Black Flag Army

Chapter 105 Tianjin Intelligence Station

Di Xiong said: "For Lan Jinchun's sake, I will record this punishment first. If it happens again, I will punish you for both crimes! I will never let you off lightly!"

Lan Jinping quickly apologized with a smile: "I won't dare to do it again next time."

Di Xiong said: "You are already 27 years old, and a senior member of Justice Jue, why are you crying so suddenly?"

Lan Jinping took out a handkerchief, wiped away her tears and said, "I was scared by you. We are a family, you are my brother-in-law, I am not afraid of being embarrassed in front of you."

The next morning, Tian Mengxue walked into Di Xiong's office, put three photos on his desk, and said, "Masao Fukuoka, Naoto Matsushima, and Saburo Ishii, these three people jointly completed the last bombing of Daranza. Masao Fukuoka was responsible for persuading the commander of the garrison, Naoto Matsushima was the captain of the bomber, and Saburo Ishii was the captain of the fighter."

Di Xiong said: "Although our main action direction is Beihai Lake, so many people died in Daranza, we have to respond. The Tianjin Intelligence Station will come forward to assassinate these three people and avenge the victims of Daranza City."

Tian Mengxue said: "Although there is an action group under the Tianjin Intelligence Station, it is not capable enough to complete such a heavy task. We need to send elite assassins from Beitang City to assist. Mainly Matsushima Naoto and Ishii Saburo, and Fukuoka Masao can be eliminated by Touzuki Junko."

Di Xiong said, "I thought that the Chief of the Secret Service, Fukuoka Masao, was the most difficult to get rid of. How could Touzuki Junko actually do it?"

Tian Mengxue said: "After Junko Touzuki became the mistress of Taro Yokomichi, the deputy director of the Secret Service Department, she aroused the jealousy of Masao Fukuoka. He snatched Junko Touzuki away and had a fight with Taro Yokomichi, beating him up. Junko Touzuki could have poisoned Masao Fukuoka when they were dating and then put the blame on Taro Yokomichi. It seems that your decision to let Junko Touzuki go was the right one."

Di Xiong said: "Liu Zhendong can't go this time. As the deputy brigade commander of the Justice Army, he has to prepare for the Fishing City Battle. Leng Hanbing's injury has not healed yet. Only Li Fei can go, and let Di Chun and Shi Zhu assist him."

Tian Mengxue smiled and said, "Isn't Shizhu the guy from my previous flower shop? Can he also be considered an elite?"

Di Xiong said: "When you are away for three days, you should look at him with new eyes. Don't underestimate him now. He made rapid progress when he was trained by Liu Baodong in the Special Service Battalion. Liu Zhendong strongly recommended him to be the deputy battalion commander of the Special Service Battalion. He has a nickname of 'mainstay' in the battalion. In the absence of the two masters Liu Zhendong and Leng Hanbing, he had no choice but to take over."

Tian Mengxue added: "You let Di Chun go to Tianjin, and the security forces around him have been weakened. Although Yang Lushuang and Huo Qingtong are good at fighting, their marksmanship is not so good. Can Liu Zhennan do it all by himself?"

Di Xiong said: "Since Leng Hanbing was assassinated, the Supervisory Office has stepped up its investigation of Beitang City, and the police station and the guard brigade have also stepped up patrols, so the safety here has been greatly improved. Guo Zhiliang from the gun and artillery equipment factory also gave me a new set of bulletproof vests, so it shouldn't be a problem to have one less guard."

The Tianjin Intelligence Station was located in the Japanese Concession, in a Japanese seafood restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was Cha Jingfeng. Cha Jingfeng's hometown was Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She came from a seafood restaurant family. Many officers of the Japanese garrison and wealthy businessmen were frequent customers of the seafood restaurant. Therefore, no matter how the Japanese police and gendarmerie searched, they could not find her.

In the afternoon, the sun was very strong. When Li Fei, Di Chun and Shi Zhu appeared in the basement meeting room of the restaurant, Cha Jingfeng said unhappily, "I know Director Leng is injured and can't come. Why doesn't Brigade Commander Liu come? Without the 'Northern Gun King', this operation will be more difficult."

Li Fei took a piece of sushi from the plate on the table, put it in his mouth and started eating, saying as he ate: "Tea Stationmaster! You don't have confidence in us! Brigade Commander Liu has to prepare for the battle at Beihai Lake and can't come. Di Chun's skills are not bad. Four years ago, when I killed the Japanese in Beijing Nankou Town, he was my right-hand man. He has been guarding Di Juzi for the past few years. There are many people who want to be guards for Di Juzi. If they are less capable, they would have been replaced long ago. Shizhu is the best in the special forces battalion except for Brigade Commander Liu. Even Brigade Commander Liu praises him highly. Only I am indeed a little older. I am already 32 years old this year. It seems that you are mainly dissatisfied with me?"

