Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 271 Expecting people like this to fight the Japanese?

He continued in a serious tone:
"Judging from what has happened in the past few days, this mysterious group has clearly set its sights on our security brigade. Tell the brothers to be careful."

"Also, go and find a way to get me some military dogs!"

"If we don't have military dogs, wolfhounds or mongrel dogs will do!"

Zhang Heping was taken aback at first, then quickly nodded in agreement.

As he ran out, he began to have the idea of ​​keeping a few dogs at home.

Military dogs are hard to get, but aren't wolfhounds and mixed-breed dogs even harder to get?

Having a dog to guard the house means you can at least get a heads-up if anything happens!

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Police chief Cao Weida was unaware of these things, but the commotion caused by the Security Brigade's sudden large-scale search for the dogs was not small and could not be hidden from his eyes and ears.

"Looks like these traitorous dogs have been killed so many times they've learned their lesson and become smarter!"

Dogs can hear high-frequency sounds that humans cannot hear. Their warning range for unusual noises, such as the footsteps of strangers or the sound of vehicles, is generally 100-300 meters, and even further in quiet conditions at night.

If you have a dog at home, and you want to sneak in unnoticed, you'll first have to get rid of the dog.

"But do you really think you can rest easy just by owning a dog? Wishful thinking!" Cao Weida sneered inwardly.

In the past, he really didn't have a good solution to this situation.

But for him now, it poses no threat at all.

Because, although a dog's warning range is very far, even highly alert, guard dogs only have a territorial awareness range of 10-30 meters.

Those docile dogs are only 5-15 meters long.

But is such a distance useful for someone who can hit any target with a silver needle within a 100-meter radius?
Cao Wei Da, who didn't take the matter to heart, leaned back in his chair leisurely, smoking a cigarette. Such a leisurely life couldn't be more comfortable.

But there were always people who couldn't stand his leisurely life. Zheng Chaoyang, who had been transferred to Cao Weida's command as a patrolman, knocked on the door and came in, walking up to him and whispering in his ear:

"Master Cao, this time we might really need your help!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Wei Da sat up straight and asked, "What happened?"

Zheng Chaoyang, his face contorted with anger, gritted his teeth and said, "We found a middleman to negotiate with Liu Changjiang. The talks were going well, and he had already agreed to pay the ransom to exchange the medicine and the people for us."

"The negotiations were going well, but who would have thought that when our people arrived on their territory with the money, that untrustworthy bastard Liu Changjiang would detain both the people and the money!"

In the world of gangsters, the most important thing is integrity, and even bandits are no exception.

Or rather, bandits need to be more trustworthy, because whether it's kidnapping or anything else, if you don't have credibility, who will dare to believe you next time?
But then there's this oddball, Liu Changjiang, who treats credibility like a joke!
"What?! He actually dared to do this?!" Cao Weida was stunned, then a sneer appeared on his lips: "He can't even be a good bandit, this Liu Changjiang, ha, he's utterly stupid!"

“We misjudged their credibility before. Now, not only have we failed to rescue the person, but we've also lost a large ransom and two people. This time, we can only ask you, Master Cao, for help.” Zheng Chaoyang said with a bitter smile and anger in his eyes.

Without being able to launch a major offensive, the Red Party really had no way to deal with these bandits.

"It's not impossible for us to teach them a lesson, but we'd be too conspicuous, and we're worried those bandits might do something rash, so..."

"I understand, don't worry, leave this to me." Cao Weida's expression was calm, and he coldly snorted, "Since Liu Changjiang is so eager to die, then I'll grant his wish!"

"Tell Lao Luo, I'll deal with him!"

Cao Weida's mind raced, and a plan to kill two birds with one stone gradually took shape.

Zheng Chaoyang nodded: "Okay, I understand. We were originally planning that if these bandits could reform themselves, we might be able to recruit them into the anti-Japanese forces."

"Bullshit! They think they're worthy of joining our people's ranks?!" Cao Weida sneered, interrupting him directly.

“Go tell Lao Luo that there’s no point in having any expectations of scum like Liu Changjiang who commits all sorts of evil deeds. The only way to help the people is to completely eliminate such thugs!”

"To expect someone like him to fight the Japanese is simply wishful thinking!"

"I think so too. There's absolutely no need to win over such untrustworthy and morally bankrupt bandits!" Zheng Chaoyang strongly agreed with Cao Weida's words, then added with a worried expression:

"I wonder how the comrades they captured are doing now, and whether they've suffered any harm at their hands!"

Cao Wei Da reassured him, "Don't worry, I reckon Liu Changjiang won't do anything to them. They're still counting on them as bargaining chips."

“After all, their territory is located near you and Changping. If they don’t have some leverage, they’re worried that if they kill people and sell all the medicine, your Red Party will retaliate against them.” Zheng Chaoyang nodded in agreement and asked, “Master Cao, what do you plan to do? Do you have any good ideas?”

