Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 332: The Japs intend to turn us into a dog that won’t bite. They deserve to be killed!

As a result, everyone looked carefully at the information handed over by Zhao Gang. They had been feeling strange these past few days. The number of merchants who were originally flocking to buy medicines suddenly decreased so much. Even the merchants who came also purchased less medicines sharply. Everyone was really confused. Now they finally found the reason.

Li Yunlong slammed the intelligence on the table and angrily cursed: "Damn the devils, this is completely intentional. They want to eat up all the medicines we produce. They drove so many disaster victims here and left some rations for them. They have no good intentions at all. They want to increase the burden on our base and make us lose our composure."

"At the beginning, I didn't realize the devil's sinister intentions. Now the devil has blocked our food source. Even if they trade us food, it's all fine grains, and the price is ridiculously high. This is the first test of the devil. Once the devil succeeds in reaping the sweetness, they will use all their tricks against our base in a short time."

"I guess the Japanese intend to use our base as a source of cheap medicines. They buy medicines from us at super low prices and sell food to us at high prices. Our base has a large population. In order to solve the problem of food, we have to compromise with the Japanese. Then the Japanese will have a chance to seize our vital points. They intend to train us into a dog that doesn't bite. The Japanese are worthy of death!"

Li Yunlong's words expressed everyone's thoughts. These days, everyone has done everything they can to resettle 70 disaster victims. Even now, half of the victims still do not have winter clothes. If the problem is not solved quickly, a large number of people will freeze to death this winter. Especially as the supply of coal becomes increasingly insufficient, the situation will deteriorate extremely quickly.

Lin Zhenhua felt that it was necessary to step up at this time and adopt centralized heating to save fuel, while increasing the amount of trees cut down to reserve more fuel for the winter.

"The arsenal has been working hard on military production. Now we must allocate some capable personnel to install central heating equipment for the people in the base area to save fuel. At the same time, we must mobilize more people to mine coal and use all our transportation resources to store enough coal for the winter within 20 days."

"The severe cold weather is a test for us, and it is also a test for the Japanese. Fighting in winter is very inconvenient and consumes a lot of supplies. The Japanese did not carry out the autumn sweep this year, which has always been very strange to me. But after hearing the news from Xu Zhongyi, I really understood the reason."

"The Japanese's last summer sweep achieved great results, driving our main force out. Originally, the Japanese could have seized the opportunity to wipe out our base. But in order to move south, the Japanese drew a division from the 12th Army, which weakened the 12th Army. In addition, the losses in the previous anti-sweeping operation were not small, so the th Army could only barely maintain law and order in the occupied areas, and was completely unable to launch a large-scale sweep."

"This phenomenon is extremely abnormal. The reinforcements from the Japanese should have arrived long ago, but we haven't received any news. This is totally unreasonable. I always feel that the Japanese are planning a big conspiracy. The reason why they haven't taken any action yet is probably because they are not prepared yet!"

In fact, Lin Zhenhua guessed wrong this time. The Japanese had made very good results in their previous military training. More importantly, they had made a breakthrough in their attack on the southwest, and were preparing to increase the intensity of their attack. But at this time, the Japanese headquarters suddenly launched the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, which was really unexpected, and they drew a large number of troops from the rear to ensure victory in the campaign.

The sudden order issued by the Japanese headquarters resulted in a serious shortage of manpower for the 12th Army. All its troops were used to defend key positions, and it was impossible to mobilize mobile forces. In addition, the Japanese headquarters had already decided to carry out the southward operation. In order to ensure the safety of the homeland, they urgently issued an operational plan for the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign.

In order to compensate the 12th Army, the North China Front Army Command, in accordance with the requirements of the Japanese headquarters, deployed a battalion of Zero fighters to the Taiyuan Airport to ensure the safety of the Taiyuan area.

Lin Zhenhua's words made everyone ponder. No one had expected that the Japanese would be so honest these days. Apart from increasing the blockade of the base, there really was no direct conflict between the two sides. This really made everyone present a little confused. They didn't know what the Japanese were up to.

Ding Wei analyzed with some uncertainty: "The Japanese will never give up their offensive against us because of the profits of medicine. Now we have lost contact with the headquarters and the brigade, and we have no information about the outside world. Lao Xu's line has also had problems before, and the intelligence he brought is also difficult to distinguish between true and false. I think we should prepare for the worst. The troops will secretly go to the designated combat position tomorrow night. What do you think of my suggestion?"

