"
Zhang Dabiao's face was bloodthirsty, his blood was boiling, and his face was faintly red: "This task is energetic." ”
"Hahaha."
Li Yunlong was even more satisfied: "Go ahead, organize the troops to start training as soon as possible." ”
After Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng left, Li Yunlong set his eyes on Zhao Gang, who had been reading the business information.
There was silence in the regiment headquarters for a while, and Zhao just raised his head, and his eyes were not shocked:
"This mission, the danger is very great, once there is an accident, I am afraid that one will not be able to come back, before leaving, to the soldiers involved in this mission will be clear, so that they can be psychologically prepared."
Political Commissar Zhao did not hesitate at all.
"Well, I have that idea too."
Li Yunlong breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tone was full of relief.
Lao Zhao's words, this tone, obviously completely agreed with this mission. I was also prepared in my heart, for this mission, for that batch of gold, the independent regiment paid a relatively large price.
"Let's think about it together, what to do with this business."
Pulling over two stools, Zhao Gang looked at the intelligence information on the side that was half a stool high.
Even the wise can make mistakes.
This sentence can be understood in reverse, the more you think about a thing, the better the preparation in advance, and the more solutions you have to deal with the unexpected, the greater the possibility of success in the end.
With these information, including terrain, forces, weather, and other information, Zhao Gang is confident that by cooperating with an officer like Li Yunlong, who has extremely rich experience in actual combat, he will be able to formulate the most perfect predetermined plan and minimize the risk for the troops carrying out the mission.
"It's a big project."
Li Yunlong tsk, tsk, tsk.
Spanning a distance of more than 700 kilometers, the complex line-like force situation along the way, and a team of more than 100 people, it is not ordinarily difficult to clear a retreat path from here in advance.
"It's a pity."
The two spread out the materials on the table, and Li Yunlong suddenly sighed.
"Hey..."
Zhao Gang also sighed in the same way.
Both understood what the sigh meant.
Boss Chen has never been in contact with the higher levels, and they have also brought Kong Jie and Ding Wei over, but the other party still only does business with the independent regiment, even if the devil advance team was on the territory of Ding Kong last time, they were all in contact with the independent regiment, and even said that only the independent regiment would give a price code if the independent regiment participated in the war.
Looking back on the past year or so, every time I do business with Boss Chen, it is a one-man show of an independent group.
This made the two of them a little constrained about the business.
If this business is handed over to the headquarters, and the headquarters can coordinate and mobilize the strength of the entire army, in the case of this information, it will be many times simpler.
But the two didn't dare.
Obviously, that Boss Chen also seems to have some restrictions, in case there is no business in the future, then the loss will be really big, not just three tons of gold, some military equipment can make up for it.
After all, it was said that in a year and a half, the tank will appear.
And it is foreseeable that in the future, the supply of weapons will become more and more important and powerful.
There is also the information provided by Boss Chen.
"That's enough."
Li Yunlong exhaled heavily: "The current days are much better than before. ”
"Yes."
Zhao Gang nodded.
In the following days, both of them planned this business at the regiment headquarters, during which they slept when they were tired, and continued when they woke up, and as for the independent regiment, they were carried to the county seat of Shou County in an orderly manner.
Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng were assembling troops and organizing training.
During this period, Zhang Dabiao also occasionally participated in the discussion of the battle plan.
One morning, just as Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were about to continue to refine their battle plans, the iron communicator in Li Yunlong's arms rang.
"Huh?"
Grand Master Li raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
At this time, what are you looking for him?
······
Taiyuan.
The small headquarters of Kazuki Yamamoto.
"Your Excellency."
A special operator reported to Yamamoto:
"Through the analysis of the Navy's transportation intelligence, it can be inferred that the Navy's batch of gold will be transported to Lianyungang through the Yangtze River in two and a half months, and then transported back to the mainland by Navy warships."
"The specific vessel still needs to be investigated, but the target has been roughly determined."
Yamamoto, who was ordered by Yoshio Shinozuka to investigate Chen Fan, has a lot of intelligence in his hands.
"Okay, I got it."
Yamamoto waved his hand and motioned for the team to put down the documents and leave.
Looking at the intelligence materials on the table, Kazuki Yamamoto fell into deep thought.
After the failure of the advance team, the enthusiasm of the top brass of the North China Front Army for special operations was like a basin of water being poured on it, and the brush was extinguished, and a series of orders for the formation of special forces were canceled.
All of a sudden, the good thing collapsed.
This frustrated Yamamoto.
Fortunately, Li Yunlong's two previous attacks were still highly valued by the top level, and the anti-special operations training was still continuing, and his special squads were often transferred by troops from various places to conduct actual combat exercises; in order to improve the troops' anti-special operations capabilities, the commanders of the divisions and brigades of the North China Front Army treated him well, and his apparent status did not decline.
But in fact, the importance of these bigwigs to him has dropped several levels.
