The sound behind the curtain became louder, and Xue Ziliang could hear heavy breathing. He raised his rifle and put the butt of the gun on his shoulder - there were no people to be captured alive here. When there was a potential threat, he would rather use bullets to question.
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The Hokkien translator shouted again, this time adding: "If you don't come out, the gun will be fired!"
Finally, a woman's trembling voice came out from behind the curtain: "Don't fire the gun!" I saw a woman coming out from behind the curtain. She was in her thirties and looked like a servant girl in her clothes. It was probably what she heard.
People who are afraid of the sound of gunfire hide in their houses.
Seeing Xue Ziliang and his party, she quickly knelt down and begged. Xue Ziliang couldn't understand her words, and saw a Hokkien translator saying a few words to her. The translator said: "She said she is a servant here and is hiding here.
Yes, please don’t kill her..."
"Take her out and hand her over to the prisoner team." Xue Ziliang said. However, the sideways look in his wife's eyes when she was taken out made him feel something was wrong. Xue Ziliang put the gun on his shoulder and motioned for the team members to go over and conduct the next search.
The team members opened the curtain, and there was an empty bed behind it, but when they opened the bed, there was a child hidden underneath.
"There's a boy!"
Xue Ziliang took a look at the boy he brought to him - he was about six or seven years old, with a handsome face and well-dressed clothes. Although he suffered a sudden disaster, he was still calm and did not cry or make trouble. He was obviously not an ordinary child.
Xue Ziliang looked carefully and suddenly shouted in Japanese: "Fusong!"
The boy was stunned, his eyes widened, and he responded unconsciously.
"Report to the headquarters immediately, I have captured Zheng Sen." Xue Ziliang, as a banana man, did not know what historical status the boy in front of him had in the history of the late Ming Dynasty in old time and space, but the Senate valued "Zheng Sen"
It's very clear. The identification manual for important figures in the Zheng Group that was issued before the operation contained information about this boy - a photo was missing.
"Send a few people to take him to the boat. Protect him well." Xue Ziliang knew that this child was Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, and its importance was self-evident. He pointed at the woman just now. "Send this woman along too."
At this time, news came from everywhere that the entire mansion had been cleared, and the leaders of each team came to report their search results. The damage to the entire mansion was not too serious. Although damage was found in many places, most of it was preserved.
In good condition. They also found the accounting room and bank vault in the mansion, which had been sealed. There was a large granary in which a large amount of grain, wine, oil, salt and dried meat and fish were stored, enough to feed hundreds of people.
One year. There is also a weapons depot, which houses many weapons. From traditional swords to Japanese iron cannons, European muskets are all available - and there are also some very rare weapons.
"We picked this up from the door." A corporal handed over a peculiar pistol. It looked like a revolver, but it was gorgeously decorated and exquisitely made. Xue Ziliang had some knowledge of antique weapons and knew that this was a revolver.
A revolving flint gun made in Europe. It was a very high-tech gadget at the time - it required highly skilled craftsmen and a lot of time to produce.
"I didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to hide such a good thing." Xue Ziliang tried to aim and fired again. He couldn't put it down. However, he still handed the pistol back to the corporal:
"Go to the warehouse and wait for people from the Planning Institute to receive it."
Ying Yu also came into the mansion - he was here to evaluate the effect of the bombardment. He saw Xue Ziliang smoking a cigar thoughtfully and asked: "Old Xue, the defense deployment has been arranged. The troops heading to Nan'an and Jinjiang have also
Sent out - I guess the Ming troops on both sides will not react. What else do we have to do now?"
"Now wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait for the people from the Planning Institute to come." Xue Ziliang said.
"We need to set up a headquarters." Ying Yu said. "This is not a suitable place."
Xue Ziliang also felt that there were many gates here and it was inconvenient for people to come in and out. Besides, cleaning up the mansion was a matter for the Planning Institute and the Intelligence Bureau, so it was pointless for them to stay here. So he took people to the tower to set up a headquarters.
Under the command of Intelligence Bureau agents, soldiers from the Army and Navy conducted a comprehensive search of the Zheng Mansion. Every corpse in the mansion was identified and registered one by one by Intelligence Bureau personnel and prisoners. Important figures were also photographed.
Leave fingerprints.
All the captured prisoners were sent to Kinmen Island for detention - a temporary camp has been set up there to house the prisoners. The Special Search Team of the Planning Academy and the Action Team of the Intelligence Bureau led soldiers to search the homes of key personnel of the Zheng Group in Anping City one by one.
Seize.
There was a tense atmosphere in the city. The four gates were guarded by army and navy soldiers with bayonets. Typewriters were set up on the gates of the city, and all personnel were strictly prohibited from entering or exiting. In addition to the soldiers coming and going, the only people on the streets were to extinguish fires, collect debris and collect debris.
