As the commander of the 11th Army of the Central China Condemnation Force, Itagaki Seishiro only had the overall situation in his eyes and did not care about the gains and losses of a mere Xingzi County.
However, Seishiro Itagaki could not turn a blind eye to the approximately 40 Japanese soldiers stationed in an infantry squad in Xingzi County. The Sino-Japanese War entered its second year, and senior Japanese military officials, including Seishiro Itagaki, felt increasingly deeply. When faced with the embarrassment of insufficient troops, they were no longer as considerate of their subordinates as they were when the war first began.
So Itagaki Seishiro asked Kamio Ueno to send a telegram to the Japanese Military Police in Xingzi County, instructing them that if they were attacked by the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, they should defend if they could, and withdraw as soon as possible if they could not.
After receiving the telegram, the Japanese Gendarmerie in Xingzi County began martial law throughout the city.
In addition to martial law, Captain Matsumoto of the Xingzi Military Police also called several traitor leaders such as Gui Xunce, Liu Shuming, Cao Xun, etc. together for a meeting, requiring the Xingzi County maintenance committee, security regiment, and police station to fully cooperate with the Japanese defense forces. It's a good county town, but the specific forces that will come to attack have not been revealed at all.
Liu Shuming, the leader of the Xingzi Guard Group of the puppet army, asked more questions, but received a slap in the face from Matsumoto.
After the meeting, Liu Shuming felt depressed, so he went to the alley of Jinshi Archway alone to find his old sweetheart Sai Xishi to relieve his mood. After the meeting, Liu Shuming hugged Sai Xishi naked and fell asleep until the evening. At that time, the two of them were awakened by a rustling sound outside the bedroom.
Liu Shuming reached out and picked up the pistol hidden under the pillow, and then gave the old prime minister a wink.
At Liu Shuming's signal, Sai Xishi bravely asked, "Who is it? Who is that man outside?"
Sai Xishi is a prostitute. Although Liu Shuming has recently taken care of her alone, there is no guarantee that there will be regular customers coming.
There was silence outside, and no one responded at all. Sai Xishi sat up naked, put on his clothes, opened the door, and walked out. Then he didn't come back for a long time. Liu Shuming was impatient to wait, and pulled the gun with a click. Shuan, then searched from room to room with the pistol raised, until he found the kitchen before finding Sai Xishi.
I saw Sai Xishi leaning on the stove, trembling all over.
In front of Sai Xishi, two strange men with cold faces were sitting according to the case, feasting on a pot of chicken. This big rooster was specially bought by Sai Xishi to stew for him when Liu Shuming came over at noon, and was placed on the table. It was simmering over low heat in the kitchen, but before he could even eat it, he had taken advantage of the two strangers.
Seeing these two strangers, Liu Shuming's pupils suddenly shrank.
Because Liu Shuming felt a strong sense of danger from the two of them.
There are absolutely no words to describe this feeling. It's like being targeted by a beast!
But Liu Shuming had seen big scenes after all, so he forced himself to calm down and said, "Which path are you two friends on?"
As the saying goes, those who come are unkind and those who are kind never come. Liu Shuming could see that these two uninvited strangers were not friendly, but he was not too afraid. You must know that Liu Shuming was not someone to be bullied. No matter what, He is the head of the Xingzi Guard Group, and has hundreds of people under his control. At least in Xingzi, he is not afraid of anyone, except the little Japs.
But he never thought that the two strangers ignored him at all and just gnawed on the chicken legs.
Liu Shuming felt humiliated, and he raised his pistol and pointed it at one of them: "Let me ask you again, which path are you from? Don't drink as a penalty if you don't drink the toast."
At this time, the man who was pointed at by Liu Shuming with the pistol finally reacted. He first licked the chicken soup on his fingers, then burped and said without looking back: "Grandson, don't point your gun at people casually. Be careful." Fire."
"Fire?" Liu Shuming shouted, "If you two hide your head and show your tail again, I will shoot!"
"Then why don't you try one?" The man finally turned around, his narrow eyes flashed with cold lightning, and he stared at Liu Shuming coldly. Then he took out a toothpick and said quietly while picking his teeth, "I can guarantee that as long as you pull the trigger, you will be the one who dies. If you don't believe it, you can try it."
Liu Shuming has committed numerous evil deeds, so of course he would not be intimidated by a few words. He immediately laughed ferociously and was about to get angry.
But at this moment, there was a soft click behind Liu Shuming's head, and then a cold tubular tube pressed against the back of his head. From the shape, Liu Shuming immediately judged that it was a gun, and he dared to believe that the other party was not two people. Not one person, but three people. In addition to the two people eating chicken, there is another one hiding behind.
"No, no, don't mind. Don't mind, you guys. Forgive me for being blind. I was offended just now. I was offended." Liu Shuming simply let go of his right hand, and the loaded pistol fell down, but the man behind him reached out. He scooped it up gently and it was taken away. Just by looking at his gestures, you could tell he was a veteran who had been playing with guns for a long time.
The man behind him pointed the gun again, and Liu Shuming staggered forward two steps and stood in a row with Sai Xishi.
