Chapter 974 Lin Ze starts investigating
Chapter 974 Lin Ze starts investigating
The largest and most beautiful house in Zhoulizhuang Town has been requisitioned. Of course, the gendarmerie headquarters did not make things difficult for them and gave them a certain amount of symbolic compensation.
This made the town's richest family, the Li family, very happy.
Mr. Lin used their house as a temporary office and even paid them!
What a great honor this is!
Since he couldn't curry favor with Lin Ze, he had to curry favor with Director Niu.
"Master Niu, do you think you need anything? Zhoulizhuang is a small place. If there's anything Master Lin isn't satisfied with, or if you need anything, just let me know. I'll go all the way to Tianjin or Peking to buy something to make sure Master Lin lives comfortably."
The flattery's ability is too low, roughly equal to 0.01 Wang Xiaoshou, or 0.001 Niu San.
To this kind of person, Niu Saner's politeness revealed a serious warning: "Master Li, do you know what happened?"
"I know, I know. I heard that the train derailed..."
Niu Saner patted him, "Do you know how serious this is? If I were you, I would take my family to live in the countryside for a few days. If I bump into Master Lin while wandering around here, it's not a big deal, but if I bump into other officers..."
Niu Saner is now in a high position, and his every move and gesture naturally has a certain aura, which is not something that a local rich man and petty traitor like Master Li can withstand.
At that moment, Master Li was sweating. "You are right, you are right! I will move to the countryside to live for a while. You can use this house as you like. I won't charge a penny!"
After that, he left in a hurry.
Niu Saner shook his head and sighed, people can't be compared!
The Li residence is not large, but it is quite elegant. The courtyard, garden, and winding corridors are all in Su style. It is said that the Li family wanted to be more sophisticated and specially hired skilled craftsmen from the south to build it.
Lin Ze sat in the flower hall, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery. Although such a big thing had happened, it was still within his control, so there was no need to worry.
The saying "stay calm when faced with a major event" also means that this major event is something that can be accomplished by human effort.
For example, when you take an important exam, without considering other factors, your success or failure depends entirely on your performance. At this time, you need to remain calm.
But if you encounter something that cannot be done, calmness is not the first priority, courage is.
"Master Lin, the on-site investigators have discovered something. Judging from the train's current state, the explosion in the third-to-last car must have occurred at the same time as, or before, the train's collision with the switch rail. People at the Transportation Corporation speculate that the driver might have noticed something unusual and slammed on the brakes, causing an accident in the car and the explosion."
"You said the explosion happened in the third-to-last car?"
"Yes, they analyzed the interior of the carriages. The reason the fourth-to-last carriage was the most severely damaged was because it was a VIP rest car with extensive wooden structures, while the third-to-last carriage was made entirely of iron. Although the explosion occurred here first, it doesn't appear to be as severe as the fourth-to-last carriage."
Then Niu Saner lowered his voice, "We found the remaining Japanese corpse tissue and some cloth fragments in the third-to-last carriage. Through simple splicing, we can roughly judge that there are several ordinary Japanese soldiers guarding the train in this carriage. These people are also responsible for loading and unloading luggage. However, there are some cloths that are obviously higher-quality and can only be worn by officers of the rank of colonel and above. The major general on the train is not in this carriage, so he is a colonel. He ran to the carriages at the back, and the explosion also occurred..."
Lin Ze nodded.
"How's the switch going? Tell them to move the switch back, understand? The train was derailed by an explosion, so don't make any more trouble."
"Yes! There is indeed a problem with the switch, and it is definitely a human error. As to whether it was intentional or an accident, we still need to interrogate the staff at the time. At that time, the point rail was completely separated from the basic track. Master Lin, I think it is..."
Niu Saner meant that this matter might be related to the six Military Control Commission members who inexplicably appeared in Tianjin last time.
There is a relationship for sure.
In this case, you can just make a bold guess. Among the fragmented evidence, the judgment based on keen intuition is often not much different from the final result.
Six Military Intelligence Bureau spies appeared inexplicably in Tianjin, but the Golden Buddha Group or Tianjin Station did not receive any news. In other words, their mission actually had little to do with Tianjin, or there was something they did not want the Tianjin Station and the Golden Buddha Group to know.
After arriving in Tianjin, they did not stay for long, but instead left the city and headed south.
A few days later, the train explosion and derailment incident occurred at Zhoulizhuang Station.
If there had been no reminder from Jinling, Lin Ze would have thought that they came for these Japanese officers. After all, killing so many Japanese officers at one time was a feat.
But after getting the portable safe and opening it, Lin Ze understood everything.
What Boss Dai wants are these letters!
As to whether he intended to secretly take it into his own hands or to destroy it, it was unknown.
But given his personality, even though he knows these things are hot potatoes, he probably wouldn't be willing to destroy them directly.
I don’t know whether Boss Dai got these letters in the original timeline, and what his death in a plane crash has to do with this matter.
Lin Ze was thinking when there was a sudden commotion outside.
Niu Saner went out to take a look, then quickly came back to report: "Okamura is here."
Lin Ze stood up and said calmly, "Let's go and greet them."
Okamura was very brave. He took a special train to Tianjin, and then drove south from Tianjin all the way to Zhoulizhuang, where he got off the train and took a bus to the town.
"Mr. Lin! How's the investigation going? Have you been able to clean up the scene? We can't delay transportation on the Jinpu Line."
Haha!
Whether it is delayed or not is none of my business!
The Jinpu Line can be said to be one of the lifelines for the Japanese to transport materials in China. It connects the more economically developed areas controlled by the Japanese. Apart from anything else, if they want to transport the coal they get from Yixian, Yanzhou and other places to the north and load it onto ships, they must take this route.
Why is it that the Railway Guerrillas, a small guerrilla force, can be recorded in history and even be specifically mentioned in military parades?
It was because of their threats and destruction to the Jinpu Line that they actually tied down the nerves of the surrounding Japanese invaders and played a very important role.
There is a larger Canal Detachment to the south, which is of higher rank than the Railway Guerrillas, but is not as famous as them.
Lin Ze said with embarrassment: "General, it's fine to clean up the scene, but a lot of evidence will undoubtedly be destroyed."
"I heard there was an explosion. What on earth was the explosion? How is the security check in Jinling?"
Lin Ze smiled after hearing this. This Okamura is always trying to pass the buck!
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