Chapter 274: Qin Yangming, who was trying to gather information and get the Japanese to kill Amelica early
Thinking of these things, Qin Yangming also wanted to find out from Sanlang at the entrance of the village about what their base camp was thinking.
I want to see if the Japanese are planning to march into Southeast Asia ahead of time and drag America into the war in advance.
Although he is just a small group leader now, it does not prevent Qin Yangming from understanding the relevant information.
America entered the war early, and the Japanese invaders marched into Southeast Asia early.
America's early entry into the war would not only attract a large amount of Japanese attention, but also the Japanese would have to withdraw a large number of ground forces from the Chinese battlefield when they launched an attack on Southeast Asia.
If America entered the war early, then she would not be facing the half-crippled Japanese, but the Japanese who still had most of their strength.
In this case, the resources consumed by America will be even greater.
Although considering America's current size, the impact of consuming more resources is not very large, there will still be some impact.
Qin Yangming didn't expect the Japanese to wear down America to death, but he also wanted America to consume more resources. If America consumed more resources on the Japanese now, then she would have fewer resources to use when targeting China later...even a little bit less would be fine.
If the Japanese headquarters is still hesitating whether to launch an attack on Southeast Asia.
Then Qin Yangming would find a way to help the Eighth Route Army win another great victory and put the Japanese army into a stalemate.
By that time, the Japanese headquarters will see that the army's plan has no chance of success.
Then the Japanese headquarters will definitely change their minds.
Even if some people in the Japanese headquarters do not want to change, the Japanese navy will force them to change.
Qin Yangming was well aware of the Japanese's land and sea conflicts.
The Japanese army has always hoped that the army would not continue to launch large-scale battles on the Chinese battlefield, hoping to maintain the current situation.
Then they would withdraw the troops to attack Southeast Asia, plunder resources from the region which was richer in oil resources, and then build a navy on a large scale, although the Japanese did attach great importance to the navy.
But who would complain about getting too much?
The Japanese navy believed that apart from Manchuria, which had great value, other places in China were not as good as Southeast Asia.
What if the Japanese army has been in a state of defeat on the Chinese battlefield, or is unable to obtain sufficient resources?
Then the Japanese navy will definitely ask the army to stop the attack and change the direction of the attack to Southeast Asia.
Qin Yangming even thought about what the Japanese navy would say at the meeting.
"The Army's plan must be stopped. The army on the Chinese battlefield must not start any new large-scale battles and must conserve resources.
On the southern battlefield, the army was unable to further expand its victory, while the controlled north, especially North China, was unable to eliminate the Eighth Route Army and was instead turned upside down by the Eighth Route Army.
The Army's idiots must stop their operations on the Chinese battlefield and concentrate their forces on stabilizing law and order in the occupied areas and maintaining the status quo.
The rest of the troops will cooperate with the navy to attack Southeast Asia from the south. After conquering Southeast Asia, they will completely cut off China's external supplies, and then launch an attack on China from Southeast Asia from the north...
In short, the actions of the army's idiots on the Chinese battlefield must be stopped now!"
Qin Yangming believed that as long as he could inflict a severe blow on the Japanese army, the Japanese army would suffer another defeat in a large-scale battle.
By then, the Japanese navy will definitely find ways to continue to prevent the army from launching a new round of attacks.
After all, the war had been going on for so long, and the army had achieved a lot of results, but the navy had made no progress at all.
Faced with this situation, how could the Japanese navy tolerate the army continuing to launch wars to gain military merit?
Without sufficient military merit, how can the navy compete with the army for the limited military funds?
Without sufficient military funding, how can the navy build more warships and recruit more soldiers?
Without warships and soldiers, how can we improve the strength of the navy?
Without sufficient strength, how can the Japanese navy continue to keep the damn army under their feet?
In short, the Japanese navy would rather lose one thousand of its own than let the army lose eight hundred.
The navy will use every possible means to inflict a defeat on the army, except for not being able to directly use the warships' cannons to target the army.
Including but not limited to refusing to provide artillery support to the Army and refusing to help the Army transport troops.
