novelAbuy Chapter 1363 3 Stooges
Chapter 1363 3 Stooges
Chapter 1363 The Three Stooges
Amid the sound of gunfire, nine men who were tied up twisted their bodies and fell down.
Every gunshot felt like a needle piercing Cheng Qianfan's heart.
The execution agent of No. 76 was checking the body and re-shooting.
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette. His hands were very steady. He held the lighter and turned the wheel skillfully. He lowered his head slightly, lit the cigarette, and then took a few deep puffs.
A few puffs of smoke came out of his nose, and Cheng Qianfan turned his head to look at Li Cuiqun. He flicked the ash and suddenly smiled, "If I didn't know you well, I would have thought you were trying to intimidate me."
"It's not directed at you." Li Cuiqun waved his hand.
"Oh?" Cheng Qianfan looked puzzled.
"The Political Department of the Patrol Office called me and asked for someone." Li Cuiqun smiled, "We are all good citizens, so we will give him to us if he asks for us."
"Tander?" Cheng Qianfan asked. Seeing Li Cuiqun nod, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "What kind of thing is this?"
He took another puff of his cigarette, threw the remaining half of it on the ground, and said, "Bad luck."
Then he said goodbye to Li Cuiqun.
"Take the body away." Li Cuiqun shouted.
"What do I need that for?" Cheng Qianfan said unhappily, and then he pouted at Li Hao, "Take pictures, take a few more, and take them back to Mr. Tande for inspection."
Li Hao nodded expressionlessly, then returned to the car and took out his camera to take pictures.
"I lost the card game and I must ask for compensation from my senior." Cheng Qianfan was sitting in the car. He rolled down the window, and he had a cigarette in his hand. He said to Li Cuiqun with a smile.
Li Cuiqun laughed out loud.
Haozi's expression was focused.
He tried to take some nice photos of these brothers who sacrificed their lives for their country, but the deaths of those who were massacred were not pretty.
This made Li Hao even more sad.
"At least we know that the person is gone, there are photos, there are thoughts, there are..." Cheng Qianfan said. He wanted to comfort Haozi, but as he spoke, he could not continue.
"I recognize someone." 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 one of us, and I don't know his name." Li Hao shook his head. "I know he used to be a student of the Teacher Training Department of Shanghai Middle School."
"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"At that time, students from Shanghai Middle School held an anti-Japanese demonstration. I was leading a patrol and that person stopped me and asked me why I was not resisting the Japanese," said Li Hao.
Li Hao's eyes were a little red. He recalled the summer of the 26th year of the Republic of China. The thin student walked up to him. He wore a pair of glasses on his nose and his clothes were soaked with sweat, but he looked very energetic.
"Mr. Patrolman, you are a man of great stature, but you are kowtow to the foreigners. Why don't you go to the battlefield and contribute to the anti-Japanese war?"
Li Hao remembered that he looked at the other person coldly at that time, but he was actually worried in his heart because he was hesitating whether he should arrest the person.
In the end he did not arrest anyone. His explanation was: the student spoke in a very flowery tone and he could not understand him.
Li Hao remembers it very clearly. When the student said this, there was light and fire in his eyes. He had the will to fight and the determination to sacrifice himself for this land.
For several days, Li Hao was in a low mood.
Even when some brothers from the Shanghai Special Intelligence Department died for their country, although Li Hao was sad, he was not affected in this way.
Cheng Qianfan watched coldly from the side, but he could understand Haozi's emotions very well.
However, he did not try to persuade him, as he believed Haozi could get out of it on his own.
In addition, although he got the answer from Li Cuiqun as to why Li Cuiqun invited him to "watch" the murder, he still had some doubts.
Maybe the truth is just as Li Cuiqun said, but suspicion, thinking too much, and even subconsciously thinking about the worst case scenario, this has long been deeply engraved in Cheng Qianfan's bones...
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January 7th, the 28th day of the winter month in the lunar calendar.
Suitable for: cleaning, bathing, offering sacrifices, do not do other things, mend walls, kill ants, and plug holes.
Taboo: getting married, moving to a new house, burials, construction, funerals, and building temples.
"Little General Cheng" looked through the almanac in the police station office and suddenly thought that today was suitable for a bath, so he invited Lu Dazhang and Lao Huang to have a drink together.
After eating and drinking, we will go to Yuchun Creek to take a bath in the hot spring pool together.
We are now having a drink at Lu Dazhang's house, before going to the hot spring pool.
"Tander is scared." Cheng Qianfan clinked glasses with Lu Dazhang, took a sip, and said with a sneer.
