1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 436 Arrest
Since stationing on Dawanshan Island last year, Chen Yixin has commanded the militia army to carry out three combat missions. The first was the Lijiazhuang defense battle, followed by the extermination of the pirate gangs entrenched on Dangan Island, and the last was at the end of last year. The battle fought by the Fragrant Pirates Group.In the naval battle of Wanshan Port at the end of the year, the troops stationed on the island under the command of Chen Yixin performed well in combat. In the ensuing battle, the remnants had no power to resist the Haihan Navy commanded by Wang Tom, and could only flee northward.The direct consequence of this battle was that the Liuxiang Group was seriously injured, and had to withdraw from the waters of the Pearl River Estuary, completely ceding its original territory to Haihan.

Because of Chen Yixin's outstanding performance in these three battles, and his contribution to the construction and development of Wanshan Port, he has been awarded and promoted by the Military Commission during this year's Anniversary of Crossing, and he has been promoted to the rank of major at the same time. He also became the youngest among the traversers who obtained the rank of major.

In the military operation to attack Hue, South Vietnam in February, Chen Yixin was not transferred to the front line to participate in the battle by the Military Commission. After the end, Chen Yixin received awards from the Military Commission at the same time as the personnel who made great achievements in the Battle of Hue, and the gossip was self-defeating.Afterwards, some good people analyzed that the arrangement of the Military Commission was actually a disguised protection for Chen Yixin. After all, he was relatively young, and if he rose too fast in the army, it might not be a good thing.

Chen Yixin himself has a relatively open view on this issue. It has been a whole year since he was sent to Wanshan Port. Whether it is leading troops to fight or managing the place, he has accumulated a certain amount of experience, and now his military rank has also been promoted. , It can be said that it has laid an excellent foundation for future promotion.Now, the reason why he has only been promoted to the military rank but not given a higher scope of authorization, Chen Yixin believes that this is not his own problem, but that the territory controlled by Haihan is relatively limited, and there is no way to give him more authority for the time being—— Unless he is willing to transfer back to the base camp to do a civilian job in the staff department.

Compared with drawing maps and playing sand table in the base camp, Chen Yixin is still more willing to be stationed outside - the military merits earned on the battlefield are not comparable to those of the headquarters who play with pens in white shirts, and stationed outside, the opportunity to perform is also important. Much more.Although the standard of living on Dawanshan Island was far inferior to that of the base camp, Chen Yixin persisted and persuaded his companion Li Dou to stay on this isolated island.During the year when he was stationed on the island, Chen Yixin only went back to Sanya to accept the commendation during the anniversary, and spent most of the other time on the island.

Due to the special nature of both military and civilian uses of Wanshan Port, it is almost impossible to completely block the military secrets here. When ships enter and leave the port during the day, the fortifications on the shore of the port can be clearly observed from the ship. There is no way to cover up the warships in Wanshan Port when they are docked in the port. People with discerning eyes can easily find out the nature of this place as a military stronghold.However, it is not difficult to prevent outsiders from coming into contact with the military zone. The port area has specially designated an area for outsiders to move around, and is separated from the military zone by walls, barbed wire and other roadblocks. The shops, warehouses, restaurants, and hotels are almost all concentrated in this area - this also includes the prison-style courtyard where Li Qingyang and others lived the night before.

This kind of prison-style courtyard is a hotel building specially designed by the Ministry of Construction for the special environment of Wanshan Port. Each courtyard has twelve living rooms, as well as corresponding supporting public facilities such as kitchens, bathrooms, and toilets. There is a small barn.The gate of the courtyard is locked from the outside every night during curfew time, and it will be opened again in the morning.All foreigners who want to spend the night in Wanshan Port must either stay on the ship, or they can only live in this kind of courtyard that is convenient for surveillance and control.There are a total of four such courtyards built on the shore. Although the number of rooms is limited, there are also not many people they can accommodate. There are at most four or five people on a boat who are eligible to disembark and live in it, so there will not be a full house. The situation, and the troops stationed on the island only need a very small number of manpower to effectively monitor the foreigners who land on the island.

