Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 164 Chen Jiehua Digs a Pit in Northeast China

The following morning, Chen Jiehua, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and a group of naval fleet leaders reviewed the blueprints for the new ship again after seven months.

The Yamato-class battleships, with their gunnery specifications and displacement far exceeding those of the highest-level battleships currently in existence, have greatly satisfied the bigwigs. They didn't even complain about the high cost. Now they don't have to worry about money anymore. Shibayama Masao is having a great time making money in the Northeast and doesn't even want to come back to look at the blueprints, which speaks volumes.

At noon, Chen Jiehua said he needed to go home to visit his mother first, as the fleet would be setting sail after he returned, so he wouldn't be drinking with the elders. He said they would drink on the new ship after the Yamato was completed.

"Yoshi! Qingxuan's suggestion is excellent! Let's wait until the Yamato is completed, and then we'll drink until we drop on the new ship! Go ahead."
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On the afternoon of the 20th, on a road in Miyazaki Prefecture, after Chen Jiehua returned from visiting relatives, the shipyard driver was focused on driving when he said, "Stop up ahead, I need to pee!"

"Hi!"

Chen Jiehua quickly arrived behind the ruins and found Zhao Yiyue hiding there.

"Everything is arranged, go ahead. Take the knife, and be careful, it's a famous knife, very sharp. Aoki always carries a knife with him."

"understand!"

Chen Jiehua and Zhao Yiyue successfully switched places. Watching the car disappear into the dust, Chen Jiehua didn't waste any time. She took out casual clothes and makeup equipment from her spatial storage and began to change her appearance behind the ruins.

After completing his disguise, Chen Jiehua, posing as a Japanese pioneer, traveled by train to Fukuoka, then by boat to Busan, and finally by train to Fengtian in Manchuria.

Lushun Port has now become a naval port for the Navy. There are many Marine Corps spies, and even more spies from the Doihara Organization. No matter how he changes, his body shape and face are fixed. He will be easily recognized when he disembarks in Lushun. Therefore, he can only waste an extra day and take the route that poor people in Japan liked at the time.

The train arrived in Fengtian in the morning, and Chen Jiehua bought a ticket directly to transfer to Lushun, arriving in Lushun in the evening.

Chen Jiehua found the safe house arranged by Zhao Shiyu with ease; it was the same safe house he had prepared when he first returned to China. He obtained the Soviet-made sniper rifle and bullets, and at the same time cleared out his three cubic spaces.

At night, in the safe house, after completing the telegram communication and confirmation with Zhao Shiyu, Chen Jiehua ate some dry food arranged by Lao Zhao and went to bed to rest.

The following day at noon, Chen Jiehua changed into the clothes of a Northeasterner, put the Japanese outfit into his spatial storage, quietly went out, left the city, and walked along the official road towards Fengtian.

After leaving the city, Chen Jiehua first walked 20 li along the official road. As it got dark and there were few pedestrians, he turned onto the mountain road and followed the markers for 5 li until he found the spot that Lao Zhao had arranged for him.

This road is the only route Zhao Shiyu and his naval soldiers take every month to escort the operating funds to Lushun Port, and today is the agreed-upon day for the escort.

Although there was the Northeast Three Provinces Official Bank, as well as branches of Fengtian Commercial Bank, HSBC, and Citibank, the Northeast Three Provinces Official Bank was in the hands of the Northeast Army, Fengtian Commercial Bank was in the hands of the South Manchuria Railway Company, HSBC was British, and Citibank was American.

To maintain secrecy regarding profits, the Navy forbade depositing the silver dollars in revenue into any bank. Instead, it required monthly summaries to be sent to Fengtian (Shenyang), where the main store would count, pack, and box the silver dollars. Shibayama Masashi and Zhao Shiyu would use Inca serial numbers for each box, and the silver dollars would be transported to Lushun Port in specially made escort vehicles for loading onto ships, which would then be transported back to Japan. These escort vehicles were specially reinforced trucks, with Shibayama Masashi and Zhao Shiyu taking turns escorting the ships. The driver and escort officer were in the cab, while six fully armed naval soldiers carried the cargo in the back.

