Chapter 766: Suspicious
Lu Chengzhou's task was to investigate all the hotel, restaurant, and inn residents on the side of the Haihe River in the British Concession.
Lu Chengzhou didn't know Lu Jizhi's situation, and he didn't know if Lu Jizhi stayed in a hotel or restaurant in this area last night.
After receiving the order from Hiroshi Kawasaki, he took the people of the intelligence room and attacked everywhere.
Accommodation establishments in the British Concession will register their guests, and as long as they find suspicious persons, they will immediately conduct an in-depth investigation.
For this kind of thing, Lu Chengzhou only needs to go through the motions, and the rest of the things will be handed over to Han Fushan, Wu Wei and others.
Of course, Lu Chengzhou can't return to the gendarmerie detachment, otherwise, his image of "hard work and loyalty" will be ruined.
"Zhang Baotou, why don't you pull the car today?" Lu Chengzhou drove the car on the road, and suddenly saw Zhang Baotou carrying a small cloth bag, walking on the road dejectedly.
"Mr. Lu." Zhang Baotou turned around and saw Lu Chengzhou in the car, and immediately walked over.
During the flood, thanks to Lu Chengzhou lending him the boat, he would not starve during that time.
Otherwise, he would either starve to death or be sent to Manchuria or Japan as a laborer, where he lived a miserable life.
Zhu Biao was lucky, but he was sent to the barracks to build fortifications, and finally escaped.
"What about you, why didn't you pull the cart today?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
If a rickshaw driver like Zhang Baotou doesn't pull a cart for a day, the whole family may starve.
For him, every day when he opens his eyes, he has to pay for the car.
"Buying food." Zhang Baotou raised the bag in his hand and said with a wry smile.
"Did you buy it?" Lu Chengzhou looked at the man's dry bag and asked.
"I queued up for the morning and bought two catties of rice." Zhang Baotou sighed.
Lu Chengzhou doesn't have to worry about food, he naturally can't understand it, and he can't buy food without money.
Zhang Baotou is now, the biggest headache every day is no longer the money of the car, but the food.
In order to buy food, he preferred not to pull a cart.
If there is no food, how can you have the strength to pull the cart?
"Is food now to the point where money can't buy it?" Lu Chengzhou said in surprise.
He only knows that the price of food has risen, but as long as he has money, he can still buy it.
"Limited supply, I heard that I will have to buy it with a coupon in the future." Zhang Baotou said with a sigh.
"It's really not good, you come to my house and get some rice and noodles and go back." Lu Chengzhou said slowly.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu, I can think of a way." Zhang Baotou already owes Lu Chengzhou a lot of favors, if he reaches out to Lu Chengzhou to ask for food again, he will really not be able to repay the favors in the future.
Lu Chengzhou is a traitor, do you really have to follow him all the way to the dark?
"Okay." Lu Chengzhou didn't insist anymore, Zhang Baotou has backbone and is also very patriotic, which is a good thing.
Watching Zhang Baotou go away, Lu Chengzhou was thoughtful.
In the afternoon, when Zhang Baotou was pulling the car, he suddenly heard the news that at Haigu North Railway Station in the evening, there would be two trains carrying flour.
This was a good opportunity, everyone was so hungry that they couldn't stand up, and it was disgusting that the Japanese were carrying a train loaded with flour to the northeast.
The moment Zhang Baotou heard the news, an idea almost immediately flashed in his mind, to carry a bag of flour back.
There are many people who think like Zhang Baotou, he is the leader of the rickshaw drivers in the British Concession, and he also hopes that the hardships of pulling the carts in the concession will not be starved to death.
In such a world, it is very difficult to live.
In the evening, at Haigu North Station, there was a storm of grabbing grain.
Two trains loaded with flour were snatched up by the hungry masses.
The Japanese puppet military police at the station opened fire to suppress it, but they were resolutely returned fire by the military command action group.
Under the leadership of Fang Nansheng, the Japanese puppet military police were suppressed by firepower, and they didn't expect that someone would dare to do anything to them.
Of course, the masses who grabbed grain were not without sacrifices.
According to later statistics, six innocent people were killed.
However, if there is no sniper from the military commanders, I am afraid that more people will die under the guns of the Japanese puppets.
Most importantly, these two trains carrying flour could not be snatched up.
Thousands of tons of flour have been snatched up by the masses, and it is impossible to collect them back.
There was a lot of flour, and that night it went into the stomachs of the hungry masses.
Zhang Baotou had great strength and ran fast, he carried four bags of flour by himself and ran back to the British Concession in one go.
In the evening rush for grain, many rickshaw drivers in the British Concession also participated.
They came back with at least one bag of flour, two or even four bags more.
When there was a grain rush at Haigu North Station, Lu Chengzhou was at No. 57 Wenqi Road and heard the reports of Han Fushan and Wu Wei.
After a day of investigation, the intelligence room found several suspicious people.
"Director, according to the instructions, we focused on investigating the residents who registered at midnight and left early in the morning. The anti-Japanese elements were really cunning and dared to publish a newspaper in a hotel. Last night, the person named Dai Rong, who stayed at the Li Shunli Hotel, was very suspicious. Han Fushan said.
He was a former inspector and was experienced in such tasks.
"Can you find this Dai Rong?" Lu Chengzhou looked at the registration book brought back from the Li Shunli Hotel, which said that Dai Rong's profession was a businessman, and he came to the British Concession to do a medicinal herb business.
He left early in the morning, still with his suitcase. This person has only stayed in the Li Shun Hotel for less than five hours, which is really suspicious. Han Fushan said.
"Director, I've found a suspicious person here, too." Wu Wei also said.
Checked in last night, left early this morning, and carried suitcases and other luggage with him, an adult single man, these characteristics are excluded, and there are not many who are eligible.
"Tonight, we will send people to various hotels and restaurants, and all the guests who stayed in the second half of the night will be brought back for investigation." Lu Chengzhou said viciously.
The authorities of the British and French concessions, under the pressure of Japan step by step, have been exhausted to take care of themselves.
As they compromised, the power of the gendarmerie detachments grew.
"Director, brothers have had a hard day today." Han Fushan smiled.
"Wouldn't it be possible to sleep for a few hours from now on at midnight? We must always share the worries of the imperial army, and the hardships of the present are for the sake of happiness in the future. If the anti-Japanese elements are all eliminated, our good days will come. Lu Chengzhou said with a smile.
Lu Chengzhou assigned the task down, and he went to No. 11 Hongqiang Road, and he had to listen to Fang Nansheng's report on the operation of Haigu North Station at night.
At No. 11 Red Wall Road, Lu Chengzhou also met Lu Jizhi, and tonight, Lu Jizhi specially waited for Lu Chengzhou here.
"The brothers of the action group have worked hard, have we distributed leaflets?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"It's a pity, but unfortunately, a few people still died." Fang Nansheng said regretfully.
"Fighting a war is inevitable for the dead. As long as there are no losses from our brothers, it will be a complete success. Lu Chengzhou glanced at Lu Ji and said.