Jun Watanabe stood at the bow of the boat, smoking a cigar in comfort.

It was still very cold in Jiangnan in February, and the river breeze was blowing on his face, as if he was scraping with a knife, and after a long time, Watanabe Jun felt his face stiffen, but he did not return to the cabin.

Watanabe Jun likes this feeling very much, although cold is colder, it can make his thinking extremely clear, and in such a situation, it is possible to figure out some questions that he usually can't think through.

In the first month of this year, the Wang puppet government formally established the Central Reserve Bank, and then set up its first branch in Shanghai, followed by branches in Wuhan, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Hefei and other places.

The Central Reserve Bank is nominally controlled by Wang's puppet government, and the presidents of its head office and even its branches are all sent by Wang's puppet government, but the real control is actually in the hands of the Japanese.

This is because the Japanese Government has set up advisory groups for the head office of the Central Reserve Bank and even for various branches, such as the head office and the Shanghai branch, and there are as many as 40 or 50 Japanese advisers in the advisory group

The power of the advisory group is also very large, and the appointment and dismissal of all section chiefs and above in the head office and even the branch must be approved by the advisory group, and the large amount of loans exceeding a certain amount must be collectively signed by the advisory group.

Jun Watanabe, on the other hand, is the chief adviser of the advisory group of the Wuhan branch that is about to be established, and it is no exaggeration to say that Jun Watanabe is more like the president of the Wuhan branch appointed by the Wang puppet government.

However, as a top student who came from a financial family and received a systematic finance education in Germany, Watanabe's ambitions did not stop there, and his ultimate goal was to control the financial sector of Japan as a whole

It didn't take long for the sky to get dark, and Watanabe's assistant came out of the cabin and persuaded Watanabe Jun to go back to the cabin to eat, but Watanabe Jun refused again, and he still had some questions that he hadn't thought through, so he wanted to sort out his thoughts again.

The days in early spring are not long, and it soon gets completely dark.

At this time, the gunboat happened to sail into a river bay, and on the left side of the river bay was a large delta, from which two small rivers flowed into the Yangtze River, and the middle was covered with yellow reeds.

A naval officer came up to Jun Watanabe and said, "Mr. Watanabe, there are often guerrilla activities here, so for your safety, please go back to the cabin." ”

Watanabe Jun was not a militarist, he cherished his life so much that when he heard that there were guerrilla activities nearby, he no longer dared to stay in the bow of the gunboat, turned around and went to the cabin.

It's just that the moment he turned around, Jun Watanabe's eyes seemed to see some light flashing in the reeds in front of him, but when he looked closely, he didn't see anything.

Jun Watanabe thought he was dazzled, so he didn't care, and followed his assistant and bent down into the cabin.

Of course, Watanabe Jun did not look away, what he had just accidentally seen was the signal light sent by the guerrillas using a flashlight to contact the 5th Brigade, because it only flashed three times, and the position was hidden, so it did not attract the attention of the Japanese naval officers and men on the gunboat.

In a short time, the guerrillas received more than 20 elite members of the 5th Brigade from the Yangtze River, and then more than 20 guerrillas worked hard, and six or seven small sampans galloped towards the center of the river like arrows.

The 5th Brigade was very particular about the location and time it chose.

The six or seven small sampans are hidden in the upper reaches of the delta for five miles, where the river narrows sharply, the current is rapid, and the sampans go down the river, and it only takes a few minutes to meet the Japanese gunboats that are going upstream.

Now it's dinner time again, most of the Japanese soldiers on the gunboat are eating dinner in the cabin, and the sentries who stay at the sentry post are also absent-minded, and more importantly, in order to save electricity, the searchlights on the gunboat will not be turned on so early.

If the operation went well, the 5th Brigade and the guerrillas who cooperated with it would be able to continue down the river and enter the delta crisscrossing the river before reinforcements from the Japanese Navy arrived.

The whole operation seems to be very simple, but in fact, it has been repeatedly discussed by Gao Shenxing, Li Mu, Zhou Mantian, Little Sparrow and other guerrillas, and all the factors that can be taken into account have been taken into account.

The river was so dark that it was impossible to see anything from a distance of more than ten meters, but the Japanese gunboats, which were shining through the cabins, were like lighthouses, guiding the sampans of the guerrillas to move forward accurately.

In less than a few minutes, six or seven small sampans had already joined the little Japanese gunboat in the middle of the river, and in an instant, six or seven ziplines had flown out of each sampan, and after a clanging sound, they firmly hooked the side of the little Japanese gunboat.

The Japanese sentry hidden in the shadows heard the strange noise, and then soon saw six or seven small sampans that had hooked the gunboat, and without any hesitation, the Japanese soldiers standing guard pulled the board machine.

