Black Flag Army

Chapter 120 Saving Cha Jingfeng

In the prison of the Japanese Garrison Command in Haiguang Temple in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin, it was very dark and the air was filled with the smell of blood. Kenji Doihara, wearing the uniform of a major, walked into the interrogation room and saw Cha Jingfeng, who was already dying. Cha Jingfeng's limbs were fixed to the torture table with iron chains, and her body was covered with bruises and blood.

A basin of cold water was poured on her face, and Cha Jingfeng woke up from her coma. She looked at Doihara Kenji and said in a weak voice, "I didn't expect that you would come to see me. You actually became an officer?"

Doihara Kenji said, "It's all your fault, you cunning woman. I released false intelligence twice, but you didn't fall for it. I thought you were not a spy, but you got the real intelligence, which caused great losses to the Empire, thirty bombers and fighters! And thirty excellent pilots of the Empire. As a result, I was removed from the position of chairman of the Black Dragon Society, expelled from the Black Dragon Society, and arrested by the Secret Service and put in prison for trial. Fortunately, my teacher, Mr. Sakanishi, became the military attaché and chief of the secret service section of the embassy. He saved me and made me a major intelligence officer in the secret service section of the embassy."

Cha Jingfeng smiled and said, "You are so lucky! I should congratulate you for not being dragged down by me."

Doihara Kenji waved his hand, and two soldiers behind him came forward to unlock the iron chain, fetched clothes for her to wear, and a guard handed a document to Doihara Kenji, who signed it. Although the iron chain was unlocked, Cha Jingfeng's legs were tortured and she still couldn't get off the table, so a soldier picked her up and carried her out of the interrogation room on his shoulders, and Doihara Kenji followed her out.

Cha Jingfeng asked calmly, "Are you sending me to death by firing squad?"

Kenji Doihara sneered, "You have killed so many brave warriors of the empire. Execution is too easy for you. We will send you to Lushun. The military doctor Shiro Ishii has set up a bacterial laboratory there (the predecessor of Unit 731). There, your body will become the culture medium for various bacteria such as plague, cholera, and typhoid. You will die after being tortured by bacteria. The flight captain Saburo Ishii who was killed by you is his brother. He specifically wants to send you there as a test subject."

He thought Cha Jingfeng would be terrified and beg for mercy, but he was disappointed. Cha Jingfeng said calmly, "I'm going to die anyway, so any way I die doesn't matter to me."

On the morning of August 1, 1917, many fruits were placed on the table of the Justice Party meeting, including Hami melons and grapes from Xinjiang. A few days ago, the Da Kuisheng caravan came back and sold a batch of salt, cigarettes, liquor, and farm tools produced by Beihai Group to Xinjiang. They also bought cotton, medicinal materials and other production materials urgently needed by Beihai Group in Xinjiang, and brought back a lot of Xinjiang fruits. Beihai Group received a large amount of payment and production materials, and everyone was very happy.

Di Xiong said, "This afternoon, Li Laoshi and I will go to Lager Ridge and bring the newly developed rocket launcher produced by the Beihai Gun Factory. Although the Guard Division intends to pile up the mountain to set up artillery, the distance is too far, which will cause problems with accuracy and power exhaustion. Therefore, bringing a rocket launcher that can be used for close-range shooting can serve as a double insurance. The battle of Lager Ridge must be ended and cannot be delayed any longer."

After Li Laoshi was transferred back to Beitang City from the Baotou Intelligence Station, he left the Intelligence Department and was transferred to the Supervision Department at his own request, serving as the Chief Inspector of the Security Division Headquarters, with a rank equivalent to that of the Section Chief of the Supervision Department. He came back from Lagerling yesterday to report on the situation, and he had to rush back this afternoon.

Wu Chunfeng suddenly saw someone outside the door gesturing to him. He recognized it as the interpreter of the Intelligence Department. He hurried to the door and said a few words to him, then went into the meeting room and said to Di Xiong, "I just received information from the Beijing Intelligence Station. Our intelligence station in Tianjin was cracked by the Japanese. The station chief Cha Jingfeng was arrested, and the deputy station chief Dongfang Xu died heroically. Except for Dong Yue Junzi who escaped, the other two intelligence groups and one action group, a total of 36 people, were all arrested or sacrificed. Dong Yue Junzi went to Beijing temporarily to do business, so she was lucky enough to escape."

Everyone at the meeting was shocked. Under the leadership of Cha Jingfeng, the Tianjin Intelligence Station had been delivering important intelligence to Beitang. Cha Jingfeng had been dealing with several Black Dragon leaders and had never failed. The Justice Party leaders also relied more and more on her. They had never expected that if they failed, the entire army would be destroyed. The last time they encountered such a big loss was the Beijing Intelligence Station a few years ago.

