Nakamura hurriedly reported the matter to Kurata, and when Kurata heard this, his face turned pale, and he roared at Nakamura: "Eight grids, our Imperial Japanese Army will suffer such heavy losses, and we will conduct on-site investigation immediately." ”

So, Kurata personally led a squadron, together with Nakamura, led by Matsumoto and Tanaka, and marched in the direction of the Shenzhen River, and on a trail near Umebayashi Pass, they found eleven Japanese corpses, including Miki Taro, the squad leader of the water patrol.

Kurata carefully observed the surrounding environment, as well as the bullet holes and angles of incidence on the soldiers who were shot, and found that the bullets on these people were both flat and low-range, indicating that the gunmen were shooting from the trees, behind the trees, and behind the haystacks. In this way, the number of gunmen involved in the shooting at that time should have been seven or eight.

Kurata picked up the bullet casings scattered on the ground and found that the bullets were from two different pistols, the Browning pistol and the M712 Mauser pistol.

"Nakamura-kun, judging from the number of people, there were at least seven or eight murderers at that time, you see, this 7.82 mm bullet should be from the Mauser pistol, and this smaller caliber bullet should be from the Browning pistol, at present, most of the communist guerrillas use Mauser pistols, they are called barge guns, and Browning pistols are more popular among the officers of the national army, strange, how can these two groups of people be together? However, it is also possible that the communist partisans could have obtained this Browning pistol from the seized weapons. ”

"Kurata-kun, as far as I know, there is a Baishilong village near here, which is said to be the base of the guerrillas, and they are rampant in this area, maybe this ambush was done by them." When Nakamura heard Kurata say that the bullets might have been fired from a guerrilla Mauser gun, he remembered that the nearby village of Shiraishiryu was a guerrilla base.

"The guerrillas of Baishilong Village? Why would they come in the middle of the night to ambush a water patrol? Kurata's eyes were full of suspicion.

"Maybe they're a reaction to our recent crackdowns in Hong Kong?" Nakamura guessed.

"Not really." Kurata shook his head: "They are located on the north side of the Shenzhen River, which belongs to the boundary of Guangdong, and they reacted so strongly to our actions in Hong Kong? What's more, we are looking for Chongqing elements, why should those dirt roads jump out and wade into this troubled water? ”

Nakamura was asked by Kurata and couldn't answer it, he felt that Kurata analyzed it quite reasonably, why did the guerrillas in Baishilong Village go to war for a few Chongqing elements and focus the Japanese army's firepower and attention on themselves?

"Then Kurata-kun, who do you think did this?"

"I suspect it was those Chongqing elements who did it." Kurata targeted the Chongqing elements who had escaped with Kotaro.

"Are they already here?" Nakamura looked at Kurata in surprise: "Didn't you say that they were hiding on Hong Kong Island?" ”

In the past few days, Nakamura and Kawasaki have been conducting a carpet search on the second line of land and water, but to no avail, and then adopted a strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, hoping to make those hidden Chongqing elements ready to move, revealing clues, but it is also fruitless, but I did not expect that today Kurata actually thinks that these people have escaped from their control, crossed the Shenzhen River, and reached the territory of Guangdong.

"I'm going to ask Kawasaki, and he said that he didn't see any trace of this group in Tai Mo Shan, but how can this be explained? I estimate that these Chongqing elements crossed the sea from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, then passed through Lung Wan Village, along Castle Peak Road, arrived at Tsuen Wan, crossed Tai Mo Shan, entered Lok Ma Chau, and then crossed the Shenzhen River. Kurata insisted that the ambush was carried out by those Chongqing elements.

"But, Kurata-kun, judging from the current signs, there must be more than one group of people ambushing Miki's team, didn't you say that the murderers were about seven or eight people, and those Chongqing elements were only four or five people? And you say that these bullets were fired from two pistols? That means that at least two groups of people worked together to exterminate Miki's team. ”

"Could it be that these Chongqing elements collaborated with the local guerrillas? Or did the local guerrillas come to meet these Chongqing elements? Kurata pondered for a moment and nodded: "There is such a possibility, although they belong to different parties, but after all, they are both Chinese, and it is entirely possible to unite and deal with us together." ”

"So what do we do now? Continue the pursuit? Or send troops to completely exterminate the guerrillas in Baishilong Village? Nakamura looked at Kurata and waited for his decision.

"Nakamura-kun, you are really an honest man, let us send troops to exterminate the guerrillas in Baishilong Village? So how many troops do we need to invest? How big will it be? Have you counted? Although the guerrillas here have poor weapons and lack of materials, don't forget that this is their old nest, and China's art of war attaches great importance to the right time, place, and people. Kurata sighed and continued, "Nakamura-kun, you forgot, where is this?" This is the boundary of Bao'an, which is under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong garrison, what does it have to do with our Hong Kong garrison? The military task of exterminating the guerrillas in Baishilong Village will be left to the military in Guangdong, and all we have to do is arrest those few Chongqing elements. ”

"So we're going to leave this matter at that?" Nakamura looked at Kurata suspiciously.

"Stop? Miki-kun's blood will not be shed in vain, those Chongqing elements will be brought to justice by us sooner or later, and we will use their heads to honor Miki-kun and these soldiers. Kurata clenched his teeth, his temples throbbing, and a vicious look shot out of his eyes.

"Nakamura-kun, transport the remains of Miki-kun and others back to the garrison headquarters and bury them well."

After Kurata finished speaking, he looked at the corpses under his feet, sighed deeply, took off his hat and paid a silent tribute to these soldiers, and Nakamura and other soldiers also lined up to mourn the eleven fallen soldiers.

After returning to the garrison headquarters, Kurata called Kawasaki to his office.

"Nakasa, what are you looking for me?" Kawasaki walked up to Kurata and asked.

Kurata looked at Kawasaki, his eyes were shining, and then he raised his hand and gave Kawasaki a slap: "Bage, I asked you to go to Tai Mo Shan to track down those Chongqing elements, and you came back to report that you didn't see any trace of them, but last night, these Chongqing elements had appeared near Meilin Pass on the other side of the Shenzhen River, and ambushed the Miki team, resulting in the unfortunate death of our eleven warriors of the Great Japanese Empire." How do you explain that? ”

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