Four days ago, Chen Yixin received the investigation telegram from the Guangzhou Office, and soon received a joint investigation notice jointly issued by the Ministry of Security and the Military Commission from the headquarters. .There is no target photo, no specific number, no action time and infiltration method of the other party. Simply put, this is to arrest people based on intuition.

Neither Chen Yixin nor Li Dou paid much attention to this task at the beginning, because the main function of Wanshan Port is only a cargo transit port, and most of the ships calling here use it as a cargo transit point, saving the need to travel to Sanya by sea. this voyage.The next stop of these ships is often to turn back to their starting point, and their final destination is often not Sanya.The time for these ships to dock at the port is only a day or two at most, and they usually leave immediately after loading and unloading the cargo, and very few foreigners will live here for a long time.In other words, even if Jin Yiwei planned to enter Sanya by sea, as long as he inquired about the route to Sanya, he probably would not appear in Wanshan Port.

However, the development of the matter was beyond their expectations. The Guangzhou Office sent another telegram the day before yesterday, claiming to have found the trace of Jin Yiwei, and asked Wanshan Port to make preparations to assist in the arrest immediately.Although Chen Yixin and Li Dou didn't know exactly what the situation was, they still organized a group of militiamen to prepare according to the requirements of the Guangzhou Office, and even vacated a warehouse to be used as a temporary prison for prisoners.

It was not He Xi who came up with the idea of ​​putting the arrest location in Wanshan Port, but Li Nai who came up with the idea of ​​using recruitment methods to invite Jun into the urn.The reason he gave is also very simple: if you do something in Guangzhou, it will easily attract the attention of the government. A new immigrant from Haihan; the distance from the Pearl River Estuary to Sanya is too long, it takes several days on the way, and there is no convenient contact method. If something happens, neither Guangzhou nor Sanya can get the news in time.

The conditions of Wanshan Port can avoid all these troubles. The local area is completely under the jurisdiction of the Haihan people, and there are not many outsiders. Don't worry about the situation getting out of control and causing more troubles. The radio station notified the Guangzhou Office and Sanya in time.Of course, the most important point is that Wanshan Island is a small island hanging off the sea, as long as the ship enters the port, there is absolutely no possibility for the target person on the ship to escape capture.

A few hours later, a more detailed report was sent from Guangzhou, saying that five Jinyiwei spies had been identified and would arrive at Wanshan Port on two merchant ships. It was suggested that the troops stationed on the island temporarily detain all personnel on board. The officers of the Ministry of Security who went with the ship identified their faces before arresting them.

A few hours before the ship that Li Qingyang was on arrived at Wanshan Port, the ship that his other three companions were on had already arrived earlier, and was controlled by the troops stationed on the island as soon as they disembarked. , together with all the crew and sailors on board, was placed under house arrest in another nearby courtyard.Since the Guangzhou Office only sent one investigator to assist, and Li Qingyang was on the same boat, the suspects could not be identified for the time being, so Chen Yixin only ordered this group of people to be placed under house arrest, and did not arrest them immediately.If Li Qingyang's boat could have arrived at Wanshan Port before dark last night, then when he entered the port, he could easily find that the boat his companion was on was moored at another trestle bridge less than half a mile away. .

It was precisely because the ship arrived at the port too late that Chen Yixin decided to wait until dawn to arrest him in order to avoid unnecessary complications during the night operation. This gave Li Qingyang an extra night of freedom.However, his other four companions were not so lucky. With the arrival of the assisting investigators, the three Jinyiwei spies who were lurking among the previously imprisoned personnel were immediately picked out, and one person who stayed on the boat also died in his sleep. He was arrested by militiamen on board.When Chen Yixin led his team to surround the courtyard, Li Qingyang was actually the only spies from Jinyiwei who had not been arrested yet.