When Liu Shuming turned around again, he found that another person had already sat at the table. He said dissatisfiedly to the other two people: "Captain, you two have gone too far. You didn't leave any for me. Really."
Leader? Liu Shuming was shocked when he heard this. Could it be the National Army
If it had been the National Army, I'm afraid this matter would really be unsolvable today.
Although Liu Shu's guess was not correct, it was not far off. These three people were none other than Xu Rui, Leng Tiefeng, and Han Feng. Although martial law was already in place, Xu Rui and the others wanted to enter the city. The little devil couldn't guard him at all. The little devil's sentry was slightly neglected, and the three of them quickly climbed over the city wall and slipped into the county seat.
After entering the county town, Xu Rui and the other two people went straight to the alleys.
Because the information given by Zhou Wenli clearly stated that Liu Shuming, the leader of the puppet army garrison in Xingzi County, had a mistress named Sai Jinhua who lived in the alley of Jinshi Archway. Liu Shuming came to the alley almost every day, so Xu Rui chose Liu Shuming. Because Liu Shuming's status is higher than that of Police Chief Cao Xun and Maintenance Chairman Gui Xunce.
"Liu Shuming." Xu Rui looked at Liu Shuming coldly and said, "Originally he was just a small platoon deputy of the Xingzi County Security Group. Five months ago, the Japanese 101st Division landed from Gutang Town. The Xingzi Security Group was ordered to stop the attack, but you were the first to surrender, became a traitor, and then led the Japanese to take a detour into Xingzi County. Isn’t that unfair to you?"
"Who are you?" Liu Shuming swallowed and asked, "National Army? New Fourth Army?"
Xu Rui ignored it at all, winked at Leng Tiefeng and said, "Veteran, bring it to him."
Leng Tiefeng spit out the leftover chicken bones, clapped his hands, stood up, and took off his military uniform. Sai Xishi next to him immediately screamed in fright. Leng Tiefeng's military uniform was actually tied with a knot. At the end of the day, Liu Shuming's pupils shrank sharply, thinking that this was really a desperado. It seemed that he was really in trouble today.
Leng Tiefeng took off the explosives on his body, then came over to take off Liu Shuming's clothes and prepared to tie explosives to him.
How could Liu Shuming just sit back and wait for death? No one was pointing a pistol at him, so he turned around and tried to escape.
Unfortunately, before Liu Shuming could take a step, a chopstick flew over and hit him on the crook of the leg. Liu Shuming immediately groaned and fell to his knees. Leng Tiefeng took another step forward and grabbed Liu Shuming. With the pipa bone on his back, Liu Shuming immediately screamed like a killing pig, "Oh, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts."
After shouting several times, Liu Shuming finally couldn't stand it anymore, his eyes darkened and he passed out.
"Traitor!" Leng Tiefeng spat in Liu Shuming's face, then took off Liu Shuming's military uniform, first tied explosives to his chest and back, then put his military uniform back on, and then poured a spoonful of cold water over him. On his face, Liu Shuming immediately stimulated Lingling to shiver and wake up from the coma.
Liu Shuming looked down and saw that under the open military uniform, sections of explosives had been prepared.
After seeing this scene, Liu Shuming immediately lost his legs and fell to the ground. He said to Xu Rui with a sad face: "Sir, sir, no matter what you want me to do, I will definitely cooperate. I will definitely cooperate. I just ask you." Don't kill me, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life."
Xu Rui asked coldly: "Do you really want to live?"
"Yes, of course I do," Liu Shuming said quickly, "Please give me some guidance, sir."
Xu Ruiran said: "It's not impossible to survive, as long as you do what we say."
"Definitely, definitely." Liu Shuming nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "The villain will definitely obey the orders of the superior and will never dare to disobey in the slightest."
"Okay." Xu Rui stood up and said, "Take us to your security regiment headquarters first."
"Okay, go to my regiment headquarters." Liu Shuming didn't dare to resist, so he got up obediently and led the way.
Before going out, Leng Tiefeng knocked Sai Xishi unconscious and tied him under the kitchen.
After a while, Liu Shuming took Xu Rui and the other two people to the headquarters of the garrison regiment. Although Xu Rui and the other three were acquainted with each other, with Liu Shuming personally leading the way and claiming to be his friend, how could the people in the garrison brigade dare to ask more questions? Then, Xu Rui and the three of them each changed into the skins of two Japanese soldiers, and then escorted Liu Shuming straight to the Japanese gendarmerie station.
Liu Shuming really didn't want to lead the way, but what could he do? He still had five kilograms of explosives strapped to his body!
When they arrived at the gate of the Japanese Military Police, Liu Shuming pointed at Xu Rui and the three of them and said that they were his subordinates and that they had important information to report to Taijun Matsumoto. The two guards guarding the gate stopped asking any more questions. After all, Liu Shuming was also an old acquaintance. It never occurred to me that Liu Shuming was actually being held hostage.
Then, Xu Rui and the others entered the gendarmerie station.
After entering the door, Xu Rui asked again: "How many Japs are left in Xingzi?" (To be continued.)