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Chapter 1010 Anqing (6.1 Monthly Rest)

On top of Changjiang.

A passenger ship with a Japanese flag┴ was going down the river. Passengers were standing by the fence, some were taking pictures with cameras, and some were talking softly while pointing at the scenery on both sides of the river.

Among the crowd, Zuo Zhong and Gui Youguang, both dressed in Japanese-style suits, stood at the bow of the boat. They observed the surrounding situation while whispering in Japanese.

"President, there are still two hours to go to the shore. It is said that Anqing is currently under strict inspection. Should we disembark early? There is a small pier not far away."

Gui Youguang asked with a bit of worry, this time the deputy director of the mission only took him alone, in case of danger, he couldn't guarantee the safety of the other party.

Zuo Zhong touched the hygienic beard under his nose, and shook his head slightly: "There is no need to do anything superfluous, we are legitimate businessmen who came to the Republic of China for inspection, so we should inspect it. Besides, there must be Japanese spies on board. Disembarking early will make people suspicious."

As he spoke, he turned his head and raised his chin. Several businessmen-like passengers were walking around the side of the ship. The passing Japanese crew all gave way when they saw these people.

The Japanese who can show off their power are taboo, and the identity of the other party is definitely not simple. It is either a military police of the Japanese military, or a special high-level class of the police station in the occupied areas along the coast.

Gui Youguang glanced at the words, and replied calmly: "There is no obvious trace of military training, they should be people from special high-level courses. This group of people has been very active recently, and they have arrested many brothers from the enemy-occupied areas. The party has also suffered a lot.”

Zuo Zhong squinted his eyes, and when it comes to the Super High School, an institution that has been mentioned repeatedly in later generations, it is actually not as powerful as imagined.

On the battlefield of the Republic of China, the intelligence operations of the Japanese were mainly dominated by military intelligence agencies, such as Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju.

After all, the full name of the Super High School is Special High Police┴, which originally belonged to the Japanese police. Later, this department was added to the embassy and consulate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to monitor internal affairs and inquire about news. Hase Ryosuke, a loyal minister of the Great Japanese Empire It was this position that he held when he first arrived in the Republic of China.

The word "police" in its name has already clearly defined the nature of the super high school. It belongs to the Japanese government┴ and is part of the civil service system. In the Japanese power structure, civil servants in the political circle There is no coordination with the military attache, and they even compete secretly.

Until the Sino-Japanese war broke out, in order to monitor the ideological dynamics of the people in the occupied areas, ban anti-Japanese words and deeds, collect intelligence, destroy anti-Japanese organizations, arrest and interrogate secret agents, monitor the words and deeds of traitors, and instigate rebellion and induce surrender, the Japanese set up a police station in the police station. He took a special high-level class and accepted the dual leadership of the military and the Ministry of the Interior.

However, because plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum are temporary agencies, many Japanese spies have been assigned to special high-level courses because they need to obtain "legal" status, so they give people the impression that special high-level courses are everywhere. Of course, the super high class did a good job in countering espionage.

According to the latest information from the Military Command, in North China, the Super High School teamed up with local ruffians. Taking advantage of these traitors' large numbers of people, they captured many intelligence personnel from the Guo Party and the Underground Party. Their strength should not be underestimated.

Just as they were talking, a person who seemed to be from a special high school stood beside Zuo Zhong and the two for a while. Hearing that the two were speaking in Japanese and discussing business, they left quietly after making sure that there was nothing suspicious.

Zuo Zhong and Gui Youguang glanced at each other quietly, their hearts tensed, the Japanese were indeed very well guarded, this was still on a boat, the interrogation in the city would only be stricter, it seems that this operation must be careful.

Half an hour later, the passenger ship slowly docked at a wooden trestle, and several passengers walked off the ship carrying large and small bags, and then they were surrounded by a group of plainclothes agents who suddenly appeared, and the cries resounded throughout.

Gui Youguang gasped, feeling terrified that the devils had indeed set a trap. Compared to before, the occupied area now looks a bit like a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

"See, from now on, tighten the nerves in your head and think twice before doing or saying anything. We have no chance of making mistakes." Zuo Zhong took out a cigarette and handed it to the other party, and said lightly.

"Hayi, president, but how to proceed with this mission, according to the intelligence, Cai Shengchu, Station Master Cai, is being held in the Anqing Gendarmerie. The place is heavily guarded, and I'm afraid it's not easy to rob people directly."

Gui Youguang took the cigarette, frowned and muttered, with his limited wisdom, there are three steps to rescue, rushing in, saving people, and retreating, but that is the gendarmerie, not a place where you can come and go whenever you want .

Zuo Zhong gave the other party a blank look, too lazy to talk nonsense with this simple-minded guy with well-developed limbs. He is fighting for his brain when operating in enemy-occupied areas. If he didn't need a meat shield that can block bullets, he would have come alone this time. .

At this time, the ship set sail again, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the big bald head shrank his head, leaned to the left furtively and asked in a low voice.

"President, I heard that you asked the general affairs to allocate a sum of money to Tokyo a few days ago. Do you want to redeem Stationmaster Cai from the Japanese?"

With a group of spies staying together, there are naturally no secrets in the intelligence agency, and Gui Youguang is considered to be the middle level of the military command. It is not strange to know the dynamics of the General Affairs Office, but this guess is a bit bizarre.

Redeem it?
With whom to redeem, the Japanese locust?

