It is not unreasonable for Xiao Lang to be afraid. The Japanese carried out a reign of terror in Nantai, the gendarmerie often arrested people, the wolf dogs barked wildly in the middle of the night, the sound of torture of prisoners was terrifying, and the detective team composed of traitors acted for the tiger, chasing the wind and shadows, arresting people and receiving rewards, many innocent people were killed by them, if it were not for the support of Major General Tian Lu, I am afraid that he would have been arrested long ago.

But Chen Zikun is not afraid at all, and the wind is light.

Secretary Xiao Wang couldn't stop the people of the detective team at all, and a group of big men walked in, with a black top hat, black sunglasses, a black robe tied with a cowhide strap, and a barge gun hanging.

"This gentleman, I heard that you are a special high school in the provincial city, can I borrow your certificate and take a look?" The detective captain led by Pi stared at Chen Zikun on the sofa with a smile.

Xiao Lang was nervous and was about to sweat, although he knew that Chen Zikun's marksmanship was very good, but this was not a battlefield after all, and the gunshots were all together, and the gendarmerie was dispatched, and it was difficult to fly with wings.

Chen Zikun looked the detective captain up and down, this guy was probably a ruffian hooligan before, in short, he had never seen this character, so he hurriedly lit a cigarette and said: "Before letting others show their documents, do you show your identity first?" ”

The detective captain sneered: "I am Hong Tianba, the detective captain under the command of the Beitai Gendarmerie, this is my ID, you can see it clearly." He said and showed his own pie.

Chen Zikun didn't look at him and said, "Xiao Zhao, you check it." ”

Zhao Ziming snatched Hong Tianba's documents, glared at him viciously, looked at him twice, and said, "Well, it's called Hong Tianba, the detective captain." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Xiao Zhao, show our documents to him what he knows." ”

Zhao Ziming took out the special pass issued by the provincial military police headquarters and showed it arrogantly.

Hong Tian said domineeringly: "I'm sorry, can you let my brother take a closer look?" ”

Zhao Ziming said: "No. ”

"Boy, talk to Hong Ye politely!" One of the agents shouted.

Zhao Ziming turned his head and glared at him: "You say one more thing." ”

The spy was startled by his sharp eyes, but he was usually used to being rampant, and the people in the detective team were afraid of whom, so he suddenly became tough: "You fucking don't pretend to be garlic, you are a spy from Chongqing!" ”

Xiao Lang was almost frightened, and hurriedly covered it up: "Captain Hong, misunderstanding, they are my friends." ”

Hong Tianba looked at Chen Zikun coldly, he had long suspected that Xiao Lang had a connection with the anti-Japanese elements, and this time he finally caught the current one.

Suddenly, Chen Zikun laughed and said, "Mayor Xiao, borrow your phone and use it." After that, he picked up the phone and said, "Pick me up from Captain Ono of the gendarmerie." ”

Soon the phone was connected, Chen Zikun was extremely proficient in Japanese and talked and laughed with the other party, and handed the phone to Hong Tianba when he was finished: "Ono is looking for you to talk." ”

Hong Tianba answered the phone suspiciously: "Moxi Moxi? ”

Captain Ono's familiar voice came from the earpiece, and he scolded him bitterly, telling him not to affect the work of the special high school personnel from Shanghai, and to get back quickly.

Hong Tianba's fat face was blue and white for a while, beads of sweat rolled down, and he finally understood that this time he had swinged the oolong and kicked the iron plate.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you're busy, see you later." Hong Tianba bowed again and again, and went out backwards.

When the spies left, Xiao Lang wiped a cold sweat and said, "It's really hanging, but it scared me to death, what method did you use to hide from the world?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I don't have the ability to hide from the world, all the documents are real, even if the gendarmerie makes a long-distance call to Nanjing to ask, it will not be revealed, because the identity is indeed true." ”

Xiao Lang knew that it was a confidential matter, so he didn't ask anymore and said, "Don't talk here, go to my house." ”

The defense of Beitai burned down a large number of houses, and the population loss was also very large, and the current residences were all improvised, Xiao Lang's home is a two-story building with a yard, and in the study he gave Chen Zikun a detailed description of the current situation.

