At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, Liu Zezhi was on his way back to the guest house from the Nanjing Municipal Police Station, and he kept feeling as if someone was following him. Or is it true? If so, who? Remembering that Chen Jinsong once said that he had the opportunity to discuss the skills of tracking and anti-tracking with himself, alas, I don't know what happened to the brother who returned to Chongqing after the amputation? Will it be a slump?

When he returned to the guest house and saw that Asano was already in the room, Liu Zezhi asked, "Didn't you go to the Ministry of Defense for a meeting from General Isamu Yokoyama?" ”

"Today is a meeting, and all the people who participated in the battle of western Hubei have arrived, and they are just meeting each other. The formal meeting will begin tomorrow. At seven o'clock in the evening, General Okamura Ninji had a banquet for General Isamu Yokoyama and others, and at four o'clock we were ordered to go to the hotel for martial law, and Inoue-kun ordered our people at No. 76 to be on duty in civilian clothes, and I came back to change my clothes. Now that you're back, let's go along. How's it going at the city police station? ”

"It's quite cooperative, the directors of several sub-bureaus have come, and I heard from them that the military command has not made any major moves recently, and other anti-Japanese forces have also stopped. That being said, we cannot let our guard down. Liu Zezhi said: So the Japanese army has all the people who participated in the battle of western Hubei, and the agenda of tomorrow's meeting should be to review the battle plan proposed by Yokoyama Yong.

Asano replied with one click: "That's - come in." An orderly brought in two dishes and one soup on a tray, and Asano ordered with one click: "Add another bowl of rice, Zeyuki, the banquet in the evening is not your share and mine, let's eat some first." ”

Liu Zezhi joked: "I'll eat first, you don't have to, General Yokoyama Yong has a good influence on you, maybe I think of you for a while, and I don't know if I invite you to enter the room." ”

Asano smiled helplessly, "you!" You eat first, I'll wait. ”

The banquet that night was heavily guarded, and what surprised Liu Zezhi was that several reporters rushed to hear the news and offered to interview Yokoyama Yong, but after being sternly refused, he did not give up waiting until the banquet was over, and when Yokoyama Yong and others left the hotel and got into the car, they took a few photos from a distance before leaving.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th, outside the Ministry of National Defense of the Nanjing Government, the guard was tight, and this day was the last day of the preparatory meeting for the Battle of Western Hubei attended by Yokoyama Yong. Liu Zezhi, who had stood for more than two hours, seemed to be bored, turned around, returned to the area in charge, didn't see Asano, and asked a subordinate in a low voice: "Where is Asano-kun?" I'm not here, how can he leave his post without permission? ”

"General Yokoyama's chief guard Inoue Jun called him away just now, Director Liu, you see, Asano-kun is back."

Asano looked solemn at one point, and walked over and said, "Director Liu, order our people to gather, you lead the team to the three cars parked in the playground on the east side of the gate, wait for me and Inoue-kun, and we will leave him." ”

Liu Zezhi nodded in agreement.

At the gate of the Ministry of National Defense, there was a jeep, a black Ford sedan, and a silver-gray enclosed pickup truck, all of which had drivers, and agent No. 76 got into the car, and only Liu Ze was waiting by the car. Ten minutes later, Asano walked out with Inoue Kazuhiko with one click, followed by two plainclothes guards, and Inoue Kazuhiko was holding a black leather bag larger than an ordinary briefcase.

Liu Zezhi's heart jumped twice: Could this be the battle plan of the Japanese army's battle in western Hubei that the bureau headquarters ordered the Shanghai Branch to get hold at all costs?

Asano motioned to Liu Ze to get on the truck with one click, he got into the jeep himself, Inoue Kazuhiko and the other three got into the car, after the convoy drove out of the gate of the Ministry of National Defense, the drivers of the three cars had already been instructed, and they were not close to each other, and they couldn't see that this was a convoy in the eyes of outsiders who didn't know what was going on.

The car drove back to the compound of the Ministry of National Defense Guest House, and an agent in the same car couldn't help but complain: "I thought I was going somewhere, but I was going back here." Seeing Liu Zezhi glaring at him dissatisfied, he quickly shut up.

The front and rear feet of the three cars stopped in front of a small two-story building at the back of the courtyard, Inoue Kazuhiko got out of the car and went straight into the building, Asano walked over and said: "From now on, you and I are in charge of the security of this building, we will all move here and live, and we will arrange the duty schedule first." He turned his head and ordered an agent next to him: "You take two people to the old room to move the things." ”

Liu Zezhi secretly speculated: As the chief of the guard of Yokoyama Yong, he left the commander and lived here alone, could it be that the battle plan was really in his hands? Liu Zezhi didn't dare to be careless, he always felt that something was wrong, hesitated again and again, and decided to wait a while.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Zezhi, who was on night duty, returned to the room on the side of the door of the building and shared with Asano Key. ”

"You eat yours, you don't have an appetite, I'll talk about it later." I picked up the newspaper on the table, and said with a smile while reading it: "We are like a great enemy, but the reporters are better informed than us, you see: "General Yokoyama Yong set off for western Hubei on the 27th", and here, this newspaper has an exclusive interview: "The Imperial Army Will Win in the Battle of Western Hubei -- An Interview with Yong Yokoyama." ”

Asano replied with one click: "There is no way to completely keep the large-scale corps operations secret, not to mention that General Isamu Yokoyama left Nanjing on a special train to rush to the front enemy, staff officers, adjutants, and a whole reinforced guard battalion, where can I hide it?" ”

"Yes, and we have such a good time, so much. By the way, when will the rest of the members of the 76th accompanying team arrive tomorrow? ”

