After comforting Wu Baozhong for a few words, Tanaka Weisuke continued: "President Wu, the top priority is to make arrangements for tonight's reception and make sure everything goes smoothly."
The reason why Tanaka Weisuke valued this reception so much was because the situation had changed in the past two days. The battle on the front line was not going smoothly for the Japanese, so it would take longer to determine the winner.
As a result, Japan, which was already insufficient in supplies, was naturally even more strapped. As the most prosperous city in North China, Tianjin was targeted by the Japanese cabinet and the military, wanting to purchase more supplies here.
The limited power of the Japanese would definitely not be able to accomplish this, so Tanaka Weisuke could only turn his attention to the traitors, hoping to encourage these traitors to further plunder the people's supplies and serve Japan's war of aggression.
"Don't worry, General. Although I failed to catch the anti-Japanese elements, I also destroyed their conspiracy. The reception will be held tonight. Even if they had any ideas, they would not have time to implement them."
Wu Baozhong's tone was very confident, because he believed that the plan of military reunification had been destroyed, so he did so.
Tanaka Weisuke also believes that there will be no more problems at tonight's drinking party. After all, the explosives are buried very cleverly. This is no longer an ordinary method. Presumably the military commander will not have any other preparations.
However, the military police captain was still very cautious, so he said: "We cannot be careless. After all, there are many anti-Japanese elements in Tianjin. If we are not careful, problems will occur."
"Don't worry, General. I'll go over and keep an eye on you later to make sure there won't be any accidents tonight."
Wu Baozhong immediately made a statement. After all, he did not dare to neglect the Japanese master's affairs.
At the same time, Wang Youwei also brought several agents to a grocery store.
There was only one owner in his forties in the grocery store. When he saw several people coming in, he immediately asked with a smile: "What do you want to buy?"
Wang Youwei immediately replied: "I'm here to buy aged vinegar. Shopkeeper Li introduced me to it!"
This sentence is the code word of the military commander, and the boss is also an intelligence agent of the military commander, setting up a stronghold here to collect information.
After hearing Wang Youwei's words, the boss shrank his eyes and immediately said: "The old vinegar is all in the cellar, please come from behind."
The next few people entered the backyard, and Wang Youwei immediately said: "It must be Lao Tian. We just got into trouble. The Japanese may come to track us down, so I came here to hide."
"Who asked you to come here? Did you cause the gunfire just now?"
Lao Tian immediately asked. After all, he was an independent line and was directly led by Li Yunsheng. As an intelligence officer, he had to be vigilant at all times, so he behaved like this.
"It was District Chief Li Yunsheng who asked us to come. The gunfire just now was caused by traitors chasing us, because we were unfortunately exposed when we were performing our mission..."
Wang Youwei did not hesitate and immediately explained the reason. After all, this was his comrade-in-arms.
After listening to Wang Youwei's explanation, Lao Tian said calmly: "So that's it. Come with me."
Soon Lao Tian brought several people to the stove, then brought up the big iron pot, and said to several people: "This is a basement, you go inside to hide first, and I will figure out what to do after I find out the information."
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This stove is very cleverly built. As long as the iron pot is placed, no one who is not an insider would have thought that there would be a basement inside.
Looking at the dark basement, Wang Youwei was stunned, thinking that no wonder the district chief asked me to hide here. With this basement, even if the Japanese and traitors came looking for me, they probably wouldn't find anything.
Thinking of this, Wang Youwei clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much," and then led a group of people into the basement.
After everyone went down to the basement, Lao Tian put the iron pot back in its place and then returned to the grocery store to observe the situation.
Half an hour later, some traitors did come to search, but these traitors were just going through the motions and did not search carefully.
As for the valuable items in the grocery store, these traitors took away a lot of them, especially tobacco and alcohol, and nothing was left. After all, these traitors are very greedy. If they have this opportunity, they will definitely oppress the people.
The reason why this phenomenon occurs is because these traitors are doing errands. After all, Wu Baozhong didn't leave many people behind, so these people naturally understand what's going on.
In fact, when Wang Youwei and others disappeared, Wu Baozhong gave up the pursuit. After all, he also understood the style of the military commander and knew that it would be difficult to find Wang Youwei and others after they escaped.
And sending people out to search was just a pretense to see if anything could happen, but there was no hope in my heart.
When the traitors left, Lao Tian breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the lost things, he felt a little distressed. He even thought to himself that these damn traitors were really nothing.
Although the loss was not small, Lao Tian could still afford the loss. After tidying up a little, he went out to check the situation.
At six o'clock in the evening, a cocktail party held by the Japanese was about to take place. Many Japanese businessmen and traitors, big and small, entered the gendarmerie one after another.
