All there is is the unstoppable passage of time.
No matter what, 1938 still arrived as scheduled.
Today is the day when the Puppet Jinling Autonomous Committee was established.
There are more soldiers of the Neon Army in the streets and alleys, almost three steps to one post and five steps to one post.
The founding meeting will be held in Drum Tower Square.
Ma Xiaoguang and the others have no interest in this unpopular "committee", and for the time being they have to rely on the identity of Chongshan Hall under this "committee" for cover.
So there is no special action today.
Today, according to the schedule of Lieutenant Inagaki of the Ninth Division Headquarters, he still did cleaning work.
As soon as he entered the courtyard of the city hall, Ma Xiaoguang felt a chill.
"Major Songdao, they are from Chongshan Hall and are responsible for cleaning..."
Lieutenant Inagaki introduced Major Matsushima who was coming towards him.
Songdao Qingyan looked at Ma Xiaoguang, Lao Tu and Zhang Ah Qi warily, as if hoping to find something from them.
"Cleaner?"
Matsushima Aohiko muttered in Japanese, his voice was not loud, but it could be heard by the three of them.
All three of them had dull expressions on their faces and showed no expression at all.
"Today is New Year, you have worked hard."
Matsushima Aoyan quickly changed into pure Chinese again and spoke to the three of them kindly.
Ma Xiaoguang and Zhang Ah Qi still had indifferent expressions on their faces. Only Lao Tu smiled and bowed and said, "Returning to Taijun, we are cleaning people and come here every three days. One of these two people is a bit stupid and the other is mute... …”
Lao Tu pointed at Ma Xiaoguang and Zhang Aqi, who had dull expressions, and said to Songdao Qingyan.
Matsushima Aohiko showed a harmless smile and said: "Thank you for your hard work, go to work..."
When Lao Tu heard this, he felt like he was being pardoned. The other two people still looked stupid, took the tools and pushed the cart and started to work slowly...
During the whole process, Matsushima Aohiko only met once when he came in, and he has not seen anyone since then.
Except for a neon military policeman staring at each of the three, no one else paid attention to them.
Since today was the day when the "committee" was established, most of the officers at the division headquarters went to Drum Tower Square, and the three of them worked more easily than usual.
The work that originally took nearly two hours was completed in more than one o'clock today.
After the three of them finished their work, Matsushima Aohiko appeared in the courtyard of the city hall again.
"Kuroki-kun, lead a team of people and carefully search the areas that the cleaners just touched."
Matsushima Aohiko ordered Lieutenant Kuroki Ippei who was standing beside him calmly.
Kuroki Ippei received the order and quickly took action with a team of military police who had been prepared.
After another tossing, the result was naturally fruitless.
"Is everything okay? Well, fine!"
Matsushima Aohiko still had an indifferent expression on his face when he heard Kuroki Ippei's report.
He looked at the courtyard of the city hall, straightened his military uniform, and left quickly...
On New Year's Day, there were no surprises.
The calm situation did not last long. The next day, an explosion next to the Drum Tower broke the dullness in Jinling City.
"what's the situation?"
Matsushima Aohiko, who came in a hurry, frowned and asked the military police second lieutenant Morimura Kanji.
"Your Excellency, due to neglect, the toilet here was clogged and caused the accumulation of methane gas...someone happened to be smoking in the toilet, which caused the explosion!"
Morimura Wanji's investigation results made Matsushima Aohiko's face full of black lines.
I never imagined that a clogged toilet could cause such a situation!
This was something he didn't expect.
Now it seems that Lieutenant Inagaki was right to have people clean up regularly.
After that, the Neon Army ordered the Autonomous Committee to strengthen the cleanup and dredging work, and the explosion did not happen again.
However, the cleaning and dredging work organized by the Chong Sin Tong cleaning team discovered many hidden dangers and problems.
Due to the inhumane massacre, toilets and sewers everywhere naturally became the hardest hit areas, and many of them were completely blocked.
From time to time during the cleaning, many things were found, some of which can be described, and many that are difficult to describe...
Of course, this is not what Matsushima Aohiko is concerned about.
He focuses on various key departments of the Neon Army.
"Major, after careful investigation again, nothing suspicious or abnormal was found."
Kuroki Ippei's report was affirmative and concise.
"That's good, Mr. Kuroki, we can't be careless. The Chinese people are only superficially obedient. They must be planning a big move..."
Matsushima Aohiko just gave a faint compliment, and then frowned and said to Kuroki Ippei.
"Action? Do we need to take action?"
Hearing this, Kuroki Yiping's expression changed and he asked quickly.
Songdao Qingyan shook his head and said: "Measures...we have taken measures, but the other party seems to be indifferent. Jinling City has been too calm recently."
Kuroki Yiping asked with some confusion: "What measures will the enemy take? There are soldiers of the imperial army in Jinling City..."
Matsushima Qingyan whispered: "Don't underestimate the wisdom and courage of our enemies. This is a nation that has lasted for thousands of years. Don't underestimate them."
His words were not like an answer to Kuroki Ippei, but more like a reminder to himself.
Lieutenant Colonel Qingqi was ordered to give him such a task, which was a sign of trust in him and a test for him.
Different from his boss's indifference, Kuroki Ippei, who has a strong sense of responsibility, pleaded with some anxiety: "But since we predict that the enemy will make moves, we still have to respond!"
"No, Mr. Kuroki, this is like two swordsmen fighting each other. Don't attack easily, as this will make it easy for people to find flaws..."
"However, since you have such concerns, then notify the patrolling military police and various divisions and regiments to strengthen daily inspections and precautions."
"You go back to the committee and get more familiar with the situation in Jinling City."
Matsushima Aohiko answered his subordinates' questions, expressed his understanding of his subordinates' courage in taking on tasks, and gave suggestions.
Kuroki Ippei took the order and left, and all units of the Neon Army's secret service immediately took action upon hearing the news.
Matsushima Aohiko's worries were soon fulfilled.
Early on the morning of January 5, Morimura Kanji hurried to the former military police headquarters on Zhanyuan Road with a pale face, which is now the temporary residence of the Neon Army's secret service.
"Major Matsushima, something bad has happened! Something terrible has happened to the Ninth Division..."
As soon as Morimura Wanji entered Matsushima Aohiko's office, he anxiously reported the report.
"What happened? Captain Morimura became like this?"
Matsushima Aohiko's face darkened, and he asked slightly dissatisfied - Morimura is always so reckless, no wonder he is still a second lieutenant after working for so long.
Morimura Wanji reported to Major Matsushima in a trembling voice: "Something bad has happened. The squadron leader of the 36th Regiment of the Ninth Division, Kiichi Yamaki, has been assassinated!"
"Shanji was hammered to death! The situation was quite terrifying!"
