Tianjin is really close to Jizhong. This time we went south from the canal, but it was actually a bit of a detour.
Before Kong Jie and his group of merchant ships arrived at the place agreed with the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, the troops in Jizhong had already made preparations to take the lead. They seized a small Japanese ferry at night and waited for the arrival of the merchant ships.
Soon after, the merchant ship was about to arrive, and Kong Jie said to Joe Fus: "Qiao, I'm sorry, I still have some friends here in Jizhong. We need to stop for a while at the next ferry."
Joe Fus said nothing and nodded. Anyway, John told him to try his best to meet Kong Jie's needs.
Soon, the merchant ship arrived at the ferry and anchored.
Qiaofus asked the boatman to put down the gangplank, and the friends Kong Jie mentioned boarded the boat. Although they were all dressed in common people's clothes, some of the weapons hidden on their bodies were accidentally exposed, and even Qiaofus saw them.
The key point is that many of Mr. Xu’s friends were even carried on stretchers onto the ship.
Joe Foss's eyelids twitched fiercely.
He looked at the ferry again. The Japanese soldiers around him were still standing, but no one stopped the actions of the people in front of him.
This is really strange.
After all the wounded were transported, the boatmen took back the gangplank and the merchant ship continued its journey.
Full of doubts, Jofus turned back and looked at the Japanese soldiers at the ferry from a distance.
After the merchant ship left, the Japanese soldiers left without looking back, and the ferry became empty.
Joe Fus then became more and more convinced of his suspicion that most of these Japanese were fakes. He also heard that some Eighth Route Army troops in Jizhong had been fighting the Japanese, and perhaps they were pretending to be these people.
Then what Mr. Xu calls his friend in front of him.
"Mr. Xu, are these really your friends?"
Jobs couldn't help but ask, looking at more and more unfamiliar faces appearing on the merchant ship. There were about twenty people lying on stretchers to rest.
Kong Jie nodded without changing his expression: "Of course!"
Joe Foss made a rather comical gesture of shooting with both hands, and asked: "Xu, I guess their identity is the guerrillas that the Japanese often publish in newspapers, right?"
Seeing Kong Jie's silence, Joe Fus said quickly: "Mr. Xu, you don't have to worry. In fact, I hate the Japanese because I hate those invaders who invade other countries."
"I have nothing but admiration for your Chinese guerrillas. They are in the most dangerous environment, but they always fight against more powerful enemies. This spirit is amazing!"
As Joe Fus spoke, he seemed to be getting more and more excited:
"It's a pity that I have never been on the battlefield, and I have not even killed anyone, but I have always believed that when my motherland is invaded by others, I will definitely be like your Chinese guerrillas, taking up arms and fighting without fear of sacrifice. They fight."
Kong Jie looked at Joe Fus with excitement on his face quietly.
This American is younger than John, and his personality is more straightforward and magnanimous.
Compared to John, Kong Jie prefers a cute guy like Joe Foss.
"Qiao, are you willing to help us?" Kong Jie asked tentatively.
Joe Fus said happily: "We? Mr. Xu, it seems that John is right. You are indeed not a pure businessman."
Kong Jie said: "First of all, I must be a Chinese, a Chinese who is unwilling to be a slave to the subjugation of the country, and secondly, a businessman."
Joe Fus was stunned and replied: "Xu, I appreciate your love for the motherland, and our two countries have always had friendly exchanges so far. I am willing to help you Chinese."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "We have a saying in China that it's rude to call in but not in return. Qiao, from today on, as long as the goods you bring are brought by you, I will give you a higher price when trading with me." price."
"Oh my gosh, Xu, are you telling the truth?"
Joe Fusi half-covered his mouth and screamed, wishing he could hug Kong Jie and kiss her hard twice.
Compared with helping the Chinese people, this American obviously pays more attention to the reality of interests.
A 10% increase in price is definitely a lot, which means that in the future, from the business connection between John and Kong Jie, Joe Foss can get 10% benefit from it for free.
Kong Jie said: "Of course, we Chinese have always been sincere towards our friends, but what happened today..."
"Oh, Xu, my friend, did anything happen today? You just brought some very normal friends and took a ride on the merchant ship."
"In the future, I mean in the future, as friends, your friends are my friends. If you still have such friends who need to take a merchant ship, I will never refuse."
Joe Foss replied with a smile on his face.
Naturally, this was what Kong Jie was waiting for. With the help of the American merchant ship this time, Kong Jie fully understood the convenience of the journey. The money spent was definitely worth it.
In the future, with the help of this transportation route and the name of the American businessman, there is still a lot to do!
It is a wise move to stabilize this business chain and secure partners at this time.
...The merchant ship continued to move forward and arrived at the intersection of the canal and the Yellow River that afternoon.
Outside the Tianjin Concession.
