Returning to the seat from the Orchid Hall, Yumei made a bold suggestion. She and Xiaoru returned to the hotel in advance. After dressing up, they waited for Captain Wei to arrive.
Wei Xiaofeng naturally understood the meaning of grooming. He was full of joy and agreed to Yumei's request.
While Yumei and Xiaoru were adjusting their scarves, a squad leader secretly stretched out his hand and touched Xiaoru's left leg hard.
Xiaoru stood up in shock and was about to leave her seat when the team leader touched her buttocks again.
At the same time, the team leader on the right was unscrupulous. He held Yumei's upper body tightly with one hand and rubbed Yumei's high breasts with his other hand.
Yumei felt her vision go dark. She tried her best to break away in shame and anger. However, the more she tried to break away, the tighter she was hugged by the mangy dog.
Thanks to Wei Xiaofeng who was jealous. He banged the table and roared: "Grandma, you're a bear. I haven't even gotten involved yet. How dare you grab meat from the tiger's mouth? You're tired of living, aren't you?"
The team leader then let go of Yumei and raised his hands to bow to Wei Xiaofeng: "Brother, please calm down. I'm just pretending to be a kid to make wedding arrangements for you, just to join in the fun."
While talking, Yumei and Xiaoru had left their seats and walked out of the Orchid Hall.
Passing by the Plum Blossom Restaurant, Xiaoru pushed the door open and sneaked into the room alertly. She and Shanzi prepared for an attack.
Yumei looked back and found that there were no plainclothes dogs watching her, so she hurried downstairs.
There is a long alley across from Xiangmanlou. Persimmon has been waiting here for a long time.
When he saw Yumei coming, Persimmon hurriedly handed the Browning pistol to Yumei.
Yumei and Shizi were waiting on the spot. According to the plan, they were responsible for peripheral containment and response tasks.
At the same time, Shanzi glanced at his watch from the Plum Blossom Hall. It was exactly nine-fifty.
Just then, a pair of lovers walked down the stairs hand in hand.
If you pay attention, the female lover is holding a flower handkerchief and shaking it from her chest. This is the secret signal for the plainclothes dog to come downstairs.
Xiao Zhang subconsciously adjusted his hat and quickly grasped the handle of the gun at his waist with his right hand.
While holding the gun, Yanni had already opened the hammer.
After a while, a series of figures appeared on the stairs one after another.
When Wei Xiaofeng was the first to walk down the stairs, Xiao Zhang and Xiaolin suddenly stood up. A burst of volleys were fired. Blood splattered on Wei Xiaofeng and the brothers behind him, and they fell down one after another.
As soon as gunfire rang out downstairs, Shanzi and Xiaoru fired together from in front of the Plum Blossom Hall, beating the plainclothes members who had not yet entered the stairs to a pulp. The survivors rushed towards the stairs.
Shanzi and Xiaoru quickly followed up and rushed to the stairs. The enemy in the stairwell suddenly opened fire.
Xiaoru dodged and somersaulted, rolled to the east corner of the stairs and stood up quickly. She raised her Browning pistol with her right hand and fired frequently.
Shanzi hid on the west side of the stairs and used the shell gun to carry out point-and-point attacks.
Unable to withstand the intensive attacks upstairs and downstairs, the plainclothes members jumped over the wall and looked for opportunities to escape.
In a panic, one of the team members climbed over the railing and jumped down the hall. Before he could move his hands and feet, he was shot three times by Xiao Zhang. Blood was pouring out of his waist, eyes and back.
Another team member fell towards the guardrail due to being shot. Due to the imbalance of gravity, his upper body slipped out of the railing and plunged into the soup basin on the dining table. Yanni did not care about life or death, turned the muzzle of the gun and shot three more times.
To ensure that no one was left alive, Shanzi, Xiaoru, Xiao Zhang and Yanni rushed into the stairs respectively and shot all the dead or alive plainclothes dogs one by one.
