Chapter 64: The Armory Warehouse

  Li Zhen Tao said the arsenal was in Qingyuan County's Qingcao Gou. Coincidentally, the place where Xue Long was rescued and nursed back to health by a Korean girl named Li Xi Lan was exactly where the mysterious arsenal was located.

  Hu Zhiyong and Yin Long looked at each other, both shocked by this astonishing news.

  "Master, I'll take someone there!" Silver Dragon couldn't believe it was true. Qingcao Gou was a secluded place, but the location wasn't too big. A large arsenal was built there, could it really leave no trace?

  "I'll go myself!" Hu Zhiyong thought it over again and again, feeling that the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. He had four elite secret forces at his side, which would be safer to deploy than ordinary troops.

  Between Qingcao Gou and Yanguo, Hu Zhiyong stopped in his tracks to observe carefully. Beside him, Yongxiang, Dechang, and Wenliang stood on either side, also sizing up the geographical layout of this place.

  "Master, the arsenal's supplies must be stored in a place with good roads. Look over there!" Wen Liang was indeed a clever monkey, and the direction he pointed to was the only passageway at the crossroads.

  Hu Zhiyong's whole body shook, and he quickly walked down, observing the mountain more carefully. The three people who followed also dispersed to both sides, examining the most suspicious places at the foot of the mountain.

  "Damn it, we've all been cheated!" Dechang looked around and didn't think this was a place with secrets, and couldn't help but stomp his foot and curse out loud.

  "Huh!" Hu Zhiyong suddenly thought of something: "The rocky cliff in the back mountain valley!"

  "Right!" Yongxiang patted his head: "Only there, I think it's promising!"

  Hou Shangou is a fork in the road to the southeast of Qing Shangu. Hou Shangou is a dead end, with tens of acres of flat land tightly surrounded by mountains. Behind a large tree on the mountain, Hu Zhiyong walked past without hesitation.

  "Found it!" Wen Liang saw the mechanism hidden under the wild grass and reached out to open it.

  "Don't move!" Hu Zhiyong hastily stopped him, but instead carefully studied it and said calmly: "Automatic demolition device, what should we do about this?"

  This old-fashioned mechanism, Hu Zhiyong saw it at a glance. However, he had no way to crack it, and it was like having a treasure mountain in front of him but being unable to get it. Wen Liang chuckled: "Let's dig another tunnel, I don't believe he can guard against that!"

  "Dig, young master! We can't just stand here and watch!" Dechang's heart was racing with anxiety, and without waiting for Hu Zhiyong to respond, he began searching for the best breakthrough point.

  "Alright, dig from underground upwards!" Hu Zhiyong thought through the key issue, his right hand stroking his chin and stamping his foot: "Here, let's start!"

  The well-prepared Blood Wolf Battle Team took out their tools and got to work. Hu Zhiyong required that only one person could enter the hole, so most people could only watch. The more than 10 inches of soil excavation made everyone even more convinced that this flat land was man-made.

  A one-meter diameter hole was quickly completed with shift work. Walking forward three or four meters, it started to drive upwards.

  "Whoa!" A large stone fell down, injuring a soldier who was on duty. The others rushed to rescue him and found an opening above. Hu Zhiyong was the first to climb up and carefully observed the mechanism of the opening.

  "Hang in there! Luckily we didn't enter from the front!"

  Shigmenkou, over a ton of explosives were piled up. Once the explosion occurred, the shells, bullets and boxes of explosives in the cave would all be detonated. Hu Zhiyong cut off the fuse and took out the detonator, ordering the soldiers to slowly move the explosives into the cave.

  The cave door opened quickly, and a hole with a width of more than six meters appeared in front of everyone. Hu Zhiyong didn't let everyone come in, but instead led Yongxiang and three others to walk towards the depths of the tunnel.

  In April 1922, Zhang Zuolin was defeated in the First Zhili-Fengtian War and decided to expand his military-industrial complex and improve equipment for his troops. Following Zhang Xueliang's suggestion, the original Fengtian Arsenal was renamed the Northeastern Provinces Military Industry Corporation.

  "Don't put all your eggs in one basket!" Zhang Zuosheng was very astute, and Zhang Houwan had been his subordinate since his days of roaming the green woods, and they were also uncle and nephew. When building this secret factory, he thought that if the Shenyang Ordnance Factory couldn't be preserved, there would still be a way to produce ammunition for the troops.

  After the equipment was transported back, more than 3,000 machines were stored here. A large number of raw materials, production lines, as well as some folding assault boats, tanks and technical drawings.

  "Master, all the machines are new!" He opened a box and saw that the equipment was still in its original packaging. Yongxiang's face turned red with excitement, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

  Gunpowder, steel pipes, copper skin, aluminum materials. Hu Zhiyong sighed: "Even the most advanced Hanyang Arsenal in China doesn't have so many supplies!"

  "Master, with these tanks, artillery and supplies, I think the little devils will be driven out of Northeast China soon!" Yongxiang was overexcited, thinking that they could directly challenge the Japanese and start a war!

  "You're wrong!" Hu Zhiyong shouted in a stern tone: "There are nearly six hundred thousand Japanese troops in the Northeast! And here, it's adjacent to Korea, their planes and warships can also be quickly reinforced! War, only when the government takes charge can there be hope of victory. The Young Marshal is not entirely cowardly and unwilling to fight!"

  "With these equipment, even if we can't win, we can still go down together in a blaze of glory?" Yongxiang said discontentedly, thinking that Shaoye was a traitor who feared destroying the foundation of the Zhuanghe industry.

