Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1460: Dark under the lamp!

"Continue to search for me. No matter whose home you are, you can enter and search. Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed without mercy!" Hengshan Yong in Jiangxia roared like a trapped beast in the headquarters of the 11th Army in Jiangxia.

Only a few people know the true purpose of Tanabe Moritake coming to Jiangxia, and Isamu Hengshan happens to be one of them.

On the surface, Moritake Tanabe was sitting in Jiangxia on behalf of the newly promoted Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Forces, General Shiro Itagaki, to command operations in the two major battlefields of Central and South China, but in fact, Moritake Tanabe had more important tasks during his trip.

The Imperial Army base camp wanted to attack and kill Tang Dao, the leader of the Chinese Four Elements Regiment who had humiliated the Imperial Army countless times on the North China battlefield and the Battle of Shipai. Tanabe Moritake was the supreme commander of this attack.

It was under this person's planning and contact that the Eagle Special Attack Team successfully sneaked into China's fifth theater under the cover of the food transport team, and even obtained sophisticated equipment from the inside.

Everything had been going smoothly before, and they had almost completed the mission, but unexpectedly, a few hours later, the Eagle Commando was like a fish entering the sea, completely cutting off contact with Jiang Xia.

The personnel responsible for responding in Yiling did not wait for the well-trained Eagle Special Attack Team to show up!

The Chinese lurking spies only sent news that the Chinese theater headquarters had strictly blocked the news. Only losses on both sides were seen at the scene, but there was no way to count how many members of the Eagle Commando died on the spot.

Tanabe Moritake never gave up and was waiting in Jiangxia for the return of the first organic special attack team formed by the Japanese Army Base Camp.

I knew I had to wait for a week until I received the threatening letter three days ago.

In the past, no one would have taken this kind of threatening letter seriously. There are many Chinese people who can only express their anger with words. But in this extraordinary period, as the commander of the 11th Army, Yokoyama Isamu But they took it very seriously. Not only did they search the whole place, but they also once again strengthened the protection of deputy chief of staff Moritake Tanabe.

There were various fortifications and bunkers outside the hotel where Tanabe Moritake lived, and all the service staff were Japanese. After receiving this threat, Yokoyama Isamu dispatched two additional infantry squadrons to defend the entire hotel. The area expanded outward by another 300 meters.

Unless someone can set up a cannon on the outside, it is possible to pose a threat to Tanabe Moritake in the heavily guarded hotel.

But in Jiangxia City, which is completely controlled by the Imperial Army, who can have an artillery? For ordinary Chinese people, it is already very good to have a kitchen knife at home.

But even under such strict protection, Tanabe Moritake still died. He was shot in the head. Even his face could not be recognized clearly. If it weren't for the tattoo on his arm that was left behind when he entered Jinling City in 37 years to fight. Isamu Yokoyama who rushed to the scene would not think that it was Major General Moritake Tanabe.

There are many capable people in the Japanese army, and they quickly deduced from the direction of the bullets that the gunman was located in the north, at least 400 meters away from the hotel's first line of defense.

The first line of defense is a full 380 meters away from Tanabe Moritake's room. The sum of the two is close to 800 meters. This is obviously a distance that does not exist in reality. Since the invention of the gunpowder gun, the world has experienced countless hot weapons War, the First World War that broke out more than 20 years ago, swept through most of Europe and Asia. There has never been a record of accurately shooting an opponent with a rifle from 800 meters away.

But other than that, what more reasonable explanation can there be?

After careful investigation by nearly a thousand Japanese troops, clues were finally discovered in a ruins 470 meters away from the hotel's first line of defense.

It was originally a Silber trading house on Jianghan Road. It was a four-story building. Maybe it was because of the storage warehouse, or maybe the shrewd Silber people wanted to use it for a few more years now that they were here. Thinking about it, this building has an average exterior design, but it is extremely strong.

During the Battle of Jiangxia, this building was bombed by three 500-pound aerial bombs. Part of the walls were blown down, and the interior was in a mess. It couldn't be more miserable, but the entire building still stood stubbornly. , showing the world the cruelty of war.