He still remembered the scene a few days ago when he handed the photo to Tande and Tande turned pale with fear when he saw the dead bodies all over the ground.
He Xingjian was a registered resident of the French Concession and died in the cross-border area in western Shanghai.
Strictly speaking, this case has little to do with the French Concession. Of course, this is a comparison. After all, compared with the Japanese and No. 76 crossing the border into the concession to arrest and kill people, this is really nothing.
However, just because Xu thought it was not a big deal, Tan De, the director of the Political Department of the French Concession Police Station, suddenly had an idea and called the Secret Service Headquarters directly, demanding that the Secret Service Headquarters hand over the murderer of He Xingjian.
"Tander made a phone call, and No. 76 killed a group of people for the demonstration." Lu Dazhang said.
Although according to the feedback Zhao Shuli received from No. 76, No. 76 had already decided to kill a group of people in response to the assassination of Chen Mingchu, He Xingjian and others by the Military Control Commission, it seemed a bit unfair to Tan De to say that the death of those nine people was caused by Tan De's phone call. However, it is really infuriating to think about this incident.
"That was Tande who was drunk and called to show off in front of his mistress." Cheng Qianfan said with a gloomy face.
This incident itself is outrageous.
Moreover, from a procedural point of view, He Xingjian was assassinated and No. 76 was the "victim". If Tan De wanted to hand over the person, he should not have asked No. 76 to hand him over. At most, he should have asked No. 76 to assist in the investigation.
"French men will do anything weird for women." Old Huang said with a gloomy face, taking a sip of rice wine.
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"Let's get down to business." Cheng Qianfan's face became serious, and he said, "The end of the year is approaching, but the days in the team are not easy. To be exact, it is very difficult."
He looked at Lu Dazhang and Lao Huang and continued, "The organization hopes that the comrades in Shanghai can find a way to help the team solve some of its material difficulties."
"It is not appropriate for us to participate in it." Old Huang thought about it and clearly expressed his objection.
"I agree." Lu Dazhang said, "Such an action is bound to involve many people and many aspects. Once we get involved, it will greatly increase our chances of being exposed."
Cheng Qianfan smiled and said, "That's exactly what I think. Now it's all right. I was just worrying about how to convince you."
"Although we are also very eager to help and feel sorry for our comrades in the team, we can't," Lu Dazhang said with a sigh.
Putting aside the reasons he just mentioned, it is not that they cannot participate in similar actions, but this requires approval and orders from the organization, or to be more precise, this kind of action is best directed and ordered by Comrade "Farmer". Most importantly, when Comrade "Farmer" came to Shanghai, he had specially instructed the French Concession Special Party Group that everything should be done with secrecy first and safety first:
In particular, we must remember not to have dangerous horizontal connections with other local party organizations and not to participate in joint actions that could easily be exposed.
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The three people agreed, but there was a strange silence.
Deep down, they were so eager to throw themselves into the vigorous anti-Japanese struggle, cooperate with local party organizations, and give full play to their special role.
But, 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 ways to provide assistance to the team, they will be very happy to help.
"We have more important work to do right now." Cheng Qianfan passed cigarettes to Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang. "After the main force of the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army withdrew westward and headed northward, the situation in the eastern part of Southern Jiangsu Province deteriorated sharply."
"The Japanese and puppet troops also seized this opportunity and continuously strengthened the defense of strongholds and traffic blockades, intending to encircle, divide and eliminate the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the Su Nan East Road area."
"According to the intelligence we have, the enemy is likely to launch a sweep of the Su'nan East Route area during the New Year's Eve," Cheng Qianfan said. "Comrade 'Farmer' called to instruct us to capture the enemy's military movements as much as possible and provide support to the Xinjiang Resistance in terms of military intelligence."
"Xinjiang Kang?" Old Huang asked in surprise.
"Yes, the New Jiangkang." Cheng Qianfan said excitedly, "After the main force of the Jiangkang went north, the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command decided to hand over the small number of armed forces left in the southern Jiangsu East Road to the leadership of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and cooperate with the local party organizations to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines."
"At present, the organization has officially established the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army East Route Command based on the wounded and sick soldiers who stayed in the Sunan East Route." Cheng Qianfan said, "The new Jiangkang was established under very difficult circumstances, and it can even be said that it was established under the siege of the enemy. However, the team was not afraid of difficulties and sacrifices, and has won several battles. This 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.
It was very difficult for both him and Lao Huang to get in touch with the Japanese, let alone Japanese military intelligence.
However, they can cooperate with Comrade 'Flame'.
They believed that this was also the reason why Comrade "Huo Miao" urgently convened this special meeting of the party branch.
