Chapter 78: The Eve Of Kidnapping Yoshiko Kawashima
Shanghai, inside the Foreign Concession,
Yoshiko Kawashima was at traitor Zhang Yiliang’s mansion, receiving Japanese agents under her command,
“The operation to set fire to Sanyou Industrial Company Towel General Factory failed?”
“And it even allowed a plainclothes team of unknown origin to take down and capture the action teams we dispatched, as well as the Japanese Overseas Youth Comrades Association member teams?”
“Have you found out who did it?”
After Yoshiko Kawashima learned that the nighttime operation she and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka had planned to set fire to Sanyou Industrial Company Towel General Factory had failed,
she too looked grave as she inquired.
“We haven’t investigated who did it yet!”
“But we have already joined forces with the agent team on Major Ryūkichi Tanaka’s side for the investigation!”
“We will quickly investigate and uncover the mastermind behind this sabotage of our action plan, and when we do, we must retaliate!”
Japanese agent team leader Sanosuke Tomoda quickly nodded in agreement.
“Mm! Go! At all costs, find the mastermind behind this attack on our two action teams, otherwise our next combat operation will still have unstable factors!”
“Also investigate for me whether this mastermind is the Chinese Army 19th Route Army, because aside from them, it’s hard to find another team that could so easily take down our two batches of action teams!”
“At the very least, the Chinese security teams and patrol teams inside Sanyou Industrial Company Towel General Factory absolutely do not have such capability!”
“So for this matter, we must factor in the possibility of Chinese Army involvement and investigate!”
Yoshiko Kawashima reminded.
“Hai!”
Japanese agent team leader Sanosuke Tomoda once again quickly bowed and nodded.
Then, he too swiftly acted on orders and left.
As for Yoshiko Kawashima, she changed into plainclothes, took two disguised Japanese agents, and rode in a car to leave,
Their destination was the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters.
Because the Japanese cruiser “Ooi” and the 15th Destroyer Squadron, a total of 4 destroyers, had already transported nearly 500 men of the 1st Special Navy Marine Corps and a large amount of munitions, arriving in Shanghai over two weeks ago.
And today, the commander of the vanguard troops of the Marine Corps on that side, Tanaka Ido, wanted to meet with Yoshiko Kawashima to discuss how to successfully provoke the Battle of Shanghai next.
Especially wanting to hear the good news that Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka had jointly set fire to Sanyou Industrial Company Towel General Factory.
After Yoshiko Kawashima’s car left the mansion,
Liu Yuan was also trailing behind their car with Cao Ying.
Of course, the two of them were also dressed for plainclothes action at this moment.
“Our people have just investigated and found that this time Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka’s joint operation to set fire to Sanyou Industrial Company Towel General Factory has been taken down and resolved by a mysterious team, and all the Japanese were loaded onto trucks and taken away!”
“I don’t know if it was National Revolutionary Army troops who intervened in this matter? Or 19th Route Army troops?”
“Our people are still investigating, so after we finish tailing Yoshiko Kawashima, tomorrow you also find a way to investigate from the military side whether it was the military who took action!”
“Although I personally don’t think it feels like the military side acted, because they wouldn’t act so quickly and dare to take away all the Japanese!”
“This matter is off!”
“I’m rather worried whether this is another conspiracy deployed by Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka to make things even bigger!”
“I’m afraid these Japanese have very great ambitions this time! They might want to provoke the Battle of Shanghai!”
“If that’s really the case, then it’s a bit troublesome!”
“Once war breaks out in Shanghai, who knows how many innocent military and civilians will die!”
“Especially those unarmed civilians, who will suffer even more!”
“These damn Japanese are really not human!”
Inside the car, Cao Ying was in a very bad mood and kept talking nonstop.
“Mm! Tomorrow I will definitely inquire thoroughly about the news inside the troops for you, especially the 19th Route Army’s news, because Shanghai’s warfare security is entrusted to them for handling and garrisoning!”
“So if the Japanese really want to provoke war here, then they will face battle with the Japanese!”
“And they are the National Revolutionary Army troops’ first frontline combat troops!”
“So I think they should handle the conflicts and frictions with the Japanese very carefully!”
“In short, they should try their best to avoid the outbreak of war!”
Liu Yuan nodded in agreement,
and also voiced his own thoughts.
“Mm! Then I’ll leave it to you!”
“As for me, I will also contact our people to inquire about news from all officers of the Central Army and National Revolutionary Army!”
“If possible, of course we don’t want war to be provoked into breaking out by the Japanese!”
Cao Ying also nodded in agreement.
Liu Yuan also gently nodded again to indicate agreement.
Afterward, they stopped talking and focused on continuing to tail Yoshiko Kawashima’s car team.
Until they saw Yoshiko Kawashima get out of the car and enter the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters,
they then left.
And at this time,
Zhou Wenhua also similarly received the news, knowing that Yoshiko Kawashima had entered the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters, and also that Yoshiko Kawashima and Major Ryūkichi Tanaka had already dispatched large numbers of Japanese agents for carpet-search operations targeting the elite security troops he had sent out who had knocked out those Japanese action teams and Japanese Overseas Youth Comrades Association member teams.
“These guys seem to train very well usually!”
“Able to complete the operation I deployed so perfectly and swiftly!”
“Just throw those Japanese into the cesspool first to let them sober up properly!”
“Once Shanghai erupts, if we encounter these damn Japanese again, then just kill them and feed them to the fish!”
“Treat these damn Japanese just like they brutalize our innocent, unarmed civilians, that will be enough!”
Zhou Wenhua revealed a cold smile and murmured to himself.
Then, he too swiftly issued instructions to the security team under him to prepare for the combat operation to abduct Yoshiko Kawashima.