During that bombing, more than 30 Hilbers were killed in this building. The surviving Hilbers insisted that this was evidence of future claims against the Japanese Empire and firmly disagreed with the Chinese government’s use of this building. The dilapidated buildings were demolished until the entire Jiangxia was occupied by the Japanese army.

The Japanese have no interest in rebuilding this city that was baptized in the flames of war. They are now in an economic crisis at home. A large amount of materials needed to fight in China have to be plundered from China and transported back to Japan for processing. They are used for war support. battle mode.

Therefore, even though the Japanese army has occupied Jiangxia for almost two years, this dangerous building after being bombed is still standing on the dilapidated street.

Even the Japanese search team did not regard this dilapidated and dangerous building as a key search area. It was not until they could not find any traces in other places that they took the risk and climbed up to this dangerous building.

Then, the Japanese army gunpowder expert who accompanied the team discovered traces of gunpowder sputtering on the third floor of the building. Those are the sputtering traces that can only be left by large-caliber firearms above 12.7 mm.

At this point, it is basically certain that a gunman is lurking here, using the super-large-caliber rifle in his hand to kill Tanabe Moritake who was standing by the window 850 meters away.

This is undoubtedly the furthest rifle sniper kill record in the entire history of human warfare so far!

However, the Japanese who won this honor did not feel happy at all. Of course, there was no shame, they were only angry and fearful!

The first thing Isamu Yokoyama thought of was, what if the missing Chinese sharpshooter targets him next time?

Whether it is for the sake of the dispatched army headquarters or for his own life, this search must be more intensive.

It was night, and the whole Jiangcheng was awake all night. Hengshan Yong actually mobilized two infantry regiments and the garrison division stationed in Jiangxia to conduct a search and arrest in the entire city of Jiangxia.

Just like the order he issued before, anyone can enter and search wherever they are, even senior officials of the Jinling government in Jiangxia are no exception.

Don't tell me, such a high-intensity manhunt is not fruitless. The Japanese army continues to receive "good news" from Yokoyama Isamu sitting in the headquarters.

After two Jinling government officials found radio stations and code books in the houses of Jiangxia senior officials, it can almost be concluded that they are insiders of the mountain city military command.

In addition, there were firefights in the city. In a business store and a restaurant, people were arrested with guns when the military police came to search. No less than 15 people were killed on the spot. The Japanese troops also paid the price of more than a dozen casualties and rushed into the building. A damaged radio station and basically burned documents were found, and it can also be concluded that these two places are underground intelligence stations of the mountain city military commander.

If we only look at the results of seizing the radio station and arresting insiders, Isamu Yokoyama's elaborate search tonight can not be said to be in vain, at least it will have a huge blow to the intelligence system of Yamashiro Military Commander in Jiangxia.

In particular, the two senior officials of the Jinling government who were seized hold important positions in the Jinling government. One of them is the deputy administrative commissioner of Jiangxia and the second-in-command of the Jinling government in Jiangxia. Even if he is as tyrannical as Hengshan Yong, he still looks kind and friendly to him. He was polite and even invited him to several banquets. Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be an insider of the Shancheng government lurking within the Jinling government.

This blow is a huge blow to Director Dai!

But the real owner that Isamu Yokoyama wanted was not even seen. Whether he was captured or killed, neither one looked like a sharpshooter who could kill the target with one shot from more than 800 meters away. .

The gunpowder expert of the Japanese army has estimated that there are several most famous rifles in the world that can fire such large-caliber projectiles. Mao Xiong’s PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle can fire 14.5 mm caliber warheads, and the 13.9* of the Empire on which the sun never sets The 99mm Powys anti-tank rifle, the Finnish L39 anti-tank rifle, the Germanic Empire's PZB39 anti-tank rifle, and finally the Type 97 anti-tank rifle copied from the Japanese military industry, firing a 20-mm caliber warhead.

Soon, the estimates of Japanese military experts became reality. The Japanese military finally dug out the half-remaining warhead that shattered Tanabe Moritake's head and penetrated the wall in a hotel room.

That was a 20mm warhead. On the Asian battlefield, the only type 97 anti-tank gun equipped by the Japanese army was its own.

