Chapter 257: The bold Murakuchi Saburo's idea of establishing the Osaka Brigade
"Muraguchi-kun, is there any other way to contact the Eighth Route Army?"
In the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold.
After receiving the news that he was transferred to Ping'an County as the team leader, Qingquan Muyi did not feel any joy in his heart.
Logically speaking, Qingquan Muyi was promoted from a squadron leader to a captain, and the promotion of position should make people very happy.
But at this moment, facing the fact that he was about to be promoted, Qingquan Muyi not only did not feel any joy in his heart, but was also full of worries.
There was no other reason. Qingquan Muyi resold a large amount of supplies when he was in Chiyang Town. Basically, all the warehouses in Chiyang Town were sold to the Eighth Route Army by Qingquan Muyi for various reasons.
They even carried out destructive excavations on the mines. A large amount of gold ore was dug out and then refined into gold. In the end, there were not enough people, so Qingquan Muyi directly traded with the nearby Eighth Route Army.
A group of troops were borrowed from the Eighth Route Army and disguised as young and strong men to mine ore together.
The Eighth Route Army wanted copper mines, while Qingquan Muyi wanted gold mines.
Originally, Qingquan Muyi planned to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in another battle when the time came to hand over the ore.
Then let the Eighth Route Army launch a fierce attack on the mineral resources, or directly let the Eighth Route Army attack the transport team.
In this case, we can just report that all the ore has been stolen by the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, Qingquan Muyi never expected that the Eighth Route Army launched a major battle in the Shangdang area and directly wiped out the 4th Brigade.
Neither the Shanxi First Army Command nor the North China Front Army Command took the responsibility for the complete annihilation of the Fourth Brigade. Instead, they directly put the blame on the intelligence department.
Then Qingquan Muyi and the others were in trouble.
The large radio station they used to communicate with the Eighth Route Army was located in the intelligence department.
The intelligence department was blamed and the officer in charge of contacting the Eighth Route Army was directly dismissed. In order to prevent the news of their contact with the Eighth Route Army from leaking out, the officer committed suicide by detonating a grenade in the telegraph room, blowing up himself and the radio station.
Pretending to be wronged, he committed suicide to show his determination.
Although it seems that the intelligence officer committed suicide because he was wrongly accused.
But Qingquan Muyi and others knew that the guy was worried that their secret contacts with the Eighth Route Army and even the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would be leaked, which would lead to everyone being purged.
In addition, because the blame for the annihilation of the 4th Brigade fell on their intelligence department, he would not be able to survive. In order to make his life more valuable, the officer detonated the grenade, and then destroyed himself along with the radio station.
Although the evidence of connection with the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has been dealt with.
But that was only the paper evidence that was dealt with, the substantive evidence has not been destroyed.
The weapons, equipment and even minerals that they had sold to the Eighth Route Army were real.
Especially this guy Qingquan Muyi, who tasted the sweetness when he first traded with the Eighth Route Army, and became a little unscrupulous afterwards.
In addition to trading with the Eighth Route Army, he was even bolder than to take the wounded of the Eighth Route Army to the hospital in the mine for treatment.
In order to embezzle the military funds of the Imperial Army issued by the higher authorities, he wanted to directly send the Eighth Route Army to the mine to serve as the Imperial Army.
The Eighth Route Army wanted weapons and equipment, and then he wanted military funds.
It's a win-win situation for both parties, only the headquarters is losing.
Under normal circumstances, Qingquan Muyi was ready to wait for an accident at the mine and then put the blame on the Imperial Army. In this way, nothing would happen to him and he would just be scolded at most.
However, Qingquan Muyi never expected that the commander of Ping'an County was discovered for corruption and was directly dismissed and investigated, and he was directly transferred to Ping'an County as the new commander because of his superior's recommendation.
The speed was so fast that there was no time to contact the Eighth Route Army. He was sent directly to Taiyuan.
After arriving at Xiaocaozhuang and reuniting with his assigned adjutant, Murakuchi Saburo, Qingquan Muyi felt as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw. He quickly began to ask Murakuchi Saburo if there was any good way to contact the Eighth Route Army again and let the Eighth Route Army in Chiyang Town take action quickly to directly destroy the entire mine.
