Chapter 287: Starting a bloody storm
No. 77 Dongjiaomin Lane, Iizuka Asano's villa.
A warrior outside the corridor didn't hear any noise coming from inside the room for a long time.
As a samurai carefully selected by Iizuka Asano, he was naturally very vigilant.
He knocked on the door hurriedly, and when there was no response, he immediately opened the door and went in.
However, there was no one in the room.
He rushed out the door and shouted, "Quick! The general is gone."
This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and the entire villa was instantly in chaos.
All the samurai and Japanese soldiers began to look for Iizuka Asano's whereabouts.
Needless to say, these people would never be able to find Iizuka Asano even if they died.
The Japanese officer at the gate said thoughtfully:
"Could it be that the man and woman just now did something wrong?"
Immediately a samurai retorted: "Of course not, no one can kill Musashi with one blow."
This turned into a mysterious case, and since the person could not be found, the servants had no choice but to report to the headquarters.
Fengtai, Tieshishi Hutong.
The intelligence department of the Japanese North China Garrison Army.
Kenji Doihara was having a drink with Jiro Matsumoto.
Jiro Matsumoto said with some regret:
"Chief! Matsumoto missed the best opportunity to kill Xiang Chu at the Marco Polo Bridge."
Doihara Xianer nodded and said, "Yes! I heard from the Chinese internal intelligence that Xiang Chu actually raised his hands, faced the guns of those Chinese soldiers who refused to let him go, and led the convoy back to the Chinese defense zone. It's really a pity."
Jiro Matsumoto drank the wine in his glass fiercely and said bitterly: "Don't worry, Chief, Matsumoto will definitely keep his life in Peking."
"it is good!"
Doihara Kenji clapped his hands and cheered.
At this time, the voice of Yoshiko Kawashima was heard at the door.
"Chief! Something terrible has happened. Commander Iizuka is missing."
"Lost?"
Doihara Kan'er exclaimed.
He immediately stood up, put on his clogs and ran out.
After running a few steps, he ran back into the room to change shoes and clothes.
He shouted loudly, "Fangzhi! Did Commander Iizuka's guards tell us who the suspect is?"
Kawashima Yoshizhi said tremblingly: "Chief! They said that more than ten minutes before the commander disappeared, Toyoshima Miko and an adult named Ping Weiming visited Commander Iizuka."
Jiro Matsumoto shouted angrily: "Toyoshima Miko! The Manchurian fox, it must be this Chinese woman."
Yoshizhi Kawashima took a look at the ferocious Japanese devil and quickly turned and left.
At this time, Beijing Railway Station.
Xiang Chu handed a letter to Cuilan, took out a handful of French currency and silver dollars and stuffed them into her hands, and instructed:
"Then young lady! I have written down all your heroic deeds in the letter, go ahead."
Cuilan said with tears in her eyes: "Well! Take care, benefactor."
"Take care of yourself!"
Xiang Chu smiled and nodded.
Cuilan turned around and walked forward a few steps, then stopped again, put down the suitcase, turned around and rushed over, hugged him tightly and said:
"Thank you, benefactor."
After saying this, she let go of him, turned around, picked up her suitcase, and joined the crowd crowding onto the train.
"Thank you!"
Xiang Chu shouted loudly.
Cuilan turned around and smiled at him brightly, without any trace of her previous coquettishness.
"There are no more 'Manchurian foxes' in the world, only determined revolutionary fighters."
Xiang Chu muttered to himself, waved at her, turned and ran towards the car.
Time was running out and he had to rush to Tianjin Port overnight.
Before the Chunwang ship set sail, intercept the batch of precious cultural relics.
He drove back to the Dabeiping Hotel and immediately selected his personnel:
"Lao Liu! You stay at the hotel. Li Tong! Kong Kong! Hong Yi... and Shao Qing, you are from Tianjin, come with me to Tianjin."
Liu Zhengxiong said anxiously: "Section Chief! Please take me with you. I haven't seen the sea yet."
"I surrender to you!"
Xiang Chu was simply amazed. After thinking about it, he said,
"Alright! Hongyi stay."
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong and Hongyi nodded hurriedly.
Xiang Chu didn't know how many cultural relics there were, so he simply got a jeep and two trucks.
If there is really not enough space, just rob a few Japanese cars.
After some preparation, he took the radio and led the convoy to set off overnight.
Liu Zhengxiong looked at his watch and said in broken Tianjin dialect: "Boy! It's almost 11 o'clock now. Why are we going to Tianjin?"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Let's go eat some hemp flowers."
Liu Zhengxiong shook his head and said, "I believe it too!"
At this time, gunshots were heard from the Lugou Bridge.
