Chapter 497 Celebration Banquet
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "Old Liu will be beaten to death by his mother!"
Yu Xiaowan smiled and said, "A mother's kiss is not enough."
Xu Lai nodded and said, "That's right! No matter how big it is, it's still a baby."
"Uncle Liu is a baby! Haha!"
Yu Xiaowan and Xu Lai burst into laughter.
"You two are babies too!"
Xiang Chu threw down a sentence and quickly left.
Yu Xiaowan's voice came from behind:
"Don't forget! You will come back."
Xiang Chu walked onto the deck and saw that Liu Zhengxiong, Lu Xiong and others had already boarded three motorboats and were heading south.
Li Tong stepped forward and said with a smile, "Chief of the Office! The Chief of Staff said that they are going to conduct reconnaissance."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Well! I'm going back to my hometown for reconnaissance. I hope I won't make any big mistakes."
Li Tong shook his head and said, "No! The quartermaster is a lucky man."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "I hope so!"
At this time, a Japanese lieutenant colonel drove to the gangway of the Nishicang.
"I gonna go see!"
Li Tong hurried down the gangway.
The Japanese lieutenant colonel took out an invitation and handed it to Li Tong, then left after giving a few instructions.
Li Tong returned to Xiang Chu, handed him the invitation, and said with a wry smile:
"Chief! This lieutenant colonel is under the order of the 11th Army's Commander Okamura Ningchi to invite you to attend the 11th Army's celebration banquet at pm to improve your relationship with Lieutenant Commander Aoki Iidō."
Xiang Chu took the invitation and looked at it, then smiled bitterly and said, "This is a celebration banquet and a seminar on the march plan. I will go there to express my opinion. You will lead two teams from the Nan Ya Squadron and drive with me at 5 o'clock."
"Hello!"
Li Tong hurriedly accepted the order.
Xiang Chu took the invitation back to the captain's room, handed it to Yu Xiaowan who was about to take action, and said with a wry smile: "You two! I have to attend a Hongmen Banquet of the Japanese 5th Army at 11 o'clock in the evening."
Yu Xiaowan said anxiously: "Brother Chu! You can't go, Qingmu Fantong will attack you."
Xu Lai nodded and said, "That's right! We must not go. He was able to incite more than a thousand people to assassinate in Nanjing, and he is even more unscrupulous here."
Xiang Chu comforted him, "It's okay! Okamura Ningchi invited me, if he dares to take action, he will only bring trouble upon himself. The next move of the 11th Army is very important, I want to go over and gather intelligence."
Yu Xiaowan looked at the invitation and said, "Brother Chu! The Japanese 11th Army will discuss the marching plan at the celebration banquet. If you were asked to speak, what would you say?"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Of course, we should tell them not to rush to attack Wuhan, but to stabilize the rear first. Northern Jiangxi has many mountains and rivers, so we should let them divide their troops and attack in northern Jiangxi, and not mess around."
Yu Xiaowan smiled mysteriously and said, "No! If you were allowed to speak first, you would say to quickly attack Wuhan and take it down in one fell swoop. You are an outsider, and they will definitely not play according to your plan."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "That's what happened!"
Xu Lai said with a smile: "According to Dean Yu, if they ask how to send troops to northern Jiangxi again, you can tell them to concentrate their troops, and they will disperse them."
"Okay! I'll do as you two say."
Xiang Chu smiled and went into the inner room to take a shower and change clothes.
At 5 pm, he drove straight to Jiujiang City with Li Tong and more than a hundred people.
The biggest advantage of traveling by landing ship is that it can carry cars.
The battle of Jiujiang City was extremely fierce and our army fought desperately.
However, due to the siege by two Japanese divisions, the Japanese used planes, artillery, and ships to launch an integrated attack by sea, land, and air, and also used poison gas bombs in a brutal manner. They had no choice but to withdraw after the street fighting.
Through one war after another, the Chinese people have woken up and realized that the gap is really too big.