Cha Jingfeng said, "Four years ago, you were the famous 'Nankou Town Killer', one of the four great masters of the Justice Party. I have absolute confidence in your skills, but I heard that when I wanted to rescue Touzuki Junko, you were very opposed to it?"

Li Fei said, "That was all in the past. I was just impulsive at the time, but later I figured it out. Although you and Touzuki Junko are both Japanese, you have a blood feud with the Japanese government and the hatred of exterminating your entire family. Being able to stand on our side is a great help to us. I shouldn't kill all Japanese with one stick. I have let it go a long time ago. You should stop caring about it, okay?"

Cha Jingfeng said: "Since President Li has figured it out, I am relieved. Let's eat first and I will pour you some tea!"

Cha Jingfeng's assistant Dongfang Xu brought another plate of sushi and asked Di Chun and Shi Zhu to sit down and eat. Dongfang Xu said, "Although we are in Tianjin, we have heard of the name of 'Mainstay'. I heard that even the commander-in-chief of Suiyuan and the commander of the 20th Division was killed by you?"

Dongfang Xu is a young man in his twenties, with short hair and a fair face.

The tall Shizhu smiled and said, "I dare not take credit for someone else's work. It was mainly because the Baotou Intelligence Station provided accurate intelligence, and he was injured by the plane bomb and couldn't escape, so I shot him dead."

Di Chun said anxiously, "Don't talk about the past. This time, the higher-ups asked us to make a quick decision. Have you found out the addresses and schedules of the two targets?"

Cha Jingfeng took out two blueprints and said, "Matsushima Naoto lives on Shou Street in the Japanese Concession, where there are many places for ambushes. Ishii Saburo is more difficult to deal with because he lives near Haiguang Temple, which is the headquarters of the Japanese garrison army and is heavily guarded. If that doesn't work, I plan to find someone to pretend to be Fukuoka Masao and call him, invite him to the hotel for a drink, and then ambush him. Both targets must be eliminated at the same time, otherwise once the Japanese Concession is under martial law, it will be difficult to deal with."

Li Fei asked, "What about Fukuoka Masao? Does Touzuki Junko really do it herself and doesn't need our help?"

Cha Jingfeng said: "Dong Yue Junzi said she is sure, if necessary, I will let Dong Fang Xu help her, so you don't have to do anything."

The next day, Li Fei led the action team to explore the route for a whole day. After returning to the restaurant, he met with Cha Jingfeng again and agreed to Cha Jingfeng's plan. Dongfang Xu then went to the telephone booth outside to make a call, pretending to be Masao Fukuoka to call Saburo Ishii. Dongfang Xu was not only proficient in Japanese, but could also speak fluent Sendai dialect. Masao Fukuoka was from Sendai, Japan.

Everyone was waiting nervously in the seafood restaurant. After a while, Dongfang Xu came back with a strange expression on his face.

Cha Jingfeng asked, "How is the situation? Did he refuse?"

Dongfang Xu said, "He agreed, but he refused to drink at the hotel I mentioned. He wanted to drink at Cha Kee Seafood Restaurant! The time remains the same, it will be six o'clock tonight."

Cha Kee Seafood Restaurant is where everyone is now. Many people gasped when they heard this. Li Fei asked, "Have you been discovered by the other party? Do they already know we are here?"

Di Chun became even more nervous and pulled out his pistol. He wanted to go out to see if there was anyone following him outside, but was stopped by Cha Jingfeng.

Cha Jingfeng said, "Don't be nervous! The officers of the Japanese garrison often come here to drink, including the air force. Ishii Saburo has also come here to drink a few times and is very familiar with a waitress in the store. They are from the same hometown, so it's not surprising that he wants to come here to drink."

Dongfang Xu said: "He did ask me why my voice changed. I told him that I caught a cold and my throat hurt so much that my voice changed. Then he stopped doubting me."

Cha Jingfeng said, "This is the headquarters of the intelligence station. We can't do it here. We can only do it on the way he comes, on Songdao Street Xinmin Road, which is relatively secluded."

Li Fei said: "It's almost five o'clock now. I will be responsible for sniping Ishii Saburo, Di Chun and Shi Zhu will snipe Matsushima Naoto, and the other team members will provide cover, check weapons and equipment, and prepare for action!"

Ishii Saburo put down the phone and still stood there. A pilot, Maeda Ichiro, asked, "Captain! What happened?"

Ishii Saburo said, "It's very strange! The chief of the secret service, Fukuoka Masao, actually invited me to drink! I changed the address to Cha Kee Seafood Restaurant, and he actually agreed. Last time he owed me money for the drinks there, we had a fight, but he didn't remember it?"

