Seeing that the chief of staff of the brigade and regiment who was close at hand had given a series of orders, the veteran head of the secret service began to interrogate several plainclothes officers who had just participated in the shootout, and to his further surprise, the plainclothes team members reported that during the exchange of fire with the anti-Japanese elements in the shantytown, an accomplice of the anti-Japanese elements suddenly appeared on the east side of the square, carrying automatic weapons to attack the imperial troops in the square; But they came and went as fast as they could, and after the automatic weapons opened fire and swept down many of the Imperial soldiers, they immediately fled, running through the main street in front of the station towards the city.

"What automatic weapon?" Masao Kojima asked, "Machine gun or *?" Is there a hunt for them? ”

The plainclothes of several secret services were embarrassed to answer, and Masao Kojima ordered him to be directed immediately to the general direction where the automatic weapons were firing, and after groping around for a while, he found a large number of bullet casings on the ground, and from the dense landing of these bullet casings, it could be judged that the gunman had been firing continuously here just now.

However, looking at the several bullet casings in the palm of his hand, the head of the secret service looked puzzled: this was undoubtedly a Mauser* bullet, and while most of his plainclothes team members were currently using Southern Type 14 pistols, a few were using Mauser*. In addition, the members of the Shina Detective Team were all issued Mauser*. The new model of this pistol can be fired continuously on mobile phones, could it be said that the so-called "automatic weapon" used by this anti-Japanese element is Mauser?

This doubt of his was quickly explained to Kawaguchi Daisa, and the chief of staff of the brigade with rich combat experience carefully looked at the bullet casings handed over by Kojima, and after a little thought, he gave the answer: it was *launched, MP18* made by the German allies*! The caliber of the bullet is the same as that of the Mauser*, but the *from which the *can be loaded with 20 rounds* will be faster and have a longer range.

At this moment, the head of the secret service was more and more shocked: this group of anti-Japanese elements was simply bold, and dared to use it openly in Wencheng, where the imperial army was heavily armed*!

"Kojima-kun, this kind of * configuration is not common in the Chinese army, and it is usually only equipped with some special troops, such as the guards of high-ranking officers, and so on." Kawabe Osa further explained.

Masao Kojima nodded: Only some special units are equipped, which is somewhat in line with the style of the Blue Coat Society; The question is, the Blue Coat Society has always been secretive, and the weapons used are mainly short guns, so why did they uncharacteristically use the eye-catching * tonight?

Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, looking at the chief of staff of the river in military uniform, Kojima Masao blurted out: "Could the actions of the people of China at this railway station be intrinsically related to the large-scale attack on the Nantongpu railway?" ”

Hebe Dazuo was stunned for a moment, and then understood what the other party meant: "You mean, the anti-Japanese elements who attacked the train station were the internal response sent into Wencheng by the Chinese army that was fighting in Lingshi County?" ”

"Otherwise, how to explain the appearance of *vs. military*? This should not be a weapon that ordinary anti-Japanese elements have. The head of the secret service spoke firmly.

Kawabe Dazuo pondered for a moment, and felt that Masao Kojima's analysis was not unreasonable. As chief of staff of the Hagiwara Brigade, he had never had a direct confrontation with the 391st Regiment of the Central Army in China, so he did not know that the regiment's special service company was equipped with Bergman* (also known as MP18*, as he was customary); Assuming that the Japanese officer standing in the square in front of the station at this moment is a member of the Otsuka Wing, he will follow the clue of * and quickly think of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army.

"Kojima-kun, the search for the anti-Japanese elements who have slipped through the net will be handed over to you, and an infantry squad here can be at your disposal except for the casualties; I went to the station to preside over the meeting, and at the same time reported the situation to Shogun Hagiwara to see if there was a major manhunt in the city. The chief of staff of the river said as he hurried forward.

The sirens that sounded over the train station finally stopped. The head of the secret service took a deep breath, rubbed his hands without gloves, and began to deploy on the spot.

His plainclothes squad has two detachments stationed at the railway station on weekdays, and the gunfire just now has attracted them all. Kojima ordered the two plainclothes detachments to immediately disperse to various corners of the railway station and beyond, looking for suspicious persons.

The plainclothes of the other two detachments brought from the headquarters of the secret service were divided into two ways, and they were tracked along the direction of the escape of the * hand of the anti-Japanese elements; He also searched all the way into the shantytown north of the square, focusing on the wounded -- the head of the secret service believed that the exchange of fire just now should have caused some casualties to the anti-Japanese elements, and this could be used as an important clue for investigation.

The remaining soldiers of the infantry squad who remained in the square, Kojima ordered them to seal off the square immediately, and non-military personnel were not allowed to enter.

"What about the detectives? Why don't you see their people? ”

After arranging all this, the head of the secret service suddenly remembered Meng Longsheng's detective team, according to the division of labor given to them, the detective team also has a detachment of personnel lurking in the area of the railway station on weekdays, but until now, no members of the detective team have been seen. Masao Kojima couldn't help but be furious and ordered to call the detective team headquarters immediately.

However, it seems that there is really some telepathy, just when the captain of the island stomped his feet and cursed the detective captain, the roar of the motorcycle engine sounded from far and near, and soon, a military three-wheeled motorcycle with a small sun flag on the front of the car drove into the square, and the motorcycle was sitting in the body of no one else, it was Meng Longsheng, the captain of the detective team.

