Age of Rebirth

390 Chapter Two: Secretly Arresting Zhang Mutao

Duke Zhou's burden is definitely not easy. Inside the Northeast Army, the blood of vendettas has blinded their eyes. The grudge between the young and old faction has changed from whether to send troops to rescue the young commander, and the differences in methods have evolved into liquidating past grievances. Personal personal enmity, taking the opportunity to vent personal anger, completely disregarding righteousness and fellowship.

In this regard, Tang Qiuli feels inferior to Duke Zhou. The Northeast Army has been hostile to the Central Army for a long time, and he happens to be a senior commander of the Central Army. .

The surrounding Northeast Army troops showed no signs of heading to Xi'an, so they should have taken a wait-and-see attitude, and each had their own calculations in their hearts. This relieved Tang Qiuli's pressure a lot. If the 20 Northeast Army gathered under the city of Xi'an, I am afraid that they would Only for running away!

Taking advantage of the situation in Xi'an City, temporarily controlled by the Dingbian Mobile Corps, he has his own business to do, arranging a special warfare detachment to secretly investigate the internal situation of the Northeast Army and the real cause of the mutiny. [

Soon, a person named Zhang Mutao surfaced. This person came to Xi'an during the peace negotiations of the Xi'an Incident. Duo Quan is a fellow villager, and it is said that the two of them have some relatives.

After the Xi'an Incident was peacefully resolved, this person did not leave Xi'an. He was introduced by Liu Duoquan and joined the Northeast Army Staff Headquarters as a senior councilor as an aide.

After Zhang Xueliang was detained by Chairman Jiang in Nanjing, the internal conflicts in the Northeast Army suddenly intensified. The young faction and the veteran faction reached a level of incompatibility, but Zhang Mutao maintained a good relationship with both parties. This in itself unusual.

If out of public interest, he intends to resolve the conflicts between the two parties, and he is not enough to be a peacemaker, then there is only one explanation. He has both sides and pleases both sides, and his intention to do so is suspicious.

After listening to Qiuquan's situation report, Tang Qiuli vaguely felt something in his heart. Now, the most important person is Mu Tao. There must be something about this guy. Unknowingly brought him here, and once the contents of the stomach came out, everything became clear.

Qiuquan understood and arranged all this quietly. The temporary calm of all forces suppressed by the Dingbian Mobile Corps created good conditions for the special warfare detachment to complete its mission.

In the northeast corner of Xi’an City, there is a courtyard house. The gate is usually closed, and there is a lock to enter and exit. It is not a short distance from the neighbors around. It should be a single-door courtyard house. This is where Zhang Mutao settled in Xi’an.

At this time, the night was already very dark, the yard was quiet, the lights in each room were not on, and the owner had already gone to bed. It was so late, and those who did not sleep must be doing something!

Zhang Mutao is not qualified enough to ask the army to send him a sentry post. Don't think that the yard can come and go freely. Behind the shadows of the houses on the east and west sides, there are two dark shadows, vigilantly watching the wind and grass in the yard. These are two dark sentries.

Based on the situation alone, it can be seen that the owner of the yard is unusual. The house is brightly lit, and all the households are tightly covered by quilts, and there is no light outside.

Zhang Mutao had just sent a telegram to his boss, lit a cigarette, and was thinking about something solemnly. The smoke that spewed out made his face look hazy and obscure. The other three people in the room were all strong men with sinister faces. With such ferocity, he was looking at Zhang Mutao who was at a loss as to what to do, and the room was oppressively quiet.

Zhang Mutao was thinking about the situation in Xi'an. It was going smoothly, but Tang Qiuli suddenly appeared, and with thunderous means, he controlled the situation in Xi'an in one fell swoop.

He felt that things had changed and was very difficult, so he sent a telegram to his superior, "The situation in Xi'an is proceeding according to the original plan. The fuse has been lit within the Northeast Army and between the Seventeenth Route Army. Ying Detian Waiting to take action, Wang Yizhe was killed."

"Unexpectedly, on the evening of February 3, the Central Army unit named Dingbian Mobile Corps of the North China Independent Division, with about [-] troops, marched into Xi'an, quickly controlled the situation, and effectively isolated the three parties in the conflict."

"On the morning of February [-]th, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, arrived in Xi'an by special plane and held talks with Zhou Enlai, head of the Chinese Communist Party delegation. The central army is Tang’s direct lineage, and I think that due to Tang Qiuli’s sudden arrival, he has taken strong measures to suppress all parties, and the difficulties have increased dramatically, so I ask for instructions on the next step.”

After sending the telegram, Zhang Mutao didn't feel much relieved. Not being able to hear the gunshots in Xi'an was the thing he was most anxious about, which meant that there was no possibility of contact between the parties involved in the conflict.

In the quiet courtyard, a small stone suddenly fell, and the sound of "click" was particularly obvious. The two secret whistles were both from Qinghai Lake, and they were very experienced. How could they be fooled by this kind of pediatric trick!

