Chapter 85 Commemorative Assembly
The gate of the puppet garrison headquarters was full of Japanese soldiers with loaded guns, as well as military police and wolfdogs. At the door, there was a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps, and the sentries were heavily armed and heavily guarded, and the three or eight guns were flashing with bright bayonets.
In front of the office building of the Japanese garrison headquarters in Xiamen, there is a large platform that has just been temporarily erected, on which a bright red carpet is spread, and above the entrance of the platform hangs the "Xiamen Construction Paradise Commemorative Conference." A red carpet stretched out from the front of the stage and went directly to the entrance of the office building of the garrison headquarters.
Of course, all kinds of plainclothes were also arranged in the venue, and they penetrated into the crowd like a dense net, and monitors were installed in all corners of the venue.
From the Zhongshan East Road leading to the venue from the Japanese puppet garrison headquarters to Huangpu Road, the Japanese army has been under full martial law, and the road is quiet!
At the gate of the garrison commander, Takanori Tamura personally served as the chief duty officer, and he asked the Japanese spies under his command to check and register the pass and license plate number of every person and car who came and every car, and strictly check every person who entered the venue, and register before entering.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the commemorative activities officially began, and the Japanese naval band standing neatly played the welcome song, and a group of high-ranking Japanese military and political officials stationed in Xiamen, such as Miyata and Uchida, as well as important figures of the puppet government, such as Li Zaixin, Hong Licheng, and Huang Deren, walked into the venue in the cheerful music and sat down in the first row of VIP seats under the big stage. Behind them sat representatives of the agricultural, industrial, commercial, academic, and military circles who had been forcibly arrested by the Japanese military police. Everyone looked at the Japanese puppet traitor in front of them, and they all had indifferent expressions and hated it. Some of them are slightly fresh, and they look around with trepidation.
Li Zaixin habitually stretched out his arms, combed his hair back with his five fingers, straightened his horse coat, and walked up to the stage in a majestic manner, loudly announcing: "The commemorative activities for the construction of the Paradise in Xiamen will begin now." For a while, the band's drums sounded in unison, and the scene was very lively.
Li Zaixin waved his hand to the lower part again, and when the lower part was quiet, he continued: More than a year ago, the Imperial Japanese Army recaptured Xiadao, which opened a good beginning of the "Holy War in Greater East Asia," and the people of Xiamen benefited a lot. Historically, China and Japan have shared the same culture and species, and should have coexisted and prospered. The Imperial Japanese Army's powerful use of force to eliminate anti-Japanese elements and communist elements and establish the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" is indeed a blessing and ...... well-being for the citizens of Xiadao.
On the stage, Li Zaixin shook his lips and puffed his tongue, and when he heard the shock and shame on the faces of the people standing below, he looked left and right, and he was at a loss. Only the Japanese puppet traitor sitting in the first row, shaking his head and smiling.
Commander Miyata, who was sitting in the middle of the first row, was even more smiling, nodding his head frequently to Li Zaixin, who was speaking.
In front of a small pharmacy at the corner of the street in front of the garrison headquarters, more than a dozen young people pretended to be pedestrians, businessmen, or coachmen, and quietly entered the inner hall of the pharmacy and hid.
After seeing everyone arrive, a tall middle-aged man wearing a broken felt hat ripped open the wall tiles of the room, pulled out an old wooden box from the wall, and after opening it, it contained more than a dozen guns. After the middle-aged man handed out the guns to everyone and the bullets, he told everyone with a serious face: "It's not too early, everyone hurry up and prepare for battle."
Everyone was busy preparing guns and bullets.
Boss Chen in the outhouse wore a pair of myopic glasses and stood at the door of the store, his eyes staring at the pedestrians outside from time to time, his eyes were cold and keen.
At this time, a person dressed as a "guy" ran in and whispered in Boss Chen's ear: The Japanese army has deployed a large number of troops at various intersections and near the venue, and heavy firepower has been deployed at the gate, so we didn't get off the phone.
Boss Chen thought about it and decisively issued an order: implement the second set of plans and tell everyone to withdraw!
A dozen people left the pharmacy separately and walked towards an alley.
On the stage of the venue, two tables had already been set up in parallel, and Consul General Uchida and Li Zaixin were sitting upright at the same table.
On each table is a folder with agreements to be signed. More than a dozen Japanese officers and pseudo-traitors came over and stood neatly behind Uchida and Li Zaixin respectively to witness the signing ceremony of this traitorous country.
Commander Miyata personally presided over the signing ceremony. Dressed in a brand-new military uniform and holding a Japanese saber at his waist, he walked up to the stage. Along the way, he walked in all directions, full of arrogance, and tried his best to hide the pride in his heart.
Miyata came to the stage, looked at the stands, smiled and said with a dignified look: "The two islands of Jinxia have been recovered by our Imperial Japanese Army, Mayor Li conforms to the current situation, has a far-sighted plan, and is willing to cede the two islands to the Japanese Empire, in order to express his sincerity to the imperial army to establish the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' to achieve coexistence and common prosperity. ”
As soon as Miyata's voice fell, Uchida and Li Zaixin picked up the pen and signed their names on the cession agreement without hesitation, and then someone came over to exchange texts, and the two of them signed again. After signing, the two stood up, exchanged texts with each other, and shook hands in congratulations.
There was also sparse applause from the audience.
Miyata waved his hand to the audience and said happily: "Mayor Li's loyalty to the Great Japanese Empire is commendable, and in order to show goodwill, the Great Japanese Empire specially rewarded Mayor Li with 50,000 yen." ”
After Miyata finished speaking, he took out a check for 50,000 yen and handed it to Li Zaixin, who took the check with both hands and looked at it on the check, his face full of gratitude. After he showed the check to the audience, the Japanese and traitors responded with sparse applause.