Quickly conquer the martial arts world, and let your fists dominate the heavens!

Chapter 161 Human Settlements
Clean Bai Wu's wounds and tear a white cloth from the bed inside the room to bandage them.

"You should rest first, and don't leave until at least dark."

Bai Wu wasn't being coy; he also wanted to regain some strength so he wouldn't hold anyone back during the breakout.

Chen Zhan leaned against the window, closed his eyes in deep thought, and listened to the sounds outside.

The two stayed in the room for four hours, until it was completely dark.

Within four hours

Tanaka Taro's body was brought back.

The Japanese have completely figured out the relationship between the events before and after.

Many people saw Chen Zhan's figure; he was two meters tall, as strong as a demon, and charged around recklessly, with no one able to withstand his attacks.

They were just like the bandits who hijacked the train in Lushun.

They were all exceptionally skilled in martial arts, even more terrifying than during the Lushun incident.

Based on the entire process, the Japanese deduced that the explosion at the headquarters created chaos, and Tanaka Taro would inevitably have to return. They then laid explosives along the way, which, although not killing him, caused great chaos.

Then Chen Zhan, this 'demon god,' will take action and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

During this process, Chen Zhan's actions were the most terrifying. Facing hundreds of people, he sniped from a distance, while a hundred people fired simultaneously, and a hundred warriors surrounded him.

He actually fought his way out of the crowd and killed Mitsuru Toyama and Taro Tanaka.

Still hanging on the street lamp
The Japanese were so enraged that they wanted to start a war immediately.

But now that the number one and number two figures in the Kwantung Army are dead, his subordinates are unable to make decisions, and no one can even command all the troops.

Insufficient authority.

However, the most urgent task is to hunt down the murderer and eliminate all the perpetrators.

When the explosion occurred, many people naturally ran around and left the city. The Northeast Army had been stationed at the gates of Fengtian, so there was no reason to stop people from leaving the city.

So the murderer has probably already left the city with the flow of people. There are too many directions after leaving the city. Outside of Fengtian, in the mountains, rivers and lakes, where can we look?
Regardless, as early as after the discovery of Tanaka Taro's death, Kobayashi Satoshi, the third-ranking figure in the Fengtian Kwantung Army, had already ordered the city gates to be sealed.

They searched house to house.

It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go.

Kobayashi Tomo summoned his men to interrogate Bai Wu, but when they sent someone to check, they found that everyone was dead and Bai Wu was nowhere to be found.

This indicates that the other party not only did not leave, but also lurked near the headquarters, taking the opportunity to rescue their companion.

However, judging by the time, the city was already under lockdown when the other party tried to rescue the person, so they couldn't leave the city.

"Search!" Kobayashi knew that if he couldn't find any culprit, he would lose his life.

Thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers began a search from their headquarters outwards.

The entire Japanese consulate area was thoroughly investigated, with every business, regardless of size, being searched door-to-door.

The entire investigation took four hours.

Fengtian City was in complete chaos, with no one expecting that the two hadn't left at all and were still in Tanaka Taro's residence.

Chen Zhan and the other person are resting.

The Fengtian Marshal's Mansion was in complete chaos, with everyone talking at once.

"The Japanese are doing this, they don't take us seriously at all, and they even want to search my house. Damn it, I can't stand this!" Staff Officer Yang roared.

"That's right, let's fight them. It's perfect that they're leaderless, let's annihilate this gang of Kwantung Army soldiers!"

"What are you doing? The Kwantung Army inside Fengtian City is fine, but what about the camps outside the city? There are still 20,000 Japanese soldiers, with planes and artillery, attacking the city together. Are you going to use your soldiers to fill the cannon barrels?"

"What can we do then? Just watch him do this? What if they search the Marshal's mansion? Are you going to back down then?"

The dozen or so people were arguing non-stop, each saying their own opinion, but they were generally divided into two factions.

"Bang! That's enough." The young man slammed his hand on the table, and everyone immediately shut up.

Although there were various internal conflicts within the Northeast Army, the Young Marshal was still the dominant figure on the surface.

When he got angry, everyone immediately shut up.

