Chapter 2041
Chapter 2041
Chapter 2041
Who is connecting the Spaniards with the Qing Dynasty? This is the question that the investigators want to find out most at present, and Liu Shang believes that the key to solving the problem may lie in the translator.According to Sun Bing's description, this translator should have mastered the three languages of Chinese, Spanish and Manchu, so before that, he must have frequently traveled to the Qing Dynasty and the Spanish colonies in the South China Sea, and had relatively close contact with the Manchus and Spaniards .
However, it may be difficult for ordinary Han Chinese sea merchants to expand their business scope to such a large scale, especially to enter into private trade with the Qing Dynasty and provide them with weapons and equipment. Such behavior is undoubtedly a taboo felony in Ming Dynasty. It is probably the end of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. Not many people would dare to take such a risk.
Therefore, Liu Shang believes that although the middleman is said to be Han, he may not be a Ming under the jurisdiction of Ming.Moreover, to be able to plan and implement such a complicated action plan, it must not be someone unknown, and there must be experienced masters behind the scenes.If Liu Shang were to preside over the investigation, he would first exclude maritime merchants based in Daming and who have close ties to the government, and then select a few of the remaining maritime merchants who are capable of establishing routes between the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea. The scope of investigation objects can be greatly narrowed.
Of course, this is just an idea. Liu Shang's duty is to handle propaganda work. As for investigating the movements of foreign enemies, that is the responsibility of the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau.Even if he has some ideas of his own on this case, he can't intervene in the investigation work of the intelligence department at will. same access.
After bidding farewell to Sun Bing and leaving the ward, Liu Shang was not in a hurry to return to his residence to sort out today's interview notes, but first went to an acquaintance in the hospital.
Liu Shang's acquaintance was named Lin Xingping, a surgeon in a field hospital, who once studied under Johnson in Sanya, and was regarded as an academic leader in the local medical field after being stationed in Liaodong.Lin Xingping, in addition to performing operations on injured soldiers, occasionally performed some special missions, such as acting as a temporary assistant in charge of autopsies.
Liu Shang heard from Sun Bing that the body of the translator had been transported back, so he guessed that it should be parked in a field hospital. After all, neither the Military Intelligence Bureau nor the Ministry of Security had a place dedicated to mortuary.Lin Xingping, as a temporary assistant at the field hospital, is likely to undertake the task of autopsy, and more relevant information may be obtained from him.
"Your news is very fast!" Lin Xingping was a little surprised after hearing Liu Shang's intention: "Could it be that you are now working part-time at the Military Intelligence Bureau?"
Liu Shang waved his hands and said, "What do the troops want me, who can't carry my shoulders or hands, I'm just curious. I just visited Company Commander Sun and heard that the body of the enemy translator who was killed by them was brought back. I wondered what happened to the corpse. Maybe there are other clues, so I came to ask you."
Lin Xingping said: "You have a leisurely heart... But this matter is supervised by the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it is related to military secrets, so I dare not talk nonsense."
Liu Shang nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have General Chen's warrant here, and I can get information related to this combat mission from all parties." After finishing speaking, he took out the warrant signed and stamped by Chen Yixin, and handed it to Lin Xing flat front.
After Lin Xingping looked at it, he nodded and said, "Since there is General Chen's warrant, it's easy to handle. Would you like to come with me to see the corpse?"
Although Liu Shang is a civil servant, he is also a person who has experienced a lot of ups and downs. He is not small at all, so he agreed to Lin Xingping's proposal.
If it were someone else, Lin Xingping might not be able to achieve his goal so smoothly.Liu Shang and Lin Xingping are the same group of people who were transferred from Sanya to the north. They are old acquaintances who know each other well. Now they meet for tea and dinner in their spare time. Their personal relationship is quite good, so Liu Shang Come straight to him for help.
If you think about it carefully, Chen Yixin's warrant was actually only for the interview mission, but he did not delegate power to Liu Shang to investigate the behind-the-scenes truth of this incident.However, Liu Shang also knew that Chen Yixin would not have spare time to monitor whether his execution violated the rules, so he boldly added drama in the actual operation.
