Agents of the Republic of China

The sea is blue and there is no wind and waves. Lin Xiaotang is sitting on the beach chair on the top deck of the bow. Not far from the side of the ship, two seagulls are flying along with the passenger ship, making cheerful calls from time to time.Lin Xiaotang held a glass of whiskey in his hand, carefully flipping through a book of "The Tale of Genji", reading it with relish.

After getting on the boat, Lin Xiaotang's mood calmed down more and more. Lin Xiaotang had already made many guesses about what he was about to face.Shang Zhensheng will definitely arrange the corresponding matters properly, which Lin Xiaotang absolutely trusts in him.But in what way will Kenji Doihara treat himself?These days, Lin Xiaotang has sorted out all his experiences in Shanghai over the years, recalling all the events and characters clearly, this is also to deal with the possible interrogation of Kenji Doihara.From Lin Xiaotang's point of view, although he has not been perfect all these years, he will definitely not have anything to fall into the hands of the enemy.

After thinking this through, Lin Xiaotang began to quietly observe the "Xili Maru" while relaxing.This passenger ship has been refitted, and it is not large in size, with a displacement of about [-] tons, and it is divided into four floors.The third and fourth floors have already been sealed off and guarded by soldiers with live ammunition.The second layer transported hundreds of wounded Japanese officers and soldiers returning home.The first floor on the top is the luxury cabin, there are not many guests, so Lin Xiaotang and the others occupy the three cabins near the bow deck, even the deck is occupied, other guests can't come up at all.

Lin Xiaotang was interested in the blocked third and fourth floors. The third floor seemed to be a resting place for a small group of Japanese soldiers, while the fourth floor was clearly carrying some important cargo back to Japan. Looks like a lot of money.

What caught Lin Xiaotang's attention was the tattoo accidentally revealed by a Japanese military officer, which was exactly the same as Yazawa Shinichi's, which meant that these soldiers were all from the special gendarmerie, and the goods loaded in the fourth-floor warehouse were also obvious. uncovered.

Just as he was lost in thought, footsteps suddenly came from the gangway on the deck.Coming up from below was a middle-aged man in a black trench coat, who was Yoshio Kodama.

Escorting Lin Xiaotang were eight members of the special high school, and when they saw someone coming up, they immediately stepped forward to stop him.Yoshio Kodama took out a green ID card from his pocket and waved it in front of the guard, who hurriedly saluted and let it go.

Lin Xiaotang raised his head and looked curiously at Yoshio Kodama who was walking over.

Yoshio Kodama smiled politely, nodded slightly, and pointed to the seat next to Lin Xiaotang, "Excuse me, may I sit here?"

Obviously, this person came looking for him with an unknown purpose.Lin Xiaotang made such a judgment immediately.

Lin Xiaotang nodded with a smile, poured a glass of wine and handed it to Yoshio Kodama. "What's your name? What do you want me to do?"

Yoshio Kodama was a little surprised, Lin Xiaotang looked at his surprised expression, and said bluntly: "Mr. looks like he is here to look for me. I am just a prisoner under strict surveillance. There are so many pairs of eyes and eyes around me. Ears, you don’t have to cover up what you say.”

Lin Xiaotang used pure Japanese, and the standard pronunciation made Kodama Yoshio amazed.His straightforwardness also surprised Yoshio Kodama a little.

Yoshio Kodama handed over a business card with both hands, "Yoyoshi Kodama, this is the first time we meet, please take care of me!" Lin Xiaotang's gaze was immediately attracted by a familiar tattoo on his wrist.

Lin Xiaotang took it, and was a little dazed, "Black Dragon Club?"

"Hi!" Yoshio Kodama nodded in agreement.

"I don't seem to have any relationship with your association?" Lin Xiaotang thought about it carefully.

"But that doesn't prevent us from becoming friends now." Kodama Yoshio smiled, "You should know Todazu's Tachibana Osamu-senpai, right?"

"That's right!"

"Hehe, Tachibana-senpai is a member of my Black Dragon Association, he is highly respected in the association, and he is also Chairman Toyamaman's best friend!" Yoshio Kodama lowered his voice when he said this, "He asked me to greet you! "

"I see!" Lin Xiaotang nodded calmly.The guy in front of him, since he is a member of the Black Dragon Association, still has the logo of the Special Gendarmerie on his wrist, and he still knows Chief Tachibana, it seems very difficult!

Lin Xiaotang's thoughts turned, and he put on a wry smile in an instant, "Thank you, Senior Tachibana, for your concern, and Mr. Kodama's kindness, but I'm in danger now, and I don't know what will happen to me when I arrive in Kyoto. ,well!"

Lin Xiaotang sighed heavily on purpose, stealthily observing Yoshio Kodama's reaction.

