Chapter Seventy-One: The Sick Man of East Asia
In terms of efficiency alone, the Japanese at that time were higher than the Chinese. Yamamoto personally came forward to equip Koizumi with more than a dozen capable men, and then specially transferred a light cruiser "Tsukigami" to serve as Koizumi's office; in just two days, the "Central Mobile Group" under the Admiralty put up a sign and began to work under Koizumi's command.
On the first day of the establishment of the "Central Mobile Group," Koizumi obtained Yamamoto's consent and began to select the elite of the Navy within the scope of the combined fleet to form a "Navy SEAL." Koizumi's description of the "seals" is that all the members of the team will grow into the elite of the elite, they will not only be able to be familiar with the operation of various firearms, but also learn to fly various motor vehicles and large and small ships, and at the end of the training, they will learn to parachute. "They are a sharp knife of our navy, our main tool for conducting scalpel-like precision strikes at the moment. Therefore, long-range airdrops are a must, and parachuting will be the best way for them to carry out special missions deep into enemy territory. Your Excellency, please wait and see, at most half a year, I will hand over to you an all-powerful team! Koizumi swore to Yamamoto, and in his heart, he had already regarded Ouyang Yun as the first target to carry out this scalpel-like strike-"The day the 'seal' is practiced is the time when Ouyang Yun dies!" He clenched his fists hard, full of hope for the future.
Yamamoto decided to give Koizumi a chance. After Ouyang Yun's identity as a "descendant" was revealed, there was a reasonable explanation for the various miracles created by him and the Xuebing Army. Since Ouyang Yun, a "descendant", can create so many miracles, then as the same "descendant", Koizumi Toshiichiro must also be able to create miracles, if the fate of the empire can really change because of him, it is naturally a good thing that cannot be sought.
"Don't worry about doing it boldly, as long as it is within the scope of the Admiralty, I will spare no effort to support you!" He said this to Koizumi, and the latter's enthusiasm for work was unprecedentedly inflated. As a result, under his arrangement, the "Central Mobile Group" began to divide into one functional department after another, and among them, the "Aviation Research Office" attracted Yamamoto's attention because it involved the research of the latest fighters, and he personally served as the section chief of the research laboratory.
Shanghai, the playground of all nations, the long-planned martial arts tournament of Shadow Akira has finally begun.
On the first day of the competition, a total of three Chinese martial artists went to the ring to challenge Yanagi Quanzhai, but unfortunately they were all defeated, and one of them, the Bagua Sword heir named Xu Zhenfeng, was cut off by Liu Sheng's right arm, which caused a commotion among the onlookers on the spot. Voices began to emerge from the crowd demanding that the veteran boxers who had been famous in the Shanghai martial arts for a long time come to the stage to compete. And after Ying Zuo's instructions, the host of the martial arts conference, a Japanese named Shi Sheng Youliang, directly called the name of Fox Thirteen in the ring, and openly shouted: Fox Thirteen, hiding in the shadows to carry out sneak attacks and assassinations is not a hero, if there is a kind of uprightness, he will come up and have an open fight with our Mr. Yanagi! Since you dare to leave your name in Huasheng Foreign Bank, why don't you dare to come up to compete? Do you admit that you are the sick man of East Asia?
Shanghai Fox Tong and the wolf tooth led by Ding Yi had already decided that Fox Thirteen would participate in the competition, but after seeing this situation, Ding Yi, who was most supportive of Fox Thirteen's participation in the competition, hesitated. He said to Yang Sanping: "The Japanese are too much to do without three hundred taels of silver, no, there must be a conspiracy here!" This matter must be done with caution. β
Yang Sanping agreed with Ding Yi's point of view and believed that this matter had to be discussed in the long run, so he decided to postpone the registration.