"Was this really done by bandits?" Zhang Hanqing felt a chill run down his spine, because he was thinking that this was not aimed at Tanaka Taro, but at him.

Will he be spared?
Having learned from the old marshal's mistake, he believed he had been careful enough, yet no one knew how explosives had been smuggled into the city and laid under the feet of the Japanese.

What if you put it at his feet?
Where did that explosive power, with hundreds of kilograms of explosives, come from?
This is in the Northeast, it's not his people, nor is it a Japanese arrangement.

Who has such great ability?
The Japanese thought it was the bandits in Lushun, after all, the explosion was quite powerful.

But Zhang Hanqing himself didn't know?

The bandits who attacked the train in Lushun were all secretly funded by him, except for their leader Chen Zhan, Song Jingang and others.

Only then can they have that kind of firepower.

Otherwise, where would these bandits in Northeast China get so many weapons?
But he never provided any support for explosives!
Even Song Jingang has hidden deep in the mountains, so why are there still people fighting the Japanese?
Damn it, this is someone I can't afford to mess with, and I can't avoid either.

He was sweating profusely, and the noise from the crowd only made him more annoyed. The situation in Northeast China was too chaotic, and the Nationalist government had repeatedly emphasized the need for tolerance, which also caused him great distress.

If a war really breaks out, how many people in Northeast China will be displaced? How many soldiers will die?

He will have to bear the consequences.

Chen Zhan couldn't understand it from a historical perspective, but people of that era had no giants to stand on, and they didn't know how ambitious or cruel the Japanese were.

It is indeed difficult to make the right choice.

"Young Marshal, the Japanese are here. Kobayashi Tomoya is leading the team himself," someone reported.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

"Damn it, the Japanese really dare to search the Marshal's Mansion?" The crowd was furious.

Zhang Hanqing's face turned ashen; if the Japanese were to search the Marshal's Mansion, he would lose all face.

"Let's have a look together."

A group of high-ranking officers from the Northeast Army walked to the gate.

"General Kobayashi, what brings you here?" Yu Zhihao asked, stepping forward. As the director of the Fengtian Police Station, he had met Kobayashi Satoshi many times.

"You have all heard about the assassination attempt on General Tanaka. The madman is still in Fengtian City. Please cooperate with us to arrest him."

Kobayashi Tomoya really didn't come to search the place.

On the contrary, the cooperation of the Northeast Army is required.

Upon hearing this, the group was stunned for a moment. "The culprit is still here? How did General Kobayashi know?" Kobayashi Tomo didn't hide anything and directly took out Bai Wu's photo and told them about being rescued.

"This person's accent indicates he's from Fengtian. Please cooperate with the investigation!"

"You should all know our Japanese rules: if I can't catch this person, I will commit seppuku, but I can't guarantee what I might do before that."

Kobayashi Satoshi's tone became increasingly harsh.

"You're threatening me!?" Zhang Hanqing said.

"I dare not call it a threat, but we Japanese will not die in vain. I wonder if the young marshal can bear the wrath." Kobayashi Satoshi was not afraid at all.

He's practically dead now. He was the third-in-command in the Kwantung Army, but his official position was Minister of the Security Department. Protecting Tanaka and the entire Fengtian was his responsibility.

Tanaka Taro was hung on a street lamp, and this happened within Fengtian City. With such a serious error made by the security forces, he could not possibly keep his position.

Even if the murderer is caught, it will only save their lives.

They will also have to go to a military court.

"Zhihao, send someone to cooperate with him!" Zhang Hanqing said this even after he had already left.

Yu Zhihao had no choice but to cooperate.

After receiving Bai Wu's photo and examining it for a while, it looked somewhat familiar.

But then he remembered, "General Kobayashi, I need to go to the police station. The older officers there know more about this."

Kobayashi Tomoya had no objection and sent someone to accompany him.

He glanced at the Marshal's Mansion, then led his men away.

A simple search is useless. Even if we find the men he brought, we won't be able to catch them. He's already heard dozens of people talk about how terrifying Chen Zhan is.

Upon arriving at the police station, Cheng Shen showed the photo and immediately recognized the person.

