Chapter 307 Qin Yangming realizes the truth
"Damn it, damn it, how dare he threaten me?!"
Qin Yangming remained calm as he listened to what Cunkou Sanlang said, thinking of a countermeasure in his mind.
"Wait... I want Ping'an County... and I don't want the troops to suffer too many casualties. Murakuchi Saburo wants to kill the Black Mountain Bear to gain military merit... This doesn't seem to conflict."
Qin Yangming originally planned to think about it and see if he could counter-threaten, but then a light bulb went off in his head and he suddenly realized that his goal and Murakuchi Saburo's goal did not conflict at all.
He just wants the county seat of Ping'an County and wants to get Ping'an County more easily. What does it have to do with him whether Heishan Kumamoto lives or dies?
Thinking of this, Qin Yangming realized that both he and Murakuchi Saburo had fallen into a misunderstanding.
The reason why Murakuchi Saburo was unwilling to let himself bring in Kuroiyama Kumamoto was probably, in addition to the reasons Murakuchi Saburo mentioned, another reason was that he could only trade with Murakuchi Saburo and there was no other channel.
If we pull in Black Mountain Kumamoto.
At that time, maybe I could bypass Murakuchi Saburo and trade directly with Kurosan Kumamoto.
Moreover, Kumamoto Kuroi is probably not without any background as Saburo Murakuchi said. He is an extremely greedy guy.
The reason why Murakuchi Saburo tried his best to stop it was to prevent himself from having an additional trading channel within the Japanese army.
In other words, Murakuchi Saburo wanted to monopolize the transaction with Qin Yangming and leave Qin Yangming no other choice.
In this way, when Murakuchi Saburo conducts a transaction with Qin Yangming, he can set a price at will.
Qin Yangming had no other channels for comparison and could only trade at the price of Cunkou Sanlang.
Even if he was cheated, as long as Qin Yangming still wanted to do business with Murakuchi Sanlang, Qin Yangming could only hold his nose and swallow the matter.
"If that's the case, it can explain why I said that Murakuchi Saburo must kill Kuroiyama Kumamoto. He can definitely think of what I can think of... What a good plan... Even if Murakuchi Saburo doesn't trade with me, he can still trade with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
But if I don't make a deal with Murakuchi Saburo, I won't be able to find a second Japanese soldier who is willing to make a deal with the Eighth Route Army.
If I can win over Kumamoto, then I will have a second option.
This is a situation that Murakuchi Saburo doesn’t want to see… And the condition Murakuchi Saburo offered… He asked me to make a promise… Well, he also specifically asked about the special forces…
Could it be that this guy Murakuchi Saburo wants to borrow my special forces?
Special Forces? Murakuchi Saburo knew about Yamamoto's special forces, and then Yamamoto's special forces... decapitation operation? ! "
As Qin Yangming thought about it, he couldn't help but think of what Cunkou Sanlang had asked him to promise.
Exchange a promise for the county seat of Ping'an County.
Although Qin Yangming used the words that the regulations of the Eighth Route Army must not be violated to stop Sanlang from doing anything bad to the Eighth Route Army in advance.
But then Qin Yangming remembered that Murakuchi Saburo had asked about the special forces more than once, and even mentioned Yamamoto's special forces.
Originally, Qin Yangming thought that Murakuchi Saburo was just curious when he saw Duan Peng and the others, and then subconsciously compared his special forces team with Yamamoto's special forces team, so he didn't take it seriously.
But now, putting together all the words that Murakuchi Saburo had said, Qin Yangming felt that he seemed to have guessed what Murakuchi Saburo had asked him to agree to.
If Saburo Murakuchi wanted to borrow his special forces to help Saburo Murakuchi kill a few competitors or something.
In this situation, he was forced to kill a few Japanese soldiers, or even a few high-ranking Japanese officials.
This kind of request really does not violate the regulations of the Eighth Route Army.
Even Qin Yangming had no reason to object.
Kill the Japanese, or kill their high-ranking officials.
Why did he refuse?
“No wonder Murakuchi Saburo was so sure that I would definitely agree to his conditions… It turns out that he wanted to use me to kill his competitor.
