Chapter 22: The Gold Medal of the Town Clan
It's been seven days since the last devil came, and I guess the next one will be ten days away. These are all introducing the historical changes of the Eight Trenches and the heroic history of the Anti-Japanese War, and after the drunken ears, Yu Shouren's tears fell.
"My ancestor of the Yu family once made a Taoist platform in the Jiaqing period, and although the family fell in the middle of the road, it was still much better than ordinary people after all. This has the credit of my Yu family's diligence and thrift for generations, but it also has the credit of the treasures handed down from the ancestors. During the Jiaqing period, the ancestor who had done the Taoist platform once went to Beijing to see the emperor, and the emperor praised my ancestor for his diligence, and gave him a gold medal engraved with diligence as an official and a thrifty housekeeper. β
"Gold medal? How big? Is it pure gold? Hu Fei asked three questions in a row.
Yu Shouren looked up and was immediately startled by Hu Fei's shining eyes. What does that mean? Why is it said that my family's gold medal is so excited? However, he didn't dare not answer Hu Fei's question, whether he could find the heirloom this time was all up to others, how to offend people?
"The gold medal is just a title, but the texture of the brand is an alloy of copper and lead, only the surface is plated with a layer of gold. However, its value is not comparable to that of a pure gold medal. With the blessing of this royal gold medal, my Yu family can survive nearly two hundred years without decay. Last year, the Anti-Japanese Federation fought a decisive battle with the Japanese in the Eight Trenches, and finally lost the defeat and retreated, but the Japanese invaders ransacked the Eight Trenches. β
"Although our family evacuated in time to avoid casualties, we were in a hurry and lost the all-important Imperial Gold Medal! Winning the gold medal is the treasure of my Yu family, and it is impossible to lose it! In the past few months, I have asked people to inquire in many ways, and finally got the news that the gold medal fell into the hands of Major General General Ayabe Tachibana, deputy chief of the general staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army. β
"Ayabe Tachibana?" Hu Fei frowned and thought about it, but finally gave up. The devil Kwantung Army changes generals too often, and he has never heard of this Ayabe orange tree, who knows where this devil jumped out of it? "You want me to help you get the Zhen Clan gold medal back? That Tachibana Ayabe is the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, do you think I can attack the Kwantung Army headquarters with this little manpower? β
Hu Fei squinted at Yu Shouren with a sneer on his face. Want to calculate me in a few words? Dream your dreams!
"No, no, don't get me wrong, sir!" Yu Shouren shook his hand again and again, "I'm just suing SΓΉ Sir for another crime against the Japanese. The Imperial Gold Medal may be worth a few pennies to the chief, but it is a vital spiritual symbol for my Yu family. If the chief has a chance to see this sign, please return it to the Yu family. Our whole family will be grateful for the great kindness of the chief. But if there is a need, give it to you; But it is useful, go to the soup and go to the fire. β
Hey? A sign can make the first family of this Eight Trenches loyal to the whole clan? And this kind of good thing? Hu Fei looked at Yu Shouren suspiciously, and finally he still believed this person's statement. In these years, no one dares to joke about their ancestors!
Holding a sign from the deputy chief of general staff of the Kwantung Army may be difficult for others, and for Hu Fei, it is just a matter of going out for a lap at night.
In order to show his sincerity, Yu Shouren took Hu Fei to visit the Zhen'anbao beacon tower the next day. A high platform made of rammed earth is square, and there is a bit of firewood, grass and oil for beacon fire. Of course, the oil has long been weathered, but you can still see the demeanor of the beacon tower outside the gate.
Yu Shouren vacated his yard for Hu Fei, and the whole family moved to a relative's house for a while. Of course, this kind of person should be taken care of, Hu Fei made up his mind from the moment he lived in Yu's house to help Yu Baochang regain the royal gold medal. In fact, it was mainly his curiosity, Hu Fei had never seen any royal gold medals.
Since the military headquarters has settled at Lao Yu's house, of course, the troops will also set up camp outside the town. Yu Shouren, the local security chief, was responsible for raising grain and grass for Hu Fei's troops. If the eight trenches are not enough, go to the neighboring villages to buy them, and if the neighboring villages are not enough, they will go to the villages farther away to buy them. In short, Xiong Wei, director of the logistics bureau, directly contacted Yu Shouren on a single line.
Set up barracks, place fortifications around the town. Arrange for troops to conduct defensive drills. After arranging all these pieces to the supervisor and leader, Hu Fei was free. On this day, Hu Fei called Zhang Yayi, Yuan Fang, Huo Qinglong, Wang Hong, Yang Xiaowu, and Cheng Laozhuan, the director of the intelligence department, to a small conference room to hold a secret meeting.
No one knows the contents of the conclave, but after the meeting, the participants disappeared en masse. The person in charge of the First Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army was temporarily represented by Chief of Staff Liu Dong. This kind of thing is not once or twice, and the officers and men have long been accustomed to it. The people who knew at the beginning were a little surprised, and then they should do what to do, and they thought that Hu Fei was on leave to travel.
Half curious, generally for the sake of the future of the troops, Hu Fei and his members of the Einsatzgruppen quietly took a train into Changchun.
Changchun City is the capital of Jilin Province, and in 1942 it was the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army. The deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army lived in Changchun. This old guy is an important figure in the Kwantung Army, and he goes to the Kwantung Army headquarters every day to show up. Hu Fei planned to observe and observe first.
Where does Tachibana Ayabe usually live? How many gunmen did he have, how many attendants did he usually have around him, and what was the route he walked and drove every day?
As soon as he came to Changchun, he first wanted to find a place to live, so Hu Fei found a hotel around the headquarters and booked a room for half a month, so that he would have a place to stay. Inquiring about the specific information of Ayabe Tachibana will depend on Cheng Laozhuan and the elite scouts he brought.
Originally, Hu Fei was supposed to stay in the hotel and wait for news, but as soon as he came back to Changchun for the first time, wouldn't it be in vain if he didn't go out to enjoy the scenery of this famous city outside the city? Besides, there is a Zhang Nuxia who is traveling with him, a woman, of course, what she likes most is to accompany her sweetheart man to go shopping.
When Hu Fei made a request to go shopping, when he saw Zhang Yayi's excited expression, he knew that he had guessed the woman's heart again. Hu Fei went out shopping, of course it couldn't be himself, Yuan Fang, Huo Qinglong and the other masters all went out with him. These people are in groups of twos and twos, separated by more than ten meters from each other, and they can be called at any time when there is a situation, and it is not easy to attract the attention of outsiders when there is nothing to do.
There are many pedestrians on the streets of Changchun. Although it can't reach the kind of shoulder to shoulder in Luoyang, it can definitely be called densely populated. The group was walking, and the two people who passed by on the other side of the road attracted Hu Fei's attention. Each of them carried a long bag on their shoulders, which looked like rifles. Who is so bold as to openly carry a gun on the street?