Chapter 1460: Darkness Beneath the Lamp!

"Keep searching, no matter whose house it is, you can enter and search, anyone who dares to stop you will be killed!" Yokoyama Isamu in Jiangxia was like a trapped beast, roaring in the headquarters of the 11th Army in Jiangxia.

Only a few people knew the real purpose of Tanabe Shigetake coming to Jiangxia, and Yokoyama Isamu happened to be one of them.

On the surface, Tanabe Shigetake was in Jiangxia to command the operations in the two major battlefields of Central China and South China on behalf of the newly promoted Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, General Itagaki Shiro, but in fact, Tanabe Shigetake had a more important mission on this trip.

The Imperial Army Headquarters wanted to kill Tang Dao, the head of the Chinese Four-Line Regiment, who had humiliated the Imperial Army countless times in the battlefields of North China and the Battle of Shipai. Tanabe Shigetake was the highest commander of this killing operation.

It was under the planning and contact of this person that the Eagle Special Attack Team successfully sneaked into China's Fifth War Zone under the cover of the grain transport team, and even obtained sophisticated equipment from the insider.

Everything went smoothly before, and they almost completed the mission, but they didn't expect that a few hours later, the Eagle Special Attack Team was like a fish entering the sea, and completely lost contact with Jiangxia.

The personnel responsible for the response in Yiling did not wait for any of the well-trained Eagle Special Attack Team to appear!

The Chinese spies lurking only sent a message saying that the Chinese theater command strictly blocked the news. At the scene, only both sides suffered losses, but it was impossible to count how many people from the Eagle Special Attack Team died on the spot.

Tanabe Shigetake never gave up, and waited in Jiangxia for the return of the first organized special attack team formed by the Japanese Army Headquarters.

Who knew that this wait would take a week until the threatening letter was received three days ago.

If it were the previous threatening letter, naturally no one would take it seriously. There are so many Chinese who can only vent their anger with words, but in this extraordinary period, Yokoyama Isamu, as the commander of the 11th Army, took it very seriously. Not only did he search the entire field, but he also strengthened the protection of Tanabe Shigetake, the deputy chief of staff.

The hotel where Tanabe Shigetake lived originally had various fortifications and bunkers outside, and all the service staff were Japanese. After receiving this threat, Yokoyama Isamu sent another two infantry squadrons to expand the defense zone of the entire hotel by another 300 meters.

Unless someone could set up a cannon outside, it would be possible to pose a threat to Tanabe Shigetake in the heavily guarded hotel.

But in Jiangxia City, which was completely controlled by the Imperial Army, who could have a cannon? It was already very good for an ordinary Chinese family to have a kitchen knife.

But even under such strict protection, Tanabe Shigetake still died. He was shot in the head and his face was unrecognizable. If it weren't for the hideous gunshot scar on his arm left when he entered Jinling City in 1937, Yokoyama Isamu, who rushed to the scene, would not have thought that it was Major General Tanabe Shigetake.

There were many capable people in the Japanese army, and they quickly deduced from the direction of the bullet that the gunman was in the north, at least 400 meters away from the first line of defense of the hotel.

The first line of defense is 380 meters away from Tanabe Moritake's room, and the two add up to nearly 800 meters, which is obviously a distance that does not exist in reality. Since the invention of the gunpowder gun, the world has experienced countless hot weapons wars. The First World War that broke out more than 20 years ago swept across most of Europe and Asia, and there has never been a record of accurately shooting opponents with rifles at a distance of 800 meters.

But apart from this, what other more reasonable explanation can there be?

After a careful investigation by nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers, they finally found clues in a ruin 470 meters away from the first line of defense of the hotel.

It was originally a Hillber trading house on Jianghan Road, a four-story building. Perhaps because there was a storage warehouse, or perhaps the shrewd Hillber people thought that since they came here, they would use it for a few more years. The exterior design of this building is average, but it is extremely solid.

During the Jiangxia Battle, this building was bombed by three 500-pound bombs. Part of the walls collapsed and the interior was in ruins. It was really miserable, but the whole building still stood stubbornly, showing the cruelty of war to the world.