Kong Jie shook his head like a rattle and was the first to stand up and object, "Old Ding, the college students are about to carry out Operation Boomerang. If we mobilize the troops at this time, it is very likely to alert the Japanese. The Japanese have long known that we have fighter planes, and they must have been prepared, but we don't know it."

"The most hateful thing is that we don't have a communication radio station now, and we can't even get in touch with the transfer station. The only thing we can use is the phone. It's okay for short distances, but once the distance is far, our communication can't be transmitted in time. Even if the Japanese have any conspiracy, it will take several days for the reconnaissance troops we sent out to get the news and send it back in time. The more this time comes, the more we must stay calm. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. Otherwise, many unpredictable consequences will be triggered!"

Li Yunlong also stood up to support him, saying, "Old Kong is right. We will carry out Operation Boomerang the day after tomorrow. We must not provoke the Japanese at this time. It is better to be careful. After all, the Japanese spies are not vegetarians. For the sake of safety and our air transport line, it is better not to start a war at this time!"

Lin Zhenhua had the same idea. He thought more about it and pointed to the air transport line on the map and said, "We have finally established this air transport line, which has already transported a large amount of supplies for us. Once we carry out Operation Boomerang, the Japanese will definitely attack our air transport line. I have made a plan for night transport, so that it will not affect the operation of our air transport line. However, the transport volume will be greatly reduced. There will be some impact in the short term, but the long-term impact will not be significant!"

"I think we need to build another intelligence line in Ping'an County. Lao Zhao had worked hard for this before, but he didn't expect to fall into the devil's trap. The lesson is very profound. I think the reason why the last situation happened was because we acted too hastily. I think we must establish an intelligence department in our base, which is responsible for counter-espionage internally and for gathering intelligence externally. Otherwise, we will always be blind and will be led by the devil by the nose!"

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement and said, "I have set up intelligence lines twice before, but both times I failed because I was too eager for quick success. Intelligence warfare is a long process. We do need to set up an intelligence department to be responsible for this. In addition, I am not an expert in this area, so it is not an exaggeration to say that I am forcing the issue. After Operation Boomerang is over, the establishment of the intelligence department must be completed as soon as possible!"

Li Yunlong interrupted at this time and said, "The first task of the intelligence department should be to kill Zhu Ziming. I heard that Yamamoto's special forces ran to Ping'an County and met with Zhu Ziming several times. I think we must get rid of this scourge as soon as possible. If I leave him in Ping'an County, I won't be able to sleep well at night!"

Lin Zhenhua said nonchalantly: "Killing Zhu Ziming is very simple, not as complicated as you think. If we have a dive bomber, we can carry out a precise dive bombing on Zhu Ziming's residence, which will definitely kill him!"

"With fighter escort, it will be a piece of cake for us to use dive bombers to kill Zhu Ziming. After completing Operation Boomerang, I will design a dive bomber. After half a month of training, dive bomber pilots will be able to complete the mission easily!"

Li Yunlong slammed the table heavily and asked in disbelief: "College student, you are not making fun of me, are you? Are dive bombers really as powerful as you say?"

Lin Zhenhua angrily scolded: "Old Li, your head is kicked by a donkey. You have a very bad memory. When we were defending the Xiaoyunling position before, we suffered a great loss from the Japanese dive bombers. In fact, I still don't understand why the 12th Army is really not favored by the North China Front Command. Why are they assigned obsolete and old models?"

"But even so, we still suffered a great loss. The dozen or so dive bombers of the Japanese caused thousands of casualties. This is not my nonsense, this is the real record of the Japanese!"

Li Yunlong slapped his head heavily and replied with a red face: "Damn it, I'm so stupid that I actually forgot about this matter! If we didn't have a large amount of ground-based anti-aircraft firepower, the Japanese dive bombers would be able to knock down all our artillery positions. You know what, the Japanese dive bombers are really accurate. If we had them, there would be absolutely no problem in killing Zhu Ziming in Ping'an County."

"Before, I only thought about assassinating Zhu Ziming, but I didn't think of doing it openly and directly blowing Zhu Ziming to death in his residence. College student, your idea is very reliable. After we bomb the Japanese homeland, you should hurry up and get one out, so that Zhu Ziming, the traitor, can have a taste of the power of a dive bomber!"