After Zhang Hao and others completed their mission, they returned to the North China District Headquarters and made full preparations, waiting for a large-scale search by the Japanese.
But after waiting for a long time, the Japanese search did not come.
It was after three o'clock in the middle of the night that Li Yunsheng heard the noise and knew that the Japanese raid was coming.
Although he didn't know why the Japanese moved so slowly, Li Yunsheng still cheered up and prepared to deal with the Japanese who were searching.
A few minutes later, there were knocks on the door outside.
"Open the door, open the door..."
Immediately afterwards, several unpleasant voices came from outside, occasionally mixed with a few Japanese words.
When there was movement outside, the military commanders were all ready.
"Go open the door!"
Li Yunsheng immediately issued the order. After all, he was ready. As long as nothing unexpected happened, he could easily send away the searchers.
As soon as Li Yunsheng finished speaking, Xu Bing immediately went over to open the door.
At this time, Xu Bing had already put on some disguise, just like an ordinary woman.
The rest of the people in the headquarters also put away their fierceness and acted like ordinary people.
The door was quickly opened, revealing several Japanese soldiers and a dozen traitorous policemen.
"Did you find anything suspicious?"
As soon as these traitor police officers came in, the leading police officer started asking questions and kept winking at Li Yunsheng and others.
The reason for this is that Li Yunsheng and others have long been connected with these traitors and have given them some benefits from time to time.
Therefore, the two sides are relatively familiar with each other. If there were no Japanese around, the other side would not come to search at all.
"No no!"
Xu Bing responded immediately, pretending to be a little scared without revealing any flaws.
Naturally, the traitor policeman would not embarrass Xu Bing. He pretended to ask, and then said to the Japanese soldier behind him: "Taijun, this family didn't see anything suspicious, and..."
The traitor policeman immediately explained to the Japanese and said some nice words, intending to trick the Japanese into leaving.
This is also because these traitors are not die-hard loyalists to the Japanese, they are the kind who live around and get paid to do things.
Under normal circumstances, Japanese soldiers would not be too troublesome and would trust these traitorous policemen.
But tonight, the East Asia Trading House was burned to rubble, which made Fukuda Mingwu very angry, so every Japanese officer issued strict orders for soldiers to search carefully.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese soldiers would naturally not be negligent. Even if the traitor police said a lot of good things, they would not leave.
"To search..."
After speaking half-baked Chinese, the Japanese soldier walked into the courtyard.
There were not many people in the yard. Apart from Li Yunsheng, there were six other people, including an elderly couple.
This elderly couple was specially transferred from other places by Li Yunsheng in order to deceive others, so that they could pretend to be a family and not make people suspicious.
"Boss, this..."
Seeing this situation, Xu Bing's face looked a little ugly, and he immediately looked at the traitor policeman.
"Something big is going to happen tonight, just bear with it!"
The traitor police officer gave an explanation and looked helpless.
After hearing what the traitor police said, Xu Bing didn't say much, but hid aside, pretending to be an ordinary citizen, and tried to avoid the Japanese as much as possible.
Li Yunsheng and others all have public identities, and they also opened a grocery store in Maoer Hutong, so they are considered to be somewhat wealthy people.
Therefore, some valuable things are placed in the room to confuse the Japanese.
The few Japanese soldiers who came in began to search arrogantly, and when they saw something valuable, they would put it into their arms.
Faced with this situation, Li Yunsheng and others all looked annoyed but did not dare to say anything.
This kind of performance was naturally a show-off, because the military commanders had been prepared for it. Even if the Japanese were so arrogant, their mood was very calm. After all, Tianjin was an occupied area, so it was not surprising what these Japanese did.
If this was not an urban area and the Japanese wanted to maintain stability and not kill easily, I am afraid that the situation of the Chinese would be even worse.
However, it was Li Yunsheng's first time facing a Japanese search, and he felt helpless in his heart. He also felt that this situation was really inconvenient, and he had to find a way to avoid these troubles.
A few minutes passed, and the Japanese soldiers completed the search, then took their war trophies and left in a swaggering manner.
"These Japanese devils are so hateful!"
As soon as the Japanese left, Liu Qing cursed fiercely, but in a low voice, for fear that the Japanese would hear him.
"Okay, we will encounter this situation again in the future!"
Li Yunsheng simply said that after all, there are no concessions in Tianjin now, so the military commanders can only hide among the people.
Liu Qing also knew this situation, so he didn't continue to curse, but he had a very bad look on his face.
Not only Liu Qing was in a bad mood, but Xu Bing and several others also looked ugly.
After all, North China District had always been in the concession before, and no matter how big the trouble was, it would not be searched publicly.
But now the situation has changed. Not only do we have to deal with traitors, we also have to keep a low profile towards the Japanese.
Even for safety, Xu Bing and Liu Qing both put on some makeup and made themselves dirty. This is naturally a kind of torture for women who love beauty.
"District Chief, our situation is special. Why don't we spend some money to get a better identity so as not to run into this kind of trouble again and again?"
Xu Bing immediately made a suggestion. After all, tonight's situation made her very troubled.
Moreover, there are radio stations and many confidential documents here at the North China District Headquarters. If the Japanese discover the anomaly, I am afraid it will be a disaster.
Li Yunsheng had already had this idea, but he didn't expect that Xu Bing had also thought of this. He couldn't help but nodded and said seriously: "I should get a better identity."
There are many secrets in the North China headquarters. Although there are several basements here, confidentiality is also high.
But if the Japanese come to your door and have a clear goal, they can find these things.
Thinking of this, Li Yunsheng made up his mind to find a more convenient identity so that the Japanese would not search him randomly.
On the other side, the fire in the East Asia Trading House has been put out by the Japanese.
Only the East Asia Trading House and nearby buildings were burned to ashes by the fire.
Seeing this situation, David Ikeda, who was responsible for the aftermath, breathed a sigh of relief, and even thought to himself, it seems that there won't be any trouble this time.
And Yongshan Tiesheng also rushed back, but in front of him, there were only the ruins of the East Asia Trading House, without any clues.
Even the truck transporting supplies was burned into an iron frame due to the fire.
It was Nagayama Tetsuo who suggested putting out the fire first, so the Japanese's massive search came so late.
But Yongshan Tiesheng was disappointed, because there was nothing left at East Asia Trading House.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Nagayama Tetsuo immediately asked, after all, the person in charge of the aftermath was David Ikeda.
"There are no clues here, we can only investigate elsewhere!"
David Ikeda's tone was very cold, and the expression on his face was very serious, as if he was very angry.
But in David Ikeda's heart, he was a little happy, and he even began to think about how to involve Hase Nobuyasu in the matter of the East Asia Trading Company...