Chapter 50 Dispatch the Snake and Scorpion Out

Lin'an County. With the continuous expansion of the county seat and the increase in population year by year, the scale and area of the county town have gradually been extended, and the four city gates in the southeast and northwest of the county have formed a Guanxiang block, with roads, alleys and alleys all over them, intersecting vertically and horizontally, and shops are lined up; Houses gathered, and the people were crowded; Five elements and eight works, everything; Three religions and nine streams, mixed in it. It is like a city outside the city surrounded on all sides. The scale, type of goods, and quality level of all the shops in the Guanxiang neighborhood are smaller, fewer, and lower than those of similar stores in the city. The vast majority of the people in the Guanxiang neighborhood are poor toilers who rely on selling their physical strength to support their families.

Accompanied by Captain Shaozo Valley, Takagi Hiroshi, Qian Wanlin, Sun Zudong, Captain of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and Song Huaili, a translator, Nakagawa Eiichi inspected the military defense inside and outside the west gate of the county seat. He made detailed inquiries about the distribution and deployment of troops, the allocation of weapons and ammunition, the coordinated support of troops inside and outside the city in wartime, the formation and deployment of mobile units and reserves, combat readiness training in peacetime, and the stockpiling of food, ammunition, and medicine, and then issued orders for amendments or supplements. After the inspection, Nakagawa Eiichi climbed the West Gate Tower for the first time surrounded by everyone. Standing in the middle of the tower, he first looked down at the complicated livelihood scene in the Guanxiang neighborhood, and then looked up at the outline of the fields, villages, rivers and lakes, and mountains in the west of the city, and suddenly felt worried. With a straight face, he said majestically to his subordinates in Chinese:

"You must always keep in mind that the west of the city is the main area of activity of the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas, so it is the top priority of our army to defend Lin'an County, and we must not only guard against large-scale siege campaigns that may be launched by the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas at any time, but also guard against infiltration, surprise attacks, and sneak attacks by small forces. The city must strictly investigate and guard against the agents of the Communist Eighth Route Army and the Kuomintang military command, as well as their intelligence stations and communication stations, and once discovered, they must be immediately arrested, killed, and completely eradicated. Strictly control the storage, use, and sale of Western medicines in the entire area of Lin'an County, strictly control the open and private trade of all kinds of grain and salt, and strictly investigate and control the black market trade. Summer grain must be collected as soon as possible, and every village and household must not miss it, and not a single grain of grain can be missing. Have you all remembered?! ”

Everyone said that they would strictly follow the order.

"Captain Zhongchuan, when will the torture of the imprisoned Eighth Route Army and ** elements begin? It can't be delayed any longer. Kawatani asked in Japanese.

"Hegu-kun, do you think torture can make these people talk? Can you have a catch? ”

"Under the heavy punishment, there will be gains. If they don't say anything, they will kill them all! ”

"Kill them all? Can killing people conquer China? Can it conquer people's hearts? Hegu-kun, even through torture, the confessions that are forced to be interrogated are outdated and even false, and such confessions are useless to us. Therefore, we not only cannot use torture to arrest ordinary civilians, but also issue 100 yuan bills to each person for release. It shows the benevolence of the Japanese Empire and the Imperial Army, and shows the spirit of friendship and goodwill between Japan and China. In addition, I want to use the detained Eighth Route Army and ** elements to complete my special mission. Hegu-kun, don't ask about this matter in the future, I have my own clever plan. Hetani-kun, do you have any officials around you who can speak Chinese well and write Chinese well? Soldiers can too. ”

"Yes. Hirotoshi Takagi, an operational staff officer, is the best in our department in both respects. Captain Nakagawa, why do you ask? ”

"I have just arrived in Lin'an County, and I have not yet understood the situation in detail and in detail. So, now I am in great need of an assistant who is fully familiar with the situation in the whole of Lin'an County. Bring Hirotoshi Takagi over to help me with my work. ”

"This? Hi! Although River Valley has always disliked Takagi Hirochi and thinks this person is weird, he can't tell how strange it is, he has long wanted to transfer Takagi Hirotoshi away. However, Eiichi Nakagawa proposed to mobilize his people at this time, which made him very dissatisfied, but he couldn't refuse. Hegu thought about it, and finally agreed helplessly and obediently.

Eiichi Nakagawa ended his Japanese conversation with Kawadani. He looked down at the neatly crisscrossed streets, alleys, and alleys of the Guanxiang block below the city tower, the shops next to each other, and the crowds coming and going, and looked up at the vast fertile fields in the west of the city in the sun, the Tongyu River and the towering Taihang Mountains flowing slowly to the south like a colorful practice in the sun, and a pool of flat water like a mirror in the northwest of Yueming Lake, sighed softly with feeling, and turned his head to ask Qian Wanlin, who was standing beside him:

"Captain Qian, do you have any thoughts when you see the streets and alleys and crowds in front of you, the fields and villages in the distance, and the mountains and rivers?"

Qian Wanlin turned to look at Zhongchuan Rong nodded, and said with a flattering smile:

"Yes, yes." Qian Wanlin raised his hand and pointed to the crowd under the city, then pointed to the direction of the west and said, "Taijun, look at it, this is the poor mountains and bad waters." ”

Eiichi Nakagawa shook his head negatively, and immediately retorted, "No, no, no." Captain Qian, what you said is completely wrong. ”

Qian Wanlin asked with trepidation: "Oh? Taijun, am I not right? That? So what should it be? Please give me advice. Please make it clear. ”

"Ugh." Nakagawa Eiichi sighed heartily and said admiringly:

"The scenery in front of me should be said to be a vast land, and the mountains and rivers are magnificent."