In a manor in the French Concession, this place was originally the residence of a director of the French Concession Industry Bureau, and now it became the temporary shelter of the action team.
The rescue operation went very smoothly. Considering that the situation in Tianjin was still unclear, Zhou Weiguo asked the action team to move from the office to the French Concession in order to prevent the outside world from knowing the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the 41st Division.
Zhou Weiguo had no time to deal with the rescued personnel and just placed them in two nearby villas. At the same time, ten team members stayed in the villa to take charge of security.
Inside the house, the once powerful Honma Masaharu was tied up and laid down on the ground. Her eyes were blindfolded, her mouth was stuffed with rags, and her whole body was curled up on the ground.
After capturing Masaharu Honma alive, Cao Dabao considered that taking this old devil walking through the Japanese Concession would really attract attention, so he walked half a circle outside the Japanese Concession before returning to the office and learned that the action team had been transferred.
We found the French Concession to meet again.
A group of soldiers in the action team had never seen the leader of the Jaap Division alive. They all watched Masaharu Honma's every move as if they were watching monkeys.
Although Masaharu Honma was blindfolded, she could clearly notice that there were many people standing around her. She was guessing in her mind which force had fallen into the hands, but she heard a young voice: "Enough is enough.
Okay, you all go down first!"
After Zhou Weiguo gave the order, except for Dong Jiang and a few others, the rest of the action team dispersed in an instant, while Zhou Weiguo personally stepped forward and took off the cloth in front of Honma Masaharu's eyes.
After regaining the light, Honma Masaharu subconsciously covered it with her hands, and through her fingers she saw a young man in casual clothes looking at him with a wicked smile.
"Are you Masaharu Honma?"
"Yes, I am Honma Masaharu, the highest commander of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed in Jinmen!"
Masaharu Honma seemed to want to return to her usual domineering attitude, but she saw that Zhou Weiguo didn't even bother to talk to him anymore, and took several people in the house out, leaving him alone in the house.
"Baga, even if I am a prisoner, according to the Geneva Convention, I should be treated well because of my status!" Masaharu Honma was lying on the cold ground, still yelling.
After coming out, Zhou Weiguo patted Cao Dabao on the shoulder: "Dabao, you have made a great contribution this time. When I go back, I will personally ask the Communist Party members for the credit for you two!"
"The Communist Party members have the latest instructions, asking us to get in touch with the mutinous Japanese troops in the city as soon as possible. I am worried that there will be no chance to get on the line. This Honma Masaharu is a good meeting gift. Dong Jiang, give Qiaokou Sanjian a pass immediately.
Let’s see if he can contact us by phone and send a message to the mutinous Japanese army, saying that we have Masaharu Honma in our hands!”
"In addition, the strength of the action team, which has about a hundred or so people in Tianjin, is still too weak. Dabao, you are going to contact the comrades of the Tianjin Special Committee and ask for their support!" Zhou Weiguo said.
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At the same time, the panic caused by the Japanese mutiny was still spreading in the city. The main urban area was controlled by the mutinous Japanese army. Many agencies stationed in Tianjin in the Japanese Concession, as well as the forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, took advantage of the paralysis of the spy agency monitoring system in the city and arbitrarily broadcast radio broadcasts.
Make contact with the outside world.
The most panicked one was the Jinmen Special City Puppet Government appointed by the Japanese.
In the face of the sudden mutiny, at first, the secret service made a phone call, ordering personnel from the puppet government organization to immediately reinforce the military police headquarters. Subsequent contacts with the Japanese army were interrupted one after another.
A group of traitors in the puppet government, headed by pseudo-mayor Wen Shizhen, had no idea what was going on and could only huddle in the office building, praying not to be affected by the war.
"Mayor, I sent someone to find out more. It doesn't seem like the Eighth Route Army has invaded the city. I heard that it seems that the Japanese themselves started fighting. They even used cannons. The fighting was so brutal!" The person who spoke
Wearing a black suit, he had a gloating expression on his face.
Wen Shizhen's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately shouted to someone next to him: "Director He, is this how you educate your subordinates on weekdays? Is this how your police station is loyal to the imperial army?"
"Let me tell you, despite the unclear situation in the city now, once the main force of the Japanese in the eastern Hebei area returns, both the mutinous soldiers and the young people jumping up and down in the city will definitely surrender. I advise you not to
It’s better to think about things you shouldn’t!”
"In your opinion, what should we do now?"
"Naturally, we will contact the forces secretly. When the main force of the imperial army arrives at Jinmen, we will cooperate with them internally and externally. Not only will we be innocent, but we will have merit!"
Wen Shizhen's few words really played a role in stabilizing people's hearts. The people in the puppet government who were still in panic all of a sudden suddenly came to their senses.
The news of the Tianjin Mutiny was far from limited to Tianjin. With the constant flashing of radio signal lights in various parts of the city, the news spread to Peking, to the Taihang Mountains, to mountain cities, and even directly to Japan.
The first to receive the news was the North China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters. Although the telephone lines between Tianjin and the outside world were cut off, Masaharu Honma sent an emergency telegram to Okamura Neiji before entering the air raid shelter.
"Your Excellency General, there is an urgent call from the base camp, ordering you to immediately check the situation in Tianjin and take necessary measures!" The adjutant pushed the door open and went forward to report.
"Baga, what else needs to be verified? Can't so many telegrams prove anything?" Neji Okamura no longer had his usual elegant appearance. He reached out and pulled the pile of telegrams on his desk to the ground.
"Tanabe-kun, it no longer matters whether Masaharu Honma is alive or not. Do we still have to waste time for such a loser? The image of the Empire of Japan in the eyes of citizens cannot be affected.
"As we just said, we will immediately notify the 15th Independent Brigade and order Nagumo Kinichiro to lead two brigades to reinforce Jinmen first!"
Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe immediately responded: "Hi, General, please allow me to finish my final thoughts!"
"you say!"
"There must be a reason for the mutiny of the imperial soldiers in the Jinmen area. Judging from the actual defense situation in the Jinmen area, even if all the soldiers participated in the mutiny, the strength would only be about one and a half corps at most!"
"At that time, under the attack of the main forces of the Independent Fifteenth Brigade and the Twenty-seventh Division, it will not be difficult to eliminate the mutinous soldiers. But as you said, such an impact is too bad. It is easy to block the soldiers' mouths. The concession has
There are more than 50,000 overseas Chinese, how could the news not be spread back to China?"
"I'm afraid the consequences will be even worse by then, so this matter still needs to be handled with mild measures. I am willing to go to Tianmen in person to properly handle this matter!" Tanabe Moritake said.
