Chapter 243: The Thief Chief Celebrates
During the day, at the Joy Cafe on Dazhong Road in Xiamen.
Joy Cafe is usually better visited by Japanese and puppet government people, taking the aristocratic route, and the interior decoration is very luxurious and elegant, but there are very few people who come. Several of the customers who were drinking coffee were also upper-class people, and they were gorgeously dressed and noble. There were also a few foreigners sitting inside, and they were eating Western food with great interest.
Shigenobu Sawa, dressed in a suit, sat at a large dining table in the innermost box, outside which stood several Japanese spies in plain clothes.
Looking out from the box, there were plainclothes people walking back and forth outside, and they were vigilantly monitoring the place outside.
After a while, Uchida and Suzuki appeared at the door of the cafΓ©, both of whom were also dressed in casual clothes. They were followed by several Japanese bodyguards.
Two people walked into the cafΓ© and were guided by the waiter into the box.
They bowed to Shigenobu and sat down across from him.
Ze Shigenobu said with a smile: "It's rare to be free, how about I invite you to a cup of coffee today." β
The two were flattered.
Uchida took a sip of coffee and said, "It seems that Your Excellency the President is in a good mood, is there anything more worthy of congratulations to share with us?" β
Sawashige said with a smile: "There are really a lot of things to congratulate, and I guess the two of you have heard some of them." β
Uchida thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, do you mean that the Japanese Empire began to attack Chongqing, the capital of the Kuomintang?" β
"The attack on Chongqing is good news, and the Imperial Japanese Army has dispatched more than 100 sorties to bomb Chongqing's Shaanxi Road, Zhongzheng Road, and other places, and the occupation of Chongqing is just around the corner." Sawashigeno said, a smile on his face.
Suzuki said casually: "But the U.S. government issued a statement protesting that our planes had indiscriminately bombed Chongqing, endangering the safety of their embassy. β
Sawashigenobu said disdainfully: "The Americans, they want to jump out and say a few words about everything, their protests are useless, the foreign minister of the Japanese Empire, Arita Hachiro, has already advised the ambassadors of Britain and the United States and other countries to evacuate the Chongqing expatriate." Moreover, due to the vigorous offensive of the Imperial Army, France and Vietnam have agreed to suspend the shipment of Chinese supplies, and the British will also stop sending supplies from Burma and Hong Kong to China. To the east, the Soviet Union concluded an agreement with us to demarcate the border between Mongolia and the puppet Manchurians. β
Uchida said happily: "Now that the war situation is more and more favorable to us, it seems that the unification of Asia and the establishment of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' are just around the corner!" β
"yes!" Sawashigenobu paused again and said: "Our ally Germany occupied Poland with a frightening 'blitzkrieg', and after the outbreak of the European War, in a short period of time, it swept through a series of countries in Northern Europe, such as Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, and even the British Empire, which is known as 'the sun never sets', is in danger. The current situation is very favorable for us. β
Uchida was happy, but also worried: "I heard that the Army General Staff Headquarters has secretly held a meeting and decided that unless the war against China is completely victorious, if the Chinese question cannot be resolved within the year, and Chiang Kai-shek still does not surrender, our Japanese side will unilaterally withdraw our troops." Except for a small number of troops stationed in Shanghai and Inner Mongolia, all the rest were withdrawn from the mainland battlefield. β
Hearing these words, Sawashigenbu said with some displeasure: "This is impossible, our war with the country of China will only be won, not lost, let alone reconciled, only by the Imperial Japanese Army to attack on a large scale, take advantage of the situation to advance north, and occupy the country of China, can the Japanese Empire truly become the master of Asia and the hegemon of the world." The resolution of the Army General Staff Headquarters and the Army Ministry is really naΓ―ve and one-sided, and it will certainly not be realized. β
Suzuki shouted the slogan at the right time: "The Japanese Empire is invincible, long live the Emperor of Japan, long live!" β
At this moment, there was a rush of chaos outside the door.
