Thanks to the book friend, the bookmaker, for giving 100,000 gold coins with a generous gift.

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August 10, 26, the Republic of China.

At six o'clock in the morning, a loud wake-up call rang out on time in the garrison of the 19th Independence Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corporation. In less than five minutes, all the members of the regiment had completed the assembly.

However, the formation this morning seemed a bit sparse, because except for the 100th veterans, the rest of the regiments of the 19th Brigade were all locals from Shanghai. According to the orders of the command, they had already returned home overnight to settle down and could not return to the team until they sent their families on the train this morning.

Xu Shijiu walked to the queue and explained a few words, and the veterans began their daily training.

A moment later, Xu Shijiu walked out of the station with a scar, one-eyed dragon with one hand, but at this time, Xu Shijiu had already changed into a long gown and a wide-brimmed top hat on his head. He looked like a small businessman, but the bulging mirror box around his waist could easily reveal his true identity.

The scars behind him, one-eyed dragon, and the same outfit were all strong men with big arms and round waists. It was obvious that they were not easy to mess with. The pedestrians nearby were forced to flash towards the side of the road due to the momentum of the four people. A Ford sedan with a shiny shiny as a mirror came over and saw the four people crossing the middle of the road and quickly stepped on the brakes.

The gangsters in Shanghai are very rampant, and others obviously regard the four people as members of the Qing Gang.

Scar took off the top hat with his left hand, scratched the shiny bald head with his right hand, then turned his head to Xu Shijiu and said, "Captain, we only dress up like this, isn't it right?"

He shook his left sleeve tube with his hand and said, "Yes, at least pretend, please?"

One-eyed dragon stared fiercely at the Ford sedan behind him and said with a grim voice: "Why don't we go in the sedan?"

"No need." Xu Shijiu said calmly with his hands behind his back, "I'm not telling you that today we are going to spy on their military intelligence under the noses of Japan."

"Can this work?" Scars and the other two looked at each other.

The Japanese are not blind and deaf, nor are they fools. If you don’t wear makeup, it’s even difficult to enter the Japanese concession. How could they let them go in and reconnaissance openly?

"Let's go." Xu Shijiu left straight away.

Scars and the other two had no choice but to follow.

The four of them swayed east along Xinmin Road and soon arrived at the intersection of Baoshan Road, with the Japanese Concession ahead.

It is actually inaccurate to say that the Japanese concession is actually inaccurate. The exact statement should be that the public concession occupied Japanese areas. This matter has to start with the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance in the 21st year of the Republic of China.

The concession in Shanghai expanded several times and finally took shape in the 1930s, almost encompassing the entire urban area of ​​Shanghai. The National Government only controlled the two districts of Zhabei and Nanshi. The entire concession was roughly divided into the French Concession and the public concession. The French Concession was in the south and the public concession was in the north.

The public concession is divided into the central area, the west area, the north area and the east area. The north area and the east area are north of the Suzhou River. After the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance Against Japan, the National Government signed a war agreement between the Shanghai government and the Japanese government. The National Government has not allowed troops to be stationed in Shanghai since then. The North area and the East area of ​​the public concession were actually controlled by Japan. Baoshan Road is the dividing line between the Chinese and Japanese concessions.

There are Japanese sentries and roadblocks at the intersection of Xinmin Road and Baoshan Road. They are only opened. Two Japanese soldiers were standing guard with rifles on their backs and turned a blind eye to the endless stream of people in front of them. Xu Shijiu and four others were carrying box cannons and walked over blatantly, swaggeringly, and the two Japanese soldiers pretended not to see it.

When passing by the post, Xu Shijiu glanced straight at a Japanese soldier's face, and the Japanese soldier's face twitched twice, turning his face unnaturally to the other side.

Xu Shijiu did not want to let the Japanese soldier go, so he turned to him, first took out a cigar and held it in his mouth, and then made a gesture of borrowing fire to the Japanese soldier. The Japanese soldier didn't know what he thought, but actually took out a match from his pocket, slammed the fire, and then put his hands together to help Xu Shijiu light the cigar.

Xu Shijiu took a few sips, sprayed a stream of green smoke on the face of the Japanese soldiers, and then turned around and left.

The Japanese soldier behind him did not express anything unhappy. In fact, most of the Japanese soldiers at this time were simple young people. They would transform into inhumane beasts after they entered the inland China, especially after they captured Nanjing. Moreover, the Japanese army in Shanghai still had a painful memory of 128, and they did not actually despise the Chinese.

Xu Shijiu and his four men crossed Baoshan Road and continued to go east until Sichuan North Road before turning north.

Sichuan Road is a main road connecting the Central District and the North District of the Public Concession. You can walk north to the headquarters of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps in Shanghai.