"My initial idea is to target Kawada Atsuto," Cheng Qianfan said, "because we are not sure which army will be responsible for the Japanese sweep of the Eastern Jiangsu Road, so it is difficult for us to target the enemy. Of course, it is not easy to target the enemy."
"So, you decided to make a fuss about that Japanese noble young master?" Old Huang said, "That's an idea."
"I agree." Lu Dazhang pondered and said, "The question now is whether Kawada Atsuto has the opportunity to access military intelligence about the enemy's raid."
"I've thought about it carefully, and it's possible." Cheng Qianfan said, "Kawada Atsuto's noble status makes him quite trusted and close to Ikeuchi, the commander of the Japanese military police. If the Japanese army has any movements, Ikeuchi, the commander of the military police, should know about it. Then, Kawada Atsuto, the staff officer of the military police headquarters, is also likely to know about it."
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"Wait a minute, why did Chi Nei know about the Japanese mopping-up plan?" Old Huang interrupted Cheng Qianfan and asked the key question.
"I don't know." Cheng Qianfan sighed and said frankly, "Or rather, this is just an idealized speculation of mine. I'm not very sure."
He looked at his two comrades and said, "Let me tell you my analysis and thinking."
"Combined with the Japanese army's previous sweep of the Qingdong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base and the Japanese army's sweep of Baoshan, in the former, I once learned about the enemy's sweep plan from Ota Yuichi of the Watanabe Regiment, and in the latter, the Japanese military police department did send troops to participate in the sweep."
"Will it be the Watanabe Corps that will carry out the sweep again this time?" asked Old Huang.
"Based on the information we have so far, this is impossible." Cheng Qianfan said, "I have been in contact with Ota Yuichi from time to time. According to what Ota Yuichi said before, they should have returned to the main island of Japan to rest by now."
Lao Huang nodded.
"So, the greatest hope now lies with the Military Police Headquarters and in Atsuto Kawada," said Lu Dazhang.
He looked at Cheng Qianfan, "There is another question. Let's assume that the Japanese military police commander Ikeuchi knows about the Japanese mopping-up plan, but how can we ensure that Kawada Atsuto can get hold of this confidential information?"
"Good question." Cheng Qianfan nodded. "This is the core issue we want to discuss. How to ensure that Kawada Atsuto can grasp the Japanese army's mopping-up plan."
"Let me add one more thing." said Lao Huang.
Cheng Qianfan and Lu Dazhang looked at Lao Huang.
"There is another key issue. Even if we can find a way to get Kawada Atsuto to contact and understand the Japanese army's mopping-up plan, how can we ensure that we can avoid arousing the suspicion of the Japanese?" Old Huang said with a serious expression, "This is also very important."
"What Old 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 of them." Lu Dazhang frowned and said.
"It's not difficult, it's very difficult." Old Huang nodded, "Especially the latter. Once the Japanese realize that military intelligence has been leaked, anyone who may have access to the intelligence will be investigated. If you are not careful, you may come into the Japanese's suspicion."
"So--" Cheng Qianfan looked at the two of them with a smile.
"Let's figure it out together."
“There is always a solution.”
Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang said it almost in unison. It was Lu Dazhang who said, "Let's think of a solution together," and 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 felt a little disappointed, they were not discouraged. With no other option, they just continued to ponder.
In Lao Huang's words, as the saying goes, 'three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang'. When the three cobblers work together, even if they can't think of a serious idea, they can at least think of a useful 'dirty trick'.
Cheng Qianfan felt that Lao Huang was being too modest. He felt that he and his comrades were much better than just cobblers.
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"Did you run into trouble on official business?" Bai Ruolan asked her husband with concern, "I see you look worried."
"Well, it's the end of the year, and I have some final work to do." Cheng Qianfan was startled and said to his wife.
He knew that this was Ruolan's way of reminding him in a subtle way.
Even when Ruolan asked the question, she had already chosen the "answer" for him in advance - trouble in official business.
"There is always work to do, so don't overwork yourself." Bai Ruolan walked behind Cheng Qianfan and helped her husband press his head.
"Give me a massage of my shoulders." Cheng Qianfan closed his eyes, let out a comfortable sigh, and said.
Bai Ruolan gently hit her husband's shoulder, and then began to massage his shoulders.
"It's the end of the year. Has the police station prepared the new year's goods?" Bai Ruolan asked while pinching his shoulders and trying to find a topic to talk about.
"New Year's goods? The General Affairs Office is busy with this matter. I'll ask later." Cheng Qianfan suddenly had an idea.
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