Black Flag Army

Chapter 134 Good and evil will eventually be rewarded

Next to the Beijing Central Police Academy, there is an inconspicuous Huangmu Hotel with a small storefront and low fees. Dong Huailiang, the vice president of the police academy, would go in for a few drinks after get off work every day. That evening, he walked into the hotel again. The long-faced waiter of the hotel politely invited him into a private room and poured him some wine. Then he walked out of the room and made a gesture to the round-faced shopkeeper behind the counter, who picked up the phone on the counter.

While drinking, Dong Huailiang took out a newspaper from his bag and read it carefully. It was a copy of the "Justice Daily". On the front page of the newspaper was an article written by Lan Jinchun, "Eighteen Years of Humiliation, Today's Revenge". The article detailed the course of the Battle of Hailar, including how Leng Hanbing killed the Tsarist Russian commander Gong to avenge his family, and added many wonderful comments.

Dong Huailiang finished reading the newspaper and sighed: "There are no heroes in the world, so let the little guys become famous!"

The author of the article was once his dream lover. It was Lan Jinping who helped him enter the police department. Later, to express his gratitude, he went to the Lan family to give gifts. He was attracted by Lan Jinchun's beauty in the Lan family. He made arrangements for the police department and soon became the director of the personnel department. He then proposed to take Lan Jinchun as a concubine. In his opinion, as a senior official of the police department, he was giving enough face to Lan Jinchun as a concubine. Lan Jinchun should feel honored. Who knew that Lan Jinchun actually refused without knowing what was good for her? Her sister Lan Jinping actually had the same opinion, which made him very angry. However, Lu Jianzhang was on the stage at that time, so he endured it and waited for Lu Jianzhang to speak. After stepping down, he planned to go to Suiyuan to capture Lan Jinchun, but he found out that she had married Di Xiong. Di Xiong was already very powerful and had become a warlord. He even defeated the Shanxi Jin Army and the 20th Beiyang Division. He had to give up Lan Jinchun, thinking that Di Xiong had taken his woman away. He hated the Justice Party very much. After becoming the police chief, he used his power to frantically hunt down and kill all the members of the Justice Party in Beijing. The intelligence group and the Flying Eagle Gang were both hit. After Li Yuanhong came to power, the wanted order for the Justice Party had been cancelled, but he secretly ordered his subordinates to continue the investigation and finally killed Hong Tianlie, a member of the Justice Party, in Langfang.

After reading the newspaper and drinking, he was about to go out to pay the bill when two strange men suddenly pushed the door open. Before he could ask any questions, a pistol was pointed at his face. The gunman was a chubby man with short hair.

Dong Huailiang was shocked, cold sweat broke out, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Who are you?"

The short-haired man didn't say anything. A thin-faced man with a gloomy expression next to him said, "My name is Yin Quan, the head of the Justice Party's Beijing intelligence station. You should be very familiar with this name. He is the person you always wanted to catch when you were the director. The person next to me is Yao Tiechui, the head of the intelligence station's operations team. We have been ordered to send you off."

Dong Huailiang pleaded, "Two heroes! I have no grudge against you, can you spare my life? I have some gold bars and jade at home, I can give you money and things."

Yao Tiechui said coldly: "The wronged souls of Hong Tianlie, Li Manniu and others are watching us from heaven! If you want to buy their lives with money and other things, you can just dream on!"

Yin Pingdao: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the law of heaven is reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up and see that heaven will spare no one. Dong Huailiang! In your next life, remember not to do evil again!"

Dong Huailiang suddenly fell to the ground and rolled under the table in the corner. At the same time, he pulled out the pistol from his waist. Yao Tiechui, who had been staring at him intently, quickly fired. The pistol equipped with a silencer made three slight gunshots. Dong Huailiang's body twitched a few times and he became motionless. Blood flowed from his head and chest.

Yin Quan said: "Dong Huailiang! You won't be lonely down there. Jiang Tanbi is waiting for you in the underworld."

In a car outside the hotel, two people were lying down. They were Dong Huailiang's driver and bodyguard. They were knocked down by the nozzle.

When Di Xiong walked into the Intelligence Department office, Tian Mengxue and Wu Chunfeng were sorting out intelligence materials. Seeing Di Xiong come in, Wu Chunfeng hurriedly saluted, while Tian Mengxue just nodded as a greeting, and then continued to review the intelligence.

Di Xiong asked, "Do you have any intelligence from Beijing?"

Wu Chunfeng said: "Yes! The Beijing Intelligence Station has already eliminated the former police chief Dong Huailiang and the traitor Jiang Tabi, but there were no casualties. In addition, after the news of the recapture of Hailanpao reached Beijing, citizens from all walks of life in Beijing spontaneously held a grand celebration parade. The Justice Daily has once again become a hot commodity. People in Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Changsha have also organized celebration parades."