Around eight o'clock in the morning, the pot exploded again.
Zhao Guo, an academic professor who was suspected by the Japanese army and sent troops to guard him, and factory scientists Qian Xuezhong and Chen Dong, were missing.
The Japanese soldiers who were originally guarding the three professors were quietly killed at night.
The Japanese were completely angry.
These days have been really eventful. First, banks and vaults were robbed continuously, and the robbers could not be found.
Now the three Chinese professors are missing and the guards have been killed.
The Japanese military government was furious and ordered a thorough investigation throughout the city to find the three missing professors.
The Japanese commander in charge of the investigation soon focused his attention on some merchant ships that left Tianjin during this period.
However, as Tianjin is a leased area with quite frequent foreign trade, the daily volume of merchant ships coming in and out is still relatively large.
Even among the merchant ships that use the Yellow River water transport, Joe Fus is not the only one.
Some were the ships of British and American merchants, and some were even the ships of Soviet merchants. The Japanese army was also very troubled by this. If these merchant ships could not produce conclusive evidence, they would conduct a rash search, which would easily cause friction.
In order to make up their mind to find out the real culprit, the Japanese army did not touch the merchant ships of these foreign merchants for the time being. Instead, they directly ordered to temporarily block all ferries and strictly prohibited the entry and exit of merchant ships.
Then the entire city was searched, and even after digging three feet into the ground, they could not find the missing professor.
That day, the Japanese commander bravely searched several British and American merchant ships, but found nothing. Instead, he received strong protests from many British and American businessmen.
Later, the Japanese Major found out that three merchant ships had left before blocking the ferry.
One was a merchant ship departing from American merchant John's company.
There are also two merchant ships belonging to British merchants and Soviet merchants.
The Japanese Major came to visit with his troops, and he was known as "Friendly Inquiry".
As a result, no one paid attention to it. The attitude of the American businessman John and the British businessman was quite tough.
He insists that there are absolutely no anti-Japanese elements in his caravan, let alone any Chinese troops. It is just some pure goods and company members.
The Soviet businessman even angrily proposed a neutrality treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan to threaten the Japanese army.
The Japanese Major was in trouble and ultimately returned without success.
But the Japanese Major, who did not intend to give up, decided to intercept the three merchant ships midway regardless of the objections of these British, American and Soviet businessmen.
He always felt that the three missing Chinese professors were probably among the three merchant ships.
It's a pity that when the Japanese army's order to intercept merchant ships at the ferry was conveyed, the merchant ships on Kong Jie's side had already entered the Yellow River waterway from the intersection and arrived in Henan.
After the Yellow River waterway in Henan Province burst its banks at Huayuankou, millions of people were displaced and starved to death.
The river is becoming more open and smooth.
This has even become one of the most convenient water transportation routes for many Chinese warlords to smuggle with the Japanese army.
As for the merchant ships passing by, the management method of the garrisoned troops is quite simple. You can take a commission, so long as you have money, it doesn't matter whether you are smuggling or something else.
In this way, the order issued by the Japanese Army Major to intercept at the ferry failed to catch up with the merchant ship Kong Jie and his party.
Under the banner of American merchants, the merchant ship arrived in Shanxi smoothly.
On a merchant ship.
After Qiaofus left, Ye Min walked to Kong Jie and reported in a low voice: "Captain, there is something that you may be interested in. Among the wounded who came this time, one of them was actually Commander Ding Wei. The commander of the third battalion of the 28th Regiment that I led!"
"Oh, is there anything else? Take me to see it."
"yes!"
A moment later, Lu Shunmin, who was lying on a stretcher and was a little weak, was about to salute Kong Jie.
Kong Jie stopped him quickly and said, "Comrade Shunmin, don't be so polite. You are a seriously injured person now and you need to take a good rest."
"Yes!" Lu Shunmin responded, and when he saw Kong Jie, his expression was obviously a little excited, "Commander Kong, I am in the Jizhong Military Region, and I have heard your name a lot in the past year. I didn't expect it. See you here."
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Comrade Shunmin, I think you should stop hiding it. Don't you just want to find out about your old regiment leader Ding Wei from me? Look at your fox tail!"
Lu Shunmin smiled sheepishly, but did not deny it. Instead, he asked directly: "Is the old regiment leader okay?"
Kong Jie said: "Okay, how can that be bad? You don't know, that guy Lao Ding is so lucky! Just when he reported to the headquarters, he happened to meet Li Yunlong for violating discipline and masturbated. Your old regiment leader I took over a main force group for nothing, and it has won many battles in the past year or so."
Lu Shunmin sighed with emotion: "As expected of an old regiment leader, his fighting ability cannot be hidden anywhere."
"On the contrary, our 28th regiment, since the old regiment leader left, hey..."
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