Uchida asked in surprise: "There seems to be a situation outside, Suzuki-kun, you go out and see, what's going on?"
"Hey!" Suzuki promised to walk out. β
It turned out to be a few beggars at the entrance of the cafΓ©. They were all dressed in tatters and holding broken porcelain bowls in their hands.
A few beggars tried to come in, but were stopped by two plainclothes agents at the door.
The middle-aged beggar led by him begged bitterly in front of them: "Two masters, you two can do it." I've been called Hanako for a few days, so I'll give me some. Please, two masters. β
A Japanese spy said impatiently: "Yours, go away!" As he spoke, he pushed the middle-aged beggar and pushed him to the ground.
The middle-aged beggar got up and glanced at the others.
Several beggars rushed inside.
The two plainclothes said that they would not let anything in, and there was a physical altercation between the two sides.
Suzuki came out of it.
He came to the beggars, suddenly pulled out a pistol and put it against the head of a middle-aged beggar and said, "If you dare to take a step forward, I will kill you." β
The middle-aged beggar stopped.
Suzuki scolded again: "Yaga, tell all your people to retreat? β
The middle-aged beggar pretended not to know what the other party said, and still stood there begging: "Uncle, you can do it, give some money, we can't eat anymore, we are so hungry that we can't stand it......"
Suzuki had no choice but to yell at the two spies, "Don't send them away quickly." β
The two spies had no choice but to take out some fiat currency and throw it into the bowls of several beggars.
Several beggars hurriedly nodded and bent down to say, "Thank you...... Thank you...... Thank you two uncles, I wish the two uncles to rise to the official position and make a fortune, get rich immediately, and ...... immediately"
When the plainclothes agent saw that the middle-aged beggar was still going to speak, he stopped: "Get out of here, the farther you go, the better." β
The beggar nodded a few times and said, "Thank you...... Thank you ......."
Then they left happy.
Suzuki walked into the luxury private room again.
Suzuki said to Shigenobu Sawa, "Your Excellency, there are a few beggars at the door, and they have to come in to beg, and they have been sent away by our people. β
"Oh, how did they get here" Uchida asked Suzuki in confusion, "Didn't you find anything suspicious?" Some anti-Japanese elements often infiltrated and stole our intelligence. β
Suzuki shook his head.
Sawa Shigenobu didn't care when he heard this, he continued: "Uchida-kun, Suzuki-kun, I have to tell you a good news. "He looks old-fashioned.
"Oh!" The two of them raised their heads when they heard this, stared at Ze Shigexin and asked: What is the good news?
Ze Shigenobu went on to say: The special high-tech department in Guangzhou has obtained accurate information from his quiet mouth, that the missing professor Zhang of Xiamen University is the person in charge of the Communist Party's underground party organization in Xiamen, and that Xiangyun, who is lurking in the Xiamen city government, is an important member of their underground organization.
Uchida was very happy to hear this.
He couldn't help but ask: "Is this Professor Zhang and that 'Sea Breeze' the same person?" β
Sawashigeno pondered, "For the time being, it can be understood in this way, but until there are conclusive facts, this can only be a conjecture. β
Suzuki said happily: "I will immediately send a special team to arrest the undercover agents and sleepers of the Communist Party." β
Ze Chongxin nodded and said: "In addition to catching Xiangyun, we must also put our strength on investigating Zhang, yo Xi, we must find him, he is our biggest threat in Xiagu." β
Suzuki asked again, "Your Excellency the President, where do you think Zhang Hui is hiding?" β
Ze Chongxin thought for a while, and said confidently: "This Professor Zhang should still be in Xiamen, because this is his post and battlefield, and an excellent agent will not leave his combat post easily, you have to find him as soon as possible." In addition, it is necessary to immediately block the Xiagu Strait to prevent his accomplices from escaping to Gulangyu. At the same time, we have informed the 'Snow Wolves' to monitor movements across the strait. β
"Hey!" Suzuki happily agreed.