After a long silence, the Intelligence Director Tian Mengxue said, "I am responsible for this matter. Last time, Cha Jingfeng provided aircraft intelligence, which led to the ambush of the Japanese Air Force that was reinforcing Lagerling. Bian Zhimei from the Intelligence Department proposed that most of the people in Tianjin Station should be evacuated to Beijing first, because the Japanese must have a major purge to investigate the internal traitors. I was lucky and did not agree. I request to resign from the position of Intelligence Director."

Di Xiong said: "The most important thing now is to find out whether Cha Jingfeng was killed and whether she can be rescued."

Wu Chunfeng looked at the intelligence report in his hand: "Most of the captured intelligence agents were tortured to death. Three of them betrayed and confessed, and were also executed. Only Cha Jingfeng is still alive. She was tortured and her injuries are very serious. She will be sent to the Japanese military hospital in Lushun to be used as a bacterial test subject."

Di Xiong asked: "By plane or train? What time?"

Wu Chunfeng said: "Take the train and leave tonight."

Di Xiong asked, "Do we have an intelligence team in Lushun?"

Wu Chunfeng said: "No, in the three northeastern provinces, our intelligence department only has one intelligence group in Fengtian, because Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin may become our opponent."

Di Xiong quickly walked to the map on the wall, took a closer look, and said, "The train to Lushun will pass through Fengtian. Organize an action team immediately, send them to Fengtian by plane, attack the train on the railway, and rescue Cha Jingfeng."

Wu Zhong was surprised and said: "This will intensify the conflict with Zhang Zuolin. Rehe Province bordering Outer Mongolia is also his territory. He may cross the border and launch an attack on us."

Li Fei said: "The government of Kulun in eastern Outer Mongolia borders Rehe, and we are in the west."

Lan Jinping said: "If the Fengtian Army wants to cross the east and attack us, can those cowardly soldiers of the Kulun government stop them? They won't stop them. Moreover, Zhang Zuolin was supported by the Japanese, and the Japanese will definitely equip him with a powerful air force."

Bai Xiuling said: "Cha Jingfeng is a Japanese after all, and she has been severely injured. She may not live for a few days. Isn't the price we paid to save her too high?"

Di Xiong said: "Cha Jingfeng has made great contributions to the Justice Party in the past few years in Tianjin, which is enough to prove that she is an excellent member of the Justice Party. At this time, we can no longer distinguish between Chinese and Japanese. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must rescue her, no matter how much it costs. If even such a loyal and excellent backbone is treated as an abandoned child, who will work for the Justice Party in the future?"

Di Xiong's impassioned speech moved other high-ranking members of the Justice Party. Wu Zhong and Bai Xiuling no longer objected, so everyone agreed to send out an action team. Liu Zhendong, the top expert of the Justice Party, was in Su Wu Domain and could not be transferred back in time. Leng Hanbing and Li Fei competed to be the action team leader. Considering that Li Fei had performed a mission in Tianjin last time, Di Xiong appointed Leng Hanbing as the action team leader and Shi Zhu, the commander of the Second Division's special forces battalion, as the deputy team leader. In addition to pistols and sniper rifles, the weapons equipped also included the latest rocket launchers.

Leng Hanbing was very efficient. An hour after the meeting ended, the twenty members of the action team had packed their equipment and luggage. At the airport, Leng Hanbing and Shi Zhu led the team members to line up neatly and receive instructions from Di Xiong.

Di Xiong said: "More than a thousand years ago in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a general named Geng Gong who led 200 Han troops to garrison in Shule, a border city in the Western Regions. The Nu people sent out 20,000 cavalry to besiege Shule City. In the face of a huge disparity in numbers, Geng Gong fought desperately while sending people to Chang'an for help. Most of the ministers in the Chang'an court opposed the request for help, arguing that the distance was nearly ten thousand miles and the cost was too high. At least 5,000 cavalry would be sent for rescue, and they would encounter sandstorms, snowstorms, horse bandits along the way, and they would have to cross the Tianshan Mountains, which would result in the loss of at least one-third of the people. In order to save 200 people, it was really not worth the loss, and it was very likely that Geng Gong's entire army would be destroyed when they arrived. Only Minister Bao Yu advocated rescue, arguing that the rescue could not consider the cost. They were loyal and brave men who defended the country. If they gave up today because the cost was too high, then the garrison soldiers in other places would be disheartened. Who would really work hard for the Han country?"

