After Akiyama Yoshio was transferred to the Military Police, he thought that he would never have any more relations with the anti-Japanese elements.
However, when he was approaching home, he suddenly saw an old acquaintance from his past: the flames of Juntong.
After serving as the general affairs section chief, Akiyama Yoshio had his own house at No. 9 Banqiao Hutong.
"Are you not disturbing me?" Lu Chengzhou walked up to Akiyama Yoshio, bowed and whispered.
"Please come in." Akiyama Yoshio glanced at Lu Chengzhou. People were coming to his door. What else could he say?
In urban areas, Japanese people can do whatever they want.
Akiyama Yoshio only has a small general affairs section chief, but the house he lives in is very big. After walking in, there are as many as three entrances.
If Chinese people live here, they can accommodate a large family.
But here, only Akiyama Yoshio lives.
"Qiu Shanjun, are you still adapting to the gendarmerie?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"I don't get used to it. The secret service is too cruel." Akiyama Yoshio shook his head.
He used to be in the field force, fighting directly with the Chinese army, but later he got tired of it and joined the logistics force.
In the logistics force, he actively opposed the war and wanted to return to Japan to reunite with his family.
To this end, he did not hesitate to cooperate with China's anti-Japanese groups.
It is precisely because of this that he, as the leader of the anti-war activists, has never been exposed.
On the contrary, because he had written an "anonymous letter" to Hiroshi Kikuchi before, he was transferred to the Military Police this time and was given the important position of becoming the Chief of the General Affairs Section.
After arriving at the Military Police, Akiyama Yoshio saw so-called anti-Japanese elements and even ordinary people being killed almost every day in just a few days.
The tragic death of these people was rare in Akiyama Yoshio's life.
"It's not just cruel, it's brutal. Qiu Shanjun, don't you think something should be done?" Lu Chengzhou asked sincerely.
"I'm just the general affairs section chief, what can I do for you?" Akiyama Yoshio said with a wry smile.
"You don't have to do anything deliberately, just tell us what happened in the gendarmerie." Lu Chengzhou said with a smile.
"There is no problem. Today, the military police arrested a group of workers from the Open University Cotton Factory. It is said that these workers are constantly looking for opportunities to sabotage production," said Akiyama Yoshio.
"How many people are there?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
In Haigu, in addition to the military commanders and the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party, there are also many patriots.
They spontaneously organized themselves to fight against Japan, but once discovered by Japanese spies, they often faced disaster.
"Twenty-six people." Akiyama Yoshio said, he is the head of the general affairs section, and it is really difficult to hide these things from him.
"Twenty-six people?" Lu Chengzhou said in surprise.
"It is said that these people will be shot tonight." Akiyama Yoshio said slowly.
After these people were caught by the gendarmerie, they were not treated as humans at all. They were hung on iron hooks like pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
Akiyama Yoshio took a look. Although he had come down from the battlefield, he couldn't help but feel chilled when he saw such a scene.
"Is there any way to stop it?" Lu Chengzhou asked in a deep voice.
"There is no way." Akiyama Yoshio shook his head.
"No, there must be a way." Lu Chengzhou insisted, these are twenty-six lives.
"Kikuchi Hiroshi hates them for destroying production and thinks this is the biggest anti-Japanese act." Akiyama Yoshio said slowly.
"Thank you Mr. Qiu Shan for telling me this news. I hope to cooperate again in the future." Lu Chengzhou said sincerely.
"After joining the military police, I felt ashamed that I had violated China." Akiyama Yoshio stood with his legs together, bowed to Lu Chengzhou, and said sincerely.
Originally, he had only fulfilled his duties as a soldier during the Sino-Japanese War.
After arriving at the Military Police, he discovered that the Japanese Communist Party would lead the Japanese people on a path of no return.
Although Lu Chengzhou could not save the twenty-six workers at the Gongda Cotton Factory, he could see Yoshio Akiyama's thoughts.
In the evening, Lu Chengzhou went to the Garden Military Police. When he arrived, the twenty-six people had been killed.
The Japanese don't take the lives of Chinese people seriously. Even if Lu Chengzhou knew that, he still had to stand with them on the surface.
The only thing he could do was to spread the news and let more people know about the cruelty of the Japanese.
After the new intelligence team leader arrived in Haigu, Lu Chengzhou personally hosted a banquet to welcome him.
The new team leader is Lu Jizhi, who is in his thirties and graduated from the Hangzhou Police Academy training class.
He had stayed at Shanghai Station before and fought face to face with Japanese spies, and his seniority was older than Lu Chengzhou.
By asking him to come to Haigu Station to serve as the intelligence team leader, Dai Li also wanted to give Lu Chengzhou a strong assistant.
"It is really a blessing for Haigu Station that Team Leader Lu can come to Haigu to assist his younger brother." Lu Chengzhou said with a smile.
Regardless of whether he likes Lu Jizhi or not, since everyone is here, he naturally doesn't want to let him go.
Lu Chengzhou carefully studied the telegram sent from Chongqing, who was the new intelligence team leader at the time, and asked for his opinions.
In fact, Dai Li should have made up his mind at that time, but Lu Chengzhou didn't see the meaning.
Lu Chengzhou recommended Ma Yuzhen to Chongqing, but it had the opposite effect. Not only did Ma Yuzhen not become the leader of the intelligence team, but it made Dai Li feel that Lu Chengzhou was suspected of supporting the army.
"Haigu Station has made outstanding contributions, and Station Commander Huo is even more wise and powerful. It is my great honor to be able to serve at Haigu Station." Lu Jizhi's face was filled with a sincere smile.
In fact, Dai Li specially summoned him before coming to Haigu.
Lu Jizhi not only had to be a good intelligence team leader, he also brought a latest military radio, which could send reports directly to Chongqing and report on the latest developments at Haigu Station and Huoyan.
All intelligence team leaders shoulder this mission.
It's not that Dai Li suspected Lu Chengzhou, but it was a means of supervision.
Only by letting his subordinates supervise each other can he truly control the overall situation.
"Currently Japan is tightening its control over the concessions, and our space for activities is getting smaller and smaller. The days ahead will be very difficult." Lu Chengzhou said thoughtfully.
He was not alarmist. According to the information he received, more than 300 British troops stationed in the British Concession were preparing to withdraw from Haigu.
As the war in Europe spreads, Britain's attention turns to Europe. For their own interests, they would rather abandon China.
At the end of December 1939, more than 300 British troops evacuated Haigu.
Just after the British army retreated from Haigu, the military police unit, in cooperation with the police patrol, conducted a comprehensive search of the British concession and arrested a group of so-called "suspects."
After the British withdrew from Haigu, the law enforcement agencies in the British Concession were changed from the police department to the gendarmerie detachment.
As long as it involves resistance to Japan, the police department must first seek instructions from the gendarmerie detachment.
The police department can only take action with the consent of the gendarmerie detachment.
But even so, Japan is not satisfied yet. They hope to fully enter the British and French concessions and allow the British and French concessions to withdraw from the concession management.
On January 27, 1940, the Japanese army once again stepped up its blockade of the British and French concessions and prohibited food from entering the concessions.
