wind in the dark night

Chapter 311

After one hour.

No. 306 Xinmin Street.

Outside Dujuan's house.

Benedict——

Qi Yue rang the doorbell.

After a while, Xiaoyu opened the door and said respectfully, "Mr. Qi is here."

After entering the house, Qi Yue looked at Xiaoyu and said, "She seems to have grown taller."

Xiaoyu didn't say anything, lowered her eyelids, smiled shyly, took the coat and hat that Qi Yue took off, and hung them in the closet.

Du Juan came out and said to Qi Yue, "You called and said Yamada invited you to dinner, and I thought you weren't coming tonight."

Qi Yue entered the living room: "We finished eating early, so we came to see you on the way."

Du Juan said to Xiao Yu, "Make two cups of coffee and bring some snacks."

Xiaoyu agreed and went to the kitchen.

Qi Yue walked to the wine cabinet, moved the globe on it, turned it to the side of Kyushu Island, Japan, and pressed it gently.

Dujuan also followed.

Qi Yue said: "Tomorrow morning, a group of prisoners will be executed, and I will lead the team to carry out the execution."

Du Juan asked: "Who are they?"

Qi Yue said: "There were 37 people in total, including those from the Menghuzhai, the Anti-Japanese United Army, and a few political prisoners. The Menghuzhai had the most, about 20."

Du Juan frowned: "So many people?"

Qi Yue said: "This is the first batch, there will be a second batch and a third batch."

"Has it been decided by the court?"

"According to Gao Kejian, this is an extraordinary period, and extraordinary measures should be taken in extraordinary times, with simplified procedures and on-the-spot executions. Those political prisoners were charged with espionage and secretly arrested just because they openly criticized the authorities."

Du Juan sat down slowly: "He is convicted for his words again. The puppet Manchukuo and his Qing dynasty ancestors are indeed of the same lineage, and they have done the same evil!"

Qi Yue said: "An evil regime is unpopular and its demise is a matter of time."

Du Juan said: "Can you find a way to rescue these people?"

Qi Yue shook his head: "There is no other way. Li Wenbiao must be comforted, and don't even think about robbing the execution ground. With the lesson of the four eastern families, Gao Kejian will not make the same mistake again."

Du Juan said: "Li Wenbiao has received special agent training, so he wouldn't be so reckless..."

Xiaoyu brought coffee and snacks.

Qi Yue took a piece of shortbread and said as he ate it, "I'm really a little hungry."

Du Juan laughed: "Didn't you just have dinner?"

Qi Yue also laughed: "I ate half full. Japanese food is delicious, but the portion is too small. I only eat one bite at a time. Now I know why Japanese people are generally short. It's because they eat too little."

Du Juan curled her lips: "Absurdity."

Qi Yue said: "Eating less affects development, this is scientifically proven..."

After Xiaoyu left, Qi Yue said, "There is one more thing. A cargo ship under the name of Yamada Yukizo was seized by the military at Incheon Port. The destination of the cargo ship is Kyushu Island, Japan."

Dujuan said, "What did you think of?"

Qi Yue said: "Some time ago, your German friend Frank was also detained on his way to Kyushu Island by boat. I guess something big must have happened near Kyushu Island."

Du Juan pondered for a while: "This matter is very strange... If it is just a general martial law measure, a flight ban will be enough. There is no need to be so sneaky."

Qi Yue said, "Yes, I thought so too. In addition, the Yamada received an unknown signal from Kagoshima Bay. Every two hours, it would send out calls of Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. It felt like a combat training." Du Juan frowned, "Tiger Tiger Tiger, what does it mean?"

Qi Yue said: "During the Madiel incident, Ishihara Kanji said something to Yamada. It was a Japanese proverb, 'A tiger can return home after traveling a thousand miles'. I wonder if it has anything to do with this."

"A tiger can return home after traveling a thousand miles..."

Cuckoo murmured to herself.

Qi Yue said: "A tiger can travel a thousand miles and still come back on its own. This sentence literally means returning safely."

Dujuan asked: "Why a tiger and not another animal?"

Qi Yue said: "In Japan, the tiger symbolizes bravery and majesty. I guess the use of tiger as a code name also originated from this, and there is no further meaning."

Du Juan thought for a moment and said, "Do you think the combat training in Kagoshima Bay is a military operation against the Kuomintang-controlled areas?"

Qi Yue shook his head: "The Kuomintang-controlled area is far away in the southwest, and the navy cannot be used."

Du Juan said, "What if it was a bombing?"

Qi Yue said: "There are many airports in the occupied areas. Bombers can take off nearby. There is no need to hide, unless..."

"Unless what?"

“Unless it is directed against another country.”

Du Juan thought for a moment and said, "Su Lian?"

Qi Yue held the coffee and slowly turned the globe. "In the Battle of Nomonhan, Japan and the Soviet Union fought for more than half a month, and neither side gained an advantage. Afterwards, they signed a neutrality treaty to preserve their respective interests. Soviet Union recognized Manchukuo, and Japan recognized Mongolia. For now, the two sides are in a honeymoon period of collusion. In the short term, the Japanese are unlikely to provoke Soviet Union."

Du Juan looked at Qi Yue, suddenly smiled, and said jokingly: "You look more like a combat staff officer of the headquarters now."

Qi Yue said: "When I was training at the Central Police School in Xinjing, the Japanese instructor who taught intelligence once said that in modern warfare, only those who combine military operations with intelligence and apply what they have learned can be called qualified agents."

Du Juan said: "He is right. Especially in wartime, military operations and intelligence are complementary... What are you looking at?"

Qi Yue stared at the globe. The globe was on the west coast of Berry Country, between the Koala Mountains and the Waianae Mountains, on the south coast of Oahu Island in Hawaii, with a harbor called Pearl Bay.

Qi Yue turned the globe back to Kagoshima Bay, and then back to Pearl Bay: "Du Juan, do you think these two places are very similar?"

Du Juan looked at it for a while and said: "Just looking at the floor plan, it is somewhat similar."

Qi Yue said: "The most critical thing now is to first determine what happened in Kagoshima Bay, and then the next step."

Du Juan said: "I will report the situation to the headquarters tomorrow night at the latest."

Qi Yue drank his coffee slowly.

Du Juan asked: "Are you still leaving tonight?"

Qi Yue said, "Well, we moved to a new house and haven't lived there for a night. I have to get familiar with the environment... Did you help me feed the dog?"

Dujuan said, "The dog is lost."

Qi Yue was stunned: "Lost?"

Du Juan said: "Early this morning, Xiaoyu went to feed the dog and heard from Mrs. Han that the dog disappeared last night. It is estimated that it went out through the railing."

"I was careless..."

Qi Yue was very depressed.

This is indeed his responsibility.

Under normal circumstances, if the dog is in an unfamiliar environment, the owner is not around, and the dog is not tied up, it is likely to run away if given the chance.

"You don't have to worry too much. The dog knows the way. Maybe it has come back now. Oh, there is chicken liver in the dog bowl. It won't starve."

Dujuan said comfortingly.

(End of this chapter)