That is a big guy with an empty gun that can weigh up to 50 kilograms. When the Japanese army transports the gun itself, the usual method of transportation is three pack horses to transport two Type 97 anti-tank gun parts. Not to mention that it can run faster than anyone else carrying this thing. Rabbit is so fast, even if he can climb up that dangerous building with this gun, he is still not a human being.

But warheads don't lie. It is almost certain that Tanabe Moritake was killed by the Type 97 anti-tank rifle developed by Japanese military industry.

That man must be eight feet tall and muscular! All the Japanese, including Isamu Yokoyama, who had a headache after knowing the conclusion, sketched a portrait of the mysterious Chinese gunman in their minds.

If it wasn’t Lu Zhishen, it had to be Wu Song!

The Japanese guessed it right.

Tang Dao, who was wearing night clothes, was not too far away from them, and the Type 97 20mm anti-tank gun, which weighed 50 kilograms, stayed quietly within his reach.

There may be many people in this world who can run away alone carrying this giant gun that weighs more than 50 kilograms. For example, Mingxin can also do it. But there will never be more than three people in the world who can use this gun to headshot a target at a distance of 850 meters, even with the aid of a scope.

And Tang Dao is the person who completely meets these two conditions. In other words, Tang Dao is the only one in the world who can accomplish this.

But this was not the only reason why Tang Dao took the risk to personally go to Jiangxia to snipe Tanabe Moritake.

That night, before killing Akagi Shigesen, Tang Dao told him that anyone involved in killing his brother would die.

How can Tanabe Moritake, who is in charge of this operation, be an exception?

In order to kill Tanabe Moritake, Tang Dao used all his power this time. It was not just the military power of the Four Elements Regiment and the guard regiment in North China. Tang Dao needed power from outside.

Gong Shaoxun, who had been put out of the army by Tang Dao as early as two years ago, and the large amount of money he invested finally gave Tang Dao some feedback.

In fact, Tang Dao has been busy with military affairs in the past two years. Tang Dao is not too concerned about how Gong Shaoxun and his underground intelligence system operate. He only invests up to 60,000 taels of gold and more than 6 million yen of funds and according to At Gong Shaoxun's request, 60 more experts were sent there.

Unexpectedly, Gong Shaoxun gave Tang Dao a huge surprise this time. After receiving Tang Dao's secret message, Gong Shaoxun's intelligence system was fully operational and he quickly responded to Tang Dao.

Secrets such as the hotel and hotel room where Tanabe Moritake lived were all listed. When Tang Dao said that he needed to obtain a large-caliber long-range gun nearby, Gong Shaoxun actually said that he could provide the Type 97 anti-tank rifle equipped by the Japanese army.

This awesome strength really shocked Tang Dao himself.

It wasn't until the two met and chatted much later that Tang Dao found out how Gong Shaoxun had obtained this kind of big guy who was relatively rare in the Japanese army.

Except for the businessman Konosuke Ohma, it's really hard to find Japanese people who dare to exchange such firearms.

The deal that Tang Dao promised to Major General Hawker has not been interrupted in the past two years, and he has already given full authority to Gong Shaoxun to contact him.

Of course, since it is a transaction, it means that both parties have to provide materials or information that the other side values. What Daxiong Konosuke wants is penicillin, which can be shipped back to Japan and sold at a high price. Gong Shaoxun's needs will naturally be taken care of by himself.

Major General Hawker was really good at selling information to his colleagues on the division. Sometimes the Japanese army in North China did not conduct decent military operations at all, and he was worried that Gong Shaoxun would not look down on ordinary ordnance, so he simply Two of the Type 97 anti-tank rifles with very little equipment were given to Gong Shaoxun.

Originally, Gong Shaoxun was not interested in this big thing that was extremely inconvenient to transport. This thing was useless if it was not used on the battlefield, but he could not resist the enthusiasm of the hawker major general, so he had to accept it.

One of them happens to be in Jiangxia, where Gong Shaoxun is located in the most important intelligence base in central China.

Compared with a great sniper of this era, the intelligence system in charge of Gong Shaoxun's stronghold in Jiangxia almost made Tang Dao's jaw drop.

If he hadn't trusted Gong Shaoxun so much, Tang Dao would have even thought that his former chief of staff had defected to the Japanese.

