"I understand what the general means, I will let the people of Mantie Ying always keep the top secret in Song Jiagou!" Masao Kojima assured in a low tone.

Hagiwara didn't take his eyes off the other person's face until then and nodded in satisfaction. But before the head of the secret service could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly changed his words:

"Now, tell me what the explosion was about!"

This topic suddenly made Kojima's heart tense again, and he had to report everything that happened at the Koga clinic that he was currently in control.

"Before coming to you, I have already informed the cavalry squadron and asked Kawasaki Shaosa to send troops to assist in the pursuit—this is the only mobile force that can be mobilized in Wencheng City at present."

The cavalry squadron mentioned by Masao Kojima, that is, a part of the cavalry wing of the Sena Division, the squadron leader is Kawasaki Saburo Shaosa, who was just transferred back to Wencheng from the Yuncheng Jinnan front some time ago to rest, and was replaced by the Iwata squadron of the cavalry wing to Yuncheng.

"* Blew up a Japanese diaspora clinic and hijacked a military motorcycle - the anti-Japanese elements in the city are really getting more and more arrogant!" The anger of the brigade commander, Major General, rose again uncontrollably.

"This time it was my negligence, although additional personnel were sent to guard inside and outside the clinic, but I did not expect the enemy to organize such a fierce team to force a surprise attack. Now it can be preliminarily concluded that the attacker is the old enemy of the Blue Coat Society! ”

"Does the Blue Coat Society's eagerness to carry out murder and extermination mean that the captured anti-Japanese element is an important figure for them?"

"General, I don't think so—the man who was captured alive was very young, and he looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old; According to the members of the plainclothes squad who participated in the exchange of fire in the shantytown in front of the station, the other party was two people at the time, and when they fled, they used their short guns to fight back while fleeing. This should be more like the way the Blue Coat operatives do it. ”

"Ordinary operatives? If this is the case, why did the comrades of the Blue Coat Society take the risk and send more people to the Japanese expatriate clinic on City Hall Avenue to rescue him? Don't they know that the Imperial Army's brigade headquarters and your secret services are close at hand? ”

"General, with all due respect, the Blue Coat Society's armed attack on the Koga clinic was not for the purpose of rescuing fellow party members—they should have gone to kill them directly!"

"Not necessarily, Kojima-kun?" The brigade commander, Major General, waved his hand rather disappreciatively: "Don't be fooled by superficial phenomena - the anti-Japanese prisoners were shot by their own people, and it is entirely possible that the other party found that the prisoners were too seriously injured at the scene to rescue and leave in a short time, so they temporarily decided to kill people." ”

The head of the secret service smiled humbly: "The general doesn't know, when the Blue Coat Society launched a surprise attack from the back of the clinic, it directly threw into the three windows, and two of them were thrown into the treatment room!" The Imperial Army sentries and my plainclothes team members in the room were either killed or injured by the bombing - the prisoner of the Blue Coat was isolated by two heavy wooden screens in front of his hospital bed, which saved him from being directly destroyed by *shrapnel--Obviously, if the Blue Coat members wanted to rescue their comrades alive, they would never have thrown so many * into the room. ”

This explanation really made Hagiwara stunned for a moment, but he immediately asked: "You yourself said that the prisoner should be an ordinary person, so why did the comrades of the Blue Coat Society kill him?" ”

"General, this man was captured alive in a shantytown, and in addition to finding the body of a man at the scene, they also found a pocket containing a hundred silver dollars near the corpse—this is not a small amount. So I analyzed that the Blue Coat Society should be planning some big action, but there was an accident or infighting on the issue of funding. The captured members of the Blue Coat Society may have known about this big operation, and in order to prevent him from surrendering to us and confessing, they started to kill. ”

Major General Hagiwara nodded in agreement, and at the same time asked expectantly, "Is it possible to catch one or two more alive in the ongoing pursuit?" ”

"I'll do my best, General!" The cunning head of the secret service did not answer positively: "But this requires strong support from the garrison, and Kawasaki Shaozo only promised me to send a cavalry squad to assist in the capture, which is a drop in the bucket." ”

"Saburo Kawasaki, that arrogant guy who only knows how to be in the limelight, will definitely not listen to you, the head of the secret service. Don't worry, I'll call him personally and ask him to send more cavalry to the search! ”

"Thank you General for your support! However, relying on the cavalry squadron of less than 200 men and horses alone is not a long-term solution. When the troops that swept away the Great Elm Mountain and Guanmen Mountain are withdrawn, they should still rely on their strength. ”

"This is natural - I am already considering transferring a special force from the officers and men of the two wings to the city of Wencheng, under the direct command of your secret service, to make up for the lack of manpower of your subordinates."

