In the afternoon of the same day, the rumor of the bank robbery spread like a plague throughout the city of Nanjing.

"Have you heard of it all? The Japanese bank was robbed last night, and all the gold in the vault was robbed, and it won't be long before the banknotes in everyone's hands will turn into a piece of waste paper! One merchant said to another.

"The gold issued by the Japanese was robbed last night, everyone go to the bank, exchange the banknotes for ocean and gold, otherwise those banknotes will become a piece of waste paper." One puppet government official reminded another.

Most of the counterfeit money is in the hands of merchants who do business with the Japanese, or Chinese who work for the Japanese.

All that money was earned by them under the hat of traitors, and if it becomes waste paper, there is no place to cry.

Immediately rushed to the bank to verify whether this was true.

The confined gate, the heavily armed Japanese soldiers guarding the door...... It has been proven that those rumors are true.

As a result, an unprecedented exchange turmoil quickly spread in Nanjing.

As long as the people with counterfeit money in their hands all flocked around the bank, shouting slogans and demanding the exchange of paper money.

At the headquarters of the Japanese military police, Major General Kikuta was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the office with his legs in a loop.

The commander already knew about the bank robbery, and then he was furious with himself in front of all his colleagues, and used his position under his ass as a threat, demanding that he must solve the matter.

"Bang ......"

There was a knock on the door, and then I saw my subordinate pushing the door in, just like myself, with an anxious expression on his face.

"Sir, something happened again."

"I don't know who leaked the news of the robbery of the bank vault, and it quickly spread throughout the city, and even the Imperial Association Army knew the news."

"Everyone says that the banknotes issued by the bank will be turned into waste paper because the vault has been robbed, and all of them are concentrated in the bank, where to exchange the banknotes for gold and the ocean."

"This is also happening in the Imperial Army, clamoring to exchange banknotes, and is currently being held down by officers. If we can't solve the problem as soon as possible, the Imperial Alliance will definitely be in trouble. ”

Major General Kikuta kept a calm face and scolded: "Bageya Road, it must be the underground party and Chongqing intelligence officers who did it, they want Nanjing to be in chaos, and then fish in troubled waters and take advantage of us." ”

Speaking of this, Major General Kikuta's eyes clearly revealed a hint of murderous intent.

He continued to order: "Tell the commander of the gendarmerie guarding the bank, let me disperse those Chinese, it is really not possible, I will allow them to kill people and establish power." ”

"The Imperial Army of Japan is here to help them achieve their *****, not their subordinates. If you dare to blackmail the imperial army, it depends on whether the gun in the imperial army's hand will agree. ”

A hint of hesitation flashed on the faces of his subordinates, and he did not immediately receive the order.

"Sir, angry."

"Those who asked to exchange paper money were Chinese who had dealings with the Japanese Empire, or government officials who worked for the Japanese Empire."

"Shooting rashly, killing on a large scale, I am afraid that it will affect the reputation of the empire, and it is not conducive to the empire to establish a ***** circle here!"

Major General Kikuta ordered in a deep voice, "Execute the order." ”

"We must not only use inducements but also force to treat the Chinese. Only by coercion, inducement and inducement can we make the Chinese convinced of the Japanese Empire and unable to resist it. ”

"However, the problems we face still need to be solved."

"Your Excellency Commander has just given an order: temporarily transfer a batch of gold and the ocean from the North China Front to the south to support us, ensure that the paper money does not depreciate, and maintain the reputation of the Great Japanese Empire."

"What we need to do is to stabilize the situation and ensure that the city of Nanjing will not be in chaos until the gold is in place."

"The second thing, search the whole city, find the culprits of the ransack of the bank at all costs, eliminate them, and recover the gold that they robbed."

"Your Excellency the Commander has an order: those gold and foreign currencies must not fall into the hands of Chongqing and the Eighth Route Army."

The subordinate continued to remind: "Sir, the city of Nanjing is too big, and most of our troops are concentrated around the military police headquarters. If you want to search the whole city, you must transfer troops from there. ”

Major General Kikuta thought for a moment and replied, "I will allow you to transfer one-third of the plainclothes and spies. ”

"In addition, in order to ensure the security of the military police headquarters, the imperial army where the special forces are stationed has drawn an infantry squadron to the military police headquarters to assist the guard team in protecting the headquarters."

Major General Kikuta was too cautious not to give the commandos a chance to take advantage of.

Although there were fewer plainclothes and spies on the periphery of the gendarmerie headquarters, there were more guards on the inside.

To a certain extent, the security forces there have not only not weakened, but have increased.

The news reached Li Hao as soon as possible.

The joy of intercepting a large amount of gold disappeared in an instant, and his face was replaced with solemnity again.

Looking at the two division chiefs who came to discuss countermeasures, they made a decision very decisively.

"Since the devils are not fooled, then we will continue to add fuel to the fire on them and act tomorrow night."

Under the armed suppression of the gendarmerie, the exchange turmoil in Nanjing was temporarily suppressed.

Money is important, but life is even more important.

If you lose your life for money, you will lose more than you gain.

These people decided to trust the Japanese one more time and wait for the gold from North China to go south.

Major General Kikuta's mood also improved a lot.

Although the culprit of the bank robbery has not been caught, as long as the city of Nanjing is not chaotic, his position will be preserved.

"Jingle Bell ......"

The hurried phone rang suddenly, interrupting his good mood.

"Report to the Chief that the sixth target we protected was assassinated last night and is right in the house."

"Nani?"

Major General Kikuta's good mood was completely gone, and he suddenly got up from his seat, his eyes wide open, and he looked disbelieving.

Putting down the phone, Major General Kikuta's mood instantly became bad, and his stomach seemed to burn with a fire, and he was very irritable.

Those high-ranking officials of the puppet government were all named by the commander and asked the gendarmerie command to protect them, and there were more than 30 Chinese in total.

Now that one person has had an accident, the others will definitely not dare to work for the empire as before under the threat of death.

China is too big and has a large population, and if the empire wants to completely control it, it must be inseparable from their assistance.

So this accident will definitely bring immeasurable losses to the empire.

Major General Kikuta wrinkled his brow and thought about how to report the incident to the commander when the phone rang again.

Undoubtedly, this is another piece of bad news.

Target 15 was also assassinated at home last night......

Major General Kikuta is rarely nervous, and he was nervous once two days ago when the bank was robbed.

Today, the same nervousness reappeared in his heart.

Two protected targets in a row are killed, and the commander will definitely be furious.

What's more, they can't push the blame for their killings as they want, so they can only bear it themselves.