Xu Rui's caution was justified. When the loaders were busy until early in the morning and left one after another, Pukou Railway Station implemented the highest level of martial law. Every hiding corner was carefully searched by the Japanese military police. If Xu Rui still insisted on the original plan. Unless he knew the invisibility technique, he would have to be discovered by the Japanese.
Out of distrust of the Chinese, even everyone from the Pukou Railway Bureau, including Mao Peng and Cao Gui, was forcibly driven into the station building by the Japanese military police, and they were strictly prohibited from entering or exiting at will.
With everything in place, Akira Muto finally walked out of the train station lounge.
When Muto Akira walked out of the station building of Ukou Railway Station, he found Ogawara Shunsi and Ito Tamanosuke already standing on the steps of the gate like javelins.
Seeing Akira Muto come out, Okahara and Tamanosuke Ito put their feet back and stood at attention at the same time.
Muto Akira took out his pocket watch from his jacket pocket and looked at the time, and then said quietly: "It's almost time."
Oluhara immediately paused and said: "Muto-san, everything is ready, just waiting for your order."
"Yoshi." Muto Zhang nodded happily and asked again, "By the way, have the security work been arranged? This is top secret, and no trace of it must be leaked."
Ito Tamanosuke paused and said: "Chief of Staff, please rest assured that all security forces are in place. Not even a fly can get close, not to mention the Chinese."
"Yoshi, let's start." Muto Zhang finally felt relieved.
Oluhara Junsi turned around and waved, and the Japanese engineers who had been waiting for a long time immediately moved into action. Most of these Japanese engineers held tools or steel plates in their hands to modify the three trains parked on the platform.
For the safety of military supplies, the carriages of this military train are fully enclosed. However, the thickness of the carriage's iron sheet is limited and is not enough to withstand rifle bullets. Therefore, if one of the carriages is to be transformed into a fortress, steel plates must be used from it. The interior is specially reinforced and shooting holes are left.
And this is Oluhara Junsi's plan.
Watching the engineers working there, Toshiro Ogawara said to Akira Muto: "Muto-san, the reinforced armored carriages can withstand the fire of machine guns with a caliber of less than 2 omm. The China Army does not have combat anti-aircraft guns and only relies on rifles. Or mortars can’t attack such armored carriages.”
"Yoshi." Muto Zhang nodded happily and asked, "Is the armored carriage's firepower enough?"
Okahara Junsi said with a grin: "Muto-san, don't worry, there are six Type 92 heavy machine guns placed in each armored carriage, three on each side, which is enough to weave a firepower network on the left and right sides of the carriage without any blind spots." , and such three armored carriages, one at the front and one in the middle, are enough to ensure the safety of the entire military column."
Tamanosuke Ito also smiled ferociously: "What's more important is that the China Army didn't even know that there were three armored carriages like this. When they tried their best to stop the train, and when they approached the train excitedly and prepared to receive the fruits of victory, The shooting holes in the front, rear, and middle carriages suddenly opened, and then, puff puff..."
Tamanosuke Ito has good ventriloquism skills, and the simulated sound of heavy machine gun fire is very similar.
"Yo Xi." Muto Zhang nodded happily, "By then, all the Chinese army will be dead."
Oluhara Junsi smiled slightly and added: "Of course, in order to completely confuse the Chinese people, we still need to set up sentries and machine gun nests on the top of the military train section and the last section of the train, so that when the Chinese people try to intercept the armored train, , you will relax your vigilance, and the three hidden armored carriages will be even more effective."
Muto Zhang said: "Well, in this case, everything will be foolproof."
"No, it can't be said to be foolproof." Oluhara Junsi shook his head and said, "If the opponent this time is the ordinary National Army, this arrangement can indeed be considered foolproof, but this time we My opponent is Xu Rui, so this arrangement may not be enough, at least it cannot be said to be foolproof."
Muto Akira said: "So, more arrangements are needed?"
"Hai." Xiaoluyuan Junsi paused heavily and then said, "It is impossible to overestimate Xu Rui. We must make a contingency plan in case the armored carriage is discovered. If Xu Rui discovers the armored carriage, and there is a plan in advance Without preparedness, the existence of the armored carriage at this time can only buy us two hours at most."
"Two hours?" Muto Akira asked, "How was this time calculated?"
Ogawara Junsi said: "If the Chinese army launches continuous attacks, the ammunition reserves in the armored carriages can only last for two hours at most."
"Continuously launch strong attacks." Muto Zhang frowned and asked, "How many troops does the China Army have?"