The morgue of the field hospital is a separate brick room, at least a hundred meters away from the other buildings of the hospital, and generally no one would wander around in this place, so there were no special guarding measures.At this time, the sky was already a little dark, and Lin Xingping specially took a windproof oil lamp for lighting.
The two of them stepped on the snow on the ground and came to the mortuary. Although Liu Shang had already made enough mental preparations, the moment he stepped into the small room, he couldn't help shivering. , Hastily clasped his hands together and bowed.Although he wasn't afraid of death, he didn't want to get dirty with anything.
Lin Xingping was much calmer than him. After entering the room, he first lighted up the two oil lamps on the wall, so that with three lamps lighting, the visibility in the room was adequate.
"Close the door, it's windy!" Lin Xingping looked back and saw that Liu Shang was still standing at the door, so he ordered.
Liu Shang came back to his senses and closed the door, but he still felt that the room was very cold, and the temperature was even lower than that outside.
There are three hospital beds in the middle of the room, all of which are covered with white cloth. Under the lighting of the oil lamp, the outline of the human body under the white cloth can be seen.Lin Xingping pointed to the bed on the left and said, "That's the person you want to see, and the other two beds are our people."
Of course Liu Shang would not rashly lift the white cloth, he still had to wait for Lin Xingping to operate at this time.Lin Xingping was not in a hurry to step forward, he reached out and took out two cotton masks from his pocket, and handed one of them to Liu Shang for him to wear.
After the white cloth was lifted, Liu Shang saw a bluish-white male corpse, judging from his appearance and the bun on his head, he really looked like a Ming Han.Because of the needs of the autopsy, all the clothes on his body had been removed, and Liu Shang could clearly see at least five wounds on his torso, all of which looked like gunshot wounds.
Lin Xingping introduced: "The deceased was shot five times, two of which were fatal wounds to the chest. The cause of death was excessive blood loss caused by trauma. I guess this guy was shot by the Marine Corps at that time, so he died in a short period of time. Five shots in a row in a row."
Liu Shangying said: "Your speculation is consistent with what Company Commander Sun said earlier. At that time, the man was already planning to escape, and the Marine Corps used concentrated fire to knock him off his horse."
Lin Xingping was quite proud of Liu Shang's confirmation of his speculation, and then said: "This man is thin and small. Although he is wearing a leather jacket, his clothes are Han Chinese clothes. In my opinion, it is very similar to life. Han people south of the Yangtze River."
Liu Shangdao: "Most of the leather jackets on his body were bought after he came to Liaodong. The underwear can be handed over to the Military Intelligence Bureau for research. Comparing the fabrics with the fabrics produced in various coastal areas, we should be able to delineate the approximate area."
Lin Xingping praised: "Your approach makes sense, so I will add this suggestion to the report later."
Liu Shang smiled and said: "Using my idea can't be used in vain, you can figure it out yourself!"
Lin Xingping also smiled and said: "You are so good at calculation! Anyway, I just invite you to dinner. I heard that there are two new restaurants in Nanguanling, and they are all invited from Shandong. You can try the taste later. how."
The two chatted and laughed, and then returned their attention to the business in front of them.Lin Xingping continued: "I have seen all of this person's belongings. Except for his clothes, there is nothing worth noting. There is nothing that can reveal his personal identity. I think we still have to find out from the prisoners." Let’s start, they should be familiar with this translator, even if they don’t know his real identity, they can at least provide some more detailed information.”
Liu Shang asked: "Aren't all the captives captured wounded? Can they survive until the time to confess?"
"The problem of surviving is not a big problem... If the Military Intelligence Bureau moves fast enough, there will definitely be time for them to confess." Lin Xingping didn't have much confidence in this, anyway, all available medical treatment methods have been used. If the Military Intelligence Bureau still did not get valuable information, then the responsibility must not lie with the hospital.
There wasn't much information about the corpse for research, so I finished reading it in a short time, and Liu Shang had no interest in staying in this gloomy and cold morgue.Liu Shang originally hoped to find some clues, but the actual situation was not ideal. Apart from being basically sure that the deceased was a Han Chinese, there was no other definite information for the time being.
