Chapter 22

  Those little rascals, no matter how ferocious they are in normal times, only dare to bully ordinary people. When they encounter the police, they can only swallow their pride. Moreover, this "Police Brother" was originally a bandit named Jing Da!

  The kilns were shut down, the opium dens were shut down, and ill-gotten gains were confiscated. The kiln owners and opium den owners who had suffered heavy losses did not give up, and directly reported to General Shao. However, General Shao, who had long suffered from the harm of opium, as soon as he heard that the opium den owners came to report Huang Xiansheng, he ordered without hesitation that the two ringleaders be taken out and shot. From then on, the bosses were so frightened that they did not dare to make any moves.

  Looking at the more than 600,000 dollars in spoils of war and 50 gold bars, Li Bin was calculating what he could do with this money. The Righteous Brave Army's weapons were really too poor, so first and foremost they had to solve the problem of their weapons.

  It is necessary to know that Jinzhou is a place where the military must contend, as long as Jinzhou is not lost, the anti-Japanese forces inside and outside the pass can still be connected, and Ma Zhanshan in Heilongjiang can receive powerful support. As long as Ma Zhanshan is not eliminated by the devils, the Japanese will absolutely not dare to launch a full-scale invasion of China with a major internal threat! As long as Jinzhou is not lost, perhaps the entire history will be rewritten!

  The importance of Jinzhou, Generalissimo is well aware of it! With the current strength of the volunteer army, can we hold on to Jinzhou? But to ask for help from the Generalissimo? That's simply impossible! Zhang Xueliang fears the series of unequal treaties imposed by Western powers on China! The right to Northeastern Railway belongs to Japan, if resisting, not only will it not get support from the League of Nations, but may even incur the hatred of imperialist countries! Those Western powers are just thinking about how to divide up China!

  After Japan invaded China, Britain and the United States actually imposed an arms embargo on China and even exported large quantities of strategic materials such as steel and oil to Japan!

  But later generations still have many "rice fans" who claim that it was the United States that helped China win the War of Resistance! "Damn those rice fans! A bunch of traitors!" Li Bin couldn't help but curse. Rice fans, meaning American fans.

  Thinking of this, Li Bin felt extremely indignant, this is the diplomacy of a weak country! It seems that in order to defeat the devils, one can only rely on his own strength! Therefore, these funds must first be used to buy weapons.

  But who can they sell the weapons to? This is another headache. Li Bin asked Huang Xiansheng: "Does the governor know any arms dealers?"

  Huang Xiansheng's answer was very disappointing to Li Bin: "Except for the early acquisition of a batch of White Russian army's water droplet rifles, most of our Northeastern Army's weapons were self-produced. Where would I go to know arms dealers?"

  However, Huang Xiansheng's next sentence reminded Li Bin: "Those bearded men, most of their weapons were bought. Little brother, you can ask them."

  However, the only Hu Zi that Li Bin currently knows is a certain Zhang Da. That Zhang Da can be said to be a poor bandit from a humble background, and the few broken guns in his hands were all looted. How could he possibly know an arms dealer? Suddenly, Li Bin had an idea, and he thought of a famous person who was originally a bandit but later became an anti-Japanese general - Old North Wind Zhang Hai Tian! This man is from Haicheng, Liaoning Province, and is a notorious bandit in the Liao River region. As long as he can find him, he will definitely be able to get news about the arms dealer!

  Li Bin said to Huang Xiansheng, "Chief, I've thought of something. Since we've already posted the notice to recruit heroes from the Green Forest, I'll take this opportunity to meet with Lao Beifeng, the big bandit chief of the Liao River. On one hand, I can enlighten him on justice and have him join our Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army. On the other hand, I want to get some information about the arms dealers from him!"

  Huang Xiansheng agreed to Li Bin's proposal, but he disagreed with letting Li Bin go himself: "Little brother, you are now my trusted assistant, and you don't understand the black language of the Hu Zi! So, I still think it's better for Jing Da and others to go this time!"

  Li Bin knew that this big bandit leader had a patriotic passion, on the day of the September 18th Incident, Zhang Haitian was playing mahjong, after hearing the news he overturned the mahjong table and declared to raise the flag to resist the Japanese invaders.

  On the fifth day after September 18th, he led more than 400 bandits to attack the Yingkou Power Plant, killing many Japanese soldiers.

  He was named Lao Bei Feng because the commander of the Kwantung Army was called Honjō Shigeru, and Bei Feng defeated the Honjō family, so he claimed to be Lao Bei Feng in order to defeat that damned commander of the Kwantung Army.

  As for this future anti-Japanese hero, Li Bin was still very familiar with him. He knew that he was a hot-blooded and upright Chinese man, and Jin Da was the same! So he agreed to Huang Xiansheng's proposal and let Jin Da set off to Sanshan County, Sandao Gou, to prepare for going to find Old North Wind Zhang Haitian and persuade him to join the Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army.

