Episode 23 The Great War is Coming

The team drove the car with a stomachache, along the highway by the railway, took advantage of the lack of blockade, drove out of the station area, drove across the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from the highway bridge, and dared to stop and catch his breath in the middle of the night.

They were heading north, and it was past two o'clock in the night. Looking at the odometer, Xuzhou has been left behind for almost forty kilometers. According to the distance calculation, the distance further north is Zaozhuang.

The current location is the most inhospitable place between the two cities. Xiang Xiaoqiang drove the car off the road and into the field. This landform is a group of small hills, with a radius of about ten kilometers, and it is easy to hide away from the road.

There is no moon tonight, and the night is dark, and I can't see my fingers. The car turned off its lights and stopped here like this, and no one could find it. Xiang Xiaoqiang prepared to drive farther after dawn, hiding between the two hills, and the Qing army would not be able to find them at all unless they sent planes.

Looking at the map, about two kilometers to the west, is Weishan Lake. This is almost at the junction of Jiangsu and Shandong.

Turn off the engine, and everything is silent.

The tension of the day was suddenly relaxed, and the darkness and silence around them were infinitely far away, and they felt so safe.

Xiang Xiaoqiang sent four commandos to search in four directions to see if there were any villages nearby. He demanded that the search be at least two kilometers.

These parachute commandos are both paratroopers and commandos, and both identities bring extremely strong individual combat and survivability. Completing a two-kilometer search in the dark of night without light is the most basic thing.

An hour later, the four returned one after another, reporting that there was nothing but hills within two kilometers.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied. This means that even during the day, it is unlikely that you will encounter people here.

"Let them make trouble in the south," he leaned back tiredly and grinned, "turn Xuzhou upside down!" The devil knows we've gotten here! ”

This is another truck with dozens of bags of rice in the compartment, and they are sitting on these bags of rice.

The car is civilian, and it is also roofed.

This made Xiang Xiaoqiang very satisfied. Civilian vehicles generally don't make much noise when they are lost, and they are not as hot as military vehicles. In addition, there is a roof, which is easy to hide, and there is no need to drink wind in the cold.

"Ziteng, the craftsmanship is good, and he is quite good at choosing targets."

boasted to Xiaoqiang.

The stomach hurt and the tail immediately shook again, and he said triumphantly that he had the opportunity to get another military truck, and if there was a military truck, it would be parked alone on the side of the road, as long as the driver was killed. But he also felt that the military vehicle was too risky, so he slipped behind the canteen of the nearby station and stole the rice truck. This may still make the loser think that the thief is aiming at the cart of rice, and not think about the commando.

In view of Xiao Wu's strong desire to escape, she was specially arranged to sit on the innermost rice bag, and a team member strictly guarded her.

The stomach ache was also at the bottom of the rice bag, and several team members blocked the light for him, and he sent a flashlight to the rear. First, report the situation, secondly, ask the train location, thirdly, the method of retreat, and fourthly, what does "Ohi Misama" mean. It's about the identities of Miss Zhao and Xiao Wu.

It turned out that Xiang Xiaoqiang fantasized that Xiao Wu might be someone from Zhu Yourong, worried that he might pull out some royal grudges, worried that the two girls would be hunted down by his own people again, and worried that he would be involved, but now it seems that it is not like that, so he boldly asked.

My stomach hurts and I send a telegram. Originally, Xiao Wu was very scared, but as soon as he saw the transmitter, he looked at it intently, and his eyes became very sophisticated. When she saw her stomach ache and clumsiness, she immediately showed a look of disdain.

This was immediately looked at by Xiang Xiaoqiang.

The stomachache is not a specialized radioman, just because he is an agent of the East Factory, and receiving and receiving telegrams is a necessary skill and can be used.

Xiang Xiaoqiang began to suspect that this "Little Five" was a telegraph master?

So what is this Miss Zhao doing? If you want to say that she is an agent of the East Factory, it makes sense to have a radioman by her side, but why is she Japanese?

