Kusunoki Shitaka has been deploying Wei Mingyang for some time, even though he just came from North China.

But while he was still in North China, he had already directed the spies in Shanghai and the spies who had penetrated into the national army to investigate the leader who suddenly became famous.

However, the results of the investigation were very disappointing: all they knew about Wei Mingyang came from newspapers.

There is no more detailed information than what is reported in the newspaper, and even this person's photo was cut out from the newspaper.

Kusunoki Shitaka was furious about this, but his subordinates reported very aggrievedly: "Previous investigations and collections of intelligence on national army officers were all conducted by officers above the regiment level.

No information was collected on officers below the regimental level at all.

Wei Mingyang's rocket-like promotion prevented them from finding any useful information at all."

At his wits' end, Kusunoki Shitaka immediately thought of Zhang Xiaolin, a local gangster in Shanghai, and handed over the investigation of Wei Mingyang to him.

Zhang Xiaolin has already regretted it these days: as one of the three gangster tycoons in Shanghai, he is certainly well-informed.

In the past few days, the national army suddenly rose up and defeated the Japanese in succession.

A total of nearly 40,000 Japanese were annihilated, and two full divisions of Japanese infantry were killed.

It also sank the Japanese Third Fleet and destroyed nearly a hundred Japanese aircraft.

From this news, it seems that it will be difficult for the Japanese to occupy Shanghai.

But it only burned its soldiers a few days ago and handed over the surrender certificate to the Japanese.

Although his two sworn brothers didn't care about such a trivial matter, Nanjing didn't care about it either.

However, after inquiring, it was discovered that these wounded soldiers were members of the National Army's Special Operations Mixed Regiment, which is now very popular.

I heard that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing chanted the name Wei Mingyang a few times every day.

Jane is in the heart of the emperor!

If such people want to find fault with themselves, they will be passive when the time comes.

So Zhang Xiaolin is already considering an escape route from Shanghai to Japan?

That is impossible. If a person leaves his hometown and goes to Japan as a gangster, he will no longer be of any use to the Japanese.

The rabbits are gone and the hunting dogs are cooked!

When it is of no use, the Japanese will never look upon it favorably.

When Zhang Xiaolin was thinking about how to deal with Wei Mingyang, Kusunoki Masataka actually had the same request.

This made it feel that if Wei Mingyang could be assassinated, it would not only relieve its own worries, but also complete the task assigned by the Japanese.

In turn, it can affect the entire trend of the Shanghai Battle. Wouldn't it be better to drag the battle back to its previous state and let the Japanese win?

Now that it thought so, it immediately started planning.

Zhang Xiaolin is definitely smart enough to stand out among hundreds of thousands of gangsters.

An idea came to him: It is now common practice in Shanghai to comfort the troops. Find a group under your control to go to the front lines to comfort the troops.

The killer is lurking inside, and as long as enough supplies are sent over, Wei Mingyang, the leader of the group, will be able to appear in person.

When the time comes, the killer will take action and kill with one strike!

The plan was very good, but Zhang Xiaolin also knew in his heart the circumstances under which Wei Mingyang was assassinated.

The killer definitely can't escape, so a desperado must be arranged.

And he can't be his own thug. It would be bad if someone tracks him down later and implicates himself.

It's hard to find three-legged toads on the beach in Shanghai. There are not even ten thousand, but thousands of desperadoes who want money at the risk of their lives.

Once this kind of plan is drawn up, it can be carried out immediately if you want to do it.

Of course, it's better to leave it to Ah Si to find someone for such a matter.

Wei Mingyang didn't know that someone had made a plan to assassinate him.

At this time, he was listening to the news from the reconnaissance plane: the Japanese artillery positions could not be found.

Ten infantry divisions of the National Army have begun to advance forward, preparing to attack the Japanese defense line.

The two infantry brigades of the Japanese Sixth Brigade have arrived at the Zhitang front line, where the defense lines of Wei Mingyang and the Eighty-seventh Division meet.

Captain Kimura Yuta of the Third Infantry Battalion did not attack immediately.

