Amidst the random gunfire, nine men who were tied up twisted and fell down.
Every gunshot was like a needle pricking Cheng Qianfan's heart.
The execution agents of No. 76 were checking the body and refilling the gun.
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette. His hand was very steady, holding the lighter, skillfully turning the wheel, lowering his head slightly, lighting the cigarette, and then took a few deep puffs.
A few puffs of smoke blew out of his nose. Cheng Qianfan turned to look at Li Cuiqun. He flicked the ashes of his cigarette and suddenly smiled, "If I didn't know the senior, I would have thought this was an insult to me."
"It's not directed at you." Li Cuiqun waved his hand.
"Oh?" Cheng Qianfan looked confused.
"The Political Division of the Patrol Division called me to ask for help." Li Cuiqun then smiled, "We are all good citizens, so if we need help, just give it to us."
"Tande?" Cheng Qianfan asked. When Li Cuiqun nodded, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "What is this?"
He took another drag on the cigarette, threw the remaining half of the cigarette on the ground, and said, "bad luck."
Then he said goodbye to Li Cuiqun.
"Take the body away," Li Cuiqun shouted.
"What do I want with that thing?" Cheng Qianfan said angrily, and then he nuzzled at Li Haonou, "Take pictures, take a few more pictures, and take them back to Mr. Tande."
Li Hao nodded expressionlessly, then returned to the car and took out his camera to take pictures.
"I lost at cards, so I have to seek compensation from my senior." Cheng Qianfan was sitting in the car. He rolled down the window and took another cigarette in his hand. He said to Li Cuiqun with a smile.
Li Cuiqun laughed.
Haozi's expression was focused.
He tried to take some good-looking photos of these brothers who sacrificed their lives for the country to use as their remains, but the death of the massacred people was not good-looking.
This made Li Hao feel even more sad.
"After all, I know that the person is gone. I have photos, thoughts, and..." Cheng Qianfan said. He wanted to comfort Haozi, but as he continued, he couldn't continue.
"I recognize a person." Li Hao said, he turned the steering wheel skillfully and turned into the main road.
"Who?" Cheng Qianfan was shocked, "is it our periphery?"
"He's not from us, and I don't know his name." Li Hao shook his head, "I know that he used to be a student in the Normal Department of Shanghai Middle School."
"What?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"At that time, students from Shanghai Middle School held an anti-Japanese *** demonstration. I led someone on patrol, and the person stopped me and asked me why I didn't resist the Japanese." Li Hao said.
Li Hao's eyes were a little red. He recalled that summer in the 26th year of the Republic of China, the thin student walked up to him. The man had a pair of glasses on his nose, his clothes were wet with sweat, but he was very energetic.
"Mr. Patrolman, you are a tall and dignified man, but you are bowing down to the foreigners. Why don't you go to the battlefield and contribute to the fight against Japan?"
Li Hao remembered that he looked at the other person indifferently at that time, but actually he was worried inside because he was hesitating whether to arrest the person.
In the end, he did not arrest anyone. His explanation was: what the student said was very formal and I couldn't understand it.
Li Hao remembers clearly that when he said this, there was light and fire in this student's eyes, the will to fight, and the determination to devote himself to this land.
For several days, Li Hao's mood was a little low.
Even though Li Hao was saddened by the death of his brother in the Special Situation Office in Shanghai, he was not so affected.
Cheng Qianfan looked on with cold eyes, but he could understand Haozi's emotions.
However, he did not persuade him, he believed that Haozi could come out on his own.
In addition, although he got the answer from Li Cuiqun as to why Li Cuiqun invited him to "watch the ceremony" and kill someone, he still had some doubts.
Maybe the truth is indeed what Li Cuiqun said, but being suspicious, always thinking too much, or even subconsciously thinking about the worst case scenario, has already been deeply engraved in Cheng Qianfan's mind.
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It’s down to the bone...
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January 7th is the twenty-eighth day of the winter month in the lunar calendar.
Taboo: getting married, moving to a new house, burial, construction, funeral, and temple building.
"Mr. Xiao Cheng" looked through the almanac in the patrol room office and suddenly felt that today was a good day for a bath, so he invited Lu Dazhang and Lao Huang to have a drink with him.
After eating and drinking, we will go to the Yuchun River bathing pool together.
Now we are having a drink at Lu Dazhang's house, before going to the hot spring pool.
"Tander was scared." Cheng Qianfan clinked glasses with Lu Dazhang, took a sip, and said with a sneer.
He still remembered that when he handed the photo to Tander a few days ago, Tander turned pale with fright when he saw the dead bodies on the ground.
He Xingjian had a registered residence in the French Concession and died in the Huxi Cross-border Area.