In fact, the investigation direction that Liu Shang thought of was already considered by the Military Intelligence Bureau. After all, this is a professional intelligence department, and of course it will not easily miss the information carried by any piece of evidence.However, the work of comparing clothing materials cannot be completed in Liaodong, where materials are relatively scarce, and relevant evidence can only be sent to the south first, and then try to collect comparison samples for verification.
As for the few captives brought back by the marines, they would not have the same time to recuperate as other wounded ones. After the wounds on their bodies were treated, they were all taken to the Military Intelligence Bureau and separated in a closed room. Fatigue-bombing interrogation.
When Liu Shang and Lin Xingping left the field hospital to go to Nanguanling for dinner, Wei Lin also left the closed interrogation room, but he just came out to take a breath to clear his head, and he had to fight again later.
The military intelligence bureau’s interrogation of the captives was not smooth. First of all, there was a problem of language communication. Although the military intelligence bureau had prepared translators for this purpose, the captured Qing soldiers did not seem to be from Jianzhou Jurchen. There are still some differences in the Manchu language commonly used in the army.This makes the communication between the two parties less smooth, and it is difficult for each other to fully understand what the other party wants to express.
The attitudes shown by these prisoners also obviously lacked the willingness to cooperate. Apart from saying their names, they basically did not reveal any useful information.As for the true size of the Musketeers and the identity of the intermediary that Haihan was most eager to confirm, these prisoners were even more unwilling to let go of their confession.
Wei Lin is not a merciful person, and prisoners who refuse to confess are worthless in his eyes, so he decisively ordered the prisoners to be executed one by one, and would not choose a softer treatment just because they were wounded. Way.Taking advantage of this time, he came out to get some air, and sorted out his thoughts by the way, before proceeding with the interrogation work.
At the same time, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Security in Sanya also held a joint meeting to communicate face-to-face on the current situation in various places and the progress of the investigation. Tao Donglai and Bai Kesi from the Executive Committee also attended the meeting.
At first, the gun-related incidents that occurred successively in Liaodong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Hainan Island seemed unrelated, but with the deepening of the investigation work, these gun cases separated by thousands of miles were slowed down due to various evidences. Slowly connected together.All the evidence collected so far shows that the Spaniards are one of the masterminds behind the scenes, but it is difficult for the Spaniards alone to contact forces in other countries outside the scope of their activities, and there are other evidences that prove that there is indeed a gang The Han Chinese maritime merchants are helping the Spaniards manage this matter.
But the strange thing is that although there is a lot of evidence to prove the existence of this group of people, their true identity has never been confirmed. It is obvious that this group of people has done a very thorough anti-reconnaissance work, and arranged in advance for the links that may reveal their identities.It seems that such an opponent has never been encountered in the past experience of Haihan's intelligence department.
"They know who their opponents are, and they know how to avoid our reconnaissance. They are a group of veterans. I have reason to suspect that they have dealt with us before, so they know our ways so well and made a decision. Targeted arrangements." He Xi clarified her opinion at the meeting: "However, the Skynet is well-established, and it is not leaked. The larger the scope of their activities, the more clues will be left behind. It is only time to reveal their true identities. Problem!"
"What Lao He said is true. I just received a telegram from Jinzhou, Liaodong. The Marine Corps wiped out a [-]-man Qing army musketeer team in a surprise attack behind enemy lines a day ago. It is very likely that they ambushed our army at the end of last year. The Qing army on the patrol." Yan Chujie reported the good news to everyone present: "The marines not only seized a batch of weapons, but also captured several prisoners. It was the Spaniards who provided the military aid."
"Have you caught the Spaniard?" Tao Donglai asked after hearing the words.
Yan Chujie shook his head regretfully and said: "The telegram said that the interpreter of the Spanish instructor was killed, but he was still escaped by the master. However, the batch of standard muskets seized has been proved to be produced in Spain. Tom Wang asked Launch another round of military operations against the Qing army's logistics supplies in Liaodong as our response to this matter."
