Seeing Sanbonjiro's angry and manic look, Cheng Qianfan and Araki Harima looked at each other covertly.
Both of them captured the key name "Setouchawa" mentioned by the section chief.
If there is any person who is a taboo subject within the Shanghai Special High School, this person is definitely Liu Bo and Seto Uchigawa.
This is the most famous traitor in the history of Shanghai Special High School. As long as he lives, he will be a shame to Shanghai Special High School.
Obviously, the contents of the telegram sent by Hiroyuki Kikube are related to the Setouchi River.
"Section Chief, is there any news about Liu Bo?" Araki Harima asked.
Sanbonjiro snorted coldly, pointed to the message on the ground, and motioned to his two men to read it themselves.
Cheng Qianfan got the signal from Sanbonjiro and picked up the telegraph newspaper on the ground. He didn't read it himself first, but handed it to Araki Harima. Araki unfolded the crumpled telegraph newspaper. Cheng Qianfan then
Come over and take a look.
Both of them were shocked.
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The telegram is an investigation report on a certain incident made by the Military Police Headquarters for a certain unit of the Imperial Locust Army stationed on the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway.
The investigation report tells of an attack on Imperial troops:
Just a few days ago, the Imperial officers and soldiers at the Nanwan Bunker Garrison of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Garrison received a request for help from an Imperial citizen.
At that time, there seemed to be continuous gunfire in the distance, and the garrison immediately became alert.
The imperial citizen was exhausted and had scars on his body. He asked the Locust Army for help, saying that a travel group composed of imperial nobles and young ladies had been attacked by the Chinese army nearby. The escort force of the travel group suffered heavy casualties. Please ask the Empire for help.
The warriors immediately came to support.
The Locust Army officer in the garrison was shocked. However, he did not act rashly. Instead, he was about to call his superior officer for instructions, but then he found that the phone line had been cut off by the Chinese army.
The imperial citizen screamed hoarse, burst into tears, and even knelt down directly to the garrison, asking the army to rescue the noble lords and ladies who were in danger.
Captain Shirakawa of the garrison heard that he was besieged by the Chinese army. Among the attacking personnel was the nephew of the division commander, and the gunfire in the distance seemed suddenly fierce. Then the gunfire became smaller and smaller. Captain Shirakawa could no longer sit down.
Can't stand it any longer.
After asking about the number of Chinese troops and their equipment and firepower, a few soldiers were left in the bunker to take care of the exhausted imperial citizens. Baichuan led other officers and soldiers in his unit to leave the bunker and quickly went to rescue the besieged imperial nobles and young ladies.
Under the darkness of night, Baichuan's troops accidentally hit a landmine while advancing, resulting in one soldier's jade being shattered and many others injured.
There was a loud sound of gunfire ahead.
This made Baichuan even more convinced that the opponent's troops were strong. He became more cautious and did not dare to advance rashly. He slowly approached the battlefield and launched a surprise attack on the enemy. Only after charging did he realize that he had been fooled.
In the thick smoke, there was no fighting between the two sides, but firecrackers hung in a tin bucket that kept going off.
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Realizing that he had been fooled, Bai Chuan shouted and led his troops back to the bunker in a hurry.
However, he saw that the inside of the bunker was completely dark, and no one responded to his calls.
Baichuan ordered his men to carefully 'capture' his own bunker. When he opened the door and entered, he discovered that the electrical facilities in the bunker had been destroyed.
When he turned on the flashlight and checked, he saw only a few Imperial soldiers who were 'killed' by cold weapons such as swords, daggers, and spears, and the Imperial citizen who claimed to be Mizutaniuchi Yuji was nowhere to be seen.
In addition, within a short period of time, the bunker seemed to have been visited by rats. The food was emptied, guns and ammunition were removed, and even the water cup Baichuan used to drink was taken away.
Fortunately, due to time constraints, the opponent did not have time to attack the ammunition depot with a heavy iron door, thus avoiding further losses.
After receiving Baichuan's report, the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway garrison was alarmed and urgently sent reinforcements to Nanwan to investigate.
After daybreak, we found traces of a large number of people passing by near the Nanwan Bunker.
Obviously, the whole thing was a trap set by the other party to trick Bai Chuan into leading people to rescue the so-called noble son and daughter of the empire. After the tiger left the mountain, the other party raided the bunker and killed the locust army warriors. Of course, the other party's main purpose was to take the opportunity to cross the South Bay.
The bunker's line of control.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Defense Team’s analysis of this matter is:
This was a despicable sneak attack by a Chinese army intent on crossing the imperial traffic blockade.