In that bombing, more than 30 Hillbers were killed in this building. The surviving Hillbers insisted that this was evidence for claiming compensation from the Japanese Empire in the future, and firmly disagreed with the Chinese government's request to demolish this dilapidated building until the entire Jiangxia was occupied by the Japanese army.

The Japanese had no interest in rebuilding this city that had been baptized by war. They were now in an economic crisis in their country. A large amount of materials needed for fighting in China had to be plundered from China and then transported back to Japan for processing, which was a mode of fighting to support the war.

Therefore, even though the Japanese army had occupied Jiangxia for almost 2 years, this dangerous building that had been bombed still stood on the dilapidated street.

Even the Japanese search team did not consider this dilapidated building as a key search area. They did not climb up this building until they could not find any traces in other places.

Then, the Japanese gunpowder expert who was with the team found traces of gunpowder splashing on the third floor of this building. Those were splashing traces that could only be left by large-caliber firearms of 7 mm or more.

At this point, it was basically confirmed that a famous gunman was lurking here, using his oversized caliber rifle to shoot and kill Tanabe Shigetake who was standing by the window from 850 meters away.

This is undoubtedly the longest rifle sniper kill record in the entire history of human warfare so far!

However, the Japanese who received this honor did not feel happy at all, and of course, they did not feel any shame, they were only angry and afraid!

The first thing that Yokoyama Yong thought of was, what if the missing Chinese sharpshooter's next target was him?

Whether it was for the explanation of the Expeditionary Force Command or for his own life, this search must be more powerful.

That night, the whole Jiangcheng stayed up all night, and Yokoyama Yong actually transferred two infantry regiments and the garrison division stationed in Jiangxia to search the entire city of Jiangxia.

As he had ordered before, no matter where, they could enter and search, even the senior officials of the Jinling government in Jiangxia were no exception.

Don't say, such a high-intensity search was not without results, and the Japanese army kept sending "good news" to Yokoyama Yong who was sitting in the headquarters.

In the houses of two senior officials of the Jinling government in Jiangxia, a radio station and a code book were found, which almost concluded that they were insiders of the Shancheng Military Control Commission.

Moreover, there were gunfights in the city. People in a business and a restaurant were arrested with guns when the military and police came to search. No less than 15 people were killed on the spot. The Japanese army, which also suffered more than a dozen casualties, rushed into the building and found a damaged radio station and documents that were basically burned. It can also be concluded that these two places are the underground intelligence stations of the Shancheng Military Control.

If we only look at the results of seizing the radio station and arresting the insider, Hengshan Yong’s painstaking search tonight cannot be said to be in vain. At least it has dealt a great blow to the intelligence system of the Shancheng Military Control in Jiangxia.

Especially the two high-ranking officials of the Jinling government who were seized, both of them held important positions in the Jinling government. One of them was the deputy administrative commissioner of Jiangxia, the second-in-command of the Jinling government in Jiangxia. Even a tyrannical person like Hengshan Yong was kind and polite to him, and even invited him to dinner several times. Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be an insider of the Shancheng government lurking inside the Jinling government.

This blow was huge for Director Dai!

But the real person that Yokoyama Yong wanted didn't even see a shadow. No matter whether he was captured or killed, none of them looked like a sharpshooter who could kill the target with one shot from more than 800 meters away.

The Japanese gunpowder expert had estimated that there are several rifles that can fire such large-caliber projectiles in the world. The PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle of the Russian bear can fire 5mm caliber bullets, the Bois anti-tank rifle of the British Empire, the L39 anti-tank rifle of Finland, the PZB39 anti-tank rifle of the German Empire, and finally the Type 97 anti-tank rifle copied by the Japanese military industry, which fires 20mm caliber bullets.

Soon, the estimation of the Japanese military experts became a reality. The Japanese army finally dug out the half-remaining bullet that smashed Tanabe Moritake's head and penetrated the wall in a room in the hotel.

It was a 20mm bullet. In the Asian battlefield, the only anti-tank rifle equipped by the Japanese army itself was the Type 97 anti-tank rifle.

