bullyxtreme Chapter 924 People are panicked
Chapter 924 People are panicked
At that moment, Zhang Yunhe, who was hiding on a telephone pole near the Yangjiaxing Military Police Headquarters, used pliers to cut the telephone line connecting the military police headquarters to the outside world, and also cut the power line.
In the military police captain's office, Ito Kakufumi, dressed in a private's uniform, walked to the door and reported, "Captain, something's happened!"
Upon hearing this, Captain An Yan Saburo looked up and frowned, asking, "What happened?"
“Since 1 p.m., the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th patrol teams have not returned yet, and the 7th and 8th military police teams have been out on patrol for more than half an hour. Something must have happened to all of our patrol teams outside, otherwise how could they have not returned after so long?”
"What?!" Captain Yasuhiko Saburo exclaimed in shock. "Such a serious incident, why are you only reporting it now?"
“Captain, I only found out from the people in the dispatch room just now. They didn’t take it seriously, thinking it was just because of the hot weather, but I think this is definitely not normal!” Ito Kakufumi said.
Yasuhiko Saburo picked up the phone and dialed a number, but to his surprise, the call wouldn't go through.
"Baka! What's going on? I can't make a call!" Yasuhiko Saburo exclaimed angrily.
"What?! The phone can't make a call? There must be a problem with the phone line. This is not a good sign, Captain. I suspect someone is deliberately targeting our military police!" Saburo Ito said.
Yasuhiko Saburo immediately picked up the phone again and dialed the internal line to have the maintenance team check the telephone lines and equipment.
"Go and relay my order: notify the other combat personnel to assemble in the courtyard immediately!"
"Hai!" Ito Kakubun agreed and immediately went out.
Concerned about the safety of the six patrol teams that had been dispatched, Yasuhiko Saburo immediately summoned a soldier and instructed him, "Our telephone lines here are malfunctioning; we can't make calls. Go out and find a public phone booth to call the two patrol rest points and inquire whether patrol teams 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are there! If they are, why haven't they returned to their base yet?"
"Hai!" the soldier replied, then turned and quickly left.
Ten minutes later, the maintenance team soldiers who had been sent to check the telephone lines had not yet returned, but the soldier who made the call had returned first.
"Captain, I called both patrol rest points, but no one answered."
"What? Nobody answered?" Yasuhiko Saburo asked, his brows furrowed.
"Yes, Captain, no one is answering. I called both patrol rest points three times in a row, but no one answered the phone!"
"Something must have gone wrong. Here's what we'll do: you take one person and ride a three-wheeled motorcycle along the patrol route to the patrol rest point. If you see any patrol team along the way, whichever one it is, have them turn back immediately and go to the patrol rest point to check the situation and find out why no one is answering the phone!" An Yansaburo ordered.
"Hayi!"
At that moment, a Japanese soldier who was inspecting the power lines on a utility pole near the military police station suddenly fell from the sky and crashed to the ground.
His companion, who was standing next to the telephone pole, was startled. He quickly realized that it was his friend who had fallen and immediately rushed forward, anxiously shouting, "Yoshikawa, Yoshikawa-kun..."
He only managed to utter two cries before he felt a wave of darkness engulf his consciousness, causing it to instantly sink into an endless abyss.
It was not yet 6 o'clock, the time when people were going home from get off work. There were noticeably more pedestrians and vehicles on the street. When these pedestrians saw a Japanese soldier fall from a telephone pole, some of them couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. When they saw another Japanese soldier suddenly fall to the ground and not move, they were all terrified and screamed as they scattered and fled.
In just a short while, the street was deserted, and the drivers quickly drove away, fearing they might get into trouble.
Two Japanese soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the military police headquarters noticed pedestrians fleeing the street and immediately realized something was wrong. They rushed out and stopped a middle-aged man, shouting, "Why are you all running? What happened? Tell us, or you'll die!"
"I'll talk, I'll talk! It's because people died over there, two people died!" The middle-aged man was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly raised his arm and pointed in the direction of the incident.
The two Japanese sentries pushed the middle-aged man aside and immediately ran in the direction of the incident.
Without a doubt, the two Japanese sentries were attacked one after the other as soon as they arrived at the scene of the incident, and they fell to the ground without even seeing the attackers.
The wide street was deserted, and the usually hot evening felt unusually cold.
Before the military police captain, Saburo Yasuhiko, could give the order to assemble, the Japanese soldiers in the garrison heard a commotion outside. When some of them came out to look, they found that pedestrians on the street were running frantically in one direction.
"What happened?" a Japanese soldier who came out craned his neck to look out onto the street and couldn't help but ask.
A Japanese soldier nearby said, "I don't know, shall we go out and take a look?"
"Let's go and have a look!"
Several Japanese soldiers were about to go out together to investigate when they were spotted by Itō Kakufumi, who had come out to deliver orders. He immediately shouted, "No going out! The captain has ordered all combat personnel, except those on guard duty, to assemble immediately! Assemble now!"
Hearing the shouts, several Japanese soldiers who were about to go out stopped in their tracks, and the other Japanese soldiers ran out of the barracks with their guns to assemble.
When the team was assembled, Itō Kakubun discovered that only 23 people remained, including himself and the team leader, Yasuhiko Saburo.
At this moment, Saburo Yasuhiko came out of the office, and Kakufumi Ito immediately stepped forward to report the situation.
"Captain, something must have happened outside. The two maintenance soldiers who were sent to check the telephone lines haven't returned yet, the sentry at the gate is also missing, and the six patrol teams that were sent out haven't returned yet. I'm sure there are enemies nearby!"
Upon hearing Ito Kakufumi's words, Captain Yasuhiko Saburo asked nervously, "This is our territory. Where did this enemy come from? Who has the audacity and ability to attack a patrol team on the street?"
Ito Kakufumi said, "I don't know who it is, but the fact is that none of the people we sent out have come back. Now, anyone who goes out will be attacked and assassinated. I guess their goal is to lure us out one by one and kill us all, and then rescue the 72 dock gang members who are being held here!"
Cold sweat began to bead on Yasuhiko Saburo's forehead. "So, we're just going to wait here to die?"
"Captain, you can't say that. Now that we know the enemy's ultimate goal, things are much easier. As long as we don't split up and stay here, keeping a close eye on those 72 dock gang members, they won't be able to do anything to us. After a while, the military police headquarters will definitely send someone to check if they can't contact us!"