Fox Thirteen's attitude is still resolute. He said: "Since Lao Tzu joined the fox pupil, he has already been out of the way. In our line of work, it is impossible to have a good death. Sooner or later, you will be shot, so it is better to seize this opportunity to make a big move. I've seen the swordsmanship of the little devil of Yanagi, and to be honest, it's really powerful, but it's impossible for me to win. I haven't officially fought with a master since I learned Miao Dao, so this is also an opportunity. So, wait two more days, and if no one can beat him down, I'll do it! β
Ding Yi thought for a while and said, "I suspect now that the little devil is coming for you all this time." You can't really rush this matter, wait, wait, wait, you have to go up, and you have to wait until the little devil thinks you won't show up. At that time, the means they have prepared to deal with you may be somewhat relaxed. I paid attention, this guy Yanagi Quan Zhai has a bit of a real martial artist's bearing, if it weren't for the special situation now, I would have thought to meet him. β
Although Ding Yi is a wolf's tooth, because of his identity and position, he has actually become the top person in charge of the underground organization of the Xuebing Army in Shanghai. Fox Thirteen is addicted to martial arts, and he has learned everything with Ding in private, and the longest time between the two of them has been for twenty minutes, and the final result is still Ding Yi's victory. Ding Yi's needle skills are too superb, even though Fox Thirteen is very strong, but when facing those thin silver needles, he really has no way to win.
Four days have passed, and more than a dozen martial arts masters have gone up, but they all ended in failure. This made the emotions of the onlookers a little out of control, and at the same time, it also made Shadow Zuo gradually lose his patience.
Privately, when he talked to Yoshikawa about this, he said, "I don't think Fox Thirteen will appear." Obviously, the student soldiers saw something and refused to let him go. Wait two more days, and if he doesn't show up, then we'll deal with the others directly. β
"It's actually good that Fox Thirteen doesn't appear, in that case, Yanagi can return with a big victory, which is also a good thing for promoting the spirit of bushido."
"I can only think like this, well, this is the residence of the people who participated in the competition in Shanghai in the past few days, and I ask your people to keep an eye on it, if anyone wants to leave early, then solve it on the road." Kagesa wanted to take this opportunity to purge the underground forces in Shanghai, but Mei had limited manpower, so he had to ask Yoshikawa for help.
"No problem, our Black Dragon Society people are still very good at this kind of thing!"
Another day, just as Yoshikawa and Kagesa were preparing to carry out a purge operation to send out all the Lang people of the Shanghai branch of the Black Dragon Society, Fox Thirteen appeared in the ring.
After Yanagi Quanzhai kicked a man in his thirties out of the ring, he stood aside with his sword in both hands, waiting for Shi Sheng to come up and shout in preparation for the next competition.
Shi Sheng Youliang has been a host for several days in a row, and now he is more proficient in business. After he stood up, he first congratulated Yanagi on winning again, and then said to the audience: "You people actually lost again?!" Of the 40,000,000 people, no one can beat our Mr. Yanagi. What does this mean? Although I know that it is rude to say this, it turns out that you people are indeed the sick men of East Asiaβ"
"Fuck you stinky shit!" Before Shi Sheng Youliang's words were finished, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded from the audience, and immediately, a man who looked five big and three thick jumped into the ring with a somersault.
It was Fox Thirteen, who was holding a Miao knife wrapped in strips of cloth in his left hand, and pointed at Shi Sheng Youliang with his right hand, and shouted again: "The assertion about the sick man of East Asia, wait until I finish this fight." β
Shi Sheng Youliang was startled, and was intimidated by his momentum, and took a few steps back, until he got close to Liu Sheng, he calmed his mind, and then said, "Do you want to fight?" Then please register your name and surname first, and then sign the life and death papers. Let me tell you, Mr. Yanagi is ruthless under the sword, but he will die. β
Fox Thirteen's gaze had already met with Liu Shengquan's gaze, and the two of them stared at each other, Liu Sheng suddenly shook Shi Sheng and shouted: "Get out of the way!" β
"Is this the beginning?" Shi Sheng was shocked.
"Bring me the life and death papers!" Yanagi shouted again.
"Fox Thirteen!" On the viewing platform, Kagesa Zhenzhao suddenly stood up, and he exclaimed in surprise, which immediately alarmed the others.
"He's Fox Thirteen?" A Japanese person who had only heard of his name and had never seen anyone asked him, and they looked at Fox Thirteen, and suddenly they all became nervousβ