bestfiction 152. Rescue the Chief
152. Rescue the Chief
"You Japanese devils, I'll fuck your mother!"
"You beasts, you deserve to die a horrible death!"
"You damn Japanese devils!"
When the neighbors saw the widow Liu die a horrible death, they could no longer bear it. They shouted and cursed wildly, banging on the railings. Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, as if they wanted to devour the Japanese devils alive.
The Japanese soldiers present seemed to be stunned by this frenzied hatred, and unconsciously took two steps back.
Seeing this, Goro Yamamoto decided to go all the way and pulled back the bolt, decisively firing into the cell.
A resident was shot in the chest and slowly slumped down.
Immediately afterwards, more and more Japanese soldiers pulled the bolts and fired inside. The sound of gunfire was incessant. No one in the prison, young or old, survived this inhuman massacre; they all fell into pools of blood.
"Sir, your ear..."
Goro Yamamoto didn't hand the gun back to the soldier until he had fired the last bullet. He touched his cheek; his hand was covered in blood.
"Clean this up, I'm going to treat my wound."
"What about these children..."
When his subordinates asked, Yamamoto Goro gave a vicious order: "Bury them all!" and then turned and left without looking back.
Although Goro Yamamoto killed all the captured residents of Phoenix Lane, he also obtained an important piece of information—there was only one person who had contact with the weapons expert from beginning to end, and that was Qingxia, a former singer from the Paramount Ballroom.
After receiving this news, Yosuke Saotome ordered his men to search for Qingxia's whereabouts. The location they eventually found was unexpected: "Onepiece" antique shop, a Western antique shop next to the concession. This shop belonged to Zhou Hongyi, the director of the Jing'an Second Branch Bureau.
"Sarutobi Sasuke... Why would someone who has been in contact with weapons experts work at your shop? And what is the relationship between the two of you?"
Yosuke Saotome smiled and personally made a call, ordering the mobilization of the most elite agents from Unit 76, while he himself led Special Higher Police agents to surround the antique shop.
"Hoohoohoo..."
Rewinding to the early hours of the morning, Zhou Hongyi drew the attention of all the spies and Japanese soldiers, buying precious time for A Gui and the others to retreat.
The group climbed over an underground passage into a canal and then quickly escaped along the canal to a safe house in the heart of the International Settlement.
After settling the women in, A-Gui, Fu-Sheng, and the blind man changed into police uniforms and prepared to go to the Jing'an Second Branch to find their brothers to help Zhou Hongyi out of the predicament.
As they were leaving, Qingxia stopped them and said, "Remember, if you are questioned by the Japanese, never admit that you know my identity. Just say that I have already fled. If Young Master Zhou is arrested or killed, you must immediately sever all ties with him. Don't ask why. I'm not asking you to betray him, but to preserve your lives to avenge him."
Seeing Qingxia's resolute eyes and firm words, the three grown men nodded heavily at that moment and headed towards the Jing'an Second Branch Police Station under the cover of night.
Since the Second Branch Bureau was currently on holiday, only the Special Operations Team was on duty. The Special Operations Team consisted entirely of the Kuomintang secret agents who worked for Chen Gong.
After Ah Gui and his two companions told them about Zhou Hongyi's exposure, the Kuomintang assassins immediately became restless.
"What? Young Master Zhou is surrounded? This is outrageous!"
Several Kuomintang assassins threw down their hats, slung their guns over their shoulders, checked their bullets, made a simple division of labor, and then went out, starting their motorcycles or bicycles and rushing off in all directions into the night.
Some of them went to summon the police officers of the Second Precinct, saying that the chief was in trouble and needed their help immediately; others went to contact Chen Gong and Li Boyang, since if Zhou Hongyi were to fall, their backbone would be broken, and the consequences would be unimaginable; a small number of them went to notify Feng Jinxiong, the former chief of the Second Precinct and now the head of the Ministry of Finance Office, as well as Director Zheng Ding Mocun of No. 76, Zhou Hongyi's sister Zhou Pan'er, and everyone they could think of.
However, by sheer coincidence, Ding Mocun, who hadn't returned to his villa in a long time, happened to be sharing a bed with Zhou Pan'er that night. The latter, using all her charm, successfully extracted a sum of money from this man to start her business. Indeed, contrary to her usual behavior, Zhou Pan'er didn't show jealousy or throw a tantrum in front of Ding Mocun. Instead, she played the emotional card with tenderness and affection, which even made the notorious traitor Ding Mocun feel a pang of guilt. He immediately decided to give Zhou Pan'er and her brother a small compensation.
The two were sound asleep when they were awakened by the noisy barking of dogs and the sound of banging on the door.
"Sister Pan'er~~~ Sister Pan'er~~~ Brother Zhou has had an accident, are you home? Wake up~~~!"
Hearing the shouts from below, Zhou Pan'er sat up abruptly from the bed, startling Ding Mocun.
"Who is it? Knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night? Believe me or not, I'll shoot them!"
Ding Mocun, still half-asleep, reached for his gun, only to see Zhou Pan'er hurriedly get out of bed, grab a coat, and run downstairs.
Before long, the servants in the small building were awakened, the lights were turned on, and after Zhou Pan'er opened the door, the blind man stumbled in and sat down in front of Zhou Pan'er, panting heavily, "Sister Pan'er, quick... quick, please save our director! Brother Zhou has been captured by agents of No. 76 and Japanese agents!"
Actually, even the blind man wasn't sure if Zhou Hongyi had been arrested, but he didn't dare gamble. He could only try to make the matter bigger, as helping Zhou Hongyi with just a few of them would be like throwing an egg against a rock. But no matter what, Zhou Pan'er and Ding Mocun had at least consummated their marriage. Letting this traitorous section chief inquire was better than worrying about it here.
"Tell me slowly, Zhong Liang... What happened to Zhong Liang? Number 76? Darling, isn't that one of your men? Why would your men arrest Zhong Liang? And why would the Special Higher Police arrest him? Wasn't he an outer member of the Special Higher Police? Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Zhou Pan'er, her eyes red, grabbed Ding Mocun's clothes, who looked completely bewildered, and loudly questioned him.
Ding Mocun scratched his head and said in a deep voice, "Quiet! Where did you hear that? Why would the agents of No. 76 want to arrest Zhong Liang? I don't know anything about that."
The blind man said with a sob in his voice, "I... I don't really know either. I was drinking with some brothers at the tavern when I heard gunshots in the distance. I went out to check and found that they were coming from the antique shop. So I ran over to investigate and saw a group of people fighting. I recognized their clothes; they were Japanese spies and Special Higher Police. All the windows of the antique shop were smashed, so I didn't dare to go any closer. I rushed here to find someone, but I don't know if our chief is inside. I have no idea what's going on."
Ding Mocun coldly said, "You're spouting nonsense without knowing if he's inside or not? Stop talking nonsense and making Madam worry for nothing. Darling, go back inside first. I'll drive back to the office right away and find out what happened tonight. It might not be related to Zhongliang. Don't worry, that kid is clever, he'll be fine."