Hearing such an outrageous question, Zuo Zhong didn't catch his breath and almost choked to death. After he managed to catch his breath, he gave the big bald head a hard look, then looked into the distance and stopped talking.

An hour and a half passed quickly, and the passenger ship stopped at No. [-] Neihe Pier in Anqing with thick black smoke from its chimney.

Zuo Zhong came to the gangway to line up. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the No. [-] Inland River Wharf next to him, and saw two Japanese navy inland river gunboats parked at the port from a distance, with the rising sun flag flying high on the mast.

Looking at the shore again, there are several barbed wire fences between Pier No. [-] and Anqing South Gate, and a pedestrian without a private house inside should be a naval garrison designated as a devil.

These circumstances were in line with the intelligence Zuo Zhong had read about the Anqing garrison in Japan, indicating that the information sent back by the Anqing station was highly reliable, and it also meant that the rescue operation had become more difficult.

Cai Shengchu's interrogation in Anqing was only preliminary, and sooner or later he would be escorted to Jinling or Shanghai. However, land transportation was not safe, and Anqing Airport had not yet been repaired, so the Japanese could only use the waterway to send him off.

If they wanted to rescue each other, they had to do something between the gendarmerie and the pier, or find a way from the boat. If they chose the latter, the two gunboats in the pier became the biggest obstacle.

Before the war between China and Japan, in view of the dense water network in the south of the Republic of China, the Japanese Navy specially developed and produced this small and medium-sized gunboat, which was used for regular patrols and low-intensity battles in inland rivers.

Although the displacement is only a little over 25 tons, it is equipped with an 80mm mortar and a heavy machine gun. The firepower is absolutely sufficient for the Changjiang, and it cannot be dealt with without heavy weapons.

It seems that the first step of the rescue plan must be carried out as soon as possible, Zuo Zhong thought so, then he secretly looked away and followed the team off the passenger ship, but was immediately blocked by two gendarmes.

One of them had a vigilant eye, holding a Nambu pistol on his waist, while the other second lieutenant motioned him to show his ID and began to question him.

"Name?"

"Nanka Ichiro."

"Your Excellency is Japanese?"

"Hay, from Osaka."

"Profession?"

"President of the Chamber of Commerce."

"When did you come to the Republic of China, and where are you going?"

"I disembarked from Jinmen a month ago and traveled in North China for many days. This time, I transferred from Yu Province to Jiangcheng to Anqing. I plan to take a short rest and then head to Shanghai."

After asking a few questions casually, the second lieutenant of the Japanese army checked the certificate several times, and found that there was a personal seal of a brigade commander of the North China Front Army in the guarantor column, and immediately returned the certificate politely, and finally reminded him a few words .

"Rebels have been rampant recently, please try not to go outside the city, otherwise we cannot guarantee your safety."

"Thank you."

Zuo Zhong took back the certificate produced by Hase Ryosuke, and bowed at 30 degrees. His attitude was not very respectful, but it was considered a face to the other party.

As a rich man who can get the high-level seal of the military, facing a second lieutenant, this attitude is in line with the hierarchical order of Japanese society.

Soon, Gui Youguang also passed the inspection smoothly. As soon as the two of them walked out of Pier No. [-], they were blocked by a group of rickshaw drivers at the door. They each got into a rickshaw driver. The big bald head announced the name of a hotel, and the driver raised the bar Run forward.

The rickshaw was driving in the narrow streets and alleys of Anqing. Zuo Zhong suddenly noticed that some people were squatting on the side of the road tied behind their backs.

When the coachman heard the Japanese questioning, he didn't dare to hide it, and told the rumors in detail.

It turned out that due to the conflict between Japan and Russia, the public security in the Northeast deteriorated rapidly, and a large number of workers fled from the mines under the Kwantung Army, and there was an urgent shortage of labor in many places.

There are only so many people outside the pass, and no more arrests can be made, so the devils turned their ideas on the people in the occupied areas inside the pass, and decided to recruit tens of thousands of laborers from Huizhou Province.

Among them, Anqing was apportioned to hundreds of people. These people on the side of the road were strong laborers captured by local traitors. They will be transported to the northeast by sea on a freighter in a few days.

Zuo Zhong remained silent after hearing this. Labor is another crime committed by the Japanese in the Republic of China. More than ten million laborers left their homes and were forced to work at bayonet and gunpoint. Only a handful of them finally returned home safely.

In the coachman’s narration, Wang Duzhai, the president of the local maintenance association, contributed a lot to this matter. The other party’s son surrendered to the Japanese in Jinmen after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and the father and son became “good citizens” together. Go into battle father and son soldiers".

The puppet county of Anqing and the chief of the police station were not to be outdone, and recruited a large number of people through deception and coercion.

When the coachman said this, he probably thought that the masters of these traitors were behind him, so he just shut his mouth, lowered his head and ran towards the hotel while pulling the cart without saying a word.

Keeping this information in his heart, Zuo Zhong stopped asking questions and concentrated on appreciating Anqing City. It was also his first time to come to this city.

As the capital of Hui Province during the Republic of China, although Anqing was not big, its business was prosperous. Even after the destruction of the Japanese, the prosperity of that year can be vaguely seen.

The rickshaw stopped and stopped, and after passing through half the city, it stopped slowly in front of a Japanese hotel. Zuo Zhong and Gui Youguang gave money to get off, and went to the front desk to register under the guidance of the doorman. When they passed the gate, they happened to meet a With a bottle in hand, the Japanese officer, who was drunk like mud, passed by.

(Happy Children's Day~~~)

(End of this chapter)