He stared at Xiao Wu and suddenly asked:

"Anatawa...... Nihon ...... With Siga? ”

Sweat...... After saying goodbye to Xiaoqiang, he prayed, this is the simplest sentence, I hope it is not wrong.

Xiao Wu looked at him nervously, hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, closed his eyes and said softly:

"Hay......"

"Yo Si."

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and nodded. Japanese, she herself admitted.

The carload of people was stunned for a moment, and they all looked at him in surprise, and then their eyes slowly became adoring.

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Xiang Xiaoqiang estimated that Xiao Wu was very hungry now, because as soon as the noodles were served at night, he went into the house to fight. He asked his subordinates to take out compressed biscuits and canned food for Xiao Wu to eat. He specially picked out a box of canned squid for her to eat. Because 10 out of 10 Japanese people like to eat squid.

Xiao Wu may be really hungry, or maybe he doesn't want to resist anymore, he saw the food he liked, politely thanked Xiao Qiang, and then put the canned food on the rice bag and buried himself in eating.

Xiang Xiaoqiang saw that she was very good at eating compressed biscuits, nibbling in small bites, and swallowing only when she chewed fully. At this time, compressed biscuits were not bought casually in the supermarket, but only in the military. But Xiao Wu eats very skillfully.

After she finished eating, she had a stomachache and translated Dongchang's reply.

First, the prisoner of war train had already arrived in Suzhou at night, and it seemed that it was preparing to spend the night at Suzhou Station. According to the driving pattern of these two days, the train runs during the day and stops at a certain station for the night overnight. In this way, tomorrow dawn will set off for Xuzhou. But Suzhou is already very close to Xuzhou, and no matter how slow this road is, it will never be a day's errand. So tomorrow during the day, it will pass through Xuzhou, and it is likely that it will pass directly without stopping. In this case, they will have to choose a site near Xuzhou tomorrow to carjack.

Second, in view of the fact that after the successful carjacking, the targets of more than 20 men and women were too conspicuous, and it was unlikely that they would trek more than 100 kilometers from here to the beach without being caught, so they tried to hide on the spot, and then selected an open space suitable for the planes to take off and land, and reported back the approximate location, and the rear party would send planes to land at night, and then they would mark the location with a firelight. In short, everything is going to be risky.

Thirdly, "Okumi Misama" is the pronunciation of the Japanese word "徑姫様", which means "Her Royal Highness the Princess"!

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This time Xiang Xiaoqiang thundered a lot.

Her Royal Highness the Princess......

He always thought that Xiao Wu was "Her Royal Highness the Princess", but he didn't expect it to be the other way around, and the "Her Royal Highness the Princess" was Miss Zhao!

But Miss Zhao doesn't look like Zhu Yourong!

Did you hear it wrong?

No, "Ohemi Sama", it should be these few sounds. When the telegram was sent, it was sent according to these characters. When I called back, Dongchang also called out the Roman pronunciation "Ohimesama", and said categorically that if you pronounce this sound, it is "Her Royal Highness the Princess".

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked Xiao Wu a few words in Chinese, Xiao Wu stumbled a few words, very stiff, with many grammatical errors, it was obvious that her Chinese level was much worse than Xiang Xiaoqiang's English level. Xiang Xiaoqiang's English is a three-legged cat, but Xiao Wu's Chinese is not even a two-legged cat. Maybe I learned it from that Miss Zhao. In other words, Miss Zhao is very good at Japanese.

Xiang Xiaoqiang tried to ask her in English if Miss Zhao was a "princess". But Xiao Wu obviously only says "Howareyou?", "Fine, Thankyou, andyou?" This level. The word "princess" was too hard for her.

He is the old way again, and he can't figure out the problems and let everyone think about them together. Anyway, Xiao Wu's Chinese is so bad, so you don't have to avoid her.

