Chapter 271: Unexpected Intelligence, Zhangzhuang Stronghold with Enhanced Defense "Qingquan-kun, Murakuchi-kun, let me ask you, if Kuroyama Kumamoto is replaced by you, what will be the consequences after Kuroyama Kumamoto returns to Jinyang?" Listening to Qingquan Muyi's somewhat worried words, Qin Yangming spoke with a smile. "Mr. Qin... uh, actually, after we decided to hand over Ping'an County to your army, we had no intention of letting Heishan Kumamoto leave Ping'an County alive..." Murakuchi Saburo listened to Qin Yangming's question and spoke with an embarrassed smile. After discussing with Kiyozumi Kiichi, both Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Kiichi agreed that Kuroiyama Kumamoto must not be allowed to leave Heian County alive. After all, they were prepared to make Heishan Xiongmoto a scapegoat, turning Heishan Xiongmoto into the traitor who was afraid of death and contacted the Eighth Route Army, then betrayed the locust army and led the Eighth Route Army into the county seat of Ping'an County. Under such circumstances, how could Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Kiichi allow Kuroiyama Kumamoto to survive? Moreover, Murakuchi Saburo was actually somewhat resistant to Qin Yangming's suggestion to contact Kurosan Kumamoto. For things like this, naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better. Especially since Heishan Kumamoto is not one of theirs. Maybe Heishan Kumamoto is very greedy, but the greedier and less self-controlling a person is, the more dangerous he is. Therefore, in his heart, Saburo Murakuchi actually did not agree with contacting Kurosan Kumamoto.

He would rather take some risks and be a little more tired. In the opinion of Saburo Murakuchi, killing the black mountain bear is the best solution. And their interests can be maximized. Knowing that he was about to be investigated, Kumamoto organized an army to resist and led the Eighth Route Army into Ping'an County with the intention of committing treason. In the end, he was killed by the tough samurai Kiyozumi Muichi and the brave Murakuchi Saburo, who led their guards. Unfortunately, the enemy was too numerous, so the tough samurai could only gather the remaining soldiers who were unwilling to betray their country and urgently evacuate Ping'an County... Saburo Murakuchi had already written a battle report in his mind. He even thought about what kind of injury Qingquan Muyi would suffer this time, how to turn the tide, how to lead the troops to repel the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and retreat to the Shuiquan area with the remaining personnel. As a result, when Qin Yangming proposed to persuade Kurosan Kumamoto, Murakuchi Saburo naturally had objections. If Kuroiyama Kumamoto was persuaded, not to mention whether they would need to give up a lot of benefits to get Kuroiyama Kumamoto's cooperation, just without Kuroiyama Kumamoto's contribution, it would take at least half a year for Kiyomizu Muichi to become a colonel. Although Murakuchi Saburo originally planned to make Kiyozumi Kiichi a colonel, it would take half a year to prepare. But now that a shortcut has appeared, how could Murakuchi Saburo be willing to give it up? Especially when he thought about persuading Kurosan Kumamoto to give up his own interests, Murakuchi Saburo was extremely resistant. Kuroyama Kumamoto is not from Osaka and has nothing to do with them. As long as Kuroyama Kumamoto had the slightest connection with Osaka, Murakuchi Saburo would have acknowledged it, and he would never report Kuroyama Kumamoto directly, but would try to win him over directly. After all, the lieutenant colonel who commands a whole battalion of soldiers is indeed worthy of their winning over, especially if they have connections. But the problem now is that there is no connection at all between Kuroyama and Kumamoto...even if his wife's mother is from Osaka, it can be made up. But it just so happens that Kumamoto has nothing to do with Osaka. Before reporting on Kuroiyama Kumamoto, Murakuchi Saburo asked the headquarters to conduct a thorough investigation on Kuroiyama Kumamoto. Only after confirming that it would not cause a flood to flush out the Dragon King Temple did he report on Kuroiyama Kumamoto. However, Kuroyama Kumamoto does not have this relationship, which means that Kuroyama Kumamoto is naturally excluded by people with Osaka identities such as Murakuchi Saburo. Unless he has no other choice, Murakuchi Saburo will never allow people like Kuroiyama Kumamoto to get in touch with their true core.

