Akira Muto set foot on Pukou Pier with a heavy heart.
Yes, Muto Akira came to Pukou Pier this time on the order of Shan Shanyuan. His only mission on this trip was to ensure that the 3,000 tons of military supplies that had just arrived in Pukou could be delivered to the front line safely and on schedule. It was handed over to the 9th and 13th Divisions that were fighting the Chinese Army along the Huaihe River.
This task seems very easy. Isn't it just 3,000 tons of military supplies? It only takes one military train to transport them to Fengyang at once, and the rest can be handed over to the baggage troops of the 9th and 13th Divisions. After all, Fengyang Town is less than fifty miles away from Bengbu and is under the control of the Japanese army.
However, only Akira Muto knows that this task is definitely not easy.
The biggest uncertain factor in this mission is Xu Rui’s Dameishan Independent Brigade!
Muto Akira firmly believes in what Junsi Ogawara said, no matter how overestimating Xu Rui is!
Back in Wuxi, who could have imagined that Xu Rui could lead the remnants of the temporary 79th Division to complete a shocking counterattack and overthrow the headquarters of the Tachibana Regiment in one fell swoop
Back in Baoxing, who would have thought that Xu Rui could lead a mere few hundred remnant soldiers to complete the attack on Prince Fushimi Palace in Baoxing Town under the premise that the temporary 79th Division was almost completely wiped out. A surprise attack by a special train
Back in Nantong, who would have thought that Xu Rui, with less than a battalion of troops, would stage a shocking counter-beach battle on the river beach in Nantong, annihilating the Chongteng detachment in one fell swoop. Even the captain of the detachment, Chiaki Chongteng, He also became his prisoner. Such a battle is rare in the world.
Therefore, who is sure that Xu Rui will not extend his black hands to this batch of military supplies
After all, the distance between Dameishan District and Jinpu Road is too close. The nearest straight-line distance is even less than fifty miles!
Moreover, just a few days ago, Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Brigade had just launched a surprise attack on Pucheng, annihilating all the military police brigade stationed in Pucheng, and also took away millions of kilograms of military rations stored in Pucheng, resulting in The more than 90,000 Japanese soldiers on the Huaihe River front line were almost without food. Who dared to take such a person and such a unit lightly
That's why Akira Muto took the initiative to ask Sugimoto Yuan for orders and come to Pukou to take charge of security work.
No matter what, these 3,000 tons of military supplies must be delivered to the Huaihe front line safely as scheduled.
However, Muto Akira knew that his abilities were very limited, and he was not familiar with special operations. However, Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Brigade had a small unit dedicated to special operations. In order to deal with this threat, Muto Akira specially invited An expert who is also proficient in special operations is Oluhara Junsi.
When Muto Akira and Ogawara Shunsi set foot on the Pukou Pier, an infantry brigade from the Iijima Division had already arrived and implemented martial law at the Pukou Railway Station. Except for civilians unloading goods, no other people were allowed to come within 100 meters of the pier. , if anyone dares to cross the line, he will be shot to death directly.
Muto Akira's arrival was very sudden, and all walks of life in Pukou were not notified at all.
Even Mao Peng, director of the Pukou Railway Bureau, had only received the notice ten minutes ago.
After receiving the notice, Mao Peng hurriedly took Cao Gui, the section chief of the Pukou section, and other officials from the railway bureau to greet them at the pier. When Mao Peng and Cao Gui arrived at the pier, Akira Muto had just gotten off the gunboat. .
"Thank you for your hard work, Tai Sang. You have worked hard all the way." Facing the Japanese, Mao Peng instinctively bent down.
Cao Gui, who was following Mao Peng, and a dozen officials from the Railway Bureau also nodded and bowed.
Every nation has its scum. These scum always try every possible means to discredit their motherland and belittle their compatriots. Anyone who praises their motherland is like their enemy. Anyone who wants to defend his compatriots will be immediately punished by them. They attack and curse, and then turn their backs, and then they go and lick the West, and they are even meaner than dogs.
Oluhara Junsi deeply despised the Chinese, so he ignored them at all.
But Akira Muto knew very well that it was impossible for the He tribe to conquer the Chinese nation with its own strength. If the He tribe wanted to conquer the Chinese nation, they had to learn from the Manchus to implement the strategy of using China to control China. Therefore, Akira Muto was relatively friendly towards the Chinese. It was considered moderate, and at least on the surface it gave enough respect to the officials of the Nanjing Reform Government.
"Mosang, there is no need to see anyone outside." Muto Zhang smiled and waved his hand, and said in a friendly manner, "I came to Pukou this time because I was entrusted by the Commander to inspect the security work in Pukou. You should We know that the safety of this batch of military supplies is directly related to the success or failure of the Huaihe battlefield."
"Hai, I understand." Mao Peng nodded and bowed, then turned around and said, "Tai Sang, please go this way. We have prepared tea in the station building. It is a famous local tea. Liu'an Guapian, please appreciate it, Taisang, be sure to appreciate it, hehe, please go this way."
