Chapter 45: Extorting Confessions by Torture

A revolver was left at the scene, and the bullet casing on the ground belonged to the German-made Mauser military automatic pistol, which is commonly known as the box gun by the Chinese. Most of the Japanese officers and soldiers in the corridors and upstairs died from the bullets fired from the box guns, and General Yoshikawa had a blunt blow wound to his forehead in addition to the pistol bullets.

Judging by the blood stains on the revolver, the wound on General Yoshikawa's forehead was almost certainly caused by this gun. As for why the murderer did not shoot, but used the revolver as a brick to smash people, it is unknown.

Of course, these are the conclusions reached by reconnaissance experts, and Muto can't find a clue from here at all. All he could deduce was that the murderer was not a person. Killing more than a dozen Japanese officers and soldiers in the small building at once, one or two people can't do it at all!

The chief of staff of the garrison, Yamamoto Daisa, once won the title of the fourth dan of the sword, but he was disemboweled! The commander of the military police, Osamu Fujii, is a second stage of judo, and his neck was actually broken. Since someone can kill these two masters in the field they are good at, there must be masters among the murderers, or even more powerful masters than these two!

A few masters, leading a group of murderers with outstanding marksmanship and strong martial arts, washed General Yoshikawa's residence in blood, and no one knew? How is this possible? The first thing Muto thought of was the doorman of the Shanshangan Mansion. There are people on duty at the entrance of the mansion 24 hours a day, and the murderer has so many people mixed in at once, they don't know anything about it, how can it be possible?

Anyway, Yoshikawa Sadazo is also hanging, and Muto is now the biggest leader here. In addition, he is the leader of the leading group for solving the case, and he has Okamura Ningji's order in his hand, so he is even more unscrupulous! Muto led the people to the door of the guild hall with a fierce look, and called the captain of the guard to ask him: Who was on duty all day yesterday? Call me all the people!

More than a dozen devil soldiers ran over and lined up to gather, and Muto waved his hand, "Tie everyone up!" ”

The wolf-like special forces of the Yaqi Brigade rushed up, knocked over the dozen or so guards to the ground, and tied them up with ropes.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute! Excuse me, why did you tie them up? What crimes did they commit? "The captain of the guard is gone, and this guy has tied up a third of his men, so how will he do his work in the future?

"Lieutenant, you probably don't know yet, do you? General Yoshikawa was assassinated yesterday! ”

"Of course I know about the general's assassination. But what does this have to do with them? They are not murderers. Also, may I ask which unit officer Dazuo is, and the investigation of the general's assassination should be the business of the gendarmerie. Why are you here to assist with an investigation? ”

"Lieutenant, you've asked several questions, let me tell you them one by one. General Yoshikawa was assassinated at the Shanxi-Gansu Mansion, and these people," Muto pointed with his hand at the Japanese guards who were tied up, "they are the guards of the Mansion yesterday, and even if they are not murderers, it is not at all unfair to tie them up on a charge of dereliction of duty!" ”

"You also ask me which unit I am an officer, and I can tell you too. I'm Captain Yagi. Appointed by Senior General Okamura Ninji, he came to investigate the assassination of General Yoshikawa Sadasa. As for the gendarmerie, the captain of the gendarmerie, Osamu Fujii, was killed at the same time as General Yoshikawa yesterday! ”

Muto's words were like throwing a few time bombs, and the captain of the guard was stunned at that time. Having subdued the captain of the guard, Muto triumphantly returned to his Yagi Brigade barracks with his captive. When I went in, I threw the dozen or so hapless devil guards into the interrogation room. There's a dedicated interrogator waiting there.

Whipping, soldering iron, going to the tiger chair, pouring chili pepper water, and the ten tortures took turns, and the gang quickly confessed. There weren't many people who came into the mansion yesterday to see General Yoshikawa, probably only thirty or forty. I can't tell them one by one, and whoever can remember them can say whomever they want.

Of course, there are also people who have bad memories, so they have to make up a few fills. There is also a person who was confused by the soldering iron, and directly admitted that it was the guards who colluded with bandits to break into Yoshikawa Sadasa's office area to seize the treasure and kill people!

Muto is an expert in this area, and he can tell the real from the fake at a glance. He did not expose these punishments but nonsense, and directly threw people on death row, and when the case was over, he could be sent to a military court for trial.

There is still an interrogation here, and Muto has already notified the garrison to immediately block the banks of the Yellow River and conduct a dragnet search within a radius of fifty miles around Kaifeng, and once the militants are found, they will be arrested on the spot!

As soon as the new commander of the Kaifeng garrison of the Japanese army heard that the army was going to be dispatched because of this incident, he didn't even dare to say a word, and immediately sent troops! The previous commander was dismissed because of this incident, and he still didn't learn from the past? Anyway, the army is not our family, if you want to use it, use it casually!

This guy sent out all the garrisons under his command, so that there was a vacuum in Kaifeng City during this period. There are few devil soldiers on the streets, and the streets are full of traitors and puppet soldiers. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party took this opportunity to infiltrate many secret agents into Kaifeng City, and even the intelligence work made great improvements. That's an added bonus.

At the same time, the Japanese government solemnly protested at the League of Nations against the assassination of the emperor's nephew, His Excellency Major General Yoshikawa Sadasa, the nephew of the emperor. The Nationalist Government, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soong Tzu-wen, came forward to expose Yoshikawa Sadasa's espionage in China and the appalling fact that he wantonly killed innocent Chinese people, which shocked the League of Nations.

The war of words between China and Japan in the League of Nations was in full swing, but Ren Laifeng and his Flying Tiger Battalion were in a dilemma.

On the same day, Ren Laifeng returned to Midian Village after completing the assassination mission. After gathering the troops and packing the bags, he led the Flying Tiger Battalion to prepare to return to Hexi. The people of Midian Village are enthusiastic. Hearing that the troops were leaving, the villagers reluctantly crowded to the entrance of the village to see them off. Some sent pancakes and eggs to the soldiers, and some sent Zhuangxing wine to the officers and soldiers.

The old lady wiped her tears, the big girl had red circles under her eyes, and the children held hands and didn't let them go. Ren Laifeng's heart is sour, not a taste. Don't go, right? Is this an enemy-occupied area, or is it the base of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and the Flying Tiger Battalion is here to occupy the magpie's nest? is ruthless to leave, and can't bear to leave the reluctant people, this is embarrassing.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Ren Laifeng gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, come on, eat the last meal, and leave after eating!

The troops stopped at the entrance of the village, gathered firewood and prepared for dinner. When the villagers saw it, their relatives were not leaving, and they wanted to have dinner here? That's great!