Nine o'clock in the morning, western suburb of Yanjin.
Within a radius of a few hundred meters, there are no less than a thousand tombs, large and small. Some graves have a wooden board inserted in front of them, with the identity and name of the deceased written on it. It is considered a tombstone. Most of the graves have nothing in front of them, just
A bare pile of dirt.
Most of the people buried here are those soldiers of the national army who died heroically during the Yanjin Defense War. Others like Chen Dasheng were buried here because no one claimed them and no family members could be found.
On the bumpy dirt road, with dust flying all over the sky, a black car sped forward, followed closely by two military trucks with sun flags hanging on them. Inside the carriages were all Japanese military police with live ammunition. Zeng Che was sitting in handcuffs and shackles.
among these Japanese soldiers.
The car slowed down and stopped slowly on the side of the road. The dust cleared. The rear door opened and Hattori Hikoo stepped out of the car.
The trucks parked behind the cars one after another, and Kako Nakamura jumped out of the cab of one of the trucks. He had just been discharged from the hospital, and the burns and scalds on his body had not fully recovered. His skin was red and had patches on the left and right, and he looked strange.
Two trucks were loaded with at least one squad of Japanese soldiers. Under the command of Kako Nakamura, they lined up with rifles to guard the surrounding area.
Hattori Hikoo waved his hand and ordered: "Bring Zeng Che here!"
"yes!"
After a while, two Japanese soldiers came over with Zeng Che on their backs.
Zeng Che has been on a hunger strike in prison. In order to keep him alive, Japanese military doctors forcibly injected him with nutritional injections. Even so, his physical condition was very bad and he was so weak that it was difficult to even walk.
"Stationmaster Zeng, do you know where this place is?" Hattori Hikoo asked.
After living in Yanjin for so many years, Zeng Che certainly knew where this place was. He even secretly came to pay homage to these unknown martyrs.
"Not only do I know, but the people in Yanjin also know that this is our hero's tomb!" Zeng Che said with a little excitement.
Hattori Hikoo said: "Whether it is a hero's grave or a mass grave, in the end it is just a handful of loess! No matter how prominent your status is, what is the meaning of it if you lose your life?"
Zeng Che said coldly: "As a Chinese soldier, if I am willing to be a slave to the subjugation of my country and let invaders like you trample my homeland, then for me, there will be no joy in life, and no fear in death!"
Hattori Hikoo was silent for a while and said slowly: "Webmaster Zeng, I must remind you that this is your last chance. Do you really want to give up so easily?"
Zeng Che broke away from the two Japanese soldiers, dragged his heavy anklets, and walked forward step by step.
Hattori Hikoo looked at his back and said loudly: "Stationmaster Zeng, as long as you are willing to look back, your destiny will be completely different! If you die here today, in a few years or more than ten years, your country will no longer exist.
, who will remember you?"
Zeng Che stood still and without looking back, said: "Stop daydreaming, I tell you, China will never fall!"
Although Kako Nakamura couldn't understand Chinese, he could tell that Hattori Hikoo was trying to persuade Zeng Che. He walked over and said, "Major, what else can I say to this stubborn Chinese? It's been more than a month."
time, we have given him enough opportunities!"
"This is an awe-inspiring Chinese man! It's a pity that he is not used by us... Let's execute him!" Hattori Hikoo sighed and said.
Kako Nakamura ordered loudly: "Firing squad, prepare!"
Four Japanese soldiers walked out of the queue, "Crash! Crash!" They pulled the bolt and loaded the gun, and the muzzle of the 38 rifle was aimed at Zeng Che.
Zeng Che raised his head and glanced at the gray sky, and shouted with all his strength: "China will not perish! Long live the nation! Prosperity for the motherland!..."
"Shoot!" Nakamura Kako shouted.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Zeng Che fell down on the grass, eyes wide open with eyes wide open, and blood instantly dyed the soil under him red.
Kako Nakamura waved his hand, and several Japanese soldiers came over with shovels, dug a shallow pit of about half a meter nearby, then lifted Zeng Che's body and threw it in.
The reason why the Japanese decided to execute Zeng Che was, on the one hand, because Zeng Che would rather die than surrender and showed no signs of compromise; on the other hand, it was also a retaliatory response to the military commander's assassination of Wang Tianlin.
…………
Three days later.
Two of Zhang Jinbiao's men were released. Yuan Wenkui did not so much give face to Jiang Xinyu as to give face to Hattori Hikoo.
Now everyone knows that Jiang Xinyu is a frequent visitor to the Military Police, and his relationship with Hattori Hikoo's sister is extraordinary. It's too late to flatter such a person, so how can anyone be willing to offend him.
That night, Zhang Jinbiao called Jiang Xinyu, and his two men really had clues about Cinder Alley.
Jiang Xinyu didn't waste a minute and drove over immediately. He wanted to ask about the situation in person. After all, the matter was so important that he didn't dare to be careless.
Jiang Xinyu's car stopped on the side of the road, and a few minutes later, Zhang Jinbiao walked over quickly with two people.
"Chief Jiang, I have brought you here."
"Get in the car!" Jiang Xinyu said.
Zhang Jinbiao and his two men opened the door and got into the car.
"His name is Da Qiang, and this one is called Three Fatty." Zhang Jinbiao introduced.
Daqiang: "Hello, Chief Jiang."
Three Fatty: "Chief Jiang, Brother Biao said, thanks to you this time, we got us out of the detective team prison. Thank you..."
Jiang Xinyu took a look at them. They were all young people in their twenties, with slight bruises on their faces. It seemed that they had been beaten less often in the detective team.
"I fished you out for the sake of your boss. If you want to thank him, just thank him." Jiang Xinyu said lightly.
"Do you two understand? I am your boss, and Section Chief Jiang is my boss, that is, your boss's boss! If anything happens in the future, you don't need to give me orders. As long as it's Section Chief Jiang's business, I'll do my best.
Gotta do it!" Zhang Jinbiao said with a roar.
"Understood!" The two men expressed their loyalty in unison.
Jiang Xinyu waited for them to finish making trouble and asked: "Tell me about Cinder Alley, the more detailed the better."
Daqiang: "Half a month ago, three fat guys and I went to Weijin South Road to stock up on goods. We were not familiar with where the newly opened opium shop was. We took a wrong turn and ended up in Cinder Alley, and then...
I saw that person..."
Jiang Xinyu interrupted him and said, "What is that person like?"
Daqiang recalled for a while and said: "Fair and fair, with short hair, big eyes, and a black mole at the corner of his mouth. He must be in his twenties..."
The third fat man interjected: "He is more than 20 years old. I think he is at least thirty years old. He just doesn't look old."