Yoshio Kodama chuckled, "Mr. Lin, don't worry, Your Excellency Doihara is not a scourge. As long as Mr. Lin is innocent, he will never beat you up and force the charge on you. But once you pass through Doihara With your review, you will become a true friend of the empire, isn't this what you would like to see?"

Lin Xiaotang helplessly tapped the book in his hand, "I hope so!"

"Mr. Lin, don't be discouraged. You have made outstanding contributions to the empire's Greater East Asia co-prosperity these years in Shanghai. Not to mention, in the material control plan, in the entire Nanjing government, except you can use The whole plan is running smoothly, who else can do it?"

"Oh? Mr. Kodama knows me very well!" Lin Xiaotang asked in surprise.

"I can't talk about understanding. Mr. Lin is a famous figure in Shanghai. Who wouldn't know something about your deeds. The nature of our Black Dragon Society is similar to that of Shanghai's Qinghong Gang. It's just that after the jihad started, we also participated Now, I am directly responsible to the military department." Yoshio Kodama's words seemed to reveal something, Lin Xiaotang chewed sensitively.

"When Mr. Lin regains his freedom, I hope you can consider cooperating with the Black Dragon Association, please!" Yoshio Kodama stood up and bowed solemnly to Lin Xiaotang.

Lin Xiaotang also stood up, and promised with a smile: "I can't ask for it, I will definitely!"

While speaking, the roar of engines suddenly came from the sky. Everyone on the deck followed the sound and saw that in the blue sky, a neat formation of bombers was heading east.The siren sounded immediately on the Siri Maru, and the crew hurriedly changed to the Australian flag. Fortunately, the bomber did not pay too much attention to the passenger ship on the sea, and flew away in a short time.

"Hachi!" Yoshio Kodama gritted his teeth and scolded, "Those are American planes, they must be going to bomb the mainland of the Empire!"

"Where are the navy and air force planes? Why don't they intercept them?" The guards on the side talked one after another.

The officer escorting Lin Xiaotang looked a bit sad, "Do you still need to ask? Part of the Mariana Islands must have fallen, otherwise, how could the US military fly here?"

"Then how do they fly back, so that the combat radius can't reach even the b) bombers of the US military?"

A soldier pouted, "Is it still necessary to go back? After the bombing, fly directly to China, and you can land at any airport."

The various opinions made the Japanese present feel a little depressed. The war has already developed in a direction that is unfavorable to them. No one knows or knows what will happen next.

Lin Xiaotang sat down leisurely and continued to read the book in his hand.

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Five days later, the Xili Maru arrived at the destination of the itinerary, the Port of Yokohama, Japan.

Seeing the outline of the coast from a distance, the people on the passenger ship couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts. They ran to the deck to look towards the coast. Some disabled soldiers cried and shouted, perhaps, compared to those soldiers who died in a foreign country for no reason. They are already very lucky.

But as the ship gradually approached the port, the noise gradually stopped. Everyone on board could clearly see black smoke columns soaring to the sky from various places in Yokohama City, and even the nearby Xingang Wharf became a sea of ​​flames.

"Damn Americans!" The soldiers began to curse loudly, and Yoshio Kodama's face became a little unnatural.

Because of the serious damage to the Xingang Wharf, Xili Maru had to turn to the nearby Yamauchi Wharf to dock. Because of this, it took another half a day for the passenger ship to berth to the shore. An hour later, the people on board were allowed to go ashore.

Lin Xiaotang walked slowly down the side of the boat under the escort of eight extra-high school staff.Yoshio Kodama has long since disappeared.The smell of gunpowder smoke filled the entire pier, the pier was in chaos, and the sound of clogs trampling on the ground made one sound, which added an unbearable feeling of irritability.

Looking at this strange land, Lin Xiaotang suddenly felt very strange. He never thought that one day he would set foot on the land of an enemy country, and it was this country that had caused irreparable harm to his motherland in the past 100 years. .

What surprised Lin Xiaotang was that most of the busy porters on the pier were women and old people, and almost no adult men could be seen except soldiers.Not far away, a neat line of soldiers was waiting to board the ship. It seemed that after a brief rest, Xili Maru was about to return to China with a full load of soldiers.

Lin Xiaotang looked at the Japanese army and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling.Can this still be called an army?The queue was full of childish faces. Judging from their age, the youngest was only in their teens. Wearing military uniforms, they were obviously a few sizes too big. Their eyes were flustered and helpless.Near them, hundreds of women kept waving to the team, which made the "soldiers" a little bit at a loss, and some of them even started to cry.The Japanese military officers next to them unceremoniously beat the heads of those "cowards" hard, which added to the confusion in the team, and the women were quickly dispersed by the military police.

"Is this war?" Lin Xiaotang couldn't help thinking.