"Miss Chieko, Mr. Keizo Yokoji, are you here?" Shimoyoshi Morita tried to shout again.
There was still no response, only his slightly altered voice echoed in the empty hall: "Are you there...are you there..."
Shimoyoshi Morita felt a biting chill rush into his heart. Looking at the hall that he was usually familiar with but now had become a bit eerie, an inexplicable thought came to his mind, run! Leave this strange place as quickly as possible.
He subconsciously moved his steps and walked towards the door. The outside of the door was washed clean by last night's rain. He was now walking on Xu Street in the warm morning light...
Suddenly "Boom!" A loud noise came from under his feet, and then a huge force threw him up, and then a wave of air like a legendary tsunami rolled him up. Morita Shimoyoshi felt like he was a piece of cake. The small leaves flying in the strong wind were pushed by the air waves through the shattered windows and through the yellow-leafed locust trees on the edge of Asahi Street.
He couldn't hear anything and couldn't see anything clearly. Morita Shimoyoshi didn't know that his eyes were covered with blood. He just subconsciously glanced at Yongjin Bank for the last time in the air, which was still spraying bloody red light into the sky...
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Just before Morita Shioyoshi walked into Yongjin Bank, Toshi Moriyama, the deputy consul general of the Japanese Consulate in Tianjin, was on the phone with Kimurano Daisaku, the commander of the Japanese garrison in the Tianjin Concession.
In the past two days, Jun Moriyama was really overwhelmed by the impact and chaos caused by the September 18th Incident. He had been cursing the various female relatives of the Japanese Kwantung Army, who were bastards with only muscles and no brains.
You must know that when the Kwantung Army launched the September 18th Incident, it was an independent action taken by the Japanese military to conceal the high-level actions of the Japanese government. Many high-level officials in Japan did not know about it at first. At that time, although the Japanese government had regarded China as an enemy and future target of conquest, it had not yet made any preparations for war. Economically and militarily, it did not have the conditions for a full-scale war with China.
Therefore, the first few days inevitably brought about some passivity and confusion in terms of diplomacy and impact on the international community. Various organizations from various countries in the Tianjin Concession have called the Japanese consulate for consultation or directly visited to inquire about the news. Even various organizations of Japanese expatriates have continued to call and come to obtain information, hoping to get help from the Japanese government. Official notification. Everyone is worried that this is a signal and prelude to an all-out war between Japan and China.
At present, Moriyama Shun would not have expected that such an explosive incident would occur during the period when the Consul General returned to China to report on his duties. He could only follow domestic orders to appease the shock and uneasiness of all walks of life in the Tianjin Japanese Concession and ensure that the Tianjin Japanese Concession social stability.
Therefore, at the Tianjin Japanese Concession Administrative Committee meeting chaired by him yesterday, a motion was proposed that the security work of the Tianjin Japanese Concession be fully taken over by the garrison army, but it was rejected by the commander of the garrison army, Kimura Noichi.
Captain Kimurano believed that the cowardly Chinese would not have the courage to carry out any revenge in the Japanese Concession. The police in the concession already have sufficient deterrence and capabilities. The use of garrison troops will only make the concessions of other surrounding powers laugh at the Japanese Imperial Army's fierceness and inwardness.
But after a sleepless night of thinking and uneasiness, Moriyama Shun called Kimurano Daisaku again early this morning, trying to persuade this country man who he thought was arrogant and vulgar.
"Kimura-kun, the order I received from the country is to ensure the security and stability of the concession during the Manchuria Incident. I believe that the Imperial Japanese soldiers taking to the streets to maintain law and order will bring confidence and encouragement to Japanese expatriates, and will also give potential enemies a Deterrence. In this special period, this method is necessary. Please give Kimura-kun a lot of support."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Moriyama. I still stick to my views and decisions at yesterday's meeting. The garrison cannot leave the camp before I get an order from the military headquarters."
"Kimura-kun, you are risking the lives of tens of thousands of expatriates in the concession. If any bloodshed occurs during this period, this responsibility can only be borne by you..."
As soon as Toshi Moriyama said this, "Boom!" he heard a violent explosion from the east, followed by a series of explosions. The vibration waves caused by the explosion instantly spread to the Consulate General, and even the teacups on the office table were shaken. It started shaking.
Moriyama Shun was so shocked that his mouth opened wide. He stared blankly at the black smoke and fire rising in the distance, as if he didn't hear Kimurano's shouting from the microphone: "Moriyama-kun, where is the explosion? Moriyama-kun... "
The explosion of Yongjin Bank is of course Zhou Wen's masterpiece. The method of explosion is to use a homemade time bomb, which he learned from his brothers in the same mercenary group in his previous life.
Zhou Wen's purpose is to turn the robbery of Yongjin Bank into a just action to retaliate against Japan for launching the September 18th Incident. At the same time, he can also destroy the corpses and eliminate all traces of them, using an explosion and subsequent fire to remove all traces of the scene. Completely disappeared into gray smoke. This was the last little trick he left to Yongjin Bank. The explosion time was set at 8 o'clock the next morning, which was bank working hours.
A full 100 kilograms of T-NT explosives turned Yongjin Bank into a pile of burning ruins. By the time the Japanese cleared all the ruins and finally discovered that the bank vault had been looted, Zhou Wen and the others had already returned to Taiyuan by train.
After that, Toshi Moriyama urgently reported to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, in the context of the Japanese Kwantung Army's continuous invasion into the Northeast, any documents and protests from the Japanese side requesting the Chinese government to assist in investigating and tracking down the murderers were like nothing. repercussions.
Although the Yongjin Bank bombing in Tianjin, Japan (there is no evidence to prove that it was a bank robbery) also appeared on the front page of famous domestic newspapers, it was regarded as a just act by Chinese civil servants to retaliate against Japan's invasion of Northeast China. The Chinese people applauded and applauded , no one came out to condemn or criticize.
The Japanese side had no choice but to form an investigation team jointly by the Japanese Garrison in Tianjin and the Japanese Consulate General. After a period of identification of the remains of the corpses in the ruins of Yongjin Bank and the investigation of stolen vehicles from the concession trading company, it was basically deduced that the Yongjin Bank was robbed. Rough process. The investigation team believes that this is a premeditated, technical and highly intelligent crime, and should be committed by a professional criminal group with in-depth knowledge of Yongjin Bank. This criminal group is extremely cruel and ferocious in its methods, with superb skills and comprehensive planning. It does not rule out the possibility of an insider (the number of people and objects in the corpses in the ruins can no longer be identified).