Anyway, all his people have been taken away. Chiyang Town will replace the troops and change defenses later. Since they are not his people, the Eighth Route Army will be fine no matter how they fight.
At this moment, after learning about Kiyozumi Kiichi's amazing move, Murakuchi Saburo was completely shocked.
Use the weapons and equipment given to the Imperial Army by the Locust Army to train the Eighth Route Army to become the Imperial Army.
Saburo Murakuchi was wondering why he had not thought of such an operation before?
Doesn’t the Eighth Route Army lack weapons and equipment?
Okay, come and join the Imperial Army. When the time comes, all the weapons and equipment will be given to you, and the military funds will belong to me. When something happens, you just cooperate with me, fight the bandits, arrest the bullies, and everyone can get an explanation.
If you want to attack the county town and the stronghold, OK, name a price. If the price is right, I will give you the stronghold and the county town immediately...
At this moment, although Murakuchi Saburo was shocked at how Kiyozumi Muichi could come up with so many ways to make money, he also panicked when he realized that Kiyozumi Muichi had not yet cleaned up his mess.
Qingquan Muyi is not a small soldier, but a lieutenant colonel, a mid-level officer. In their group, his position is not small, and he will soon be able to command a battalion of troops.
Originally, Murakuchi Saburo and others had planned to promote Kiyozumi Kiichi to the rank of colonel, and then they would set up an Osaka Brigade within the First Army so that everyone could unite again.
In order to push Kiyozumi Kiichi to the rank of colonel, Murakuchi Saburo directly reported the commander of Heian County.
That’s right, the military officer in Ping’an County was reported by Murakuchi Saburo.
"Qingquan-kun...you are in a bit of trouble...
I was the one who reported the commander of Ping'an County, and it was also our idea to transfer you to Ping'an County as the commander..."
After listening to the information spoken by Murakuchi Saburo, Qingquan Muyi was stunned for a moment, looked around, and whispered.
"Murakou-kun, what do you mean? I left a lot of things in Chiyang Town. If I were discovered, I would be in trouble. But you can rest assured, Murakou-kun, if you ask me to accept the investigation, I will commit suicide immediately and will never cause trouble to you.
But why did you report the commander of Ping'an County? And why didn't you warn me in advance? "
Murakuchi Saburo rubbed his eyes helplessly and spoke.
"It's because the Eighth Route Army completely wiped out the Fourth Brigade in the Shangdang area.
The Eighth Route Army wiped out the Fourth Brigade without even telling us. We didn't expect the headquarters to be so shameless and put the blame on the intelligence department. Colonel Chidori was the unlucky person directly responsible. In order not to get involved in more things, Colonel Chidori had to blow himself and the radio station up as soon as possible.
After I got the news, it was too late...
Originally, according to the ideas of Colonel Chidori and Colonel Asai, they planned to select another lieutenant colonel, and then make a deal with the Eighth Route Army in the Shangdang area, exchange with the Eighth Route Army, and finally push the lieutenant colonel to the position of colonel.
After screening, only you, Qingquanjun, are the most suitable. You were originally the captain, but you were sent to the Chiyang Town Mine because of the failure in the battle.
But we didn't expect you to be called a tough warrior.
Colonel Chidori and Colonel Asai planned to use your reputation as a tough samurai to re-promote you to the position of captain, and finally Colonel Asai would recommend you, and after you accumulated enough merits, he would make you a colonel.
In this way, we will be able to gather the strength of three regiments in the First Army.
Later, after Yoshio Iwamatsu comes to replace Yoshio Shinozuka's position, Major General Sato will come over. At that time, we will find a way to gather all three regiments under Major General Sato and form a new brigade.
In this way, a new Osaka Brigade will appear under the First Army.
By then, we will have enough troops at hand, which will not only make it easier to do business, but also safer. Even if the higher-ups send people to investigate, we can contact the Eighth Route Army and have them destroy the investigation team halfway, or we can do it ourselves and destroy the investigation team."
After hearing the information spoken by Murakuchi Saburo, Qingquan Muyi was also greatly shocked.
He knew that the people of Osaka were brave, but he didn't expect that Murakuchi Saburo and others were so brave that they planned to set up another Osaka Brigade within the First Army!
