The head of the secret service, Masao Kojima, received an order from the brigade headquarters at the Koga clinic, and immediately put down what he was doing and immediately drove over.

As soon as they met, Hagiwara Akira had planned to ask Kojima in detail about the firefight in the shantytown of the railway station, but the latest information brought by the other party suddenly shocked the brigade commander and the chief of staff.

Kojima Masao also just learned of this situation: a group of special guests from the Manchurian Empire outside the Guanxi set off from Taiyuan to Wencheng by truck, but suddenly encountered robbers on the Tongpu Highway less than ten miles away from Wencheng.

This group of so-called special guests all came from the film company of the Manchurian Empire's Manchurian Iron Co., Ltd.: Manchu Iron Pictures.

At this moment, the three Japanese chiefs in the brigade headquarters actually knew very well why the special guests of Mantie Pictures had come - that is, they were invited to prepare for relevant "training" for the comfort women in the Songjiagou secret camp, so that these Chinese women could better serve the warriors of the imperial army.

Of course, this operation, like the "Wind Project", is top secret. Through his acquaintances in the Manchurian Kwantung Army, the head of the Wencheng secret service found the person in charge of Mantie Pictures, and asked this film company, which is famous for shooting pornographic films, to send a professional team including directors, actors, makeup artists, costume designers, artists, and props staff to Shanxi to report for duty.

This Manying seven-member professional team, in addition to the protection of several plainclothes soldiers sent by the special service agency of Xinjing (that is, Changchun, then the puppet capital of Manchukuo), took a train to enter the customs in a low-key manner, and arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province first. They had already made contact with Masao Kojima when they were in Taiyuan, and after a two-day stay, they set off for Bunjo. Considering that they had carried a lot of boxes containing costumes and props, they took a truck and made a debut from the Tongpu Highway.

Since there were already experienced personnel of the secret service in Xinjing accompanying him, the head of the small island of Wencheng was very relieved, and in addition to the recent shortage of manpower, he did not send people to meet him in the direction of Taiyuan, but only ordered a few members of the plainclothes team who were on duty near the north gate of Wencheng to pay attention to the response.

Unexpectedly, the Manying team, which was traveling in two trucks, encountered an accident on Tongpu Road in the evening when they were about to arrive in Wencheng: a group of robbers armed with military rifles deliberately set up a tree trunk barricade on the road and swarmed up from the side of the road when the truck stopped, trying to rob it. At first, they shot at the robbers with their pistols, but the other party did not retreat until they took out the light machine guns they were carrying and fired fiercely, and they reluctantly drove the robbers away.

However, after this battle, one of the two trucks had a tire puncture and could not move forward, so they had to abandon it and rely on the other truck to go on the road alone, and some plainclothes had to walk with the car. And the robbers apparently found a young and beautiful woman in the truck, and reluctantly walked several miles away until they approached Wencheng.

"I was careless," said the head of the Wencheng secret service with self-reproach: "I thought that the Tongpu Road from Taiyuan to Wencheng was safe, so I didn't propose to send military trucks to escort Manying, and I also wanted to keep it as low-key and secret as possible; Otherwise, a gang of rabble and bandits will have no guts to dare to rob military vehicles. ”

"Are you sure it's just an ordinary robber and doesn't have a background in the Chinese army?" Major General Hagiwara asked suspiciously—after experiencing the last few annoying emergencies, the brigade commander's trust in Masao Kojima was obviously not as sufficient as it was at the beginning.

According to their accounts, the robbers who tried to rob the truck were dressed in a variety of colors, using only a few military rifles, and the rest were mostly firearms, and their attacks were completely disorderly, they should be ordinary robbers in the vicinity, with the aim of looting the property on the car."

"Where are the guests from Manchuria now?" The chief of staff of the riverside also asked with some dissatisfaction. When this matter was still in the making process, the person who originally planned to take the Mantie Film to Wencheng from Taiyuan by train, so Kojima Masao also asked him to help with the relevant greeting and vigilance work at the train station; However, when the incident came, the other party actually took a civilian truck without military identification, and the head of the island office did not report this in time.

"I have been temporarily arranged to stay in the Nanyang Hotel, in addition to the guards from Xinjing, I have sent five additional personnel to strengthen protection." Masao Kojima explained with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "A plainclothes officer of the Shinkyo secret service unfortunately died in the line of duty, and two other people from Manei were slightly injured and had just been sent to the Koga clinic for treatment. ”

"It's not good to be out of the division," the brigade commander, Major General, sighed and muttered, "The loopholes that have endangered the wind plan recently are not few. ”

Hearing this, the embarrassment of the head of the secret service naturally increased a little, and he was about to find some excuses, but Kawabe Osa suddenly said to Hagiwara Akira: "General, this incident just happened further proves the deteriorating trend of law and order inside and outside Wencheng, so I once again request that at least one infantry brigade be transferred from the front line to return immediately to ensure the absolute safety of Wencheng and Tongpu Road." ”

At this point, Hagiwara began to agree with the chief of staff's opinion that at present, the security of Wencheng was mainly handled by an independent infantry brigade, which was a supplementary soldier sent by the North China Front in the previous stage; In addition, a squadron of the cavalry wing of the Sena Division participated in the defense. Today, when anti-Japanese forces such as the Blue Coat Society are becoming more and more rampant, it is indeed powerless.

