For the next few days, besides eating, buying cigarettes, and other necessary activities, Ma Jun hid in his small building, practicing while thinking about his next action plan.
First, he had to solve Wang Yaqiao's crisis. The reason why Ma Jun impersonated Wang Yaqiao and left a statement for the newspaper office could deceive the Japanese and other powers but not Dai Li and Shanghai Special Intelligence Agency was because these two special agents knew Wang Yaqiao's whereabouts quite well. They knew that Wang Yaqiao was not in Shanghai now, but had gone to Wuzhou in Guangxi to escape Dai Li's pursuit.
At the end of last year, after the assassination of Wang, Jiang Jieshi, who was suspected by the Wang faction to be the mastermind, was extremely angry. In order to clear his name of "eliminating dissidents", he strictly ordered Dai Li," Capture Wang Yaqiao within a time limit."" Kill him even if you can't catch him alive."" Otherwise, don't ever see me again." Dai Li and Zheng Jiemin were so scared that they quickly sent a large number of spies to Hong Kong to track and assassinate Wang Yaqiao, but Wang Yaqiao avoided them.
In January 1936, Dai Li personally led the military intelligence agents to board a ship bound for Hong Kong's Nine Dragons Peninsula to capture Wang Yaqiao. At that time, Chen Mingshu and Li Jishen, the anti-Jiang people of the National Party, were also in Hong Kong. They had already asked the Governor of Hong Kong, Ge Hongliang, to protect Wang Yaqiao. Ge Hongliang agreed immediately and informed the Hong Kong Police Commissioner, Bo Lang.
Dai Li arrived at Hong Kong's Wharf and got off the ship with a suitcase containing two powerful, silent guns. At this time, the Hong Kong police suddenly appeared at the dock. With the excuse of checking the immigrants, they found two pistols in Dai Li's suitcase. Immediately, Dai Li was detained on the charge of illegally bringing a gun into the country. Just like that, Dai Li, the " secret agent king " who ran amok in the country, had a taste of prison for three days in the Hong Kong Police Force's detention center.
When Jiang Jieshi learned of Dai Li's detention, he immediately instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protest and negotiate with the Hong Kong government. Hong Kong Governor Ge Hongliang decided to stop while he was ahead and ordered Dai Li to be released. This encounter caused Dai Li to gnash his teeth in hatred towards Wang Yaqiao. He swore that he would not give up until he got rid of Wang Yaqiao.
Under Dai Li's pressure, in February 1936, Wang Yaqiao, Zheng Baozhen, Xu Zhiyuan, Yu Yanong, Zhang Xianting, Cai Ke Qiang, Wang Guoping, etc. fled to Wuzhou, Guangxi, and lived in a house on the west bank of Wuzhou City. They used the alias Kuang Yingshu and lived in Wuzhou City with their people.
As Wang Yaqiao's sworn brother, Dai Li understood Wang Yaqiao's character very well. He knew that Wang Yaqiao was very loyal and took good care of his subordinates, so he extended his claws to his subordinates and kidnapped Wang Yaqiao's subordinate, Yu Likui, from Hong Kong to Nanjing and put him in prison. Yu Likui vowed not to betray him. Dai Li sent someone to find Yu Likui's wife, Yu Wanjun, and bribed her with great interest. He made her say that she had financial difficulties and needed help. She urgently needed to get in touch with Wang Yaqiao and ask for his help.
In October 1936, Yu Wanjun suddenly came to Wuzhou from Hong Kong and told Wang Yaqiao that they had difficulties living in Hong Kong and asked to live in Wuzhou. Yu Wanjun had already been bought over by Dai Li and betrayed Wang Yaqiao for the sake of profit. After she arrived in Wuzhou, she contacted Zheng Jiemin, the military spy. On October 20th, she used the excuse of having something to do and invited Wang Yaqiao to her house for a discussion. At this time, more than a dozen agents were already lying in ambush in Yu Wanjun's house. As soon as Wang Yaqiao entered, the agents immediately sprinkled a handful of lime on him. Wang Yaqiao's eyes were blinded, but he still insisted on fighting with the agents. Finally, because he was outnumbered, Wang Yaqiao was shot five times and stabbed three times, dying on the spot. The spy cruelly used a knife to peel off Wang Yaqiao's face. While retreating, he killed Yu Wanjun to silence her. After Wang Yaqiao's death, his old friend Zheng Baozhen and his disciple Xu Zhiyuan bought a coffin and buried him in Nizhuang, Wuzhou.
A national hero of a generation did not fall under the butcher's knife of the Japanese invaders, but he was killed by his sworn brother. It was really regrettable.
Since Ma Jun knew of Wang Yaqiao's whereabouts, he naturally had to help Wang Yaqiao escape the assassination before Dai Li. Ma Jun even wanted to take drastic measures and kill Dai Li, Zheng Jiemin, and the others to give Mr. Jiang a warning. However, when he thought of Dai Li, Zheng Jiemin, and the others in World War II, leading the military secret agents to infiltrate the enemy's rear to steal Japanese intelligence and assassinate Japanese high-ranking officials, risking their lives for the survival of the nation and making great contributions to the victory of the war, he dismissed this idea.
