Chapter 288: Counterpart Assassination Operation
In the early hours of the morning, Xiang Chu's convoy finally arrived in Tianjin.
Liu Zhengxiong and Li Tong were stunned by the broad concrete road, the numerous foreign companies and mansions, the beautiful houses, and the rows of shops.
Li Tong said with emotion: "Master Junior! I never thought Tianjin is so prosperous and a world of entertainment."
Xiang Chu said: "Of course! Tianjin was forced to be opened as a trading port in 1860. Britain, France, the United States, Japan, Russia and other nine powers set up 9 square kilometers of concessions. The concessions are "countries within countries", and are strongholds and bridgeheads for oppressing the Chinese people."
He paused, "Tianjin is not only a refuge for White Russians, but also a paradise for Jews to make fortunes, and also a 'paradise for adventurers'. The 31st President of the United States, Hoover, was a poor boy who came to Tianjin and became rich before becoming the President of the United States."
Liu Zhengxiong didn't want to hear him show off his profound knowledge, so he pointed at a mansion and shouted, "Boy! Aoki Mansion, Saito Foreign Trade Co., and Sanye Mansion are all shops opened by the devils."
"Stores? They are all dens of Japanese spies."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly, paused, and said solemnly, "Tianjin, like Shanghai, is also a veritable spy capital. Under the prosperity, it is filled with the White Party, the devils, foreign forces, gangs, and the hidden forces of our party."
Liu Zhengxiong waved his hand and said, "That's enough! You're too long-winded. Let's go to the Chunwang Wheel you mentioned."
"No! I have to change my clothes and you have to put on your masks."
Xiang Chu smiled, picked up the suitcase at his feet, opened it, changed his clothes on the spot, and put on a mask.
Liu Zhengxiong changed his identity and asked in confusion: "You kid! Why are we changing our identities?"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "For safety reasons!"
Liu Zhengxiong scolded: "Since Tianjin Port is not controlled by the devils, what are you afraid of?"
Xiang Chu patted him on the shoulder and explained, "Old Liu! In order not to arouse the hatred of the Chinese people, the Japanese stole these cultural relics in a very secretive manner. I am afraid that only a few people like Iizuka Asano knew about it.
If we openly take back the cultural relics, the Japanese will definitely think that we got the information about the cultural relics from Iizuka Asano, and then think that we killed Iizuka Asano. Do you understand?"
"understood!"
Liu Zhengxiong nodded heavily.
"Call me boss now."
Xiang Chu smiled, paused, and ordered,
"Li Tong! Speed up."
"Yes! Boss."
Li Tong hurriedly accepted the order.
At this time, the sky began to turn pale.
Soon, the convoy entered Tanggu Port.
Black smoke was emitting from the Chunwang freighter. The crew had already retracted the ropes and the freighter was 3 meters away from the shore.
Li Tong drove at high speed and stopped with a squeak at the Chunwang cargo ship dock.
Xiang Chu pushed open the car door and rushed out, stepped on the mooring post, and jumped onto the boat out of thin air.
He rushed to the cockpit like the wind, pushed open the watertight compartment door and rushed in.
He pointed his gun at the Japanese captain who was driving the boat and shouted loudly in Japanese:
"Ashore!"
"Hello!"
The Japanese captain accepted the order reluctantly.
A Japanese crew member next to him suddenly reached for the gun at his waist.
"Bah!"
Xiang Chu ended his life with a single shot.
He killed so decisively that the Japanese on the ship were so frightened that they dared not act rashly.
The captain said anxiously, "Good man! Except for the man you killed who is a soldier, we are all crew members of the Far East Freight Company. Please don't kill us."
Xiang Chu scolded, "I can spare you from death, but tell me right now, who sent this soldier on board? And what was he doing on board?"
The captain said tremblingly: "It is said that he was sent by the garrison headquarters to escort ten boxes of goods back to the country."
Xiang Chu was overjoyed and nodded, saying, "Very good! Even a hero of the Qing Gang cannot kill people indiscriminately, so I decided to spare your lives."
The captain said excitedly: "Thank you! Thank you, man."
Soon, the Chunwang cargo ship docked again.
The team members quickly boarded the ship and took control of the entire freighter.
Under the captain's guidance, ten large boxes of cultural relics and treasures were quickly found and moved back onto the truck.
