Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

1937, April 6.

Zhou Zhengqing led 1,300 gendarmes and a small number of other personnel to board the train at Harbin Railway Station.

The Kwantung Army used three trains to carry out the transportation mission, and also dispatched two armored trains to escort in front and behind. The Kwantung Army Aviation used more than 20 Type 95 fighters, which took turns to conduct continuous reconnaissance and patrol on the train route.

The various Kwantung Army units stationed along the way imposed martial law within a five-kilometer radius along the railway. It was said that the Kwantung Army had issued a death order that if anyone appeared around the railway, the troops responsible for defending that area would be severely punished.

The train departed from Harbin and stopped in Xinjing for a day for rest. Zhou Zhengqing attended a cocktail party hosted for him by Kenkichi Ueda and all the senior Kwantung Army officials, which was also a farewell party.

At the cocktail party, I saw Kenkichi Ueda and Hideki Tojo were genuinely happy.

Zhou Zhengqing knew in his heart that the two old devils were really happy. They were happy that they had finally gotten rid of him and were going to cause trouble somewhere else.

A day later, the three trains continued their departure under strict protection.

Go south along the South Manchuria Railway all the way to Fengtian, then turn to the Beijing-Fengtian Railway, pass Jinzhou, and enter the country through Shanhaiguan.

At this time, the railway under the train's wheels could no longer be called the Jingfeng Railway, because as early as 1928 when Beijing was renamed Beiping, the Jingfeng Railway was also renamed the Beining Railway.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Zhou Zhengqing understood that this was just another "Manchukuo". The place where the train was traveling at this time had become the Jidong Autonomous Government under the "North China Autonomy Movement" instigated by the Japanese.

The one who planned all this was Kenji Doihara, who was quietly staying in Sakurako's suitcase at this time.

Doi originally instigated Yin Rugeng, the administrative inspector of Jimi District, Hebei Province, who controlled the military and political power in eastern Hebei and was also the Luanyu District, to declare autonomy, and then extended it to the entire North China region.

On November 1935, 11, under the instigation of Kenji Doihara, Yin Rugeng cooperated with Japan's "North China Autonomy" conspiracy, united various places in Jidong to criticize pro-Japanese elements, convened a meeting in Tong County, and sent a telegram to the whole country.

The "Autonomy Declaration" was issued and the "Hebei-Eastern Autonomous Committee" was established.

On November 1935, 11, Yin Rugeng convened the founding meeting of the "Hebei-Eastern Autonomous Committee", which became the second puppet regime under the auspices of Japan after the puppet Manchukuo.

After the establishment of the "Jidong Autonomous Government", it fully pursued a pro-Japanese and traitorous policy.

In the military field, political alliances of a military nature were successively established with Japan, the puppet Manchukuo, and the puppet Mengjiang regime, and it was agreed that the Japanese naval fleet would be responsible for the coastal defense of eastern Hebei.

The puppet Manchukuo regime was responsible for public security in Jidong, close to the Great Wall in the northeast.

The defense of the border between Jidong and the puppet Mongolia was the joint responsibility of both parties, who implemented joint military defense against the Communists.

Japanese troops were stationed at major transportation routes and important towns, their puppet troops employed Japanese instructors, and a five-family guarantee system was implemented in rural areas.

Politically, they split China and sold out sovereignty. They hired Japanese consultants and secretaries in all government agencies, counties and cities, and the military and political power were controlled by the Japanese.

They sent people or delegations to Japan and Manchukuo many times for goodwill visits and other activities to seek shelter and support from Japanese imperialism.

In August 1936, Yin Rugeng even allocated funds to build a large-scale "Friendly Apartment" in Tongzhou Park exclusively for Japanese people to live in.

The reason why Zhou Zhengqing said that Doihara had failed in his previous conversation with him was that Doihara's original idea was not just to create a "Jidong Autonomous Government."

