In August last year, the 64-year-old Yoshinobu Muto succeeded Shigeru Honjo as the commander of the Kwantung Army. He also served as the director of the Kwantung Agency and the plenipotentiary ambassador to the puppet Manchukuo, realizing the so-called "trinity" colonization of the puppet Manchukuo region.
rule.
Known as the "Taciturn General", Muto Yoshinobu held three positions and became the "Emperor" of Manchukuo, a man who kept his word and wielded great power.
In the current Zhepeng military rank system, the highest military rank is general, but there is an honorary military rank above general, called marshal.
During the more than seventy years from the founding of Zhepeng's army to his subsequent surrender, there were a total of 134 Zhepeng army generals, of whom only 17 were awarded the title of marshal.
Among these seventeen people was Muto Yixin.
This person's high status in Zhe Peng's army is evident.
But Muto Yixin was also the only Marshal Zhepeng who died in China.
According to the original historical trajectory, Muto Yixin will die of illness in Fengtian half a year later.
Of course, there are different opinions about his death and cannot be unified.
Some people say that he was killed by Chinese agents, some say that he committed suicide by caesarean section, and some say that he died in the Zheng Zhi struggle within the Zhe Peng Army.
In any case, it is full of strangeness that Field Marshal Zhe Peng, who had just reached the peak of his career, died suddenly and without warning in his own mansion.
Although even if he did nothing, Muto Yoshinobu would die in half a year.
But dying from illness and being killed are two different things.
If given the chance, Su Yi would never mind sending this ambitious invader to see the King of Hell half a year in advance.
What's more, as the actual commander of the Jehol War, if Muto Yixin can be killed, the impact on this war will be huge.
Previously, it was because Su Yi knew that Muto Yixin was far away in Changchun, so he did not list him as a target.
But now that he has come to his door on his own initiative, Su Yi will not let him go easily.
That being said, Su Yi and his teammates were racking their brains and were at a loss as to how to kill Muto Yixin.
There is too little known information, and now everyone only knows that Muto Nobuyoshi may appear at the Auditorium Theater, attend a conference, and give a speech at the conference.
The auditorium has been surrounded by a group of guards. The defense forces have almost been deployed at this time. It is basically impossible to sneak in in broad daylight.
What time does the meeting start?
When will Yoshinobu Muto come on stage?
Where will he stand when he speaks?
Who is attending the meeting?
How many people are there?
Who is eligible to participate?
Are they familiar with each other?
Su Yi and the others don’t know anything!
It is almost an impossible task to formulate a complete assassination plan with such little knowledge.
Therefore, the top priority is to obtain as much information as possible about this meeting and Muto Yoshinobu.
After a brief discussion, Su Yi sent two skilled men, Yi Yiantian and Luo Yu, to go out to investigate again.
But the two quickly turned back.
"The street around the auditorium is under complete martial law and no one is allowed to approach it. We have no way to approach the auditorium now." said Yixian Tian. "Ronaldinho and I could only go to the church on the next street and quietly climb to the spire of a bell tower on the top of the church.
Come and observe the situation from there."
"There is no window at the top of the tower, so we can only remove one brick." Luo Yu continued, "Looking through the gap in this brick, you can only see a small angle, but you can just see the back door of the auditorium. There is also a zither on the back door.
Guarded by Peng soldiers, their defenses are very tight, and Brother Han and I can't find a way to sneak in quietly."
"Since there is no way to sneak in, we can only pretend to be someone else and sneak in." Hua Kezhi looked at Su Yi, "Master Geng, your makeup-imitation skills can be used again."
"But who should I pretend to be?" Sun Fengming spread his hands and said, "We don't even know who will attend the meeting now."
"If it is an internal meeting of the Zhepeng people, they will only hold it in the headquarters." Chen Chutai said, "If it is a meeting of high-level officials of the puppet regime, their government office building also has a special conference room, so there is no need to put it there.
It was held in a large auditorium where plays are performed on weekdays."
"Chu Tai is right!" Yi Xiantian's eyes lit up, "The auditorium is a large auditorium that can accommodate 600 people. They chose to hold the meeting here because there are so many people attending the meeting that other conference rooms simply cannot accommodate it!