  "Brat, you're selling your grandfather's land without a care!" Hu Zhiyong snorted coldly: "The War of Resistance isn't just about one place or one unit, it requires a unified leadership to succeed! You may be able to defeat the little devils 600,000 times, but the Northeast will become a scorched earth! Remember one thing: wait for the opportunity and act when the time is right!"

  "What's going to happen to these things?" Yongxiang thought about Young Master's words and quickly thought of the little devils bombing from the sky and underground, making war.

  "Carry it back, carry it to Mount Buzhou!"

  It's not easy to transport these things back quietly over a distance of hundreds of miles. Seventy cars were mobilized, and at least six or seven trips would be needed to complete the transportation. Hu Zhiyong ordered: "The first regiment, second regiment, third regiment, and cavalry battalion will all set out, while the guard battalion and special warfare team will be responsible for protecting the convoy!"

  A telegram, the Zhuanghe troops are busy. From Qingyuan to the south through Xinbin, Benxi, passing through Fengcheng North to the west into Xiuyan. The route is carefully calculated, with a distance of over 1,000 miles.

  "One and a half days for one trip, each unit must think of ways to fight off the enemy and ensure the safe transportation of supplies back!" Yindragon directly sat in the command center, guarding the place where the convoy was passing through.

  The transport team was very careful, with cavalry opening the way fifty miles ahead and a guard battalion escorting on horseback. Hu Pengsheng brought a repair team to ensure that no vehicle would be stranded halfway.

  "Grandma, my palms are sweating!" What seems like a simple transportation task has made Li Shicheng, the captain of the Blood Wolf Battle Team, extremely nervous. Qingyuan has entrusted him with full responsibility, and he must closely monitor every section of the route.

  "Report: a band of fake soldiers is heading towards Muzhenzi Town from Guanshui Town, the cavalry regiment asks for instructions on how to handle it."

  Yin Long punched the table with one fist: "Go up directly, no need to move the gun to disarm them!"

  "Yes!"

  Ma Xianlian personally led a battalion of cavalry, on the road northeast of Guanshui Town, suddenly surrounded a company of the Imperial Japanese Army. The fake company commander was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he looked at this group of majestic soldiers and asked: "You... which part are you from?"

  "Bastard!" Ma Xian's eyes widened: "We are the Zhuanghe troops, and we're rushing to transport supplies. Get out of here quickly!"

  "Alright, alright, let's go." The fake battalion commander looked at the gleaming cavalry sword and almost wet his pants. More than a hundred government troops fled in disarray, Ma Xian Deng laughed heartily: "Tell the rear convoy, danger cleared, continue advancing!"

  For three days and two nights, the car ran two trips. Hu Zhiyong ordered a day's rest and had the car overhauled. Gu Tian found Yin Long: "Is your unit taking action?"

  "Action? We're rushing to purchase medicine and leather, the troops are following up with a long-distance training exercise!" The premeditated countermeasure was spoken by Silver Dragon without any tension.

  "Good job, you've ensured the safety of the transportation route. Ha ha, the military department has issued a reward order, saying that your actions have scared away all the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces!"

  "Is there still something like that? Shall we continue to pull the exercise? Lieutenant Commander Kame, if it weren't for the gasoline shortage, I would really keep going!"

  "You just pay the money, and gasoline will be dripping!" Kameda smiled slyly and left with the guard.

  "Grandma, make a big show of force and mobilize five brigades at once!" Yin Long was excited and directly dispatched the five brigades to seal off the section northeast of Xiyan.

  "Seize the opportunity and go for it!" Hu Zhiyong gave the order to start transporting supplies immediately after hearing Yinlong's report over the phone.

  Approaching May, the temperature in the northeast has risen sharply. The troops rarely go out of Zhuanghe once, so they are actually conducting field training while protecting the road section.

  The last batch of supplies were all bullets and shells. When the convoy arrived at Fengcheng, Akino led his men to intercept the convoy.

  "What's being transported?" Akino asked suspiciously, eyeing the covered cargo hold.

  "Colonel, these are exercise rounds and bullets!" Su Xiqing was tense but his expression remained unchanged.

  "Can they use up so much ammunition in an exercise?" Akino stared at Su Xi Qing's face, as if these people had some secret.

  "Colonel, it's impossible to consume so much ammunition in an exercise, but isn't it okay to transport logistics combined with the exercise and load them on vehicles for practice? If you have any doubts, you can go directly to our Dragon Commander!" Su Xiqing had already calmed down and replied naturally.

  "Thorough inspection!" Akino, not seeing what he was supposed to see, became enraged and ordered the Japanese soldiers to board the train for an inspection.

  "Halt!" Liang Chengfu rode over on horseback, dismounted and walked up to Qiuye with a military salute: "Colonel, are you here to inspect the tobacco or the contraband? If so, I'll give you an explanation!"

  Qiu Ye saw Liang Chengfu's majestic appearance and coldly snorted: "Is there really ammunition on the truck?"

  "Hahaha!" Liang Chengfu burst out laughing and turned to Su Xiqing, saying: "Colonel Su, the imperial army wants to inspect, can't bother them to do it manually, right? Open the canvas cover of the carriage, please let the imperial army get on and inspect!"

  The last three cars were all loaded with high explosives. Akino had watched more than thirty cars, and with a disappointed wave of his hand: "Let's go!"

  "Ha yi!" The Japanese troops departed in formation, and Liang Chengfu smiled and shouted: "Taisha, you don't trust us, do you? Alright, I'll order the troops to withdraw, and traffic safety will be handed over to you!"

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