Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

In the south, on the evening of April 29, Zhou Yongsu, having completed her mission, escorted everyone to Kaohsiung Harbor. Two days later, the fleet completed its resupply and returned to the United States.

After disembarking and modifying the port log, Chen Lanfeng, following Chen Jiehua's latest instructions, went to Hong Kong alone to expand his business.

Liu Junze returned to Xiamen by ferry.

Chen Jiehua ultimately decided not to blow up the torii gate, as it would not help the battle and would only increase the risk of exposure. Zhao Yiyue, carrying the new mission assigned by Chen Jiehua, followed Ji Yinfengwen's fleet to Rajin Port.

Kim Jung-hee stayed in Kaohsiung, waiting for Gil Yoon-bong-moon's fleet, and then returned to Rajin with the fleet to reunite with her master, Jo Yi-yue.

As the smoke of war cleared, history returned to its original course.
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On May 8, Chen Jiehua was at home, looking at the notice of the "Second Military Joint Conference of Manju State" that he had just received, his mind was like a storm.

The meeting will be held on May 12.

Is this a reward from the system, Hongluan?
Is this a reward for successfully completing the "patchwork project"?
This notification came at just the right time.

In February, he planned to infiltrate Northeast China and find an opportunity to kill Nobuyoshi Muto, the commander of the Kwantung Army. However, he was delayed by a series of notices from the Japanese Navy and the Cabinet. Then he discovered that the Yamato was being built too quickly, so he formulated and completed the "Patch Plan".

I was just thinking about how to find an excuse to go to Northeast China yesterday, and then the meeting notice was delivered to my home.

The meat is practically in my mouth, there's no reason not to eat it.

First, contact Zhao Yiyue by telegram: Find Zhao Zihe as soon as possible and meet him in Shenyang (Fengtian was renamed Shenyang in 1929).

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. When Dai Chunfeng killed a traitor in Tianjin, he had to use assassins from the Beiping Station, the Tianjin Station, and the North China region. He also had to go all out to win over the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army.

Among the team, Zhou Yongsu and Liu Junze were the most familiar with the terrain of Shenyang, but Zhou had gone to America and couldn't make it, Liu was in Fujian and also couldn't make it, Tan was too big a target and couldn't be moved, and Yang Dengying had no military strength. After thinking about it, none of them could be used. Even if a lion were to hunt a rabbit, he would have to use all his strength.
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On May 10, Chen Jiehua arrived at Lushun Port aboard his private fleet. After disembarking, he was picked up by a special car from the Kwantung Army Headquarters and taken to Shenyang.

The fleet's soldiers and sailors were free to move about in Port Arthur.

When Aoki Seigen arrived at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army (the former headquarters of the Northeast Army), the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff, Itagaki Seishiro, was already there to greet him in the courtyard.

"Oh dear, Itagaki-sensei, how could I, a student, allow you to greet me? It's so impolite of me!"

"Qingxuan, it's been four years since you left the Kwantung Army and haven't come back yet, has it?"

"Hey! It's definitely Qingxuan's fault. Since the headquarters moved here, Qingxuan hasn't come even once."

"Then you'll have to drink three cups of wine as a penalty at today's party."

"Hi! I'll follow your instructions, teacher."

"Come on, I'll go up with you. Commander Muto is waiting for you up there."

At the door of Commander Muto's office, Chen Jiehua heard Muto's roar. Peeking through the crack in the door, he saw a major general section chief being verbally abused and slapped, and afterwards he was told to "hey!"

Old fool, this tactic is a bit low-level. Killing the chicken to scare the monkey? He may be the "chicken," but I, Chen Jiehua, am definitely not the "monkey."

"Teacher, why is that?"

In fact, Chen Jiehua already knew that the old scoundrel was Tu Feiyuan's powerful backer. Since he had blocked Tu Feiyuan's path to promotion, it was only a basic tactic for the old man to give him a hard time.

But today I must pretend I don't know and pass the information to Itagaki. I don't know anything about it, I'm completely confused, so that the clever teacher later won't connect the old scoundrel's death with himself.

As for whether Tu Feiyuan will make any connections in the future, he definitely will, but so what? You're the ones who invited me here.

After cursing the unfortunate section chief, Muto Nobuyoshi leaned on the table with one hand and clutched his heart with the other.

The assistant quickly went to get the water glass on Muto's desk to pour water. The process was blocked by the door, so the assistant didn't see it, but it took a while, and Muto's eyes were fixed on that direction the whole time.

Then the assistant took a small medicine bottle out of Muto's pocket, poured out a pill, and handed it to Muto.

Muto glanced at it, confirmed it, then took the medicine and drank water.

Heart disease, special medicine bottle, bring your own, special water cup, hot water may have requirements, be careful and cautious. Chen Jiehua has completed collecting the information.

The old man is indeed very cautious; even at this point, he doesn't trust his assistant. "This is a good breakthrough point that can be used, but it's very difficult and requires careful planning," Chen Jiehua thought.

"Qingxuan, go inside. Be careful, the commander is in a bad mood."

"Teacher, how about we come back later? Qingxuan is a little scared."

"Qingxuan! You're already a major general, why are you still acting like a child?"

"Teacher, Qingxuan is really scared. You just saw it, right? The commander hit the major general."

Since we're already here, we have to bite the bullet and go for it.

"Commander, General Aoki Seigen, commander of the Manchukuo fleet, has arrived."

"Greetings, Commander!"

"Yoshi, please have a seat. Tamura, make some tea."

Muto Nobuyoshi may have just taken his medicine and needed a while to recover. He didn't show much emotion when he saw Aoki Seigen, and directed his assistant to guide him to his seat and make tea.

"Come, have some tea, Aoki-kun. Welcome to our Kwantung Army Headquarters."

"Hi! Thank you, Commander."

Muto's Japanese tea ceremony was quite peculiar; the host still used the same water cup he had just drunk from, a large celadon teacup.

He didn't drink the scalding hot tea immediately after it was poured into the cup; instead, he waited for his assistant to skillfully warm it up with cold water before drinking it.

"Aoki-kun, if you haven't received a formal meeting notice, are you still unwilling to set foot on Manchurian soil? Are you still the commander of the Manchukuo fleet?"

"Hey! Commander, you're right. Teacher Gang has already lectured Qingxuan."

"Hey, please keep an eye on the Kwantung Army in the future, after all, you are still nominally the commander of the Manchukuo Fleet."

"Of course I'm paying attention! I've been paying attention all the time," Chen Jiehua thought to himself.

"Yes! Qingxuan understands."

After chatting with the two old men about some trivial matters, Chen Jiehua excused himself to visit an old friend and left the Commander-in-Chief's office.

Meanwhile, the teacher, Seishiro Itagaki, stayed behind to discuss the dinner arrangements with the Commander-in-Chief.

Chen Jiehua really wanted to visit his old friend, the beautiful young woman Qingzi who was now married.

Haruko's office is right next to the commander's office; Chen Jiehua saw it when he went upstairs earlier.

Haruko looked resentful when she saw Aoki Seigen walk in through the door.

"Aoki-kun~,."

"Hey, is our Kwantung Army Headquarters' little flower not happy today?"

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Haruko is easy to please; with sweet words and small gifts, the two quickly started chatting.

When Chen Jiehua was leaving, a small mishap occurred. Qingzi rushed to the door and hugged Aoki Qingxuan, who had already said goodbye and was about to leave. She pressed her head against Chen Jiehua's back and cried very sadly.

"Aoki-kun~"

What a tragedy! (End of Chapter)