Black Flag Army

Chapter 37: Nankou Town Killer

Di Xiong asked Leng Hanbing and Bai Xiuling for their opinions. Leng Hanbing expressed his support for Hong Tianlie and Wu Chunfeng's opinions, while Bai Xiuling expressed her unconditional support for Di Xiong's decision.

After the battle, many wounded prisoners were captured, a total of several hundred people. When someone asked Leng Hanbing how to deal with them, Leng Hanbing ordered the execution of all the seriously injured and disabled prisoners, on the grounds that precious medicines should not be wasted on these people. When Di Xiong got the news and rushed to stop it, several people had already been killed. He severely reprimanded Leng Hanbing, and from then on Leng Hanbing got an ugly nickname "cold-blooded devil".

Di Xiong finally announced that he would take revenge on Ichiro Yokota and his gang and wipe them out completely.

Di Xiong made such a decision because he was heartbroken by the loss of important assistants such as Ma Tiehan and Zhang Kuwa, and lost his composure. He forgot that Wu Zhong and Lan Jinping played the role of advisers, and in such an important meeting, the advisers' opinions were more important.

Li Fei said, "Except for Vice Chairman Wu and Secretary General Lan, everyone is injured. I will lead the team for this revenge operation, okay? And it's better to go sooner rather than later."

Di Xiong said, "It's a pity that Liu Zhendong didn't come back. Anyway, I know your skills. You will lead 20 brothers with good skills to form an action team. You can choose members from the Security Team, the Patrol Battalion, and the Sharp Knife Society. You can disguise yourself as members of the Ghost Shadow Gang and sneak in. Everyone must carry two pistols, grenades and bullets, and a machine gun. Di Chun is quite skilled and only slightly injured, so he will be your deputy."

Di Xiong originally planned to go there in person, but was opposed by everyone and had to give up.

Lan Jinping was very angry that Di Xiong did not listen to her opinions. After the meeting, she left without even saying goodbye.

Before Li Fei left, Di Xiong reminded him and Di Chun that Xian Yuji had made great contributions to Weili Company by reporting the news, and they must rescue Xian Yuji. Another reason for sending Di Chun was because Di Chun knew Xian Yuji.

After the action team left, Bai Xiuling asked Di Xiong, "I know you held a press conference because you were worried that the Japanese would blame you, so you wanted to announce the truth first. But it's so late now, will there be any reporters?"

Di Xiong laughed and said, "You underestimate the professionalism of journalists. I don't know about the others, but Lin Yishui from Minfeng Daily and Shao Fengping from Jingbao will definitely come. They are all journalists with a strong sense of justice."

Half an hour later, a call came from the outpost at Huangcaoling: "Chairman! Mr. Lin Yishui from the Minfeng Newspaper and Mr. Shao Fengping from the Jingbao are here!"

In Yanshan Town, at the headquarters of East Asia Company, Yokota Ichiro, Kawashima Koji, Ito Jiro and other company executives were drinking and waiting for news from Nankou Town. Everyone was very anxious because the tens of thousands of silver dollars used to hire the gangsters were collected from their own pockets. If they failed, they would suffer heavy losses. If they succeeded, they would naturally gain tenfold by taking possession of the assets and formulas of Weili Company. But it was already past ten o'clock, and there was no news. The captain of the guard Qu Sanjie was ordered around and sent to the sentry post at the edge of the town again and again to inquire about the news. Qu Sanjie simply did not go back, and chatted with the two guards on sentry duty at the sentry post.

After Qu Sanjie finished smoking three cigarettes, he finally saw a group of people running over from the main road. He recognized one of them as Ping Dabao, a small leader under Yokota Sakurako, but he didn't recognize the others. However, there were too many people in the Ghost Shadow Gang, so it was normal that he didn't recognize them. Therefore, Qu Sanjie didn't doubt it and hurriedly greeted them and shouted: "Ping Dabao! Why did you come back only now? Where is Miss Yokota?"

Ping Dabao glanced at the long-browed man beside him and said, "Is Miss Yokota in the back? She was afraid that Mr. Yokota would be worried, so she asked us to come back first to report the news."

Qu Sanjie made way and said, “Mr. Yokota is really anxious, go quickly.”

When the man with long eyebrows was following Ping Dabao and passing by Qu Sanjie, he suddenly pulled out a sharp knife and stabbed it into Qu Sanjie's heart. Qu Sanjie's mouth was covered at the same time, so he could not shout out, and his body slowly fell limp. Almost at the same time, the two sentries were also knocked down silently. The man with long eyebrows was Li Fei. He took Ping Dabao of the Ghost Shadow Gang hostage on the orders of Di Xiong and sneaked into the headquarters of East Asia Company in disguise.

At this time, Ichiro Yokota began to get a little anxious in the conference room. While pouring wine, he said to Koji Kawashima: "It's been a while, why is there no news from the gang?"

