Suddenly, everyone was shocked, and even the police and security guards who had already walked to the gate of the courtyard involuntarily put their heels together, straightened up, and made a straight posture.

Looking at Xu Chengyan again, he was so shocked by this sudden sound that his body was crooked, and then he barely straightened up, but he was in a hurry, and his movements were a beat slower than others, obviously frightened by this sound.

This is Lu Mingzhi testing Xu Chengyan, because as long as he has received military training, the basic training action of standing up has already formed a conditioned reflex, and when he hears the instructor's order, he doesn't need to go through his brain at all, and his body can't help but react.

The police officers of the police station and the soldiers of the security army are also considered to be armed departments, and they have all received a certain amount of military training to a greater or lesser extent, so when they heard Lu Mingzhi's voice, they immediately made a straight posture.

And the military commander agent himself is a soldier, has received strict training, and his military quality is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, so Lu Mingzhi tried it in this way.

But although Xu Chengyan also reluctantly reacted, his reaction was completely normal for ordinary people, which made Lu Mingzhi completely relieved, laughed at this time, patted Xu Chengyan's shoulder, and said: "Mr. Xu, offended, we will have a meeting later." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the courtyard and didn't look at Xu Chengyan again.

Watching Lu Mingzhi and the others leave, Xu Chengyan closed the courtyard door, and couldn't help but let out a long breath, only to feel the cold sweat on his body, and he was afraid for a while!

This time it was really too dangerous, like turning around from the ghost gate, Lu Mingzhi, a traitor, was really difficult, and he actually used this trick to tempt, if he hadn't been prepared, he was afraid that he would be exposed on the spot today, and he would have suffered an accident.

In fact, Lu Mingzhi's trick is not new, Xu Chengyan also used it in the Southern Jiangsu Army, and he learned it from an old military commander.

When the guerrillas were being waged in southern Jiangsu, under the constant encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army, the situation of the National Salvation Army was very difficult, the troops were erratic, they moved repeatedly, the officers and men lacked medical care and food, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, military law is strict, and desertion is a capital crime, and it must be investigated, otherwise it will be a matter of time before the army breaks up.

For this reason, the high-level ordered the arrest of deserters, and Xu Chengyan's reconnaissance team once participated in the action of arresting deserters; once when arresting deserters mixed with the common people, it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the falsehood for a while, and an old military commander suddenly used this trick and immediately arrested the deserters, and the effect was very obvious.

At that time, Xu Chengyan was extremely impressed in his eyes, and later he specially ordered his team members to conduct targeted training, the purpose of which was to deal with such a scene when carrying out reconnaissance missions in enemy-occupied areas in the future, but he didn't expect that today he would come in handy, and at the critical moment, he narrowly escaped a catastrophe.

He steadied himself and calmed down for a moment, then he came to the corner of the courtyard wall, lightly stepped on the ground where the briquettes had been stacked with his foot, and then took up the shovel, collected the scattered briquettes, piled them in the corner of the wall, and restored them to their original state.

The small courtyard he rented was not big, the houses in the courtyard were two, only for shelter, and the yard could be seen through at a glance, to be honest, there was no place suitable for hiding things, as long as you were careful, you could search clearly, and you couldn't hide things at all.

The only place where you can hide your belongings is this briquette pile in the corner, but Xu Chengyan was more careful, instead of hiding things directly in the briquette pile, he dug a pit under the briquette pile and buried the items below the ground.

This also has the advantage of being a slightly different color of the newly excavated soil, and Xu Chengyan crushed some black briquettes, and the cinders stained the ground black, covering the traces of the previous burial, and it was difficult for people who were not buried to see the abnormality.

Fortunately, Xu Chengyan's previous preparations were done carefully, otherwise he was almost seen by Lu Mingzhi, which also made him more vigilant against Lu Mingzhi, a traitor.

Originally, he planned to attack Lu Mingzhi after assassinating Yoshioka Masao, but now it seems that he must act immediately, if this person does not kill, he will always worry about the other party's trouble, but he will not even sleep well.

