At about the same moment, the river gunboat Seta, of the Japanese side fleet, intercepted a three-masted galleon on the Yangtze River near Nantong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This sailing ship honestly stopped for inspection in accordance with the orders of the "Sedo".

Seta is the smallest warship in the Japanese Navy, with a standard displacement of only 338 tons. At first glance, a layman would think that this is an old-fashioned river liner. But in fact, it is equipped with two 76mm rapid-fire guns and six 12.7mm twin-mounted heavy machine guns with powerful firepower, and it is an out-and-out overlord in the Yangtze River.

The captain of the "Powerful Force" Rokuwa Makoto Shaozo had already observed the sailing ship in the telescope for a long time. This is one of the most common sailing boats in the Yangtze River, the classic "sand boat" type, suitable for sailing in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and offshore waters. The draft of the ship is small, and it seems that it does not carry much cargo. While he ordered the machine gunners to be on guard, he asked the helmsman to bring the "Stato" up.

The two ships were stationary, the sailors on the opposite side threw the cables, the sailors of the "Seta" tied the cables, and then a gangplank was set up on the sailing ship -- the freeboard of the Japanese river gunboats was very low, usually close to the water, but the freeboard of the Chinese sand boats was much higher, and without a springboard, the Japanese could only climb onto the sand boats.

The boarding inspection team on board the "Seta" is ready. Second Lieutenant Toyoda, a gunsner, led five sailors and a translator to the Chinese sailing ship via a gangplank, where he took control of the helm and deck. They have done a lot of this, and they have to inspect more than a dozen of these sailing ships every day, and most of the Chinese sailing ships are also very cooperative, after all, sailing ships cannot outrun gunboats.

"Where's the boat boss? Come out, the Imperial Army wants to check! The translator was a Chinese, and he said as if he were memorizing a textbook. He says this more than a dozen times a day.

A middle-aged man came out of the cabin, chubby, with a round face, wearing a silk cotton robe, and his temperament was much stronger than that of ordinary small bosses, with a kind of awe-inspiring and inviolable style. He didn't even look at the interpreter, and walked directly to the second lieutenant of Toyota and talked to him: "Hash buy Mahi, Dao Mao will fish for Xiku." "-Please take care of us when we meet for the first time.

Ensign Toyoda was taken aback, he really didn't expect that there would be such a person who spoke fluent Japanese on such a small sailboat, and it was still an authentic Kansai pronunciation!

Toyota stutters when he is surprised: "You ...... You...... Who are you? ”

The man stepped forward and whispered, "I'm Tsutsui Ryuo of the Mei Agency, and I'm on the orders of the head of the Qingqi Keiyin Agency to go over there to carry out a mission. No, I just got back from 'over there'. With that, he showed off his special pass and handed it to Toyota.

Ume Organ and Shogun Haruki Daimyo Toyoda Vice Takeshi had heard of it. The Japanese Navy's own secret service provided intelligence support for the Shina Dispatch Fleet, but for the sake of command convenience, the headquarters stipulated that the Ume agency was responsible for intelligence activities in central China. At present, the Mei organ also serves as the military advisory department of the Wang puppet government, which is in full swing.

Toyota flipped through the special pass—it was actually a piece of cardboard stamped with the stamp of the plum machine, on which was written the name and rank of the spy. The middle-aged fat man named Tatsuo Doi in front of him was actually the lieutenant assistant officer of the Mei Agency—the rank was higher than that of the captain of the "Shita"! Second Lieutenant Toyoda hurriedly stood upright, saluted, and respectfully returned the special pass to the other party.

"Do you still want to check?" The middle-aged fat man asked.

"No, no...... Please. Ensign Toyoda hurriedly shook his hand and returned to the "Seta" with his men in fear. The two ships untied the cables, and the "Seto" sounded a long whistle and turned the rudder to sail upstream. From the captain of the ship, the six rounds of the real bow below the standing slope (a naval etiquette) to pay homage to the sailing ship. Tsutsui Ryao on the sailboat also raised his hand in reply.