(End of this chapter)
Who is connecting the Spaniards with the Qing Dynasty? This is the question that the investigators want to find out most at present, and Liu Shang believes that the key to solving the problem may lie in the translator.According to Sun Bing's description, this translator should have mastered the three languages of Chinese, Spanish and Manchu, so before that, he must have frequently traveled to the Qing Dynasty and the Spanish colonies in the South China Sea, and had relatively close contact with the Manchus and Spaniards .
However, it may be difficult for ordinary Han Chinese sea merchants to expand their business scope to such a large scale, especially to enter into private trade with the Qing Dynasty and provide them with weapons and equipment. Such behavior is undoubtedly a taboo felony in Ming Dynasty. It is probably the end of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. Not many people would dare to take such a risk.
Therefore, Liu Shang believes that although the middleman is said to be Han, he may not be a Ming under the jurisdiction of Ming.Moreover, to be able to plan and implement such a complicated action plan, it must not be someone unknown, and there must be experienced masters behind the scenes.If Liu Shang were to preside over the investigation, he would first exclude maritime merchants based in Daming and who have close ties to the government, and then select a few of the remaining maritime merchants who are capable of establishing routes between the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea. The scope of investigation objects can be greatly narrowed.
Of course, this is just an idea. Liu Shang's duty is to handle propaganda work. As for investigating the movements of foreign enemies, that is the responsibility of the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau.Even if he has some ideas of his own on this case, he can't intervene in the investigation work of the intelligence department at will. same access.
After bidding farewell to Sun Bing and leaving the ward, Liu Shang was not in a hurry to return to his residence to sort out today's interview notes, but first went to an acquaintance in the hospital.
Liu Shang's acquaintance was named Lin Xingping, a surgeon in a field hospital, who once studied under Johnson in Sanya, and was regarded as an academic leader in the local medical field after being stationed in Liaodong.Lin Xingping, in addition to performing operations on injured soldiers, occasionally performed some special missions, such as acting as a temporary assistant in charge of autopsies.
Liu Shang heard from Sun Bing that the body of the translator had been transported back, so he guessed that it should be parked in a field hospital. After all, neither the Military Intelligence Bureau nor the Ministry of Security had a place dedicated to mortuary.Lin Xingping, as a temporary assistant at the field hospital, is likely to undertake the task of autopsy, and more relevant information may be obtained from him.
"Your news is very fast!" Lin Xingping was a little surprised after hearing Liu Shang's intention: "Could it be that you are now working part-time at the Military Intelligence Bureau?"
Liu Shang waved his hands and said, "What do the troops want me, who can't carry my shoulders or hands, I'm just curious. I just visited Company Commander Sun and heard that the body of the enemy translator who was killed by them was brought back. I wondered what happened to the corpse. Maybe there are other clues, so I came to ask you."
Lin Xingping said: "You have a leisurely heart... But this matter is supervised by the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it is related to military secrets, so I dare not talk nonsense."
Liu Shang nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have General Chen's warrant here, and I can get information related to this combat mission from all parties." After finishing speaking, he took out the warrant signed and stamped by Chen Yixin, and handed it to Lin Xing flat front.
After Lin Xingping looked at it, he nodded and said, "Since there is General Chen's warrant, it's easy to handle. Would you like to come with me to see the corpse?"
Although Liu Shang is a civil servant, he is also a person who has experienced a lot of ups and downs. He is not small at all, so he agreed to Lin Xingping's proposal.
If it were someone else, Lin Xingping might not be able to achieve his goal so smoothly.Liu Shang and Lin Xingping are the same group of people who were transferred from Sanya to the north. They are old acquaintances who know each other well. Now they meet for tea and dinner in their spare time. Their personal relationship is quite good, so Liu Shang Come straight to him for help.
If you think about it carefully, Chen Yixin's warrant was actually only for the interview mission, but he did not delegate power to Liu Shang to investigate the behind-the-scenes truth of this incident.However, Liu Shang also knew that Chen Yixin would not have spare time to monitor whether his execution violated the rules, so he boldly added drama in the actual operation.
