Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 495 The Origin and Development of the Hedong Black Flag Team

Lin Ze reacted and realized that when he was showing off his prowess at the Datong Hotel and teaching those licensed thugs and those ronin a lesson, didn’t those thugs say that they were from the Hedong Black Flag Team?

Later I learned more about it and found out that the so-called Hedong Black Flag Team was just an integrated group of gangsters, similar to the recruited gangsters, and the one who recruited them was Hikotaro Tajima.

The Hedong Black Flag Team has a long history. Ever since the railway was opened in Tianjin, a group of hooligans started the business of hijacking trains.

They are different from the Railway Guerrillas. The Railway Guerrillas were fighting against the Japanese, but the Hedong Black Flag Team was purely for making money.

No matter what force the train belongs to, no matter what you are carrying, once it reaches their territory, you will definitely not be able to avoid being ripped off by them.

This organization lasted for nearly twenty years, on and off, during which time various forces had tried to wipe them out.

But those who have experience in cracking down on bandits and highway bullies know that as long as you don’t eradicate the soil in which they exist, as long as the economic structure cannot create more jobs stably, and as long as the means of cracking down on them cannot keep up with their development speed, they will grow back like leeks.

As a result, the Hedong Black Flag Team grew larger and larger, and finally its number reached one or two thousand people. They were scattered along the Tianjin-Menzhou railway, forming a large criminal gang that engaged in pickpocketing, robbery, smuggling, and selling stolen goods.

Back then, Miss Fangzi, when the famous Commander Jin in Tianjin was at the peak of his career, supported the "Yuan Troops", a gang of gangsters under the big gangster Yuan Wenhui. In order to seize territory, they had a considerable conflict with the Hedong Black Flag Team.

In the end, even Tu Feiyuan was alarmed, and after his personal mediation, both sides gave up.

Today, Miss Fangzi has become a marginal figure who only knows how to smoke opium, but the Hedong Black Flag Team is growing bigger and bigger.

Finally, they waited for an opportunity to be recruited, and the key to this opportunity was Hikotaro Tajima.

Naoto Matsuzaki introduced: "According to my investigation, after Tajima took office as the resident minister of the North China Liaison Department, he was troubled by the lack of paramilitary forces at his disposal, so he set his sights on the Hedong Black Flag Team. The leader of the Hedong Black Flag Team, Tong Haishan, also hoped to find a backer like Yuan Wenhui, so the two hit it off. Tajima Hikotaro provided money and guns, and temporarily incorporated Tong Haishan's Hedong Black Flag Team under the North China Liaison Department."

Lin Ze asked in confusion: "Since they have already been incorporated into the North China Liaison Department, why are the Security Forces recruiting them now?"

Kitahara Ransuke smiled disdainfully, "Mr. Lin, don't you understand such a simple truth? The North China Liaison Department is a secret service agency! How can a secret service agency have such a large paramilitary force? Our military police headquarters only has a few hundred military police, but the Hedong Black Flag Team has two thousand people! So Tajima Hikotaro has to find a nominal affiliation for the Hedong Black Flag Team, and the Security Army is the best choice!"

After being provoked repeatedly by Kitahara Ransuke, even though Lin Ze had a good temper, he couldn't help but look livid.

Matsuzaki looked at this scene and smiled in his heart.

He coughed and acted as a peacemaker, "Okay, you two, stop being confrontational all the time!"

He lit a cigarette himself and then gave one to Lin Ze and Kitahara Ransuke respectively.

"Liu Tonggang is a two-faced guy, flirting with Tian Dao. What does that mean?"

There is a reason why Naoto Matsuzaki is very dissatisfied with the Security Forces.

In the pre-Qiying era, the Security Army was simply a dog of the Secret Service and the Military Police Headquarters. On the one hand, the Security Army had just been established and had very few troops, including only a few self-defense groups. On the other hand, Qiying himself was supported by big spies such as Kita Seiichi and Matsuzaki Naoto.

But slowly, the Administrative Committee began to provide funds for the security forces, and the size of the security forces continued to expand. With more people and more guns, they had more thoughts and gradually began to become dishonest.

This is also the reason why Naoto Matsuzaki was very satisfied with Lin Ze's previous warnings against the Administrative Committee and the Security Army.

After Sugiyama Madoka replaced Terauchi Juichi, he changed his strategy towards the Security Army and deliberately separated the Security Army from the influence of the secret service.

On the one hand, the troops of the North China Front Army were transferred to part of Central China, so Sugiyama Madoka had to rely on the Security Army to carry out local clearing operations. Of course, he had to keep the Security Army in his own hands, rather than in the hands of the secret service agencies.

On the other hand, the security army at that time had become quite large, with several groups (a security army group generally had two regiments under its jurisdiction, which was a very strange organization), with a total number of 40,000 to 50,000 people, and this number was still growing. Later, the puppet army in North China had reached more than 100,000.

Lin Ze slammed the table and said, "Mr. Matsuzaki, since the security forces are not obedient, let's teach them a lesson. Isn't Tong Haishan coming to Beiping? Let's kill him! Kill the chicken to scare the monkey. I don't believe Liu Tonggang dares to do anything!"

Kitahara Ransuke sneered, "Then you can just wait to be reprimanded by General Sugiyama Madoka!"

Naoto Matsuzaki was very calm and shook his head.

"The most urgent task is not to kill anyone or to scare anyone. The Security Army is no longer under our control. This is almost an inevitable trend. After all, we all have to obey the orders of His Excellency the General. However, the Security Army cannot be influenced by Tajima Hikotaro, otherwise we will be very passive!"

Now Matsuzaki has only one strategy, and that is to prevent fire, theft and Tajima. I won't try to eat the Security Army's piece of cake, but you can't eat it either!

"So, I asked you two to come here to pay close attention to Tong Haishan's movements after he came to Beiping. Pay close attention to who he met and what he said. If they do anything out of line, collect the evidence. I will personally meet with the general and argue with him!"

At this point, Matsuzaki Naoto whispered: "It's not impossible to use some means when necessary."

Well, if he doesn't make mistakes, we can help him make mistakes!

For example, Tong Haishan could use his mouth to express some of Tajima Hikotaro's dissatisfaction with General Sugiyama Madoka...

Kitahara Ransuke and Hayashi Ze both expressed their opinions, saying that they would monitor Tong Haishan throughout the process in accordance with Major General Matsuzaki's request!

Matsuzaki laughed, very excited!

I want you two to fight each other, and then both of you perform well in front of me and win my approval!

Matsuzaki was very satisfied with his way of managing people. He believed that as long as he continued in this way, Kitahara, the tiger of the Military Police Headquarters, and Lin Ze, the wolf of the Coordination Bureau, could be used by him and he could be promoted to a higher position!

While Matsuzaki wasn't paying attention, Kitahara threw him another look.

What that means is: Bro, how is my acting?

Lin Ze blinked: Bro, what a big deal!