However, due to the darkness, the Japanese soldiers did not hit the target.

When the Japanese soldier pulled the bolt and loaded it, and was about to continue to fire the second shot, he had no chance, and the sound of the gunfire just now and the flames that erupted from the muzzle of the gun had already revealed the location where he was hiding.

Li Mu raised his hand and shot the Japanese soldier who fired the shot, killing him on the spot.

The next moment, more than 20 members of the 5th Brigade jumped onto the small Japanese gunboat, and Yan Laosi, who rushed to the front, untied a grenade, pulled the fuse and threw it into the cabin door.

With a bang, a dazzling firelight erupted from the open hatch with billowing smoke, mixed with a large amount of debris and debris, and after the explosion, there was a wail inside.

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Yan Sanquan walked into the office of the old devil Haneda, nodded and said, "Your Excellency Dazuo, are you looking for me?" ”

Yan Sanquan is like a Xiao Qiang who can't be killed, he fell down several times, and got up again several times.

Last time in Hulu Valley, he not only buried his cousin Yan Weixin and all his henchmen, but later in order to buy his life, he also took out all the family wealth accumulated by the Yan family for several generations.

However, this is still not enough to hit Yan Sansan.

After luckily picking up a life and escaping back to Chikou, Yan Sanquan quickly gained the trust of Haneda, who had been transferred to the captain of the Chizhou Military Police, and then became the captain of the Chizhou plainclothes team again.

In the final analysis, at this stage, little Japan is not enough to control the whole of China, and it must also rely on the liliang of the Chinese, so traitors like Yan Sanquan who betrayed their ancestors are not worried about finding a way out.

"Yansang." Haneda raised his head, looked at Yan Sanquan steadily, and said, "I want to ask you to go back to the dragon's mouth and wake up the Silent Eagle." ”

"Back to Longkou?" Yan Sanquan's face changed slightly, if he had a choice, he was 10,000 unwilling to return to Longkou, but the old devil Haneda had already spoken, and he was afraid that he would have no choice.

"Hmm." Haneda nodded, and added, "The Silent Eagle has been asleep for a while, and it's time to wake him up." ”

Yan Sanquan scratched his head and asked cautiously, "Your Excellency Dazuo, can you let someone else go?" Why don't I pick a clever guy from the plainclothes team? ”

"I'm afraid not." Haneda shook his head and said, "This matter must be done by you in person, otherwise, it will not be enough to win the trust of the Silent Eagle, and you don't have to worry about your own safety, the Imperial Army has arranged a new cover identity for you." ”

Yan Sanquan could only retract his feet and stand upright, and responded to Haiyi.

At that moment, the telephone on Haneda's desk suddenly rang.

Haneda grabbed the microphone, Maxi Maxi greeted, and then he didn't know what the other side said, Haneda's face suddenly turned pale, and Yan Sanquan stood next to him, looking frightened.

I'm afraid that something big has happened, it must be something big, Yan Sanquan thought to himself.

Sure enough, Haneda put down the microphone and said, "Yansang, you don't have to go to Longkou for the time being, quickly gather the plainclothes team and follow me to Liaojiawan, where a gunboat was attacked by the guerrillas." ”

"Partisans attacking gunboats?" Yan Sanquan was dumbfounded, a little unable to believe his ears.

It is not uncommon for guerrillas to attack the gunboats of the Japanese Navy, and in July of the Republic of China, the water guerrillas of the New Fourth Army ambushed the gunboats of the small Japanese Navy.

The New Fourth Army also killed the warship Inspector of the Asakatsu warship and the head of the First Port Authority, Rentaro Kato, which was a sensation at the time, and Rentaro Kato, an old devil, was also fortunate to be the first naval commander to die on the battlefield in China.

However, it was just a coincidence.

In the vast majority of cases, the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army did not dare to go head-to-head with the gunboats of the small Japanese navy, because water guerrilla attack and land guerrilla attack were completely different concepts.

On land, if the guerrillas can't fight it, as long as they drill into the deep mountains and old forests, they will be fine, but on the river, you can't find a place to hide, so you jump into the river and run for your life? Don't be funny, jumping into the Yangtze River on such a cold day is equivalent to suicide.

What's more, the firepower of the gunboats of the small Japanese Navy is not ordinary ferocious, not only large-caliber naval guns, but also a large number of carrier-based machine guns, and the firepower of a gunboat can be compared to a brigade of infantry

Therefore, when the guerrillas attacked the gunboats of the Little Japanese Navy, they basically hit the stones with eggs and killed themselves, how stupid should the guerrillas be to attack the gunboats of Little Japan?