The stronghold of his intelligence system in Jiangxia was actually located next to the headquarters of the Japanese garrison division in Jiangxia. The signboard hanging outside was called "Toyota".

July 7, 1937, is a day that cannot be forgotten for China, but it is a day of resurrection for Toyota. With the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Toyota and other industrial enterprises were included as munitions industrial product manufacturers. The Japanese Army transferred all Toyota's The inventory of cars was sold out immediately, which solved its urgent need.

Toyota Motor has received support from the Japanese government and has become the main supplier of Japanese military vehicles. This Toyota maintenance department, which is only 300 meters away from the Japanese garrison division headquarters, is responsible for providing maintenance guidance and maintenance for various types of Japanese military vehicles throughout central China. used for accessories.

It is said that there are as many as a hundred engineers and technical workers alone.

"The person in charge of this maintenance department is named Daokuma Kogoro! Most of the workers are recruited from Osaka!" Gong Shaoxun's answer made Tang Dao himself a little speechless.

The hawker major general had to give up his wife and children in exchange for that little money.

Large Japanese companies in China also recruit Chinese employees and translators, otherwise it would be too inconvenient to go out.

Gong Shaoxun's intelligence base belonged to Toyota's transportation team in Jiangxia. It was responsible for quickly transporting parts and maintenance workers to the maintenance team behind the Japanese army, and settling accounts on a monthly basis. It was considered an outsourcing of Toyota.

The area is located at the very back of the Toyota Maintenance Department, which covers an area of ​​5 acres. Because the transportation team needs to feed a large number of pack horses, this area is usually mixed with the smell of horse feces and urine, and everyone knows that these Chinese are the managers of Big Bear. Guangdong households, Japanese rarely come to this place.

Therefore, no one knew that a dozen Chinese people who would only giggle when looking at the honest guy actually dug a basement and a 300-meter-long tunnel under the stables in less than a year and a half.

The most coincidental thing is that the exit of the 300-meter tunnel is located near the dangerous building that was crumbled by artillery fire.

The purpose of these veterans who came from the battlefield to dig basements and tunnels is naturally to prevent dangers before they occur and to save their lives at critical moments.

The reason why the tunnel exit was near the dangerous building was because it was in ruins and inaccessible, and it was very close to the Yangtze River. In extremely dangerous situations, everyone would evacuate through the tunnel and jump into the Yangtze River to escape.

Unexpectedly, it was useless to escape, but it became a legend of Tang Tuanzuo.

Of course, this myth that almost frightened the insiders of Yamashiro and Isamu Yokoyama was not accomplished by Tang Dao alone. It was accomplished with the full cooperation of a huge intelligence system with 48 strongholds and more than 1,000 people. .

Tang Dao, who had sneaked out of the war zone in the name of injury, entered Jiangxia City. Not only did he get a super sniper, but he also had a sniper point with excellent vision, but the distance was a little far.

But this is not the case with Tang Tuanzuo, who once had a record of killing targets from 1,600 meters away.

Of course, out of caution, Tang Dao was transported by his subordinates to a mountain forest 20 kilometers away from Jiangxia to familiarize himself with the performance of the Type 97 anti-tank rifle and test-fire 20 live rounds.

It stretches from the first 600 meters to the eye-catching 900 meters. That is to say, if there are dozens more meters, Tanabe Moritake will be dead. This is the longest sniper kill record in the world so far. It has to be increased.

Unfortunately, Tanabe Moritake did not give Tang Dao such a chance.

After confirming the target, Tang Dao even had enough time to eliminate all traces and body odor of his presence here before carrying the heavy Type 97 anti-tank rifle into the tunnel buried in the ruins.

As for the traces of gunpowder splatter, they were left deliberately by Tang Dao.

The reason was naturally to tell the Japanese that this was the shooting point, so as to prevent the Japanese army from torturing innocent civilians in Chinese settlements in this direction to extract confessions.

Of course, this would also mislead the Japanese search team. After the Japanese army discovered the clues, they would only think that the murderer should have escaped long ago. They would never think that the eight-foot-tall man was hiding less than 7 feet under their feet. meters underground.

The most dangerous place is the safest place!