Even Kiyozumi Muichi, who was originally from Osaka, had not yet come into contact with the real core of Murakuchi Saburo and others. “Mr. Qin, even if we don’t take action, considering the guilt of Kuroyama Kumamoto, he will not be able to escape death when the time comes. Mr. Qin, do you know what military supplies and weapons and equipment Heishan Xiongben has been reselling? " When Qingquanmu thought of what Murakuchi Saburo had told him, he spoke with admiration. At first, he would never have thought that Kumamoto would be so brave. He didn't even dare to think about that thing, but the guy Kuroyama Kumamoto actually sold it directly, and sold several copies! Listening to Qingquan Muyi's words, Qin Yangming asked curiously. "Oh? What did Kuroyama Kumamoto sell?" Qin Yangming was also very curious about what exactly Heishan Kumamoto sold that made Qingquan Muyi admire him so much. You know, when he received a telegram from the headquarters, which told about what Qingquan Muyi had done in Chiyang Town, Qin Yangming admired Qingquan Muyi's courage. Originally, he thought Qingquan Muyi was the bravest, but now it seems that there is someone more powerful than Qingquan Muyi, which makes Qingquan Muyi admire him very much. Qin Yangming was also really curious about what exactly this guy, who even Qingquan Muyi admired, was selling. It's not like Ping'an County was sold out as well. "Mr. Qin, although it is a bit shameful... But this is not something we can decide... When we are fighting against the Chinese army and facing a situation where we cannot take the city after a long siege, our troops will use..." Qingquan Muyi didn't finish his words, but Qin Yangming also knew what Qingquan Muyi meant. "What the hell?! How dare Kumamoto from Kuroyama be so bold?! He even dares to sell chemical shells?!" “Not only do I dare to sell it, I will give out ten gold bars at a time! Hey, Mr. Qin, do you want chemical shells? There are a batch of tear gas shells at Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, which are fired by grenade launchers. They won't kill people, but they will irritate the eyes. It doesn't have much impact. If you want them, I'll sell you 23 shells and 10 gold bars." Murakuchi Saburo gritted his teeth and told the things that Kumamoto sold in Kuroiyama and the price at which he sold them. Just after he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that there was a batch of tear gas bombs for grenade launchers at the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold. So he asked Qin Yangming if he needed it. When Qingquan Muyi heard that he could do business again, he became excited. "Mr. Qin, as long as you ask, I will immediately have someone send those special grenades to you. Mr. Qin, let me tell you, if you have that thing, when you attack the artillery tower, just shoot a shot into a tower as big as ours. Then everyone in the turret must be smoked out. If they don’t get out, they will lose their combat effectiveness.” As soon as Qingquanmu thought of the batch of small grenades, he started to sell them to Qin Yangming. "Ahem... Well, there's no rush to talk about this. We can talk about it later. Let's first talk about how to persuade Kumamoto to surrender." Qin Yangming listened to Qingquan Muyi's words and interrupted the topic directly. Tear gas is also available in the system. Murakuchi Saburo's offer is obviously inflated. Buying from them is really not as cost-effective as exchanging directly from the system. Seeing that Qin Yangming was not led astray by the topic, Murakuchi Saburo shrugged helplessly.

"Mr. Qin, do you really have to persuade Black Mountain Kumamoto to surrender? I think it's better to stick to the original plan. When the time comes, we will enter Ping'an County first. Qin Jun, I remember you have a special force, right? Just like the troops of Yamamoto Ikki who was killed by you, oh, this warrior's kind. " Murakuchi Saburo did not want to agree with Qin Yangming's proposal and continued to express his own ideas. Listening to Murakuchi Saburo asking about the special forces, Qin Yangming had no intention of hiding anything. Duan Peng was right next to him, so there was no need to hide it. "Yes, I have a force similar to Yamamoto's special forces." "Mr. Qin, how about this? We will leave all our guards at the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold. Then you organize a team of elite soldiers to act as our guards and enter the county seat of Ping'an County. Let me calculate... In case we encounter an attack on the road, in order to ensure our safety, we will withdraw some troops from the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold to serve as guards when we enter the county town. It can bring about a hundred people into the county town. More than a hundred people are enough to control the city gate. Combined with the people I arranged in the county in advance, I will be able to take control of the city gate stronghold by then. Mr. Qin, you just need to change into our clothes under the cover of night, and then you can lead the large army into the county. After entering the county, our people will lead your troops, Qin Jun, to quickly control several important areas of the county..." When he said the latter part, Murakuchi Saburo's eyes flashed with ferocity and his face was filled with cruelty. “Mr. Qin, I will get the city defense map when the time comes and give it to your people. I will mark the bombardment positions in advance. Your