It wasn't until around ten o'clock in the morning that Lu Chengzhou received the "shocking" news that Kiyozō Terada had been murdered.
Lu Chengzhou immediately rushed to the scene of the incident as quickly as possible.
The place where Terada Kiyozō was killed was the only way into the city.
When Lu Chengzhou arrived, Kawasaki Hiro had already arrived at the scene in advance.
Terada Seizo's body was still in the same state as when he died. His head was sunk into a large piece and was surrounded by white and red brains. This shows that the attacker was very powerful at that time.
Lu Chengzhou saw Kawasaki Hiroshi standing next to Terada Seizo with a serious face, observing Terada Seizo's body. He watched carefully from the side.
Although Lu Chengzhou was very aware of the entire murder process of Terada Kiyoshi, at this time he could only analyze the situation as much as possible as a bystander.
Kawasaki Hiro also saw Lu Chengzhou. After Lu Chengzhou approached, he asked: "Who do you think did it?"
Lu Chengzhou looked around, then approached Terada Kiyozō's head and looked at the wound carefully.
Lu Chengzhou left quickly at that time. Although the death of Terada Kiyoshi was terrifying, it felt particularly happy when it fell in Lu Chengzhou's eyes.
Lu Chengzhou pondered for a while and then said slowly: "Judging from the method of committing the crime, this person does not look like an anti-Japanese person, but more like a highway robber."
The reason why Lu Chengzhou didn't use a knife or a gun was because he didn't want the Japanese to connect the matter with the anti-Japanese organization.
Kawasaki Hiroshi nodded slightly. He also felt that this murderer only wanted to steal money and was not a resister against Japan.
He had just searched Terada Seizo's body. The information he brought back from Erbu Mountain was still there, but the money on him was missing.
Moreover, Terada Kiyozō rode a bicycle to Mount Erpo, and now the bicycle has disappeared.
From this, Kawasaki Hiroshi analyzed that the reason why Terada Kiyozō was murdered must be because of money.
This made Lu Chengzhou suddenly feel much better. He would be very angry if Terada Seizo died as a result of the anti-Japanese resistance.
But if he was robbed, he wouldn't be so extreme.
Kawasaki Hiroshi clasped his hands behind his back and glanced back at Seizo Terada's body. Then he walked to the car and said to Lu Chengzhou who was following him: "Go back first. Seizo Terada has brought back important information from Erbu Mountain."
Lu Chengzhou immediately followed Kawasaki Hiro into the car and made such a big circle, wasn't it just for this matter?
After getting on the bus, Kawasaki Hiro handed Lu Chengzhou a note. This was information from Xu Tie that the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade would go down the mountain in the near future and attack the bunker again.
At the same time, the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade has sent people to sneak into Haigu and prepare to transport a batch of food up the mountain.
Lu Chengzhou looked at the words on the note carefully and said firmly: "Teacher, this is Xu Tie's handwriting."
The reason why Kawasaki Hiro asked him to mention this matter was not only because Xu Tie was his former subordinate, but also because Terada Kiyoshi suddenly died?
Xu Tie was originally arranged by Lu Chengzhou to break into Erbu Mountain. Terada Qingzang was eager to make contributions, so he snatched this line from Lu Chengzhou.
Kawasaki Hiro took the note from Lu Chengzhou, closed his eyes slightly, leaned on the sofa, and suddenly asked: "How do you think the matter of Terada Kiyoshi should be handled?"
Lu Chengzhou was slightly surprised. He had been waiting for Kawasaki Hiroshi to ask about the intelligence, but unexpectedly the other party asked about Terada Kiyoshi.
Lu Chengzhou thought for a while and then said thoughtfully: "If Terada Seizo hadn't died at the hands of anti-Japanese elements, things would have been simpler."
Kawasaki Hiroshi said slowly: "How about a simple method?"
Lu Chengzhou immediately said: "It's enough to hand it over to the local police station, but the possibility of solving the case is not high. If the crime is committed on the run, the chance of solving the case is basically low."
Kawasaki Hiroshi added: "What do you think of the actions of the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade?"
Lu Cheng was stunned on Monday. He had prepared several countermeasures, but he couldn't say them out right now.
Lu Chengzhou turned his head and looked out the window. After thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "Gather all our efforts to cleanly and completely eliminate this military force on Erbu Mountain."
Kawasaki Hiro shook his head. Lu Chengzhou's statement was too vague. It seemed conclusive, but in fact he said nothing.
Kawasaki Hiroshi asked: "Do you have any specific plans?"
Lu Chengzhou immediately said: "Teacher, I want to transfer all the people in the gendarmerie to the east of the city to conduct reconnaissance around Erbu Mountain. We don't have an accurate date, so we can only cast a wide net."
Lu Chengzhou never thought that in order to mobilize all the troops, he only needed to attract everyone's attention to Erbu Mountain.
Kawasaki Hiro felt that although Lu Chengzhou’s suggestion was good, it was basically impossible to implement it.
"Have you ever thought about it? We have limited manpower. If we transfer all of them, what will happen once they enter the city?" Kawasaki Hiroshi said with some worry.
Lu Chengzhou immediately said: "The teacher is worried, aren't they going to the city to purchase grain? Just keep an eye on all grain merchants, especially Chinese grain merchants."
Starting this month, the Haigu City Grain Distribution Control Office, composed of 88 Chinese and Japanese grain merchants, will comprehensively manage the city's grain distribution.
In other words, from now on, the grain in Haigu can only be provided by these 88 grain merchants, and they have become a monopoly.
Anything, as long as it is sold exclusively, will immediately turn into huge profits.
When Hiroshi Kawasaki heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "We must not only keep an eye on Chinese grain merchants, but also Japanese grain merchants. Businessmen are chasing profits, and they will do anything for such a small profit."
In the past, Kawasaki Hiro could have turned a blind eye, but this time it was related to the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade, and there was no room for mistakes.
There are eighty-eight grain merchants, even if each person is to target one, there will still be eighty-eight people.
Moreover, the military police's attention was all drawn to the grain merchants. People like Kawasaki Hiroshi and Io even personally participated in some suspected grain merchants.
However, just as the military police were preparing to wipe out the Haigu Anti-Japanese Brigade, the large military warehouse of the 1820 Unit in Hedong, Haigu suddenly caught fire.
Although this military warehouse was right by the river, the fire spread quickly. The Japanese army concentrated a large number of manpower and it took a day and a night to extinguish the fire.
On this day and night, the Japanese army burned tens of thousands of uniforms, thousands of boxes of shoes, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
As for other lost guns and ammunition, it is even harder to count.
The raid in Jidong, which was supposed to end in December, had to end early because of this incident.
Although Lu Chengzhou was at the rear, he felt that this operation greatly cooperated with the frontal battlefield.
Even if the Japanese army's raids were ended one day earlier, no one knows how many anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians would have been saved.
At the end of the year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a decision to pay attention to strengthening work in occupied areas.
Lu Chengzhou was very excited after seeing this information, which showed that the organization would strengthen Haigu's work.
