GBP Chapter 372 Inquiry Plan
Chapter 372 Inquiry Plan
"I understand. These have been mostly dealt with. They are all scum. They took advantage of their relationship with the devils to bully men and women and do all kinds of evil. They gave 500 kilograms of food to the Japanese for every 1,000 kilograms of food they robbed. The Japanese supported them and they became even more unscrupulous. As long as there is a report, we will investigate and take action. Captain, you know what, these scum are all rich. We used some of the confiscated property to compensate the victims, we kept some, and the rest were sent to Mengshan. We have accounts here and in Mengshan."
The sky was getting dark, and Chen Feng was ready to return. He stood up and said to Wu Tianxiang:
"Don't send any captured items to Mengshan in the future. You still have to grow and develop if there's a chance. If you don't have the weapons and ammunition, you can develop some civilian resistance organizations. But you must be cautious when you search their homes. You must make your own judgement on each household. Don't let go of this right. If you let go, it may lead to some unjust cases."
"Don't worry, captain. We won't take any action unless we are absolutely sure. We will only deal with those scums who took advantage of the Japanese's power to oppress the people. After seeing our actions, some other landlords and rich people started sending us food and gifts, but we rejected them all. We also made it clear to them that we will only deal with traitors and will not touch anyone else."
Chen Feng only brought a squad of people, and Wu Tianxiang arranged a special operations platoon to escort them. They had to be careful. If something happened to the captain, it would affect the overall anti-Japanese situation in the entire Shandong Province.
When Chen Feng set out, the convoy that had been hiding for a day also set out. They traveled all the way and arrived at Mengshan at nine o'clock in the evening. Yan Jiaming had already organized the team to unload the food. Part of the food was to be sent to the Guard Regiment and the First Regiment. The two regiments were not short of food. The food was used to lower the price before and after the New Year. It was mainly to prevent grain merchants from arbitrarily raising prices and making life miserable for the people in the occupied areas. Only 800 tons were left in Mengshan. It was very simple to report a number, but if they wanted to move it to Mengshan, more than 3,000 soldiers would have to work all night even if they used mules and horses to transport it.
A big pot was set up at the foot of Mengshan Mountain. Knowing that transporting grain was hard work, the big pot was full of hot slices of fat meat. People could eat whenever they were hungry. Shen Honglie ignored Menglianggu and waited at the foot of the mountain with a guard company. When Chen Feng came back, he was eating from a big bowl with his mouth full of oil. He did not put down his bowl and chopsticks when he saw Chen Feng.
Chen Feng was also a little hungry, so he took a big bowl, scooped himself a portion, sat next to Shen Honglie and started eating.
"Brother, this battle was exciting! Zizhong generated electricity this morning, and the convoy and horse team brought back more than 1,500 tons of food, which solved our urgent needs!"
"What? Not enough food?"
"Didn't they take in more than 9,000 defecting puppet soldiers? The statistician calculated that there was only enough food until May of next year. But now it's good, we don't have to worry about it for the next year."
"It's strange. We are not short of money, but whenever we go down the mountain to buy food, the price goes up, so we have no choice but to ask the team sent out to buy it and then transport it back."
"Brother Shen, don't you think about it? There are several towns near Menglianggu! You buy dozens or hundreds of tons at a time. If I don't raise the price, you will buy them all and the common people will be left starving."
After Shen Honglie finished eating, he threw the bowl to the guard. He was free to eat the meal but had to wash the bowl himself. The key point was that Old Shen didn't like washing bowls.
"I'm here to ask, where are you planning to fight before the New Year? Heavy snow is about to block the roads, are you still going to build the Jinpu Line? If you are going to, you have to transport troops in advance."
Shen Honglie is no longer the commander who was hiding and trembling in Yishui City. Now he is also restless!
"I still have plans for the Jinpu Line. Hard attacks are not our style. We are not planning to take action before the New Year. Let's train quickly before and after the New Year!"
"Brother Shen, don't think that the Japanese are very quiet, as if they have accepted their fate. I guarantee that their first attack will be a killing move. You can force them, but you can't force them too much. We must wait for the right opportunity on the Jinpu Line."
"Brother, I understand. It's like when the Japanese army attacked Changsha and had no time to care about us. We will go and cause trouble when there is such an opportunity. Isn't this safe?"
Chen Feng finished the broth and nodded.
"Should I stay or go back? I haven't slept for two days. I have to go up and see the wounded and get some sleep."
"Go back. I just stayed in the mountains with nothing to do. I came here to visit since I'm not far away. Also, let me tell you that people in my hometown are very curious about you. Qingdao said it would fight, and Haizhou said it would fight, and they also destroyed the Longhai Line. They can't guess what your next plan is, and your two spies in the mountain don't know either, so they asked me to find out. Now I know what to say."
Chen Feng was a little speechless. He probably felt very frustrated over there! He never informed them of his actions in advance. They should understand why. It was just that curiosity made them feel itchy and they sent Shen Honglie here.
"Tell them that there will be no major movements before and after the New Year, and that the Japanese army will definitely launch a spring offensive after the spring. We'll talk about it then. Also, ask them to collect information from Japan. The more detailed the better."
"Brother, what do you want to say?"
"By the end of this year, we will have been fighting the Japanese for two and a half years. With their tiny country's national strength, it is estimated that it has been almost exhausted. We attacked the Jinpu Line, Qingdao and Haizhou, but they were able to endure it. It was not because they wanted to, but because they had to. Let's see next spring! Once they show weakness, it will be our time to show our skills, provided that we train the team well."
Shen Honglie left, his face full of excitement. He had already explained to Chongqing, and he was still the best! When Leng Qiang entered Mengshan, he started to heat the kang. Now the relationship is as warm as spring. The information that the communication team could not find out was not concealed from him. Is this face big enough?
The Japanese army did not become angry and humiliated by the Yimeng guerrillas' destruction of the eastern section of the Longhai Line and the Lianyungang Port. Instead, they did not cross the border of Shandong Province at all. The 116th Division settled down on the line from Haizhou to Xuzhou and began to clean up the mess on the Longhai Line and the port. It was as if there were bandits in their house and after reporting to the police was useless, they endured it and silently cleaned up the mess.
Shinohara Seiichirō received information that the Yimeng guerrillas had not moved all the food, and the rest was divided up by the people. They did not cause trouble for the people again. He was aware of the information about the middle section of the Jinpu Line. If they really caused trouble for the people, the demon Leng Qiang would definitely come back for revenge. He did not want to be like those division commanders and become the front-page headlines of major news. Shinohara Seiichirō felt very painful when he thought about this. What happened to the empire? Thinking about the battles of the year before last and the Hunan offensive that just happened, the imperial army was defeated. Has it really reached the point where it is unable to attack?
On December 12, a snowstorm disrupted Shinohara Seiichirō's plan. All actions came to a halt. They hoped that the snow would melt after the weather cleared up. However, the temperature dropped drastically after the weather cleared up, and the railway line turned into frozen ground in two days. Shinohara Seiichirō reluctantly ordered his men to send a telegram to the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, stating that all the land along the railway was frozen and it was impossible to start construction. It was estimated that construction would have to wait until the snow melted next year.