"What, Mr. Zhao doesn't want to see me? Or does he want to be arrested by the Japanese?"
Seeing that Zhao Chengde didn't speak, the visitor continued to joke.
"District Chief Li, what happened today is very surprising to Mr. Zhao, but at this critical moment, you can help me, and Mr. Zhao is very grateful."
The people who came to rescue Zhao Chengde were naturally Li Yunsheng and the military commander. However, the two sides had been a little unhappy before, so the old party member was a little surprised.
Moreover, Zhao Chengde believes that from Li Yunsheng's perspective, facing this situation, he will definitely not help. After all, the relationship between the two parties is not good, so watching the Japanese eliminate the underground party is the best option.
"Thank you for taking it. After all, I helped you, but I took a lot of risks."
Li Yunsheng accepted Zhao Chengde's gratitude unceremoniously and pretended to be indifferent. After all, there were other people here and he couldn't let people think that he was very close to the underground party.
Li Yunsheng was able to arrive in time because Zhao Chengde's fate should not have been cut off, because this place is not far from the North China District Headquarters.
Ever since the gunshots rang out in the concession, Li Yunsheng noticed something unusual. After all, the Li Deshun Hotel was not far from the headquarters, and the gunshots came immediately. Especially when Zhao Chengde was hunted by the Japanese again, the direction of his escape was exactly the direction of the escape.
Coming from the North China District Headquarters.
Hearing the sound of gunfire coming from far and near, and heading towards the headquarters, although Li Yunsheng concluded that it was not aimed at the military commander, he still sent Zhang Hao to check the situation and asked the people at the headquarters to count the items and be ready at any time.
transfer.
Zhang Hao did not think that this matter was directed at the military commander. After all, such a loud gunshot had exposed everything. If the Japanese really came against their own side, there would not be such a big movement.
However, the situation still needed to be investigated. After all, with such a big movement, something big must have happened, so I went out to check immediately.
A few minutes later, Zhang Hao came back with a serious look and reported: "District Chief, the Japanese are arresting people, targeting the underground party and a few overseas Chinese."
Zhang Hao had met Zhao Chengde and those overseas Chinese, so he saw the situation from a distance and immediately came back to report the situation.
Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to bring people to help directly, but he only took two of his men out, and there were eight or nine Japanese. In addition, the people being chased were underground gangs, so he didn't make up his mind.
After all, if you help at this time, you have to face a lot of danger, but Zhang Hao knows that those overseas Chinese are elites, and if they are caught by the Japanese, the losses will be too great, so he quickly comes back to report.
Hearing Zhang Hao's words, Li Yunsheng was stunned. He didn't expect that the Japanese could find the underground party. After all, the underground party's methods were also very clever. How could it be exposed so easily.
Seeing Li Yunsheng in a daze, Liu Qing on the side immediately said: "District Chief, those overseas Chinese cannot fall into the hands of the Japanese. Now it is a united front. Let's go and help."
Hearing that the Japanese were arresting the underground party, Liu Qing was very anxious. After all, he knew that the underground party and the overseas Chinese were all gathered together. Once the Japanese caught him alive, I am afraid that the entire Tianjin Municipal Committee would have to face it.
carries huge risks.
But as a woman, she was still under the nose of the military commander, so she couldn't help at all. Even if she did go out, she would be alone and unable to make any difference. That's why she made this suggestion, hoping to use the military commander's hand to help the party.
The organization weathers the storm.
In Liu Qing's heart, Li Yunsheng and several of his operatives were excellent combatants. As long as they could be mobilized, they would have a great chance of rescuing the underground party members.
Under other circumstances, Li Yunsheng might still hesitate. After all, rescuing people from the Japanese is a dangerous thing.
However, these overseas Chinese are very important talents, and Zhao Chengde is an old acquaintance. He will naturally help, so he immediately said: "These overseas Chinese are very important. We cannot let them fall into the hands of the Japanese. Let's help."
Li Yunsheng's tone was very firm. After he finished speaking, he gathered the action personnel and prepared to go out for rescue. He told Xu Bing to prepare to transfer the headquarters.
After all, after taking action, this place will be exposed to the eyes of the Japanese. Even if the Japanese don't know the specific location, they can guess the approximate location.
After listening to Li Yunsheng's arrangement, Xu Bing nodded, then glanced at Liu Qing, with some guesses in his mind.
But Xu Bing didn't say much. After all, Li Yunsheng had already made a decision, and she knew the importance of these overseas Chinese, so she started preparations immediately.
There are a total of more than a dozen people in the North China District Headquarters, including eight operational staff and several civilian staff, including Liu Qing and Xu Bing.
However, these civil servants were not without resistance, so Li Yunsheng only left one person behind and took the others to help.
Because he was familiar with the terrain, and based on the sound of gunfire, Li Yunsheng judged that there were not many Japanese, so he decided to divide his troops into two groups and attack the Japanese from behind, thus easily resolving the battle.