This also forced the Japanese army to use its meager military budget and a small share of steel to build warships for the army.
The navy did not cooperate with the army in combat, and similarly, the Japanese army was extremely uncooperative with the navy's various requests.
This also forced the navy to use its own military funds and steel to form the Marine Corps and build tanks.
The army builds warships, the navy builds tanks…
Yes, that's right, the Japanese navy and army are so weird... If they didn't have an independent air force, Qin Yangming estimated that the three branches of the Japanese army would directly form a three-way confrontation, and no one would submit to the other.
Thinking of these situations, Qin Yangming looked at Sanlang at the entrance of the village.
"Muraguchi-kun, Kiyozumi-kun, I wonder where the Osaka Division will be transferred to later? Do you know?"
"The Osaka Division is currently fighting in the south. If we continue...
Wait, Mr. Qin, although we are friends... but there is an old Chinese saying that brothers should settle accounts clearly.
Mr. Qin, we have a friendship, but what you are asking about the transfer of the Osaka Division is intelligence.
The information about the movement of an entire division is confidential information. Mr. Qin, even if we want to sell this information to Chongqing, it can be sold at a very high price."
Hearing Qin Yangming's question, Murakuchi Saburo subconsciously wanted to tell Qin Yangming what he knew, but he immediately reacted.
The Osaka Division's mobilization information is a commodity called intelligence, and it is a very valuable commodity at that.
Naturally, Murakuchi Saburo didn't want to tell Qin Yangming this kind of information for free.
When Qin Yangming looked at Sanlang at the entrance of the village, his eyes widened.
“No, this guy is a major?!
How the hell did they know about the entire Osaka Division's mobilization information? !
The Osaka Division was clearly part of the Southern Front Army under the Japanese's China Expeditionary Army.
And isn’t this guy Saburo Murakuchi in the North China Front Army?
How could he know the deployment information of the Osaka Division? He actually knew this information! "
At first, Qin Yangming just thought that Murakuchi Saburo had collected a lot of information, so he planned to ask Murakuchi Saburo what information he knew, and then analyze the information based on what Murakuchi Saburo knew to get the information he wanted.
For example, how much supplies were transported from North China to the south, how much supplies were transported...if the amount of supplies transported was still a lot.
That means the Japanese's thinking has not changed and their eyes are still on the Chinese battlefield.
If the amount of supplies being transported begins to decrease, it means that the Japanese's attention has begun to shift and their ideas have begun to change.
Or he might want to ask Saburo Murakuchi whether the news sent to him by his companions who are still in the Osaka Division contains any information about the recent situation of the Osaka Division.
If the Osaka Division is still preparing for battle, it means that the Japanese have not given up the South.
If the Osaka Division had stopped fighting, started to rest, or even prepared to retreat secretly, then the situation was beyond description. It must be that the battle was about to fail and they were preparing to flee.
Originally, Qin Yangming just wanted to get this information out of Sanlang at the entrance of the village.
Unexpectedly, Murakuchi Saburo actually knew information about the Osaka Division’s mobilization!
Since Murakuchi Saburo said that this was an intelligence transaction, it must be real intelligence.
I won't deceive Qin Yangming.
Murakuchi Saburo still has some credibility with Qin Yangming. According to the brigade commander, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi would sell supplies or intelligence to the Eighth Route Army as long as they agreed to the Eighth Route Army's requests.
Except for being a little expensive, everything else is very good.
In fact, Saburo Murakuchi actually knew about the transfer of the Osaka Division.
Although Saburo Murakuchi didn't know why Qin Yangming was concerned about the transfer of the Osaka Division.
But as a businessman, Murakuchi Saburo naturally wanted to use this information to gain some benefits.
“Mr. Qin, no matter where the Osaka Division is transferred to, it will have no impact on your army.
If it was transferred to the North China Front Army.
Then it will be beneficial to your army.
At least our Osaka Division doesn't like fighting.
Even if the Osaka Division was forcibly ordered to launch a mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army.
We can also contact each other at that time and everyone can make preparations.
