Li Yunlong was in a bad mood, and Okamura Yanji was in a worse mood.

Because there is a bad news just now.

"Your Matsu, are you sure?" Okamura Nishi asked with a dark face.

"Yes, sure." Atsushi Mitsu nodded, "I called Mitsui and Sumitomo Co., Ltd.'s office in Peking just now."

"They all confirmed to me,"

“There is indeed gold deposited at Industrial Bank, Bank of East Asia and Bank of North Korea.”

"And the amount of gold is very huge, and it is a total of 160,000 taels!"

"What? 160,000 taels!" Okamura's face turned dark and dark. What is the concept of 160,000 taels of gold?

160,000 taels of gold are approximately equal to 176,000 ounces of gold. According to the current international gold price and exchange rate, it is worth about 6.16 million US dollars, which is 26.48 million yuan if it is exchanged for yen.

2648 yen, you can buy 12,000 Type 92 heavy machine guns!

For 2648 yen, you can buy 336 Type 95 light tanks, enough to equip a chariot division!

This is not what makes Okamura Yanji the most upset. What makes Okamura Yanji the most upset is that Mitsui Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Co., Ltd. have a huge influence in the Imperial military, political and business circles.

Now that the two companies have suffered such great losses, how can they give up?

If the idiot Iwamatsu Yoshio is still there, then nothing, he will bear everything, but the problem is that now, Yoshio Iwamatsu Yoshio is likely to have been shot dead or even captured alive by the Eighth Route Army, then all the pressure will be transferred to him, which is very fatal! Okamura Nishi thinks he may not be able to withstand this pressure.

At this time, the roar of the plane engine suddenly came from the night sky outside the window.

Okamura Yasuji looked up at the clock on the wall and it was already four o'clock in the morning.

Needless to say, the bomber group of the Third Flight Regiment must have taken off from Nanyuan Airport.

Okamura Yasuji really invested a lot this time. More than 300 bombers from the Third Flight Regiment and fighter jets came out in full swing and took off from airports such as Peiping, Datong, Yuncheng, Linfen and Baoding at the same time. These planes flew to Taiyuan just as dawn, and they could carry out carpet bombing on the inner city of Taiyuan.

This time, Okamura Yasuji planned to completely destroy the inner city of Taiyuan.

However, the bombing of the Third Flying Regiment could destroy the arsenal or even the First Army Command, but it could not destroy the gold hidden in the underground vault of the bank.

The only way is to grab it back.

However, is time still available?

At this moment, Okamura Yasuji asked: "You Mojun, if you order the main force of the First Army to cancel the sweeping plan and return to Taiyuan immediately, how long will it take to retake Taiyuan?"

"Your Excellency General, things are not that easy." Youmo Jing San said with a wry smile.

"The three divisions of the First Army have completely penetrated into the Taihang bandit area of ​​the Eighth Route Army, and the troops have been fully deployed. How easy is it to shrink and retreat?"

"And, even if we order the main force of the First Army to return, we may not be able to regain this batch of gold."

"Baga, it's all a fool Iwamatsu Yoshio." Okamura said with a hatred, "I only want to sweep the Eighth Route Army Taihang Bandit Area, but ignore Taiyuan's defense, which caused the disaster today!"

If you have the three sub-sophagus, you can only smile bitterly. What's the use of saying these?

Unless Iwamatsu Yoshio comes alive, they will take the blame for the loss of Taiyuan.

Not only Okamura Yasuji, the commander, was punished, but also the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army who was actually responsible for formulating the combat plan.

...

Iwamatsu Yoshio is still alive at this time?

Still alive, just a little embarrassed.

Just now, the Japanese who marched in the dark were attacked by militias in Taihang Military Region.

Although it was just a small-scale attack by more than a dozen militiamen, it still scared Yoshio Iwamatsu, who had become a frightened bird. The old Japanese really couldn't withstand too much fright now.

The main reason is that there are not many people left around.

When I just broke through the siege from Hanxi Gate, Yoshio Iwamatsu actually had nearly 200 Japanese and more than 500 puppet troops, mainly the guard squadron of the First Army Command, Takuya Mihun's military police force, and Lian Sheng's 10th puppet army's 10th puppet army regiment, all of which had about 700 people and dozens of horses.

As for the Noda Brigade stationed outside the eight city gates, the Matsumoto Brigade may have received an order from the headquarters to break out separately. Perhaps it was not successfully broken out and was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army. Anyway, there was no successful breakthrough force on the way to Yangquan to meet with Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Instead, I encountered several Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Especially when passing through Yaotou Village, I actually encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

If Iwamatsu Yoshio hadn't made a quick decision and ordered a breakout, the Eighth Route Army would have made dumplings.

However, the price of breaking through separately was that there were only half of the soldiers left by Yoshio Iwamatsu. He had just fought with the Eighth Route Army militia, and two more soldiers died, leaving only six.

There are only six soldiers left, and if they encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they will be dead.

The only thing to be thankful is that less than five kilometers further is Shouyang County.

Although the brigade headquarters of the Fourth Brigade is in Yangquan County, there are Japanese troops stationed in Shouyang County, so as long as they enter Shouyang County, they will be safe.

At that moment, Iwamatsu Yoshio said, "Hurry, don't stop!"

Under the urging of Yoshio Iwamatsu, the six Japanese could only force themselves to move forward.