Strictly speaking, this case has nothing to do with the French Concession. Of course, in comparison, it is nothing compared to the Japanese who crossed the border into the concession on the 76th to arrest and kill people.
However, just because Xu thought it was not a big deal, Tande, the director of the Political Department of the French Concession Patrol Room, suddenly had a whim and called the secret service headquarters directly, demanding that the secret service headquarters hand over the murderer of He Xingjian.
"Tander made a call and on the 76th, a group of people were killed to protest." Lu Dazhang said.
Although later, according to the feedback from Shu Li from No. 76, No. 76 had decided to kill a group of people in response to the military commander's assassination of Chen Mingchu, He Xingjian and others. Therefore, it was said that the death of those nine people was because of Tan De It seemed a bit unfair that it was caused by a phone call, but it was really infuriating to think about it.
"That was a phone call Tander made after drinking too much to show off his power in front of his mistress." Cheng Qianfan said with a gloomy expression.
This matter itself is outrageous.
Moreover, from a procedural point of view, He Xingjian was assassinated and No. 76 was the "sufferer". Tande's important people should not turn to No. 76 for help. At most, they should ask No. 76 to assist in the investigation.
"French men will do all kinds of weird things for women." Lao Huang said with a gloomy face, taking a sip of rice wine.
…
"Let's get down to business." Cheng Qianfan said with a solemn expression, "The new year is approaching, but life on the team is very difficult. To be precise, it is very difficult."
He looked at Lu Dazhang and Lao Huang and continued, "The organization hopes that the comrades in Shanghai can find ways to help the team solve some of the material difficulties."
"It's not appropriate for us to get involved." Lao Huang thought for a while, but clearly expressed his objection.
"I agree." Lu Dazhang said, "Such an action will inevitably involve many people and all aspects. Once we participate, it will greatly increase our chances of exposure."
Cheng Qianfan smiled and said, "This is exactly my opinion. It's fine now. I was still worried about how to convince you just now."
"Although we are very eager to help and feel very sorry for our comrades in the team, we cannot." Lu Dazhang sighed and said.
Regardless of the reasons he just mentioned, it is not that they cannot participate in similar actions, but this requires organizational approval and orders, or to be precise, this kind of action should preferably be directed and ordered by Comrade "Farmer", and the most important thing is
What is interesting is that when Comrade "Farmer" came to Shanghai before, he had specially warned the French Concession Special Party Group to put concealment first and safety first:
In particular, remember not to have dangerous horizontal connections with other local party organizations, and not to participate in easily exposed joint operations.
…
The three people had the same opinion, but instead there was a strange silence.
From the bottom of their hearts, they were eager to join in the vigorous anti-Japanese struggle, cooperate with local party organizations, and give full play to their special role.
However, they can't do that.
Of course, if the situation in the team is so bad that the organization specifically orders the French Concession Special Party Branch to find a way
.
Provide help to the team and they will be more than happy to help.
"We have more important work at the moment." Cheng Qianfan blew smoke away from Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang, "After the main force of the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army withdrew from the west and moved north, the situation in the Sunan East Road area has deteriorated sharply."
"The Japanese and puppet troops also seized this opportunity and continuously strengthened the defense of their strongholds and blocked traffic, intending to surround, divide and eliminate the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the Sunan East Road area."
"Based on the information currently available, the enemy is likely to launch a raid on the Sunan East Road area during the New Year season." Cheng Qianfan said, "Comrade 'Farmer' called us to give instructions, hoping that we can capture the enemy's military movements as much as possible.
Military intelligence provided support to the Xinjiang resistance."
"Xinjiang resistance?" Lao Huang asked in surprise.
"Yes, Xinjiang Resistance." Cheng Qianfan said excitedly, "After the main forces of Jiangsu Resistance moved north, the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army decided to hand over the small number of armed forces remaining on Sunan East Road to the leadership of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and cooperate with local party organizations to launch the enemy
Post-guerrilla warfare.”
"At present, the organization has officially established the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army East Road Headquarters based on the sick and wounded who stayed on Sunan East Road." Cheng Qianfan said, "Xinjiang Anti-Japanese War was established under a very difficult situation. It can even be said that
It was established amid the enemy's siege, but the team was not afraid of hardships or sacrifices, and had won several battles, which also aroused the vigilance and hatred of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"Tell me, what do you need us to do?" Lu Dazhang said solemnly.
Neither he nor Huang had access to the Japanese, let alone Japanese military intelligence.
However, they can cooperate with Comrade "Flame".
They believe that this is also the reason why Comrade Huo Miao urgently convened this special meeting of the party branch.
