The Saint Mary merchant ship of the US British Tobacco Company is unloading the goods.

Since the oxheads do not have a port for large ships to be parked, the entire unloading process can only be divided into two stages. The cargo on the merchant ship is first lifted onto the small boat, and then transported to the dock by the small boat.

In the middle of the morning, the pier of Niu Touzu was already full of supplies.

When Huang Baitao came here accompanied by Chen Shizhang, the commander of the 40th Division, the entire unloading process was just halfway through.

Looking at the mountains of supplies on the dock, a trace of unconcealed joy flashed across Huang Baitao's face. The situation of the Di Army is extremely difficult at the moment. Food, patronage and military pay are short of, but the most scarce is weapons and equipment. One army, with a small number of 20,000 people, is only about twenty-two of the Maxim heavy machine guns, not as good as a division before the Battle of Songhu.

Walking to the front of the yard, Huang Baitao ordered the accompanying guard to open one of the wooden boxes.

The guard pulled out the bayonet and pried open the wooden box in two strokes. Huang Baitao, Chen Shizhang and several senior officers from the 40th Division surrounded him and saw a new cluster of heavy machine guns, a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and even the oil on the barrel were not wiped off. It was obviously just left the factory.

Although Huang Baitao doesn't look down on the Japanese military, this is an urgently needed equipment for the current army. At this moment, Huang Baitao didn't care about the dirty hands and dirty military uniforms, and directly carried the 92 heavy machine gun out of the box. The heavy machine gun was held in his hand, which was very textured.

Chen Shizhang and several senior officers from the 40th Division were also very excited.

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a silk gown came over surrounded by more than a dozen young men in black clothes and short-shot manners. The middle-aged man looked ordinary but had a pair of sharp eyes like a falcon, giving people the feeling of a cheetah lurking in the weeds, making people stand up.

"This, I guess he's a lazy man?" Huang Baitao put the heavy machine gun back into the box and greeted him.

"I am the lazy man below. I have seen the Huang Junseok." The lazy man didn't salute, but just bowed to Huang Baitao.

Huang Baitao replied to the military salute and said to the lazy man and the military command agent behind the lazy man: "Brothers of the Military Command, you have worked hard on the way. On behalf of the more than 18,000 brothers of the 25th Army, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you."

"Mr. Huang, you'll be spared these polite words." The lazy man waved his hand and said calmly, "I have transported this batch of supplies to the ground safely. The next thing is your army."

"Of course." Huang Baitao said loudly, "You still have to say that you are suffering."

The lazy man took out a document from his pocket and handed it to Huang Baitao and said, "Mr. Huang, here is a list of this batch of supplies. Some of the supplies have already arrived ashore, and the remaining part is still on the Santa Maria. Do you need to send someone to count it?"

"Hey, there is no need to count it. I can trust the Military Control Commission." Huang Baitao waved his hand and said suddenly.

"Since that's the case, I'll say goodbye." The lazy man bowed and turned around and left. This time he came to southern Anhui, not only the task of escorting supplies, but also killing people in addition to escorting military supplies.

Watching the lazy man take the military agents away, Huang Baitao turned around and asked Chen Shizhang, "Brother Shizhang, how long will it take to return to the city to remove all the supplies on the ship?"

Chen Shizhang looked at the small fishing boats back and forth on the river and frowned: "It will probably take three or four hours.

"Three or four hours, it will take noon, it won't work, it's too long," Huang Baitao said, "We need to speed up.

Although the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui is still fighting fiercely with the Japanese in Chizhou and Tongling, the gunboats of the Japanese Navy have also rushed to Chizhou Wharf. Tongling Wharf has helped, but no one can guarantee that there will be no Japanese merchant ships passing by. If the Japanese merchant ships find out about the situation here and attract gunboats and warships from the Japanese Navy, it will be troublesome.

In addition, the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army must not find clues. Until now, the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army still did not know that this batch of supplies had been dropped. The merchant ship of the American-British Tobacco Company that was sailing to Tongling Wharf was actually just a fake target, while the Santa Maria, which actually consigned the supplies, had already delivered supplies at Niu Touzu.

Huang Baitao was worried and asked Chen Shizhang again: "There is nothing abnormal in the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, right?"

"No." Chen Shizhang smiled, "They are still waiting for another merchant ship of the American-English Tobacco Company. How could they know that the St. Mary, which actually ships the goods, has already been unloading the goods at Niu Touzui? Hehe, when Xu Shijiu and the others react, we have already transported the goods back to Jingxian."

"Brother Shizhang, don't be careless." Huang Baitao frowned, "Xu Shijiu can make the Japanese afraid of it like a tiger, and call it a tiger in southern Anhui. There is no reason for it. You must be careful."

"Don't worry, military throne, please pay attention to your humble position." Chen Shizhang said.

(Split Line)

Yanke, the temporary command of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

The departments of the Southern Anhui Detachment, which participated in the attack on Chizhou, and the 3rd Regiment of the 19th Detachment, the 5th Battalion has withdrawn from the battle one after another. Although the Japanese army in Chizhou knew that Haneda had led the main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou had returned, they still did not go out of the city to pursue it easily. Obviously, they have also seen that the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui was actively retreating.

Xu Shijiu was somewhat regretful that Chizhou failed to successfully attack.

However, Xu Shijiu's attention quickly shifted to another thing, and asked Ye Ruxue: "Director Ye, where is the merchant ship of the American-English Tobacco Company now?"

Ye Ruxue said: "I just contacted the Rose Number of Meiying Tobacco Company, and they seemed to be in a little trouble."

"Please?" Xu Shijiu's heart sank when he heard this. Gao Shenxing, Niu Sigen, and Shu Tongwen were also watching.

Ye Ruxue said: "The small Japanese warship that followed the Rose and four other gunboats blocked the entrance to Tongling Pier."

"How could this happen?" Gao Shenxing frowned. "Since the beginning of this year, Japan has obviously restrained a lot, but why has it suddenly changed again? Are they not afraid of offending the Americans and continue to embargo on the Japanese government's oil?"

In June this year, after Germany declared war on the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union and Japan hurriedly signed neutral conditions, and Japan completely lost the threat from the north from the Soviet Union. The courage suddenly grew bigger and began to squeeze and seize Britain's interests in the Far East. Although the British Empire was in decline, it was not waiting to be bullied, so it announced sanctions against Japan.

Shortly thereafter, the United States, which also belonged to the Anglo-Saxon civilization, also decisively joined the ranks of sanctions against Japan and announced the most important war resource, oil, the embargo on Japan.

Oil can be said to be the blood of industry. Once there is no oil, the chariots, warships, and aircraft of the Japanese government will all fall into vain. What makes the Japanese government even more worried is that no oil resources are found in Japan and all areas controlled by the Japanese army, while the slightest Japanese oil reserves can only last for six months.

In other words, six months later, the Japanese Army, Navy and Air Force will face the dilemma of no oil available

It was under such a background that Japan made up its mind to go south to Southeast Asia to grab Southeast Asia's war resources such as rubber and oil. However, in order to deceive the Americans, until the moment before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the negotiators of Japan were still negotiating with the US government, trying to convince the US government to lift the oil embargo.

It is precisely because of this that Gao Shenxing was confused about the Japanese Navy's intercepting the US-British Tobacco Company's merchant ships.
Chapter completed!