Qingquan Muyi estimated that there were not many suitable officers in the First Army, otherwise, Murakuchi Saburo and others would definitely want to set up another Osaka Division!
In fact, Qingquan Muyi’s idea was good.
Saburo Murakuchi and others originally planned to create a new Osaka Division.
But the highest-ranking officer on their side is only a deputy chief of staff, a major general, and he was not promoted based on his military achievements.
If you want to set up a division, you must first have a lieutenant general division commander. There are only so many positions for lieutenant general division commanders. Now that the expansion of the troops has been completed, if you want to become a new lieutenant general, then the old lieutenant general must die to make room.
Although Murakuchi Saburo and his men were brave, they were not brave enough to murder a lieutenant general division commander.
If they tried to murder the lieutenant general division commander, that would be tantamount to rebellion.
The 4th Division was not nearby. If anything happened to them, they could only counterattack with the one regiment they already had complete control over, and there was no way they could stop the counter-insurgency troops above.
If the Osaka Division was still around, they would have the courage, but the division commander would definitely not agree to them taking action against other lieutenant general division commanders.
After all, if they can take action against other lieutenant general division commanders, then others can also take action against the lieutenant general division commander of the Osaka Division.
By then, their Osaka Division will become the target of public criticism.
Not worth the candle.
Although it is difficult to reproduce an Osaka Division, it is much easier to reproduce an Osaka Brigade.
Just as Saburo Murakuchi said, one of them was a major general following behind Yoshio Iwamatsu, but he had no real power.
When the time comes and we find a way to allow Major General Sato to gain real power and lead the troops, the Osaka Brigade will immediately reappear.
The plan was originally going very smoothly, but unexpectedly the Eighth Route Army wiped out the 4th Brigade.
The turmoil caused by the annihilation of the 4th Brigade affected them, causing their highest-ranking officer in the intelligence department to be forced to commit suicide.
The large radio station used to contact the Eighth Route Army was also destroyed, and the code book in the colonel's mind also disappeared.
This resulted in them being cut off from the Eighth Route Army, and it became extremely difficult to reestablish contact.
After all, if you want to communicate over long distances, large radio stations are essential, and there are a limited number of large radio stations, all of which are supervised by the intelligence department.
The colonel in their intelligence department happened to be in charge of this matter. Now that the other party was forced to commit suicide, it meant that he would definitely be replaced later. At that time, it would become very difficult to contact the Eighth Route Army again.
When Qingquan Muyi saw Murakuchi Saburo rubbing his head, he thought of the commander who was reported in Ping'an County and asked curiously.
"Muraguchi-kun, what's going on with the commander in Ping'an County? Is he one of ours? Or what?"
"No, no, the commander in Ping'an County is not one of ours, but that old fellow Yansong Yixiong's. That idiot is an idiot himself. He sells everything and everyone without doing any investigation first and finishing the job.
As a result, that guy sold the weapons to the intelligence department, and the person who bought the weapons happened to be one of our people, so we decided to drive that guy away and make room for you.
I originally planned to promote you in Chiyang Town, but the situation was urgent and such a good opportunity could not be wasted, so I recommended you.
But I didn't expect that you haven't wiped your butt yet, which has caused big trouble.
If we can still keep in touch with the Eighth Route Army, we can contact them immediately and ask them to help clean up the mess.
As a result, now that the radio station is gone, we have no way of contacting the Eighth Route Army..."
When Saburo Murakuchi thought about what happened to Kiyozumi Muichi, his head was overwhelmed.
He followed Qingquan Muyi here this time, also preparing for promotion. When Qingquan Muyi becomes a colonel, then she can also become a lieutenant colonel, which is a natural thing.
Unexpectedly, Qingquanmu had a lot of things under his belt.
This time, not only will he not be promoted, but he and Qingquan Muyi will also have to go to the gendarmerie.
Thinking of this, Murakuchi Saburo felt a bit of a headache.
"Munkou-kun, how about I send a few people to take a risk and go to Fu'an County?
There are Eighth Route Army in Fu'an County, maybe we can contact them?"
"If you don't know the Eighth Route Army, how did you get in touch with them?
If they contacted the spies sent by the Special High Section to the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't that be an incrimination?"
"How about trying the radio here? I also have a radio here..."
(End of this chapter)
