Chapter 669 Manila
The haibao commandos standing aside originally wanted to watch Gao Jiu's jokes, but this result shocked them. However, the Americans respected heroes, and they were not hesitant to show their enthusiasm. Everyone applauded Gao Jiu vigorously.
From then on, the members of the haibao commando added some respect to Gao Jiu and his special forces.
The members of the Taohuashan Special Forces saw the Americans being defeated by Jiu Ye’s men and smiled knowingly.
The reason why the haibao commando team members are hiding here is because there is a secret Marine Corps warehouse, which stocks up a large number of weapons, ammunition and various medical supplies.
I have to say that the Americans were still enthusiastic. They took out a large amount of canned food and other foods and entertained Gao Jiu and his special forces. After dinner, they also sent them chewing gum and gave Lin Yanni some chocolates.
Although the supply of supplies in the North Golden Triangle District is not inferior to that of the Americans, the special forces team members marched all the way and carried limited supplies. They expressed their gratitude to the Americans for their warm hospitality.
The American commando captain was named Taylor. He told Columbia and Gao Jiu in detail about the hostages they had.
After the last time the haibao commando failed to rescue hostages, the members of the haibao commando who participated in the rescue were wiped out, and the agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency who were responsible for providing intelligence were also arrested by the Japanese.
It is obvious that the Japanese learned about the information about the haibao commando's rescue of hostages in advance.
Taylor and others were ordered to organize the rescue of the hostages for the second time, but they could no longer find any clues about the hostages. Taylor and others were unable to do so, so they could only wait for their superiors to provide new information about the hostages.
Columbia is an officer in charge of intelligence in the Marine Corps, but he is only suitable for battlefield reconnaissance, and he is also unfamiliar with such intelligence work as behind enemy lines. Now the US troops in the Philippines have evacuated, and intelligence personnel have also been attacked by Japanese spy agencies. They have suffered heavy losses and are unable to provide effective intelligence. He is also helpless.
Columb said worriedly: "Mr. Gao, the situation is very bad. What should you do next?"
Taylor also turned his attention to Gao Jiu, trying to figure out how he should start.
Gao Jiu had already obtained the information he wanted from the situation introduced by Taylor, Columbia and others. He only needed to know which department of the hostages fell into the hands of the Japanese army? This led to a direction for investigation.
After the Japanese army occupied the Philippines, the military police headquarters was established. The hostages fell into the hands of the Special High School Division of the Military Police Headquarters.
Gao Jiu said: "Since the hostages are under the supervision of the Special High School Section of the Japanese Military Police Command, we should start with them. I have made arrangements for this matter and will start an investigation tomorrow."
Seeing Gao Jiu's confident look, although Columbia and Taylor didn't know what to do, they both felt hopeful about things.
This is how Gao Jiu is. No matter where he goes, he will bring hope to people and become the backbone of people.
In the afternoon of the same day, Gao Jiu sent a series of telegrams and received a reply soon.
The next morning, Gao Jiu and Lin Yanni, accompanied by Ning Wen and Ning Wu, went to Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Columbia, Taylor and others came to see Gao Jiu and others off. They knew that the Japanese army in Manila had a strict investigation, and they were all worried about Gao Jiu and others.
Columbia was a careful person. He noticed that the special forces members who also came to see off Gao Jiu and others were all relaxed, and it was obvious that they were full of confidence in Gao Jiu and others. He couldn't help but secretly amazement.
At the train station in Manila, two black cars with Japanese flags were parked there, and a short fat man with a small split and glasses were looking at the crowd. His name was Tada Jun, who was the credit department head of the Philippines branch of the Masaki Bank of Japan. He received a telegram from President Fujiwara, the Jinan Branch of Shandong Masaki Bank, to welcome Gao Jiu and others with the pseudonym Ito.
Gao Jiu and others settled in Manila. President Fujiwara had a great face. Tada Jun arranged food and accommodation for Gao Jiu and others on behalf of the Philippine Branch of Masaki Bank, and arranged vehicles for them, received passes, providing convenient conditions for their activities in Manila.
Of course, Gao Jiu is a good person. A big yellow croaker was sent over. Tada Jun smiled and claimed that he would help if Gao Jiu and others had any needs.
In order to facilitate the activities, Gao Jiu and others did not move into the dormitory where Zhengjin Bank was located, but asked Tada Jun to arrange a hotel in the city for them and refused the full-time drivers they sent. This way they could move freely easily.