Li Yunsheng's performance made Zhao Chengde a little strange. After all, the other party had helped, but his attitude was so rude. This approach was a bit abnormal.
Just when he was about to say something, Li Yunsheng spoke first: "Mr. Zhao, this is not a safe place. The Japanese will be chasing you soon. I don't know where you plan to go."
Zhao Chengde also knew that this was not the time to say more, so he immediately said: "We have a safe place. Now that the Japanese have been eliminated, there should be no problem with safety."
Now that there are no pursuers, Zhao Chengde is absolutely sure that he can return to the safe house. After all, this old party member has extraordinary abilities.
"Okay, let's separate here, you go first!"
Li Yunsheng did not doubt Zhao Chengde's ability, and after dealing with the pursuers, if this old party member could not leave safely, he would be extremely incompetent.
The reason why Zhao Chengde was allowed to leave first was because of Li Yunsheng's good intentions. After all, the military commanders stayed here to provide cover if someone came.
Zhao Chengde naturally knew that Li Yunsheng had good intentions, so he hugged his fist in return and planned to leave.
But his companion suddenly arrived at this moment. After all, this man had lost too much blood.
Although there are overseas Chinese who can help, Zhao Chengde is still very anxious. After all, the overseas Chinese have average physical strength and may not be able to reach the safe house with the wounded.
Seeing Zhao Chengde's difficulty, Li Yunsheng frowned, and then said to Zhang Hao: "Take one person and escort Mr. Zhao back."
Li Yunsheng decided to be a good man and stick to it. Since Zhao Chengde and the others were in trouble, he sent Zhang Hao to help. After all, the two parties could be considered old friends.
Zhao Chengde did not refuse Li Yunsheng's kindness. After all, they were really in trouble, so he said a few polite words and left with Zhang Hao's help.
After Zhang Hao and others left, Li Yunsheng and several agents stayed nearby for two minutes. After seeing that no Japanese or other traitors came, and confirming that Zhao Chengde and others were gone, he turned and left.
Ten minutes after Li Yunsheng left, the rest of the Japanese arrived. But seeing the corpses all over the ground, they didn't know how to deal with them, so they had to report to Kawashima Jinwu.
At this time, Kawashima Jinwu was leading a search in the Li Deshun Hotel. Due to the cooperation of the police station, the hotel manager had no choice but to cooperate with the Japanese actions.
All the guests were called to gather in the lobby, and then the Japanese began to check the rooms to see if there were any fish caught.
After everything was ready, Kawashima Jinwu was a little embarrassed. After all, there were too many people in the hotel, and Layton promised to cooperate with the Japanese search, but it was impossible to let them do whatever they wanted.
At this time, Wu Baozhong suggested: "Your Excellency Colonel, let's check the guest's accommodation time first, so that we can lock the scope and the target will be easier to find."
Wu Baozhong was a cunning man. Seeing Kawashima Jinwu in trouble, he immediately made this suggestion.
"Yo Xi, Mr. Wu is really smart, he came up with a countermeasure so quickly."
After finishing speaking, Kawashima Jinwu took the hotel's registration book and began to check the accommodation time.
At this time, there were three returned overseas Chinese in the hotel lobby, and all three of them were women. It was for this reason that they did not leave the hotel. After all, women have less adventurous spirit and poor physical strength.
Even though two underground gang members died heroically and gave their lives to create opportunities for the three of them, they could not leave.
As the Japanese searched the hotel and began to check the accommodation registration book, the three female overseas Chinese became a little anxious. After all, they did not risk leaving. One important reason was that they believed that this was a concession and the Japanese could not openly mess around.
However, the performance of the white police made them very disappointed. Fortunately, although the three overseas Chinese had limited knowledge, they were not fools and naturally they would not come forward. No one knew their specific identities anyway.
By this time, the Japanese had already checked, so Kawashima Jinwu called out all the people who had checked in two days ago.
These three female overseas Chinese were very lucky. There were about 30 other people who checked in on the same day as them, and they were all young.
The reason for this was that there was a passenger ship coming from Nanyang that day, and those who could return home during this period could not be the old, weak, sick or disabled. It happened that many people stayed at the Li Deshun Hotel.
Seeing that there were so many people and that they all met the target, Kawashima Jinwu felt happy and wanted to take them all back to the military police for interrogation.
But the white police chief on the side quit. After all, this is a concession, and it would be embarrassing to cooperate with the Japanese search. If the Japanese were to take away so many people without evidence, Leiden would not be able to explain.
"Mr. Kawashima, you won't tell me that these people are anti-Japanese elements, right?"
Layton took a step forward, stopped the Japanese, and asked Kawashima Jinwu with an ugly expression.
"Chief Layton, these people all meet the requirements of anti-Japanese elements, so I want to take them back for investigation. I hope you can cooperate."
Leiden's obstruction made Kawashima Jinwu very unhappy. After all, he wanted to go back to interrogate these people and find clues as soon as possible so that he could wipe out all the underground parties in Tianjin.