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Chapter 1795 Cai Zhengqi's Gift
Chapter 1795 Cai Zhengqi's Gift
"Captain, it's me."
The voice of Ma Jing, the communications platoon leader, came from outside.
Cai Zhengze nodded to Cai Zhengqi, motioning him to open the door.
Ma Jing is his confidant, and Cai Zhengze trusts him quite a bit.
"Commander." Ma Jing walked in and saw that only Cai Zhengze and Cai Zhengqi were in the room. He did not find it strange. The commander and Company Captain Cai were cousins, so they were naturally the closest.
"What's the matter?" Cai Zhengze asked.
"The Japanese massacred Shapu." Ma Jing said in a low voice.
"What?" Cai Zhengze stood up suddenly. "What's going on?"
"There is a maintenance association in Shapu. It is estimated that some people did not flee because they listened to the maintenance association." Ma Jing said, "Ota Yuichi ordered that more than 20 people who remained in the village be buried alive."
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"Bastard, beast!" Cai Zhengqi suddenly stood up, extremely angry, and said through gritted teeth.
"Shut up." Cai Zhengze glared at his cousin fiercely.
"And that's it." Ma Jing pretended not to hear what Cai Zhengqi said and continued, "We just received a notice from the Taitian Battalion that the First Battalion was called over by them."
"What do you mean?" Cai Zhengze's face darkened. "What do you mean the first battalion was called over by them?"
"That's right, that's what I meant." Ma Jing said, "The Japanese ordered the first battalion to go to Shapu to join them. After receiving the order from the Japanese, Battalion Commander Zhao led the brothers of the first battalion to Shapu."
"Asshole!" Cai Zhengze slammed the table. "What did Zhao Yongrui want to do? He took the team to move camp without my order."
"There is no order from the regimental commander, but the order from the Japanese is enough." Cai Zhengqi said quietly on the side.
"Commander, do you want to send some brothers to the first battalion to ask Battalion Commander Zhao about the situation?" Ma Jing asked cautiously.
"Forget it." Cai Zhengze shook his head helplessly and said, "The Japanese have done this. They are the kings and the fathers. What else can we do?"
"Commander, there's nothing else. I'll be out now." Ma Jing said.
Cai Zhengze waved his hand.
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Cai Zhengqi stood at the door and watched Ma Jing leave before he quickly closed the door.
"Brother, the situation is not good." Cai Zhengqi said to Cai Zhengze with a serious expression, "Did the Japanese smell something?"
Cai Zhengze's 15th Regiment consists of units directly under the regiment headquarters and three infantry battalions.
According to the Japanese military arrangements, the 3rd Battalion was left at its base during this mopping-up operation, and only the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion and most of the regiment headquarters were dispatched.
Now, the Japanese suddenly transferred a battalion that had advanced forward, which made Cai Zhengqi worried and suspicious.
"Have you said anything to Zhao Yongrui?" Cai Zhengze asked immediately.
"I didn't say anything explicitly." Cai Zhengqi said, "I just pretended to be drunk and complained a little."
He said to Cai Zhengze, "Although these are some excessive words, they won't make Zhao Yongrui suspect that we want to raise the flag."
"Who told you to say those things to Zhao Yongrui?!" Cai Zhengze asked angrily, "Didn't I tell you that even if we have to take action, only the Second Battalion can be relied upon."
Although Cai Zhengze was the commander of the 15th Regiment, the only one he could actually trust was the 2nd Battalion. The commander of the 2nd Battalion, Duan Feiyang, was from the Jiangsu Security Corps like Cai Zhengze and was a fellow villager.
Such a relationship also makes Cai Zhengze and Duan Feiyang naturally close.
Therefore, Duan Feiyang's Second Battalion is Cai Zhengze's absolute confidant and the foundation for him to gain a foothold in the Fifteenth Regiment.
As for the 1st and 3rd Battalions, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Sun Fei, was a man of the brigade commander Hu Delin and was very loyal to Hu Delin. Fearing that the 3rd Battalion might do something bad this time, Cai Zhengze followed the Japanese arrangement and kept the 3rd Battalion in the garrison out of precaution.
As for the battalion commander of the first battalion, Zhao Yongrui, Cai Zhengze has always been trying to win over this person. However, Zhao Yongrui is a veteran, who says nice things but does nothing. He is a fence-sitter, and it is hard to tell whether he has any Zheng Zhi inclinations, and he seems to only care about collecting salary and carrying a gun.
Therefore, when Cai Zhengqi clearly persuaded him to raise the flag and rebel, Cai Zhengze was very cautious. Regardless of whether he agreed to raise the flag in the end, he ordered Cai Zhengqi not to leak any news to the Third Battalion and the First Battalion. In fact, he was always on guard against Sun Fei and was worried about Zhao Yongrui.
Now it was heard that Cai Zhengqi had complained to Sun Fei, which made Cai Zhengze very angry.
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"Brother, I've thought about it carefully." Cai Zhengqi explained, "My attitude towards the Japanese is a semi-open secret in the group, otherwise the Red Party wouldn't have come to me."
