Some time ago, Chinese agents carried out inhumane assassinations on Chinese people who were close to the Japanese in Shanghai.
Moreover, the assassinations in China were very rampant this time, and there were even cases of family extermination, which also made many pro-Japanese Chinese people fearful.
Although the Shanghai garrison headquarters also ordered them to take targeted actions in a timely manner, and some results were achieved.
But in general, the garrison headquarters and everyone were not very satisfied, because this time, their losses were even greater.
In addition, these days, China's secret service department is like a bunch of rats, which makes people feel very upset, so they just took this opportunity, led by the garrison headquarters, and then several departments joined together
, prepare to win back the game and give those stinky rats in China a little look.
Time soon came to March 1939. As night fell, Shanghai's Hongkou District was still brightly lit, as if far away from all the hustle and bustle of the world, and it seemed so prosperous.
Although Hongkou District, located in the northeast of Shanghai, is an international public concession, with the large number of Japanese immigrants to Hongkou District, it has long been "Orientalized".
And with the end of the war, the Japanese strengthened their rule here, and massively immigrated from the base camp and the Northeastern reclamation people, so now Hongkou District has become a Japanese-controlled area.
The Japanese even set up a police district in Hongkou District with all Japanese police officers on the grounds that there were a large number of Japanese in Hongkou District. Therefore, although the current Hongkou District is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the public concession,
But in fact it has completely become the sphere of influence of the Japanese.
It is precisely because of this that after the fall of Shanghai, fewer and fewer Chinese people live in Hongkou District. On the one hand, it is because Chinese people are often bullied there, and even if there is an accident, originally
It's the fault of the Japanese, but the Japanese will unreasonably say it's the fault of the Chinese.
If the Chinese admit it honestly, the most they will do is be laughed at and ridiculed by the Japanese and scolded as the sick man of East Asia.
But if the Chinese say more, it will be a very big problem whether they can get out of Hongkou District safely.
However, as time went by, the Japanese slowly realized that this would not work.
Because without the help of the Chinese, the Japanese would have big problems in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
In addition, the Japanese have been preaching that they came to China to help the Chinese and to realize the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Therefore, the Shanghai Garrison Command has also formulated a series of "peace, co-prosperity, and development" measures.
It was precisely because of the issuance of these initiatives and measures, and the fact that some traitors took the lead, that some Chinese people slowly appeared in Hongkou District.
However, the presence of these Chinese people is still not enough to meet the needs of the Japanese. For example, in terms of travel, the Japanese living in Hongkou District simply do not bother to do this work.
Therefore, if so many people travel every day, it will be a very big problem if it is not solved.
Therefore, in order to ensure the traffic operation in Hongkou District, and in order to create an atmosphere of "China-Japan goodwill", the Japanese specially found two "goodwill" Chinese transportation companies to cooperate and allowed them to operate private transportation business in Hongkou District.
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Moreover, when doing business in Hongkou District, the fare will be higher compared to other places.
Because of the temptation of money, some Chinese drivers are naturally willing to do Japanese business.
Some people may ask, why would these people give up for five buckets of rice?
Are they still Chinese? Do they have any sense of patriotism? Why do they do things for the Japanese?
But for some ordinary people, is dignity really so important?
To put it bluntly, when you and your family haven't had a meal for three days, suddenly someone offers you money and asks you to be a coachman for him, which is something undignified.
Even if you usually hate this person, when faced with such a desperate situation, do you choose to have dignity or to eat?
Besides, there are now more than 100,000 refugees in Shanghai, and food is no longer enough, so as long as you have something to eat, let alone dignity, even if you let him kill people for you, it's not impossible.
At the bright light, Hongkou District is as prosperous as ever. In this place, everyone seems to be far away from the war and is living a happy life.
At about nine o'clock in the evening, the phone of Yuntong Transportation Company suddenly rang. The other party said that they had finished eating at the Xinya Hotel on Nanjing Road and wanted their company to send a taxi to pick them up.
Yuntong Company was also familiar with this kind of thing, so they agreed directly without saying anything, and then they sent their own driver to pick up the guests.
At the same time, other transportation companies also received similar calls, and they also dispatched drivers to pick up passengers.
But these drivers who were sent to pick up passengers never returned.
Of course, at the beginning, no one paid much attention to it. After all, as long as there are customers in their job, they will basically be on board.
Besides, their job is not compulsory, and drivers also need to rest!
But two days later, in a house on Jilin Road in Hongkou District, the police discovered the body of the Yuntong Transportation Company driver. At this time, the body's neck was covered with strangulation marks, and all the money had been plundered from his body.
Regarding this situation, the police speculated that it might be the work of robbers.
But the discovery of this driver's death was like a fuse, because other drivers also died and were slowly discovered.
Suddenly, this case was noticed.
In response to this, the Japanese naturally began to act coyly, and quickly held an emergency meeting, and even promised the media that they would definitely arrest the murderer as soon as possible and give everyone an explanation.
However, the murders of these drivers had not yet been solved. One morning three days later, the police found the body of another taxi driver on Dinghai Road in East Shanghai, and the driver had obvious gunshot wounds on his head.
All of a sudden, this matter became a commotion.
And it seemed that someone was secretly adding fuel to the flames. Soon everyone in Shanghai knew about this incident, and it even became a topic of chat for many people after dinner.
Slowly, more and more people in Shanghai began to pay attention to this matter.