At this time, the situation had reached a standstill. Qiao Yanfang and Qiang Hu could not go back. Those people refused to give way.
At this time, a person squeezed up from behind those people and whispered: "Hey, is this Brother Qianghu?"
By the light of the fire, Qiang Hu also saw that the man looked familiar. He suddenly remembered that that man was Hong Shankui's brother! He also participated in the battle at Luodian Station!
He finally saw hope in the emergency and hurriedly walked towards the man and said: "Brother, I am Qiang Hu! We worked together at Luodian Station! Right! Is Brother Hong here? Brother, the Japanese are chasing us.
Let us pass!"
The man looked into the distance, waved and said: "You can't go far if you go there! There are Japanese people over there too! Come in, come in! Come in quickly! Come in and we'll talk!"
Only then did Qiao Yanfang realize that this was a very elegant Shikumen house. It was tall and spacious. It was a big house!
Recognizing that it was one of their own, those keeping watch slowly moved out of the way.
The man opened the door and waved to Qiang Hu and the others to hurry in.
After entering the door, the man said: "Go in, Brother Hong is inside."
Qiao Yanfang waved her hand to him and said, "Brother, thank you for letting us in. But wait, I want to see what's going on outside!" As she said this, she leaned against the crack of the door and listened to what was going on outside.
4-10
Outside the door, Japanese soldiers were indeed chasing us.
As soon as they saw so many people gathered here, they immediately surrounded the place, raised their rifles and roared at them.
"Who are you?" someone asked loudly. From the tone of his voice, he seemed to be a translator.
"We are on night watch, what's wrong?" The person who answered was not polite.
"What night are you keeping?"
"What's wrong with Mrs. Hong's private residence! You don't know!"
The translator who spoke lowered his head to explain to a Japanese officer, who screamed strangely.
The translator asked again: "Has anyone passed by here?"
"No. We've been here all the time and we haven't seen anyone around," said the night watchman.
"Don't hide it! What we are chasing is a murderer! It's very dangerous!" The translator who spoke acted like a tiger.
"Sir, we really haven't seen anyone here."
At this time, a car drove up from the intersection and stopped not far away. Everyone turned back and looked over there.
Takahashi got out of the car and walked over here calmly.
As soon as he raised his head, he could tell that this was Hong's house. He knew that Mrs. Hong had quite a reputation in the Qinggang.
He whispered a few words to the Japanese officers leading the team, knowing that they suspected that the escapees were hiding here. But he knew very well that Mrs. Hong's status in the Green Gang could not be easily changed.
He spoke a few words to the officer leading the team and asked them to search nearby.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were gone, he turned around and said, "I'm here to visit Mrs. Hong. Please give me an announcement."
A brother in charge said, "Sir, please wait a moment."
4-11
The brother in charge entered the door and showed a sly smile to Qiao Yanfang and others in the darkness.
He whispered: "The Japanese soldiers have left, but there is another guy who wants to see his wife. Come with me and hide for a while."
He led Qiao Yanfang and others into a room and left quietly.
He had just left for a while when Hong Shankui quietly opened the door and came in like a ghost.
When he saw Qiang Hu, he took his hand and shook it again and again, grinning as big as a gourd.
He whispered: "Brother Qianghu, oh, it's so good! I've been looking for you everywhere, but I didn't expect to meet you today!"
After meeting Hong Shankui, Qiang Hu felt at ease. He turned around and said to Qiao Yanfang, "This is Brother Hong. He worked with us in Luodian!" He then said, "Brother Hong, this is Team Leader Qiao."
Hong Shankui didn't put Qiao Yanfang in his eyes at first, she was just a little girl.
But seeing the way Qiang Hu spoke to her and hearing that she was Team Leader Qiao, he showed respect on his face.
Who is Qiao Yanfang, a beautiful lady! She has long heard about Hong Shankui's deeds. So, she asked the question right away.
She asked softly: "Have you got Brother Hong's gun back?"
Hong Shankui slapped his thigh, stared at Qiao Yanfang with his eyes wide open, and said, "Team leader Qiao, this is why I came to you! The guns have been brought back! All of them have been brought back!"
Qiao Yanfang was surprised. Qiang Hu said that they had collected hundreds of guns! They all got them back!
Hong Shankui's face was full of uncontrollable joy, and he whispered: "Follow me, follow me, let you see!"
He led Qiao Yanfang, Qiang Hu and others out of the house, walked through the corridors of the house, and entered the warehouse at the back.
4-12
When the lights in the warehouse came on, Qiao Yanfang, Qiang Hu and others were all shocked.
It was a very large warehouse! It was densely packed with guns, one next to the other, and each one shone with oil, obviously having been carefully wiped.
On the ground next to it, there were several boxes of bullets, handguns, and even a Czech light machine gun.
Qiao Yanfang looked at Hong Shankui as if she was seeing a monster, "Brother Hong, how did you get so many guns back?"