Gradually, the "Shito" disappeared into the rain and fog at the end of the water antenna, and was out of sight.

"Doi Nakasa" smiled and said to the boat boss who came from the rear rudder: "Lao Zhang, this special pass is still very useful, right?" ”

"That's it, Lao Dong." Lao Zhang raised his hand to wipe the sweat beads on his face: "But it still scared me." Then, he scratched his head: "The craftsmanship of our document department is getting better and better, and even the special pass of the Mei agency is also vivid. ”

……

"Hand over Wu Sibao to the gendarmerie?" Facing General Qingqi's smiling request, Li Shiqun almost shouted, "How is that possible?" We don't know where he is! He's not the man of Seventy-Six anymore. He came up with the same trick against Yingzhen Dazuo again, and then shook his head like a rattle: "You better ask another master, I can't do anything about it." ”

General Qingqi was not anxious at all: "You really can't do anything?" ”

"Yes!" Li Shiqun nodded resolutely.

"Then forget it." General Qingqi's words were filled with regret that could not be concealed.

Li Shiqun didn't expect this difficult master to let himself be sent away so easily, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

Qingqi stood up and sighed in a low voice, as if talking to himself: "Good words are hard to persuade damn ghosts, Shiqun, take care." He made a gesture and walked out the door.

Li Shiqun heard what he said, and it seemed that he was about to suffer, so he hurriedly grabbed him: "Brother go slowly, how can you say this?" ”

General Qingqi turned around slowly, and said unhurriedly, "The gendarmerie must be an old acquaintance with you, right?" Just now, he came to me to complain, saying that he had learned that you, Wu Sibao, Zhang Guozheng, and a group of people had colluded to rob the vault of Zhengjin Bank. Now that the incident has happened, you are still trying to shield Wu Sibao and want to help him get through the tricks......"

Li Shiqun hurriedly confessed: "There is no thing, there is no thing!" It's his bloody mouth! "Ever since the robbery of the Zhengjin Bank vault was proven to be related to Seventy-Six, he has been worried about such rumors. It's good now, even the head of the Japanese gendarmerie is saying this, he can't wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River!

"General, you have to call the shots for me!" Li Shiqun said with a sad face.

Qingqi sighed again: "Originally, I didn't believe it. However, when I came to see you today, I found that you were indeed shielding Wu Sibao and did not cooperate with the work of the gendarmerie at all. How do you make me believe you? And how can I speak for you? ”

Li Shiqun was stupid. Although he is the Minister of Police, the Director of the Secret Service Headquarters, and the Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government of the Wang puppet government, he knows very well that his real master is the Japanese!

It's a lot of pressure on him. Because although the gold robbery case has nothing to do with him, it is a case committed by Wu Sibao and Zhang Guozheng after all. And Wu Sibao and his gang introduced No. 76 by themselves, and they have always been brothers and sisters with Wu Sibao. At present, the order of the Nationalist Government to arrest Wu Sibao is already known to the whole world, and if Wu Sibao is not brought to justice, in terms of his relationship with Wu, he will definitely be regarded as a suspect by the Japanese!

Among the powerful Japanese, the gendarmerie Kagezhen has been at odds with him for a long time, and is wishing that he would have an accident sooner rather than later, so that he could get rid of him. Now the only one who can speak for himself is the Qingqi general in front of him. If he even abandoned himself and ignored Qingqi, his good days for Li Shiqun would be coming to an end.

Li Shiqun thought about all the stakes, and immediately decided to abandon Wu Sibao and save himself. Anyway, he originally had the intention of getting rid of Wu Sibao and borrowing a knife to kill people, and throwing Wu Sibao away this time can be regarded as a smooth push. Thinking about it, he immediately put on a pitiful face: "General Qingqi, we have known each other for so long, you know me, I am loyal to the Japanese Empire!" ”