By killing his competitors, he will no longer have any competitors, and he can also kill a few high-ranking Japanese officials. It is also a win-win situation.
Even if we kill off the rivals of Murakuchi Saburo and let Murakuchi Saburo take the top position, or if someone from Murakuchi Saburo's faction takes the top position, it would be a good thing for our Eighth Route Army."
Thinking of this possibility, Qin Yangming also understood why Murakuchi Saburo was so sure at the beginning that he would definitely agree to his conditions and was not worried at all that he would go back on his word.
If this is the case, then Qin Yangming will not regret it.
Although they are all Japanese devils, it is obvious that the increasing number of Japanese devils like Murakuchi Saburo in the Japanese army will definitely be more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army.
If all the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi were people like Murakuchi Saburo.
Apart from anything else, the pressure on the Eighth Route Army will be greatly reduced.
For people like Murakuchi Saburo, as long as it does not affect their interests too much, they will not care at all.
As long as they can make money and stay alive, they don't care whether they win or lose the war.
Especially under the circumstances where the Japanese troops discriminated against Osaka soldiers so much, if Murakuchi Saburo and others were willing, then the Eighth Route Army could support Murakuchi Saburo and others to lead their troops directly into the North China Command and re-establish a North China Command.
Even if people like Murakuchi Saburo are willing to turn against their own side in the middle of a battle... then the Eighth Route Army is not unable to help people like Murakuchi Saburo and bring their troops back to their base camp.
After all, it's not that Murakuchi Saburo and others can't do this kind of thing.
As long as the benefits are there, Murakuchi Saburo and others will definitely sell their locusts without hesitation.
Of course, this is just Qin Yangming's own fantasy.
In reality this simply doesn't work.
The Osaka Division, the real backer of Murakuchi Saburo and others, is indeed very powerful.
But they were not strong enough to allow them to ignore the remaining Japanese troops.
Otherwise, the Osaka Division would not have been mobilized everywhere.
If the Osaka Division had the strength of the Japanese Kwantung Army, it would be possible. But unfortunately, the Osaka Division was only a division. The Osaka Division had tried its best to protect itself, so how could it have any extra strength to protect Osaka people like Murakuchi Saburo who were in other troops?
Otherwise, Murakuchi Saburo would not have taken such a big risk and tried so hard to set up an Osaka Brigade in the First Army.
"Osaka Brigade...Muraguchi Saburo must have a major general-level officer in the Japanese North China Front Command... Otherwise, even if Muraguchi Saburo really created an Osaka Regiment, without the leadership of a suitable general officer, Muraguchi Saburo would not have the ability to create an Osaka Brigade.
The commander of a brigade must be a major general at least... Qingquan Muyi has just been promoted to colonel, it is impossible for him to jump to major general, and there are not enough merits here to allow Qingquan Muyi to become a major general.
If Murakuchi Saburo had that ability, he would have become a colonel long ago. Why did the merger go to so much trouble to push Kiyozumi Kiichi to the position?
Major General... but a major general without real power.
As for Iwamatsu Yoshio... Although we defeated a group of Japanese officers last time, according to the information the brigade commander received, those officers were sent by the old Japanese, Iwamatsu Yoshio.
The only major general was that guy called Hattori something.
The others were just some lieutenants and lieutenants.
Now, Saburo Murakuchi has found a way to push Kiyozumi Kiichi to the position of colonel.
So even if Yoshio Iwamatsu came, what would be lacking would only be some middle-level officers, not generals.
In other words, there won't be too many transfers of top officers.
When the major general behind Murakuchi Saburo came over, with this relationship and so many vacancies, even if Murakuchi Saburo had competitors, with so many positions and Murakuchi Saburo himself having so many backers, it would be no problem for him to be a colonel.
The problem with those competitors is not that big, I can't see... Damn, this guy Murakuchi Saburo is not going to want me to kill those other generals, right? That competitor is not Murakuchi Saburo's competitor, but the competitor of the major general behind him? ! "
Qin Yangming was originally still wondering what kind of competitor Murakuchi Sanlang had that would make him take action.
But when you think about it, Murakuchi Saburo has connections, background, merits, qualifications, and education.