Before joining the army, Lin Yanni studied at the Nanjing Women's Church School. Among her classmates, there were several children of overseas Chinese in the Philippines. These people were from wealthy families and had a certain influence in the Philippines.
Lin Yanni came to Manila this time to contact them and maybe she could get their help.
Accompanied by Gao Jiu, Lin Yanni first went to find one of her female classmates. The result was disappointing. After the war broke out, the whole family moved away, and it is said that she went to the United States.
Lin Yanni had no choice but to find another classmate of her.
That afternoon, Lin Yanni, accompanied by Gao Jiu, drove to Manila National No. 1 Middle School. One of her classmates, Chen Xiaoya, worked as a Japanese teacher at this school.
Gao Jiu and others came to the school gate. The school guards saw the Japanese flag in the car. They didn't dare to stop them. Without even asking, they opened the door and let them open in.
In a classroom, Chen Xiaoya was teaching English. The classroom door was opened impolitely, and then the school's teaching director walked in with a middle-aged man wearing a Japanese military uniform without a rank sign on the uniform. This person was the current Japanese principal of the middle school.
He saw that the blackboard was full of Japanese, nodded with satisfaction, praised Chen Xiaoya for a few words, and prepared to leave.
A student near the door was a little nervous and knocked a workbook placed by the table to the ground.
The exercise book naturally opened during the fall, and a piece of homework paper floated out from it, which was full of English.
The student was very nervous and hurriedly stepped forward and bent down to pick up the homework paper.
The Japanese principal's eyes were very sharp. When he saw the English on the homework paper, he reached out and snatched it. After he looked at it, he immediately understood.
It turned out that after the Japanese army occupied the Philippines, in order to promote colonial rule in the Philippines in the future, it required that the school education should not teach English, but instead to change to Japanese. This of course caused dissatisfaction and resistance among the Filipino people.
The Japanese army adopted a cruel policy of suppression, forcibly promoting Japanese teaching, and publicly executed several teachers who refused to teach Japanese.
Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan and the Philippines had a harmonious relationship. Chen Xiaoya had learned some Japanese and was forced to continue to serve as a Japanese teacher.
She was not convenient for her to resist publicly, so she wrote Japanese on the blackboard for no reason, making the illusion of teaching Japanese, and secretly continuing to teach English. Unexpectedly, she was caught by the Japanese principal this time.
The Japanese principal was very angry and pointed at Chen Xiaoya and shouted: "Bageyalu, how dare you teach English secretly? This is an obvious anti-Japanese behavior. I want to hand you over to the special high school class and deal with it as an anti-Japanese element."
The Japanese army's suppression of the anti-Japanese elements was extremely cruel. Once this crime was detained, it would be basically unforgivable. Especially if it fell into the hands of the Japanese Special High School, it would not only be executed, but also suffer a lot of crimes and implicate its family.
Although Chen Xiaoya was mentally prepared, she was still a little scared and her body trembled slightly in the face of this situation.
The students knew the seriousness of the matter, so they defended Chen Xiaoya one after another.
The school’s teaching director is also an overseas Chinese. He smiled and said nice things to Chen Xiaoya.
The Japanese principal refused to give in and asked Chen Xiaoya to go to the principal's office with him immediately.
The Japanese principal still gave Chen Xiaoya mercy because he did not send Chen Xiaoya directly to the school's cultural inspection class.
Cultural Inspection Class is an educational inspection institution of various schools stationed in Japan and is affiliated with the Special High School Class of the Japanese Military Police Command. Cultural Inspection Class is a branch of the Special High School Class, and they will send identified anti-Japanese elements directly to the Special High School Class.
The Japanese principal did not send Chen Xiaoya directly to the school's cultural examination class, and did not have any kindness. Instead, he coveted Chen Xiaoya's outstanding appearance and wanted to use this incident to threaten Chen Xiaoya to meet his unspeakable purpose.
In the past, because Chen Xiaoya's family had a certain influence in Manila, the Japanese principal was still afraid. This time he seized Chen Xiaoya's handle and was ready to take advantage of this opportunity to force Chen Xiaoya to submit.
The Japanese principal said, stretching out his fat hand to grab Chen Xiaoya's wrist.
Chen Xiaoya struggled to break free from his stingy hands and said angrily: "What are you going to do?"
When the students saw the Japanese principal humiliating their beloved teacher, they all scolded this guy.
