Qiao Yanfang immediately stopped a captain officer, revealed her identity to him, and asked: "Three people came in just now, did you notice it?"
The captain looked at her face, seemed to realize there was a problem, and asked: "Who is it?"
Qiao Yanfang gritted her teeth and said, "It's a Japanese spy! I know him! We followed him here! He came in about a minute ago! Did you notice it?"
The captain pointed towards the counter, "Not there?"
Qiao Yanfang whispered: "No! Is there a back door here?"
The captain had already stared, beckoned to another officer, and said sternly: "Order everyone to block the front and back doors, the corridors and the stairs! No one is allowed to go out! Hurry up!"
He looked back at Qiao Yanfang and said seriously: "Vice Captain Qiao, let's check the rooms one by one! As long as they haven't left, we will definitely find them!"
At this moment, they all heard a gunshot from the second floor!
Without saying a word, Qiao Yanfang waved back and rushed to the second floor!
The captain did not hesitate, followed her closely, waved to the nearby area, and ordered the soldiers to follow her!
17-3
As soon as Qiao Yanfang and the captain rushed into the corridor on the second floor, they saw two soldiers holding rifles and shouting at a door.
Two shots suddenly rang out from the door, and a soldier was shot and fell to the ground. Another soldier shot into the door continuously, but the door slammed shut!
The captain yelled: "What's going on! Tell me!"
The soldier hid at the door, still pointing the rifle at the door, and said loudly: "Company commander, the three of us are checking in this room. Squad Leader Zhang is asking questions inside, and the two of us are guarding the door. Later, they came
Three people entered the room directly. As soon as they entered the door, they opened fire and hit the squad leader! Then they shot at us! All three of them had guns!"
The captain rushed to the door, knocked on the door with the butt of his gun, and shouted: "Put down your arms and surrender! Drop your arms and surrender!"
Another shot was fired in the house, and the bullet penetrated the door panel and hit the door opposite.
Qiao Yanfang rushed to the captain and whispered: "Sir, lead the soldiers to block the back of the building. Don't let them jump out of the window and escape! I will deal with it here!"
When the captain turned around and waved to the soldiers behind him, he heard the sound of breaking windows coming from inside the house!
Qiao Yanfang shot at the door lock continuously, and then kicked the door open with force. She ducked by the door and looked in, but there was no one in the room! The window had been broken!
She rushed to the window and looked out, only to see that Kawakami and others had turned around the side street and ran away!
The captain looked down and saw that the squad leader named Zhang had been shot once in the forehead and chest. He was already dead!
He was so angry that he rushed out of the room and shouted: "Chase me! They are running behind! Chase them quickly!"
17-4
Just five minutes later, Chen Zifeng was standing in this room, looking at Squad Leader Zhang who fell on the ground.
Along with him, in addition to Director Gao of the Linjiangmen Police Station, there was also Liu Xueqi, the leader of the Sixth Military Police Regiment. They also looked at Squad Leader Zhang who fell on the ground, all with puzzled faces!
Squad Leader Zhang was just a squad leader, leading two soldiers to inquire about the occupants of this room. But Kawakami came all the way from Jiaochangkou, broke into the room, beat Squad Leader Zhang to death, and then jumped out of the window to escape! This is simply
Inexplicable!
Chen Zifeng and Captain Liu looked at each other, and at the same time looked back at the soldier standing in front of them. This soldier was the one who survived among the three.
The soldier was quite nervous and stuttered a bit, but he still explained the whole situation clearly.
The whole situation was too simple! Squad Leader Zhang came to check the room with two soldiers. Not long after entering, Kawakami and others entered the room and shot Squad Leader Zhang directly! Then they killed a soldier outside the door!
Next, he broke the window and ran away!
In Chen Zifeng's opinion, Kawakami is an old agent! How could he do such a stupid thing! It makes no sense!
He said to Commander Liu: "Sir, it's better to take the body away first and send it to the hospital first. If anything happens, let's talk about it at night."
Captain Liu did not speak, but waved to the captain.
The captain summoned several soldiers and prepared to lift Squad Leader Zhang up.
At this time, Chen Zifeng shouted: "Stop! Wait a minute!"
Squad Leader Zhang's hand was always covering his chest, which seemed normal. He was shot once in the chest.
But when the soldiers were about to lift him up, Squad Leader Zhang's hand moved, and Chen Zifeng saw something unusual!
He squatted down and slowly opened Squad Leader Zhang's hand. In his hand, he held a blood-stained poker card, the ace of hearts!
Chen Zifeng took out a pair of small tweezers from his bag, gently picked up the poker, showed it to Captain Liu and Director Gao, gritted his teeth and said: "Today, three poker cards were found in a row! I dare say, this
There must be no poker in the room!”
Subsequent searches confirmed what he said!
He added: "In the morning, we found the jack of diamonds and the q of spades. We analyzed and judged that the ace of hearts may appear again in the next few days! It did appear! And on the same day! This was deliberately done by the Japanese
Leave it to us!"
