pappabearbooks Chapter 1519 'Paris'
Chapter 1519 'Paris'
Chapter 1519 'Paris'
"I didn't do that." Jiichiro Kamie said anxiously, "The warehouse fire had nothing to do with me. I didn't do it."
"Colonel Moriguchi doesn't like to hear sophistry," said the man.
"Please believe me, I didn't set the fire," said Jiichiro Kamii.
Seeing the other party's disbelief, he quickly explained, "The goods we seized from Jiujiu Trading include some luxury goods such as red wine and perfume. These are in short supply. If I were to set a fire, I would move these supplies out first."
"That makes sense." The man looked at Jiichiro Kamii deeply and nodded, "This is consistent with your greedy nature."
"Please, Colonel Moriguchi, find a way to save me," Kamieichiro pleaded. "I have done so many things for Colonel Moriguchi, he can't just stand by and watch me die."
The man didn't say anything, just looked at Jiichiro Kamii.
"Please rest assured, Colonel Moriguchi, I will keep my mouth shut. I know what I should say and what I shouldn't say." Kamiiichiro gritted his teeth and said.
"Very good." The man suddenly smiled. "You are a smart man. It's no wonder that Colonel Moriguchi thinks so highly of you."
"Don't worry." The man smiled and said, "Since you didn't start the fire, Colonel Moriguchi will definitely find a way to save you."
"Thank you, thank you." Jiichiro Kamii was very happy and bowed deeply. "I'm sorry to have troubled you, Colonel."
"Okay, I will report the situation to Colonel Moriguchi truthfully when I get back." The man smiled, "He handed me an oil-paper bag through the window. You've suffered in there, so this is food for you."
"Thank you." Jiichiro Kamie was overjoyed. He bowed again and took the oil paper bag from the window.
"After eating, hide the oil paper wrapper so it won't be discovered." The man did not forget to remind her before leaving.
"Hay."
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After the man left, the hungry Jiichiro Kamie opened the oil paper package, which contained half a roast chicken. He immediately gobbled it up, and finally burped in satisfaction and sighed. It would have been better if he had a pot of wine at this time.
Soon, Jiichiro Kamie felt extremely tired and fell into a deep sleep after a while.
After a few minutes, the door of the detention room was opened.
The man who had just left came back. He squatted down and carefully examined Jiichiro Kamiigo, confirming that he had fainted.
"Hurry up and work." The man ordered his companions.
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In the office of the Military Police Headquarters, Commander Junichiro Ikeuchi.
Junichiro Ikeuchi had a gloomy look on his face as he was carefully comparing the two lists of cargo in his hands.
"So, what you mean is that the materials seized are actually much more than those put into the warehouse." Ikeuchi Junichiro said in a deep voice, "You suspect that someone is stealing from the warehouse."
"Yes, Commander." Kitani Kenjiro said, "Someone must have moved the most valuable part of the seized materials in advance, and then put a small part of the materials into the warehouse, so that they could get away with it."
"Mr. Kitani, do you think they are all stupid guys?" Ikeuchi Junichiro said, "Take the goods seized yesterday, for example, they are luxury goods worth 200,000 silver dollars."
When talking about the 'two hundred thousand silver dollars', Junichiro Ikeuchi snorted coldly, "This kind of thing is not without evidence. Even if the warehouse caught fire, can't we still get the cargo list from the owner? This is not something that can be covered up."
"Commander," said Kitani Kenjiro, "the list of our goods in your hand was not the one that was recorded when the seized materials were put into storage. It was just the oral record of several soldiers who participated in the transportation of the materials."
Junichiro Ikeuchi understood what Kenjiro Kitani meant. It was possible that the registration documents in the warehouse were indeed recorded truthfully.
This can avoid double verification, so as to avoid the situation of "goods not matching the description", which will lead to the exposure of the crime.
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"Of course, I estimate that in most cases, the warehouse's incoming goods records should be problematic, which will greatly reduce the actual incoming goods amount. In this way, even if the owner finds a problem, he will not dare to raise any objections. In fact, these materials seized by us will basically be classified as contraband and will not be returned to the owner." Kitani Kenjiro pondered and said, "This gives these big rats the opportunity to steal and fish in troubled waters."
"They take the lion's share and resell secretly, and only a small portion of the materials will eventually be stored." Kitani Kenjiro said, "And only when the identity of the owner is special and the military police are not enough to deter the other party, for example, this time, given the special relationship between Cheng Qianfan and Jiujiu Commerce and the Empire, they should register truthfully to avoid being found out."