Di Xiong asked: "Did Li Xiangtan participate in the celebration parade in Changsha?"

Wu Chunfeng said: "The celebration in Changsha was organized by Li Xiangtan. Most of the participants were students from various colleges in Changsha, Hunan. He was very grateful to the Changsha Intelligence Group for sending him the Justice Daily every day, and he also promoted it among the students."

At this time, Tian Mengxue had finished reading a piece of intelligence and said to Di Xiong: "You are so busy at work, why are you here at the Intelligence Department?"

Di Xiong laughed and said, "As a leader of the Justice Party, can't I go to the Intelligence Department to inspect the patrol work?"

Tian Mengxue said angrily: "Since I became the director of the Intelligence Department, I've been exhausted every day, and I've also been monitored by the Supervision Department. If I'm not careful, I'll be caught by them and put in the torture room. Now you're here to conduct a surprise inspection. Do you want me to live?"

Di Xiong laughed and said, "You are exaggerating. When have you ever been arrested by the Supervision Department? It was a few people from the Intelligence Department who were arrested. They took bribes and leaked secrets for personal gain. They deserved it. The Intelligence Department has too much power. It needs to be restrained."

Tian Mengxue said: "Then the Supervisory Office has more power. Who will restrain them? What if they abuse their power? In history, how did the East Factory, West Factory, and Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty have such bad reputations? There are many lessons for them."

Di Xiong said: "You are right. I have discussed with Lao Wu and Sister Lan and plan to set up an anti-malfeasance investigation department under the Intelligence Department to secretly supervise the Supervision Department."

Tian Mengxue was delighted when she heard this and said, "That's great, I'll be the section chief."

Di Xiong smiled and said, "The position of section chief has been decided and will be held by Cha Jingfeng. As the director, you should not fight for the position of section chief. I am worried that you will use this investigation department to retaliate against the Supervision Department."

Tian Mengxue was very angry after hearing this and ignored him. Di Xiong asked Wu Chunfeng: "Has Kulun received any intelligence recently?"

Wu Chunfeng said: "After Xu Shuzheng came to power in Kulun, he carried out drastic reforms, established schools, hospitals, and banks. He also opened a newspaper and followed our example by confiscating the land of Mongolian nobles and distributing it to ordinary herdsmen for cultivation. He also transported seeds and farm tools from the inland to lend to the herdsmen. Many Mongolian nobles were dissatisfied with this and went to the Northwest Frontier Prefecture to cause trouble. He sent troops to arrest them, put them in prison, charged them with treason, and confiscated all their property. Now he has no shortage of money, and he has recruited more than 30,000 young and strong refugees from the inland, brought them to Outer Mongolia for training, and organized them into three divisions, called the Combat Divisions."

Yang Lushuang, who was following Di Xiong, said, "He is just copying his boss's approach. It's shameless."

Only Di Xiong knew that Xu Shuzheng was not plagiarizing. He did the same thing in the original history, except that he confiscated the land of the nobles and distributed it to the herdsmen.

Di Xiong said: "If it can really improve the living conditions of the people in the eastern part of Outer Mongolia, it doesn't matter if he plagiarizes. As long as he doesn't attack us for the time being, we don't have to worry about him."

After leaving the Intelligence Department, Di Xiong entered Wu Zhong's office and heard Wu Zhong sighing as he faced a pile of bills: "When the cannon goes off, the gold is worth a ton. During the war, the expenses are indeed much higher than usual."

Di Xiong said, "Old Wu, you can't just count the expenditures. Didn't we seize 15 tons of gold and property worth millions of silver dollars? With this money, it's enough to take over Sakhalin Island."

Wu Zhong said, "Boss! Fifteen tons of gold is only three hundred thousand taels. Do you think it's a lot? You can't just count the ammunition, military pay, and food. There are also post-war reconstruction, compensation for the dead and wounded, resettlement of the disabled, and rewards for meritorious service. These are all money! It's not enough to reach Sakhalin Island."

Di Xiong said: "Kolchak is the richest man. I heard that he looted the Tsar's treasury and took away 600 tons of gold. If we can get these 600 tons of gold, we really don't have to worry about money."

