So at this time, it is normal that his investigators have not returned yet.
Xiong Bashan smoked while paying close attention to the movements on the dock. After about an hour, the investigators came back one after another.
They chartered a boat, and although there were some pots and pans and other cargo on it for the sake of disguise, it was not a problem for five or six people to stay there.
Xiong Bashan placed the food package he bought in the middle and said, "Have you eaten it yet? If you don't have anything to eat, come here and take a bite of everything I bought. I'll keep a lookout for you first."
"Thank you, Brother Xiang." Several people said, and three of them had not finished their meal, so they opened their bags, picked up the pancakes, and started eating and drinking with the side dishes. The other two people said they had eaten before coming back.
Men eat very quickly, and even more so when there are circumstances that have not been reported.
After a while, they all finished eating and drinking some water. One of the agents came to the side and said, "Brother Xiang, I'll watch for you."
"Yes." Xiong Bashan agreed, moved away from the place, quickly put away the food and drinks, and asked in a low voice: "How is it? Have you gained anything? The mistress will tell you first."
One of the agents, who looked a little thin, nodded when he heard this, and said: "We have made some gains. The population in the back streets of Guanyuan Street is relatively sparse, and there are no people from the police station or patrol office. However, according to what I heard and observed in my humble position, . There are two houses where fake police officers live. They are probably the police officers from the Mayuan Road Police Station four blocks away. However, they should be at work during the day. I dare not ask for the exact information. I am afraid that someone with a humble job will suspect. So. It’s hard to say whether this news is accurate. Also, the backstreet of Guanyuan Street is called Yuanmin Alley, but this Yuanmin Alley does not refer to an alley, but to a residential area, which is crisscrossed with dragons and snakes. Mixed, unclear situation.”
Having said this, the agent drew a few simple lines on the ground with his hand, and said: "This is the Confucius Temple, this is Guanyuan Street, and the Gardener's Alley is in the middle area. I am here to do this." As a businessman, I walked around inside and sold some goods. I found out that there were several Taoist forces inside, and I paid a protection fee when selling goods, and a lot of goods were extorted. Listen to them Feng, a little biased towards the Japanese, should at least attach the power of the gang to the puppet government. Because one boy said very crazily: This is our normal way of collecting taxes for the government, you kid, please be happy. These are the original words.”
Another agent next to him listened and said: "Well, your analysis should be accurate, because I also paid the protection fee. I gave the other party a very weak response at first, but the other party was quite crazy and said that you paid it. What does it mean that even the police won't bother you to collect the land tax once? Does it mean that the other party has a background, or is their gang just a peripheral gangster of the puppet government? After hearing what you have experienced, I personally prefer the latter."
Xiong Bashan nodded and said: "Well, before we came, the intelligence showed that there were indeed many gangs in the local area. In..." His voice was low at first. When he said this, he said in an even lower voice: "The kid invades." After arriving in the local area, some gangs wanted to stand out, make a profit, or survive. Many of them had defected to the past, and the strength of the gangs who were biased toward resisting Japan were either killed or had withdrawn from the city, so they can still Nine out of ten gangsters in Nanjing have more or less surrendered or contributed to the puppet government and Little Japan."
Having said this, Xiong Bashan pointed at the previous agent and said, "Go on."
"Yes." The previous agent nodded, and then lowered his voice and said: "Besides the alley where dragons and snakes are mixed, there is a patrol battalion office on the Saint Street where the Confucius Temple is located. It is not small in size. It is on the third floor. Building. There were two sedans, two with three wheels, parked outside. When passing by, I also observed the soldiers of the puppet government patrol camp inside, almost all of whom had guns. It seemed that after Wang Puppet settled in Nanjing, he lost face. The project was done well, and most of the people who worked for him wholeheartedly were probably transferred to the local area."
"It's not surprising." Xiong Bashan said: "Many of Wang Puppet's troops were trained by Little Japan. And Little Japan will also observe during training to distinguish those who are more inclined to co-prosperity. , and this is the capital of the Wang Puppet, so naturally we need to get some people who are a little bit capable of fighting and willing to be dogs for the Japanese and Puppet." He followed him and looked at this subordinate, and asked again: "Are there any more?"
"No more." The agent said: "As you ordered me to do, I am more serious when selling things, so I can't go too fast while doing business along the way. I basically explored and observed these places. But in When I came back, I was on the back street of Sage Street where the Confucius Temple is located. When I came back, I noticed that this street was very ordinary and there were no Japanese and puppet forces, but after all, it was a bit close to the patrol camp on the front street. Public security It’s pretty good, and it might have something to do with the fact that it’s close to the patrol battalion office.”
Xiong Bashan nodded and asked: "Estimate how long it will take for the police station and patrol battalion office you mentioned to reach No. 21 Guanyuan Street?"
The agent did not answer immediately after hearing this, but thought for a while and said: "The police station on Mayuan Road is four blocks away. If you run, you can get there in about five minutes. The one on Saint Street There are cars and three-wheelers at the patrol battalion office. If they provide support, it will take less than five minutes to get there, just counting the travel time, maybe three or four minutes."
At this point, he pondered again and said: "But when there was a movement at No. 21 Guanyuan Road, could they know what happened instantly? Inquire about the situation, figure it out, and dispatch people. All this time Counting that, if it’s an elite one, oops… then the police station on Mayuan Road will be there in about five minutes. The patrol camp office on Saint Street will only be faster.”
Xiong Bashan nodded and said: "Yes, I understand. I also observed it for a day and concluded that in these streets with the word "yuan" and the area around the Confucius Temple, the patrol interval of the pseudo-police is about one hour. This The frequency is not low. But when you observe the pseudo-police patrolling, most of them are chatting and laughing. Although the police uniforms are clean and they all carry guns, they don’t feel like elites. If you observe the patrol camp on Saint Street Are those puppet soldiers in the office?"
