The captain of this Japanese squad was inspecting along the river bank with a few of his men at this time, and this section of the river bank was not very peaceful recently, because His Excellency the Wing Commander had sent some reconnaissance detachments to quietly cross the river for reconnaissance in the past few days, so he was very worried that the Chinese army on the other side would also use this trick to send people to smuggle across the river.
In fact, the squad leader was unimpressed by this kind of smuggling reconnaissance operation of his own unit, because he was exhausted from the attack of this wing, and compared with the large area of the river bank assigned to them by the division and regiment headquarters, the number of the wing was too small to completely control this large section of the riverbank.
It is completely unnecessary to carry out that kind of smuggling investigation, but it will arouse the vigilance of the army on the other side of the river for this section of the river, and if the army also sends people to smuggle across the river to conduct reconnaissance, or even find a random spot from this large section of the river bank as a sneak attack, he is really not sure that he will be able to detect it in time.
Take, for example, today's incident, where the gunfire had been going off for a while, but he had to gather the small team scattered along this stretch of river and rush here, but he hurried and hurried, and when he arrived with the team, the Chinese army had already left, leaving only three unidentified people swimming from the other side of the river.
The Japanese squad leader immediately decided to take his men along the beach of the river bank to observe whether there were any other people crossing the riverbank's footprints, and he was more worried that the Chinese army had already smuggled across the river.
Just as he was slowly checking along the beach on the bank of the river with his head down with a few soldiers, he saw one of his subordinates quickly running up to him from behind the bushes and reporting: "Squad leader, one of the three people who crossed the river just now claimed to be a junior officer of the intelligence department of the East China Dispatch Army, who spoke fluent Japanese, and asked you to meet him. ” The Japanese squad leader raised his head and asked with some surprise, "Have you searched him?"
Does he have any documents or documents that can prove his identity?
” The Japanese soldier who reported to him shook his head and replied: "I searched him, and he has neither weapons nor documents on him."
However, he said that if you want to prove his identity, you will need to see him in person, and he will show you how to prove his identity. ” The captain of the Japanese squad was a little strange why the other party had to go by himself, he thought about it and felt that no matter what, the appearance of these three people was a little suspicious, and he had to find out the true identity of the other party.
So the Japanese squad leader nodded and instructed a few of his subordinates around him: "You guys continue to check along the riverbank, don't let go of any footprints, I'll come as soon as I go." ” When the Japanese squad leader walked in front of Yamashita Masao, Yamashita Masao looked at the rank mark on the opponent's military uniform and said, "You are the leader of this squad?"
I'm sure your subordinates have told you who I am, right?
” The Japanese squad leader saw that Yamashita Masao was very calm and not flustered at all when he saw him, so he asked: "You said that you are an intelligence officer of the Imperial Army, but you can't show any documents to prove it, what's going on?"
” Yamashita Masao scolded, "Idiot, don't you know that I swam across the river?
How is it possible to carry your documents with you when you go on a mission to the enemy as an intelligence officer?
If you have a means of communication to communicate with your superiors, or send me to a place where you can contact the East China Dispatch Command, and ask them to send a report to the East China Dispatch Force Command for verification. ” Masao Yamashita's scolding and the unusually positive look he showed made the Japanese squad leader believe in the other party's identity a little, because His Excellency the captain often scolded him like this.
And more importantly, he believes that the person in front of him who looks like a chicken in the soup wants him to contact the East China Dispatch Army Headquarters to verify his identity, which shows that the other party is not afraid of such verification at all.
So the Japanese squad leader bowed to Yamashita Masao and explained: "Please calm your anger, I can only send someone to take you to the wing headquarters, and they will report to their superiors to verify your identity."
Are these two people who swam with you also intelligence officers of the Imperial Army?
” Yamashita Masao did not answer the question of the Japanese squad leader at all, but said, "Then you will send a few subordinates to send us to the wing headquarters."
As for their identities, I can't tell you for reasons of secrecy. ” The Japanese squad leader was not annoyed, he knew that if Yamashita Masao was really an intelligence officer of the Imperial Army, he should have gone to the area controlled by the Shina Army to carry out a secret mission, and it was very reasonable for Yamashita Masao not to tell him about such a secret mission.
So the Japanese squad leader beckoned, called a few Japanese soldiers, and ordered them to take these three people to the wing headquarters, as for how to verify the identity of the other party, and why the other party forcibly crossed the river from here without prior notice, he didn't want to care, these questions are still left to His Excellency the wing commander to ask.
About two hours later, a telegram was sent directly from the wing headquarters here to the division headquarters, and then to the East China Dispatch Army Headquarters in Shanghai.
Soon, the order that came back made the wing commander of this Japanese unit have to carry it out immediately, send someone to Yamashita Masao and Ye Xiaozhou to retreat and bandage their wounds, and then send a car to send Yamashita Masao and the three to the division headquarters.
A few days later, Masao Yamashita, Li Yixin, and Ye Xiaozhou were sent to Stone Town under strict escort.
When Masao Yamashita and the three arrived at the checkpoint west of Stone Town, Li Yixin and Masao Yamashita saw at a glance that Taro Tanaka was waiting for them at the checkpoint with a car.
Taro Tanaka didn't say anything more to Li Yixin, but took the three of Yamashita Masao back to the special high class.
Then Li Yixin and Ye Xiaozhou were arranged to wait in an office in the special high school, while Masao Yamashita followed Taro Tanaka directly upstairs to report to Yukio Fujita's office.
And this time the report Fujita Yukio attached great importance to it, and even asked Taro Tanaka to leave, so he asked Yamashita Masao: "Yamashita-kun is injured?"
How could such an unexpected situation occur?
Please tell me all the details of your and Li Sang's mission to Chongqing, and you must not hide it.
This is a special order from Your Excellency the Director of the Agency to give me a detailed explanation of the situation. ” Yamashita Masao saw that Yukio Fujita had been authorized by His Excellency the Director, so he honestly reported all the activities of him and Li Yixin after they went to Chongqing to Yukio Fujita.
The Wind and Rain Project has been a great success after Li Sang's activism, and we have already rebelled against Boss Lu behind the Xinglong Firm, whose real identity is a deputy director of the Central Organization Department of the Chongqing government.
And he has already agreed to cooperate with our Great Japanese Empire.
And he also provided me with a confidential document of great strategic value, which was very sincere. ” After saying that, Masao Yamashita took out a few pages from his clothes pocket and handed them to Yukio Fujita.
The reason why this document was able to be brought back by Yamashita Masao was that Yamashita Masao had a lot of brains, and he managed to put the pages into a wax-sealed container, even if they jumped and swam across the river, they did not wet the document.