Lost and Spy

Chapter 971 A Hair

"Wang Jingzhong has met the officer!"

On the deck, there is a table, a chair, a pot of tea, and a cup.

"Please sir."

Wang Jingzhong said respectfully: "There is still a long way to go to Wuxi. Please rest, sir. If you are tired, you can go to the cabin for a while."

Meng Shaoyuan sat down: "The safety of those children must be guaranteed."

"Please rest assured, sir, this journey to the waterway is safe. If the chief and the children lose a hair, Wang Jingzhong will let the chief deal with it."

When Wang Jingzhong said this, he was full of confidence.

Then, Meng Shaoyuan pulled out one of his hair: "Wang Jingzhong, what do you say?"

"This?" Wang Jingzhong was stunned.

what is this?
Have you touched porcelain clearly?

Meng Shaoyuan carefully put his hair on the table: "I won't beat you, and I won't scold you, but you were bragging just now, you really are bragging and don't pay taxes?"

Yuan Zhonghe was overjoyed at the side.

Dude, who is this?This young master Meng!

The famous rascal in Shanghai!

You go all over Shanghai to inquire, who is willing to provoke this devil incarnation.

Usually it's too late to avoid him, so why don't you take the initiative to go up to him?

Wang Jingzhong looked embarrassed: "Sir, what do you say?"

"I'm not someone who likes to blackmail others..."

Meng Shaoyuan had just said such a sentence, and Yuan Zhonghe's heart already let out a vicious "bah".

But he, Young Master Meng, said to himself: "But the commander lost a hair, that's a big deal, and it would be light to shoot you. How about it, this time, I brought thirty children , This time when I went to Wuxi, I had to meet my teacher. I will let the teacher choose some of them to stay. You must ensure that these children have the best clothing, food, housing, transportation, food, and the best clothes. All right, there must be no mistake."

Wang Jingzhong felt relieved when he heard this.

This is just a trivial matter, why does Chief Meng go around such a big circle?
But Meng Shaoyuan is not over: "Wang Jingzhong, you are so confident when you walk by water?"

"of course."

Speaking of this, Wang Jingzhong looked proud: "The Japanese army's defense in this area is weak, and their strength on the water is not worth mentioning."

What Wang Jingzhong said was true. What Wang Jingzhong said about the Japanese army's water strength was not worth mentioning. He was not talking about the Japanese navy, and he was referring specifically to this area.

After the fall of Nanjing, the Japanese Navy was quickly transferred to the Xuzhou and Wuhan battlefields, resulting in extremely weak water forces in the Jiangsu area.

Especially at the most critical moment of the Wuhan battle, even the small tonnage and shallow river gunboats commonly known as the "Bean Fleet" were transferred to the front line of Wuhan.

The rest are mainly used for defense, and generally dare not go deep.

There are many river bandits and lake bandits in the area of ​​Jiangsu itself, and in this way, they are even more rampant.

Whether it's bandits, the Loyalty and National Salvation Army, or the guerrillas of the Fourth Route Army, once they encounter a situation, they run directly to the water.

Especially around Taihu Lake.

The Japanese army once said:

"If these lake bandits can be wiped out, then the place will be stable."

It's easier said than done.

A small group of bandits is okay, but a large group of armed forces like Wang Jingzhong with the support of the military command is a real pain for the local Japanese army.

These guys are lawless and dare to rob any ship.

In the end, Mori Kazuto, the commander of the Japanese army stationed in Suzhou, couldn't bear it anymore. He contacted the Japanese troops in Wuxi, Changzhou and other places, and seconded some ships to completely wipe out these lake bandits.

But as soon as Wang Jingzhong saw the Japanese army making a big move, he immediately hid in the depths of Taihu Lake. Even if you make a mess on the lake, I just won't come out.

I am not familiar with your terrain, and your strength is insufficient, what do you use to suppress me?
The news was then notified to Yue Zhenchuan and Wei Yunzhe's subordinates, and the two took the opportunity to contact the detachments and detachments, making a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, pulling out the strongholds of the Japanese army and the puppet army one after another, forcing the Japanese army to withdraw from Taihu Lake for emergency treatment.

The water and land echoed, making Sen Muyi lose sight of the other.

He also once asked his superiors to send more troops to sweep them up, but he was reprimanded by his superiors, which roughly meant that as a local governor, he couldn't do anything to even small bandits, so he was really incompetent.

Later, Morimi Yidu, who had nothing to do, could only entrust a middleman to negotiate with Wang Jingzhong. There were ships passing by in Japan. According to the actual quantity and price of each ship, he paid Wang Jingzhong a certain "ship loss fee" to ensure the safety of the ship.

To put it bluntly, this is the protection fee.

This also created a major precedent for the Japanese army to pay protection fees to the guerrillas.

From then on, Wang Jingzhong became famous, known as:

Taihu King!
Of course, this is all caused by specific conditions.

Jiangsu was regarded as one of the granaries by the Japanese army, and there was absolutely no room for loss. Instead of spending a lot of effort to suppress bandits when the frontline battle was in full swing, it would be better to spend money to buy peace.

Meng Shaoyuan also knew that his subordinate, the "King of Taihu Lake", had been in Taihu Lake for many years without ever getting hurt, so he could be regarded as a legendary figure.

I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at Wang Jingzhong: "Wang Jingzhong, find a way to help me get some gunboats."

"Ah?" Wang Jingzhong was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to say: "Sir, it's true that no one dares to touch me on Taihu Lake, but what about gunboats? The Japanese must fight you desperately. How many more? I Can't even get one."

I thought to myself, sir, your hair is too expensive, right?

Yuan Zhonghe couldn't help but asked, "District Chief Meng, what do you need gunboats for? There's no place for you in Shanghai?"

"I want a fucking gunboat." Meng Shaoyuan said seriously: "I sent it to my teacher. The few children I left with the teacher, I have to let them learn naval technology, and I also want them to learn submarines, but We can't get it either. There's no way, let's get a gunboat to make do with it. After three or four years, I have to put these kids to great use!"

He had been thinking about a major matter in his heart for a long time, but he couldn't tell his subordinates clearly.

Once Wang Jingzhong heard what the officer said was so serious, he didn't dare to be negligent: "Sir, this is really too difficult, but anyway, I will do my best."

"It's not about trying your best, but you must try to get it for me." Meng Shaoyuan seemed a little stubborn: "If you can't cheat, steal it, if you can't steal it, grab it, if you can't even grab it, then buy it for me, don't care about the price. "

Li Zhifeng heard clearly from the side, and felt that this officer was really different from others.

If he wants something, he first cheats, then steals, then robs, and only buys when he has no choice.

No one on the ship at this time would have thought that their Chief Meng had already made a big plan.

a hair.

A gunboat.

Meng Shaoyuan probably only knows what is going on in his heart, right?

(End of this chapter)