Liu Zhengxiong said in surprise: "Boy! The Japanese are not going to attack us, are they?"
"Not yet. Their commander just disappeared."
Xiang Chu waved his hand, turned on the radio and listened to the Japs' plain text telegrams.
Liu Zhengxiong slapped his head and suddenly realized:
"You haven't been seen since the afternoon and evening. I guess it must be you who did it."
Li Tong was in charge of driving and said with a smile: "Team leader! Do you still need to guess? It must have been done by Junior Master, and the Japanese commander has been killed long ago."
Xiang Chu patted Liu Zhengxiong who was sitting in the passenger seat and said meaningfully: "Old Liu! Sometimes your judgment is not as good as Li Tong's."
Liu Zhengxiong scolded, "You kid! I didn't tell you on purpose, you know? Besides, you killed the commander of the Japanese garrison, didn't that just give them an excuse to launch an aggressive war?"
"Who saw it?"
Xiang Chu said coldly, paused, and said domineeringly,
"After retrieving the cultural relics from Tianjin, I will also destroy the Japanese intelligence agencies in North China, making them blind and unable to invade the south on a large scale. Humph!"
Liu Zhengxiong said angrily: "You killed the Japanese commander, how can they invade the south?"
Xiang Chu pointed at the radio and said, "Listen! Terauchi Juji will be here soon to take over."
Liu Zhengxiong smiled bitterly and said, "You kid! I don't understand Japanese."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly took out a newspaper from his pocket, pointed at the picture on it and said:
"Boy! I have been researching for half a month and finally found out that you are Fujiwara Daisuke."
Xiang Chu pretended to be puzzled and asked, "How do you know?"
Liu Zhengxiong sneered, "This Fujiwara no Daisuke is so reserved, he doesn't look like a devil."
Xiang Chu hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Stop imagining that. I'll let you take a boat from Shanghai to Dalian when I have time."
"You said it, don't regret it."
Liu Zhengxiong was overjoyed and quickly put away the newspaper.
Xiang Chu had been listening to the radio and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the Japs are about to stir up a bloody storm in Peking."
Fengtai, Tieshishi Hutong.
The meeting room at the Japanese North China Garrison Army Headquarters was brightly lit.
A Japanese major general sat at the head of the group, glanced at the attendees, and said in a low voice:
"Gentlemen! Terauchi was ordered by the Imperial Headquarters to fly here from Tianjin to investigate the disappearance of General Iizuka. Please tell me your opinion on who did this?"
Needless to say, this person was Terauchi Hisaji, who succeeded Iizuka Asano.
The Japanese high-ranking officials present at the meeting talked at once, but no one could make sense.
Terauchi Juji said angrily: "Doihara-kun! You say it."
Doihara Ken'er thought about it and simply passed the buck, "General! Doihara thinks it was Toyoshima Miko, a subordinate of Shanghai Special High Section's Awei Bunji, who did it."
Terauchi Juji was very reluctant to listen to him shirking responsibility, and having a certain understanding of the case, he said angrily:
"'Manchurian Fox' has made countless contributions and just killed Zheng Min, the chief of the Intelligence Department of the Chinese Military Intelligence Department, and Lin Haifeng, a major officer of the Chinese Military General Staff. She is a possible suspect, but not very likely. Please give your reasons."
Doihara Kan'er had not expected that he had done his homework, and he immediately perked up and said while analyzing: "According to Commander Iizuka's personal samurai and guard officers, Commander Iizuka only saw Toyoshima Miko and her cousin Ping Weiming half an hour before he disappeared. This Ping Weiming..."
Needless to say, this man is indeed the top agent of the Japanese country. His analysis is very logical and he has grasped the root of the problem.
Terauchi Juji nodded and said, "Yes! It must be Ping Weiming and Toyoshima Miko who did it, but where did they go?"
Doihara Kan'er smiled mysteriously and said, "General! You can inform the Chinese government and ask them to hand over Commander Iizuka Asana. If they fail to do so, we will launch an aggressive war."
"Yoshi! This is exactly the excuse the Empire wants."
Terauchi Juji clapped his hands and laughed, then paused and shook his head.
"No! There is no definite evidence."
Doihara Kan'er shouted, "General! Does the Empire need any evidence to occupy China for the sake of East Asian co-prosperity?"
"It makes sense!"
Terauchi Juji nodded and gave the order.
"Doihara-kun! You must hunt down Toyoshima Miko and her cousin Ping Weiming throughout the city. Even if it means bloodshed, you must find these two people, especially Ping Weiming, for this commander."
"Hello!"
Doihara Kenji hurriedly stood up and bowed to receive the order.