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"Six hundred people...two military and political plenary meetings? Or what kind of meeting?" Hua Kezhi frowned and thought hard, "If we want to use Master Geng's imitation makeup skills to sneak in, the target of the imitation makeup will also be a problem... If we participate
Those who meet are all members of the puppet regime's military and government, so they will be very familiar with each other. Didn't Master Geng say that? Imitation makeup cannot withstand close inspection, and what's more, the secret will be revealed directly when we talk...
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"It doesn't have to be only internal staff attending the meeting, right?" Luo Yu said, "How about we grab some tongues and ask?"
"Who to arrest?" Sun Fengming said, "I don't know if you arrest me wrongly, but if you arrest me rightly, I might as well alert someone else..."
"So back to the original question, what kind of meeting is this? We have to figure out who will attend the meeting!" Chen Chutai said.
At this moment, Yang Songlin, who had been silent, raised his hand weakly: "I have a guess."
He kept listening to other people's discussions, but he couldn't participate in them. His thinking couldn't keep up with things like makeup imitation and tongue grabbing.
But when it comes to matters related to the Zhepeng people, he has the right to speak.
Everyone turned their attention to him.
"Yes, why did you forget Xiao Yang!" Hua Kezhi said with a smile, "Xiao Yang, tell me!"
"Yes, yes, tell me quickly!" Luo Yu urged.
Yang Songlin said: "I know that some "royalists" in the military are very dissatisfied with Manchukuo being still a republic. They believe that this country should be on par with Zhe Peng and let Puyi, the head of state, regain his status as emperor and change the republic to a constitutional monarchy.
system."
"This idea is already being implemented. A few months ago in Fengtian, the military and political circles invited local businessmen and gentry to hold a public opinion conference. After the success of the conference, in the past few months, public opinion conferences have been held in major cities in Manchukuo.
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"So what kind of bullshit public opinion meeting they held this time do you think?" Sun Fengming said impatiently, "If this is really the case, then we will have many goals to choose from!"
At this point, Sun Fengming suddenly paused and reminded Yang Songlin: "Puppet Manchukuo is not a country. Xiao Yang, you have to change your name."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" Yang Songlin's expression changed and he stood up quickly to apologize.
This reaction made everyone stunned. Sun Fengming was the first to react. He hugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "How much do you apologize? I just asked you to change your title next time. How can there be so many things?"
Son?"
Yang Songlin smiled and seemed to be relieved.
Yixiantian took over: "If there is really a bullshit public opinion meeting, then we can pick a country squire to sneak in. And they should invite reporters to this kind of meeting, and we can also pretend to be reporters."
"How to get the weapons in is a problem!" Chen Chutai frowned, "I'm worried that the Zhepeng people will strictly search everyone."
"Don't worry, this is bound to happen, so how to bring weapons in is a big problem." Walker said, "There is no need to mention the methods that have been used before. The Zhepeng people are not stupid, and they will definitely not jump into a hole.
twice."
Su Yi never expressed an opinion. He watched his team members discuss enthusiastically, each actively participating and putting forward various constructive opinions, and he felt a sense of comfort.
This team was brought out by him. Even without him, I believe this team will still be a top-notch special agent team.
Next, everyone came up with various ways to bring weapons in, including dismantling a gun into parts, "stuffing" a small part into it, and then pulling it out to assemble it...
You can also throw weapons in from a distance, or use cameras, shoe soles, and other places where guns can be hidden to sneak weapons in.
They even considered the possibility of sniping and assassinating on the periphery. However, due to the inconvenience of carrying them, they did not bring long guns during these operations. Everyone used short guns.
The effective range of short guns is basically within fifty meters, which is not suitable for long-distance sniping, so this plan was eliminated.
In the end, everyone kept discussing and decided to use fake makeup to dress up as businessmen and squires attending the meeting, or sneak in as reporters, and then assassinate Muto Yoshinobu when he came to power.
"Master Geng, what do you think?" Seeing that everyone was almost done discussing it, Hua Kezhi asked Su Yi for his opinion when he saw that Su Yi had been silent.
After hearing this, everyone stopped their discussion and focused their attention on Su Yi.