That was a big guy whose empty gun could weigh up to 50 kilograms. When the Japanese army transported the gun themselves, they usually used three pack horses to transport two Type 97 anti-tank gun parts. Not to mention being able to run faster than a rabbit with this thing, even if they could climb up the dangerous building with this gun, they were not human.

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But the bullets don't lie. It is almost certain that Tanabe Moritake died from the Type 97 anti-tank rifle developed by the Japanese military industry.

That man must be eight feet tall and strong! Including Yokoyama Isamu, who had a headache knowing the conclusion, all Japanese people had a picture of the mysterious Chinese gunman in their minds.

If it wasn't Lu Zhishen, it had to be Wu Song!

The Japanese guessed right.

The Tang sword in night clothes was not far away from them, and the Type 97 20mm anti-tank gun weighing 50 kilograms was quietly within his reach.

There may be many people in this world who can run away with this giant gun that weighs more than 50 kilograms alone, such as Mingxin. But there are no more than three people in the world who can use this gun to shoot the target in the head at a distance of 850 meters, even with the help of a scope.

And Tang Dao is the one who fully meets these two conditions.

In other words, Tang Dao is the only one in the world who can do this.

But this is not the only reason why Tang Dao took the risk to go to Jiangxia to snipe Tanabe Shigetake.

That night, before killing Akagi Shigemori, Tang Dao told him that anyone involved in killing his brother would die.

How could Tanabe Shigetake, who was in charge of this operation, be an exception?

In order to kill Tanabe Shigetake, Tang Dao used all his strength this time. It was not just the military strength of the Four Lines Group and the Guard Group far away in North China. Tang Dao needed external forces.

Gong Shaoxun, who was placed outside the army by Tang Dao two years ago, and the large amount of funds invested finally gave Tang Dao a return.

In fact, Tang Dao has been busy with military affairs in the past two years. He didn't care much about how Gong Shaoxun and his underground intelligence system operated. He just invested up to 60,000 taels of gold and more than 6 million yen in funds, and sent 60 more good players according to Gong Shaoxun's request.

Unexpectedly, Gong Shaoxun gave Tang Dao a huge surprise this time. After receiving Tang Dao's secret telegram, Gong Shaoxun's intelligence system worked at full capacity and quickly gave Tang Dao a reply.

The hotel and hotel room where Tanabe Shengwu lived were all listed. When Tang Dao said that he needed to obtain a large-caliber long-range gun nearby, Gong Shaoxun actually said that he could provide the Japanese army's 97-type anti-tank rifle.

This amazing strength really shocked Tang Dao himself.

It was not until a long time later when the two met and talked in detail that Tang Dao knew how Gong Shaoxun got this big gun that was relatively rare in the Japanese army.

Except for the merchant Okuma Yukinosuke, it was really hard to find a Japanese who dared to use this kind of gun as an exchange item.

Tang Dao promised to trade with Major General Xiaohu and it has not been interrupted for the past two years. He has already given full authority to Gong Shaoxun to contact him.

Of course, since it is a transaction, it means that both parties have to provide materials or intelligence that the other party likes. Okuma Yukinosuke wants penicillin, which can be shipped back to Japan and sold at a high price. Gong Shaoxun's needs are naturally raised by himself.

Major General Xiaohu is really amazing. It is easy for him to sell intelligence about his colleagues' divisions. Sometimes the Japanese army in North China has no decent military operations at all. He is worried that Gong Shaoxun will not like ordinary weapons, so he simply gave Gong Shaoxun two of the 97-type anti-tank rifles that are rarely equipped in the division.

Originally, Gong Shaoxun was not interested in this kind of huge sniper rifle that was extremely inconvenient to transport. This thing was useless if it was not used on the battlefield, but he could not resist the enthusiasm of the hawker major general, so he had to accept it.

One of them happened to be in Jiangxia, where Gong Shaoxun was in the most important intelligence base in Central China.

Compared with a sniper rifle of this era, the location of the base of the intelligence system in Jiangxia that Gong Shaoxun was responsible for almost made Tang Dao drop his jaw.

If he had not trusted Gong Shaoxun very much, Tang Dao would even think that his former chief of staff had defected to the Japanese.