The morgue of the field hospital is a separate brick room, at least a hundred meters away from the other buildings of the hospital, and generally no one would wander around in this place, so there were no special guarding measures.At this time, the sky was already a little dark, and Lin Xingping specially took a windproof oil lamp for lighting.
The two of them stepped on the snow on the ground and came to the mortuary. Although Liu Shang had already made enough mental preparations, the moment he stepped into the small room, he couldn't help shivering. , Hastily clasped his hands together and bowed.Although he wasn't afraid of death, he didn't want to get dirty with anything.
Lin Xingping was much calmer than him. After entering the room, he first lighted up the two oil lamps on the wall, so that with three lamps lighting, the visibility in the room was adequate.
"Close the door, it's windy!" Lin Xingping looked back and saw that Liu Shang was still standing at the door, so he ordered.
Liu Shang came back to his senses and closed the door, but he still felt that the room was very cold, and the temperature was even lower than that outside.
There are three hospital beds in the middle of the room, all of which are covered with white cloth. Under the lighting of the oil lamp, the outline of the human body under the white cloth can be seen.Lin Xingping pointed to the bed on the left and said, "That's the person you want to see, and the other two beds are our people."
Of course Liu Shang would not rashly lift the white cloth, he still had to wait for Lin Xingping to operate at this time.Lin Xingping was not in a hurry to step forward, he reached out and took out two cotton masks from his pocket, and handed one of them to Liu Shang for him to wear.
After the white cloth was lifted, Liu Shang saw a bluish-white male corpse, judging from his appearance and the bun on his head, he really looked like a Ming Han.Because of the needs of the autopsy, all the clothes on his body had been removed, and Liu Shang could clearly see at least five wounds on his torso, all of which looked like gunshot wounds.
Lin Xingping introduced: "The deceased was shot five times, two of which were fatal wounds to the chest. The cause of death was excessive blood loss caused by trauma. I guess this guy was shot by the Marine Corps at that time, so he died in a short period of time. Five shots in a row in a row."
Liu Shangying said: "Your speculation is consistent with what Company Commander Sun said earlier. At that time, the man was already planning to escape, and the Marine Corps used concentrated fire to knock him off his horse."
Lin Xingping was quite proud of Liu Shang's confirmation of his speculation, and then said: "This man is thin and small. Although he is wearing a leather jacket, his clothes are Han Chinese clothes. In my opinion, it is very similar to life. Han people south of the Yangtze River."
Liu Shangdao: "Most of the leather jackets on his body were bought after he came to Liaodong. The underwear can be handed over to the Military Intelligence Bureau for research. Comparing the fabrics with the fabrics produced in various coastal areas, we should be able to delineate the approximate area."
Lin Xingping praised: "Your approach makes sense, so I will add this suggestion to the report later."
Liu Shang smiled and said: "Using my idea can't be used in vain, you can figure it out yourself!"
Lin Xingping also smiled and said: "You are so good at calculation! Anyway, I just invite you to dinner. I heard that there are two new restaurants in Nanguanling, and they are all invited from Shandong. You can try the taste later. how."
The two chatted and laughed, and then returned their attention to the business in front of them.Lin Xingping continued: "I have seen all of this person's belongings. Except for his clothes, there is nothing worth noting. There is nothing that can reveal his personal identity. I think we still have to find out from the prisoners." Let’s start, they should be familiar with this translator, even if they don’t know his real identity, they can at least provide some more detailed information.”
Liu Shang asked: "Aren't all the captives captured wounded? Can they survive until the time to confess?"
"The problem of surviving is not a big problem... If the Military Intelligence Bureau moves fast enough, there will definitely be time for them to confess." Lin Xingping didn't have much confidence in this, anyway, all available medical treatment methods have been used. If the Military Intelligence Bureau still did not get valuable information, then the responsibility must not lie with the hospital.
There wasn't much information about the corpse for research, so I finished reading it in a short time, and Liu Shang had no interest in staying in this gloomy and cold morgue.Liu Shang originally hoped to find some clues, but the actual situation was not ideal. Apart from being basically sure that the deceased was a Han Chinese, there was no other definite information for the time being.
