northernbook Chapter 217 A big gift package
Chapter 217 A big gift package
Japanese Embassy in Peiping
The phones inside and outside the house were ringing loudly, and many people were running around, but no one knew what they were busy with.
Hirohiro Ito was sitting in his seat at this moment. Even though the phone on the table kept ringing, he didn't want to answer it at all. A few minutes ago, he finally figured out everything.
Li Shaoyi ordered the 1st Regiment of the 72nd Brigade to attack the Fengtai Barracks outside the city for unknown reasons.
The more than 1,300 officers and soldiers stationed there instantly lost contact with the outside world. Ito Hirohiro sent several groups of people in succession, but they were all stopped in the city by the police. No matter what methods they used, they were not allowed to leave the city.
Fortunately, some traitors had other options and took the risk to report some of the situation over there. From a distance, the Fengtai Barracks looked like a fire scene, with the entire sky burning red. According to their inference, there was no way there could be any living people inside.
Ito Hirohiro threw the news reported by the traitors directly to his secretary and asked him to report to the Tianjin Command. Ito Hirohiro himself felt that all the strength had been drained from his body. Now he just wanted to sit down, empty his head and not think about anything.
"Your Excellency, we just intercepted a telegram from the Fengtai Barracks to the Jincheng Command. It was sent by Captain Uehara. According to the contents of the telegram, they fought to the last man, and the remaining officers were all killed."
When his secretary reported, tears were in his eyes. He couldn't believe that all this was true. The Fengtai military camp was the most powerful Japanese force around Peiping. If anything happened, they could provide support at any time. But now, only more than an hour had passed, and such a decisive telegram had been sent.
"Go down."
According to the secretary's idea, Ito Hirohiro should be very angry, but at this moment Ito Hirohiro just waved his hand weakly and had no other reaction at all.
"Your Excellency the Ambassador!"
"Let me go on. Do you understand? Get out of here."
Ito Hirohiro spoke loudly, and the secretary saw his angry look and hurried out.
As a diplomat, what else could Ito Hirohiro say now? If a few words could save the situation, he would rather stand at the door and talk from morning to night. This was no longer something he could control, not even the garrison headquarters in Tianjin.
Li Shaoyi is really too bold. When we created friction in North China before, we would more or less find an excuse to start a fight, but Li Shaoyi had no contact with the people in the Fengtai Barracks and just started a war when he said he would.
"Your Excellency, Mr. Yonemura, the manager of the Specie Bank, is here..."
The secretary didn't want to come in and get scolded, but the manager of the Bank of China reported a terrible thing. Usually, their vault only contained some ordinary valuable things. The really valuable and large quantities of gold bars were all in the Fengtai military camp outside the city. That was an extremely huge amount of money.
Now that the Fengtai military camp has become like this, the top executives of the Bank of China immediately wanted to inquire about what happened to the money after receiving the news.
"Stupid! These idiots."
Ito Hirohiro fainted directly. The Specie Bank was one of the three largest banks in Japan. Its main business in North China was all centered around Peking. If some of the surrounding branches had some valuables, they would not be willing to keep them with him. After all, the anti-Japanese sentiment in various places was very strong, so they were willing to transport the valuables to the head office in Peking.
Over time, the warehouse at the Beijing headquarters was no longer large enough, so they had to build a new vault. But where could a vault compare to the one at the Japanese military camp outside the city? So two years ago, they built a huge vault outside the city and stored a lot of valuables there.
Now, look what happened. Li Shaoyi launched an attack on the Fengtai barracks without any warning. If those things were still there, they should all belong to Li Shaoyi.
At this moment in the Fengtai military camp, Tang Guoping had ordered his men to check several times, and found a total of more than 900 bodies. As for where the other hundreds of people went, according to the intensity of the bombardment just now, these people might have been blown into several pieces.
Originally, Li Shaoyi had no plans to come here, but because of a call from Tang Guoping, Li Shaoyi almost stepped on the accelerator.
"How did you find out?"
Looking at the gold bars in the box in front of him, Li Shaoyi didn't know what to say. This was not a small box, and several people could not lift it.
"According to your instructions, we tried our best to avoid direct combat with these people. So when we were cleaning up the battlefield, I rarely let anyone get out of the car. I just threw grenades at unknown locations. Who knew that this bastard would run out from inside? This guy said he was a bank manager and that if we spared his life, he would give us a lot of wealth. I thought to myself, I have nothing to do anyway..."
Tang Guoping pulled out a man in a suit from behind him. Although the suit was tattered, it was obvious that he was not an officer or soldier here.
This guy is the supervisor of the treasury of the Specie Bank, and is specifically responsible for the security of the vault. In the Japanese military camp, his superiors have also taken care of it, so the security of the vault is not a problem. He usually just sits here idle, reading newspapers and drinking wine. Who knew that without any warning, someone would come from outside to kill him.
This guy was so scared that he locked himself in the vault. He thought it was just a small conflict, so he was ready to come out to see what was going on. But he happened to run into Tang Guoping's men cleaning up the battlefield. In order to save his life, he had to jump out first.
This guy saw it clearly. Tang Guoping's men didn't care at all. They estimated that there were living people there, so they just threw two grenades over. If he didn't quickly explain his role, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to open his mouth. He had never seen such an army in his life.
"How much money does your bank have here?"
Li Shaoyi happily watched his brothers working. Hundreds of people had been busy for a long time, and it was said that they were only carrying out some small goods.
"Over 40 million in various cash and banknotes, over 70 million in gold and silver, and some precious contracts, bills, antiques, and treasures, the value of which is inestimable."
The guy said tremblingly, he was so scared that he could hardly stand up straight. More than a thousand lively Japanese soldiers have now all turned into corpses. Can you imagine that this is true?