"If you need our assistance, please don't hesitate to ask."

“No need. If you take action, things will only get more complicated.” Cao Weida rejected the suggestion outright. Beiping was still Japanese territory, and he absolutely did not want anyone to know that he was involved with the Communist Party.

This would not only arouse suspicion and distrust from the Japanese, but even after the victory against Japan, he would still want to stay in Beiping.

If the Kuomintang found out, he wouldn't be able to stay in Beiping peacefully after the victory against Japan.

Holding a bottle of penicillin, Cao Weida went straight to Ono Oda's office.

"Ono-kun, did I disturb you?"

"Cao Sang, you're too kind. Don't mention it, please have a seat." Seeing that it was Cao Weida, Ono Oda smiled and led him to the sofa.
"You've come at just the right time; I was just about to look for you."

"Oh? Is there something you need, Ono-kun?"

"We just received information that the attacks on the patrol team recently were likely not caused by anything sinister, but by human intervention!"

Cao Wei Da looked surprised: "Really? Has someone discovered some clues?"

"There are no leads, but we can be fairly certain it was deliberate." Ono Oda took out a cigarette, lit it, and tossed one to Cao Weida, lighting it himself before revealing a relaxed smile.
"You probably know that the night patrols these past few days have been changed to joint patrols by the security brigade and the military police, but what you may not know is that several officers from the security brigade have been disappearing frequently these past few days. Nobody knows how they disappeared; they've been neither seen alive nor dead."

"Oh? There's such a thing? I really didn't know." Cao Weida said with surprise, as if he had just learned of it.
"Ono-kun, what does this have to do with what you said?"

"Of course it's related, and very related!" Ono Oda exhaled a puff of smoke, the gloom that had been weighing on his heart for days finally dissipating, and he felt a relief he had never felt before.
"The homes of those security brigade officers had one thing in common: all their money had been confiscated."

"You know, if there really were something unclean, would it need money that's only used in the mortal world?"

"Obviously, it's unnecessary, but if it were a person, then it would be very necessary!"

"Combined with the previous disappearances and the subsequent discovery of the bodies of Japanese residents in various garbage dumps, it can be concluded that this was a deliberate act!"

"However, we still don't know how the murderer, or 'these' murderers, managed to kill a patrol of twenty people without giving them any time to resist, nor do we know how they managed to move the bodies away so quietly."

Ono Oda was quite timid about those vague and ethereal things; after all, any normal person would be afraid of such things.

But if it's just people pretending to be ghosts, then you can rest assured.

If someone is human, there are ways to prevent it and ways to capture them.

Even the most skilled person can be taken down with a single bullet.

"Now that you've analyzed it, it really is true!" Cao Weida exclaimed in sudden realization, slapping his thigh in anger.

"Damn it, this person is too cunning, he actually pretended to be a ghost and caused so much trouble! I thought something unclean had really happened in Beiping!"

"Ono-kun, you absolutely have to catch him! They're so audacious, daring to harm even the Japanese soldiers! They're completely lawless!"

"But then again, even the most cunning fox will eventually slip up. See, it couldn't escape your sharp eyes after all, and you saw through it at a glance!"

Ono Oda was overjoyed by the praise, but with his neck held high, he humbly replied, "It's nothing, nothing at all! Just lucky, just lucky."

Cao Wei Da tentatively asked, "Since this wasn't done by anything unclean, then, Ono-kun, what about the grain you asked me to buy before?"

"No need to stop, keep going." Ono Oda leaned back on the sofa and reached out to flick his cigarette ash.

The cigarette was still a bit away from the ashtray, but for the sake of looking cool, he flicked it with his fingertip, and the ash scattered all over the ground.

"This," Cao Wei Da asked cautiously, "since we all know it was man-made, is it necessary for us to spend money to buy more grain?"

"It's all to accumulate some good karma for myself and my child," Ono Oda said, but in reality, he had his own reasons.

Firstly, although it has been basically determined that these things were done by humans and not by supernatural things like ghosts, what if it was?
Before the murderer is caught, who can be absolutely certain that it wasn't him?
Secondly, even if this was indeed a deliberate act, he still had to make a show of it.

According to his understanding, those who died or went missing were all people who had harmed the local people and committed all sorts of evil deeds against the Chinese people.

From this, we can infer that the person or group deeply resents those who have committed crimes against the Chinese people and specifically targets such individuals.

Although he held a high position and lived in a heavily guarded residential area for Japanese officials, who knew what kind of tricks those people had up their sleeves?
How could they kill a small patrol squad without a sound and quietly remove their bodies? Who knows what methods they have?
If you're being targeted by someone like that, you'll have to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed.

Instead of living in constant fear, why not spend some money on good deeds? This will also send a signal to those murderers that Ono Oda has good intentions. There are so many Japanese devils in Beiping, don't focus on Ono Oda, go after other people!
Compared to losing some money, my life is definitely more important.

(End of this chapter)