Calls for artillery support were to no avail. The Serikawa Hide Artillery Regiment was unable to find the target and was unable to fire.

In this case, it's time for Kudo Ren's tank squadron to attack.

The Japs like Kudo Ren's chariot squadron have been slowly following behind the infantry brigade.

They had long been eager to go to the battlefield, and now they finally got the order to attack.

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren made a special stop and summoned the crews of the twelve tanks, a total of thirty-six people, to conduct a brief mobilization:

"Gentlemen! The national army's troops are just ahead! Today we have no naval artillery preparations;

There was no infantry artillery preparation.

We have our own artillery. Please follow my orders and bombard us with artillery fire first, and then attack!"

"Hai!" the commanders of the remaining eleven tanks responded loudly.

The Japanese tanks had not yet installed wireless communication devices at this time, and they could only communicate by shouting.

There was no communication with each other. We could only watch the person on top of the commander's tank lean out and give simple instructions with hand gestures.

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren told the battle plan in advance, and then loudly ordered: "Attack!"

"Rumble! Rumble!" The roar of the engine suddenly became louder.

Twelve tanks increased their accelerator and rushed along the road towards the national defense line in front.

At this time, Wei Mingyang was commanding the 16th Artillery Regiment, cooperating with the 36th Division's attack with the help of aerial reconnaissance planes.

Twelve large-caliber howitzers of the 16th Artillery Regiment were bombarding the Japanese defense line in front of the 36th Division.

At this time, Wei Mingyang received a report: "Japanese tanks appeared on the frontal battlefield of the special operations mixed regiment!"

This is what Yao Ziqing specially called to report.

If he just blew up these tanks, he wouldn't need to report it.

Today's special operations mixed regiment not only has the Type 92 infantry cannon, but also twelve 37mm tank defense cannons that were captured just the day before yesterday.

It is specially used to fight Japanese tanks. For Yao Ziqing: it is very easy to destroy Japanese tanks, but it is too difficult to capture them.

The purpose of informing Wei Mingyang was of course very obvious: to capture the Japanese tanks.

Their regiment now has sixteen tanks. Yao Ziqing would not have too many tanks if he had twelve more tanks!

Wei Mingyang also had the same idea: no amount of tanks is too many.

He got on his motorcycle and rushed toward the infantry defense line at lightning speed.

Before Wei Mingyang could reach the defense line, he could already see the smoke and artillery fire above the defense line.

The Kudo Ren tank squadron strictly followed its combat plan: 1,500 positions away from the national defense line, with twelve tanks lined up.

They are bombing the defense line with tank guns!

In the words of Squadron Leader Ren Kudo: There is no artillery! They are artillery themselves!

Commander Akanishi Taichi ordered the tank roofs to be opened. They were very safe now and there was no need to be so careful.

When the tank fires, gunpowder smoke fills the inside and is difficult to dissipate.

After opening the top cover, the smoke can be quickly discharged, making the three Japanese soldiers inside the tank feel much better.

Takashima Sansei was the gunner. After firing the third shell, he asked: "Akanishi-kun! How many shots should we fire?"

Commander Akanishi Taichi didn't know what was going on, so he looked outside and saw that the entire squadron was firing.

He immediately said: "Your Excellency the squadron leader's tank is also firing, continue!"

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren didn't know how many rounds should be fired. Anyway, there were thirty shells stored in these tanks.

You don’t need to shoot them all, you have to shoot at least ten or eight shells before you start charging!

The Japs of the Third Infantry Battalion, upon seeing the arrival of the tank squadron, immediately shelled the national army positions in front.

Everyone cheered!

Staff Sergeant Masaichi Tanaka said with a smile: "Hamasaki-kun! The tank squadron is so awesome!

Can we become charioteers?"

Hamasaki Ayuji glanced at it with disdain: "The son of the lowest fisherman also wants to be a chariot driver?

Are you literate?"

Tanaka Zheng smiled coquettishly: "Does this still require literacy?"

"How can you learn how to read if you can't read?" Staff Sergeant Ayumi Hamasaki said confidently, knowing how to read.

"Then you can go?" Tanaka Shoichi said sincerely.
To be continued...