Kojima Masao was immediately overjoyed, and excitedly stood up and saluted, saying that if such a special force could be enriched, coupled with the senior spy personnel supported by the upcoming head of the Beiping secret service, the security situation in the entire city would be greatly improved!

Immediately after leaving the brigade headquarters, Kojima drove back to the Koga clinic on the same street.

At this moment, the city hall avenue was under semi-martial law, and the patrols of the independent infantry brigade guarding the city defense, as well as the cavalry squads of the Kawasaki cavalry squadron, were scattered throughout. Masao Kojima ordered the cavalry to search west along City Hall Boulevard, focusing on anti-Japanese elements wearing Imperial Army uniforms and riding military three-wheeled motorcycles. The infantry patrol searched south, supplemented by the police dogs deployed by the cloaked team, the blue-clad members who escaped through the windows, should be on foot, and the police dogs are expected to find their traces.

At the door of the clinic, the frightened owner Koga Koichi saw the opportunity to get in front of the head of the Kojima office and painfully listed the serious damage to his clinic.

Kojima Masao admired the Japanese expatriate doctor with glasses on the bridge of his nose and a square face, and when the blue-clothed member who was shot in the back was sent here last night, his life was already in danger due to excessive blood loss, and it was the Koga surgeon in front of him who was ordered to operate and save the other party. If it weren't for the murder carried out by the same party of the Blue Coat Society today, it is very likely that he would have squeezed valuable information out of the mouths of his captives.

"Don't be discouraged, Dr. Koga. You were in the service of the Imperial Army's secret services, and that was why you were caught in trouble. You draw up a list of losses immediately, and I will compensate you handsomely in terms of funds, equipment, medicines, and even personnel. In the future, we may be indispensable to help each other! ”

This time, it was the turn of the Japanese expatriate doctor who was overjoyed, and he thanked him again and again in a tone that was almost grateful. This guy was born in a small hospital in Sendai, and because his family had relatives who had emigrated to Manchuria, he himself planned to go to Manchuria to practice medicine; After taking the sea ship to Shanghai, on the way to the north, I learned that the ground in North China was waiting to be lifted, and it was a good time to start a business. So he went to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and finally took the Nantongpu Railway train, which was opened to traffic not long ago, and settled in Wencheng.

After the opening of the Koga Clinic, he quickly fought with the Hagiwara Brigade garrison in the castle, and left a good reputation for the officers and soldiers in the diagnosis and treatment of serious illnesses and minor feelings, and later wealthy civilians in the city also came to him for medical treatment. For a time, it became famous. The reason why Masao Kojima ordered the life-threatening anti-Japanese prisoners to be urgently sent to him for medical treatment was also because of the above reasons.

The sound of horses' hooves being kicked came from far and near, and when the head of the secret service heard the sound, he found that the person who rode in front of him was actually the squadron leader of the division's cavalry wing, Saburo Kawasaki. The latter gave a so-so military salute to Kojima in the saddle: "Kojima Chief, I was ordered by the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade to bring another cavalry squad to support. ”

Masao Kojima left Dr. Koga, who was chattering, and raised his head in response: "Shaozuo, hard work!" He could feel the other party's insincere salute, so he deliberately called the other party's military rank - even if it was a noble cavalryman, he was just a young minister, how could he be compared with his own big samurai!

Saburo Kawasaki still did not jump off the majestic Toyo horse, and then maintained a condescending attitude: "Kojima Chief, I have another small group of cavalry that you have sent to pursue the anti-Japanese motorcycles, and I am a little puzzled by this - in Kojima's opinion, can the war horse outrun the military motorcycle on such a flat street?" ”

The head of the secret service standing on the flat street couldn't help but be furious: this pretentious cavalry squadron leader was really as arrogant and arrogant as Major General Hagiwara had just described! He decided to give the other party a little color, after all, he still had the strong support of the brigade commander behind him!

"Shao Zuo, if even these tall horses under the crotch of your cavalry can't catch up with motorcycles, then with your knowledge, should I send infantry to chase after me?"

Saburo Kawasaki was coldly stunned, became speechless, and his face turned red. Luckily, there's night to cover it up. At this moment, the cavalry squadron leader suddenly noticed a middle-aged man who had just walked past from not far away, and his face under the street lamp was vaguely seen. But before he could turn his memory, Kojima Masao, who was standing in front of his horse's head, gave an order majestically: "Shaozuo, this cavalry squad you brought will immediately advance to Dongguan Street, and focus on the safety of the flank and rear of the mobile alert brigade headquarters!" At present, the anti-Japanese elements in the city are extremely active, and they must beware of their underground efforts against the headquarters of General Hagiwara! ”

was so distracted, and by the time Squadron Leader Kawasaki turned around to look for the middle-aged man, the other party had disappeared under the light of the street lamp.