Xiang Chu sent his operatives to search the freighter carefully again. After finding that nothing was missing, they smashed the radio on the Chunwang freighter and forced the captain to leave the port immediately.
Liu Zhengxiong exclaimed: "Boy! I didn't expect you to be so ruthless that you didn't even leave a radio station for the freighter."
Xiang Chu said angrily: "Leave the radio station to report to the Japanese headquarters that we have recovered the cultural relics?"
Liu Zhengxiong nodded and said, "That's right!"
Shao Qing rarely returns to his hometown, and begs Xiang Chu:
"Chief! Can you let me go home to visit my mother?"
Xiang Chu patted him on the shoulder, handed him a few hundred-yuan French currency notes, and said with emotion:
"Shao Qing! A big war will soon break out in North China, and I don't know when I can come back. I brought you here just to take you home. Take this money and buy some gifts for your parents."
"Thank you! Thank you, Chief."
Shao Qing took the French currency and was so moved that tears filled his eyes.
The convoy quickly left Tanggu Port and dropped Shao Qing off nearby.
Xiang Chu personally drove the car and took a shortcut to Peking.
The sun is shining and the spring breeze is blowing.
Liu Zhengxiong looked back at Tianjin City and said thoughtfully:
"Boy! I feel like you've been to Tianjin."
"Of course!"
Xiang Chu smiled and did not reveal the top-secret past to him, and fell into deep thought.
Now that he has brought so many cultural relics and treasures, and the war is imminent, the question of who to hand them over to has become a key issue.
On the streets of Peking, a Nationalist army officer in major's uniform walked out of an opium den.
"Boom! Boom!"
Two gunshots were heard, and the major fell in a pool of blood.
At the Lugou Bridge, a lieutenant of the National Army was scolding a private.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and the Kuomintang lieutenant was shot in the chest and fell to the ground dead.
In Wanping County, an old man in a long robe walked out of the gate of his mansion.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise.
The old man was killed on the spot by the grenade thrown at him.
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Such vicious incidents are happening crazily in Peking and its surrounding areas.
Needless to say, in order to avenge the disappearance of Iizuka Asamune, Doihara Kan'ei instructed the Japanese spies stationed in Peiping to launch a crazy revenge operation.
Nanjing, Political Department.
Kong Ling received another telegram from the 29th Army forwarding the Japanese North China Garrison Army, and couldn't help laughing:
"This guy is really capable. He actually broke into the home of the commander of the Japanese North China Garrison Army and kidnapped him. The Japanese threatened to release him and launched a crazy revenge operation."
She hurried to Minister Chen's office and presented the telegram.
After reading the telegram, Minister Chen couldn't help but frowned and asked in confusion:
"Major Kong! Since Xiang Chu broke into Iizuka Asamu's house, why didn't he just kill him? Instead, he kidnapped him. What was the point of kidnapping him?"
Kong Ling said thoughtfully: "The body must have been destroyed."
"Yes! Very likely."
Minister Chen nodded, thought for a moment, and ordered,
"Send a telegram to the 29th Army and ask the devils to produce evidence first."
Kong Ling said with a smile: "Minister! How can the Japanese produce evidence? Otherwise, they would have directly asked Xiang Chu for the person."
Minister Chen said thoughtfully: "I found that boy is so cunning, maybe he learned it from some young ladies."
“I learned it from me!”
Wang Manxue flashed in like a ghost.
Kong Ling was shocked and said, "Manxue! You were eavesdropping on the minister's conversation."
Wang Manxue smiled mysteriously and said, "I saw the telegram when you brought it here. By the way, Minister, please transfer Xiang Chu back from Beiping as soon as possible."
Minister Chen said helplessly, "Okay! Please go and get busy."
Unexpectedly, the new female telegraphist who replaced Xiao Xiao reported at the door: "Minister! There are two calls from Peking."
Minister Chen took the message, looked at the first page first, and said with a wry smile, "Peking sent a message requesting Xiang Chu from the Military Intelligence Department to take action to launch a counter-assassination operation against the crazy revenge actions of the Japanese spies in Peking."
After saying this, he checked the second telegram and said happily, "Great! Xiang Chu actually managed to get back 2 large boxes of cultural relics and treasures."