"My initial idea now is to attack Kawada Atsushi's idea." Cheng Qianfan said, "Because we are not sure which army will be responsible for the Japanese army's raids on Sunan East Road, it is difficult for us to be targeted. Of course, we must do it
It’s not easy to be targeted.”
"So, you decided to make a fuss about that Japanese aristocratic young master?" Lao Huang said, "That's an idea."
"I agree." Lu Dazhang said thoughtfully, "The question now is whether Kawada Atsuto has the opportunity to access military intelligence about the enemy's raids."
"I have thought about it carefully and it is possible." Cheng Qianfan said, "Kawada Atsuto's aristocratic status makes this person quite trusted and close to the Japanese military police commander Ikeuchi. If there is any movement by the Japanese army, Ikeuchi, the military police commander, will
He should be able to master it, so it is possible that Kawada Atsuhito, the staff officer of the Military Police Headquarters, can master it."
…
"Wait a minute, why did Chiuchi know the Japanese army's mopping up plan?" Lao Huang interrupted Cheng Qianfan and asked the key question.
"I don't know." Cheng Qianfan sighed and said frankly, "In other words, this is just an idealized guess of mine, and I don't have much certainty."
He looked at his two comrades and said, "Let me tell you my analysis and thinking."
"Based on the Japanese army's previous raids on the Qingdong anti-Japanese guerrilla base area, and the Japanese army's raids on Baoshan, in the former case, I learned about the enemy's raid plan from Ohta Yuichi of the Watanabe Regiment, and in the latter case, the Japanese military police department sent troops to participate
Sweeping."
"Will the Watanabe unit still carry out the sweep this time?" Huang asked.
"Based on the information we have before, this is impossible." Cheng Qianfan said, "Ota Yuichi and I have maintained irregular gathering contact. According to what Ohta Yuichi said before, they should have returned to the main island of Japan by now.
Take a rest."
Lao Huang nodded.
"So, the biggest hope now is with the Military Police Headquarters, with Atsuto Kawada." Lu Dazhang said.
He looked at Cheng Qianfan, "There is another question. Let's assume that the Japanese military police commander Ikeuchi knows about the Japanese army's mopping up plan, but how to ensure that Kawada Atsuto can grasp this confidential information?"
"Good question." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "This is the core issue we want to discuss, how to ensure that Kawada Atsushi can control
.
Grasp the Japanese army’s mopping up plan.”
"Let me add something." Lao Huang said.
Cheng Qianfan and Lu Dazhang looked at Lao Huang.
"There is another key question. Even if we can find a way to prompt Kawada Atsushi to contact and master the Japanese army's mopping up plan, how can we ensure that we can avoid arousing Japanese suspicion." Lao Huang said with a solemn expression, "This is also very important. important."
"What Lao Huang said makes sense." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
"It is difficult to achieve any one of these two points, let alone achieve both." Lu Dazhang frowned and said.
"It's not difficult, it's very difficult." Huang nodded, "Especially the latter. Once the Japanese notice that military information has been leaked, anyone who may have come into contact with the information will be investigated. If they are not careful, they may enter Japan. People's suspicious eyes."
"So-" Cheng Qianfan looked at the two of them with a smile.
"Let's find a solution together."
"There is always a solution."
Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang said almost in unison. It was Lu Dazhang who said, "Let's find a solution together." It was Lao Huang who said, "There is always a way to solve it."
Then, the three of them discussed for a long time, during which they put forward several ideas, but they were all rejected in the end.
Although the three of them were a little disappointed, they were not discouraged. They had no other choice but continued to think hard.
In the words of Lao Huang, as the saying goes, "Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang." The three cobblers worked together to come up with a useful and damaging move even if the serious ones couldn't think of it. "Bar.
Cheng Qianfan felt that Lao Huang was being humbled. He felt that he and his comrades were much better than the Stooges.
…
"Are you having trouble with your official duties?" Bai Ruolan asked her husband with concern, "I see you are frowning."
"Well, it's the end of the year, and there are some official duties to tie up." Cheng Qianfan was startled and said to his wife.
He knew that this was Ruolan's subtle way of reminding him.
Even when Ruolan asked the question, she had already chosen the 'answer' for him in advance - official troubles.
"The work is endless, don't worry too much." Bai Ruolan walked behind Cheng Qianfan and helped her husband press his head.
"Squeeze your shoulders for me." Cheng Qianfan closed his eyes and sighed happily.
Bai Ruolan lightly hit her husband's shoulder, and then started to squeeze his shoulder.
"It's the end of the year, are the patrol room's New Year's goods ready?" Bai Ruolan asked while squeezing her shoulders and looking for a topic.
"New Year's goods? The General Affairs Office is busy with this matter. I'll ask later." Cheng Qianfan suddenly felt something in his heart.
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