Maybe we can even conduct transactions through raids..."
Saburo Murakuchi was somewhat curious as to why Qin Yangming wanted to know about the Osaka Division's mobilization.
I thought Qin Yangming was worried that the Osaka Division would be transferred to the North China Front Army, which would be detrimental to the Eighth Route Army.
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is there.
However, Saburo Murakuchi knew that the Osaka Division could not be transferred to the North China Front Army.
Moreover, after all that he had just explained, it was impossible for Qin Yangming to analyze that the Osaka Division could not be transferred to the North China Front Army.
So I spoke tentatively.
I want to see why Qin Yangming wants to find out the news about the Osaka Division.
See if you want to obtain this information and then sell it to Shancheng.
Now the main forces in the south are those from Shancheng, and the troops on the front battlefield are basically from Shancheng.
The Eighth Route Army wanted this information, but apart from selling it to Shancheng, it was of no use to anyone else.
Even the Eighth Route Army's New Fourth Army in the south was located behind enemy lines.
“Muraguchi-kun, stop guessing. I just want to know the mobilization information of the Osaka Division, and then analyze the battle in the south to see how long it will last...how long it will last, and who will win.
I don't mean anything else. After all, the Osaka Division is not in North China, and the intelligence of the Osaka Division is not very useful to our Eighth Route Army. At most, we can resell the intelligence to the troops in Shancheng."
Seeing that Murakuchi Saburo was looking at him with confusion, Qin Yangming shrugged his shoulders to show that he had no interest.
"Oh, I see. I thought Mr. Qin was worried that the Osaka Division would be transferred to North China and wanted to prepare for it... Mr. Qin, let's put it this way. If you want to know the intelligence of the Osaka Division.
As long as you agree to attack Heian County according to my plan, I will tell you the information about the Osaka Division for free, how about it? "
Murakuchi Saburo listened to Qin Yangming's words and subconsciously put forward his own request.
If Qin Yangming was willing to act according to his plan, then he would be able to tell Qin Yangming the relevant information about the Osaka Division's mobilization.
Anyway, that information is very important to those who need it.
But for the Eighth Route Army, that's it.
"Muraguchi-kun, I'm really curious, why are you so unwilling to contact Black Mountain Kumamoto?"
“Forget it, Murakuchi-kun, you should answer my new question first.
You are just a major, how do you know the information about the Osaka Division?"
Qin Yangming thought that it would be difficult for Saburo Murakuchi to explain why he was unwilling to contact Kurosan Kumamoto, so he changed the topic and asked Saburo Murakuchi why he knew about the Osaka Division.
This is really strange. If a major is compared with the military rank in China, a major is equivalent to a major, or at most a battalion commander.
It is equivalent to a battalion commander among local warlords.
Then this battalion commander actually knew the troop mobilization information of the most powerful army in the Central Army.
This is so incredible.
Judging from Murakuchi Saburo's appearance, it is obvious that his age is not much different from Kiyozumi Kiichi.
If there was some big shot behind Murakuchi Saburo, then he wouldn't be a major at this age, and he wouldn't come out in person to trade with the Eighth Route Army.
In this kind of transaction, those who personally participate in the transaction often deal with cars that look important but can actually be abandoned at any time to save the driver.
If there really was some big shot behind Murakuchi Saburo, then he would definitely not do such a risky thing.
When doing this, you not only need to worry about whether the other party will rob you, but also whether you will be discovered by your own people.
If an accident occurs, Qin Yangming has no idea whether the person behind Murakuchi Saburo has been involved.
But as the person who did the direct transaction, Murakuchi Saburo will definitely not be able to escape.
In particular, Murakuchi Saburo sold weapons, puppet troops, and land.
If these things were investigated by the Japanese, Murakuchi Saburo would definitely be killed.
In order to protect themselves from being dragged into the water, the people above Murakuchi Saburo would certainly cut off the line with Murakuchi Saburo and force him to commit suicide.
After all, there is always a risk of leakage with living people, and only the dead can keep secrets forever.
(End of this chapter)