"Kawabe-kun, how long will it take for Commander Kazuki to give me the additional soldiers of the Saijo Wing?"

Hearing Hagiwara Akira's question, the chief of staff of Kawabe immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words, so he quickly shook his head: "That can't be counted on in a short period of time, the First Army is currently only supplying the heavy weapons lost by the Saijo Wing, but when it comes to replenishing troops, I believe that Lieutenant General Kazuki has no troops to send at this moment, and he must have to wait for the replenishment of the North China Front." ”

The brigade commander, Major General, rolled his eyes in despair, looked at the two helpless subordinates standing in front of him in turn, and finally reluctantly agreed: "I will emphasize this matter to the commander of the Sena Division, and ask him to allow our department to transfer an infantry brigade back to the outskirts of Wencheng - it's just, Hebian-kun, have you planned which brigade to transfer back?" ”

The chief of staff of the brigade, who was in high spirits, immediately pointed to the sand table and replied excitedly, saying that the commander of the Saijo Wing was currently commanding the Takagi Infantry Brigade stationed in the village of Ewhapo in the lower reaches of the Qinglong River, and in view of the fact that the direction it was aimed at was the defense area of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, which was weak in combat strength, it was completely possible to transfer the defense task to the Nara Infantry Brigade of the Otsuka Wing Brigade, which was currently occupying Xiping Village.

"General, I know that part of the main force of the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army was once haunted in the lower reaches of the Qinglong River, but this unit has been attacked by the commander of the Saijo Wing and fled southward, and there is no new sign of return. The Nara Brigade only needed to transfer an infantry squadron and strengthen part of the artillery fire to defend the village of Ewhapo, and was fully capable of rejecting the enemy's attack from that direction. ”

Unexpectedly, Hagiwara Akira stared at the sand table and did not speak for a long time, so that the chief of staff of the riverside began to worry again about whether the brigade commander Major General had shaken his determination just now.

"I think it's more appropriate to transfer the Nara Infantry Brigade back separately," the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade finally spoke: "The reason is that at the moment, the Saijo Wing has two infantry brigades on the front line, and the Otsuka Wing has only one Nara Brigade at the same time. ”

Masao Kojima, the head of the secret service on the side, immediately agreed, saying that the Nara Infantry Brigade of the Otsuka Wing was originally stationed in the barracks in the eastern suburbs of Bunjo, taking into account the garrison tasks in the direction of Bunjo and Little Elm Mountain; At present, the situation in both places is volatile and unstable, and it is obviously more appropriate to send the Nara Infantry Brigade back to assist in the defense.

"Okay," the chief of staff quickly nodded and obeyed the brigade commander's advice, "Then quickly transfer the Nara brigade back, and order Saijo Shigehei to divide a group of men and horses to move to Xiping Village." ”

"I want Saijo Osa to come over in person!" Hagiwara Akira waved his hand vigorously and added: "The strategic location of Xiping Village is far more important than Ewhapo, where the Guanmen Mountain Pass is to be blocked, and it is necessary to strictly prevent the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army that has already entered Guanmen Mountain from making a comeback. ”

The decision was made, and Kawabe Dasa immediately summoned several staff officers of the brigade headquarters to deploy separately.

Seeing that only he and the brigade commander were left in the room, Kojima Masao hurriedly took a step forward and reported in a low voice: "General, my subordinates have wounded and captured an anti-Japanese element in the shantytown north of the station square tonight, and they are currently being treated at the Koga Clinic, and they should not be in danger of life. ”

Hagiwara's eyes lit up suddenly, and he looked directly at the other party with surprise: "Are you sure it's an anti-Japanese element?" Is it the Blue Coat Society? ”

"There has been no interrogation, so it is not known if he is a member of the Blue Coat Society, but the suspect was carrying a Mauser* with him, and his body also has more obvious military features."

"Excellent! This is an important breakthrough, Kojima-kun, you have to personally preside over the interrogation, and be sure to lift the lid of the underground anti-Japanese forces in Wencheng from this suspect! ”

"Hey!"

This good news finally made the brigade commander, who had been in a restless and anxious mood, show a rare smile, and he invited the head of the secret service to the low sofa and coffee table, and after the two were seated, he ordered the attendant to bring some refreshments immediately.

"General, the Hirai Advance Team of the Songjiagou Secret Camp has just suffered a setback in Lihuapu, so it is better to simply order it to temporarily restrain - it just so happens that the professionals of Mantie Pictures have also arrived, I want to immediately let them transfer to Little Elm Mountain to train the comfort women of the Songjiagou Secret Camp, so that the people of the Hirai Advance Team can observe and learn from the sidelines."

Hagiwara listened while stroking the stubble on his chin, smiling and nodding frequently, but when Kojima Masao finished speaking, his expression changed again, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "The training of Mantetsu Pictures must be carried out, and at the same time, the actions of the Hirai Advance Team to arrest the women of China should not be restrained - now the number of comfort women in the Songjiagou secret camp is obviously insufficient, and while the professionals of Manying are there, we must strive to catch as many women as possible and start training together!" ”