Just as they were putting away their guns, the Japanese military motorcycles came closer and closer. The sound of their motors became clearer and louder.
From the first shot, Yumei put her watch close to her ear and carefully counted the sound of the second hand beating until the last shot. It took a total of one hundred and thirty-two seconds.
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Mixed in with the fleeing crowd, Xiao Zhang and Yanni forced themselves out of the door. They quickly crossed the street under the illumination of the motorcycle lights and disappeared in the dark alley.
Shanzi and Xiaoru returned to the Plum Blossom Hall. Xiaoru took the lead and opened the back window with a bang.
Shanzi urged: "Jump quickly."
Xiaoru said: "You jump first."
Shanzi scolded: "Playing the piano randomly. Do you dare to dance?"
As soon as the scolding stopped, Xiaoru jumped up and passed through the window with her feet first.
Shanzi hurriedly looked downstairs and vaguely noticed that Xiaoru had stood firm.
Carrying a cloth bag filled with guns, Shanzi adopted the same posture as Xiaoru and jumped out of the window.
At this time, the corridor was filled with students from Kaiyuan Middle School.
After a while, dozens of students were escorted to the hall downstairs to be examined by Shiro Ishikawa.
Through the storekeeper's confession, Shiro Ishikawa basically understood the entire process of the shooting.
The shopkeeper also told Ishikawa Shiro that the attacker downstairs ran away through the door, but his whereabouts were unknown.
As for the attackers upstairs, I heard from students that they all returned to Plum Blossom Hall and have not been seen since.
Shiro Ishikawa is considered a rational commander. He knows that the real murderer cannot be caught by any means or actions taken at this time.
In desperation, Ishikawa Shiro ordered the radio operator to request Ando to immediately block all checkpoints and not allow anyone to leave the county.
In order not to alert the enemy, Ando instructed Ishikawa Shiro not to take any arrest actions for the time being. After handling the scene, all relevant personnel of Xiangmanlou were escorted to the brigade headquarters.
At this moment, the stranded guests were forced to line up and walked out of Xiangman Building in order. When they passed the door, they were searched by two Japanese soldiers.
That night, Ando held an emergency joint meeting. The plainclothes team, the security team, and the chief and deputy leaders of each Japanese squadron all attended.
Before the meeting started, the technical staff traced two portraits based on the statements of witnesses in Xiangmanlou. One was Shanzi and the other was Xiao Zhang.
As for the three women, the shopkeeper and the waiter said the same thing. They all covered their faces with scarves. It was true that they could not see their faces and appearance clearly.
Under questioning by technical staff, witnesses described the clothing and posture of the three women.
After repeated revisions, the portraits of the three women were finally confirmed.
Ando immediately issued instructions, requiring technical staff to make one hundred copies overnight and deliver them to all units for use by seven o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest.
After the meeting began, Ando first determined that this was a murder committed against an undercover team.
Reminiscing that the Meishizhai shooting incident was also committed by two women, Ando requested that the search target should focus on young women. This is the key to solving the case.
Regarding the upcoming large-scale manhunt, Ando has made the following arrangements...
The security team mobilized capable personnel. They formed a group of four. They changed into casual clothes and checked into each hotel before eight o'clock the next day. Once a woman was found coming in and out, she immediately reported to the imperial army and arrested her.
At the same time, the security group dispatched two platoons to cooperate with each squadron of the Japanese army to form eight joint search teams in units of twenty people.
The search team started at 7 o'clock in the morning. They searched all residents, large and small shops, and various business establishments in the city one by one. All young women were interrogated and all those suspected of having similar portraits were detained.
Second, in addition to maintaining normal patrols in the urban area, additional mobile patrol teams will be immediately dispatched to conduct patrols 24 hours a day without interruption. No suspicious person will be let go.
Third, from now on, all checkpoints will be under martial law. No young men or women trying to leave the city will be released. All will be escorted to the brigade headquarters for interrogation.