troops must have a lot of artillery. You don't need heavy artillery or regimental artillery. Mortars and grenade launchers will be enough. You can directly order your troops to bombard the marked locations outside the city." "When the time comes, it will be easy to capture Ping'an County! Later, we can also use the reason that Ping'an County was attacked to lure out the people in Zhangzhuang Stronghold... In other words, we will not only hand over Ping'an County to you, but also help you take down Zhangzhuang Stronghold as well!" Speaking of this, Murakuchi Saburo also became angry. "Muraguchi-kun, why are you so resistant to convincing Kuroiyama Kumamoto? Is there something else I don't know?" Qin Yangming also realized something was wrong when he saw that Murakuchi Saburo was so resistant to bringing Kurosan Kumamoto over. Even Murakuchi Saburo offered to find a way to lure out the defenders in the Zhangzhuang stronghold. "Hmm? Xiao Qin, you just said that Cunkou Sanlang and his men can help us lure out the defenders in Zhangzhuang?" Qin Yangming had just finished speaking when Ding Wei, who was standing beside him, immediately realized something was wrong after listening to what Qin Yangming had just translated from Murakuchi Saburo's words. Listening to Ding Wei's question, Qin Yangming raised his hand to signal Cunkou Sanlang to wait a moment before answering, then turned to Ding Wei and said. "That's right. Just now, Murakuchi Saburo did say... Wait a minute, isn't the Zhangzhuang stronghold under the jurisdiction of Ping'an County?!" Qin Yangming hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong. What he thought at the beginning was that since Murakuchi Saburo wanted to hand over Ping'an County to him and others, then Zhangzhuang stronghold, which was affiliated with Ping'an County, would naturally be handed over to them as well. Otherwise, it would be useless for Cunkou Sanlang and his men to keep the Zhangzhuang stronghold.

Therefore, Qin Yangming selectively accepted that the Zhangzhuang stronghold would also be handed over to him and others by Cunkou Sanlang, and he did not focus his attention on the Zhangzhuang stronghold. I have always been wondering why Saburo Murakuchi is unwilling to win over Kurosan Kumamoto. At this moment, thinking back to the conditions offered by Murakuchi Saburo to lure out the defenders in the Zhangzhuang stronghold, Qin Yangming finally realized that something was wrong. "Murakou-kun, you just said... you can lure out the defenders of Zhangzhuang? What does that mean? Isn't Zhangzhuang under the jurisdiction of Ping'an County? Why... do we need to lure the garrison out?" Hearing Qin Yangming's question, Murakuchi Sanlang, who had originally planned to tell his own story, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Qin Yangming and spoke. "Mr. Qin, don't you have any intelligence personnel at Shuiquan?" "How should I know this? I'm not in charge of the intelligence department. What's wrong? Is there any problem with the Zhangzhuang base?" Looking at Qin Yangming's puzzled face, Cunkou Sanlang also understood that Qin Yangming and others did not know about the Zhangzhuang stronghold yet. "This is strange. Since you knew we were coming to Xiaocao Village, how come you didn't know about the Zhang Village stronghold? Mr. Qin, a week ago, the Zhangzhuang stronghold was indeed under the jurisdiction of Ping'an County. But a week ago, a new order was issued from the headquarters. Because the Zhangzhuang stronghold is on the front line, it will be the forefront of the battle at that time, in order to ensure that there will be no problems with the water spring. Therefore, the higher-ups plan to use Zhangzhuang as the front line to block the Eighth Route Army's attack from Taihang, while Ping'an County will block the attack from your Yizhong Military Region." "In order to ensure that there will be no problems at Zhangzhuang, and to prevent Ping'an County from worrying about Zhangzhuang, we have sent troops to Zhangzhuang. Therefore, the headquarters decided that the Zhangzhuang stronghold would be taken over by Shuiquan, and once again dispatched a troop to strengthen the defense of the Zhangzhuang stronghold. Well, the higher-ups are planning to turn the Zhangzhuang stronghold into an isolated fortress to contain the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains. The defenses of the Zhangzhuang stronghold had been repaired many times, so they were very strong. At least it would be difficult to break through the stronghold with only the 75mm regimental gun, that is, the mountain gun... Then at Zhangzhuang stronghold... uh, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army used to have an artillery battalion, did you know that?" "I know this, what's wrong?" "The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has an 88mm field gun, which is our division-level artillery... Then, when they attacked Taiyuan, they captured a lot of it, but because the caliber was not universal and the power of this type of artillery was very strong, it was not equipped to the Imperial Army... Instead, it was all piled up in the warehouse. The higher-ups knew that the Eighth Route Army had a large number of mountain artillery, so in order to prevent the Zhangzhuang stronghold from being blown up by the Eighth Route Army's close-range shooting with mountain artillery. So eight of the 88mm field guns in stock were transported to the Zhangzhuang stronghold..." (End of this chapter)