Yang Lushuang saw that his voice was a little hoarse, so she quickly handed him a kettle. Di Xiong drank a mouthful of water and continued: "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was moved by Bao Yu's words and organized a rescue at all costs. Three thousand Han cavalry from Yumen Pass, plus four thousand cavalry from Shanshan State, seven thousand cavalry went through many difficulties to reach Shule City. Geng Gong did not disappoint the court. For a whole year, he still insisted on resisting in a small stone fort in the city. Only twenty-six people were left, and everyone was injured. In the case of no water and food, they cooked leather armor for food and drank horse urine to quench their thirst. In the end, only thirteen people returned to Chang'an alive. Today you also have to carry out A rescue at all costs, sending 22 elite soldiers to Fengtian, where the enemy is heavily guarded, to rescue a seriously injured woman. Maybe she has died now. Her name is Cha Jingfeng, an excellent intelligence officer of the Justice Party, who provided us with a lot of important intelligence, especially the latest intelligence, which helped us to wipe out 30 Japanese Air Force planes that attacked by surprise and prevented the loss of the Lagerling Guard Division. After being arrested, she was tortured and remained loyal. Although the hope of success is small and the price is high, you still have to go, because Cha Jingfeng, like Geng Gong and others, is a hero of the Chinese people! "

Huo Qingtong asked Yang Lushuang in a low voice: "She is obviously Japanese, why does the chairman say that she is a hero of the Chinese people?"

Yang Lushuang said: "At this moment, in Mr. Di's mind, she is no different from the Chinese!"

Di Xiong asked loudly: "Do you have confidence?"

Twenty-two people answered in unison: "Faith!"

The action team then boarded a transport plane, covered by fighter jets. The transport plane landed in an open area outside Fengtian City, and the Fengtian Intelligence Group picked them up and chose an ambush point on the railway outside the city. After lunch, Di Xiong and Li Laoshi also took a transport plane to Lagerling. An hour later, they arrived at the garrison division camp at the foot of Lagerling Mountain. Division Commander Liu Chengliang and Deputy Division Commander Feng Anbang came to greet them. Division Commander Liu Chengliang made a self-criticism when he saw Di Xiong: "Commander-in-Chief! I did not fight well, wasted four months, and suffered more than 3,000 casualties. I request to resign from the position of division commander!"

Feng Anbang said: "I am also responsible. I chose to attack head-on at the beginning, and the losses were huge."

Di Xiong laughed and said, "Liu and Feng are too modest. Inspector General Li Laoshi has described the details of the battle to me. There is no big problem with your fighting. Even if Zhang Zhenyang came, he would not do better than you. The main reason is that the one-eyed dog is too cunning and the bunkers are built in a tricky and solid way. Victory and defeat are common in the military. If you cannot win, resign, otherwise I will have no one to be the division commander."

Liu Chengliang and Feng Anbang both laughed when they heard this.

Di Xiong asked, "How is your earthen hill going?"

Liu Chengliang said: "We will work hard tonight and we can set up the artillery for bombardment tomorrow."

After visiting the yellow earthen hill that was over 100 meters high, Di Xiong said, "I brought ten rocket launchers with me. We can use them together with the heavy artillery to attack tomorrow."

Liu Chengliang and Feng Anbang were very curious about the rocket launcher, so Di Xiong asked the rocketeer to choose an open area to fire a rocket. A flash of fire and a white smoke flew away, and a mountain in the distance was blown to pieces. The onlookers were all amazed. Feng Anbang suggested using the rocket launcher to attack the bunker now. Di Xiong said, "Don't worry! It's better to use both methods tomorrow. The heavy artillery bombardment can attract the enemy's attention, and the rocket launcher attack will not be discovered by the enemy's sniper."

The next morning, the final general offensive finally began. The 150mm Krupp heavy artillery was placed on the top of the earthen hill. After two test shells for calibration, the third shot destroyed a granite bunker with one shot. All the officers and soldiers of the division cheered, but a problem arose. One bunker was blocked by the mountain and the heavy artillery could not be aimed at. This was the big bunker where the one-eyed dog was located. The rocketeers fired five rockets before they destroyed the big bunker. The remaining three bunkers raised the white flag in surrender.

When the officers and soldiers of the security division rushed into the big bunker, they did not find the body of the one-eyed dog among the pile of corpses, but only the body of the second brother Cao Shangfei, and they also captured the seriously injured Nakajima Yunzi alive. After questioning the prisoners, they learned that when the security division began to pile up the earth hill, the one-eyed dog began to dig a tunnel frantically to escape, but they encountered stone walls when digging from several directions and could not dig. Everyone was discouraged. In fact, a tunnel had been dug through. The one-eyed dog did not tell others, and shot and killed two subordinates who dug the tunnel together, and escaped alone. When the officers and soldiers of the security division discovered this tunnel, they chased in and came out of the exit by a small river, but they did not see the shadow of the one-eyed dog. It seems that he had escaped in advance.

When Liu Chengliang reported this to Di Xiong, Di Xiong sighed and said, "I was careless. He escaped again. I can only wait until the next time to catch him."

Liu Chengliang said: "Fortunately, he only escaped alone, so he won't pose a threat to us for the time being. If he wants to gather a team of several thousand people, he will have to wait a few years."