"This is just the worst-case scenario." Oluhara Junsi said, "The Chinese Army may not have that many troops to sustain a two-hour continuous attack, but we must prepare for the best-worst scenario. Therefore, in addition to the three armored carriages, In addition, a quick reaction force must be prepared in Pukou and Fengyang Town."
"Quick reaction force?" Akira Muto asked, "What kind of force is this?"
Ogahara Junsi said: "The so-called quick reaction force refers to a force that can quickly assemble, dispatch quickly, and rush to the designated location after receiving an order. In order to improve mobility as much as possible, these two forces The scale should not be large, but it should not be too small either. A large team size is the best."
Arrange an infantry brigade each in Pukou and Fengyang to take charge of the response, which is within the scope of Muto Akira's authority.
At that moment, Muto Akira said: "No problem, I will detach two infantry brigades from the Iijima Division and the Ogisu Division, and equip them with enough vehicles."
Xiao Luyuan said: "In this case, it is really foolproof."
This is definitely not Xiaoluyuan's boast. At least from his point of view, faced with such an arrangement, he can no longer think of any other way to intercept this batch of military supplies. Now he is somewhat looking forward to it, hoping that Xu Rui can do it again. What kind of performance is there? I don’t know if Xu Rui will come this time.
Muto Akira added: "Okahara-san, in order to block the news as much as possible, the carriage must be modified before dawn, and then three heavy machine gun squadrons must be stationed immediately."
"Hai." Xiaoluyuan paused heavily.
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After dawn, Xu Rui and a few others followed Zhao Si to Pukou Railway Station early. After checking the passes, the Japanese guarding the gate let them in. At this time, those who had been busy at the train station for half the night last night The Japanese engineers have long since disappeared, and the three modified carriages have been restored to their original state. At least in appearance, they are no different from other empty train carriages.
Xu Rui still felt a little strange.
Frowning, Xu Rui whispered to Leng Tiefeng: "Veteran, do you feel anything unusual?"
Leng Tiefeng's perception was much vaguer than Xu Rui's, but he did feel something strange. He nodded and said, "It seems to be a little different, but I can't tell what is different specifically? Can you feel it?"
Xu Rui sniffed and said solemnly: "I smell the smell of metal being cut and welded."
"Metal cutting, welding?" Leng Tiefeng looked around blankly, and then saw a train. On top of the train, there was a rotating turret welded with steel plates. From the shooting hole of the rotating turret, , but a black machine gun barrel stuck out, suddenly it was a Type 92 heavy machine gun.
At that moment, Leng Tiefeng whispered: "Here, Lao Xu, where are you looking?"
"Rotating turret?" Xu Rui looked in the direction indicated by Leng Tiefeng. He saw the rotating turret at a glance, and then saw another rotating turret in the blink of an eye. Then he looked around, but he never saw the rotation of the third one. The turret was closed, and a sneer appeared at the corner of Xu Rui's mouth.
Are there only two rotating turrets
Maybe these two rotating turrets can scare the bandits and deal with their independent brigade
If the little devil thought that only two rotating turrets could ensure the safety of this batch of military supplies, he would be too stupid. He was simply stupid.
Leng Tiefeng also asked: "Is this the little devil's security card?"
"Probably not." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "The Japs probably have other arrangements."
"I also think this is too hasty." Leng Tiefeng shook his head and said, "Why should we get two armored carriages, or send an armored train to accompany us for protection?"
Xu Rui said: "Maybe some of the train bags that were loaded yesterday have been transferred."
"Swap the package?" Leng Tiefeng was stunned for a moment and said blankly, "Old Xu, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Rui said: "What I mean is that the Japanese secretly unloaded the packed supplies and then converted the empty train skins into armored carriages."
Leng Tiefeng said: "Then I have to find a chance to check it out."
Xu Rui smiled and said, "However, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."
Xu Rui's words were quickly verified. Cao Gui suddenly ran over and said that they only needed to unload the goods from the freighter and then use a flatbed truck to pull them to the platform. As for the last step left, loading the materials onto the truck, he couldn't help but They were worried, and according to Cao Gui, the "imperial army" would be responsible for solving the rest.
However, Xu Rui did not give up easily. Even though he could not get close to the train, he could still obtain the information he wanted through other channels. Although there was no Internet in this era, although there was no big data or cloud computing, he could still obtain the information through original analysis and statistics. Obtain the intelligence you want, but only if you have enough information sources.
After a tense and busy day, when Xu Rui returned to the Dadongya Hotel again, he brought back more than 500 pieces of information. Although the number was much smaller, the direction of these 500-plus pieces of information was very clear. Most of them were related to It has something to do with the dozens of trains parked at Pukou Station. For example, what is in the carriage numbered ao4? (To be continued.)