This time, the city-wide search, because of the death of Yoshioka Masao, was carried out with great intensity, and it did not stop until late at night, and a large number of citizens were arrested and put in prison for various reasons, especially the man with pockmarks on his face, who was even more unlucky, and was almost not spared.

In the middle of the night, in the office of the garrison headquarters, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu was looking at the Aka Quartz tree standing opposite him with a serious face.

"Akashi-kun, you also know the order issued by the Beiping headquarters before, we have been in a stalemate with the Chinese army in Shanxi for a long time, and with so many troops deployed on the front line, the logistical pressure is getting bigger and bigger.

For this reason, the military department has repeatedly stressed that it is necessary to strengthen the important role of Taiyuan City on the Shanxi front, build military industry, expand the urban area, maintain public order, restore the population, and turn Taiyuan into an important supply base for our side.

But now, can you explain to me why, in just a few days, your special high school has carried out many searches in Taiyuan City, arrested a large number of citizens, and made chickens and dogs jump, and the miasma of black smoke, until now, your men are still arresting people everywhere outside, do you really want to send these people to the mine? ”

Lieutenant General Iwamatsu's tone was extremely harsh, which made Ming Shishu feel a lot of pressure, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "General, I mishandled it, but today's search did have a reason."

Just this morning, my assistant Masao Yoshioka was killed by agents of the Military Administration, and in desperation, I ordered a citywide search to track down the murderer......"

"What? Yoshioka was killed? Lieutenant General Iwamatsu was taken aback.

As one of the heads of the intelligence department, Masao Yoshioka has always done an excellent job, and he was quite impressed by Lieutenant General Iwamatsu, who did not expect to be killed suddenly.

"Yes, in our expatriate area, the killer infiltrated one of our safe houses and killed five special high school agents, including Yoshioka Daisa, and by the time we arrived, the killer had fled without a trace."

At this time, Iwamatsu Yoshio's face had softened, and there was no sense of blame, Yoshioka Masao's death was indeed a very serious matter.

You must know that intelligence departments have always held low posts and high positions, and an intelligence officer of the rank of senior officer is even higher than that of a major general officer of an ordinary combat unit, and the assassination of an intelligence officer of such a level is the first time since the Japanese military fought in Shanxi.

At this time, Lieutenant General Yan Song couldn't help but sigh softly: "It's a pity, he has just dealt a heavy blow to the intelligence network of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau in North China and made great contributions. Are you sure it was the Chongqing agents who did it? ”

"Sure, we have locked the identity of the murderer, it is two military agents codenamed Viper and Pit Viper, during this period of time, they have been very rampant in Taiyuan, assassinating a number of military and political personnel one after another, including those who have just come to Taiyuan to take office, Harada Advisor of the Xinmin Association, at present, we have collected some clues about them, and I hope that we can gain something through this search."

"I see!"

Lieutenant General Iwamatsu bowed slightly, and said in a kind tone: "When I just received the news, I thought it was the Nikko Company that was doing something again, but now these businessmen are meddling everywhere and doing things more and more unscrupulously, which makes the military department have a headache, Akashi-kun, I blame you wrong." ”

The implication is that he is extremely disgusted with the so-called Nikko Society.

The Nikko Corporation in his mouth, whose full name is Japan's Nikko Co., Ltd., is an important commercial organization that is mainly responsible for the economic war against China and Japan's economic invasion of China with the development of North China as the main body.

At present, there are three major chambers of commerce and enterprises in Japan's three major occupation areas in China, which respectively control the economic lifelines and resources of various places, and are three giant commercial giants.

In the Northeast region, of course, it is the "South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd.", also known as the "South Manchuria Society", it has been established for the longest time, has a history of nearly 40 years, and now the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in the Northeast, its predecessor is the South Manchurian Society's road protection army, it is conceivable that the status and influence of the South Manchurian Society in the Northeast region, its sphere of influence extends to every corner of all aspects, and no force can be compared.