Wu Zhong said: "Kolchak is too powerful. He has airplanes and cannons supported by foreign powers. He claims to have an army of one million, but the actual number is nearly 600,000. He defeated the Bu Party army again and again. With only 100,000 troops, we have to defend the territory of western Mengxi, Suwu City, Hailanpao and other places. How many troops can we take out to fight them? How can we possibly defeat them? Don't dream of 600 tons of gold. "

Di Xiong said: "Kolchak can't always win battles. What if he loses one day? He also has conflicts with nominal subordinates like Denikin. After winning many battles in a row, a person will definitely become arrogant. You know that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. The winter in Tsarist Russia is very cold. If there is an abnormally severe winter, many troops will be lost. If these two situations occur at the same time, our chance will come."

Di Xiong knew that Kolchak's demise was actually very unjust! He was first defeated three times in a row by Fu Longzhi, the new commander of the Bolshevik Party, but he was not seriously injured. However, his subordinates and generals asked to return to the east to rest, believing that the defeat was caused by the fatigue of the troops in continuous fighting. Kolchak had to agree, but when he retreated eastward, he brought more than 100,000 noble men and women, priests, nuns and factory owners with him. They followed the army out of fear of the Bolshevik Party, which greatly slowed down the march. Halfway through the march, they encountered a cold weather that had not been seen in a hundred years. The temperature dropped to more than 70 degrees below zero overnight, and hundreds of thousands of troops froze to death on the march. After the severe cold, the Bolshevik Party easily defeated the remnants of the White Guard and shot the captured Kolchak.

Wu Zhong said: "I don't think we can pin our hopes on a miracle. We should just recruit and train our troops honestly. As long as our forces are equal to Kolchak's, we will have a chance to defeat them."

Di Xiong asked: "How many people are there in western Outer Mongolia now?"

Wu Zhong said: "More than two million people, close to three million people, we can organize another 500,000 troops, plus the previous 100,000, that's 600,000."

Di Xiong was surprised and said, "How can there be so many refugees? There are still three million people and we have to raise an army of 600,000. This ratio is too high. Other industries also need young and strong people. We can't just waste our time on war! One out of ten is already the limit. This also includes part-time and full-time security groups and militia brigades."

Wu Zhong said: "Ren Xinglin, the new intelligence station chief of Suiyuan, threatened Fan Guozhang with the death of the previous governor. After Fan Guozhang opened the refugee channel, Chahar Province was also opened. Not only these two provinces, but also Xinjiang and Gansu provinces have a large number of refugees coming. Most of them are war refugees. In order to fight for territory, local warlords have been fighting for years. They can't survive and have to flee. There are also refugees everywhere in the eastern part of Outer Mongolia and Tsarist Russia, not only Han people, but also Mongolians, Hui people, and Tsarist Russians. After training and land distribution, the refugee camps in various cities and counties have been empty, but now they are full again. Fortunately, there are more grain fields than last year. Although there are more than one million new refugees, there is no shortage of food. Under normal circumstances, a population of three million cannot withdraw 600,000 troops, but most of the refugees to western Mongolia are young and strong, and the elderly, women and children only account for a small part, so 600,000 can be withdrawn."

Di Xiong said, "That won't work! Factories, shops, farmlands, and pastures all need young and strong people, and the ratio of new recruits to veterans can't be too different. In the Battle of Hailanpao, we only killed more than 4,000 Tsarist Russian troops, but more than 5,000 of our own were killed. That's because there were too many new recruits. Let's recruit another 100,000 this year! Including the security regiment and the militia brigade, we will recruit 100,000 soldiers every year in the future. In five years, we will have a total of 600,000 troops."

Old Wu said: "You are the boss, of course you have the final say! But this way the financial pressure will be less."

Di Xiong said, "I'm here to see you today for another matter. As more and more refugees arrive, the number of tyrants, gangsters, and evil officials in various parts of Mongolia oppressing the good will continue to increase. Local officials may not be able to handle it, or they may not dare to do it for various reasons. This requires us, the Juzi and Mozhe, to take turns to visit privately and try to alleviate the suffering of the people and refugees as much as possible. We will be divided into five groups of two. Who will you be in the same group with?"

Wu Zhong said with a bitter face: "I am so old, is it okay if I don't go?"

Di Xiong said, "No! You are the second-in-command, you have to set an example, and you are in good health, so don't refuse. This is a chance to uphold justice, eradicate evil and make a name for yourself!"

Wu Zhong said: "Boss, did you miscalculate? There are only eight of our Justice Party leaders in Beitang City, and four of them are on the front line of Tsarist Russia!"

Di Xiong said: "At present, the Hailanpao front is resting and not fighting. I sent a telegram to transfer Liu Zhendong and Leng Hanbing back to participate in the private investigation."

Wu Zhong said: "Then I will be in the same group with Liu Zhendong!"

Di Xiong smiled and said, "You know how to take advantage of it. You don't have to worry about your safety if you are in a group with the Justice Party's top expert. Because of your age, I agree."