Asano drank the last sip of milk with one click and replied, "I just contacted Director He Qixin, and they left at nine o'clock and arrived around noon." I went to work. ”

At the military police station seven or eight kilometers away from the compound of the guest house of the Ministry of National Defense of the Nanjing government, Quan Kanhu came to see Ni Xin: "Director Ni, so far, several teams responsible for tracking Asano and Liu Zezhi and others have received feedback: all the people on No. 76 did not come out after returning to the guest house compound yesterday. No one has been stalking them in the past few days. ”

Ni Xin pondered: "The battle plan of the Western Hubei Imperial Army is determined to be successful, and it is impossible not to take action?" Was someone stalking Asano and the others that our people didn't notice, or was it true that no one else hit their attention? ”

Kwon Suga hesitated and replied, "This ...... It's hard to say from subordinates, do you know if the gendarmes in charge of tracking are professional agents...... Director Ni, why don't you make a point with Asano-kun and Director Liu? ”

Ni Xin hesitated: "Picking? Director Li often says that the best disguise is not to disguise, do you think with the ability of the two of them, can they be silent? ”

Since his embarrassing defeat at the hands of the military commanders, Quan Kanhu has been very low-key, and he did not dare to echo the commander's criticism of Asano's ability to criticize Asano and Liu Zezhi, and Xiaoxiao did not answer.

Ni Xin said: "The major media in Nanjing and Shanghai have already revealed that General Yokoyama Yong is about to leave for the front line in western Hubei tomorrow, and today is the last chance for military commanders...... Calm down, the competition between us and the military commander is not only limited to skill, intelligence, and luck, but also a competition of patience. After thinking about it, he was not at ease and advised: "Once the military commander makes a move, he must let go of the main culprit who got the battle plan, and the other accomplices, if there are accomplices, might as well kill one or two, so that the military commander will feel that this precious battle plan is not easy to come by." ”

"Your subordinates understand that several of the operational teams set up outside the Ministry of Defense guest house have been notified of your order, although they don't know why they are doing this. The director of the bureau, it is difficult to grasp the proportions, and his subordinates are not at ease, so they want to personally go to the team in charge of the route that is most likely to escape after the military commander moves. ”

"It's okay, I'll be relieved if you go, but you've met with many people in the military command, and the less you show up, the better."

Liu Zezhi, who was resting in shifts, was lying on the bed, as if he had fallen asleep, but in fact he was not sleepy, he had been weighing repeatedly: Is the battle plan really in the hands of Kazuhiko Inoue on the second floor? Why does it always feel like something is wrong? What exactly is a trap? Or is it a rare opportunity?

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, there is no time to hesitate, and you can't give up such a great opportunity to do it because of unreasonable doubts! Liu Zezhi put his heart on the side, got up in his clothes, and walked out, he wanted to send the information to the contact point where Zhang Chi and the others had been arranged in advance, and Zhang Chi would arrange the rest of the matter.

Last night, taking advantage of the opportunity of being on duty, he had already observed the safe in Kazuhiko Inoue's room, and Yu Haochen was present in the Shanghai Branch.

There are four two-story small buildings facing each other in the compound of the Nanjing Government Ministry of National Defense, Yokoyama Yong stayed in the one that entered the gate, the one on the right side lived Hengshan Yong's personal guard, and across a large flower garden and a pond with a rockery on one side, there were two other small buildings, the one closest to the back door now lives in Inoue Kazuhiko, and Liu Zezhi and others lived in another small building opposite to Yokoyama Isamu when they first arrived.

Liu Zezhi walked to the gate unhurriedly, and it happened that a chief guard inspected various sentry posts and explained a few words from time to time. Inadvertently, two sentences drifted into Liu Zezhi's ears: "...... The scope is the two buildings in front, and the back of the flower garden is not in the warning range......"

The vague words were indeed like five thunderbolts, and Liu Zezhi suddenly understood what was wrong: all this is a scene, if he is not bad, the only audience is the Shanghai Branch of the Military Command, and he and Asano are just one of the actors who don't know what to do!

I remember that Zhou Chengbin told him that the reason why the military commander took over this task was because at the high-level military meeting, someone took Boss Dai's army in public, so the people who knew it would not only be the military commander agents who participated in the operation, and the Japanese probably knew that the military commander was ordered to get the battle plan of the Japanese army in western Hubei at any cost, thus setting a trap.

If the battle plan was really in the hands of Kazuhiko Inoue, he should never have stayed in the small building at the back door, and the security measures for him were only lower than for Isamu Yokoyama himself, how could he explain that the guards' vigilance did not include the two buildings behind the flower garden? From this point of view, the "battle plan" in the hands of Inoue Kazuhiko is fake nine times out of ten!

Extrapolating further, the scene that happened at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai may not be part of the entire plan of the Japanese and Ni Xin: No. 76 participated in the anti-espionage intelligence war on the front line of the Battle of Western Hubei Province, which is logical, but isn't it strange to intervene in the security work of Isamu Yokoyama? In order to avoid suspicion of his opponents, he set up a bureau to plant a bomb in the Peace Hotel, deliberately letting Asano make a single click or make meritorious service himself. Even so, notification of commendation, promotion to military rank, that can't be rewarded for merit? Liu Zezhi sighed with self-reproach: Alas, I should have thought of it a long time ago! My own reaction is getting sluggish and sluggish.

Fortunately, there was still time, and the Japanese and Ni Xin thieves shouted to catch the thieves, as long as the military commanders were not fooled and did not move, there would be no losses. After thinking about everything, Liu Zezhi walked around, said hello to acquaintances, and walked back to his residence.

At the door of the small building, Liu Zezhi was suddenly stunned: he missed someone!

This book was first published on Kanshu.com