Across the street from the telegraph office is Fan Jianwen's residence.

After he became the county magistrate, he did not go to the former Lingqiu Administrative Office to work, but in his opinion, the feng shui of the administrative office was not very good, and as soon as the Japanese came, the previous county magistrate could only flee in a hurry with the Jin Suijun. For this reason, he deliberately bought himself a house with good feng shui, which is now this one.

This house is exquisite, in the former Qing Dynasty, the last county master of Lingqiu lived here. Thinking about Fan Jianwen, he also wanted to regard himself as Lingqiu's old parents, and specially came to dip in the feng shui of this big man. It's just that he didn't think that the official master also ended his career in this house.

At this moment, Fan Jianwen was pacing back and forth in his study with a nervous expression. He was dressed in a luxurious ochre satin robe, and he looked more like a rich man than the magistrate of a county, and the fly in the ointment was that there was another very obvious water stain on the chest of his robe, but at the moment he had no time to take care of it. The telegraph office was captured by a group of people with guns, and when he learned the news, Fan Jianwen was holding a beautiful blue and white bowl and sipping tea, and when he heard the news, he was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the tea was also spilled on his chest.

Fan Jianwen's face was full of anxiety, after he became the county magistrate, it was not the first day that anyone wanted his head. But today is different from the past, dozens of people, dozens of fast guns, this kind of strength can be a small warlord in a remote place more than ten years ago!

What's even worse is that the other party has now captured the telegraph office, and the telegraph office is only one street away from him in a straight line! The other party really has the ability to kill him!

"Sir! Master! ”

Just as Fan Jianwen was walking back and forth, a family member walked in with a man in a black military uniform.

"How's it going? Did the gang wipe it out?! ”

Fan Jianwen didn't have time to blame the little guy's yelling, but asked eagerly about the situation, whether his life was more important than unnecessary courtesy.

"County magistrate, the firepower of this gang of thieves is too fierce! Our brothers couldn't rush in at all, and in just a while, more than a dozen people were killed and wounded! ”

The head of the security regiment, Xia Xiang, said with an embarrassed face, he was pulled up by Fan Jianwen, but now he is also the head of the security regiment who is in charge of more than 300 people, so he naturally has to consider the power in his hands, and if there are too many dead and injured people, he will not be able to stand it.

"Thief! Fart thief! I think they're the Eight Roads! How could an average thief come up with dozens of guns! What the hell are you security guards eating?! Let so many people sneak into the county with guns?! ”

Fan Jianwen can be said to be angry now, the gunfire in the back street is very loud, spreading far away, even he can hear it clearly in the study, every time the gunfire goes off, his heart beats violently.

"County magistrate, don't be angry! Let's figure it out! ”

Xia Xiang waved his hands and begged, carefully calming Fan Jianwen's emotions.

"Find a way! When you figure it out, I'm afraid my head will fall off! ”

How much ability Xia Xiang has Fan Jianwen is clear, it's not that he is frightened, it is really uncomfortable to have dozens of guns behind him, when someone hired a killer to assassinate him, the bloody dog head thrown into his room scared him for three days in a row.

"Erwazi, you take my letter to the Japanese military camp, hand it over to Staff Officer Nishio, and ask him to help think of a way. Xia Xiang, the telegraph office told the brothers to be brave, if anyone can kill one, I will reward twenty oceans! ”

In this case, Fan Jian can only use this method of "there must be brave men under heavy rewards", and use the bright ocean to impress the hearts of the security team and let them serve themselves to die. At the same time, I begged the Japanese to solve this problem.

Of course, even if he went to the Japanese for help, Fan Jianwen only dared to let his little housekeeper deliver the letter, and he didn't dare to leave his home now.

"By the way, I'll leave it to your deputy at the telegraph office! Tell them that if they can't get in, they will set fire to it! It's better if the Japanese can lend us the guns! Xia Xiang, you personally led the security team to protect the house, don't let any thieves break in! ”

After all, Fan Jianwen still trusted the security captain he had promoted, and asked him to personally lead the team to protect his home.

"Yes!"

Hearing Fan Jianwen's arrangement, Xia Xiang himself was also relieved, as long as he was not allowed to go to the front line, it would be easy to say, bullets don't have eyes these days, it doesn't matter if you are a regiment commander or a small soldier, it is safer to stay by Fan Jianwen's side after all.

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After Fan Jianwen's little housekeeper Fan Erwa received the letter from her master, she did not go directly to the Japanese military camp, but tidied up the clothes on her body and wore a Japanese flag plaster armband on her sleeve. If you don't show that you are a good citizen with this thing, you will lose your head if you approach the Japanese military camp casually.