Now Jiangbei is already an enemy-occupied area, the Tianlu detachment, which was originally responsible for encircling and suppressing the Chinese army, was reorganized into an independent mixed brigade, responsible for the security of 100,000 square kilometers of Jiangbei and the safety of the railway line, the brigade belongs to the B type of garrison force, there is no wing establishment below, under the jurisdiction of five infantry brigades, artillery teams, engineering teams, communication teams, etc., the total strength of 5,000 people, basically all light infantry, firepower is very poor, mobility is not strong, the troops are stationed in various places, the North Thai defenders only have one brigade.

"Has Wang Sanliu been promoted?" Chan asked.

"Earlier, I heard that he wanted to be the commander of the security army in the provincial capital, but then the matter was messed up, he is not a native of his hometown, and he can't fight Sun Kaiqin, Zhang Pengcheng and others. Why, you know him well? ”

"Just a casual question." Chen Zikun didn't want to expose Wang Sanliu's line, although he also believed Xiao Lang, but after all, the more people who knew about it, the more danger it was.

Xiao Lang thought for a while and said: "You mentioned Wang Sanliu, I think of one thing, if you want to engage in arms, you might as well start with the Imperial Army, it is said that a batch of arms has been transported from the provincial capital in the past few days, by railway, and the security near Beitai is good, so there will not be too many soldiers escorting the car, but the train schedule is only known to the gendarmerie." ”

Chen Zikun smiled and said: "I wrote it down, Lao Xiao, you don't seem to be very happy to be the mayor, it's better to follow me into the mountains to resist Japan, we need intellectuals like you." ”

Xiao Lang said: "I promised to go to Tian Lu Chaoyi, but I am not the mayor for the Japanese, but for the people." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I have heard for a long time, if it weren't for you, many innocent people would die tragically under the butcher's knife, instead of finding a traitor who is a tiger to be the mayor, it is better to let a righteous person who loves the people like a son to be, but it is not good to be pointed at the backbone, this year, I really wronged you." ”

Xiao Lang smiled indifferently: "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want." ”

As he was talking, there was a roar of motors outside, Zhao Ziming lifted the curtain and looked, only to see two motorcycles and a black car parked at the door of Xiao Mansion, and two Japanese officers got out of the car, commanding knives, riding boots, and white armbands on their arms, with two words written on them: Gendarme.

"Uncle, the gendarmes are here." Zhao Ziming said in a low voice and broke the dog's head of the box cannon on his waist.

Chen Zikun stood up and glanced out the window, his brows did not wrinkle, if the gendarmes came to arrest people, they would definitely pull a truckload of soldiers over, how could they drive a car, he continued to sit with a golden sword, and after a while, the servant tremblingly came to report that Captain Ono of the gendarmerie had come to visit.

"Ask him to come in." Xiao Lang saw that Chen Zikun was so calm, and he was also relieved.

There was a knock on the stairs, Ono saluted first when he entered the door, then took off his hat and saber, sat down respectfully, and talked with Chen Zikun, the two talked in Japanese, and from time to time there was a hearty laugh, Chen Zikun took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, Ono immediately took out a lighter and stretched it out, and diligently helped him light it, and everyone on the side looked stupid.

After chatting for a while, Ono retired, Chen Zikun just got up slightly, sent Shuangxi to send him out, and said to Xiao Lang: "Captain Ono wants to transfer me to Shanghai, he asked me to watch a play and eat at night, let's go together." ”

Xiao Lang smiled bitterly: "I can't stand it in my heart, so let's go." ”

In the evening, Chen Zikun happily went to the appointment, ate first, and then went to the Beitai Grand Theater to listen to the play, Captain Ono changed his suit to accompany him throughout the whole process, and Hong Tianba led the detective team to protect him.