Captain Liu Xueqi frowned, stared at him, and asked sternly: "What do you mean! What do you leave us to do?"
Chen Zifeng said: "Sir, we can't say yet. Let's wait until we meet at the Military Commission in the evening!"
17-5
The Military Commission is on Xiubi Street, a three-story building with soldiers wearing helmets guarding both sides of the high steps at the entrance.
Walking westward from the gate of the Military Commission, within half a mile, there is a small teahouse called "Xiujie Teahouse".
It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. The guests who came for tea and lunch at noon had already left, and the evening tea guests had not yet arrived. As a result, the "Xiu Street Teahouse" was very quiet and there were fewer guests.
There were only two customers in the spacious store.
Sitting by the window was a young man, about twenty-three or fourteen years old. He was wearing an old suit, no tie, and his shirt collar was open. He was holding a teacup in both hands, but his eyes were looking out the window motionlessly.
Inside the tea house, behind a pillar, sat another tea guest. He looked about early thirties, with a thin face and a neatly parted head. He wore a white muslin shirt with the collar open and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
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He was also holding the tea cup with both hands, his eyes were lowered, and he looked quite worried.
He is the deputy director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, Zhang Bingzhou, with the rank of major general. The worries in his heart are indescribable!
17-6
In early February of this year, Zhang Bingzhou had been waiting for a letter from his family, but he did not receive a letter from his family until the New Year. This situation made him anxious. His family were all in Shanghai, and he regretted not bringing them to Chongqing.
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His parents both teach in middle schools, and his wife works as an editor in a newspaper.
After the "Songhu Battle" began, he had been urging his parents and wife to leave Shanghai. But they were used to living in Shanghai and were unwilling to leave.
My father said: "We live in the French Concession, so what if the Japanese come! We live in the French Concession!"
Thinking of this incident, Director Zhang felt extremely regretful!
In May of this year, he suddenly received a call. The caller said his surname was Mu and he had brought a letter from Chief Zhang's family. The place they had agreed to meet was at the "Xiu Street Teahouse".
On that day, Zhang Bingzhou was even sitting in the same seat!
In his impression, Mr. Makino is a very elegant person, always with a smile on his face and a gentle tone.
But the letter Mr. Mu brought to his family made him frightened and uneasy!
The letter is two pages of eight-line letterhead. All the letters written by his family to him are on these two pages!
The letter begins with a greeting from my father: "My son from Bingzhou, we parted ways the year before last, and it has been a year and a half now. Your mother and I miss you very much. We are doing well at home. We go to work every day and don't come back until late at night. I hope everything is well with you."
"Father"
Then came the mother's greetings: "My son can see each other as well as he can. Your dad and I are past middle age, and Huiying takes care of all the trivial matters at home. The eldest daughter is already in the second grade, and the school is not far away. Your dad picks her up and drops her off every day.
.My little girl can talk now. I hope you are healthy, Mom."
Then there are a few crooked words written by the eldest daughter Ai Ting: "Dad, I miss you. When will you come back. My sister pointed to your photo and called Dad, Dad, please come back soon. Female, Ai Ting
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Finally, there are a few words written by the wife, "Bingzhou is well. There are always accidents in life. Let this letter be an accident. I will try my best to take good care of my parents. Please rest assured. The person who sent the letter may want to find out if there is any accident on your part."
I hope things will be settled properly. My wife is Huiying."
No family letter in the world is written like this! The words of several relatives are actually written on two pages of eight-line letter paper!
In such a situation, Zhang Bingzhou would be able to guess that the situation is almost inseparable!
That day, he stared at Mr. Makino sitting across from him with a stern gaze, almost like a dagger!
"You are a Japanese spy!" he said through gritted teeth.
"To put it more objectively, I am working hard for an early end to the war between Japan and China." Mr. Makino always had a smile on his face.
"Take my family hostage! What do you want! The situation on the battlefield! Troop mobilization!" Zhang Bingzhou stared at Makino!
"Sir Zhang, I don't care what happens on the battlefield." Ying Si said softly.
"What do you want to do!"
"I just want to get some news. I believe Chief Zhang also understands that some things will spread everywhere sooner or later. We just want to know as early as possible. Nothing else, that's all. It will definitely not make you too embarrassed."
Zhang Bingzhou thought about it for three days and couldn't make up his mind. He had to discuss it with his major adjutant Li Moqiao.
Li Moqiao was shocked when he heard this, "Madam, they are all controlled by the Japanese?"
Zhang Bingzhou nodded painfully and was speechless.
Li Moqiao thought about it again and again, and had no choice but to say: "Sir, as long as that person wants news, the news will spread out sooner or later. Sir, let's limit it to this!"
17-7
This afternoon, Zhang Bingzhou didn't know how long he sat in the "Xiu Street Teahouse".
Until Li Moqiao turned his head from the window and whispered: "Sir, that person is here!"
Zhang Bingzhou sat at the table without moving. A few minutes later, a man sat down opposite him. He knew that this was Mr. Mu!