He handed a cigarette to his cousin and continued, "So, I've thought about it. If I drink a little, I'll say some complaints about the Japanese to Zhao Yongrui. This is normal and will not arouse any suspicion."
Cai Zhengze thought about it carefully and felt that his cousin's words made sense. He breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Cai Zhengqi, "You are smart, kid."
"Brother, this raid was carried out by our 15th Regiment and the Ota Battalion together." Cai Zhengqi said to Cai Zhengze, "When the Japanese massacred Shapu, everyone would only say that it was a bloody crime committed by our 15th Regiment and the Japanese together."
"It was the Japanese who did it, not us," Cai Zhengze immediately corrected.
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"Brother, is there any point in you dwelling on this word?" Cai Zhengqi said angrily, "Does it matter whether we killed them or not? Now the First Battalion has been called over by Ota. Believe it or not, that devil Ota will definitely let the First Battalion do the killing of civilians later."
"Shut up." Cai Zhengze was startled. He glared at Cai Zhengqi fiercely and said, "Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall. Speak softly."
"If the First Battalion follows Ota and commits murder..." Cai Zhengqi shook his head and said.
"You go out first, I'll think about it again." Cai Zhengze was distressed, rubbed his face with both hands, and said to his cousin.
Cai Zhengqi glanced at his cousin, sighed, and left.
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Cheng Qianfan returned to the yard and came to the special commissioner's 'office' specially arranged for them by Cai Zhengze.
I saw Hu Shiju, Feng Xiao and Huai Kelin talking about something, and Feng Xiao looked a little excited.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianfan asked calmly.
"Councilor Cheng."
"Councilor Cheng."
"Councilor Cheng."
The three of them saluted immediately.
"Sit down and talk." Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly, "Tell me, what happened?"
"Counselor Cheng," said Principal Feng, "I just heard a piece of news that a part of the Taitian Battalion massacred Shapu."
"Massacred Shapu?" Cheng Qianfan frowned, "When did it happen?"
"Just last night." Feng Xiao said, "More than twenty civilians were killed."
He glanced at Cheng Qianfan, gritted his teeth and said, "Councilor Cheng, I hope you can report this matter to Nanjing and restrain the Japanese."
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Under Cheng Qianfan's gaze, Feng Xiao still insisted on finishing his words, "This behavior of the Japanese side will make us lose the support of the people."
Cheng Qianfan turned his gaze away from Feng Xiao's face and looked at Hu Shiju. "What about you? Tell me what you think about this matter."
"Counselor Cheng, I think the killing was a good thing," said Hu Shiju.
"Hmm." Cheng Qianfan nodded, looking as if he was listening with great interest.
"This area of Qingpu is a well-known anti-Japanese guerrilla zone." Hu Shiju said murderously, "There are no civilians here anymore, they are all anti-Japanese elements. We must kill one of these stubborn anti-Japanese elements as a warning to the rest. We must kill them so that they are afraid, and only then will it be effective."
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Cheng Qianfan looked at Huai Kelin again.
"I don't know anything else but to obey orders," said Huai Kelin.
Cheng Qianfan smiled. He glanced at Feng Xiao and said seriously, "Don't say such things that are not conducive to unity in the future. The Taitian Brigade is a friendly force. They are cleaning up anti-Japanese elements, not ordinary people."
"Counselor Cheng, but I heard..." Feng Xiao insisted.
"Close the school!" Cheng Qianfan's face darkened and he said coldly.
"My subordinate is here."
"Your thoughts are very dangerous!" Cheng Qianfan said sternly, "I don't want to hear such words again. Don't make irresponsible remarks about the normal military operations of friendly forces, and don't do things that will disappoint friendly countries!"
The school was closed and silent.
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"Did you hear that?" Cheng Qianfan said sternly.
"My subordinate understands."
Cheng Qianfan then snorted coldly and walked away.
Wakelin followed.
"Keep an eye on it. The idea of closing the school is very dangerous." Cheng Qianfan said to Huai Kelin.
"I understand." Huai Kelin said with great joy.
When he learned that he was assigned to carry out this special mission under Cheng Qianfan, he became interested and secretly visited Secretary Cheng, secretly expressing his loyalty. Now Secretary Cheng has entrusted him with such an important matter, which shows that he has won Secretary Cheng's trust.
This naturally made Huai Kelin very happy.
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Cai Zhengqi came to the medical team and found Mu Kaihuai, Weng Qining, Bao Qing and others who were assigned to the team by him.
"This is the situation," Cai Zhengqi said anxiously, "The Japanese brutally massacred Shapu and suddenly transferred the first battalion to Shapu."
"Worse than a beast!" Weng Qining said with gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with pain and anger.
"Why don't the common people clear the fields and fortify their defenses?" Bao Qing asked.
"He said he believed what the maintenance committee said." Cai Zhengqi said.
"We have more or less known about the situation in Shapu before," said Mu Kaihuai. "Pan Hongchang, the landlord of Shapu, has always been close to Japan, which has directly affected some local people."