In East China and Central China, the "Fujiwara Kaisha" established by the Japanese magnate Fujiwara Tomohito dominates the world, and this person was born in the Fujiwara family, which is known as the thousand-year-old aristocracy of Japan, and the Fujiwara family is the top power lord in Japan second only to the imperial family.

With a prominent family background and a profound military background, Fujiwara Kaisha, founded by Fujiwara Tomohito, occupies the richest and most economically developed central area in China, and firmly controls Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East.

In North China, it is the most hated by the Chinese people and the notorious Rixing Society.

Before the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Nikko Society cooperated with Japan's invasion of North China, tried to grasp the important resources and economic lifeline of North China, and played an important role in the expansion of Japan's economic power in North China.

After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army occupied North China, and the coal mines, transportation, power and communications, grain and salt industries in North China all fell into the hands of Nikko Society.

The Nikko Society quickly took control of these resource industries, and unscrupulously attacked Chinese national enterprises, annexed and plundered the wealth of the people, and expanded its power very rapidly, many Chinese businessmen were oppressed and cornered, and the enterprises suffered an unprecedented major blow, and they went bankrupt and closed down, and the losses were incalculable.

At present, Nikko has fully managed the economic operation of the occupied areas in North China, which is also the largest economic institution of Japan in North China.

Even the United Bank of China that is now circulating in North China, and the United Reserve Bank behind it was also established with the support of the Nikko Society, and it can be said that the power of the Nikko Society in North China is unparalleled.

Of course, the existence of such a giant Mac, its background is naturally very strong, Chairman Shikawa Shinji, who was once a close confidant of the Japanese Prime Minister, served as the chairman of the South Manchurian Society, and the advisory team around him is also served by Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Okura and other large Japanese chaebols, and its power is so great that even the military has to scruple about three points.

Since the Japanese army occupied Shanxi, the Nikko Society also controlled the main mines in Shanxi, in order to maximize the extraction of resources, so it also needed a large number of miners to engage in mining and excavation, so the Nikko Society colluded with some generals and officers of the Japanese garrison to arrest innocent civilians and send them to the mines.

Because of the difficult conditions, the Japanese did not regard the lives of the Chinese miners at all, and under the high-intensity extreme work and hunger and cold, a large number of miners died of exhaustion and disease every day, and the loss was very large.

The military top brass of the Japanese army also became more and more dissatisfied with some of the actions of Nikko Kaisha to interfere in the military, and Lieutenant General Iwamatsu was one of them.

It's just that because of the deep background and strength of the Nikko Society, even a high-level person like Lieutenant General Iwamatsu can't help it.

So when he heard that someone had arrested a large number of civilians again, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu thought that this time it was the Rixing Club behind his back, and he was immediately furious, if it was to arrest people in those remote areas, it would be fine, but Taiyuan City was the henchman of the Japanese army, and under his nose, the Nikko Club was also so unscrupulous and blatantly messed around, which had already touched his bottom line, which he would never allow.

So at the beginning, he had a heart attack, which didn't give Ming Quartz a good face.

But when Ming Quartz Tree heard this, it was a sudden burst in his heart, it turned out that he also had a ghost in his heart, and the tentacles of the Nikko Club reached out to all aspects of the Japanese puppet government, that is, Ming Quartz Tree himself, and the Nikko Club eyebrows, secretly contacted, and opened the door to the Nikko Club, not to mention anything else, many Taiyuan citizens and displaced people who entered Taiyuan were sent to the mines controlled by the Nikko Club under his order, and never returned.

Even after this arrest, many people will be sent to the mine as laborers, but these things are not hidden, and Lieutenant General Iwamatsu is not very clear.

Now listening to Lieutenant General Yan Song's words, he was also secretly frightened, knowing that this time the action could not be too big, so he quickly explained: "General don't worry, I will complete the screening before noon tomorrow, except for suspicious elements, those Chinese I will put back as soon as possible to restore order and stabilize public order." ”