The civilian laborers who were carrying the corpses and wounded were speaking in teams that they could not understand. Soldiers from the White Horse Team and the Standing Team, armed with big sticks and Japanese swords, were running around hurriedly under the command of the naturalized civilian personnel, performing searches.
and arrest work. For ordinary Anping people, although they have been frightened since the early morning shelling, except for a few unlucky ones who were killed by stray bullets, most people have no danger. Australians do not kill people, and
Not robbing, just raiding and arresting big business owners.
He boldly lay down in the crack of the window or the door, looking outside. In the past, every big family related to the Zheng family had been arrested. The rich and powerful people in the city: they used to show off their power, eat well and drink hot food.
"High-class people", "nouveau riche", "relatives of such-and-such family who cannot be offended", the dead ones were thrown on carts, cart after cart was dragged to the empty yard to reveal their corpses, and the alive ones were used by thieves
The ropes were tied around the necks, and they were dragged away one after another like catching mice. The noble ladies, young ladies, young masters and young ladies were like the humblest slaves, walking on the road barefoot, with their hair disheveled, crying -
―The one who walked slower was slapped with a stick by the escorting soldier. The common people who had been living a humble life had never seen such a happy scene. Some people slapped themselves, and some people bullied them.
Those who had lived with their wives and daughters, and others who had been robbed by them, and whose wages had been exploited, all of them cried and laughed in their hearts, secretly saying: You too have today!
There are also those who used to eat the leftovers of the rich and powerful, those who pretended to be powerful, who were proud of being such-and-such's diners, who were so-and-so's slaves, and who said "You deserve the surname Zheng". All of them were heartbroken and afraid, for fear of Kun.
The thief's trouble has destroyed the foundation of the Zheng family. They will not be able to eat leftovers in the future, and they are afraid that the thief Kun will come to settle the past of eating leftovers, which makes their hearts feel like fried.
Xue Ziliang and Ying Yu don't know what the people in this city are thinking. They are more concerned about how much loot can be found here - after all, this is the main purpose of this battle. The elders sent by the Planning Academy to take charge of the work
A large special search team was brought in.
Each team of the special search team is equipped with two translators who can speak southern Fujian and are familiar with the situation in Anping. Some of them are naturalized citizens, and some of them are directly members of the leading party who have just joined the party. As soon as the order in the city is restored, the city
Many leading parties appeared who were seeking revenge or getting rich, and they all took the initiative to express their willingness to "lead the way to search for rich households."
The special search team has maps and rosters in their hands - this is the result of more than half a year of hard work by the intelligence personnel of the Foreign Intelligence Service - and the role of the leading party is nothing more than making the whole process faster and more accurate. However, the planning agency search team has received strict instructions
According to the order, only people are allowed to be arrested and searched according to the plans, and they are not allowed to act based on the revelations of the leading party. All the revelations must be compiled into materials first and will be reviewed by the elders before making a decision.
The results of the inspection were remarkable. There were many residences of middle- and upper-class people in the Zheng Group in Anping City. Although many of the people were not in the residences, their families were swept away.
Anping guard Zheng Zhiwan, who was supposed to protect them, escaped alone: as soon as the bombardment stopped, he immediately took his family and servants, loaded the gold and silver treasures in his mansion into a car, and took care of himself with his family of soldiers.
Ding escorted Caibao and his family members to escape from Kaicheng and fled directly to Jinjiang County.
Almost all the family members of many generals, shopkeepers, and stewards were captured, and their family properties also fell into the hands of the Senate. Zheng Zhilong’s own mansion was not spared. Not only was all his family property seized, but also his wife Yan, his eldest son, and his wife Yan who were in Anping City.
Zheng Sen, Zheng Sen's biological mother, the Tagawa family, and other family members were also captured.
All these prisoners were sent to the prisoner camps for screening - there were guides everywhere who sold themselves to join or took revenge, and it was difficult to succeed in concealing their identities: many people tried to disguise themselves as servants or ordinary people, but they were quickly betrayed by the guides.
They exposed it.
The public and private property seized from various large households and warehouses piled up, and they were counted one by one, packed and transported away. Preliminary inventory: more than 800,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold were seized in Anping City. Silver was confiscated from the Zheng Mansion alone.
More than 400,000 taels - this is still the result of not digging three feet under the ground. According to the traditional Chinese treasure hiding model, wealthy families are likely to hide more gold and silver treasures underground or inside walls.
As military commanders in the direction of Anping, Xue Ziliang and Ying Yu were not responsible for the specific search operations in the city. The task given to him in Operation Overlord was simple: occupy Anping and ensure Anping until the headquarters issues a withdrawal order. For this reason, he reported to
Multiple security detachments were dispatched to Jinjiang and Nan'an counties, and an army reconnaissance platoon was sent to Nan'an and Jinjiang counties to conduct raids and harass the Ming army's reaction in these two counties.
As a result, the cities of both counties were tightly closed, and almost all the troops stationed throughout the county remained motionless. The two groups of soldiers originally sent from Xiamen to pick up their families were defeated in a short battle.