Death must be calculated

Author: Jiangsu Daozi

Death must be calculated

Early June 1939.

The mountain city gradually looked like summer, and the temperature gradually increased. People changed out of their thick winter clothes and put on breathable clothes made of cotton and linen.

Although the harsh winter has passed, the sorrow on people's faces has not gone away. These past few months have been an unforgettable and painful memory for the people in the mountain city.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon on May 3, more than 40 Japanese bombers suddenly attacked and continuously bombed the central area of ​​​​the mountain city with dense population and prosperous business.

From Chaotianmen to Central Park, about two kilometers of the busiest streets in the city were turned into a sea of ​​flames, and 19 of the 27 main streets were turned into ruins.

At 6 pm on May 4, 27 Japanese planes attacked again, dropping 78 aerial bombs and 48 incendiary bombs. Fires broke out in more than 10 places in the city, and the fires burned for 2 days.

More than 10 bustling markets including Duyou Street were burned down, and the Min'an Cinema, which was showing a movie, was bombed, killing more than 200 spectators on the spot.

14 of the city's 37 banks were destroyed. The ancient Luohan Temple and Chang'an Temple were also devoured by fire. People who took refuge in the temples suffered heavy casualties.

Also bombed were foreign churches and the British, French and other foreign embassies in the Republic of China. Even the German embassy, ​​which was flying a certain flag, was not spared.

The streets of mountain cities can be seen everywhere with bloody and mutilated corpses, children who have lost their parents, and old people who have lost their children wandering the streets looking for the remains of their family members.

In a private house opposite Junweihui.

Zuo Zhong stood on the side of the window with the word "rice" taped on it, looking at the remaining tragic images outside the window and sighed, his eyes filled with anger, and his hands clenching his fists tightly.

According to military statistics, during the two days of bombing, Japanese planes killed nearly 4,000 people, injured 2,000 others, damaged 5,000 buildings, and made about 200,000 people homeless.

This air raid was the earliest strategic bombing in world history. The Japanese hoped to destroy the will of the government to resist by massacring Ping people.

After fighting for almost two years, the Japanese, who could no longer hold on anymore, tried to defeat the Republic of China through intimidation. It must be said that this was a sign of exhaustion.

At this time, Wu Chunyang on the side connected the phone line, turned the handle, picked up the phone and listened, then turned to Zuo Zhong and whispered.

"Deputy, the field line has been connected. You can contact the garrison headquarters and the bureau headquarters at any time. There are also dedicated people at the camp to relay the information, so the secret will not be leaked."

"kindness."

Zuo Zhong gave a gentle greeting and turned his gaze to a group of Guojun soldiers on the street who were wearing anti-aircraft armbands and showing off their power. The original gloomy expression became even more ugly.

Although this tragedy was caused by the Japanese, the corruption at the top and bottom of the party, or the inaction of the mountain city air defense forces, exacerbated the disaster for the people in the mountain city.

If I had to give an example among this group of insects, then a certain pig general who served as the mountain city garrison commander and air defense commander would be the representative figure among them.

As soon as the other party took office, they used the mountain city's air defense as an excuse to request the establishment of a special air defense force to deal with the Japanese's increasingly rampant air raids.

The air defense force is under the jurisdiction of the communication team, protection team, stretcher battalion, engineering team, bicycle platoon, alarm station, air liaison post, intelligence transmission post and other units, and is directly under the air defense command.

It sounds wonderful, but most of these so-called air defense units are replaced by subordinates of pig generals. For example, the communication team is replaced by the communication company, and the roster is faked to receive double military pay.

In order to win over his subordinates, General Zhu boldly stipulated that the communications company commander could receive an additional 50 yuan in office expenses, and each officer and soldier working in the Air Defense Command would receive a monthly service allowance of 4 yuan.

For another example, the stretcher battalion is composed of a battalion from the Labor Corps of the Garrison Headquarters. The so-called Labor Corps is a labor camp similar to that of the Red Russia, with a mixed bag of good and bad people inside.

In the name of reforming gangsters and thieves, Zhu will capture some thieves and singers from the mountain city society and tie them with iron chains for forced labor.

Their labor income was shared among the middle and lower-level officers, while the pig generals embezzled the funds of the Labor Corps and half of the military rations. This was very fair, and everyone made money.

Of course, those who were chained and working were all peaceful prisoners, and there were even some prisoners of the underground party. I don’t know where Mr. Pig General got the courage.

As for the real pickpockets and thieves, they were released privately to the streets to continue stealing. All the stolen things and money were handed over to the officers of the corps to divide the stolen goods.

Also, when the fire broke out, many dignitaries directly called the Air Defense Command to send firetrucks to protect them first, so the fire quickly spread to the entire city.

After the fire, a large number of residents fled, many unburned properties were looted by air defense forces, and even the remaining wood was accumulated and sold as firewood.

What's more, some people even slightly repaired the burned-out house and then took it for their own use. Afterwards, they even demanded a high price from the owner to redeem it. They really went into the coffin with an abacus - they would die with a plan.

The pig general should not be called a pig general, but a vampire. Even if the famous Dracula walked under his hands, he would probably have to draw several kilograms of blood as tolls.

Not only that, this bunch of crazy poor bastards also came up with innovative new ways of doing business and focused on air defense intelligence.

The mountain city has a specialized air defense intelligence system, with communication equipment specifically designed to provide early warning to various agencies and dignitaries in their air raid shelters, and to report enemy aircraft conditions.

The pig general and his men took a fancy to this new blue ocean and used the government's equipment and lines to set up a private communication network to serve the rich businessmen and landowners.

