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Chapter 919
"Crack~"

A flash of lightning flashed in the sky, followed by thunder, and a torrential rain that had been accumulating for several days came quietly.

Just before dark, more than a dozen pao brothers in coir raincoats and bamboo hats braved the wind and rain and returned to Chaotianmen Wharf from all directions, and hurried into the entrance of Chongli Society.

These people took off their rain gear at the door, and cautiously came to the back hall. Wu Xiwen, the bannerman of the Chongli Society, was sitting under a candlestick holding an account book, with an abacus beside him.

"Banner, we're back."

The pao buddies lined up automatically in front of each other, and one of them took a step forward as a representative, bent slightly and reported in a low voice.

Wu Xiwen didn't look up, he flipped through a page of the bill at random, and asked indifferently, "Old Ten, how are you doing? Is there anything unusual in the city today?"

"Reporting to Zhang Banner, there is no special situation, and there is no sign of large-scale mobilization of the military and police. It is Wen Rentang who said that he will find the murderer."

The tenth man in charge of conveying the report in the Chongli Hall, namely Yuanmen, replied, and then he hesitated to make a suggestion.

"Do we need to monitor Wen Rentang and Sun Renyi? If they find something, it may be against us."

"Hehe, this is normal. That Sun Zhangqi has never suffered such a big loss. The killing of his subordinates will naturally make some noise, otherwise it will inevitably be despised by other colleagues."

Wu Xiwen let out a chuckle, fiddling with the abacus beads flexibly in his hands, not caring about the reactions of Sun Renyi and Wen Rentang.

Yuanmen suddenly realized, and lowered his head suddenly: "Yes, Zhang Qi, I understand. The other three did not send a safety signal at the specified time. Do you want to send someone to investigate?"

"kindness?"

Hearing this sentence, Wu Xiwen frowned and finally put down the account book, his eyes glanced at the wall clock on the wall, his eyes were a little dignified, and he immediately got up and went to the window to check the outside.

In the rain, pedestrians walked quickly one by one. The occasional passing car brought up muddy water without stopping at all, and the roadside stalls had already left. Everything was normal.

After confirming that there were no surveillance personnel outside, at least there was no suspicious situation, he turned back to his seat and sat down. After a moment of silence, he said to the gate.

"Sun Renyi wants to find the murderer. No. [-] should be unable to get away with something. This kind of situation has happened several times in the past, so don't be too nervous.

It's fine to send people to investigate, but now Wen Ren Tang is full of grass and trees, if our people are discovered by the other party, it will be another troublesome thing.

But you do need to be careful. You go out and inform everyone to be vigilant, monitor the surroundings, and report any abnormalities in time. "

Yuanmen nodded, then waved his hands and led the other Pao brothers out of the back hall. When the door was opened, there was a chill that almost blew out the candlelight.

Wu Xiwen picked up a bamboo stick to pick out the candle wick, the flame jumped suddenly, and the room became brighter again, the mottled light shone on his face, looking eerie.

Looking at the candlelight and listening to the pattering rain, he seemed to have returned to the small mountain village on that rainy night 20 years ago. Blood, gunshots, grinning, crying, everything was so clear, as if it was just yesterday.

The greatest joy in life is to defeat the enemy, chasing the enemy, and taking everything from him. Seeing his closest relatives wash their faces with tears, taking their wealth, and humiliating their wives and daughters, this sentence is really true.

Licking his dry lips, Wu Xiwen couldn't help showing a ferocious smile when he thought of those mountain people kneeling on the ground begging him, it was really a nostalgic memory.

Soon, soon, the empire will soon occupy this city, and then they can do whatever they want in this fertile land and plunder everything they want.

"Boom~"

At this time, the thunder sounded again, shaking the roof tiles, interrupting Wu Xiwen's dream, which made him a little upset, he raised his eyes to look at the dark sky, and cursed inwardly.

Although he started to learn Chinese and everything about Chinese people at an early age, and later hid in the Republic of China for more than [-] years, whenever he was happy or unhappy, he still used his mother tongue to express his emotions.

For an intelligence officer, it is undoubtedly unqualified to do so, but only in this way can he remember his identity and his mission.

Among countless Chinese people, even though he was full of disgust for this ancient country, he still unknowingly learned to put on a dragon's gate and smoke a hookah.

The taste has also become the same as that of ordinary people in mountain cities. If you have nothing to do, you will invite a few friends to play mahjong (Mahjong) or pour a few cups of tea to chat.

This made Wu Xiwen very terrified. As a soldier of the Empire, he did not allow himself to become a low-level citizen of the Republic of China. Speaking his mother tongue became a way to strengthen self-awareness.

Quickly adjusting his mood, he finished sorting out the accounts of the Chongli Society, thinking about the latest order from the Army Staff Headquarters.

——Launch an air raid on someone's official residence again, in cooperation with the "Day Change Plan".

The last air raid failed, and only destroyed a corner of the mansion. The military command was dispatched to investigate inside and outside the mansion, and Wen Rentang was also found to cooperate.

Wu Xiwen showed disdain, the people of the Republic of China are completely wasting time, the degree of penetration of the empire into the government and the science and technology are beyond the opponent's imagination.

As long as... nothing goes wrong, they can strike whenever they want.

He subconsciously cast his gaze towards the direction of the south bank, and decided to wait until he got in touch with No. [-] before starting to deploy the day change plan. This time, someone must be blown to pieces.