When listening to the play, Chen Zikun and Captain Ono whispered: "I came this time, to open up a tobacco field in Jiangbei, you know, the production area of Rehe soil is in the jurisdiction of the Manchurian and Mongolian governments, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Kwantung Army, and it is not very good, so the imperial organs should open up their own planting areas, Jiangbei once planted opium, and the soil here is very suitable. ”

Hearing Takeo Imai's name, Captain Ono was in awe: "Ah, are Chen Sang and Imai Osa very familiar?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "After working together for a while, he has been busy with peace with Chongqing recently, and his hair has turned a lot grayer, and I often persuade him: Imai-kun don't work so hard, guess what he said?" ”

Captain Ono said, "What do you say?" ”

"Imai-kun said, work is my life, and if you don't let me work, it will cost me my life, hey, I really can't do anything about the staff officers of this base camp, hahaha."

Captain Ono also laughed with him, Hong Tianba and the others couldn't understand what they said, but Taijun laughed, and they naturally had to laugh along, and for a while, the audience laughed everywhere, and the actors on the stage didn't know what was going on, and they thought they were singing out of tune.

After listening to the play, Captain Ono invited Chen Zikun to visit the gendarmerie and guide the work, Chen Zikun happily went, visited the water dungeon and torture room, praised Ono's work, and when he sat in the office, Chen Zikun noticed that there was a list of railway transport troops on the table, and glanced at it very casually, but inadvertently saw something outside the wall.

It was an 88 mm caliber German-made anti-aircraft gun, the hero of the defense of North Thailand, but at this time it was incomplete, the bolt was gone, the aiming mechanism was gone, and it withstood the wind and rain like an indomitable fighter, and the German gun steel was of excellent quality, and there was no rust on the barrel.

"It's loot, it's been there for a year." Captain Ono proudly explained that he had not actually participated in the Battle of Hokkutai.

"It's a pity to be here, it's better to load it up and transport it to Shanghai, and put it at the door of the Broadway Building, I think Dazuo must be very happy." Chan said.

Captain Ono didn't care about this pile of scrap copper and rotten iron, and said: "Since Chen Sang likes it, then arrange someone to pull people, and I will arrange the wagon." ”

"Thank you then." Chen Zikun nodded slightly.

……

Before the 88 guns were loaded and shipped away, Chen Zikun left Beitai, after all, this is an enemy-occupied area, the more familiar he is with the enemy, the greater the possibility of exposure, although he changed his accent in disguise, but after all, he is the founder of Beitai, and there are too many people who know him.

When leaving, Captain Ono personally saw him off, Wang Sanliu heard the rumors that there was a big spy leader in Shanghai, so he found a reason to run to the train station to see the excitement, it didn't matter when he saw it, he was startled, that person's height and posture were too similar to Chen Zikun, but after careful inspection, the gap between face and temperament is quite large, and he should not be a person.

After Chen Zikun left, the waste guns were loaded onto the train and transported to the provincial capital, where they were transferred to a cargo ship and transported to Shanghai, but unfortunately the cargo ship sank in distress and the cargo also sank into the Huai River.

Two days later, the 88-millimeter cannon appeared in the bitter well in Nantai County, and a group of people gathered around to watch the excitement, and some people sighed: "It's a pity that it's scrapped, otherwise how good it would be to use it to fight the little devils, the county town artillery tower can be overturned at once." ”

Another person said: "I heard that there is a military factory on the Eighth Road, so it is better to ask their technicians to come and help and see if it can be repaired." ”

Chen Zikun sent a correspondent to deliver a letter to the Daqingshan detachment, Wu Changqing received the letter with the military factory technology master Lao Zhang quickly came to the bitter water well, Lao Zhang saw this cannon, just like the Buddha saw the real body of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the whole person was stupid, pounced on it and touched it, tears fell down, and murmured: "When can we make such a good cannon." ”

Chen Shou asked: "Do you think this missing cannon bolt can be replaced?" ”

Lao Zhang said categorically: "With our technology and equipment, we can't do it at all, and we can't find suitable raw materials." ”

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, the cannon that took a lot of trouble to get can only be used as an ornament, it's a pity, it's a pity.

Lao Zhang said again: "It's better to do this, let's pull this cannon back and study it slowly, maybe we can get the right steel and machine tools to imitate the replacement cannon latch." ”

In fact, his heart was pounding like a drum at the moment, for fear of being seen in his mind, the cannon shell in the warehouse of the military factory was matched with this cannon, and it was not impossible to make a disposable cannon latch with all his might, and if this giant cannon could be used, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army would be like a tiger.