"Why didn't we take action against traitors like Pan Hongchang?" Bao Qing asked, frowning.
"Pan Hongchang was only close to the Japanese, not an open traitor, and he was very smooth, even donating 500 kilograms of rice to the guerrillas in private." Mu Kaihuai said, and he sighed and said, "According to the policy of the Anti-Japanese National United Front, Pan Hongchang is a person who can and should be united."
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Bao Qing snorted.
Then he looked at Cai Zhengqi and said, "The Japanese suddenly transferred the first battalion away. Did they do this without the consent of Captain Cai?"
"My brother didn't know about this. The Japanese bypassed him and gave orders directly to the first battalion." Cai Zhengqi nodded and said.
"Has this happened before?" Bao Qing immediately asked, "I mean, the Japanese did not inform Captain Cai and bypassed him to give orders directly to his troops?"
"There is no precedent." Cai Zhengqi thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "In the past, the Japanese would also give orders directly to the battalion level, but they would at least greet my brother symbolically."
Cai Zhengqi paused and said, "No, there was a time before when the Japanese bypassed my brother and gave orders directly to the Third Battalion. To be precise, the Japanese first sent someone to give military orders to the Third Battalion, and then notified my brother."
"How long was the interval?" Weng Qining suddenly asked.
"About ten minutes," Cai Zhengqi said. "That time, my brother was very angry when he found out that the Japanese had bypassed him to issue an order to the Third Battalion. Then ten minutes later, the Japanese called the regiment headquarters and gave an explanation. But to call it an explanation was just to cover up the problem."
"What about this time?" Mu Kaihuai asked.
"The First Battalion should have received the transfer order from the Japanese early in the morning." Cai Zhengqi understood what Mu Kaihuai meant. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's been four hours since now."
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Bao Qing, Weng Qining and Mu Kaihuai looked at each other, all with serious expressions.
"Something's wrong." Mu Kaihuai said.
"Something is not right." Weng Qining nodded.
"There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!" Bao Qing said with a serious expression.
"Do you suspect that the Japanese have noticed something?" Cai Zhengqi asked immediately.
"It's hard to say." Weng Qining shook his head. He looked at Bao Qing, who was a political worker. As the chief military officer, A Guan was better at intelligence and military work than him.
"It's impossible to determine whether the Japanese have noticed anything," Bao Qing said thoughtfully, "but one thing is certain, the Japanese troop movement this time is very strange. Judging from this incident, regardless of whether the Japanese are suspicious of something, they are definitely taking some kind of precautionary attitude."
"Preventive attitude?" Cai Zhengqi seemed to be thinking about it.
"Or, this can also be understood as a tentative attitude." Mu Kaihuai said thoughtfully.
Cai Zhengqi's expression became more solemn, and at the same time, he was a little panicked. He looked at the three people and said, "I pretended to be drunk before and said some tentative words to the commander of the first battalion, Zhao Yongrui."
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"What?" Weng Qining asked immediately.
"He was just complaining, saying things like we would be scolded if we followed the Japanese and we should be prepared early," said Cai Zhengqi.
He felt that he had handled the situation cautiously and had expressed some of his complaints before, which should not have alerted Zhao Yongrui. However, under the current circumstances, he could not help but assume the worst.
"Objectively speaking, Captain Cai usually expresses dissatisfaction with the Japanese. We know this. It is precisely because of this that we secretly contacted you, Captain Cai." Weng Qining said, "Normally, it is not a big problem. However, in extraordinary times, we must prepare for the worst."
"The problem is not what Captain Cai said to Zhao Yongrui." Bao Qing thought, and said with a serious expression, "I just thought about it carefully. The problem is that the Japanese contacted the First Battalion without Captain Cai."
He looked at several people and asked, "Why was the first battalion transferred instead of the second battalion? This is the crux of the problem."
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After a brief thought, they all understood what Bao Qing meant and their faces changed drastically.
"We can't hesitate any longer." Weng Qining said with a serious expression, "We must raise the flag in advance and take action."
He looked at Mu Kaihuaihe and Bao Qing. They thought for a moment, nodded, and then looked at Cai Zhengqi.
Cai Zhengqi remained silent, his expression becoming more and more solemn, then he gritted his teeth and nodded, "Action, raise the flag!"
He said to the three people, "I will contact Battalion Commander Duan immediately."
Cai Zhengqi gritted his teeth and said, "My brother has been hesitating, so we simply asked Second Brother Duan to take direct action and drag him into it."
"Okay." Bao Qing nodded and said.
Under Cai Zhengqi's arrangement, he had private contact with Duan Feiyang, who was prepared with anti-Japanese ideas and actions.
"After the operation, I have a gift for you guys." Cai Zhengqi suddenly thought of something and said with a smile.
"What gift?" Weng Qining looked at Cai Zhengqi and asked with a smile.
"A special gift." Cai Zhengqi said happily, "I'm sure you'll be satisfied."
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