Once the action is successful, that person can take advantage of the situation to further control the government, fulfill the agreement reached with the empire, and the Great Japanese Empire will win a complete victory.

As the executor of the day-changing plan, he will also be received and rewarded by high-level officials and even the locusts. Wu Xiwen trembles with excitement at the thought of this.

Just when he was fantasizing about becoming a hero of the empire, Gu Qi came to the temporary headquarters outside the air defense force with a confidential message, and re-reported to the left.

"Second seat, Nobita Secret Telegram."

"kindness?"

Zuo Chong frowned upon hearing the sound. He had told Hase Ryosuke not to contact him without important information, and his own safety was the most important thing.

After all, the opponent is the most important pawn placed by the military in the Japanese intelligence system. It is related to the outcome of the future battle and must not be exposed.

Now that Hase took the risk to send a telegram, it must be that something big happened in Japan. Could it be that this guy was discovered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
He immediately got up and took the telegram in Gucci's hand, put his hand in his inner pocket, took out the code book from the space and began to decode the telegram.

Gu Qi turned around consciously, and after a rustling sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper, he heard the deputy director slam the table hard.

"Bastard!"

Zuo Zhong looked at the content of the telegram and uttered an angry curse. Although he knew that some things were destined to happen, seeing the specific information still made him furious.

According to the information sent by Ryosuke Hase, after the Japanese army occupied Jiangcheng in October, they were temporarily unable to launch large-scale military operations, and the top Japanese had to re-examine the policy towards the Republic of China.

After discussion, the locust and the Japanese cabinet decided to adopt a strategy of politically induced surrender and supplemented by military strikes against the government, so as to end the war between the two countries as soon as possible.

If it drags on, before defeating the Republic of China, the Japanese economy will collapse first. At that time, not to mention that the locusts only eat two meals a day, even if they don't eat, they won't be able to make up the military expenses.

Considering someone's tough attitude towards Japan, the Japanese once again turned their attention to someone Ji, and the two sides conducted many secret negotiations in Hong Kong City.

The specific content is that the national government will stop the joint anti-Japanese war and implement the anti-underground party policy. Someone must go to the field, and someone Ji will be the host of the Guo Party and the national government.

The Republic of China must not only recognize the puppet North China government, but also merge it with the Jinling puppet government that may be established in the future as a legal local government.

Due to the fierce fighting at that time, Ji and his party members did not dare to agree easily, so the negotiation was interrupted, and the two sides started peace talks again after the westward move.

Representatives from the Japanese side included Takeo Imai, head of the China Division of the General Staff Headquarters, Yoshio Ito as his assistant, and Yoshiaki Kagesa, chief of the Military Affairs Section of the Army Ministry.

The representatives of Ji's side are Gao Zongwu, whose name appeared in the Renxin Hospital case, and another important member of the reorganization faction.

Negotiations were held at Sogodo, Doihara's residence in Shanghai, where the former Japanese army was stationed, and finally six agreements were reached in the past few days.

[-]. Japan and China concluded an agreement to prevent the proliferation of underground parties.

Second, the Republic of China recognized the Puppet Manchukuo.

[-]. The Republic of China recognized that the Japanese had the freedom to live and do business in China, and Japan recognized the abolition of extraterritorial rights in China, and considered returning the concession.

[-]. Recognize Japan's priority, especially regarding the development and utilization of North China's resources, and provide Japan with special convenience.

[-]. China should compensate the losses suffered by the Japanese nationals in China due to the incident, but Japan promised to renounce war reparations as a show of goodwill.

[-]. The Japanese troops outside North China, Northeast China, and Mongolia began to retreat immediately after peace was restored between Japan and China.

More importantly, the Japanese side has formulated a top-secret "day change plan", and even in the identity of Hase Ryosuke, relevant information cannot be obtained.

All I know is that if the plan fails, the Japanese intelligence agency will cooperate with Ji and his men to escape from the mountain city and go to Jinling to establish a so-called new government┴.

In addition, Ryosuke Hase's Hase agency was included in the Doihara agency. The full name of this newly established Japanese intelligence agency is the Special Committee on China.

Its duties are to collect important intelligence from the national government and "guidance" the new government. Its members are composed of senior officials from the three provinces of the army, navy and foreign affairs.

Directly under the command of the five-phase meeting of the Japanese cabinet, it governs all departments except the military command department in business, and is responsible for various political and economic strategies except military operations.

The highest person in charge is Doihara, an old opponent of the military command. This person has arrived in Shanghai and is conducting an internal review of Shanghai's intelligence system.

The information was of great importance, Zuo Zhong greeted Gu Qi, and immediately drove to Huangshan Mansion, delivered the message to someone, and informed Lao Dai at the same time.

But what surprised him was that someone who had previously expressed anger at Ji's negotiations with the Japanese side didn't say anything this time, and after the telegram was submitted, it seemed like a stone had disappeared.

The attendant's room only issued a verbal order, someone asked the military commander to solve the case as soon as possible, and not to worry about other matters, Zuo Zhong seemed to understand something while being surprised.

For political enemies, it is easy to physically destroy them, but it is difficult to eliminate their influence. The other party wants to use the hands of the Japanese to get rid of Ji's big worry.

Forget it, this kind of thing is not something he can get involved in. He sighed and turned to leave the mansion, thinking about the words "change day plan" over and over in his mind.

Another day, could it be that the Japanese are still unwilling to give up, and want to attack someone again, and let the surnamed Ji take over┴, Zuo Zhong recalled the information thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)