"Where are the registration records for the T-warehouse?" asked Junichiro Ikeuchi.
"Jiichiro Kamii said the registration records were burned in the fire," said Kenjiro Kitani.
"Any problem?" asked Junichiro Ikeuchi.
"On the surface, there is no problem." Kitani Kenjiro shook his head. "According to regulations, the warehouse entry registration is placed inside the warehouse so that goods can be registered at any time. Therefore, it is reasonable that the warehouse entry registration was burned in the fire."
"It seems reasonable on the surface?" Ikeuchi Junichiro frowned, "So, you still suspect there is a problem."
"Hai." Kitani Kenjiro said, "The audit office has noticed that there are problems with the warehouse. They suspect that someone is reselling materials and pocketing the money. They are secretly investigating. Then, the T-shaped warehouse, which was the focus of suspicion, caught fire."
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"So, you suspect that the warehouse fire this time might not have been caused by anti-Japanese elements, but someone inside deliberately set the fire in order to destroy the bodies?" asked Junichiro Ikeuchi in a deep voice.
"Hay."
"Did they find out about your secret investigation?" Ikeuchi Junichiro asked, "and it provoked them? Otherwise, why didn't the fire break out earlier, but now?"
"It shouldn't be because of our investigation." Kitani Kenjiro shook his head. "Our investigation was conducted in secret, and the possibility of being discovered by the other party is extremely small."
"Before this, I was also thinking about what motivated them to choose this method of destroying the bodies. After all, a warehouse fire is a desperate move, which is bound to lead to a more rigorous investigation." Kitani Kenjiro said, "Until Sakami-kun sent this cargo list, I seem to have found the answer."
"Is it because of this luxury product worth two hundred thousand silver dollars?" Junichiro Ikeuchi understood what Kenjiro Kitani meant and asked.
"Yes." Kitani Kenjiro nodded. "As the saying goes, money can move people's hearts. A luxury item worth two hundred thousand silver dollars is a big piece of fat meat."
"But this batch of goods belongs to Cheng Qianfan's Jiujiu Trading. Of course, this batch of goods actually belongs to Pete from the French Concession Police Station, but these people didn't know it at the time." Kitani Kenjiro said, "Of course, whether the goods belong to Cheng Qianfan or Pete, it means the same to them. Because of the special nature of the owner of the goods, Cheng Qianfan will definitely ask us to return the goods. This also means that although this batch of goods is fat meat, they will hardly have the chance to eat it."
"So, they just arranged a warehouse fire?" Ikeuchi Junichiro snorted coldly and said, "Cheng Qianfan wants the goods, so he will naturally ask the military police. As for them, they can just keep quiet and make a fortune?"
"Yes." Kitani Kenjiro nodded. "At the moment, if we don't consider the possibility that anti-Japanese elements infiltrated and set the fire, this possibility is the most likely."
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"Where is Jiichiro Kamii now?" asked Junichiro Ikeuchi.
"He has been detained in the detention room and has been interrogated. Since the investigation is being conducted in secret, only basic questions about the fire case have been asked, and nothing about the reselling of materials has been asked." Kitani Kenjiro said, "Because the matter is of great importance, I request the Commander's permission to use the necessary interrogation methods against Jiichiro Kamiko."
"Bring Jiichiro Kamii here, I want to interrogate him personally." Junichiro Ikeuchi said with a gloomy face.
He wanted to see whether Jiichiro Kamiiku would dare to deny it when faced with his personal questioning.
"Yes." Kitani Kenjiro nodded, but he was shaking his head in his heart. He thought that the commander was too confident and thought that his commanding officer's power was enough to make Kamigo Jiichiro speak. He was not optimistic about this. This was a crime that would be brought to a military court. How could Kamigo Jiichiro speak obediently?
Kitani Kenjiro opened the door of his office and ordered, "The Commander wants to personally interrogate Kamio Jiichiro. Go and bring him here."
"Hay."
……
Liao County, Shangkou Village, Matan Town.
The headquarters of the Red Party’s Northern Bureau.
"Call Pingxi, call Pingxi."
"No reply yet?" Shang Chengwu, secretary of the Northern Bureau, asked anxiously.
The telegraph operator shook his head.
"Keep calling." Shang Chengwu lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.
Starting from October of the previous year, the Japanese army formulated a "public security rectification plan" in North China, implementing a cage policy with railways as chains, highways as rings, and strongholds as locks. It repeatedly blocked, divided, and eroded the base areas, and carried out crazy raids from time to time.
