Chapter 271: Expecting People Like This To Resist Japan?
He continued seriously:
“From the recent events, it’s clear this mysterious gang has targeted our Security Brigade. Tell the brothers to be careful.”
“Also, go figure out a way to get me a few military dogs!”
“If military dogs aren’t available, wolfdogs, local dogs, or the like will do!”
Zhang Heping was stunned at first, then quickly nodded in agreement.
As he ran out, he began thinking about raising a few dogs at home.
Military dogs are hard to get, but aren’t wolfdogs or local dogs easy?
With dogs guarding the home, any wind or grass moving would at least give early warning!
“.”
Cao Weida at the police station didn’t know about this, but the Security Brigade’s sudden large-scale search for dogs wasn’t small news and couldn’t escape his eyes and ears.
“Looks like these damn traitors have been scared into getting smart!”
Dogs can hear high-frequency sounds humans can’t, with warning ranges for abnormal noises like stranger footsteps or vehicle sounds generally at 100-300 meters, even farther in quiet nights.
If there’s a dog at home, infiltrating silently first requires dealing with the dog.
“But do they really think having dogs means they can sleep soundly? Wishful thinking!” Cao Weida sneered inwardly.
In the past, facing such a situation, he really wouldn’t have had a good solution.
But for him now, it posed no threat at all.
Because, although dogs’ warning ranges are very far, even high-alert guard dogs’ territorial awareness is only 10-30 meters.
Those docile breeds have even less, only 5-15 meters.
And at such distances, for him who could hit anywhere within 100 meters with a silver needle, was it useful?
Cao Weida, not taking it to heart, leisurely leaned back in the chair smoking; this leisurely life was simply too comfortable.
But some people couldn’t stand seeing him so leisurely. Zheng Chaoyang, now transferred under Cao Weida as a patrolman, knocked and entered, leaning close to whisper:
“Cao Ye, this time we might really need you to step in!”
Hearing this, Cao Weida sat up straight: “What happened.”
Zheng Chaoyang looked annoyed, gnashing his teeth: “We sent an intermediary to negotiate with Liu Changjiang. Things were going well; he’d agreed to exchange ransom for the medicine and people.”
“Things were going well, but who knew when our man brought the money to their turf, that untrustworthy bastard Liu Changjiang detained both the people and the money!”
In jianghu, the most important thing is credit; even bandits are no exception.
Or rather, bandits need credit even more, because without it, who would trust their word next time for kidnappings or whatever?
But Liu Changjiang turned out to be the weirdo who treated credit like a joke!
“What?! He dared to do that?!” Cao Weida was stunned, then smirked: “Can’t even be a proper bandit. This Liu Changjiang, heh, utterly stupid!”
“We misjudged their credit before. Now not only did we fail to rescue the people, we lost a large ransom and two men. This time, we can only ask Cao Ye to think of something.” Zheng Chaoyang smiled bitterly, eyes flashing with anger.
Without making a big fuss, the Communist Party really had no way to deal with these bandits.
“If we want to teach them a lesson, it’s not impossible, but the target is too big, and we’re worried these bandits might do something extreme, so.”
“I understand. Don’t worry, leave it to me.” Cao Weida’s face was steady as he snorted coldly: “Since Liu Changjiang wants to die so badly, I’ll oblige him!”
“Tell Old Luo, I’ll take care of him!”
Cao Weida’s mind raced, forming a plan that killed two birds with one stone.
Zheng Chaoyang nodded: “Got it. We were even thinking, if these bandits could turn over a new leaf, maybe we could pull them into the resist Japan ranks.”
“Pull shit! They worthy of joining our people’s ranks?!” Cao Weida sneered, interrupting directly:
“Go tell Old Luo, no need to have any expectations for scum like Liu Changjiang who do all kinds of evil. Thoroughly eliminating such bandits is the greatest help to the people!”
“Expecting people like him to resist Japan is simply wishful thinking!”
“That’s exactly what I think. Bandits who break promises and have no sense of honor have no value in recruiting!” Zheng Chaoyang strongly agreed with Cao Weida, then said worriedly:
“Just don’t know how the comrade they captured is doing, or if they’ve suffered at their hands!”
Cao Weida reassured: “Don’t worry, I reckon Liu Changjiang won’t harm them; they still expect to use them as bargaining chips.”