In fact, the investigation direction that Liu Shang thought of was already considered by the Military Intelligence Bureau. After all, this is a professional intelligence department, and of course it will not easily miss the information carried by any piece of evidence.However, the work of comparing clothing materials cannot be completed in Liaodong, where materials are relatively scarce, and relevant evidence can only be sent to the south first, and then try to collect comparison samples for verification.
As for the few captives brought back by the marines, they would not have the same time to recuperate as other wounded ones. After the wounds on their bodies were treated, they were all taken to the Military Intelligence Bureau and separated in a closed room. Fatigue-bombing interrogation.
When Liu Shang and Lin Xingping left the field hospital to go to Nanguanling for dinner, Wei Lin also left the closed interrogation room, but he just came out to take a breath to clear his head, and he had to fight again later.
The military intelligence bureau’s interrogation of the captives was not smooth. First of all, there was a problem of language communication. Although the military intelligence bureau had prepared translators for this purpose, the captured Qing soldiers did not seem to be from Jianzhou Jurchen. There are still some differences in the Manchu language commonly used in the army.This makes the communication between the two parties less smooth, and it is difficult for each other to fully understand what the other party wants to express.
The attitudes shown by these prisoners also obviously lacked the willingness to cooperate. Apart from saying their names, they basically did not reveal any useful information.As for the true size of the Musketeers and the identity of the intermediary that Haihan was most eager to confirm, these prisoners were even more unwilling to let go of their confession.
Wei Lin is not a merciful person, and prisoners who refuse to confess are worthless in his eyes, so he decisively ordered the prisoners to be executed one by one, and would not choose a softer treatment just because they were wounded. Way.Taking advantage of this time, he came out to get some air, and sorted out his thoughts by the way, before proceeding with the interrogation work.
At the same time, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Security in Sanya also held a joint meeting to communicate face-to-face on the current situation in various places and the progress of the investigation. Tao Donglai and Bai Kesi from the Executive Committee also attended the meeting.
At first, the gun-related incidents that occurred successively in Liaodong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Hainan Island seemed unrelated, but with the deepening of the investigation work, these gun cases separated by thousands of miles were slowed down due to various evidences. Slowly connected together.All the evidence collected so far shows that the Spaniards are one of the masterminds behind the scenes, but it is difficult for the Spaniards alone to contact forces in other countries outside the scope of their activities, and there are other evidences that prove that there is indeed a gang The Han Chinese maritime merchants are helping the Spaniards manage this matter.
But the strange thing is that although there is a lot of evidence to prove the existence of this group of people, their true identity has never been confirmed. It is obvious that this group of people has done a very thorough anti-reconnaissance work, and arranged in advance for the links that may reveal their identities.It seems that such an opponent has never been encountered in the past experience of Haihan's intelligence department.
"They know who their opponents are, and they know how to avoid our reconnaissance. They are a group of veterans. I have reason to suspect that they have dealt with us before, so they know our ways so well and made a decision. Targeted arrangements." He Xi clarified her opinion at the meeting: "However, the Skynet is well-established, and it is not leaked. The larger the scope of their activities, the more clues will be left behind. It is only time to reveal their true identities. Problem!"
"What Lao He said is true. I just received a telegram from Jinzhou, Liaodong. The Marine Corps wiped out a [-]-man Qing army musketeer team in a surprise attack behind enemy lines a day ago. It is very likely that they ambushed our army at the end of last year. The Qing army on the patrol." Yan Chujie reported the good news to everyone present: "The marines not only seized a batch of weapons, but also captured several prisoners. It was the Spaniards who provided the military aid."
"Have you caught the Spaniard?" Tao Donglai asked after hearing the words.
Yan Chujie shook his head regretfully and said: "The telegram said that the interpreter of the Spanish instructor was killed, but he was still escaped by the master. However, the batch of standard muskets seized has been proved to be produced in Spain. Tom Wang asked Launch another round of military operations against the Qing army's logistics supplies in Liaodong as our response to this matter."
(End of this chapter)