I glanced out through the door mirror and saw a swaying Russian neighbor Vasily outside the door, holding half a bottle of vodka in his hand and beating the beat with one hand.
Pei Shaodong opened the door and said, "Vasily, are you drunk again?"
Vasily waved his hand and said in blunt Chinese: "I... am not drunk... Mr. Pei, what are you doing?"
"I just got off work."
"Would you like to have a drink together?"
"Thank you, you know, I don't know how to drink."
"What does that matter? I'll teach you..."
As he spoke, regardless of whether Pei Shaodong agreed or not, Vasily staggered in, sat down on the chair, raised the bottle and took another sip.
"Sorry, I have to take a rest, so..." Pei Shaodong made a helpless gesture.
Vasily looked at him drunkenly and said, "Are you asking me to leave?"
Pei Shaodong: "That's not what I meant... Well, didn't you say you were going back to China last time? Before I leave, I'll treat you to a drink. What do you think?"
Vasily stood up suddenly, stared at Pei Shaodong for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears uncontrollably: "I can't go back, I can't go back anymore, I have no home... All my family members were persecuted to death by Stalin...
"
Pei Shaodong then remembered that Vasily was a nobleman during the Tsarist Russia and escaped alone. His family was not so lucky. Before they could pack their bags, they were arrested by the Soviet Red Army.
"Vasily, you have to show your condolences," Pei Shaodong said consolingly.
After crying for a while, Vasily seemed to be half sober from the wine, and said: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper, I won't disturb you..."
After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Mr. Pei, you are a good man, thank you."
"We are all neighbors, as we should." Pei Shaodong still said casually.
Vasily said solemnly: "Mr. Pei, you have to be careful when you live here!"
"Watch out for what?"
"Be careful with that Japanese guy upstairs!"
"You're talking about Kimura-kun? What's wrong with him?"
"That guy is a scammer, writing letters everywhere to extort money!"
"……how do you know?"
"I saw with my own eyes that he blackmailed Mr. Wang on the first floor, stuffed a letter into his room, wrote some random words, and then said he was a collaborator!"
"Is there such a thing?"
"Mr. Wang gave him a sum of money, and everything will be fine. If you don't believe it, you can ask Miss Li!"
"Ms. Li was also blackmailed?"
"Miss Li was not afraid of him. She tore up the letter in front of him, and the guy left in despair!"
"Oh...thank you, Vasily, I will be careful."
Kimura's younger brother is a captain of the gendarmerie. To say that he is indeed uniquely qualified to do this kind of thing. In addition, this man idles around all day long but is never short of money. This seems to confirm what Vasily said.
After sending Vasily away, Pei Shaodong took out the letter and read it twice carefully. The handwriting was crooked. Could it be that Kimura happened to write such a blackmail letter?
If that's the case, Kimura should come to your door soon to extort money...
On the other hand, if this matter has nothing to do with Kimura, then the problem will be serious. This person knows his identity. Based on this alone, Pei Shaodong has to pay attention!
In any case, Zhao Tiecheng must be reminded that when the county brigade attacks, they cannot completely trust the intelligence provided by him!
Two days later.
The continuous heavy rain lasted all day and night. The roads outside the city were so muddy that heavy-loaded vehicles could not drive at all and often got stuck in the mud.
Gendarmerie headquarters.
"Ring ring ring ring!" the phone rang.
Hattori Hikoo picked up the phone: "I am. Oh, Commander, what are your orders?"
"The plan you proposed to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory cannot be carried out for the time being." The voice on the other end of the phone was Shimomura Sada.
"Why?"
"Such bad weather conditions will have a great impact on our mechanized troops, so the staff unanimously agreed that it is necessary to suspend this plan and wait until the weather improves to discuss it again!"
"Your Excellency, Commander, have you ever thought about it? Most of the enemy troops are local armed forces. They don't have this problem. So in such weather, I think our army should stick to this plan!"
"Our troops have been camping in the wild for several days and are in urgent need of rest... Well, after today, your plan can go ahead as usual!"
"But……"
"Stop talking and obey the order!"
"……yes!"
That night, the Huanggang County brigade divided into two groups and suddenly attacked ten stronghold gun towers around Ba County.
The combat effectiveness of the puppet army was already poor, and they almost collapsed at the first touch. In just one hour, the county brigade won a complete victory, killing and rewarding more than 70 Japanese puppet troops, and confiscated countless weapons and ammunition.
The Aoki Regiment, which was originally setting up an ambush nearby, had withdrawn to Ba County to rest and recuperate a few hours ago. When they arrived for reinforcements, in addition to the bombed gun towers, there were also corpses of Japanese and puppet troops everywhere.
Following Pei Shaodong's warning, Zhao Tiecheng sent investigators to repeatedly confirm that there was no Japanese ambush. Then he took advantage of the muddy roads after the rain, which was not conducive to mechanized troops' operations, and destroyed the enemy's peripheral defenses in one fell swoop!
This battle was fought very beautifully, and the superiors also sent congratulatory messages. The Border Daily reported a full page on this victory, and especially praised the intelligence agent "Woodcutter" for providing accurate intelligence!
The result of such an accidental collision made Pei Shaodong more inclined to the warning letter. It was indeed Kimura who wanted to blackmail him, and the content of the letter was just a coincidence.
Recently, Pei Shaodong was ready and waiting for Kimura to knock on his door, but he never saw anyone coming.
Occasionally, when we met in the apartment, Kimura also had a low eyebrow and was very polite to everyone. It was completely different from his previous domineering attitude!
If you think about it carefully, this is easy to understand. Not only Kimura, but also most of the Japanese expatriates in Yanjin have obviously lowered their posture and are not as superior as before.
The Japanese army was losing consecutive battles on all fronts, and the homeland was also bombed. These people had heard the rumors to some extent. Anyone can understand the feeling of panic!
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"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, the Soviet army occupied Berlin, Hitler shot himself!"
A black car passed by on the street. Hattori Hikoo's face in the car was as dark as water. Although Germany's defeat had been foreshadowed for a long time, when this day came, it was inevitable that there would be a feeling of sadness.
The Germans, who once conquered most of Europe with overwhelming force, surrendered. Japan lost its most important ally. The Japanese mainland is bombed by US military planes every day. How long can such an empire last...
Hattori Hikoo never worried about his own fate. Even if the day of defeat came, he would definitely choose to commit suicide by caesarean section, but... what should Mina do?