Wearing a plaster armband, Fan Erwa poked her head out of the corner door on the side of the house, and her eyes looked around first, and when she saw that there should be no danger, she crossed the high threshold and trotted against the wall.

As soon as the gunfire rang out at the telegraph office, the streets in front and behind the neighborhood fell silent. The pedestrians on the street all ran back to their homes, their doors and windows closed.

To the east of the county seat, it is where the Japanese military camp is located, Fan Erwa ran here and was stopped by the Japanese soldiers standing guard at the gate, if it wasn't for the armbands on his arms, the two Japanese soldiers might have shot him dead at that time.

"Taijun! Don't shoot! Taijun! I'm a messenger! ”

Seeing the two Japanese soldiers raise their guns, Fan Erwa raised her hands in fright and explained loudly, while also shaking her armband, indicating that she was a "good citizen" on their side.

“……”

Seeing Fan Erwa's eager distinction on this face, the two Japanese soldiers probably understood that he had no malicious intent, but they couldn't understand what Fan Erwa was talking about, but they couldn't just put Fan Erwa in it easily, and several people were in a stalemate.

"What are you doing?!"

At that moment, the sound of the door alarmed the officers walking in the barracks. He stepped out and asked.

"Taijun! Taijun! ”

Seeing this officer come out, Fan Erwa shouted with joy at that time. Although he didn't know what position the officer in front of him was, looking at the other party's shiny collar badge, the pistol hanging from his waist, and the wooden military cap on his head, how could he understand that it was a Japanese officer in front of him. He kept in mind Fan Jianwen's instructions, that is, most of the officers of the Japanese army could understand Chinese.

"You, what's the matter?"

Standing on the high steps, the officer looked down at Fan Erwa with an expressionless face.

"Taijun, Taijun, I was sent by County Magistrate Fan Jianwen to deliver a letter, asking to see the chief staff officer of Xiwei."

Seeing that the other party really could speak Chinese, Fan Erwa was a little timid and a little excited to take Fan Jianwen's instructions and pouted with a blud. And showed the other party the letter in his hand.

"That's right, then you can come in with me."

The Japanese lieutenant said without a trace of emotion, and at the same time ordered the soldiers on both sides to search Fan Erwa in Japanese.

After the body search, Fan Erwa followed the Japanese lieutenant into the barracks. More than a month ago, the Japanese army occupied Lingqiu, and after entering the county seat, they chose this place as a military camp. After cleaning up the surrounding environment, the courtyard was opened up and re-divided, and the soldiers' dormitories were built, and a field of six or seven hundred square meters was cleared for training.

Of course, the current barracks are almost empty, in order to exterminate the 424th Regiment, Nishimura can be said to have done his best, bringing out almost all the capable soldiers under his command, and now those who remain in the barracks, except for staff officer Nishio and a few civilian personnel around him, there are only more than 20 real combatants, not even a small team!

Following the Japanese lieutenant, Fan Erwa came to the office of Nishio, and it could be distinguished that this should have been a large family's home in the past, and the carvings on the windows and the eaves and iron horses on the roof could show that his former master was not ordinary, but now it has become a Japanese barracks.

Nishio was looking at the report at this time, and today Nishimura tried his best to send troops to Baiyatai In fact, he didn't agree, because in his opinion, the war in Shanxi has become a foregone conclusion for Japan, and the Eighth Route Army in Lingqiu City is simply a disease of ringworm, so there is no need to rush to pay attention to it, and it is completely possible to wait until Taiyuan is taken and then cook slowly.

But Nishio was also able to understand Nishimura, and his thoughts were considered from the position of a staff officer. In the same way, Nishimura is free to think about it from the perspective of his captain. Although the Eighth Route Army in Lingqiu County is not much of a threat to the overall situation, the fact that the Eighth Route Army is so active in Lingqiu can also show from a certain perspective that it is the captain of the West Village who is not doing well.

In fact, this is indeed the case, because some time ago, the logistics troops passing by Lingqiu were often attacked, and the wing commander had telegraphed Nishimura many times, which made Nishimura's face very unbearable.

Emotionally, Nishio can understand Nishimura, so he didn't hinder Nishimura, but there was always a trace of uneasiness in his heart. It was at this time that the lieutenant walked in with Fan Erwa.

"Lieutenant Ishii, is there anything wrong with you?"

Putting down the report in his hand, Nishio asked calmly.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, this is a messenger sent by Fan Jianwen, and he said that he has something important to report."

"Oh? Is it. ”

Xiwei was stunned for a moment, and then set his eyes on Fan Erwa.

"Counselor Nishio, look ......"

Fan Erwa respectfully handed Fan Jianwen's letter to Xiwei.

"It's ......"

Opening the note and looking at the contents on it, Nishio's heart chuckled.

That hint of uneasiness finally appeared.

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