Changshu is roughly divided into east and west parts of the city.
Most of the people who live in the east of the city are rich, while the people who live in the west of the city are from all walks of life. But they all have one characteristic, that is, they are poor.
Poverty and wealth divide the whole town of Changshu into two parts, East City and West City. In the center of the city, there are more middle class people doing business.
East Street is for the rich, and West Street is for the poor.
And these middle-class traders usually gather and live here.
However, there are exceptions. Some middle class people are willing to buy real estate in Xicheng. Because the land prices there are cheap, they can live very comfortably by building a small courtyard house.
The destination of the Dragon Boat Festival is a middle-class family who moved into Xicheng.
A small courtyard is not big, with yards at the front and back, and a two-story wooden structure in the middle with about eight rooms.
There is also a utility room in the backyard. At this time, the doors and windows are closed, and it is impossible to tell whether there is anyone inside or not.
The area nearby is very open, and except for a three-room earthen house from the east side, there are no bunkers accessible.
But if you go here, you have to climb over a nearly two-meter courtyard wall, which is also easy to be discovered.
Duanwu and Ma Ping'an hid in the alley opposite the small courtyard, accompanied by a patrolman who was about the same size as Duanwu.
The patrol policeman was young and called Ma Ping'an Master.
The little patrol officer said: "Master, when you asked me, I remembered this house. I walked by it several times when I was patrolling, and I didn't see anyone coming out of his house. Moreover, this man opened a clothing store.
It has not been open for three days."
Ma Pingan smiled and said to Duanwu: "Special correspondent? Based on my many years of experience, there must be something wrong with this company."
Duanwu nodded and said: "There may be a problem, but I don't think this will be a den for all Japanese."
Ma Ping'an asked: "How do you say this?"
Duanwu said: "If it is really the nest of the Japanese, it is also the nest of the foreign Japanese. The Japanese must have other local nests, because their radio station will never be placed in such a dangerous place.
Think about it, the murder only happened in these three days, and it has already been three days, so at least some people will notice it, right?
So the chance of exposure at this location is too high.
And the reason why they didn't move was because the city was in chaos. And one of them was exposed at the city gate. So being still would be worse than moving.
But they will be very vigilant. You can see that they keep the doors and windows closed. They are afraid of people snooping. But they can always stare outside.
And the location is very good, they can overlook the streets on both sides from the second floor windows.
Behind the yard, there is a river, which is their retreat route.
To the west of them is an unprotected river beach, making it difficult to approach the house.
The only accessible east side is blocked by a two-meter-high wall.
I guessed that there should be a gun aimed at the east window. There were people watching at the rear window, front window, and west window.
It seems there are quite a few spies sneaking in!"
Ma Ping'an frowned and said, "What should we do, Commissioner? There are only three of us?"
Duanwu said disdainfully: "I really didn't take it to heart because of a few Japs. Now I'm wondering where the Japs' radio station is. Lao Ma, if you think about it again, what else is more suspicious?"
Dragon Boat Festival asked Ma Ping'an in return, Ma Ping'an fell into deep thought, and scenes of Changshu Town kept appearing in his mind.
"Ma Tou, are you here to eat again? There are freshly steamed pork buns here, you can try them."
This is the owner of the bun shop that Ma Pingan often patronizes.
"Ma Tou, where's the patrol? Come sit at home if you have time!"
This is Mr. Wang, Ma Pingan’s neighbor.
"Ma Tou, come and sit, come and sit. I just entered Longjing yesterday, come and try it..."
This is the owner of the teahouse...
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"Ma Tou, what's wrong? Your pocket watch is broken? Don't worry, leave it here with me. Come get it tomorrow and I'll fix it for you."
This is Boss Sun of the watch shop.
"Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow!"
Ma Pingan put down his pocket watch, but in a sudden glance, he saw a gap as wide as a thumb in the bookcase beside him. He also reminded: "The cabinet is crooked. I told you why I saw your room is weird when you come in."
"Ah, ah, I accidentally bumped it just now. I straightened it up after a while. Horse head, please walk slowly!"
"Don't forget to fix my watch and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Ma Tou, don't worry!"
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"Watch Shop."
Ma Pingan suddenly said three words. Duanwu nodded because this answer was reliable.
"You take your apprentice and rush to Sun's Watch Shop immediately. Don't let the boss there escape."
Duanwu said, pulling out the gun from his waist.
Ma Pingan said with some worry: "Special Commissioner, do you want to be alone? This is too dangerous? Shall I leave Xiao Liuzi to you?"
Duan Wu said with a calm expression: "It doesn't matter, I have done this kind of thing many times. One Japs and ten Japs are the same to me. Remember, Boss Sun of the clock shop must not let him run away.
I'll take action in ten minutes. Let's check the watch."
During the Dragon Boat Festival, I rolled up the cuff of my left hand and found that I was wearing five watches.
Ma Pingan's apprentice Xiao Liuzi said in surprise: "Five watches?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "They are all given by little devils. I will give you one. When you grow up, you are all adults. How can you not bring a watch?"
"This, how does this happen? I can't want it, I can't want it."
Xiao Liuzi refused, but he held onto the Dragon Boat Festival watch and refused to let go.
Duanwu thought to himself: This guy says he doesn’t want it, but his actions are very honest.
So Duanwu said: "This is your reward for finding the spy. Take it!"
At this time, Xiao Liuzi held the watch and looked at his master stupidly.
Ma Ping'an said: "Just keep what the special commissioner gave you, right? Serve the special commissioner well."
"Thank you, master. Thank you, commissioner."
Xiao Liuzi nodded and bowed, finally receiving some of the true lessons from his master.
During the Dragon Boat Festival and Ma Ping'an, Xiao Liuzi checked their watches. Ma Ping'an and Xiao Liuzi ran away.
There is a five-mile road to the west of the city from Sun's clock shop, and they must arrive within ten minutes. Because in ten minutes, the Dragon Boat Festival will destroy the little Japanese's temporary stronghold in the city.
The number of people in the stronghold is unknown. No one knows the true number. Because the little devils closed the doors and windows and did not come out to take action, the number of people cannot be inferred.
Therefore, the number of enemies in the Dragon Boat Festival was set between five and fifteen.
Because of the first point, if the little devil wants to be on guard, he needs at least four people to monitor the front, rear, left and right sides of the courtyard. And plus one or a few people who change shifts, there must be at least five people, or more.
As for the upper limit of fifteen people, it was calculated from the Japs spies who were killed outside the city.
Duanwu guessed that although the Japs sent out spies, they were still afraid of being discovered. So their number must not be very large.
According to the Japanese spies who were killed yesterday, there should be three teams of Japanese spies, with about thirty people.
But yesterday, Duanwu killed seventeen spies. Plus some other unexpected losses. Duanwu was sure that there would be no more than fifteen people in the Japs stronghold.
Fifteen people were quite a challenge for Dragon Boat Festival. What's more, he had to confirm one thing before attacking. That was whether there were any spies in the room.
After all, everything is just speculation, and there is no actual evidence in Dragon Boat Festival to prove that there is a spy in the house.
So before taking action, Duanwu needs to confirm one thing based on Ma Ping'an's information! ...