The base of his intelligence system in Jiangxia was actually located next to the Japanese garrison division headquarters in Jiangxia, and the sign hanging outside was called "Toyota".

July 7, 1937, was a day that China could not forget, but it was a day of resurrection for Toyota. With the full outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Toyota and other industrial enterprises were included in the military industrial product manufacturers, and the Japanese Army bought out all of Toyota's inventory vehicles, which solved its urgent needs.

Toyota Motors received support from the Japanese government and became the main supplier of Japanese military vehicles. The Toyota maintenance department, which was only 300 meters away from the Japanese garrison division headquarters, was responsible for providing maintenance guidance and accessories for various types of Japanese military vehicles in the entire central China region.

It is said that there were as many as a hundred engineers and technical workers.

"The head of the maintenance department is Okuma Yukigoro! Most of the workers are recruited from Osaka!" Gong Shaoxun's answer made Tang Dao himself speechless.

For that little money, the hawker major general almost exchanged his wife and children.

These large Japanese companies in China also recruited Chinese employees and translators, otherwise it would be too inconvenient to go out.

And Gong Shaoxun's intelligence base belongs to the transportation team of Toyota stationed in Jiangxia, which is responsible for quickly transporting accessories and maintenance workers to the maintenance team behind the Japanese army and settling accounts on a monthly basis, which is considered an outsourcing of Toyota.

The area is located at the back of the Toyota Maintenance Department, which covers an area of ​​5 mu. Because the transport team needs to feed a large number of pack horses, this area is usually mixed with the smell of horse feces and urine. In addition, the Japanese rarely come to this place because they all know that these Chinese are the relatives of Manager Daxiong.

Therefore, no one knows that a dozen Chinese who look honest and can only laugh foolishly have dug a basement and a 300-meter-long tunnel under the stable in less than a year and a half.

The most coincidental thing is that the exit of the 300-meter tunnel is actually near the dangerous building that was shaky and collapsed by artillery fire.

The purpose of these veterans who came from the battlefield to dig basements and tunnels is naturally to prevent dangers before they happen and to save their lives at critical times.

The exit of the tunnel is near the dangerous building because it is a ruin with few people, and it is very close to the Yangtze River. In extremely dangerous situations, all of them evacuate through the tunnel and jump into the Yangtze River to escape.

Unexpectedly, the escape was not used, but it created a legend of Tang Tuanzuo.

Of course, this myth that scared the insiders of the mountain city and Yokoyama Yong almost to death was not accomplished by Tang Dao alone, but was completed with the full cooperation of a huge intelligence system with 48 bases and more than 1,000 people.

After Tang Dao sneaked out of the war zone and entered Jiangxia City under the pretext of injury, he not only got a super sniper, but also had a sniper point with excellent vision, but the distance was a little far.

But this was not under the words of Tang Tuanzuo, who once had a record of killing targets at a distance of 1,600 meters.

Of course, for the sake of caution, Tang Dao still arrived at a mountain forest 20 kilometers away from Jiangxia under the transportation of his subordinates to familiarize himself with the performance of the Type 97 anti-tank rifle and test-fire 20 rounds of live ammunition.

From the initial 600 meters to the eye-popping 900 meters, that is to say, if there were a few dozen more meters, Tanabe Shigetake would be dead, and the longest sniper kill record in this world would have to be increased.

Unfortunately, Tanabe Shigetake did not give Tang Dao such an opportunity.

After confirming the target, Tang Dao even had enough time to eliminate all traces and body odor of his presence here, and then he carried the heavy Type 97 anti-tank rifle into the tunnel buried by the ruins.

As for the traces of gunpowder splashing, they were left by Tang Dao deliberately.

The reason was naturally to tell the Japanese that this was the shooting point, so as to prevent the Japanese army from torturing innocent civilians in the Chinese settlements in this direction.

Of course, this would also mislead the Japanese search team. After the Japanese army found the clues, they would only think that the murderer must have escaped long ago, and would never think that the eight-foot-tall man was hiding less than 7 meters underground under their feet.

The most dangerous place is the safest place!