If Murakuchi Saburo wants to get promoted, it is a natural thing. He doesn't need any help from anyone except his competitors. Even whether Murakuchi Saburo himself has any competitors is another matter.
If the person's level is lower than that of Murakuchi Saburo, then Murakuchi Saburo can handle it himself and there is no need to trouble himself.
Even if Saburo Murakuchi was promoted this time, he would only be a lieutenant colonel.
The rank of his rival was at most Lieutenant Colonel.
But according to what Saburo Murakuchi said, perhaps all the lieutenant colonel officers of the entire North China Front Army of the Japanese devils do not have as extensive connections as Saburo Murakuchi.
Besides, it is not worth it no matter how you look at it to exchange the life of one or two competitors of the lieutenant colonel level for a Ping'an County.
It is obvious that Murakuchi Saburo is a man who cannot afford to suffer a loss and is a guy who will try every means to make huge profits.
If you cooperate with Murakuchi Saburo, he may make you earn a lot and will never let you lose money.
However, Murakuchi Saburo can definitely earn more than you, even several times more than you earn.
After such a comparison.
Qin Yangming could only think that the man behind him, Murakuchi Saburo, was planning to use his special forces to help his backer, the major general-level Japanese soldier, to attack his competitors.
If you can’t defeat your opponents in normal competition, just use your own hands to physically eliminate them.
If the person who backed Samurai Cunkou was one of the top leaders in the Japanese army, then Qin Yangming would only need to kill the people above Samurai Cunkou's backer.
Before the new senior military officers came, the person who supported Murakuchi Saburo was the head of the army.
In other words, Murakuchi Saburo was most likely planning to wait for Iwamatsu Yoshio to come and ask him to help kill the generals of the Japanese First Army that was reorganized by Iwamatsu Yoshio.
Even Iwamatsu Yoshio was killed.
By then, the entire Shanxi First Army will only have the major general-level supporter, Murakuchi Saburo.
Before the new commander of the Japanese First Army arrived, the major general was the nominal head of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
The entire Shanxi First Army of the Japanese had to obey the orders of the major general who was the backer of Murakuchi Saburo.
At this time, the major general Saburo Murakuchi's backer could use this brief window of opportunity to gather the Osaka troops in the First Army and quickly form the Osaka Brigade.
As long as the troops are gathered together, even if the commander sent by the Japanese North China Front Army does not recognize this brigade, or is even unwilling to give it a number.
But they had to acknowledge the incident, and even proactively report it to the North China Front Army Headquarters, helping Murakuchi Saburo and others to get a brigade number.
After all, they have already gathered their troops, and it is possible that the troops will directly take over the entire defense of Taiyuan.
Don't you agree?
That night, the Japanese's Taiyuan headquarters caught fire, and the next day's newspaper headline was "The Japanese's new commander of the Shanxi First Army was burned to death in a fire at the headquarters on the day he took office."
Even being shot six times in the back and then committing suicide is not impossible.
As for mobilizing troops to confront the Osaka Brigade head-on.
Haha, by then, Murakuchi Saburo will only need to give up some of his interests, or even not need to give up any interests.
As long as the Japanese North China Front Army had this idea, the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would have to start mobilizing that day.
As long as the Japanese North China Front Army mobilizes its troops to attack the Osaka Brigade, the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will definitely not mind being a fisherman. After the North China Front Army and the Osaka Brigade fight, they will take advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters and directly wipe out the First Army, or even get out of Shanxi.
Since Saburo Murakuchi dared to form the Osaka Brigade, the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Brigade must be among the best, and it is definitely not an independent garrison brigade.
If the major general backer of Murakuchi Saburo had been bolder, there would be more Osaka soldiers in the First Army.
The major general has more people to rely on.
They can even create a new Osaka Division.
When the Japanese North China Front Army faced this situation, what else could they do except accept it with a pinch of their nose?
And if Saburo Murakuchi really asked his special forces to help kill all those newly appointed senior Japanese officers.
Then Qin Yangming would definitely lead the special forces to kill the new commander of the Japanese First Army and other senior officers, and at the same time let the Eighth Route Army seize this window of opportunity to give the Japanese a severe blow, thus setting off another war!
(End of this chapter)