They were still quietly hiding in the shadows, but their muscles were tense, they held their breath, gathered their spirits, and were ready to strike at any time.

After a while, a figure landed in the yard as lightly as a civet cat. The two secret whistles were terrified, but there was no sound. Before they had time to think, they pounced on it, with two pairs of big hands like iron tongs, tightly grasped it. Sombra held back. [

With a soft, unhuman body in his hands, he secretly screamed that he had been fooled. He was hit hard on the back of the head, his eyes went dark, and he fell to the ground. On the ground, they were tied up tightly, and rags were stuffed in their mouths.

This is the action taken by the special operations detachment No. [-] to arrest Zhang Mutao secretly. The secret whistle in the yard has long been seen by the soldiers. This kind of pediatric security method is an introductory training subject for the recruits of the special operations detachment.

Get a dummy to put on clothes, throw it into the yard, and sure enough, the two secret sentries were drawn out, and the secret sentries were solved. The courtyard has been completely controlled by the special warfare third unit.

The door was slammed open, and in the brightly lit room, three big men stood up in astonishment. They reacted instantly, reached out for their guns, and reacted with astonishing speed. They were obviously veterans who had undergone rigorous training.

A few crossbow arrows were quietly nailed to their throats until they had no ends, and the arrows protruded from the back of their necks. They were so terrifyingly powerful, so accurate and venomous. The improved special crossbow arrows were indeed astonishingly powerful.

The three big men fell to the ground, their hands slowly slipped out of their arms, and they were still tightly holding the pistols in their hands, but they never had a chance to pull the trigger. These three people, having experienced countless big scenes, He died in the ancient capital of Xi'an.

Zhang Mutao was already stupefied by the scene in front of him. He opened his mouth wide and looked at the soldiers falling from the sky and the corpses of the three accomplices on the ground.

The third special warfare team quickly cleaned up the scene, the blood on the ground was wiped clean, everything in the house remained the same except for the code book and a few pieces of valuable information, and then they quickly evacuated, taking away Zhang Mutao and the two people who were still there. An unconscious whistle, and three corpses.

The whole process took no more than 15 minutes, and no one was alarmed. The tactical skills and training level of the special operations detachment were really amazing, and they deserved to be called the sword of the independent division.

Taken to Xi'an Airport, Zhang Mutao, who was in Tang Qiuli's temporary headquarters, faced this young general, and soon understood whose hands he had fallen into. He gave Tang Qiuli a hostile look. The smile from the corner of Li's mouth pierced his heart like an awl.

In his opinion, this kind of smile is extremely ironic and contemptuous. Zhang Mutao's heart ached instantly. He didn't expect that the dignified No. [-] figure of the national government would also use such indecent methods. He still underestimated it. him.

Zhang Mutao let out a long sigh, closed his eyes in despair, clenched his teeth, and pursed his lips tightly. The veins on his thin face were stretched out, making him look hideous. This posture was to tell Tang Qiuli that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. , don't waste your time on me, you get nothing!

Tang Qiuli looked at this guy with great interest. I have seen this kind of stuff a lot. The Special Operations Detachment has several ways to get you to speak up. It is very clear what you did, but you need a personal statement. I will send you a statement. Use it, otherwise, in my eyes, you are worthless, just a pile of garbage, whoever you are, I am very annoyed to talk to you.

Tang Qiuli's words were low-pitched, calm, and indifferent. Zhang Mutao was completely enraged. He opened his eyes suddenly, staring at Tang Qiuli with a fierce look of despair, and shouted hoarsely: "Tang, I didn't expect that the dignified No. [-] figure of the national government would actually use the dirty method of secret arrest. I look down on you. If you have the guts, shoot me immediately!"

With a light wave of Tang Qiuli's hand, several soldiers came up and dragged him out. As long as it turned out, the soldiers of the Special Operations Detachment knew what to do.

Two hours later, Zhang Mutao's autobiographical statement was placed in front of Tang Qiuli. Zhang Mutao, who was brought back, showed no signs of being tortured at all, but his attitude and spirit were completely broken.

His face was pale, his eyes were slack, his expression was dull, and a strand of hair stuck to his sweaty forehead, as if his spine had been pulled out, and his energy was gone. If it weren't for the two soldiers holding him, he might have been a puddle of mud on the ground , Tang Qiuli looked at the captain of the third unit of the special warfare detachment in doubt, what method did you use to make this guy into such a virtue?

The leader of the special warfare unit smiled but did not answer. Tang Qiuli took the confession and saw that this guy was not young. He was a senior spy of the Japanese North China Garrison Secret Service, and was directly under the leadership of the chief of the secret service Takiji Kobayashi. He was a secret agent. Which kind.

After the Xi'an Incident, the big fight between the Central Army, the Northeast Army, and the Seventeenth Route Army that the Japanese were expecting did not happen. If it failed clearly, they came secretly. As a fellow countryman, I came to Xi'an to see if I could make a difference. Let me put it bluntly, I just wanted to find a way to cause trouble.

(To be continued)