Most of these people have private air-raid shelters in mountain cities. The other party sends the air defense troops a sum of money every month, so that they can know the movements of enemy planes in advance.

In this way, the air defense force had a fixed additional income, and they used the money to join businessmen and participate in some commercial activities and speculation.

After a few months, everyone from pig generals to low-level officers made a lot of money. Most of them bought houses in mountain cities and lived a luxurious life.

As for the issue of air defense intelligence in public air raid shelters, no one is taking care of it. There are only 10 telephones in more than 800 public air raid shelters, which is of little use.

After the bombing, the repair team would always repair the communication lines first for the wealthy and powerful, and then finally repair the telephone lines in public air-raid shelters.

For help calls, the switchboard will also give priority to calls from rich people. Ordinary people can queue up and the calls will be answered when the bombing stops.

It is not that no one wants to change this situation. Some schools such as Central University have called for the establishment of wireless broadcasts in mountain towns for the purpose of communicating air raid situations.

This was originally a good measure, and the people in the mountain city were happy to hear it, but it has been several months since it was proposed and has not been completed.

Because all agencies are vying for the right to handle wireless broadcasting, this is a big project with a lot of money, and no one is willing to let it go, leading to delays.

In the end, this "business" was won by the Pig General and the Air Defense Command. The first phase of funding was US$140,000. Someone was finally generous.

As a result, the Air Defense Command did not do anything with the money immediately after receiving it, but used it to run a business, going to Wan County to buy tobacco leaves and selling them to the Shancheng Tobacco Factory.

They kept delaying the project on the pretext that they had to solve technical and equipment problems first, and suspended the construction a few days ago on the grounds that the area was rugged and communications could not be solved.

In fact, the Ministry of Transportation already has the corresponding technical strength and equipment, but because the funds for building wireless broadcasts are not at their disposal, they are unwilling to use them.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Resources Committee also have equipment to manufacture corresponding equipment, but for the same reason, they do not agree to manufacture equipment for wireless broadcasting.

This just gave Zhujiang a reason to stop work. It can be said that the entire air defense system of the mountain city was completely rotten and did not play its due role at all.

Compared with the miserable situation of the common people, the officials are full of food. To put it bluntly, I guess some of them are eager for the Japanese to bomb every day.

Logically speaking, the military commander should report this matter to someone, but Dai Chunfeng suppressed the matter and did not report even a word to the attendant room.

The reason is very simple. This is not a "business" of one person. There are countless people at the top and bottom who are making profits from this. The military commander cannot be the leader.

This is not only due to the rules of the officialdom. Intelligence work cannot be carried out without the assistance of various agencies. If too many people are offended, many tasks cannot be carried out.

There is a saying that makes it very clear, when turbidity becomes a normal state, innocence becomes a sin. If it is so rotten, the party will not die, and the laws of nature cannot tolerate it!

Zuo Zhong silently turned away from the window, went to the table in the middle of the room, picked up a personnel file marked top secret from it, and read it carefully.

"Yan Shaoyi, male, 39 years old, from Jinmen, married, has a son and a daughter at home, graduated from the Engineering Department of Beiyang University in Jinmen, and joined the Fruit Party in 1924.

The current lieutenant colonel of the First Division of the First Department of the Military Command is responsible for the review of all combat plans and deployments of the Guo Army. He has a good relationship with the director of the First Division.

His true identity is a lurk member of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Special Higher Education Course in Shanghai. His real name is Yumi Akimoto, codenamed "Matsuko". In 1913, he sneaked into the Republic of China to perform a mission.

Directly under the command of the Special Higher Education Section of the Consulate in Shanghai, he owns a small spy radio station. After the defeat of Jinling, he withdrew westward with the army and now lives at No. 57 Xinglong Street, Mountain City."

This file records in detail the life and photos of Yan Shaoyi, or Yumi Akimoto, and even his affiliations and equipment are recorded.

The availability of such detailed information is naturally thanks to the loyal ministers and martyrs of the Japanese Empire, the intelligence experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the trustworthy friends of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, the boss of Akizono Yumi, the person in charge of the Hase Agency, and the special agent for China.

Committee Assistant

——His Excellency Ryosuke Hase.

Wu Chunyang looked at the file in Zuo Zhong's hand and said with some confusion: "Deputy Commander, isn't this the spy we were monitoring when we were in Jinling? Why did you remember to monitor him?

There are brothers around this guy who are always watching, and even the code book given to him by Shanghai has been replaced by us. He thought he was in contact with the Special Higher Education Department, but in fact he sent it to the Telecommunications Office."

That information is now stored in the old drawer of the Second Division, and the orders given to him by the Japanese are also screened and forwarded by the Telecommunications Division. For such a small character, it makes no sense for us to monitor him."

As a participant in the Liuguo Hotel operation and a close confidant of Zuo Zhong, Wu Chunyang naturally knew Hase Ryosuke, and he was also responsible for the surveillance work of the other party's group of moles.

This kind of spy information that has been exposed is of little value. At best, it can be used as bait to see how many big fish it can attract. In addition to gathering information, Akizono Yumi has been tirelessly looking for targets to incite rebellion.

In the past few years, two or three traitors have been persuaded by him. All of this was done under the "command" of the military commander. The intelligence agency also needs Kpi, and it can be used at any time when needed.

When Zuo Zhong heard Wu Chunyang's words, he shook his head slightly and said nothing. The mirage plan was top secret. Monitoring Qiu Yuan Yumi was only part of the plan. Now was not the time to make it public.

At this moment, a man in casual clothes walked out of the gate of Junweihui. It was Yumi Akizono. The man stood at the door and looked around for a moment, then called a mountain sedan and disappeared in the lively street.
Chapter completed!