  Just as the anti-Japanese forces were about to pull in Old Northeast Wind Zhang Haitian, Kwantung Army Commander Honjō Shigeru was having an unusually severe headache over the security situation in Manchuria. He was just about to set out for Tianjin to welcome Fu Zuoyi and his family when Kawashima Yoshiko put forward a suggestion: "We should use Chinese to control Chinese! Our Imperial Japanese Army soldiers must also consider long-term development prospects. I think, since there are many bandits in Manchuria, we can gather those bandits, organize a Northeast Self-Defense Army, and after the establishment of Manzhouguo, establish a Manzhou Army."

  According to Kawashima Yoshiko's proposal, Honjō Shigeru summoned the notorious Hanjian Ling Enqing and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the "Northeast Self-Defense Army", and dispatched Kuragawa Shigetarō as an advisor to this so-called "Northeast Self-Defense Army".

  A few days later, Jing Da returned to Jinzhou with a disappointed face. After seeing Li Bin, he said indignantly: "Damn it! That old northern dog actually betrayed and became a traitor! Damn it! If I ever meet this traitor again in the future, I will not let him off!"

  Li Bin had long known that Zhang Haitian was actually a fake defector, who pretended to surrender in order to deceive the Japanese into giving him arms. Soon afterwards, Zhang Haitian would have the big traitor Ling Yin Qing and the Japanese spy Sohara Taro executed.

  But all that is beside the point, it's a historical process. In short, Zhang Haitian is an upright Chinese man and will be a future anti-Japanese general. For now, Li Bin just wants information from the arms dealer, so he asks: "Forget it, when the sky wants rain, the mother wants to marry off her daughter, let him become a traitor if he wants! The most important thing is to tell me where I can buy military supplies."

  Jing Da hastily handed over a note, but he still said with great concern: "General, that kid has already defected to the enemy and I'm afraid he'll provide us with false intelligence. Please be cautious."

  Huang Xiansheng, who was standing aside, found it unbelievable: "Impossible! How could Lao Beifeng become a traitor? Since the September 18th Incident, he had raised his righteous army on the second day and started to counterattack the enemy on the fifth day. Such a person, how could he possibly become a traitor? Impossible! It's impossible!"

  Li Bin, who knew the course of history, just smiled and didn't answer. He hastily picked up the note and took a look, only to see that it read: "Yingkou Hanjia Bridge Bone Philosophy" - these seven words, nothing else.

  Yingkou Hanjiaqiao is definitely a place name, probably a small town. But what about Gu Zhe? Is it a person's name? Does anyone have the surname Gu Zhe? Li Bin couldn't figure it out, but he still decided to set off and meet this "Gu Zhe" in person.

  It is said that Li Bin wants to personally go see that "Gu Zhe", Jin Da hurriedly dissuaded him, saying: "Absolutely cannot! That Zhang Haitian has already defected and betrayed! I'm afraid he wants to lure you into a trap!"

  Li Bin smiled slightly and said, "I know what kind of person Zhang Haitian is, he won't be so despicable! If we don't go to meet that 'Bone Philosophy', where else can we buy weapons? It's settled then, no one should stop me!"

  The next morning, Li Bin got up and asked Wang Zihao about the transformation of "Tutankhamun". Wang Zihao replied: "We have collected 32 trucks and are recruiting blacksmiths to install steel plates."

  After getting a satisfactory answer, Li Bin asked Xiong Fei again: "Deputy Commander Xiong, I don't know how the training mission is going on your side?"

  Xiong Fei replied, "Everything is going according to your plan, training new recruits as you required. But there's one thing, those new recruits and our police are all at their wit's end! Some are even talking about deserting."

  "Continue to intensify training, and when all the deserters are caught and executed!" Li Bin said angrily. "For now, it's just physical training. When I return from Yingkou, I'll give them military quality training! I estimate there are still three months before the war breaks out! We only have two months for training! And another month to build fortifications to meet the challenge!"

  "Yes! I guarantee to carry out Commander Zuo's orders!" Xiong Fei gave a standard military salute.

  Li Bin nodded and turned to Jing Da, who was wearing a police uniform, saying: "Jing Da, you and Hong Biao should pay extra attention over the next few days! Since the Shenyang Arsenal has fallen into enemy hands, there must be many skilled workers who are unwilling to work for the enemy and have escaped. If you find anyone coming from the direction of Shenyang, take note! I need those talents now!"

  After everything was arranged, Li Bin brought 5,000 yuan and ten gold bars, with Wu Congyu, the god of guns, as his personal bodyguard. The two men only carried short guns and went to Yingkou to find that "Gu Zhe".