Black Flag Army

Two hours later, in the dormitory of Mengjiang College, Huter scolded his two friends: "Qingniu! Dapeng! You two cowards! When faced with such a situation where you should be brave and righteous, you actually ran away. As your friends, I feel ashamed of you."

Qingniu said, "When you encountered this kind of thing before, didn't you run away like us? Why are you so brave today?"

When Qingniu was running away, he looked back and was surprised to see Huter rushing up to fight him.

Huter said proudly: "As a man, how can you run away when you encounter such a thing? I was wrong before, but it doesn't mean I am wrong now. Besides, don't you think it's a pity that such a beautiful female student was kidnapped by two ugly guys?"

Dapeng said: "You risked your life to save her, but what good would it do you? She won't give herself to you."

Huter said, "How do you know she won't pledge herself to me? Let me tell you, her name is Bian Caiyun, she's 19 years old, and she's a student at the Imperial University of Peking. To thank me, she treated me to a meal at the Lanji Hotel, and asked me to go to the Beijing Grand Theater tomorrow night to watch Liu Xikui's Peking Opera Farewell My Concubine. Although she hasn't pledged herself to me, she's not far off. So, you better be brave. You're timid and afraid of death, so you won't get such a good thing."

Dapeng said, "How can such a good thing happen? Could that woman be a liar, trying to cheat you out of your money?"

Huter said angrily, "Get lost! You are clearly jealous of me!"

In Gaosheng Inn, Tang Qianhu, who had just taken off his makeup, saw Xian Yuji coming in. Xian Yuji said to him, "Who told you to use a slingshot to hit them? They are members of the Flying Eagle Gang and are just cooperating in the play. They can't possibly hit me hard. You should let Huter do it himself."

Tang Qianhu is the person who plays the white-haired old man. Since he is a makeup artist, he looks very similar to the old man.

Tang Qianhu smiled and said, "I saw that the two men seemed to be trying to make the fake play real. I was anxious and started fighting. I'm really sorry. Fortunately, the play was not ruined and Huter finally took the bait."

Half a month later, in Baotou City, in the office of the chairman of Beihai Company, Di Xiong had just walked in when Lan Jinchun, who was marking the newspaper, looked up and said to him, "Brother Di! As expected, you guessed the situation in the southern battlefield. Of the eight divisions in Jiangsu, one was defeated in Xuzhou and the division commander fled. Of the other seven divisions, five division commanders surrendered, and two division commanders were driven away by their rebellious brigade commanders and then surrendered. Mr. Changsha fled to Hong Kong without a fight, and Jiangxi and Guangdong were easily lost. But surprisingly, an unknown reporter, He Haiming, actually led a group of lower-level officers and soldiers to defend Nanjing."

Di Xiong sighed and said, "This is probably the last effort the revolutionary party can make. The three core provinces of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui have all been lost. The doctors in Guangdong have lost even the most basic base. They are probably still trying to avoid being hunted down by the warlords. Although the division commanders and brigade commanders in Nanjing have surrendered, a group of middle and lower-level officers were unwilling to surrender. Under the persuasion of He Haiming, they launched an uprising, drove away the division commanders and brigade commanders, gathered tens of thousands of people, and supported He Haiming as the commander-in-chief. Although He Haiming led this group of lower-level officers and soldiers to defend Nanjing, the main reason was that Feng Huafu wanted the two miscellaneous divisions of Zhang Xun and Xu Baoshan to be cannon fodder in the front. The real Beiyang elite troops had not yet arrived."

Lan Jinchun said: "Didn't we finally defend Nanjing? Why didn't the top leaders of the revolutionary party go to Nanjing?"

Di Xiong said: "This involves strategic issues. Zhejiang and Anhui surrounding Jiangsu have already defected to the Beiyang Army. Nanjing is already an isolated city and is under siege from all sides by the Beiyang Army. It has no support at all. I guess the top leaders feel that it is completely meaningless to go there. What's more, the gentlemen from Changsha all left without a fight. Even if they go now, the rebels in Nanjing may find it difficult to identify with them. It's just a pity for those young people who are still fighting in Nanjing. I heard that the Nanjing Tianbao City alone was lost and recovered five times, with corpses piled up like mountains."

Lan Jinchun felt a little disappointed and asked Di Xiong: "Brother Di, why are you so pessimistic about this war? Is Nanjing's resistance really meaningless?"

Di Xiong said: "It's not that I want to be pessimistic, but many problems of the revolutionary party had already erupted before the war. Now, judging from the development of the war situation, the Beiyang Army has already controlled Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, and most of the forces in the south have already turned to Yuan Datou. The failure of the revolution is only a matter of time. Of course, Nanjing's resistance is not meaningless. They can weaken the strength of the Beiyang Army to a certain extent. After all, those forces in the south are not Beiyang warlords. Once problems arise on Yuan Datou's side, they will oppose Yuan Datou. In the final analysis, those people are just fence-sitters."