Kawashima Koji drank a lot and was a little drunk at this time. He said slowly: "Vice...President, don't...rest assured. We have mobilized... so many people this time. How can we not...deal with a small...Chinese man Di Xiong? Those people...are probably...addicted to robbery."

Jiro Ito on the side also echoed: "Vice President, the Chinese gangs are so greedy. The Chinese man surnamed Di made so much money from us, and now it has been robbed by those gangs. Now they must be dividing the spoils."

Ichiro Yokota still had some doubts, and continued: "It's okay that those two small gangs are greedy, but there's no news about Sakurako"?

Ito Jiro replied: "Although the Oni Shadow Gang is controlled by Miss Yokota, there are too many Chinese people. If they start snatching things, I'm afraid Miss Sakurako will find it difficult to control them. After all, the character of the Chinese is no match for us, the noble Yamato people."

Ichiro Yokota was still a little worried and planned to ask a few bodyguards to contact Yokota Sakurako. At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a bodyguard's voice was heard: "Vice President, the people from the Ghost Gang are back with a report. They said they have important news to ask the vice president himself."

After hearing this, Ichiro Yokota finally breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to the outside of the door: "Let them come in and let one of them report."

So, Ping Dabao slowly pushed open the door, took two steps, and stopped at the door of the conference room. Li Fei stuck behind him. Ping Dabao saw more than a dozen Japanese in the room, sitting around a large dark red round table. Ichiro Yokota immediately asked, "How is the operation going? Where is Miss Sakurako?"

Ichiro Yokota found that Ping Dabao looked quite nervous and pale. Ichiro Yokota felt something was wrong. At this time, he saw Ping Dabao being bumped from behind, so he shouted: "Mr. Yokota, the Ghost Shadow Gang's operation is going smoothly. The textile factory has been basically occupied, but the man named Di has not been caught yet, so Miss Yokota is still chasing him."

Just as Ping Dabao was speaking, a scream suddenly came from outside the conference room door. The company's top executives were shocked and frightened. Ichiro Yokota recognized that it was from his most trusted karate bodyguard. He immediately took out his pistol and fired two shots at Ping Dabao. Then he turned over and hid behind his seat. He had been suspicious of Ping Dabao just now, and then shouted to the bodyguards: "Everyone draw your guns, there is an enemy at the door!"

Ping Dabao was hit in the heart by one of the bullets and died on the spot. He fell to the ground. The members of the East Asia Company were also in chaos, looking for places to hide. The door of the conference room was kicked open, and a burst of machine gun bullets was fired from the door to Yokota's seat. Several pistols also fired at the same time. Mitsui Kazuya, who was next to Yokota Ichiro, had no time to react. He was pushed to the front by Yokota Ichiro and made into a meat target. He was shot several times and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely. It was obvious that he would not survive. The shooters were Li Fei and his men. After they finished shooting, they hid on both sides and then threw several grenades in, causing an explosion inside. A burst of thick black smoke came out. Ito Jiro, Akino Jiro and others were hit in the vital parts of the explosion. They fell to the ground and struggled for a few times and died. Then, one of Li Fei's men took advantage of the smoke to shoot inside with a machine gun. The drunk Kawashima Koji was immediately shot into a sieve by the machine gun, but there were also several gunshots from inside, and the machine gunner was shot in the leg. After the smoke cleared, the conference room was dead silent. The executives of East Asia Company were lying in a mess inside. The two bodyguards had already been killed by machine guns. Li Fei immediately led his men in to check if there were any survivors.

Suddenly, the cabinets and tables on the side moved, and the action team instantly started shooting at the bodyguards of East Asia Company. After a round of exchange of fire, the only three remaining bodyguards were killed, and two people from the action team were also shot dead. At this time, Li Fei slowly walked into Yokota's seat, wanting to confirm whether Yokota was dead or not. Fortunately, Yokota Ichiro, who was not dead, immediately rolled over and shot Li Fei. Li Fei reacted a little slower and was hit in the shoulder by a bullet, but he also shot at almost the same time as Yokota, and shot Yokota directly in the center of his eyebrows. Yokota Ichiro died on the spot. Then, there was another exchange of fire at the door of the conference room, and the bodyguards from other rooms were also killed by the action team. The East Asia Company Guard Battalion heard the gunshots, and when the deputy captain Ping Fugui arrived, they were repelled by the ten action team members responsible for sniping. The guard battalion was composed of hooligans, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to Yokota Ichiro's bodyguards. After more than a dozen people were killed and injured in the guard battalion, Ping Fugui and others fled far away and hid.

Di Chun entered Ichiro Yokota's bedroom and found Xian Yuji under the bed. Xian Yuji was holding the nozzle in both hands, her whole body shaking with nervousness.

