nucmednet Chapter 514 Full of Harvests
Chapter 514 Full of Harvests
A small station is certainly not a small train station.
This is a small town in the southeast of Tianjin. It is not large in area, but its geographical location is extremely special.
This place is only 20 kilometers away from Tianjin City and about the same distance from Tanggu Port.
Xiaozhan is most famous for its Xiaozhan rice, which used to be a tribute to those in power.
During the late Qing Dynasty, President Yuan Shikai led his troops to train here.
Late at night, on the platform of a small station.
A few yellowish lights emitted faint light in the dark night.
Figures of people were flashing around the platform. If you looked closely, you could see that there were at least a thousand people in that large black shadow.
These figures are the troops of the Red Party’s Ji-Zhong base.
On January 25, the Anti-Japanese Base Area in Central Hebei received intelligence from the organization that a batch of supplies would be transported from Shanghai to Xiaozhan.
Since the supplies being transported were food and cotton clothes, there were not a large number of troops accompanying the escort.
But these things are the supplies that the Red Party needs most at the moment.
In the dark night, many people were looking eagerly at the other side of the railway.
The operation was very hasty. It took two days from mobilizing the team to determining the mission time.
Unexpectedly, the team had to travel day and night to rush from the anti-Japanese base to the small station. Everyone was exhausted, but if they could get this batch of supplies, then all the hard work would be worth it.
It was already past three o'clock, and there were still more than ten minutes until the three seventeen indicated in the intelligence.
The commander-in-chief of this battle, Regiment Commander Xu Yannian, began to sweat involuntarily in his palms.
If the intelligence was wrong, all the work of such a large group of people would be in vain.
"Report to the commander, the train is coming." At this moment, a figure quickly rushed to Xu Yannian and whispered something.
"Okay, okay," Xu Yannian instantly became alert, "Order the troops, get ready."
"Woo woo..." A train carrying supplies from Shanghai appeared in the night and arrived at the small station on time.
The weather in the north is extremely cold, especially in the cold winter months, when it can almost freeze people to death at three or four o'clock.
However, when everyone saw the appearance of this train, it was as if a fire was ignited in their hearts.
The train entered the station, began to slow down, and finally stopped with a long brake sound.
"Hiss, hiss." White mist gushed out and the sound of the train engine gradually died down. It seemed that the small station was the end point of this train.
Xu Yannian raised the telescope in front of him and confirmed that there were only two teams accompanying the train and some local patrol soldiers on the train platform as the intelligence said, and he felt relieved.
Everything is ready, so let's get started...
.....
"Bang," a clear gunshot suddenly rang out in the night.
This seemed to be a signal, and troops suddenly rushed out from all directions, rushing towards the platform with guns in hand...
February 1, 1930.
The news that the small station was attacked by the anti-Japanese guerrillas in Central Hebei soon spread back to Shanghai.
Chen Yang was still very angry when he saw the news.
"Hitsuno-kun, I need a reasonable explanation as to why our goods were hijacked by the Red Party."
Higashino Daiki was speechless and said, "Section Chief, I really don't know about this."
"We were delayed only two days from loading the materials to shipping them out, and everything went according to schedule."
"Moreover, these supplies are not valuable at all in our opinion. Cotton clothes and food are all cheap goods."
"If we talk about value, then the ten boxes of sulfa are worth something."
"It's just a small amount of stuff, and we need to mobilize troops to grab it. Only the peasants in the Red Party would be interested in it."
"Besides, I'm sure the news was not leaked from our side."
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "How can you be sure?"
Higashino Oki said, "Section Chief, don't forget that we have another batch of goods to be sent to the 19th Division in Jinan."
"Those supplies are much more valuable than cotton clothes and food."
"If the news leaks from our side, the Red Party should take action before the train reaches Jinan."
"The value of those supplies is at least ten times that of cotton clothes and food."
"It doesn't make sense for them to leave the valuables behind and grab something worthless."
Chen Yang thought for a while, nodded and said: "Mr. Dongye, your analysis makes sense, but no matter what, we must first check ourselves to see if there is any problem with our operation center."
"Ask Watanabe-kun to check if there is anyone in the dispatch room who has access to the dispatch schedule."
"Then ask Nitta-kun to check if there is anything unusual in the supply warehouse."
"If everything is alright..."
Before Chen Yang finished his words, a hurried knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
"Sir, Director Nakanishi of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is here,"
"Oh, Dongye-kun, do as I say first," Chen Yang waved to Dongye Damu, and then said to He Yuehua, "Please invite Director Nakanishi in."
He Yuehua bowed slightly and hurried out to pass on the message.
After a while, Zhong Xigong's figure appeared in front of him.
The Zhong Xigong in front of him still had that cold look, with a small tuft of Rendan beard and a pair of glasses on his nose.
"Director Chen, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"
Chen Yang also knew that Zhong Xigong's trip was definitely because the supplies at the small station had been stolen by the Red Party.
However, he was still polite. He didn't shout for war at the beginning, but just smiled and greeted us.
"Director Zhongxi, please sit down, please sit down." Chen Yang stood up and invited the other party to sit down.
"Director Chen, let's be frank. I'm here today on behalf of the Huaxia Special Affairs Investigation Team to thoroughly investigate the matter of the material truck being stolen by the Red Party."
"I wonder what explanation Director Chen has for this?"
Chen Yang sneered and said, "Director Zhongxi, I don't have any explanation. I just have some doubts. The supplies were hijacked in Tianjin. Why don't you investigate the problems in Tianjin, but instead investigate the problems in Shanghai?"
"Director Nakanishi, don't you think this is ridiculous?"
Zhong Xigong was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "But for things like cargo transportation, we must investigate from the source to determine which link has a problem."
"Director Chen, please believe that I am not targeting you intentionally, but we have a process for doing things."
Zhong Xigong obviously knew how powerful Chen Yang was, so he was very polite at the beginning.
"That's right. After all, this is the starting point of transportation. If there is any problem, it makes sense to check here first."
Chen Yang spread his hands and said, "Zhongxi, whatever the director wants to investigate, I will definitely cooperate with him fully."
Zhong Xigong smiled and said, "Thank you Director Chen in advance. I want to know..."
Before Zhong Xigong finished speaking, He Yuehua rushed in again. As soon as she entered the room, she said in panic: "Sir, it's bad. Dong Yejun and Director Zhong Xi's subordinate Gao Tianjun quarreled. Dong Yejun wanted to duel with him..."
"What? What's going on? Let me go take a look." Chen Yang was shocked.
Zhong Xigong could no longer sit still after hearing this. As soon as they walked out of the office, they heard a voice coming from the General Affairs Department from afar.
"Pick up the knife. I asked you to pick up the knife..."