The Japanese principal was so angry that he took out the turtle box from his waist and pointed it at Chen Xiaoya.
At this moment, an angry roar came from outside the door: "Stop."
Following the sound, Gao Jiu and others walked in.
Ning Wen stepped forward and grabbed the Japanese principal's wrist, put down his gun, and gave him a few big mouths. The guy's glasses flew out, and his nose and mouth were bleeding.
The Japanese principal was beaten to the point of being confused, and he said tremblingly: "Who are you?"
Ning Wen said fluently in Japanese: "This is Mr. Fujiwara, Lord Nakasa, the Southern Expeditionary Army Command. Ms. Chen Xiaoya is a friend of this lady. How dare you make things difficult for her! Don't you want to live?"
Although the Japanese principal was slapped and his mind was still clear, through Ning Wen's introduction, he heard two words clearly. The first one was the person from the Fujiwara family, and the second one was the other's military rank, Nakasa. The Japanese principal was just a member of a grassroots Japanese organization. His status and level were far inferior to others, and he had no qualifications to offend others at all.
He quickly stood attentively and apologized repeatedly.
Ning Wen scolded him a few more words and told him to get out of here.
If the Japanese principal encounters an amnesty, he leaves, walking and sweating coldly.
Just when Gao Jiu and others came in, Chen Xiaoya had already seen Lin Yanni standing behind Gao Jiu, and her eyes showed a look of surprise. However, when she heard Ning Wen introduce Lin Yanni as the wife of the Japanese man in front of her, she was full of vigilance again, so she did not say hello to Lin Yanni.
Lin Yanni said in Japanese: "Xiaoya, why? Don't you know me anymore?"
Chen Xiaoya asked in confusion: "Yanni, you are..."
Chen Xiaoya knew that Lin Yanni joined the Guojun after graduation, and she didn't understand why she got involved with the Japanese.
Lin Yanni saw her doubts and said, "Come with me, let's talk outside."
The two came outside the classroom, and Lin Yanni whispered to Chen Xiaoya: "Xiaoya, don't worry, they are all Chinese, and their identities are all impersonated. This is not a place to speak. Let's leave here first and go outside to talk."
Chen Xiaoya was very happy to hear this. She arranged for her classmates to take self-study classes. She followed Lin Yanni and others into the car and left the school.
In the room of the hotel where Gao Jiu and others lived, Chen Xiaoya said excitedly: "It turns out that you are the world-famous anti-Japanese hero, Mr. Gao Jiu."
Gao Jiu's reputation spread all over the world, and it is also well-known in the overseas Chinese circle. Chen Xiaoya didn't expect to see Gao Jiu here.
Gao Jiu smiled faintly and said kindly: "I often hear Yan Ni say that she has an old classmate, good sister, beautiful and wise, and patriotic. When I see you today, it is indeed worthy of your reputation."
Chen Xiaoya had not come back from the excitement of seeing Gao Jiu. When she heard Gao Jiu praise him, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Mr. Gao praised me. I am just an ordinary woman. Yan Ni was the school beauties of our school at that time. She was the admirable wonder woman who joined the army and fought with the Japanese invaders."
In order to let Lin Yanni know Chen Xiaoya’s recent situation, Gao Jiu simply exchanged a few greetings with her and left.
Chen Xiaoya didn't expect that Lin Yanni would become Gao Jiu's wife. She said curiously: "Yanni, how did you know Mr. Gao? How did you get along with him?"
Lin Yanni talked about the thrilling experience of how Gao Jiu rescued her back then, as well as the various things she had been with Gao Jiu later.
Chen Xiaoya was so envious of her heart.
Lin Yanni is very proud of her experience, especially her lover like Gao Jiu, but she cannot just talk about her own affairs, so she asked Chen Xiaoya about her experience over the years.
After Chen Xiaoya returned to Manila that year, she continued to study at the National University of Manila, Philippines. During her time at school, she had a boyfriend who was a classmate of two classes higher than her. The two of them fell in love very much, but unfortunately, after the war broke out, her boyfriend signed up for the anti-Japanese guerrillas and died bravely in the battle against Japan.
Speaking of the pain, Chen Xiaoya was heartbroken and burst into tears. Lin Yanni kept comforting her.
Chen Xiaoya originally worked in a Mifei joint venture, but because she knew Japanese, she was recruited to the school to work as a Japanese teacher.
Chapter completed!