The Spy

Chapter 427 Watanabe's Death
Aoki did a good job. Yoshioka's target was Oda. He wanted to capture Oda and avenge his brother.

Oda was taken to the expeditionary force headquarters and confessed soon after.

He had to confess. He was caught red-handed at Watanabe's home, and with Noguchi's sentencing, he would only suffer more if he did not confess.

Wuhan Garrison Command, this time there really is a big earthquake.

No one expected that Commander Oda would be suddenly arrested.

The reason for his arrest shocked them even more. Captain Yoshioka did not commit seppuku. He changed his mind at the last moment and would rather be tried than let Oda escape punishment.

In order to protect his own future and interests, Oda had Yoshioka killed.

As a result, Yoshioka's men discovered the abnormality and reported the matter to the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters.

The military police conducted a secret investigation and eventually caught the criminal red-handed.

The handling of Oda will be carried out by the military.

No one dared to cover up this crime of deceiving the emperor and harming his subordinates, let alone after it was exposed.

It can be said that Oda is bound to die.

The Wuhan Garrison Command is about to undergo major changes.

The previous losses were considerable, and now the commander has to be replaced. The others don’t know what their future will be, and the atmosphere in the entire security command is very depressing.

Only Watanabe.

He was not there when Oda was captured, but he understood that his departure was Oda's attempt to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

As soon as he left, Oda would take action, and then he would fall into the trap prepared for him by Aoki.

Oda is finished this time.

He thought too much and thought he was a tiger, but in fact he was just a tapeworm.

Everyone else is now worried about their future. A new emperor appoints new ministers, and the new commander will definitely have his own confidants. Their current chief of staff has too low a presence and is not qualified for promotion.

Besides, the Chief of Staff is old and is just enjoying his retirement.

I really don't know where they will go in the future.

Only Watanabe didn't have this worry.

Aoki told him that Chief of Staff Kawabe had agreed to his transfer and that he would soon be transferred to Shanghai and would not have to stay in Wuhan.

His life would be better if he went to the Shanghai Gendarmerie Headquarters.

He was the one who made the greatest contribution to capturing Oda this time. If it weren't for his keen eye, Captain Yoshioka would have died unjustly. Taro Yoshioka has already told him that he will treat him as his own in the future.

His allegiance to Taro Yoshioka did not count as a change of allegiance, but rather as a manifestation of loyalty.

Watanabe seemed to see a better future.

The Military Police Command, although its number of personnel is not as large as that of the Security Command, its power is much greater than that of the Security Command.

Watanabe was very happy.

In the dark, a pair of eyes were staring at him.

Aoki is busy with Oda's confession, and Watanabe is alone now and has very free time.

He didn't look for his own men either. He went to the Military Police Headquarters, and it was difficult to take people with him. This kind of transfer was not easy. He was not promoted to a military commander, so he couldn't take his own people with him.

However, he also comforted his subordinates who wanted to follow him, and told them that he would mobilize these people after he had gained a firm foothold.

Let them endure it in Wuhan for a while.

Watanabe left the Security Command. He had a transfer order given to him by Aoki and quickly completed his transfer.

Since Oda was not there, the chief of staff would not make things difficult for him, and the transfer order was handled very smoothly.

After receiving the transfer order, Watanabe was very happy that he was no longer a member of the Wuhan Garrison Command and had finally gotten out of this quagmire.

"Bang bang."

Two gunshots were heard, and Watanabe suddenly fell backwards, his mind completely blank.

He raised his head with difficulty and looked at his chest.

Blood was oozing out of the two bullet holes.

Someone shot him with a black gun?
Before Watanabe could figure out what was going on, a man came running over from a distance and shot him three more times.

All five bullets from the Type 38 rifle hit Watanabe.

The man who fired the shot looked at Watanabe lying on the ground with a smile on his face.

No matter how bad a person is, he may have some merits. Oda is a bastard, but he is very nice to his fellow villagers.

There are more than a dozen of his fellow townsmen in the Wuhan Garrison Command.

He usually helps these fellow villagers a lot.

One of them received Oda's favor many times. Even when his old father fell ill, it was Oda who gave him money to help his father with his treatment and eventually saved his father's life.

Oda was reported by the despicable Watanabe. He couldn't save anyone and was powerless, but there was still a possibility of dealing with Watanabe.

He had been lying in ambush, and when he saw Watanabe coming out, he immediately opened fire.

He was already satisfied to be able to help the commander get revenge.

As for whether he could run away or not, he didn't care at all.

He also had two grenades on him. If he was discovered, he would pull the grenades and die together with the person who captured him.