Now the team has reached a consensus that the final decision on all the team's action plans must be made by Su Yi.
Su Yi has used successful assassination operations again and again to completely consolidate his identity as a leader and make everyone convinced of him.
Su Yi also placed himself in the position of a leader more and more, and he even began to intentionally train the team to operate and take actions independently without him.
That's why he didn't participate in the entire discussion, didn't express any opinions, and just watched everyone discuss and come up with the results.
It wasn't until Hua Kezhi asked him that he spoke calmly.
"Have you ever thought about a question?" Su Yi said, "If the assassination is successful, how can we evacuate safely? You have only formulated an assassination plan, but not an evacuation plan. Your action plan is incomplete."
Everyone fell silent after hearing this.
Hua Kezhi smiled and said: "Master Geng, we people have long put life and death at risk. As long as we can kill the old thief Muto Yixin, even if we die here, it will be worth it! This operation only requires the sound of a gun.
, people who go in have no chance of coming out, so - we don’t need an evacuation plan!”
"That's right!" Sun Fengming said solemnly, "Master Geng, we are all ready to die! As long as the action is successful, we will kill ourselves immediately and never leave ourselves to the Japanese!"
These words moved Yixiantian, Luo Yu and the newly joined Yang Songlin.
But Su Yi slowly shook his head and said solemnly: "Let me reiterate the purpose of our team's actions - people-oriented! Each of our own lives is extremely precious! In my opinion, the life of each of you is at least
In exchange for the lives of ten Japanese generals! If you don’t get it back in exchange, it’s a loss!”
"We can't do a loss-making business! Therefore, before we kill enough Japanese generals, the top priority of every action is to put people first! In other words, all action plans
, the most important thing is to have a safe evacuation plan! To the greatest extent possible, we must ensure that each of us can escape safely after the action!"
Su Yi's words made everyone feel warm in their hearts. Some of the emotional ones even had red eyes and were very moved.
In this passionate age that emphasizes sacrifice and dedication, how can we prevent them from having the urge to die for their confidants when they meet a "people-oriented" superior like Su Yi?
You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country!
After a moment of silence, Walker suppressed his boiling thoughts and said: "Master Geng, I know you cherish us and value us, but we have to fight to the death. How can there be no reason not to sacrifice? The best way to kill Muto Yixin is
It means sneaking into the venue to assassinate. But the Japanese guard group is not a vegetarian. They have already surrounded the auditorium. Once we act, we will alert them immediately! There is no chance for us to evacuate safely. So sacrifice,
It’s inevitable…”
"This is lazy thinking!" Su Yi shook his head, interrupted him unceremoniously, and emphasized his tone.
"You think so just because you finally came up with a plan that has a chance of successful assassination. You are constantly convincing yourself that this is the best way, so you are unwilling to think about whether there is a better way!"
These words made Hua Kezhi a little unconvinced, and he frowned, as if he wanted to refute.
But Su Yi did not give him a chance to refute, and continued: "If you want to kill Muto Yixin, do you have to enter the auditorium? Can't it be outside the auditorium? Why must we go to the battlefield designated by the enemy? Can't we choose the battlefield ourselves?
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Walker was startled and said: "You mean, intercept and kill him halfway? But when a high-ranking official like Yixin Muto travels, at least a guard battalion will follow him anytime and anywhere, and police forces will be deployed in advance along the way to establish temporary martial law.
the way."
"If we want to kill Li Shoushan with a bomb like we did to assassinate him, it is simply impossible to achieve because we have no chance to plant explosives; but if we block the attack on the way, I think it will be the same as committing suicide."
"Is there no other way besides planting explosives?" Su Yi said, "Besides, have you forgotten someone? We just came to the Splendid State, but we didn't know that Muto Yixin was also here. We came to kill Zhang Jinghui.
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"What? Now that you have Muto Yixin, you don't like Zhang Jinghui anymore?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"Master Geng, with Wu Teng Yixin, of course we will give priority to killing this old thief! Compared with Zhang Jinghui, that is the difference between the King of Hell and the kid!" Sun Fengming said, "It is difficult for us to kill either of these two people, so we can't.