During his years in Fengtian, he came into contact with all sorts of people, including most of the members of the Thieves' Guild. Bai Wu pulled a cart on the street every day and had done his fair share of petty theft before, so naturally he knew them.

But he didn't say it.

Because he had seen Chen Zhan and Bai Wu together.

I felt like I'd grasped some truth, but I quickly dismissed it and forgot about it.

Sometimes the truth is not a good thing, but a catastrophe.

Even if he doesn't say it, the police station has the information and can find out with a simple check.

Kobayashi Tomo obtained the address of the Thieves' Guild's hideout, led his men away, and soon two thousand Japanese soldiers surrounded the street where the Thieves' Guild's courtyard was located.

The gunman was hidden, and the personnel were working diligently to infiltrate step by step.

But the courtyard was long gone, and there were no clues. The old, young, sick, disabled and poor members of the thieves were so afraid of losing that they didn't leave behind a single needle or thread.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Kobayashi Tomo fired several shots into the house, his anger blazing.

"Burn it down! Burn the whole yard down!"

A huge fire reduced the old courtyard of the Thieves' Gate to ashes. The Japanese had just left when Cheng Shen led his men to put out the fire.

Otherwise, it will affect the surrounding houses, and the houses of ordinary people are all connected.

As soon as Kobayashi Satoshi stepped out of the south of the city, he immediately heard gunshots from the north.

The sound came from the north, but it felt very far away.

Kobayashi couldn't care less about anything else. He immediately turned north, got into his car, and sped off. There wasn't a soul on the street.

When something like this happens, the people who are not leaving dare not go out and all hide in the cellar.

They sped along the north side of the city, but there was no one there. They searched for a long time, but the north side of the city was the poorest, with no light at all, and they couldn't find the source of the gunshots.

After searching for a full quarter of an hour, someone called out from afar. Kobayashi Zhi went over to take a look and was somewhat bewildered.

大洞
It has a large enough hole for one person to walk through.

The city wall of Fengtian is more than three zhang high and nearly two zhang thick. It is based on stone, and both the inner and outer walls are made of brick. The interior of the wall is filled with rammed earth.

But now there was a large hole, big enough for two people to pass through. The blue brick and earthen wall had been broken to one side.

The gunshots came from outside the city.

With his current strength and concentrated power, Chen Zhan could shatter a ten-foot-thick city wall with a single punch, and a two-foot-thick wall would only take two more punches.

There were also many Japanese troops stationed outside the city, but the surrounding area was wide open, and people could leave whenever they wanted.

After leaving the city, taking advantage of the darkness, he was both skilled and daring.

Walking around the city wall to the vicinity of the sentry post, Chen Zhanren moved through the darkness, wielding both swords simultaneously, while Bai Wu secretly fired shots from the shadows.

They wiped out a squad, stole a vehicle, and drove off towards the vast plains.

Bai Wu won't drive, but Chen Zhan will.

Aside from driving on the right, there's no difference.

This breakout point was deliberately chosen by Chen Zhan. Fengtian City is very large. Although there are many Japanese, they cannot completely surround the city. There will always be weak points.

Driving away from here, visibility is very poor at night, and by the time the Japanese realized what was happening, they had vanished.

They broke through the encirclement more easily than expected and drove west overnight. Chen Zhan's visibility was good enough even in the dark. They drove until dawn, covering three or four hundred miles, when they ran out of gas.

Abandon the vehicle.

More than 300 li west of Fengtian, Chen Zhan had no idea where the two of them were.

He had a map in his arms, but with the wilderness all around, the map was just for show.

However, judging from the map and the terrain, it is definitely within the Inner Mongolia region, with endless dry grasslands.

Regardless, once you've determined the direction, heading south won't be wrong.

Japan is unlikely to give up. Although they haven't seen any pursuers, they can't let their guard down.

Chen Zhan was very fast, grabbing Bai Wu and running at a speed almost as fast as driving.

Of course, this is because he runs with minimal effort; when he gets to full speed, he's faster than a car.

About two hours

As dawn broke and the sky began to lighten, we finally saw signs of human habitation.

(End of this chapter)