After a short time, the messenger came back and said, "Captain Nakata, Chief Oshima, please come in." Come with me. ”

Wang Zhong immediately followed the messenger into the village, and came to a house, which, although it was night, could be seen to be very simple, with low eaves and a lot of light from the walls of the doors. When I entered the room, I saw a person sitting behind the wooden table in the middle, about 50 years old, with a thin figure, although he was wearing a coarse cloth clothes, but he could not hide his gloomy and cold atmosphere.

Wang Zhong immediately stood upright and saluted: "The Fifth Division of the Army Intelligence Department, Captain Nakata Kogoro, report to Chief Oshima." ”

Chief Oshima also stood up, returned the salute, and said, "Captain Nakata, I am Oshima Kawayoshi." No need to be polite, sit down. ”

Nakata Kogoro sat down in front of Oshima Kawamichi, and Oshimagawa Yoshido: "Yesterday Lieutenant Kawaguchi came back from the camp and reported to us the affairs in the camp, the affairs of the Red Lotus Sect, you have done a good job, and the vigilance in the camp has been greatly reduced. ”

Nakata Kogoro said: "Report to the chief, the vigilance in the camp has been lowered, not because of the Red Lotus Sect's affairs, but because the army has been dispatched to meet the Red Lotus Sect's army." ”

Oshimagawa laughed and said, "Well, I didn't expect the People's Army to move so quickly, it seems that we are already looking for victory." But what are you running out of the camp for? Your actions are very dangerous, and you may be detected by the camp, so be vigilant! Therefore, I am sure you will give me a reasonable explanation. At the end, his tone became stern.

Nakata Kogoro's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "According to the news I have received, reinforcements from Shanghai will arrive soon, and this time the reinforcements have 2 regiments of troops, and it will not take more than three days to arrive at the camp, so please don't be too happy, so please don't be too happy." This is also the reason why I rushed back from the camp one day after Lieutenant Kawaguchi's return, and this explanation is not reasonable!"

After hearing this, Oshimakawa's face became solemn, and he nodded and said, "Very good, this news is very important, Captain Nakata, your actions are very correct." Since this is the case, then we must act immediately, today is too late, tomorrow night to do it. ”

Nakata Kogoro said, "I have informed the sleepers in the camp to prepare for tomorrow night, but they must wait until the outside attack begins. ”

Oshimagawa Yoshimichi: "Very well, Captain Nakata, you are doing a good job. ”

Nakata Kogoro said: "If we start tomorrow night, then we only have less than 24 hours to prepare, I don't know if it's enough?"

Oshimagawa Yoshishi: "If it is enough, you must do it, otherwise as soon as the reinforcements arrive, the camp will definitely strengthen the guard, and it will be too late to do it again." But don't worry, we're pretty much ready now. ”

Nakata Kogoro said: "Everything else is okay, the most important manpower is not enough, we only have a total of 32 people this time, in addition to 12 people in the camp, now there are only 20 people here plus me." ”

Oshima Kawayoshi smiled and said: "You can rest assured about this, Beijing has sent more than 120 people, all of whom were personally selected by Kawashima Shaozuo, and carried out some basic training, although it is not as good as our people, but it can still be used without strength, of course, our manpower will increase by 2 or 30 people, it will be more stable." It's a pity that our operation was only organized by the intelligence department, but it was not supported by the military department, and the resources that could be used were limited, including human resources, so we had to rely on the strength of the Qing court, but fortunately, Kawashima Shaoza still had a lot of connections in the Qing court, so we were able to recruit more than 120 people. ”

Nakata Kogoro said: "Originally, this was a great opportunity to deal a heavy blow to East China, but unfortunately those people in the military department were too timid, for fear of angering East China, relying on this group of people to revitalize Japan, it was simply a pipe dream." ”

Oshimagawa Yoshido: "Don't complain, now we only have such conditions, but we must also make decent results, so that the military department can see our capabilities." ”

It turned out that East China ** disaster relief in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River brought huge pressure to the Qing court, knowing that East China ** could take the opportunity of disaster relief to buy people's hearts and expand their sphere of influence, but the Qing court had no way to drive away East China**, but the governors in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River except for Anhui Governor Enming, everyone else was perfunctory, and they came out to disaster relief, competing with East China**, but they did not have the human and financial resources, so they could not come up with any useful methods. As a result, after a few discussions, it simply stopped.

But there are some people in the Qing court who have started to think crookedly, since they can't drive away, and they don't have the ability to rescue the disaster, then sabotage the disaster relief operation in East China, after all, it is easier to destroy than to build. And the last time the Qing court's clan organized a terrorist attack on Shanghai, although it was not completely successful, but it did cause a certain amount of damage to Shanghai, if it could be done for the disaster victims in East China, it would be able to breathe a sigh of relief, so some of the Qing court's clans began to act.

