"Captain Araki, if I hadn't been lucky, I wouldn't be lying on the hospital bed, and now I'd be in the morgue." Cao Yu defended himself.
Araki Harima stared at Cao Yu, making his scalp numb.
After a while, Araki Harima suddenly smiled. He patted Cao Yu's uninjured shoulder and said, "Cao Sang, you don't have to worry. I have never doubted your loyalty to the Empire of Japan."
Before meeting Cao Yu, he had secretly interrogated several of Cao Yu's men. From these people's mouths, Araki Harima got a key piece of information:
The attacker wanted to kill Cao Yu!
As Cao Yu said, if he hadn't been clever and lucky, he would have been shot to death by now.
After learning about this situation, Araki Harima initially excluded Cao Yu from the suspect list. Unless there is new evidence that shows that Cao Yu has a problem, he will launch an in-depth investigation into Cao Yu again.
Of course, Araki Harima also knew that the section chief ordered Kentaro Miyazaki to launch a secret investigation into Cao Yu, which did not conflict with his temporary trust in Cao Yu.
If Miyazaki-kun finds out that there is something wrong with Cao Yu, he can just arrest him for interrogation. If his friends don't find out that there is anything wrong with Cao Yu, that would be the best.
Cao Yu, a Chinese from China, was relatively easy to use by Araki Harima.
"Thank you Captain Araki for your trust." Cao Yu burst into tears of gratitude, "The Locust Army showed great kindness to Cao, and Cao Yu will never forget it."
Araki Harima was so happy that he even personally brought a pillow to Cao Yu to use as a pillow, indicating that he could lie on the hospital bed and talk.
"How much do you know about the 'little Taoist priest'?" Araki Harima asked.
"Back to Captain Araki." Cao Yu thought for a while and said, "I only know that this person was trapped by Director Su. Director Su kept the matter extremely confidential. His subordinates also received orders from Deputy Director Li to participate in the interrogation. Only then did they find out.
This person's name is 'Little Taoist', and he is a member of Xiao Mian's Shanghai Special Affair Group."
His lips turned white, he swallowed, and continued cautiously, "Before my subordinates had time to report the situation, the person was kidnapped."
Araki Harima frowned slightly. The information Cao Yu knew was even rarer than what he learned from No. 76. This shows that Li Cuiqun and Su Chende's confidentiality work this time was very successful.
So, here comes the problem.
Even people like Cao Yu who participated in the interrogation did not know much about the inside story, so it was simply outrageous that this 'little Taoist priest' was kidnapped on the way to the hospital.
"If prisoner No. 76 needs to be sent to the hospital, which hospital is he usually sent to?" Araki Harima asked immediately.
This issue is critical.
"We usually send the prisoners to the Qimin Hospital or the Army Hospital of the Locust Army," Cao Yu said.
"Why wasn't the person sent to the army hospital?" Araki Harima asked immediately.
Cao Yu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "The 'little Taoist' passed out and was in a bad condition. Dr. Kuang suggested that he be sent to the Army Hospital immediately for rescue. Director Su did not agree. He ordered us to send him to the Army Hospital for rescue."
Sent to Qimin Hospital."
"You smart guy." Araki Harima said with a cold snort.
He immediately understood why Su Chende made such a choice. No. 76 also planned to delay the transfer of the 'little Taoist priest' to the special high school. This was for fear that the prisoner would be sent to the Locust Army Army Hospital and then surrender himself.
No return'.
"It was the doctor who first suggested sending the prisoner to the Army Hospital?" Araki Harima asked.
"Yes." Cao Yu said, "Doctor Kuang said that the medical level at the Locust Army Hospital is much better than that at the Qimin Hospital. He suggested that he be sent directly to the Army Hospital."
Araki Harima heard this and nodded.
In his previous list of suspicions, doctors were at the top. Because of the doctor's professional characteristics, he had the opportunity to influence which hospital the injured should be sent to, or in other words, make suggestions.
Now, from what Cao Yu said, he basically ruled out the suspicion that the doctor was a spy.
He began to tend to agree more with the section chief's judgment.
The attackers may not have been tipped off by someone because they didn't have enough time. They were most likely betting that the little Taoist priest would be sent to the hospital due to excessive torture. They set up an ambush on the way to the hospital on Jisi Feier Road.
Save people.
And it was such a stupid method that was almost "waiting for the rabbit", this group of people actually kidnapped the "little Taoist priest".
What he needs to investigate now is whether the military commanders only set up an ambush on the way from Jisi Feier Road to Qimin Hospital, or whether there are suspicious people along the way from Jisi Feier Road to the Locust Army Army Hospital.
If it is the former, it still means there is a traitor, although it is still unclear how the traitor sent the information out in a very short time, and how the military commander responded so quickly.