He and certain Japanese conspirators focused their attention on the entire North China and shouted the slogan of "North China Autonomy".

Unfortunately, they failed in the end. The heavyweights and powerful figures in North China did not kneel down at the feet of the Japanese like Yin Rugeng did. . . .

The train continued to move south, and the escorting armored train continued to accompany and protect it, but the Kwantung Army's Type 95 fighter jets disappeared in the sky, and were replaced by the Navy's Type 89 carrier-based attack aircraft, which accompanied it all the way for reconnaissance and protection.

In order to protect Zhou Zhengqing, the Japanese Navy specially dispatched the Kaga aircraft carrier, which will remain off the coast of Tianjin, ready to pick up Zhou Zhengqing and evacuate to the sea at any time.

Also sent along was an aircraft carrier escort formation led by the armored cruiser Izumo and other ships. The Izumo, after Zhou Zhengqing arrived in Tianjin, would turn to Shanghai.

Japan's naval forces in China, the North China Fleet and the East China Fleet will be integrated into the Third Fleet. The Izumo was transferred here this time to serve as the flagship of this China dispatch fleet.

Zhou Zhengqing certainly didn’t know this, and he didn’t even notice that the plane in the sky had changed its appearance.

The train went south, passing Qinhuangdao, Yingzhou, Tangshan, and stopped for half a day after entering Tanggu, and finally arrived at the destination of this trip, Tianjin.

Tianjin East Railway Station.

At this time, the entire train station was under martial law, and the commander of the garrison army, Lieutenant General Tashiro Kanichiro, was waiting here quietly with his men.

Also accompanying him were Major General Gun Hashimoto, Chief of Staff of the Garrison Army, Major General Masamitsu Kawabe, Commander of the Garrison Army Infantry Brigade, and a number of other officers of all ranks.

On the other side of the platform, there was a major general wearing a dark blue uniform, completely different from the army's, waiting quietly with several naval officers, keeping a distance from Tashiro Kan'ichirō and his group of army officers, clearly distinguishing themselves from each other.

Standing between the two groups was Horiuchi Kanjo, the Japanese Consul General in Tianjin. The Tianjin Japanese Concession was the largest and only relatively prosperous of the five Japanese concessions in modern China. The other four were Hankou Japanese Concession, Suzhou Japanese Concession, Hangzhou Japanese Concession and Chongqing Japanese Concession.

Japan did not have an independent concession in Shanghai, but rather a "Japanese District" of the Public Concession, located in the Hongkou area of Shanghai, so some people directly call the Hongkou District the Japanese Concession.

The fact that Horiuchi Kanjo was able to serve as consul general in Tianjin, the largest Japanese concession, shows that he was an extraordinary person.

At this time, Hashimoto Gun came up to Tashiro Wan'ichiro and whispered, "Commander, according to the time calculation, the train should be coming soon. You'd better control your temper."

Hearing this, Tashiro Kanichiro raised his eyebrows, turned his head and said unhappily: "What's wrong with my temper?

It was Takazaki Takuto who was dawdling, acting like he was on a tour! He was promoted to major general, but he made such a big scene. The country actually asked me to send soldiers to impose martial law along the way! Humph! "

As soon as he said this, Horiuchi Kanjou next to him immediately frowned and looked over, and the major general in navy uniform on the other side also looked at him as if he was a fool.

Hashimoto Gun smiled awkwardly, then quickly moved closer and said, "Commander, be careful with your words. We are not the only ones here. If this gets out, it will cause unnecessary trouble."

"Trouble! What trouble! He's just a noble boy, how can he really cause trouble? It's his honor that His Majesty values him, but it's not a reason for him to be arrogant!" Tashiro Kan'ichirō held his head high and said with disdain.

Hashimoto Gun became even more nervous and was about to say something to persuade them.

Horiuchi Kanjo snorted coldly, "Humph, you vulgar warrior! Commander, you are so arrogant. Are you dissatisfied with His Majesty?"