Subsequently, after receiving a report from the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Guards, the Military Police Brigade sent personnel to the scene to investigate. Through the descriptions of officers and soldiers, including Shirakawa, a painter drew a portrait of Mizutani Neiyouji.
Then, the military police officer at the scene immediately felt that the man in the portrait looked familiar.
After taking the portrait and immediately returning to the gendarmerie brigade, the officer dug out the photos of the previously issued wanted order and immediately recognized that the man in the portrait was Liu Bo, a former police officer from the Central Patrol Room of the French Concession and an important Red Party figure.
The top brass of the Military Police Headquarters knew Liu Bo's true identity, and then they had this telegram sent to the Shanghai Special High School.
Including Sanhonjiro, Araki Harima and Miyazaki Kentaro, all three of them looked a little embarrassed.
The Gendarmerie Headquarters called the Special High School Division, and its meaning was very obvious. It was a silent question:
Liu Bo, the traitor of the Special High School, is still alive and has caused such a horrific attack!
"This is the shame of the Extra High School Course!" Sanbonjiro roared filial piety, "As long as Liu Bo is alive, the shame of the Extra High School Course will exist!"
Cheng Qianfan and Araki Harima both lowered their heads and accepted the anger of the section chief. Both of them had eyes full of anger and clenched their fists tightly. However, they were afraid of encountering Sanbonjiro's wrath. They were respectful and did not dare to make the slightest move.
.
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"Tell me, what do you think about this matter?" After venting his emotions, Sanbonjiro looked at his two subordinates with a sullen face.
"First of all, the identity of this Chinese army." Cheng Qianfan said, "Liu Bo is a Red Party member, and the Chinese army controlled by the Red Party operating around Shanghai mainly includes some so-called Red Party anti-Japanese guerrillas, and then further away
Some are the First Division of the Red Party’s New Fourth Army entrenched in the Maoshan area of Zhenjiang.”
"It is unlikely that they are guerrillas." Araki Harima shook his head, "The scope of activities of guerrillas is regular, and they rarely travel long distances to other places, and they will try their best to avoid the risk of crossing our army's blockade.
action."
"So, do you think this Chinese army is the New Fourth Army of the Red Party?" Sanbonjiro asked in a deep voice.
Then he nodded himself.
This is consistent with Mimotojiro's own judgment and analysis.
"The Red Party's New Fourth Army does not operate in the Maoshan area of Zhenjiang, but it travels hundreds of miles to Songjiang. This is very strange." Cheng Qianfan frowned and said in thought.
"Miyazaki-kun is right." Araki Harima nodded, "From the Maoshan area where the New Fourth Army is entrenched to Shanghai, we need to avoid the locust army's punitive team and the eyes and ears of the Maintenance Council. The most important thing is,
There are many blockades along the way, and the New Fourth Army is poorly equipped. They have always tried to avoid such risky long-distance marches. This small force of the New Fourth Army must have a very important mission."
"Search, my subordinates also agree with Araki-kun's analysis." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression.
"What do you think the mission of this small unit of the New Fourth Army is?" Sanbonjiro leaned back on his chair, his sinister eyes flashing.
"Generally speaking, when a small group of troops goes deep into our occupied area and tries every means to cross the blockade, it is probably because they want to escort an important person..." Araki Harima said.
As he said this, Araki Harima's eyes lit up, "Section Chief, it is possible that this small New Fourth Army unit is escorting a certain senior officer of the New Fourth Army."
"It's not just a possibility of senior officers of the New Fourth Army, but also senior leaders of the Red Party." Cheng Qianfan's eyes lit up after hearing Araki Harima's analysis, and he said excitedly.
Sanbonjiro nodded slightly. The analysis of Araki Harima and Miyazaki Kentaro still made some sense. The New Fourth Army was the military arm of the Red Party, and the important figures escorted by the New Fourth Army were either senior officers of the New Fourth Army or senior leaders of the Red Party.
He glanced at his two men and asked, "Besides this possibility, are there any other possibilities?"
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Other possibilities?
Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought hard.
Araki Harima picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully.
Cheng Qianfan took the telegram from Araki Harima's hand and read it again.
Suddenly, Cheng Qianfan's eyes stopped at a sentence in the telegram.
Araki Harima's expression also changed, as if he had thought of something.
"Miyazaki, you speak first." Sanbonjiro said solemnly.
"My subordinate pretended to be Cheng Qianfan and has been in the patrol room for more than two years. He has also dealt with a lot of money, among which the money that was deceived and abducted accounted for a large part." Cheng Qianfan thought about it and said, "Generally speaking,
This kind of deceitful criminals, in order to deceive the trust of their victims, what they say cannot be all lies."