If it is the latter, it is basically certain that the attackers were waiting and were ready to rob prisoners along the way to the two hospitals.
…
Araki Harima left.
Cao Yu was lying on the hospital bed. He looked up at the ceiling. The snow-white ceiling was reassuringly white, but also so white that it penetrated people.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
I sighed in my heart.
Xiao Mian, Shanghai Special Situation Team, you owe someone Cao a huge favor!
He judged that doctor Kuang Fulin must be a member of the Shanghai special situation team.
At the same time, Cao Yu couldn't help but lament that this mysterious Xiao Mianduan was so capable that he bribed (recruited) Kuang Fulin without even knowing it.
Yes, Cao Yu judged that the Shanghai special situation team should have bribed (recruited) Kuang Fulin later. Kuang Fulin could not have been a military commander from the beginning.
Moreover, Kuang Fulin was most likely recruited into the group by the military commander recently.
As for the reason.
Kuang Fulin's performance was still a bit immature, which was not in line with the performance of an outstanding agent who could successfully break into the secret service headquarters as a military agent and lurk to this day.
Then, Cao Yu thought of Cheng Qianfan again.
His expression darkened.
The traitor Cheng Qianfan is like a poisonous snake, cunning and insidious, causing great harm.
Being targeted by such an insidious person, Cao Yu was worried.
If Cheng Qianfan is not eliminated, he will feel uneasy.
…
Yang Changnian's heart moved.
He noticed that Xiaochi was flipping through a pile of files on the table. Immediately, Xiaochi put the pile of files away with a gloomy and serious expression.
"Ishimulus, I will arrange for someone to work with you to take Kikube-kun's body to the Army Hospital." Koike said.
"yes."
After Yang Changnian saw Xiaochi's hurried instructions, he took the pile of files and left in a hurry, keeping this matter in his heart.
He knew that Koike must have brought that pile of files back to report to Sanbonjiro.
Who is the file on the first floor related to?
How could Xiaochi have such an attitude?
…
That night.
French Concession.
Julaida Road.
Cheng Xuyuan heard the agreed-upon knock signal, and alertly came to the door to ask. When he heard the voice of the district chief Chen Gongshu, he opened the door with a sigh of relief.
"Commander, why are you so late?" Cheng Xuyuan poured a cup of tea for Chen Gongshu and asked.
"There was almost an accident on the road." Chen Gongshu said. He drank a few sips of hot tea and felt a lot warmer in his stomach. "There are many new faces in the concession."
"Nine times out of ten," Chen Gongshu said, "this group of people is sneaky and secretly conducting surveillance."
As he spoke, he frowned, "I guess this situation is closely related to the gunfire and explosions at Qimin Bridge during the day."
"I'll contact Shang Wen tomorrow and ask him to inquire." Cheng Xuyuan said.
Hui Shangwen is the assistant to the Shanghai District Secretary of the Military Command. Cheng Xuyuan has two assistants. One is Hui Shangwen and the other is named Zhang Huang. The latter is from Daxian County, Sichuan and was brought by Chen Gongshu from Yucheng. Cheng Xuyuan is naturally dissatisfied with this person.
Too trusting, or seemingly trusting but secretly wary. The former is a native of Shanghai, has a close relationship with the Youth Gang, and is good at gathering information from the public.
"Okay." Chen Gongshu nodded, "Tell the assistant to be careful when returning."
Cheng Xuyuan nodded.
Putting aside the potential gap between the two, he quite recognized the abilities of Chen Gongshu, the new Shanghai District Mayor.
Affected by the rebellions of Wang Tiemu and Chen Mingchu, Chen Gongshu moved the internal service to two new locations.
And the internal support is divided into two teams, A and B. In principle, the two internal support teams have no contact with each other and are divided into two locations. In this way, even if one location is captured by the enemy, the other internal support team can be preserved and can continue to fight.
In addition, Chen Gongshu strictly ordered that there must be no direct relationship between the internal and external units of the Shanghai District Headquarters, and the transportation station was responsible for all communications.
And the transportation station is divided into inside and outside.
The district headquarters communicates with each group and team through the internal transportation station.
Each group, each team and its personnel communicate through diplomatic communication stations.
This can avoid the situation where once someone is arrested and rebels, the enemy will follow the clue and take advantage of them.
However, Chen Gongshu was quite dissatisfied with some of the changes in Shanghai District.
For example, Chen Gongshu attaches great importance to the safety of radio stations.
Especially after learning that the Japanese had equipment that could capture telegraph signals, Chen Gongshu discussed with Cheng Xuyuan, who was originally in charge of the radio station, and decided to decentralize the radio station to the traffic station.
The traffic station is responsible for delivering calls from Chongqing City.
