Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 177 Doihara's Withdrawal from North China

The presence of Ijuin Seiki in Japan was merely icing on the cake; it was Guan Yuheng's troupe, whose whereabouts in Northeast China were unknown, that Chen Jiehua was most worried about.

There are also the police and military police who have lost contact with Gao Shuguang.

The warlords in Rehe were cowardly towards the Japanese, but ruthless towards their own people. Guan Yuheng's troops were not many people to begin with, and it would be troublesome if they ran into the large army of Tang Yulin, the warlord of Rehe Province.

Although they are both made of "jade", they are completely different.

After much deliberation, Chen Jiehua decided to contact Sorge by telegram: Please remind the Soviet Red Army Far East troops and Far East Bureau that if they find any Northeast Army troops passing through the area, please first inquire whether they are Guan Yuheng's regiment, and inform them promptly and provide appropriate assistance once found.

The second telegram was then sent to America, requesting Silver Fox to arrange for an arms sales representative to be sent to North China as soon as possible to find a suitable buyer.

Once Guan Yuheng is found, supplies can be delivered to his troops from Rehe through American arms sales representatives.

The third telegram was sent to Yang Dengying: Accelerate the development of the "Aoki Agency's" influence, infiltrate Rehe Province, and establish a drug transportation route. Also, continue to be ruthless towards the people of the Doihara Agency; kill every small tentacle you see. I'll take the blame if anything goes wrong.

The fourth telegram was sent to Zhu Huiwu, requesting him to quickly stockpile wound medicines, first aid supplies, food, and other materials, and to break up the supplies into smaller units and enter Rehe Province ahead of schedule.

Also, please contact Qing Teng Liu and inquire about the whereabouts of Fengtian police officer Gao Shuguang when appropriate.

Only after sending the four telegrams did Chen Jiehua feel slightly relieved.
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Chen Jiehua's series of actions in North China were still known to the Tokyo headquarters. These strange behaviors did not deceive the Japanese Navy, but they did deceive various forces.

Chen Jiehua's bizarre actions were incomprehensible not only to Zhang Xiaoliu, but also to the section chief.

With your Japanese identity, how could you openly use Yang Dengying and even have him lead your Marine Corps soldiers to rob and kill Japanese Kwantung Army agents everywhere?

Now you're operating on two fronts, openly and covertly transporting supplies to Rehe. Are you preparing to welcome the Kwantung Army? Or is there some other ulterior motive?

However, the section chief had also experienced Chen Jiehua's two "shady" attempts with plain text telegrams. Although he couldn't understand them, he didn't send a telegram to question them. He just reported it to his superiors and then ignored it, planning to ask about it when they met.
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The Japanese naval leaders had a simple idea. First of all, Kato Kanji and Uehara Yusaku shared the same thought: wasn't this just like Heitaro's personality when he was young? They were cut from the same mold, so similar, right? There was no way it could be fake.

Therefore, regardless of the rumors, these two absolutely do not believe that Aoki Seigen is a spy for the Republic of China. Whatever the army says is nonsense. You think you can trick the navy just because it has produced a rare young talent? No way.

With these two people endorsing him, the senior figures in the Naval General Staff and the Fleet faction firmly supported Aoki's faction, and nothing the Army said mattered.

In Uehara Isamu's novel, when the Imperial Way Faction members Masaki Jinzaburo and Araki Sadao were discussing the rumors about Aoki Seigen and the arrogant incident of killing someone at the General Staff Headquarters, they were beaten up by Uehara as soon as they mentioned Doihara Kenji's suspicions.

Therefore, even if Chen Jiehua arranged for Yang Dengying to lead the navy to fight against the Doihara Organization in North China, the army and navy only judged that Aoki was a bit willful, deliberately fighting with Doihara Kenji for territory and taking his anger out on the Doihara Organization.

Kids are just kids, you can coax them and they'll be fine.
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In October 1931, the anti-Japanese wave surged across the Republic of China, most notably the boycott of Japanese goods in Shanghai. The Aoki Pharmacy chain stores were deserted, and the windows of the stores were smashed from time to time.

The Navy General Staff had just completed the exchange of pharmacies with the Army, leaving them with a bitter pill to swallow. But this was exactly what Chen Jiehua wanted. Chen Jiehua had anticipated this, otherwise he wouldn't have reminded Zhao Yiyue. "Letting you exchange them will make you regret it. This is just the appetizer. When the January 28 Incident begins, these large pharmacies will face their annihilation, bearing the full brunt of the Shanghai citizens' anger. Then I'll add more food for you."

Only such heavy losses would teach the naval fleet leaders a lesson and deepen the navy's resentment towards the army.

In October, Hotsumi Ozaki telegraphed to report that he had found Seiki Ijuin. He was very excited by Commander Aoki's praise and personal recruitment, and urged Seiki Ijuin to lead the team to set off without hesitation.

Chen Jiehua led a group of junior officers and soldiers from the Marine Corps—who were all former colleagues and friends of Ijuin Seiki from the Northeast—to personally welcome Ijuin Seiki and his ronin group at the dock.

That evening, Chen Jiehua hosted a banquet at the Navy Club to entertain the "heroic" team that had avenged the naval soldiers.

Ijuin Seiki got drunk. "A scholar will die for one who understands him," Seiki finally realized his purpose in life. "Commander Aoki appreciates me! I am the sword in Commander Aoki's hand, I can strike wherever he points!"
The following day, Commander Aoki promoted Ijuin Seiki to the rank of Navy Lieutenant Commander, giving him command of the ronin group and sending him to the East Asia Tongwen Academy for secret training.

In October, Seishiro Itagaki summoned Ryukichi Tanaka and Yoshiko Kawashima, providing them with financial support and instructing them to create chaos in Shanghai to coordinate with and cover up the Kwantung Army's next moves.

Chen Jiehua's attention was focused on Rehe, and he ignored the news that the two had entered Shanghai.

In October, Qing Teng Liu had already completed the inventory and handover of the pharmacy network in Northeast China, so she had no reason to stay in the Northeast and could only follow Colonel Shibayama back to Shanghai. However, she still took the opportunity to hand over the task to Qing Teng Qi.
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In November, Guan Yuheng's troops, who had retreated to the outskirts of Chengde in Rehe Province, finally found a radio station at one of Tang Yulin's mountain villas and made contact with Chen Jiehua.

Chen Jiehua's anxiety finally subsided.

After two months, due to the weather, lack of medical supplies, and the retreat, the patriotic group that the young marshal had specially selected and formed by Guan Yuheng had been reduced from two thousand to less than one thousand five hundred.

Chen Jiehua instructed Guan Yuheng's troops to find a favorable location to set up defenses at the mountain villa, to find some food to sustain themselves for the time being, and then to quickly telegraph Zhu Huiwu to arrange for several batches of medicines and supplies to be transported to Guan Yuheng via a detour through Miyun.

Then, with Zhang Xiaoliu's cooperation, the weapons and equipment from the United States were successfully transported to Guan Yuheng's regiment.

For now, Rehe is safe. Let Guan Yuheng and his men find a safe place to stay and recuperate. After winter, they can find a way to move to Mongolia and the Sino-Soviet border.

At this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army was virtually invincible, so there was no need for them to return to Northeast China for a head-on confrontation.

However, the news that came from Fengtian Qing Tengqi in November made Chen Jiehua's heart sink to the bottom.

Gao Shuguang led a large number of Fengtian police who refused to be disarmed or submit to the Japanese and fought back fiercely, resulting in their near annihilation.

Gao Shuguang was the first police chief to be killed and whose name was recorded; Qing Tengqi easily found this information in the files.

(End of this chapter)