Afterwards, Di Xiong continued, "Our strength is still too weak, and we are still very far away from there. The range of the plane built by Feng Ru is less than 200 kilometers. If our planes could fly farther, I would be willing to airdrop some weapons and ammunition to Nanjing, so that we can weaken the Beiyang Army on a larger scale. What a pity! What a pity!"

Lan Jinchun asked again: "Brother, if we become strong in the future, should we support the revolutionary party? Or join them directly? If the Beiyang government can be eliminated, we should be able to return to Beijing. I think, now perhaps only Guangdong doctors can defeat Yuan Shikai."

Di Xiong replied: "If Feng Jishan becomes powerful in the future, with Feng Jishan's support, Guangdong doctors may indeed overthrow the Beiyang government, but the revolutionary party also has many internal problems, and the internal problems are not much better than those of the Beiyang side. We cannot join in. Even the death of Song Changde is actually very suspicious. Beiyang newspapers said that he was assassinated by revolutionary party accomplices in Shanghai, not Zhao Bingjun. We can provide appropriate support to Guangdong doctors and the revolutionary party in terms of money and weapons, but the war against Yuan still depends on them to fight on their own. The premise of support is that they are a patriotic party. If they degenerate into a traitorous party, then not only can we not support them, but we must also eliminate them."

Although the massage center under Beihai Company has only more than 20 people, the profits it creates are no less than those of a textile factory with thousands of people. Because the fees are very high, at least five silver dollars for one service, and at most ten silver dollars, the business is still booming despite the high prices. At this time, technician Dong Xuechun was giving a massage to a special guest at the center. This person was about 30 or 40 years old, with a burly figure, dark skin, a full beard, and a fierce aura. He looked like an ordinary ruffian, but in fact he was a Japanese, and the leader of the Black Dragon Society action team sent to Baotou by Kawashima Naniwa. The purpose of his coming here was to contact Dong Xuechun and inquire about the relevant information of Beihai Company's aircraft factory.

While doing the massage, Dong Xuechun asked in a low voice: "Tachibana-kun, do you think the Black Dragon Society wants to blow up the Beihai Company's aircraft factory and destroy all the planes here? How many of you are here?"

The man's name was Daisuke Tachibana. He replied, "There are about twenty of us, scattered in several nearby hotels. Junko, there is one more thing I want to add. We not only have to blow up the Chinese planes, but we must also kill all the four Chinese engineers who built the planes."

Dong Xuechun replied: "Whether it is to blow up the plane or to kill those four Chinese, it will still be difficult with just over twenty people. Although I don't know how many Chinese troops there are in the aircraft factory, I know that it is the most heavily defended place of Beihai Company. Based on my observations in the past few days, the number of people will not be less than a hundred, and everyone in those soldiers has a gun. The quality of the soldiers is not comparable to those of the Chinese troops in Beiyang. To put it bluntly, the quality of the Chinese troops here is almost as strong as that of our Great Japanese Empire. It is difficult to succeed with just over twenty members."

Tachibana Daisuke replied: "Junko, I didn't say that we should bring more than 20 people to rush in together. Of course, we have to think of other ways. Isn't there an old saying in the Chinese "The Art of War" called 'The art of war is all about deception'? Aren't you familiar with the Chinese man named Zhu? We can use him as a breakthrough point and seek an opportunity to sneak into the aircraft factory."

Dong Xuechun shook her head and said, "You are here too late. The aircraft factory has already recruited more than 100 workers and will not recruit any more for the time being. How can you get in?"

Tachibana Daisuke said, "There is a way. If many people in the factory are poisoned and cannot go to work, or if there is a fire and many people are burned to death or burned, of course we have to recruit new workers. It's up to you to find a solution."

Dong Xuechun frowned and said, "This is too difficult. Aircraft factory workers eat three meals a day in the cafeteria. I am not a cafeteria chef or waiter, so I can't poison them. Setting a fire is even more difficult. Only aircraft factory workers can enter, and the guards will check your badge."

Tachibana Daisuke said, "You have to figure it out yourself. You can use the honey trap on the man named Zhu. He is the deputy director of the factory and will find a way to get you in. Think about your parents and brother who are suffering in the prison in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin. If you want them to be released, you have to do meritorious service. If you refuse the mission, they will be executed."

After hearing this, Dong Xuechun looked extremely distressed.

Leng Hanbing walked into Di Xiong's office. Lan Jinchun and Ai Yun left the office and closed the door when they saw him coming. Leng Hanbing said to Di Xiong, "We need to strengthen the supervision of the Industrial Park Massage Center. There are more than a hundred technicians and customers every day. After all, most of the technicians are Japanese. Team leader Gu Xingzhi suggested that we place a supervision team there."

Di Xiong laughed and said, "There are more than 5,000 employees in the textile factory, but there are only three inspection teams. The massage center has only more than 20 employees, but they need to set up an inspection team. This is too exaggerated. Just one inspector will be enough."