Di Chun said, "Don't be afraid. Mr. Di, the boss of Weili Company, asked me to save you. Don't you recognize me? We met yesterday when you came to report the news."

Xian Yuji looked up and recognized Di Chun, and breathed a sigh of relief, "It turned out to be you! The boss of Weili Company is really a good man. He didn't forget a small person like me. Did you win?"

Di Chun said, "Of course! Are you willing to go to Nankou Town with us?"

Xian Yuji said: "Of course I am willing. I don't want to stay in this damn place for even one more day after being tortured by these beasts all day long."

Under Xian Yuji's instructions, Di Chun blew up Ichiro Yokota's safe, took out dozens of gold bars, dozens of silver dollars and more than a dozen bundles of Japanese yen banknotes, put them into a sack and took them away.

Li Fei knew that it was not advisable to stay here for long, so while bandaging his wounds, he led everyone to leave quickly. The machine gunner with a wounded leg was carried away by a team member, and the bodies of the two killed team members were also taken away. After they had gone far away, Ping Fugui dared to lead the guard team into the company's headquarters building. Looking at the bodies of more than a dozen Japanese at the East Asia Company headquarters, Ping Fugui was frightened and quickly sent people to report to Kawashima Naniwa in Beijing and the Changping County Police Department.

The next morning, reporters from major newspapers in Beijing flocked to Nankou Town and Yanshan Town to inquire about the news. The news of the bloody gunfight in Nankou Town and the death of all the senior executives of the East Asia Company in Yanshan Town overnight spread throughout Beijing. When Li Fei and his team were retreating last night, they were seen by some rickshaw drivers hiding behind doors and windows. They recognized Li Fei because he had pulled a rickshaw before. They also recognized that most of the people in the action team were from Nankou Town. Li Fei was stabbed in the face when he was fighting with a karate bodyguard. His face was covered in blood and he looked hideous. Therefore, the drivers called him the "Nankou Town Killer God". Later, some newspapers also adopted this nickname, saying that the murderer who killed the Japanese of the East Asia Company was the "Nankou Town Killer God."

At the Xicheng Branch of the Beijing Municipal Police Department, patrol captain Wang Hanchao walked into the director's office and said to Ma Hong, "Director! Di Xiong, Li Fei and the others have caused a big mess this time. They actually killed 15 Japanese in one night, and they were all factory owners and businessmen with status. I'm afraid we will be implicated as well."

After the opening of the Weili Company Textile Factory in Nankou Town, due to the booming business, Ma Hong, as a shareholder, received a lot of dividends, which even exceeded the principal. He couldn't help showing off in front of his confidant Wang Hanchao. Wang Hanchao was moved and took 500 silver dollars to buy shares. When Di Xiong was a detective in the Xicheng Branch, Wang Hanchao was also a detective under Ma Hong. He was familiar with Di Xiong and Li Fei, and had a good relationship with them. Di Xiong naturally agreed to his investment. At this time, the company's total share capital was already 500,000 silver dollars, and his money could only be counted as one thousandth. Considering that he was the captain of the patrol police and would need his help in many places in the future, Di Xiong doubled his share to 2 thousandths. Therefore, he is now a shareholder of Weili Company like Ma Hong.

Ma Hong asked, "They said they killed the Japanese. Do you have any evidence?"

Wang Hanchao said, "Among the group that took action was Li Fei. Li Fei and his gang were too careless and didn't even cover their faces. They were recognized by several rickshaw drivers. In order to collect the reward, these drivers ran to the police headquarters to inform on them. If they had come to us to inform on us, we could have suppressed the matter, but there would be no way for them to go to the headquarters."

Ma Hong sighed and said, "If it really doesn't work, then persuade Di Xiong to treat Li Fei as a discarded pawn, put all the responsibility on Li Fei, and then let Li Fei escape to another place."

Wang Hanchao shook his head and said, "It's useless. The Japanese are not fools. They just hired people to attack Nankou Town, and they were killed by Li Fei and his men. It must be Di Xiong's order. Besides, the Japanese are always unreasonable and don't need any evidence. As the chairman of Weili Company, Di Xiong will definitely not get away. And don't you understand Di Xiong? He is very loyal and will definitely not abandon Li Fei."

Ma Hong was silent for a while and said, "The only way is to withdraw your shares. Go to Weili Company today and withdraw our shares and draw a clear line with Weili Company."

Wang Hanchao was stunned and asked, "Isn't this too much? People will say we are too selfish and disloyal."

Ma Hong said angrily, "Who told them to cause such a big disaster? Can they afford to offend the Japanese? We can't help them at all, and we are implicated. Is it easy for us to get to our current position in the police station? How many grievances have we suffered? How many smiles have we lost? How many gifts have we given? Are you willing to lose everything you have now?"

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