Before the assassination, he had no intention of surviving.

"Captain, this is bad. Watanabe was just assassinated and died on the way to the hospital."

Aoki was busy when his subordinates suddenly ran over and reported the latest situation to him.

"Watanabe is dead?"

Aoki suddenly looked up. Who killed Watanabe, Oda and his gang?

But soon he felt a little scared. Fortunately, they were targeting Watanabe, not himself. If it were him, the person dead now would not be Watanabe.

"It's not clear yet. The Security Command is in chaos. Oda has been arrested, and there's no one in charge now."

"I'll report it right away. You calm them down and let the police investigate first."

Aoki stood up immediately. Watanabe was a person the captain had high hopes for. Now that he was dead, he had to find out the murderer and give an explanation to the captain.

However, Watanabe's death is not necessarily a bad thing for him.

Watanabe did a really good job this time, showing an image of a loyal and intelligent person. If he had gone to the Shanghai Gendarmerie Headquarters, he would have been a threat to himself.

Now someone helped him get rid of Watanabe, and it has nothing to do with him, which seems to be the perfect ending.

A great mission was accomplished, potential threats were eliminated, and he became the biggest winner this time.

Aoki was very satisfied with this.

Little Huangshan.

Everyone had already finished counting the supplies they brought back.

The defense of the Japanese strongholds mainly relied on watchtowers and bunkers, and not many people were stationed inside.

Therefore, Xiaohuangshan did not seize many guns and ammunition, and the amount of ammunition was just more than what they consumed.

The main gains were the mortars and artillery shells in the building, which further improved Xiaohuangshan's fire suppression capabilities.

More importantly, they have cleared out the threats at the foot of the mountain and no longer have to worry about doing many things.

For example, when Jiang Zheng and his team went up the mountain before, they had to sneak around and take a detour.

There are not many of them, and they would be in danger if they were discovered by the checkpoints at the foot of the mountain.

Now, not only can everyone go up the mountain openly, but Niu Yuanxiang can also lead a large group down the mountain without any problem.

There was even another Japanese transport truck robbery. And now that there was no base near Xiaohuang Mountain as a logistics station, it would be much more difficult for the Japanese to encircle and suppress them than before.

The strategic significance is far greater than the practical significance.

If the Japanese set up checkpoints again, the puppet troops would probably not be willing to come, or would be very cautious, fearing that they would be killed or captured.

Although Xiao Huangshan didn't kill many people, they didn't dare let themselves fall into Xiao Huangshan's hands.

Especially those who do a lot of evil.

Niu Yuanxiang looked at the eight mortars and hundreds of shells in the warehouse, and his smile became even more intense. If the Japanese dare to come again, they will have to think twice. It is still unclear who will encircle and suppress whom.

Xiaohuangshan only carries the name of the Independent Regiment of the Loyal and Patriotic Army. Boss Dai will not reinforce them with the number of arms of a regular regiment.

However, they have seized a lot of supplies these days. Except for the lack of heavy artillery, their firepower is not much different from that of the regular army.

In addition to equipment, Xiaohuangshan is also not bad in terms of training, even better than some regular troops.

With the same number of people, Niu Yuanxiang believed that the people of Xiaohuangshan could also fight against the regular army.

The biggest disadvantage of Xiaohuangshan nowadays is that there are too few people.

Although it was called an independent regiment, more than 900 people were not even enough to form two slightly larger battalions.

Niu Yuanxiang ordered the identification of the captured puppet troops.

Doing political and ideological work is a long process. There are many puppet soldiers who surrender voluntarily and have not done anything evil. These people should be recruited first and set an example.

But we cannot accept it blindly as this would involve potential risks. We must reshape their national consciousness and inspire their patriotism.

This is what the organization has explained many times. The puppet army must be transformed into an anti-Japanese force in order to fundamentally undermine Japan's rule.

The Japanese army was not large in number, and was able to invade largely because of the help of puppet troops.

If we want to win the war of resistance, we must unite all possible forces to fight against Japan together.

The organization has always done a good job in uniting to resist Japan.

Niu Yuanxiang will also carry out the task meticulously, and he has made this his goal at this stage.

The last time we attacked the Japanese stronghold, there were surrendered puppet soldiers who participated in the operation. They had accepted the Red Party’s ideology and became part of Xiaohuangshan.

Now there are more than 300 people willing to join Xiaohuangshan, and Niu Yuanxiang will accept them all.

As long as they are willing to join, it is a good thing. Willing to join means willing to be influenced. Niu Yuanxiang will have a way to do ideological work on them.