The procedure is that Chongqing sends a telegram to the radio station on duty, and the traffic station secretly sends a coded signal to the district headquarters. Then the traffic officer of the district headquarters takes the telegram from the traffic station on duty, and then gives it to the translator to translate it into plain text according to the code.
After the registration procedures are completed by the assistant to the district chief on duty and the assistant secretary, they will be handed over to the district chief Chen Gongshu or secretary Cheng Xuyuan for approval.
If it is a general call, District Secretary Cheng Xuyuan can review and handle it.
If it is an urgent call, after Cheng Xuyuan approves it, it needs to be submitted to the district director Chen Gongshu for processing.
Previously, Cheng Xuyuan was in charge of the radio station. From Shanghai Station to Shanghai District, in several critical situations, the radio station that Cheng Xuyuan was in charge of and the radio station controlled by his wife saved the day.
Now, Chen Gongshu's radio station reform, according to its original intention, this hierarchical reporting mechanism can maximize the prevention of radio stations being exposed and directly implicating the district headquarters. However, in Cheng Xuyuan's view, apart from this meaning, Chen Gongshu has not weakened him.
An accounting of the influence and power of the telecommunications sector.
…
"Boss's telegram." Chen Gongshu said. He took out a telegram from his body and handed it to Cheng Xuyuan to read.
Cheng Xuyuan calmly took the telegram and read it.
He was actually quite dissatisfied. He had never seen the telegram that Chen Gongshu took out before. Apparently, Chen Gongshu directly ordered the traffic officer to bring it to him from the traffic station, bypassing him as the secretary to review it.
One level.
In Cheng Xuyuan's view, this is exactly the purpose of Chen Gongshu's reform of the telecommunications department.
However, his arms couldn't twist his thighs. Faced with Chen Gongshu's aggressiveness, Cheng Xuyuan could only choose to tolerate it for the time being. His position in the current Shanghai District is very embarrassing. Many of his old subordinates are gone, not in the sense of life.
Most of those people are now working as traitors in the secret service headquarters, which has made Cheng Xuyuan's authority in the Shanghai District unprecedentedly reduced and restricted.
Cheng Xuyuan lowered his head and read the telegraph newspaper. On it was a telegram from Chief Dai of Chongqing. Boss Dai ordered the military to unify the Shanghai District to sanction Geng Jiaji, the inspector of the Xiafei District Patrol Office in the French Concession.
This man is a veteran police inspector in the French Concession. He has been secretly bribed by the Japanese. He has participated in the raids of No. 76 and the Japanese Special High School Section many times, undermining the military's anti-Japanese actions.
It can be said that this person has become a huge threat to the activities of the military commander in the French Concession, especially in the Xiafei District.
Therefore, Dai Chunfeng sent a direct telegram from Chongqing to punish this animal.
"Geng Jiaji may be aware of his serious sins, but he is extremely greedy for life and afraid of death." Cheng Xuyuan thought, "It is not easy to go out alone and accompanied by bodyguards. If you want to attack this person, you need to be extra careful."
"More greedy for life and afraid of death than that 'Mr. Xiao Cheng'?" Chen Gongshu asked in surprise.
"That's not true." Cheng Xuyuan shook his head. In the entire French Concession, there were very few would-be traitors who cherished life more than Cheng Qianfan.
"We can't take action in the patrol room of Xiafei District." Chen Gongshu thought, "It's best to catch this person while he's out."
He looked at Cheng Xuyuan and said, "Check how many mistresses this man has and which women he likes to date with." Chen Gongshu smiled slightly and said, "This man is the easiest to let down his guard when looking for women."
"This method is good." Cheng Xuyuan's eyes lit up, and then he frowned.
"What's wrong?" Chen Gongshu asked.
"Our field staff don't know Geng Jiaji. It would be best if we could get a photo of Geng Jiaji," Cheng Xuyuan said.
Because after Chen Gongshu took office, he placed special emphasis on safety. He did not allow field workers to go to gambling stalls, smoke in salt dens, or play in Qingyuan. Therefore, this greatly restricted the opportunities for field workers to go out.
This makes the field staff not fully aware of the external situation.
Of course, both Cheng Xuyuan and Chen Gongshu knew that even though they restricted outsiders from going to gambling stalls, salt houses, and Qingyuan, some people would still sneak around unruly. However, with this family rule, it would be much better than before.
"This is not difficult." Chen Gongshu said, "Go to Brother Wan from the Fourth Brigade. He should be able to get Geng Jiaji's photos."
"Okay." Cheng Xuyuan nodded. He knew that Wan Sanliang, the captain of the Fourth Brigade of the Action Team, had close contacts with the Qinggang. It shouldn't be a big problem to get a photo of Geng Jiaji.
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The structural reform of the Shanghai District under military rule after Chen Gongshu took office in this chapter is not fabricated by the author. This is generally the case with actual historical data.