Maeda Ichiro said: "Maybe Director Fukuoka regretted his decision and wanted to buy you a drink to apologize, and then return the money to you."

Saburo Ishii thought about it and it made sense. It was time to get off work, and the pilots went to a nearby hotel to drink. Saburo Ishii also got on a military vehicle and drove to Cha Ji Seafood Restaurant.

Cha Jingfeng was at a hotel window on the second floor, looking down through a telescope, and said to Li Fei, who was in the sniper position next to him, "He didn't even bring a driver with him. He drove here by himself. Obviously, our initial worries were completely unnecessary. He was driving very fast. Can you hit him?"

Before she finished her words, Li Fei's sniper rifle went off. Cha Jingfeng saw through the telescope that blood spurted out of Ishii Saburo's head and he fell into his seat. The car lost control and crashed into a telephone pole and caught fire.

Ten minutes later, news came from Shou Street that Di Chun's sniper attack was successful and Matsushima Naoto was killed. Before the Japanese issued martial law, the action team withdrew from the Japanese concession.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on September 3, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers from the three brigades of the First Division of the Justice Army marched northward. The cavalrymen carried rifles and sabers and marched very quickly. The infantrymen could only carry marching bags and rifles and march on foot. The wounded and sick could ride in trucks. These military trucks were all produced by the Beihai Automobile Factory. In addition to carrying the wounded and sick, they also carried cannons and other military supplies.

The spirited officers and soldiers waved black flags and sang military songs: "The fertile land north of the Heilongjiang River is as large as a million miles in radius. The Manchus lost sovereignty due to their incompetence, and the beautiful land has become Russian territory. Today, we raise our righteous army and bravely take the lead in recovering the lost land. We will not fear death and will be remembered for our loyalty and righteousness for eternity!"

Di Xiong stood on the top of Beitang City, watching Zhang Zhenyang and Wu Chunlei lead all the officers and soldiers of the First Division out of the city gate and rush towards Beihai Lake. He was very excited. After four years, the battle to recover the lost territory was finally about to begin. Di Xiong wanted to lead the army personally to fight this first battle to recover the lost territory, but was opposed by the collective top leaders of the Justice Party. He had to give up and stay behind to do logistics work.

Intelligence Director Tian Mengxue said to Di Xiong: "The commander guarding Fishing City is our old rival Ivanov. He has only one brigade under his command. The brigade commander is called Sergeikhov. He led the Cossack Cavalry Regiment to attack our regiment commander, but we later killed a battalion of him in the Selenge River. After he escaped, he was dismissed from his post as regiment commander. After Ivanov became the commander of Fishing City, he remembered this old subordinate and brought him back to be the brigade commander of the city defense brigade. A defeated general was able to become a brigade commander. It seems that the eastern part of Tsarist Russia, including the North Sea Lake, is really out of military talent. The outstanding officers have been transferred to the west. I heard that the Tsar has recruited 10 million soldiers for this war, but there are also 1 million deserters."

Di Xiong said: "The British and French forces lost nearly one million men in the Battle of the Somme, and the German army also suffered more than half a million casualties. The Tsarist Russians thought they could reap the benefits, but after sending troops, they were defeated by the German army and lost hundreds of thousands of troops. Not only did they fail to occupy German territory, but they lost some land. The Tsar had to continue to mobilize troops from the rear to fill in. It's like a crazy gambler who can't stop after losing a lot of money until he loses all his property. So even if we capture Fishing Town, the Tsar will not call back the troops from the Western Front."

At noon on September 10, which was Ivanov’s wife’s birthday, Ivanov invited many relatives and friends and asked the chef to prepare a sumptuous banquet. When the banquet was about to start, Sergeykhov, the commander of the city defense brigade, suddenly rushed in. Ivanov thought he was here to celebrate his birthday, but Sergeykhov shouted, “Commander, I have to tell you a bad news. The enemy’s Black Flag Army to the south has sent troops. They have broken through the Russian-Mongolian border and brazenly launched an invasion of the Tsarist Russian Empire. They have occupied the border towns of Zakmensk, Chakir, and Keden, and are advancing towards Kurtuk. The Siberian Railway has been cut off, and the Black Flag Army is less than 100 kilometers away from Irkutsk.”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd at the banquet suddenly became chaotic, and the women screamed one after another. Ivanov asked: "Sergekhov, are you mistaken? The Black Flag Army? How come I have never heard of this army?"

Sergeikhov said, "Commander, they are the Mongolian rebels you asked me to attack two years ago. At that time, their name was the Erdene Special Guard Brigade. Two years have passed, and they have become stronger. Now they have a division and dozens of planes to help. The defenders on the front line were bombed badly by the enemy's bombers and are completely unable to resist. You must immediately ask for help from the higher authorities and Moscow, and mobilize troops to guard Irkutsk."