However, at this time, another guerrilla team of the Eighth Route Army rushed out of the cornfield on the side of the small road.

This Eighth Route Army guerrilla team was about a dozen people wearing rag shirts, but the guy in his hand was a brand new Type 38 rifle and even a Type 96 light machine gun.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was startled and shouted loudly: "Chinese soldiers, hide!"

Finally, the remaining six Japanese men quickly dispersed and raised the 38th cover.

However, Yoshio Iwamatsu's roar alarmed the guerrillas on the opposite side.

The guerrillas on the opposite side actually asked in Japanese: "Hey, which unit is from yours?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu signaled to the Upper Kamada's army beside him with his eyes. Upper Kamada replied: "We are from the Matsumoto army, which unit are you from?"

The opposite replied: "We are from the Taiyuan Suwon troops."

"Suwon troops? Gendarmerie?" Yoshio Iwamatsu whispered and asked loudly, "Where is your captain Takuya Mizuhara? Where is Takuya Mizuhara now?"

The voice of Takuya Suwara soon sounded across the opposite side.

"Is it you, Commander? I am here, I am Takuya Mizuhara."

Assured that it was Takuya Mizuhara's voice, Yoshio Iwamatsu quickly put away his gun and ran out of the cornfield.

After coming out, I found out that it was really Takuya Mizuhara, but I changed into guerrilla clothes.

Pointing to Takuya Suwara's ragged clothes, Yoshio Iwamatsu asked, "Muwahara, what are you?"

Takuya Suwabata said: "I met a guerrilla team of the Eighth Route Army on the way to break through, and we wiped out it. I thought I had to pass the guerrilla area along the way, so I changed their clothes."

Speaking of this, Takuya Suwahara continued to ask: "Commander, why are there only a few people left by your side?"

"Don't mention it." Yoshio Iwamatsu sighed and said lonely, "If I hadn't met you, I would have doubted whether I could still return to Shouyang alive."

"Shouyang?" said Takuya Suwon, "Commander, this is still a guerrilla area of ​​the Eighth Route Army. We may encounter guerrillas from the Eighth Route Army at any time. We should leave here quickly."

"Oh, yes." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded repeatedly.

The group continued to move forward.

...

Yoshio Iwamatsu became a stray dog, but the brigade commander has become a landlord and old fortune now.

It was almost dawn at around 5 a.m., when the telegram from the front-end enemy command of the Taiyuan Battle finally arrived at the brigade headquarters. In addition to explaining the specific process of the Taiyuan Battle in detail, the telegram also attached a detailed list of the battlefield seized.

"Brig Commander, I'm really rich this time." The Chief of Staff smiled so hard that his mouth was almost overwhelmed.

After pausing, the Chief of Staff said: "The 75 mountain cannons, 92 infantry cannons, mortars, and war defense cannons, and there are more than fifty guns in total! The snails, crooked handles, 92 Types, Czech styles, and Maxim, all of which are light and heavy machine guns in total are more than three hundred! In addition, there are more than two hundred grenade cannons."

"There are also 38 major bulges, and the Liao 13 rifles total more than 22,000!"

"There are also various models, more than 100,000 shells of various caliber, five million bullets of various caliber, more than 100,000 grenades and Jinfa Grenades, and tens of thousands of kilograms of yellow explosives!"

"Not to mention that I also seized 160,000 taels of gold. How many military supplies can I buy!"

After a pause, the Chief of Staff continued: "Brig Commander, our 386th Brigade has never been so extensive!"

The brigade commander put down the page of the war report in his hand, picked up his large enamel teapot with a corner of his mouth and took a big sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of it, I haven't congratulated Li Yunlong and the others for making a fortune, but this time I have to pick up this traditional craft again and congratulate them."

"Haha, that's that's it." The Chief of Staff laughed.

"Ding Wei and his team have won such a big victory, so they must congratulate you."

As he was talking, a staff officer walked in and reported: "Brig Commander, the headquarters is in urgent need of electricity."

"It seems that the head of the headquarters is also very concerned, haha." The chief of staff received the telegram, but after reading it, he laughed silently. "The brigade commander, the boss specially sent a telegram to congratulate us on getting rich."

"Ah..." The brigade commander suddenly showed a look of laughter and crying on his face.

I thought to myself that I didn’t have time to rob Ding Wei and the other three, boss, where are you in a hurry?

After reading the boss's congratulations, the brigade commander asked the chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, how many weapons and ammunition did you say you would leave for Ding Wei and the others?"

The chief of staff pondered and said, "There is no need to leave rifles for them. The population in northwestern Shanxi is limited, and expanding the army to 30,000 is already the limit. If there are more, the people in northwestern Shanxi will not be able to afford it."

The brigade commander said: "But it would be too ugly to ask them to hand over all their rifles to the brigade headquarters. If I go to the northwest of Shanxi another day, I am afraid that they will shoot my black gun behind my back."

"Yes." The chief of staff said with a smile, "then let them trade old for new ones. The captured new rifles will be given priority to supplement their three main regiments and militias, but the eliminated old rifles must be handed over to the brigade department."

He paused and said, "The number of rifles in several divisions of our Taiyue Military Region is seriously insufficient, and the old rifles eliminated by Ding Wei and others are just in use."
To be continued...