Everyone is gossiping, and the possibilities full of imagination burst out one by one.

…… Maybe Miss Zhao is not a princess, but a county lord, or the daughter of a hereditary prince, although they are cousins in name, but they have been hereditary for so many generations, and they can't fight in blood, of course it's not like that.

…… Maybe Miss Zhao is a princess in Japan who was exiled to the Qing Dynasty for some reason...... Of course, this one is more.

…… What's even more ridiculous is that the current empress Zhu Yourong is fake at all, she was replaced by a tanuki when she was a few months old, and this Miss Zhao is real...... Xiang Xiaoqiang was very sweaty when he heard it, and he dared to say this kind of thing casually, could it be that even the emperor's family affairs in the Ming Dynasty could be used as gossip at this time?

Once someone pulls it, it can't be contained: it is presumed to be the exiled princess of Korea, it is speculated to be the exiled princess of the Ryukyus, it is speculated to be the princess of Siam, and the princess of Vietnam...... Anyway, there is no need for reason for the.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at this group of guys with pink thoughts in their heads, and knew that it was in vain to let them think about it.

Suddenly, a stomachache came out:

"Could Miss Zhao be the princess of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty?"

Given his status, those commandos did not jerk at him. But it's all written on the face.

The princess of the Qing Dynasty was arrested, interrogated, and tortured on the land of the Qing Dynasty? Follow the Ming Dynasty commandos to kill the Qing army?

Stomach ache and surprising words:

"Could it be that she's Fourteen Gege herself? She's been making a show for us? ”

Everyone calmed down. Shocked, he pondered carefully.

Xiang Xiaoqiang also recalled her performance that day......

…… The indifferent look on his face when he was arrested at the sticky pole outside the inn...... He claimed to have been electrocuted, so he could explain it without any injuries...... The shock reaction to seeing our bloodbathed sticky rods...... He refused to jump out of the car just now, so he was "arrested" again very smoothly. Miss Zhao, who can withstand the electric torture and does not speak, and is so bold, would not dare to jump off such a slow train? and Xiao Wu also refused to come down, and he had to run over after seeing Miss Zhao being arrested......

The most important thing is that at Li Changgui's house at night, Miss Zhao stayed alone in the kitchen for a period of time, and no one else knows what she has done during this time, or even whether she has gone out. But just a moment later, the house was surrounded by Qing troops!

If she is fourteen grids, then why is she with her own team? First, the people in the branch office had been killed by the team, and if Miss Zhao insisted on not being "rescued" by them, they would definitely be suspicious, but they would also forcibly rescue her. Second, she also thought that the team came to save the empress of the Ming Dynasty, so she decided to risk her life and personally "undercover" into the team. Because the bait of "Empress of the Ming Dynasty" is too big, with her adventurous temperament, she thinks it's definitely worth it!

Later, when she told Xiaoqiang the true purpose of the team, wasn't Miss Zhao shocked on the spot, as if she had been hit by a huge blow, and cried angrily? What did she say? "You've deceived me so hard!"

Miss Zhao is fourteen grids! It's scary, but it makes sense!

But why wasn't she with the POW train? Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't think of a result after thinking hard.

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Now that the squad's attempt to hijack the train has been revealed, the smokescreen of "saving the empress" has dissipated, and there is no such advantage!

But they still have to do the train hijacking tomorrow, there is no way! Now that so many people have been killed by the Qing army, the disaster has already been very big. If the rescue is successful and nothing happens, the Ming Dynasty royal family will happily accept this result, which is exactly what they want.

If that fails...... Then there are no ifs.

Now the prisoner of war train is going to be attacked, and this is what the other side already knows. The only advantage of the squad is that they can choose the location.

Xiang Xiaoqiang touched the rice bag beside him and smashed it with a fist, already thinking about it in his heart.

Tomorrow......

Everything will happen tomorrow and end tomorrow...... Just wait for the night to clear and the day comes......

The Great War is imminent......