Muto Akira didn't want to reject Mao Peng's kindness too much, so he followed.
However, Oluhara Junsi did not follow him. Instead, he took the two accompanying staff officers and started patrolling the train station. Of course, he never expected that Xu Rui and his special operations team had sneaked in, and were right next to him. Right under his nose, Oluhara Junsi's inspection focus was on the security arrangements for the train carriages.
Tamanosuke Ito and another staff officer followed Oluhara and asked as they walked forward: "Oluhara-san, do you really think Xu Rui will intercept this batch of military supplies?"
Okahara didn't answer but asked: "Ito-san, what do you think?"
"I think it is unlikely." Tamanosuke Ito said, "Because judging from past battles, Xu Rui is a smart man. If he is a smart man, he should know that the chance of intercepting this batch of supplies is very slim."
Xiao Luyuan said: "It's very slim, but that doesn't mean it's absolutely impossible, right?"
"Hai." Tamanosuke Ito said, "However, I don't think Xu Rui would make such an unwise choice."
"Unwise?" Xiao Luyuan chuckled, his face instantly turned cold, "It may not be wise for us, but it may not be wise for Xu Rui. For Xu Rui, never speculate with ordinary people's thinking, otherwise you will I regret it, because past battles have fully proven this."
Tamanosuke Ito said ferociously: "If you put it that way, I'm quite looking forward to it."
"Expectations?" Oluhara said coldly, "Ito-san, do you think the security of the military columns is impeccable?"
"Of course we can't say it's impeccable." Ito Tamanosuke shook his head, but soon changed the topic and said, "But at least, the strength of Dameishan Independent Brigade alone will never pose a threat to the safety of the military ranks. If Xu Rui really If you dare to come, you will definitely be beaten to death in front of the imperial army's iron wall!"
Okahara shook his head. He was not as optimistic as Tamanosuke Ito.
After walking around the train station platform twice, Xiaoluyuan said: "From the current point of view, the security work at the train station has been done relatively well, but this is only during the day, and there will definitely be laxity at night, so the tasks of our special team, The focus is to assist the gendarmerie in night vigilance to prevent enemy infiltration."
Tamanosuke Ito paused and said: "Understood."
As he spoke, Xiao Luyuan faintly felt as if someone was peeping at him, but when he looked back, he saw nothing, only a large group of ragged coolies sitting together to eat.
Maybe he was too nervous, Xiao Luyuan laughed to himself, turned around and left.
Not far away, when he saw Xiaoluyuan walking away, Xu Rui let out a sigh of relief. It was really dangerous just now.
Xu Rui pulled down the felt hat on his head to cover his face as much as possible. At the same time, he signaled Leng Tiefeng behind him with his eyes, and Leng Tiefeng quickly pulled down his felt hat.
"Old Xu, what's going on?" Leng Tiefeng asked in a low voice, "Why is this little devil still alive?"
"It's strange, it's impossible. I clearly hit his heart!" Xu Rui was also a little confused. Last time in Likou, he clearly hit the little devil's heart. Logically speaking, this little devil had already hit him in the heart. I can't die anymore, but the little devil in front of me is definitely the same devil from before. What's going on
Leng Tiefeng asked: "Could it be another Japs, but they just look the same?"
"No." Xu Rui said flatly, "That's the little devil from back then."
"That means you didn't hit the heart." Leng Tiefeng said, "You missed the target."
"Impossible! I definitely hit his heart." Xu Rui shook his head decisively, "In my opinion, this little devil's heart is probably on the right side, so he was lucky enough to escape." After saying this, he smiled grimly. He said again, "But this time, he won't have such good luck again."
Leng Tiefeng said: "It seems that this guy was the one who kidnapped Huang Shouyi from Shaqiao Pier."
"Most likely," Xu Rui said, "It seems that the Japs have also formed a special force, but we can't take it lightly. After returning to Dameishan this time, we must strengthen the security level of the base area."
Leng Tiefeng said: "But what should we do now? With this little Japs here, our actions will be greatly restricted. It will not be easy to figure out the security arrangements of the Japs' army."
Xu Rui was silent. With this little devil's special forces here, the actions of their special forces unit would indeed be greatly restricted. At least he and Leng Tiefeng would not be able to act at will. Otherwise, what if they accidentally meet each other? Of course, this is not fear. Even if there is a dragnet in Pukou, Xu Rui is confident enough to break through. However, this operation will only serve as a warning, and it will be impossible to intercept the Japanese military supplies later.
After a long time, Xu Rui said: "It seems that the action plan must be changed."
The original plan was to use his identity as a loader to sneak into Pukou Railway Station, then find an opportunity to lurk quietly, and then come out at night when no one was around to check the security measures of the Japanese military columns, but now the Japanese special forces are stationed here. , traveling at night is more dangerous than during the day.
This is really a plan that can't keep up with the changes. (To be continued.)