In addition to helping Wang Yaqiao escape the assassination of the military commander, there was another major event that needed to be included in his plan this year. That was, after the three main forces of the Red Army met in Huining, Gansu Province in October 1936, in order to expand the living space and accept the Russian equipment, the "West Road Army" went west.
In October 1936, the West Route Army was formed by about 6000 people from the First and Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Red Army, 7000 people from the Sabre and Staff Unit, and 9000 non-combatants. They followed the orders of the central government and the military and government to cross the Yellow River to fight. In the end, the west army passed through the Bloody Battle Platform, Ni family camp, and other places. Without reinforcements, supplies, and ammunition, the west army was wiped out. Over 7000 soldiers died in the battle and over 12000 were captured. More than 6000 people were killed after being captured, more than 3000 returned to their hometown, more than 4500 returned to Yan 'an after being rescued, and more than 1000 were stranded in various parts of the northwest. Only more than 400 Western Army commanders and soldiers fled to Xinjiang. (There are many disputes about the West Route Army incident. I won't talk about it here. If you're interested, you can look up historical information.)）
Considering that it was only March and there was still plenty of time, Ma Jun decided to go back to his " hometown " to take a look. Firstly, he wanted to weaken the vigilance of Japan and the United States. Secondly, he wanted to return to this era and see his " hometown " in the 30s and 40s. Although he had used his identity as a 'Chinese American' that he had 'bought' from Henn Si to send away a few batches of American soldiers and foreign patrol officers, he had already noticed that there were many small vendors around his house. These people were not from the United States and Japan. They should be the people from the two groups. As for their purpose, Ma Jun could guess it. In his plan, it was not the time to be honest with them, so Ma Jun did not care about their "protection". However, this also made Ma Jun put away his contempt for the contemporary people. At the very least, it confirmed some of the descriptions of them in his memories: Quick thinking, quick reaction, and all-pervasive. He had been very careful in his actions, but he still attracted their attention. Although he might not be sure that he was the "anti-Japanese hero", it was certain that he had already aroused their suspicion.
Since he was going to " return to his hometown in glory," as a " turtle," he still had to package himself. Ma Jun couldn't help but think of the warm-hearted Mr. Hyde, so Ma Jun dressed neatly and went out to sit in a rickshaw that was " specially " waiting for him by the side of the road. He said to the strong " coachman " expressionlessly," Hong Kong Bank."
The coachman lowered his head and agreed. He glanced at a girl who was dressed like a country bumpkin and was giving a gentleman change with a cigarette box on her shoulder. He pulled the rickshaw and rushed to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Ma Jun pretended not to see their little tricks because no matter what kind of people they were, they were all his "comrades". Therefore, unless they had ulterior motives, Ma Jun would not take action against them. When they met Mr. Hyde again, the two of them shook hands and exchanged pleasantries very warmly. After that, Hyde invited Ma Jun to sit down and took out a cigar for Ma Jun. Ma Jun thanked him and took out a lighter to light cigars for Hyde and himself. He blew out smoke rings and said,"Dear Mr. Hyde, I'm here to ask you for another favor.”
"My friend, are you still thinking of buying my weapon? I've already contacted my friends in Finland. They promised to ship the things you need as soon as possible, but as you know, Finland is too far away from China. It will take time.”
Ma Jun raised a finger and shook it, saying,""No, NO, no, Mr. Hyde, I'm not here to buy weapons. Do you still remember what I said when we first met a few days ago? I'm going back to China to pay respects to my ancestors, but my hometown is very far from Shanghai. You know the road conditions in China are very unsatisfactory, so in order to save time, I need a car with excellent performance. It would be even better if it was a small car with off-road performance, such as a Ford Gaz or a German G4?”
"You're asking for too much, my friend.”Hyde patted his forehead exaggeratedly and said with a smile,""Although I haven't found what you want yet, I have a few cars that even Mr. Hitler likes very much. Do you want to take a look now?”
"Why not?" Ma Jun stood up happily." My dear Mr. Hyde, you are really my lucky god. As long as I am with you, my luck will become very good."”As the saying goes," flattery will never wear off ". Even the experienced Hyde was overjoyed by Ma Jun's " very sincere " flattery. He happily led Ma Jun out of the bank building.
Cars couldn't drive to the warehouse at the back, so Ma Jun was led by Heide to a huge warehouse in the British concession. The warehouse had three floors and was made of reinforced concrete. It was very tall and spacious. Hyde brought Ma Jun to the first floor. As soon as they entered, they could see a few 1930s-style military off-road vehicles parked in a row. It was very eye-catching.
This car was the famous classic military off-road vehicle during World War II--the Kfz.B20 four-wheel drive mobile garage off-road vehicle. It was also the world's first off-road vehicle equipped with full-time four-wheel drive. With the joint efforts of Germany's Honamug, BMW, and Stoewer, the Kfz.B20, an off-road vehicle with an H-shaped steel chassis beam, a five-speed manual transmission (the average car in those days only had three front speeds), a full-time four-wheel drive system, front, middle, and rear shaft differential locks, and four-wheel independent suspension, was introduced in 1936. (Year 36, Kfz. B20 hasn't arrived in China yet, but Tianxing likes it, so let it come early.)）
Ma Jun walked forward and gently stroked the shiny body of the Kfz.B20 as if he was stroking his lover. His eyes were filled with passion."This is it. Name your price, Mr. Hyde!”
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