Leng Hanbing said, "The number of people in the Supervision Department is indeed tight, so I will send an inspector in tomorrow. In addition, the aircraft factory inspection team reported that the relationship between Deputy Factory Director Zhu Zhuquan and Dong Xuechun of the Massage Center is too close. Should we increase the intensity of surveillance?"

Di Xiong hesitated for a while before saying, "Zhu Zhuquan is an extremely rare aircraft manufacturing talent and Feng Ru's most capable assistant. If he knew that he was under close surveillance, he would be very angry. It is better not to increase the surveillance intensity. However, we can increase the surveillance intensity on Dong Xuechun."

After Leng Hanbing left, Lan Jinping walked in and said with a bitter face: "Brother Di, I'm in trouble. Lu Jianzhang sent people to arrest me. He dispatched a special agent company. I'm afraid I can't work for you anymore."

Di Xiong waved his hand to let the others go out, then left his desk, walked up to her and whispered, "What's going on? Tell me in detail."

Lan Jinping said, "Do you remember the two bodyguards following me when we first met? They were Lu Jianzhang's two distant cousins. They not only protected me, but also monitored me. I could not leave their sight except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet. After joining the Justice Party, I wanted to talk to you about important matters in private or attend Justice Party meetings. Of course, I couldn't have them present. They were very dissatisfied and threatened to report to Lu Jianzhang. I had to bribe them with money, but they were greedy and asked for higher and higher prices. They even shamelessly asked me to sleep with them, otherwise they would falsely accuse me of having an affair with you."

Di Xiong said: "There is nothing innocent between us, we didn't do anything!"

Lan Jinping said: "The problem is that once I report it to Lu Jianzhang, I won't be able to explain myself clearly!"

Di Xiong asked: "So you killed both of them?"

Lan Jinping said, "I had no choice but to ask Hong Tianlie's men to kill them. In addition, Lu Jianzhang's second and third concubines had hurt me so badly in the past that I killed them as well. At that time, Lu Jianzhang was fighting bandits in Henan and didn't know about this. After arriving in Shaanxi, his men suffered too much loss and were short of manpower. He remembered these two cousins ​​and wrote to transfer them to Shaanxi. I said they were missing, so he entrusted his old subordinate from the Military and Political Law Enforcement Department, the spy master Shan Xiaohu, to investigate the case. After half a year, he finally found out that I did it, and also found out the case of the murder of the two concubines. Lu Jianzhang was very angry and sent his cousin Lu Yuanfeng to lead a spy company to arrest me. Lu Yuanfeng is the biological father of my two bodyguards and will never let me go."

Di Xiong asked, "How come I don't know about this?"

Lan Jinping said, "As soon as the special agent company set out from Beijing, the Beijing Intelligence Station sent the news to me. Because they were coming for me, Wu Chunfeng showed me the intelligence first. I said I would report to you, so he didn't tell you that they have already arrived in Tokto County and will be in Baotou tomorrow morning."

Di Xiong said: "There are only more than a hundred armed men. We can wipe them all out with a cavalry company."

Lan Jinping said, "This will completely offend Lu Jianzhang. Isn't his nephew-in-law Feng Jishan your sworn brother? Aren't you afraid that your sworn brother will turn against you? You'd better hand me over. After I die, my sister will be alone. I can only ask you to take care of her."

Di Xiong said, "Am I such a cold and selfish person? You know best how many evil things Lu Jianzhang has done. How could I hurt you for him? Feng Jishan is actually dissatisfied with many things Lu Jianzhang has done, but he is reluctant to say it because of his relationship. If he really turns against me because of this, even if I have no ties with him, I will protect the female Guiguzi of our Justice Party."

When Lan Jinping heard this, her eyes turned red. She rushed over excitedly, hugged Di Xiong tightly and said, "Good brother, I was right about you. From now on, I am willing to do anything for you."

Di Xiong smiled and said, "Does it also include pledge of love?"

Lan Jinping blushed, punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "Of course, as long as your sweetheart Bai Xiuling doesn't object."

After Lan Jinping left, the intelligence chief Wu Chunfeng came in again and said to Di Xiong, "According to your request, Bian Zhimei and Sun Xiaotie are waiting for your instructions outside the door."

Sun Xiaotie is the son of Beijing storyteller Sun Tiezui. Sun Tiezui offended the Japanese when he was telling the story of "The Black Flag Army's Bloody Battle in Taiwan" in Beijing. He was beaten half to death by several Japanese ronin who broke into his home at night. However, he would rather die than tell who gave him the story. The 20-year-old Sun Xiaotie was also beaten to protect his father. A team of patrolmen heard the noise and rushed to the scene in time, scaring away the ronin. After Guan Qier of the Beijing Intelligence Station learned about this, he sent a telegram to Wu Chunfeng for instructions, and then sent someone to send the father and son to Baotou. After arriving in Baotou, it happened to be the enrollment of the Intelligence Officer School. Sun Xiaotie signed up and was admitted.