"At least some of them are truths, and sometimes they are even nine truths and one lie." Cheng Qianfan looked at Araki Harima, "My subordinates have no way of knowing for the time being that Mizutani Yuji was the one who deceived Captain Shirakawa at that time.
There is a certain amount of truth and a certain amount of falsehood in what he said.”
"However, it must be true or false." Cheng Qianfan said, "There is such a saying——"
He pointed to the telegram and said to Sanbonjiro, "Noble lords and noble ladies..."
"Both the young master and the young lady must be young people." A confident smile appeared on Cheng Qianfan's face, "This sentence is true and false. The falsehood naturally means that the identities of these people are false, and the truth is what is contained in it.
It’s about the fact that these are young people.”
"Moreover, the underlying meaning of this sentence is that these young people are not soldiers, but ordinary people." Cheng Qianfan raised his voice and said, "Section Chief, I am thinking of the group that you ordered me to investigate before and are leaving Shanghai to go to the New Fourth Army.
young people."
"Section Chief, my judgment and analysis are the same as Miyazaki-kun's." Araki Harima also said quickly, "My subordinates also thought of those anti-Japanese elements who were preparing to go to the New Fourth Army headquarters, but there was no trace."
There was a bit of resentment in Araki Harima's heart. Why didn't the section chief ask him first? He had obviously thought of this, but now he acted as if he had thought of it after being inspired by Miyazaki.
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"Very good." Sanbonjiro nodded happily, "I'm very pleased that you can think of this."
He was very satisfied.
Especially for Miyazaki Kentaro, contrary to what Araki Harima said, Miyazaki Kentaro made such an analysis and judgment through a sentence in the investigation report. This judgment coincides with Sanbonjiro's analysis conclusion. It can be seen that
Kentaro Miyazaki is a guy with great abilities.
"There is still a doubt. These people appeared in Songjiang Nanwan." Cheng Qianfan said, "If it is as judged by the section chief and Mr. Araki, then what I am confused about is how these people got through.
He passed the checkpoint and successfully left Shanghai."
"How these people left Shanghai naturally needs to be investigated, but not now." Sanbonjiro's expression was extremely gloomy. "The key now is how to wash away the great shame Liu Bo brought to the extra-high school?"
"Only with the head and blood of Setouchi River can it be washed away!" Araki Harima said with a ferocious expression, almost gritting his teeth.
"Liu Bo must die." Cheng Qianfan said coldly with cold eyes.
Sanbonjiro breathed heavily from his nose and nodded.
At the same time, he looked at Kentaro Miyazaki with more admiration.
As expected, Araki's speaking skills are much worse than Kentaro Miyazaki's.
Cheng Qianfan understood the appreciation of the head teacher:
Mimotojiro can't hear the name Seto Uchigawa now. He feels it is extremely harsh. Every time this name is mentioned, it is equivalent to the shame of the special high school being displayed again.
The Chinese name Liu Bo is less irritating.
"Araki, take people to Songjiang Nanwan immediately." Sanbonjiro said in a deep voice, "Be sure to carefully survey the scene."
Saying that, Sanbonjiro snorted coldly, and then sighed, "It's a pity that a few days have passed, and there may not be many valuable clues."
He looked at Kentaro Miyazaki, who was frowning and thinking, "What new discovery has Miyazaki-kun made?"
"Section Chief." Cheng Qianfan's expression was serious, but at the same time there was a hint of uncertainty in his serious mood. "My subordinate noticed a detail and felt that there was something wrong, but he was not sure."
"Tell me about it." Sanbonjiro said.
"Yuji Mizutaniuchi." Cheng Qianfan said, "Why did Liu Bo choose to use such a name?"
"What's wrong with this name?" Araki Harima asked, not really understanding why his friend mentioned this.
"The name doesn't mean anything, and it's hard to explain anything." Cheng Qianfan had a look of hesitation on his face, and at the same time he was slightly irritable. He smiled bitterly and said, "Araki-kun, I just said that I'm not sure. This is
The feeling that cannot be described in words is that a question suddenly comes to my mind——"
He looked at Araki Harima, "Why did Liu Bo use the name Mizutaniuchi Yuji?"
As he spoke, he himself was lost in thought, "Araki-kun, if you betrayed the empire and used a false name as an empire citizen, what would be the first name that comes to your mind?"
"I did not betray the empire, and I will never betray the empire." Araki Harima did not answer the question, but was startled and said quickly.
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