The detective captain, nicknamed Meng Datou, did not spend the night in the private house at No. 7 Luogu Lane tonight, but took two of his men to the brothel of Yihong Mansion in the south of the city. A prostitute who has always been good with him has recently had an awkward quarrel because of a dispute over the amount of redemption, and Meng Longsheng did not dare to take her back to Luoguxiang Comfort Nest, lest the other party would not leave, and he would have to pay a high amount of ransom to the old bustard who leaned on the Red Mansion.

While sleeping soundly in the brothel, Meng Longsheng was suddenly woken up by the handyman sent by the old bustard: he had just called from the train station and wanted to quickly find Captain Meng of the detective team to answer. It turned out that another group of members of the detective team who were arranged near the box office of the station, after hearing the gunshots in the square in front of the station, immediately found a phone and called No. 7 Luoguxiang to report the news, and the people from the "Meng Mansion" told the other party to call to Yihong Mansion. Speaking of these two telephones, the wealthy Yihong Mansion had been installed a long time ago, while Meng Longsheng's private house phone was not long ago when he knocked on the bamboo pole of a vice president of the city's chamber of commerce and forced the other party to pay for his own installation. Fearing that this move would be reprimanded by the head of the Japanese secret service, Meng Longsheng, the phone number of the private house, was not made public, but only informed a small group of leaders in the detective team.

And this phone came in handy tonight, so that Meng Longsheng in Gentle Township knew that there was a shootout in the square in front of the station for the first time, so he hurriedly took two of his subordinates and took his "special car" to the place of the incident at a gallop.

Seeing the captain of his Shina detective team appear in time, Kojima Masao's anger was somewhat resolved, and he asked Meng Longsheng coldly: Where are all the manpower you arranged around the station?

Meng Longsheng was caught off guard, and looked around, except for the imperial officers and soldiers wearing military uniforms in the square, they were members of the Japanese plainclothes team under the head of the Kojima Agency, and his own detective team members were indeed nowhere to be seen.

After opening his mouth and stammering for a while, Meng Longsheng finally stammered and explained: "The head of the island, the people under him...... Possible...... Probably already going after the anti-Japanese elements......"

The head of the secret service held back his temper so that he didn't use his leather boots to kick the scoundrel in front of him. Unexpectedly, Meng Longsheng suddenly took out a whistle from his arms, put it to his mouth and vigorously puffed it, and the sharp whistle suddenly echoed in the night sky of the square.

The whistle also had a good effect, and after a while, several groups of people ran to the whistleblower, no doubt all of whom were members of the detective team in the vicinity of the train station. Among them was the group that disguised themselves in the box office at the station, and it was they who called Meng Longsheng.

The captain of the detective team was afraid of being scolded and even beaten by his Japanese superiors, so he preconceived and began to scold these subordinates who were greedy for life and afraid of death. At this moment, he suddenly found that there was a three-person team missing from the team members, and he was finally quick enough to expose his family scandal on the spot - damn it, these rabbit cubs may not know where to run to be happy! After tonight, you must clean them up!

Of course, the Japanese traitor captain could not have known at this time that his three-person team was actually the first to rush to the vicinity of the crossfire square, but the three unlucky guys crashed into the car of the female major of the military commander, and later became Wang Suihua's gun ghost in a daze.

Masao Kojima had seen enough of Meng Longsheng's clumsy performance, and impatiently gave an order to the other party: the members of the detective team who were originally responsible for guarding inside and outside the train station tonight should immediately return to their respective posts and cooperate with the Imperial Army and the members of the Japanese plainclothes team to search for anti-Japanese elements who may be left here. All the personnel who remained at the headquarters of the detective team were dispatched, led by the captain himself, to search every street and alley leading to the square in front of the station to collect suspicious clues.

Before Meng Longsheng could board the motorcycle and leave, an identical military three-wheeled motorcycle galloped from the train station, which was a subordinate sent by the chief of staff by the river to bring the latest news to the head of the Kojima Agency: After inquiry, the Otsuka Wing Headquarters had just reported that in the evening, Second Lieutenant Sakata, a military doctor at the Wing Headquarters, had an appointment with a friend to go out for dinner, and he had not returned; One of the companions could identify one as Lieutenant Sato, deputy squadron leader of the communications squadron at the wing headquarters, who has also not returned.

Since the Otsuka Wing, which was part of the Hagiwara Brigade, was stationed in Bunjo, there was no war in the vicinity centered on Bunjo, and the military discipline of the troops gradually deteriorated. Therefore, the Otsuka Wing Headquarters located in the north of the city did not pay attention to the absence of one of its military doctors and a communications officer before there was no accident at the train station tonight. It wasn't until the Hagiwara Brigade Headquarters called to inquire that he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported it after the inspection was true.

"Meng, you stop first!" Upon learning of this important situation, the head of the Japanese secret service immediately changed his mind, and he asked Meng Longsheng to lead some of his subordinates to search around some well-known restaurants and restaurants in the city to find the whereabouts of the two missing officers of the Otsuka Wing Headquarters.

In Kojima's view, the two unsuspecting civilian officers must have been murdered after dinner, either imprisoned or dead. Damn the Blue Coat Society, they will only hide in the shadows and attack secretly, this time, they must be completely out!