Niu Yuanxiang will not force those who do not want to stay to stay. Xiao Huangshan will give them travel expenses to go home, and will also give them a warning. They can be let go once, but not a second time.

To prevent them from continuing to work for the Japanese after they return.

If there is someone who really doesn't listen to advice and is discovered later, Niu Yuanxiang will definitely not forgive him.

Although some people who returned home were unwilling to fight against the Japanese personally, their thoughts had changed, and most of them were unwilling to continue working for the Japanese.

Niu Yuanxiang did not release them directly. Instead, he at least gave them some education first and left some seeds.

With this expansion, the number of Xiaohuangshan members increased to 1,200, and it initially reached the scale of an independent regiment.

With the increase in numbers and firepower, Xiaohuangshan already has the capital to participate in larger-scale operations. However, Niu Yuanxiang is not in a hurry, as haste makes waste.

He didn't know at this time that the Japanese Wuhan Garrison Command had undergone major changes.

A commander was captured.

Oda's arrest was indeed closely related to them. If they had not caused such heavy losses to the Security Command, Oda would not have ended up like this.

If he knew, Niu Yuanxiang would only be happier.

These invaders, these beasts deserve to die.

……

Shanghai, Yuanda Casino.

Wang Wu put down the account sheet in his hand. He already had a plan to go further in the casino.

It has been some time since I was promoted to captain of the security brigade.

Wang Wu has been actively improving his relationship with his subordinates, and since he has many tricks up his sleeve, he has gained enough prestige in the casino.

In order to make his subordinates truly convinced, Wang Wu even did everything himself for some time.

This also made Zheng Yujie trust Wang Wu even more, and he would even entrust some shameful matters to Wang Wu.

But Zheng Yujie never expected that Wang Wu's goal was to replace him.

It was his trust in Wang Wu that accelerated his death.

The bill in Wang Wu's hand was exactly Zheng Yujie's. As long as he compared it with the reported bill, he could find that Zheng Yujie had lied about the accounts.

Liu Ming works in finance, so it is not difficult for him to find out these things.

They have received professional training in this area. The Military Control Commission provides many types of training. Xu Qingyun went to the training class in advance to select people, and then they received special training according to Xu Qingyun's requirements.

Everyone has their specialties.

Liu Ming is very good in this regard.

The accounts are not right and there is fraud. This is no small matter. Zheng Yujie is the owner of the casino on the surface, but he wants to give a commission to his big boss.

The false reporting of accounts was equivalent to directly embezzling Zhang Wanlin's money.

Zhang Wanlin is a very greedy person. Now that he is the only one left among the original three bosses, he has become even more rampant.

If this evidence fell into Zhang Wanlin's hands, Zheng Yujie would definitely be severely punished, and even his life might be taken.

Zhang Wanlin has never been a cunning person.

What Wang Wu needs to do now is to make himself the person with the greatest hope of taking over Yuanda Casino.

However, they still need the most realistic bill so that they can kill Zheng Yujie in one blow.

This real bill was hard-earned, and Zheng Yujie would not let anyone know about it.

The origin of the account sheet can be traced back to when Wang Wugang became the team leader.

Zheng Yujie sent Wang Wu to handle the affairs, but he had to go out for something urgent, so he had to let Wang Wu hand over to his secretary.

At first, the secretary hid well and did not attract the attention of Tang and others.

During the handover process, Wang Wu discovered a clue that the secretary had the same purpose as him.

He also wanted to replace Zheng Yujie, but his secretary knew that Zheng Yujie had a dirty account.

But due to lack of evidence, the search has continued.

After Wang Wu discovered this, he did not act rashly but reported it to Tang Hetong.

He was waiting, the secretary was in the open and Wang Wu was in the dark.

This piece of evidence is also a rare opportunity for Wang Wu.

The secretary's position is more advantageous than his and it is easier to investigate.

Once the evidence is clear, Wang Wu can seize the evidence while the oriole is behind.

The secretary is investigating Zheng Yujie, and Wang Wu is investigating the secretary, but Wang Wu is powerful and the secretary only has a position closer to the boss.

And all these struggles were carried out secretly without Zheng Yujie's knowledge.

As the operation closed in, Wang Wu reported the secretary to Zheng Yujie.

With Zheng Yujie's permission, Wang Wu immediately went to arrest the secretary and search his home.

Afterwards, Wang Wu handed over a lot of materials obtained from the search to Zheng Yujie, but they were all evidence that the secretary was secretly investigating the boss.

But the only thing missing is this crucial account sheet.

At that time, he had just taken office and the timing was not yet ripe, so Wang Wu has kept it privately until now.

(End of this chapter)