Recently, the Japanese and puppet troops with a force of nearly 10,000 launched a ten-pronged encirclement and suppression campaign against the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area where the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advance Army was located.
The Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area is currently carrying out an arduous anti-mopping-up struggle. Since yesterday, Pingxi has lost contact with Liao County.
"Call Pingxi, call Pingxi, this is Paris!"
"This is Paris! Call Pingxi! Call Pingxi!"
……
At this moment, a telegraph operator came to Shang Chengwu and said, "Chief, there's a call from Hongyan."
"Hmm?" Shang Chengwu's expression became serious. 'Hongyan' was the code name of the Southern Bureau, just like the code name of the Northern Bureau was 'Paris'.
He took the telegram but did not read it immediately. Instead, he returned to the office and read it carefully.
Qingdao.
Liao Hua.
After reading the contents of the telegram, Comrade Shang Chengwu fell into deep thought. He did not expect that the call from "Hongyan" was actually a warning from Qingdao, Shandong Branch.
"Comrade Tan Changjun, please come over here."
Soon, a thin middle-aged man came.
"Comrade Changjun, please take a look at this telegram." Shang Chengwu handed the telegram to Comrade Tan Changjun.
"Liao Hua, this name sounds familiar to me, but I can't remember it all at once." Comrade Shang Chengwu said, "You are more familiar with the underground party comrades in the Shandong Branch. Take a look, is this our comrade?"
"Liao Hua?" Comrade Tan Changjun frowned slightly. "I remember. This is our comrade."
"Comrade Chengwu, Liao Hua is a pseudonym. His real name is Peng Qinghe. He is the cousin of Comrade Peng Yuou."
"I remember now." Comrade Shang Chengwu nodded, "Comrade Peng Qinghe was one of the comrades sent from the Soviet area to the Manchurian Special Operations Group."
His expression was serious. "Now, Comrade Liao Hua has been arrested by the enemy and has been secretly taken to Shanghai. You should immediately inform the comrades in Qingdao through the Shandong Branch."
"it is good."
"Please keep it confidential. Please ask the comrades from the Shandong Branch to tell the Qingdao authorities that they obtained this information in secret."
"clear."
"Also, call Red Rock back to confirm Comrade Liao Hua's identity." Shang Chengwu pondered and said, "Ask Comrade Farmer to think of a way to rescue Comrade Liao Hua."
"Okay." Comrade Tan Changjun nodded. "What do you mean?"
"The intelligence must have been sent to Red Rock from Shanghai. Comrade Farmer has many capable comrades in his hands." Shang Chengwu said, "We are far away in North China and cannot reach Shanghai. We can only ask them for help."
"understood."
After Comrade Tan Changjun left, Comrade Shang Chengwu hesitated for a moment. He waved his hand and a staff officer came in. "Chief."
"Where is Comrade Peng Yuou?" he asked.
"There are unusual movements of Japanese troops in the Taiyuan direction, and Director Peng has gone to the troops." said the staff comrade.
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"Bag duck fall!" Junichiro Ikeuchi slammed the table and stood up, breathing heavily through his nostrils, and his eyes were red due to congestion.
Just now, the military police who went to interrogate Kamiiichiro came back to report that Kamiiichiro was dead. He committed suicide by hitting his head against the wall in the detention room.
Kenjiro Kitani's face also turned pale.
"Kitani, do you believe that Jiichiro Kamio committed suicide?" asked Junichiro Ikeuchi, gritting his teeth.
"I suggest that we go to the detention room and conduct an on-site investigation before we can draw a conclusion." Kenjiro Kitani said, suppressing his anger.
"To the holding cell."
Soon, the angry Junichiro Ikeuchi brought his men to the detention room of the inspection office.
Jiichiro Kamie was lying in the corner, his head covered in blood and his brains sticking out. He died a horrible death.
On the wall of the detention room, there were several lines of words written in blood:
My subordinates neglected their duties, causing a fire in the warehouse and huge losses to the empire's property. I feel ashamed of the empire and the emperor, and the only way to atone for my sin is to die.
Long live the Empire of Japan, long live Emperor Tian!
Junichiro Ikeuchi stared at the bloody words on the wall, and his eyes were filled with blood.
The blood-red color gathered into mocking words, and was giving him a sneer.
"Bag Duck Drop!" Junichiro Ikeuchi almost bit his teeth off, and his eyes were red with anger.
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