“After all, their turf is near you and Changping. Without chips in hand, once they kill the people and sell off all the medicine, they’re afraid you’d settle accounts with them.”
Hearing this, Zheng Chaoyang nodded in agreement, then said: “Cao Ye, what do you plan to do? Got any good ideas?”
“If you need our assistance, just say the word.”
“No need. If you act, things will only get more complicated.” Cao Weida rejected directly. Beiping was still little devil territory; he absolutely didn’t want anyone knowing about his Communist Party ties.
Not only would the little devils suspect and distrust him, even after victory, he wanted to stay in Beiping.
If the Kuomintang found out, after victory, he couldn’t stay peacefully in Beiping.
Holding a bottle of penicillin, Cao Weida went straight to Ono Shiota’s office.
“Ono-kun, hope I’m not disturbing you.”
“Cao Sang, you’re too polite. No disturbance at all, sit.” Seeing it was Cao Weida, Ono Shiota smilingly led him to the sofa,
“You came at the right time; I was just about to find you.”
“Oh? Does Ono-kun have something?”
“Just got news: the recent attacks on patrol teams likely aren’t some unclean thing, but man-made!”
Cao Weida feigned surprise: “Really? Someone found clues?”
“No clues, but we can basically confirm it’s man-made.” Ono Shiota lit a cigarette, tossed one to Cao Weida, and after lighting up, showed a relaxed smile:
“You should know about switching night patrols these days to Security Brigade and military police together, but maybe not that several Security Brigade officers have gone missing frequently, with no one knowing how, alive or dead unseen.”
“Oh? Such a thing happened? I really didn’t know.” Cao Weida acted as if just hearing, surprised:
“Ono-kun, does this relate to what you said?”
“Of course, and greatly!” Ono Shiota exhaled smoke, the gloom weighing on him for days dissipating; he felt unprecedented ease:
“Those Security Brigade officers’ homes all share one feature: all money scraped clean.”
“You know, if it were really an unclean thing, would it need this world’s money?”
“Obviously not, but if it’s human, it would need it very much!”
“Combined with the sudden disappearances and Japanese expatriate corpses found in various trash heaps, we can judge this is man-made!”
“We just don’t know yet how the killer or killers silently killed a 20-man patrol team without resistance time, or how they quietly transported the corpses.”
For those ethereal things, Ono Shiota was still very scared; anyone normal fears them.
But if just humans pretending to be ghosts, then naturally reassuring.
Humans can be guarded against, captured.
No matter how badass, one bullet solves it.
“Analyzing it your way, it’s exactly that!” Cao Weida had a realization, slapping his thigh angrily:
“Damn it, this person’s too cunning, pretending ghosts to cause all this! I thought Beiping really had an unclean thing!”
“Ono-kun, you must catch him! Their courage is too great, daring to harm Taijun, simply lawless!”
“But then again, no matter how sly the fox, it shows its tail. In the end, it couldn’t escape your sharp eyes, seen through at a glance!”
Ono Shiota beamed with pride, arrogantly sticking out his neck humbly: “Nothing to it, nothing! Luck, just luck.”
Cao Weida probed: “Since it’s not an unclean thing, Ono-kun, about the grain you had me buy before…”
“No need to stop, continue.” Ono Shiota leaned on the sofa, flicking cigarette ash.
The ash missed the ashtray a bit, but for coolness, he flicked; ash scattered on the floor.
“This…” Cao Weida cautiously asked: “Since we know it’s man-made, do we still need to spend money on grain?”
“Consider it accumulating merit for myself and my child.” Ono Shiota said so, but actually, he had his own considerations.
First, though basically confirmed man-made, not supernatural ghosts or such, but what if?
Before catching the killer, who could be sure it wasn’t?
Second, even if man-made, he needed to put on a full show.
From his intel, those killed or missing were all those who’d harmed locals, done evil to China people.
Thus inferring, that person or gang deeply hated those sinning against China people, targeting such specifically.
Though his status wasn’t low, living in strictly guarded Japanese officials’ area, who knew what means those people had?
Able to silently kill and transport a patrol squad’s corpses, who knew their methods?
If targeted by such, even sleep with one eye open.
Better to spend money on good deeds than live in fear daily; this signals the killers he, Ono Shiota, has goodwill. With so many little devils in Beiping, don’t target him, go kill others!
Compared to losing some money, of course little life matters more.