Chen Yixin's cold eyes swept over the faces of all the people in the courtyard one by one. Most of them showed expressions of anxiety and fear. He quickly noticed that one of them looked a little different. More calm than others.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. This is the control area of ​​the Haihan militia. No one will harm the interests of Haihan's business partners in this place. Your personal and property safety are under the protection of the militia!" Chen Yixin's words made everyone The faces of the people present became slightly lighter. "Protecting the interests of business partners" has always been the propaganda slogan of the Haihan people, and it is also the reason why they deploy armed personnel in the coastal areas of the mainland. Almost all the maritime merchants and ship bosses present have heard the relevant propaganda, and they have gradually become accustomed to their own Placed under the protection of the Haihan militia instead of the Daming official army.

Li Qingyang noticed that the young officer's eyes were fixed on his face when he was talking, and he knew that his identity had probably been exposed, so he no longer thought of luck, so he retorted: "This is the land of the Ming Dynasty, we wait The people of the Ming Dynasty should be protected by the officers and soldiers, what this little brother said seems to be acting like an overreach!"

Chen Yixin smiled and said: "I heard that you have a Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent. Let me take a bold guess. You are from Nanjing, right? I think you probably don't know much about the situation in this area. The only ones who provide free protection are our Haihan militia, as for the Daming army, as long as they don't come out to make trouble..."

"Bold!" Li Qingyang couldn't help yelling, but before he could continue, Song San was already pulling his arm and dragging him back, saying repeatedly: "This guy was just recruited, no Understand the rules, don't blame the chief!"

"It's okay, you don't have to pull him and let him finish the sentence." Chen Yixin knew that this person must be right. Now that there are hundreds of people around the courtyard, there is no need to worry that he can fly away. Hurry to arrest him.

When Li Qingyang heard that the other party pointed out his origin, he already understood that the matter had failed, and he had no scruples at the moment, he pulled Song San's hand away and said, "Don't worry about Song San, I don't want to trouble you!"

After Li Qingyang finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and said loudly: "You Haihan people occupy the island as king, organize armies, privately manufacture firearms, evade taxes, ignore the court, do you still have the law in your eyes?"

Chen Yixin sneered: "So you are the one who punished us on behalf of the imperial court?"

Li Qingyang gritted his teeth, took out an ivory waistband from his waist, and said in a deep voice: "Daming Jinyiwei South Town Fusi Baihu Li Qingyang is here, you and the rebellious party should throw up their weapons and beg for surrender!"

Chen Yixin's expression darkened and he said, "This lunatic pretends to be an imperial court official! Arrest him!"

The people behind Chen Yixin couldn't hold back for a long time, and rushed forward after hearing the words.Li Qingyang pulled out the dagger from his armpit and before he could swing it, he was hit on the arm by two wooden sticks at the same time, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clang.If he reacted quickly enough, he kicked the person who was rushing forward, but at the same time, two people on the left and right rushed over and hugged his waist tightly.Li Qingyang didn't break free, and five or six people rushed up from behind, some raised their feet, some pressed their hands, and immediately put him down on the ground.Although Li Qingyang had kung fu, but being held down by so many people, he was unable to make effective resistance movements at all.

Someone took the rope, tied Li Qingyang's hands and feet tightly together, and finally stuffed a big ball of rags into his mouth, it was not because he was afraid that he would yell, even if he broke his throat on this island Someone rescued him, just worried that he would bite his tongue and commit suicide in a moment of urgency, which would defeat the original intention of taking so many troubles to catch him alive.

"Everyone, what this person said is not true. He is actually a member of a gang of Jiangyang thieves. This group of gangsters intends to disguise themselves into various identities and sneak into Sanya to seek money by unscrupulous means. The other four accomplices of this person are already in the They were all captured by us yesterday, and we have sufficient evidence here to prove that they are not good people." Chen Yixin made a gesture, and immediately someone walked up with two large wooden trays, showing the "evidence" to everyone in the courtyard.

Inside the wooden tray were daggers of different lengths, gold leaves, potions, and wound medicines. Chen Yixin didn't need to explain any more. Indeed, these things were not utensils that ordinary people would carry with them.At this time, the militiamen had already taken out all the things on Li Qingyang's body, and found the same physical evidence on him without any suspense.

(End of this chapter)