The reception staff also started to get busy, especially the kitchen, which was extremely busy.
However, there was one chef who was a little distracted and had a look of struggle on his face.
This person was none other than Nakajima Yunichi. Now that the reception had begun, he naturally thought of Li Yunsheng's request.
It's just that Nakajima Yunichi is also a Japanese. At this time, he is naturally a little hesitant. After all, this approach is inconsistent with the education he has received.
In particular, Japan vigorously promotes communist ideology and brainwashes all civilians. Although Nakajima Yunichi is not a fool, he has also been affected to some extent.
After about half an hour, Nakajima Yunichi decided to take action. After all, in his heart, his wife and children were much more important than the so-called emperor.
However, since it was his first time doing something like this, Nakajima Yunichi was naturally a little nervous, so he was trembling a little.
Fortunately, the kitchen was very busy, so no one noticed anything strange about this person, and since they were all Japanese, there were no security personnel, so Yunichi Nakajima was able to successfully poison him.
After doing it for the first time, Nakajima Yunichi also calmed down. After all, there was no turning back, so the next actions became normal.
It took half an hour for Yunichi Nakajima to use up all the poison given by Li Yunsheng, but looking at the paper bag in his hand, the man became nervous again.
Nakajima Yunichi is a bit clever. After knowing that someone has been poisoned, the military police will definitely conduct a large-scale investigation. If this thing is kept, it will be easily discovered.
But he was a Japanese chef, and he only cooked Japanese dishes. He didn't use a stove at all, so he couldn't destroy the corpses and remove traces.
After thinking for a while, Nakajima Yunichi came up with an idea. While going to the toilet, he went to the nearby kitchen and found a suitable opportunity to destroy the paper bag.
After doing all this, Nakajima Yunichi felt at ease. Although he didn't know whether this move would pass the test, there was a glimmer of hope and he would not give up.
Returning to his kitchen, Nakajima Yunichi calmed down and began to continue working.
As it approached seven o'clock in the evening, people from all walks of life in Tianjin had arrived. They gathered in twos and threes and were discussing the purpose of this cocktail party.
Before the reception, news spread that in order to fight the war on the front line, the Tianjin area would increase material control.
However, Tianjin's material control is already very strict. If it were stricter, it might have a serious impact. After all, businessmen want to make money. If materials are strictly managed, their interests will definitely be damaged.
The most tense thing here is nothing more than the traitors, big and small. After all, they are just dogs raised by the Japanese, and their life and death are in the hands of their Japanese masters.
In fact, this news was released deliberately by Tanaka Weisuke, just to see the reaction of people from all walks of life in Tianjin so that he could make different countermeasures.
Although the Japanese did not take the Chinese seriously, they had to rely on these traitors for many things. In addition, the war lasted longer and longer, and victory was far away, so they did not dare to go too far.
Although the people at the reception were gathered together in twos and threes, they were still clearly divided. Japanese and Japanese stood together, and traitors and traitors gathered together.
Among the traitors, there was a man in his fifties who walked around and could talk to every traitor. Even the Japanese were very polite to him, so he was very conspicuous.
This man was wearing a black suit and a tie around his neck. He looked tall and mighty, with an air of majesty.
This person is Gao Sanchuan, the pseudo-mayor of Tianjin, and he is also a hard-core traitor. At such an important cocktail party tonight, this person will naturally be present.
Even some gossip was leaked by Tanaka Misuke through Takamikawa's mouth.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the reception officially started. There was a burst of music, and then Japan's top military officer in Tianjin, Kazuo Omiya, appeared at the reception.
Accompanying Omiya Kazuo was naturally Tanaka Misuke, the military police captain. However, although the two came side by side, they kept a certain distance. It was obvious that the relationship between them was not very good.
After the two people stepped onto the stage, the music ended immediately. At this time, Omiya Kazuo gave a speech. Of course, it was all official and nothing special.
After Omiya Kazuo finished speaking, Tanaka Misuke came on the stage. The military police captain was very direct and got straight to the point as soon as he took the stage: "Everyone, the Empire of Japan is holding a cocktail party here today. There is an important thing to say."
After a pause, he continued: "Recently, counterfeit banknotes have been rampant in the Tianjin market, which has caused serious consequences. Even the material purchase of the imperial army has been seriously affected.
Therefore, the imperial army decided to formulate a stricter material control plan and called everyone together to discuss a perfect countermeasure to stabilize Tianjin's economic situation..."
As Tanaka Weisuke delivered a series of speeches, the people below began to whisper, especially some Japanese businessmen, who frowned. After all, these things had a great impact on them. Some small businessmen even looked ugly.
It's amazing because they make a living by reselling supplies.