Zhang Linmao was driving the jeep, Li Tong was in the passenger seat, and Xiang Chu was in the back with a sniper rifle loaded with bullets, ready to kill the assassin.
To be honest, he didn't believe that Aoki Fantong would be afraid of Okamura Ningchi. He said that to Yu Xiaowan and Xu Lai just to comfort them.
The jeep was moving slowly in front, and two teams of agents were following behind.
The journey was smooth and we soon entered the city gate which was heavily guarded by the Japanese.
The streets had just been cleared and were filled with the smell of blood, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
The jeep drove onto the central avenue of the street, and a large truck loaded with cargo suddenly rushed towards the jeep from the opposite direction.
Xiang Chu said anxiously: "Pull over!"
"Creaky!"
Zhang Linmao quickly stopped the car.
"Get out of the car quickly!"
Xiang Chu opened the car door and rushed out, shouting to the agents behind him,
"Quick! Pull over."
The Lamma Squadron agents quickly pulled aside.
Zhang Linmao and Li Tong also got out of the car quickly.
In the blink of an eye, all of Xiang Chu's men moved to the side, and there were still many Japanese soldiers from other divisions following behind them.
The large truck on the opposite side did not expect Xiang Chu's troops to react so quickly and had to brake urgently.
But the speed was too fast and it was too late, and a large number of Japanese soldiers wandering on the street were crushed to death.
Countless Japanese soldiers rushed up and dragged the Japanese driver and a second lieutenant off the truck.
Needless to say, these two men would be beaten half to death at least, then sent to the Japanese gendarmerie for trial, and would eventually be shot.
“You really asked for it.”
Xiang Chu sneered, waved his hand, and shouted,
"keep going!"
Zhang Linmao drove forward and said with lingering fear: "Chief! If it weren't for your quick reaction, I really wouldn't have known that the car was going to hit someone."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "How can you drive that fast on the street?"
Li Tong said bitterly: "Chief! It must have been Aoki Fantong who did it."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Yes! This is just an appetizer he prepared for me tonight."
Soon, the jeep arrived directly at the venue for tonight's celebration banquet, which was also the temporary command post of the commander of the 11th Army.
Xiang Chu did not enter the banquet hall first. He pretended to be looking for a toilet and went to the backyard. He then deliberately passed through the command post where there were military combat maps and combat sand tables.
The troop deployment of the 11th Army's seven divisions came into view. Among them, a new bomber airport was built to the north of Duchang, east of Jiujiang.
The staff officers were busy and no one saw him rushing by.
Xiang Chu entered the banquet hall and discovered that not all the people who came were division commanders with the rank of lieutenant general or above, perhaps because of the fighting and the dispersed deployment of troops, there were also some major generals and regiment commanders.
For example, the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsushima, did not come, but Aoki Iidoh came instead.
As soon as Qingmu Fantong saw Xiang Chu walk into the banquet hall, he immediately stepped forward and sneered, "Captain of the Shadow Bureau! I didn't expect you to be alive. It really exceeded Qingmu's expectations."
Xiang Chu sneered, "Qingmu Fantong! The person you just arranged to assassinate is dead. Oh, by the way! Don't forget that the head of this agency is still the head of the Yamashita who kills without blinking an eye. Please don't provoke us with words."
The two men were on edge from the start, and the Japanese generals looked at each other in bewilderment. The heated atmosphere at the scene instantly froze and became completely silent.
At this time, Okamura Ningchi hurried over and shouted, "Captain Aoki! Do not disrespect the head of the Shadow Agency. He is Prince Fuyukume Yumi's best friend."
"Hello!"
Aoki Ito nodded unconvinced.
Okamura Ningchi had won the battle and was full of energy. He shouted happily, "Gentlemen! Please take a seat."
The Japanese generals took their seats according to the reception officer's instructions.
Okamura Ningchi was quite nice to Xiang Chu and let him sit next to him, obviously treating him as a distinguished guest.