As for Li Yunlong's use of the tactics of special operations to attack a city and break down a county town, after this combat report was handed in, it only made the top level pay more attention to anti-special operations, and his special squad had another training project to cooperate with, and he had another outline of the county's anti-infiltration operations that needed to be summarized.
“·····”
Staring at the information in his hand and silent for a long time, Yamamoto suddenly sighed.
Thing.
Why is something suddenly wrong?
His purpose was to promote special operations in the Imperial Army.
But what, the Eighth Route Army has formed a special force and fought a lot of classic special operations, while the empire has vigorously promoted defensive special operations.
Isn't it the other way around?
The empire vigorously promoted special operations, and the Eighth Route Army hurriedly held counter-special operations?
What went wrong?
In order to enhance his voice and re-emphasize the special operations at the top, Yamamoto set his sights on the Navy's batch of gold.
The Eighth Route Army has no choice for the time being.
The headquarters of that group of people didn't know where to hide, they couldn't find out at all, and even if they knew, it would be difficult to infiltrate, and the other party's dense troops were spreading vigilance, and the probability of being discovered was too great.
Unless there are detailed maps and troop intelligence, this is obviously impossible.
In contrast, it is clear that the Navy seems to be a little easier to deal with.
If he can get this batch of gold without taking the initiative to cause a conflict, even if the matter is exposed afterwards, the army top brass must be happy to keep him, and it can greatly increase the right to speak.
After all, that's a navy red deer, who else is robbing if you don't rob the navy? was robbed, and that was not enough.
Moreover, three tons of gold is a lot of money for the army, which lacks military spending.
It's just...
Yamamoto's brow furrowed slightly.
He really can't help this batch of navy gold, even if he sends a special team to grab it, he can't transport it back.
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to go to Yoshio Shinozuka.
The other party is a lieutenant general, and his connections and influence are much stronger than him. Able to mobilize southern garrisons to intercept naval ships transporting gold.
After all, the main force of the navy is on the mainland, and in the Yangtze River region, the main force is still the army, so just find a reason, such as searching for spies or something, intercept the navy's ships, and grab them.
As soon as he walked into the headquarters, he saw his lieutenant general for the first time, and after looking at the staff officer in front of him, Yamamoto keenly closed his mouth, and then silently stood in the corner of the wall and bowed his head silently.
I saw that inside the headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka's face was gloomy, and it was obvious that he was in an extremely bad mood.
"Yaga..."
"A bunch of trash."
The staff officer silently picked up the papers on the ground, and then bowed his head and left.
"General?"
Yamamoto asked, "What is this?" ”
Facing his right-hand man, Yoshio Shinozuka took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart:
"Recently, around Taiyuan, the guerrillas have organized several counterattacks, and several large openings have been made in the blockade area, and several blockaded base areas have been connected, and many fortresses and villages have been captured."
"Even the railway has been cut off, and it will take at least half a month to recover."
Yamamoto's eyebrows suddenly furrowed.
Although the advance plan failed, after General Gangcun came to power, the vigorous development of encroachment tactics made the imperial army still have the upper hand, but it could not achieve the intended goal, and could only weaken them and eliminate the guerrillas.
Why did you suddenly launch a counterattack?
Even broke through layers of defense and destroyed the railway line?
"According to the report from the front, the other side mainly attacked at night, and it has a lot of Type 92 infantry guns, and the firepower is very strong, and the front line was caught off guard and was torn open."
Yoshio Shinozuka's tone was gloomy.
"Quite a few ninety-two, strong firepower."
Yamamoto's heart suddenly creaked.
The problem is not the loss, several base areas together, the railway was broken once, a small thing, this little thing is not worth the general's anger.
The real problem lies in the sudden appearance of the powerful 92 type.
The empire has strict control over the Type 92 infantry guns, and even if they are captured, they must destroy them as much as possible, and they strictly order the artillery to destroy the shells, and even if they are captured, they are extremely rare.
Then the only way for the guerrillas to get a lot of Type 92 and artillery shells is ······
That person.
General, let's discuss how to grab the navy's gold... Yamamoto faintly felt a little tingling in his scalp.
He didn't want to investigate the matter anymore.
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Separate regiments.
"It is."
Li Yunlong, who came out, looked at several machines and equipment in the open space, as well as a bunch of materials, and his tone was surprised.
"This business was difficult and risky, so I decided to deliver the goods early."
Patting the materials and machines on the side, Chen Fan said.
This batch of materials was rewarded to Li Yunlong for capturing Shou County, but it had to be distributed slowly, and it was only after the independent regiment entered Shou County that he would have started to distribute, otherwise he would have given it directly to Li Yunlong.
"Haha..."
When Grand Master Li saw this batch of machines and raw materials, he suddenly shined: "Brother Chen, I really thank you this time." ”
The opportunity to be taken by the brigade commander is back.