Hong Shankui said "Hey", with an expression that was full of things to say and didn't know where to start.
He said excitedly: "We have suffered a lot for these guns! Brothers Qianghu and others followed the national army, but we dare not leave! Several of our brothers took turns lying in the field and staring at Luodian Station!"
It wasn't until the Japanese soldiers left that we went in to check! Brother Xiao helped me come up with a good idea, and the Japanese soldiers didn't find the guns we hid under the bricks!"
He picked up a gun and stroked it back and forth, "Later, we pushed a small cart to transport guns every night, and we could only transport two or three bundles at a time! We had to walk dozens of miles every night! We used it.
It took more than a month to transport these guns back!"
He looked back and forth between Qiao Yanfang and Qiang Hu, and gritted his teeth and said: "Team leader Qiao, brother Qiang Hu, I'm looking for you just to ask you to help me transport these guns back to the northeast! I want to pull up the team, and
The Japanese are doing it! Team leader Qiao, brother Qiang Hu, help us! Our hometown has been devastated by the Japanese soldiers!"
Qiao Yanfang looked at the densely packed guns in the warehouse and felt very hesitant in her heart.
Her group is currently facing danger, a great danger, and this is a top priority!
In addition, they are also undertaking an even more difficult task! They have to get a shipment of medicine back to Wuhan! This is also a top priority!
Finally, it is extremely difficult to transport such a large batch of guns to the Northeast! It is even more dangerous!
But seeing Hong Shankui's earnest eyes, I really couldn't bear to let him down.
She said: "Brother Hong, you are here to fight the Japanese. We will help you no matter what. But you must not be anxious and must keep the secret! Let's find a solution together!"
Hong Shankui said: "Don't worry, Team Leader Qiao, the brothers are very strict with their mouths and will definitely keep secrets!"
4-13
However, what Hong Shankui never expected was that there is no airtight wall in the world!
The news that a large family in Shanghai has a batch of guns left behind on the battlefield has spread like wildfire!
Masahiro Takahashi came to see Mrs. Hong tonight, which actually means this.
Before the Songhu Battle began, Gao Qiao got news that Mrs. Hong was doing gun business with the army. It seemed that this matter was later interfered by Boss Zhang and spoiled it!
But it was impossible for Mrs. Hong’s doubt to disappear from his mind!
Takahashi vaguely heard some rumors, which were very inaccurate, but the news was very scary. It was said that there were tens of thousands of guns and large amounts of ammunition left on the battlefield, and it was said that there were also cannons, which were secretly collected! If this news is true, it would be really scary.
Got it!
4-14
At this time, Gao Qiao was sitting in the living room of Hong's house and waited for half an hour before Mrs. Hong came out.
However, as soon as he saw Mrs. Hong coming in, he fully understood the half-hour wait.
Mrs. Hong's hair was neatly combed, and even shone with oil. She had obviously been combed recently. Her face was smooth, her lips were bright red, and her embroidered coat had no wrinkles at all, and it had been carefully prepared.
Therefore, her demeanor when she entered was even more noble and extraordinary.
Takahashi thought to himself that even dressing up like this must take a lot of time.
He stood up respectfully, smiled at Mrs. Hong, and said, "I'm really sorry for disturbing you at this time."
Mrs. Hong sat down at the table, caressed her face with both hands, and said, "If I don't sleep at midnight, I won't be able to make up for the hours. It's really hard for me to come at any time, so I come in the middle of the night. I'm so talkative."
,What's the matter?"
Takahashi had no choice but to apologize to her again.
He said: "I have two small things to do when I visit your house tonight. The first one is that someone sneaked into a house where Japanese people lived tonight and attempted to steal it. After this person escaped, he came in the direction of Hongzhai.
Then he disappeared."
Mrs. Hong blinked her beautiful big eyes, looked at Takahashi again and again, then suddenly stood up and walked to the door.
She opened the door and shouted: "Ah Jiang! Ah Jiang! Come here!"
Ajiang was the steward of the night watch, and it was he who brought Takahashi in.
He hurried over, bent down and said, "Madam, you give me your orders."
Mrs. Hong shouted loudly: "You damn ghost! You don't even know there's a thief in Ala's house!"
Ajiang opened his mouth in shock, "The thief? Has come in? Mo! I've been guarding outside."
Mrs. Hong said: "You are so stubborn! Mr. Takahashi saw it with his own eyes and entered my room, but he refuses to admit it!"
Ajiang looked at Takahashi as if he was dumbfounded, "Sir, did you see the thief come in?"
Takahashi was helpless and said hurriedly: "Mrs. Hong, Mrs. Hong, I didn't see it. I just said that the thief ran this way and then disappeared."
Mrs. Hong shouted even louder, "Did you hear that? When the thief got here, he disappeared. Instead of entering my house, he went back to the other side! Ah! You are so smart! Don't pretend to be stupid! Send someone to the house.