Chen Jiehua's task was to set up the vehicle, force the escort truck to stop, and then Zhao Shiyu got out to check. He found the slope was slippery and called the six soldiers in the back of the truck to get out and push the truck uphill.

Next, Chen Jiehua, who was lying in ambush in the best position, quickly took out six soldiers with a Soviet-made semi-automatic rifle with a silencer, and then moved to the front to take out the driver and Zhao Shiyu, who was "preparing to escape".

For Chen Jiehua, the most challenging part of the entire operation was not firing six shots in a row, but the shot he fired at Zhao Shiyu.

In the end, Chen Jiehua successfully completed his plan, transferring box after box of silver dollars into his spatial dimension. He then quickly changed his clothes, transforming back into a Japanese expatriate, and rushed back to Lushun City before the city gates closed.

At this time, although Lushun was still in the hands of the Northeast Army, the city gates were under the control of the military police because the headquarters of the Kwantung Army and the Kwantung Army Military Police were located there. Northeasterners and Soviets who wanted to enter the city at night would be strictly checked, White Russians and Europeans would be questioned, while Japanese residents were left unattended and could swagger into the city.

According to the plan, Chen Jiehua had to sneak up near the Kwantung Army Headquarters before the headquarters received news of the accident, wait for the headquarters to mobilize all its forces, and then sneak into the headquarters to hide all the silver dollars he had just collected in the storeroom on the first floor of the headquarters.
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25 li outside the north gate of Lushun, at the scene of the hijacking of the naval escort vehicle, a soldier who was not quite dead was the first to wake up. Upon discovering the horrific scene, he kept firing warning shots, which finally attracted the attention of the guards at the north gate of Lushun, who went to check on him.

Meanwhile, the naval lieutenant major in charge of receiving the goods at Lushun Port became alert when the escort vehicle did not arrive at the agreed time, and led a large group of soldiers to search for it along the road.

Zhao Shiyu had already woken up. Seeing that his bleeding had basically stopped and there was no major problem, he decided that since the soldier behind him had already warned him, he didn't need to do anything more and could continue to pretend to be unconscious.

"Damn, this guy's shot was accurate, but it really hurt like hell."

The gatekeepers and the naval squadron discovered the overturned car and dead body by the roadside almost simultaneously. The soldiers went back to report, and the naval squadron quickly went to investigate.

The driver died, and the escort officer, Mr. Zhao, was shot, but fortunately he survived and was just shaken awake. Five of the six soldiers behind him died, all from a single shot. The other soldier survived because his heart was positioned to the left.

All the silver dollars in the armored truck are gone!

The robbers were after the navy's silver dollars.

The city of Lushun was in complete chaos. All officers and soldiers at the Gendarmerie Headquarters and all levels of the headquarters who were at home were summoned out of the city to search for any clues.

The naval squadron rushed the two survivors to Lushun City Hospital for emergency treatment.

Having waited for a long time, Chen Jiehua, familiar with the place, "delivered" box after box of silver dollars to the warehouse on the first floor of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
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The news that a transport vehicle belonging to the Manchurian branch of Aoki Pharmacy Co., Ltd., which was under the jurisdiction of the Navy, was hijacked, resulting in six deaths, two serious injuries, and the serious injury of the company president Zhao Shiyu, was "known" to the media. The news spread from Lushun City the next day, and the whole of Northeast China knew about it.

The Japanese Navy Ministry was shaken, and the Japanese General Staff was shaken!
When the news reached Shanghai, Commander Aoki, who was inspecting the training results at the Marine Corps training ground, was furious. He ordered the Marine Corps to set off immediately aboard the gunboat Fushimi to Lushun to track down the murderer!
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