However, although the clans of the Qing court have money and are willing to do something, they still can't do it if they want to organize and plan actions, after all, sabotage is also a technical job, and it is to engage in sabotage in East China, and the last terrorist attack on Shanghai was to ask the Japanese for help, so this time they can only find foreign aid, that is, the Japanese for help.

In fact, after the terrorist attack in Shanghai, Prince Su Qishan was dismissed because he was one of the main planners of this operation, but that action made Qishan win a high reputation in the clan of the Qing court, and they all thought that he had courage and deeds, and became the head of the clan, so the status of Qishan in the Qing court not only did not decline, but has been greatly improved, and this time it is natural for him to come out. Of course, Qishan is also strongly advocating to sabotage the disaster relief operation in East China. So Jain asked his old friend Naniwa Kawashima again and asked him for help.

And this requirement is in the hands of the middle of Kawashima Naniwa, because Japan suffered a crushing defeat in the Far East War, not only almost completely exhausted its national strength, but also paid a large amount of reparations to East China, the Japanese naturally resented this, especially the timing of East China's participation in the war was when the fleets of Japan and Russia were exhausted in the Battle of Tsushima, and almost annihilated the fleets of the two countries in one fell swoop, which made the Japanese feel unconvinced, thinking that East China ** It is a war that is not declared, or a shameless sneak attack, and the victory is not martial, so in Japan, there has always been "the Far East War is East China's victory that stole Japan", and in order to divert domestic contradictions, Japan has also deliberately strengthened and promoted this statement, so Japan up and down, ** people, are not satisfied with the victory of East China, and always want to find an opportunity to breathe.

However, now that Japan's national strength is exhausted and its army has been hit hard, it is impossible to start a war with East China, so it can only make some small moves, such as carrying out terrorist attacks on East China. Because it was this disaster relief operation in East China, the Japanese saw the opportunity, and the location of Bijing's disaster relief was not under the jurisdiction of East China, which was just suitable for Japanese spies in China. As a result, some people suggested to Japan that the disaster relief activities in East China be sabotaged.

But after the end of the Far East War, Ito Hirobumi re-served as prime minister to form a cabinet, he is a rare person in Japan with a grand strategic vision, knowing that this kind of terrorist attacks and sabotage activities are actually very limited in the impact of terrorist attacks and sabotage activities on East China, and basically cannot cause any major losses, let alone shake the foundation of East China's rule Retaliation, and now that Japan's vitality is greatly damaged, it needs more time to recuperate, and it is indeed not appropriate to have a bad relationship with East China at this time, so Ito Hirobumi also strictly ordered the War Department to never act rashly at this time

Of course, in private, Ito Hirobumi met with the head of the army, Yama Prefecture Youpeng, and explained the interests to Yama County Youpeng, and asked Yama County Youpeng to restrain the Army, and at this time, don't easily provoke East China**. And Yama Prefecture Youpeng is also a person who knows the general situation, so he also agreed to Ito Hirobumi. In addition, he also strictly ordered the intelligence department of the War Department not to take any radical action against East China.

Although Youpeng in Shan County is the boss of the army, this order still caused a large number of dissatisfaction among middle and lower-level officers, of course, at this time, Youpeng in Shan County can still hold the field, so although the War Department is full of complaints, but he does not dare to act rashly.

But at this moment, Kawashima Nanisu sent a telegram back, explaining Jain's request and asking for domestic support. But this request was naturally rejected by the War Department, but Major General Fukushima Yasumasa, the head of the Intelligence Department of the War Department, thought that this was a good opportunity to retaliate against East China, at least to give Japan a breath of relief, although the Army did not allow it, but Fukushima Yasumasa decided to go it alone.

However, without the support of the War Department, the resources of the intelligence department were very limited, and only a few people could be sent from within the country to support Kawashima Naniwa; although there were many Japanese spies in China, there were not many people who could be used; first, there were people who needed to be beaten for sabotage operations, preferably soldiers, and although the spies had also received some military training, Bi Jing was not a regular soldier; second, most of the spies had their own tasks, and once a large number of personnel were mobilized, the efficiency of intelligence work would be affected, so in the end only more than 30 people could be transferred to Kawashima Naniwa.

Of course, such a small number of manpower is not enough, so Kawashima Naniwa went to Jain again and asked Jain to find some useful people to help. So Qishan immediately launched the clan and recruited manpower, anyway, he spared no expense, what Jiangyang thieves, green forest snitches, gangsters, reckless heroes, dog slaughterers, outlaws, etc., all recruited, and it was under the heavy reward that there must be brave men, so that hundreds of people were gathered for Kawashima Naniwa, and Kawashima Naniwa screened these people again, and personally trained them, and finally determined more than 120 people.