Not far north, Xu Shijiu suddenly found a Japanese ronin buying cigarettes at a cigarette stand on the street.

There are many Japanese ronin in the public concession, which is not surprising, and it is not surprising that Japanese ronin buys cigarettes, but it is strange that Japanese ronin actually paid after buying cigarettes.

"What a strange thing? Is the little Japanese a change today?" The one-eyed dragon was also puzzled.

"Go up and take a look." Xu Shijiu made a gesture and took the three of them to face the Japanese ronin.

Kono Toshi walked over with wooden clogs and his eyes were aimlessly scanning the windows of shops on the street. The Kono family was once a samurai family in the Nagasaki family, but in the generation of Kono Toshi, his family completely declined. After retiring, he had to cross the sea to Shanghai and become a famous rider in the Jiangwan Race Hall.

With his excellent riding skills he had learned from childhood, Kono Shun quickly became famous in the race hall.

So on the street, Toshikono always walks across the aisle. However, last night, Mr. Okamoto invited dozens of representatives from Japanese and overseas Chinese in Shanghai to the consulate, asking them to strictly restrain their compatriots and try to minimize going out. Those who do go out on duty should also try to cause less trouble. In short, try not to stimulate the Chinese.

Seeing four Chinese people rushing towards him with their heads, Kono Toshiko was already angry on weekdays, but today, he took the initiative to avoid one side, and then muttered a few words in Japanese, and walked forward without looking back.

"Strange, is the little Japanese really a change?" The one-eyed dragon became more and more confused when he saw this.

Scar scratched his shiny bald head and said, "This little Japanese doesn't seem to want to mess with us."

"If you don't want to provoke us, then let's provoke him." Xu Shijiu showed fierce eyes and made another gesture. Scar and the one-eyed dragon chased the Japanese ronin from left to right.

Then, Scar fought to fight for the way and collided with the Japanese ronin.

"Baga!" Kono Toshi turned his head and saw that it was the Chinese who had just blocked him. He was furious and was about to pull out the Taidao on his waist.

"Dog Damn, who are you scolding?" Scar glared back without fear.

The one-eyed dragon also lifted up the robe and waved it in front of the robe, and twenty box cannons around his waist were exposed.

Kono Tsubaki suddenly saw the box cannon around the waist of the one-eyed dragon, and his pupils suddenly shrank. Looking at the scar, his single hand and Xu Shijiu who was slowly following him were all bulging around, and his face changed drastically. Then, in full view of everyone, he turned around and walked into a Japanese restaurant on the street, and retreated.

Scar and the one-eyed dragon looked at each other. This is why the Japanese are cowardly and soft in the Japanese concession?

Xu Shijiu vaguely guessed the reason. This matter must be related to the Hongqiao Airport incident that happened yesterday. Most of these Japanese ronin people received instructions from the Shanghai Consulate to try not to cause trouble in the past few days.

After thinking about this clearly, Xu Shijiu stopped staying and continued to walk north with the three of them.

When he reached the intersection of Sichuan North Road and Qiujiang Road, Xu Shijiu stopped again.

"Did you see the building with Japanese plaques hanging in the intersection in front?" Xu Shijiu turned around and said to Scars and the other two, "This is a fortification built by the Japanese army. The bottom wall is facing the side of the Qiujiang intersection. If the war begins, the Japanese army will lock the entire intersection with a few light and heavy machine guns on the top floor.

Scars and the other two looked at it carefully and they changed their faces at that time.

Xu Shijiu turned his gaze to the one-eyed dragon again and ordered: "Along, you used to be hang out in this area and are familiar with the people here. Go and find a slut to ask about the situation."

The one-eyed dragon agreed and turned around and came back after a while of a cup of tea.

"Captain, I've asked clearly." Xu Shijiu's ears attached to Xu Shijiu's ears, "This four-story building was built by Japan's Toyota Pig Dead House. It has a steel and concrete structure. The bottom wall was reinforced a few days ago. It is said that it can withstand direct close-range shooting of 37mm flat-fire cannons, but there are no Japanese troops stationed inside for the time being."

Xu Shijiu asked: "There is no regular army, where is the armed merchant group?"

Xu Shijiu knew that the Japanese armed forces stationed in Shanghai were very complex. In addition to the special Marines directly under the Japanese Navy and the two Marines that had just been withdrawn from Hankou, there were also Japanese merchant groups that differentiated from the Wanguo Merchant. Most of the members were retired soldiers of the Japanese Army, or they were ronin, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

One-eyed dragon said: "There is an armed merchant group of dozens of people, mainly equipped with gold hook rifles."

The Golden Hook Rifle is the predecessor of the 38th Large Cover. It is probably an equipment eliminated by the Japanese Army. This kind of rifle only has a dustproof cover less than the 38th Large Cover, but its shooting accuracy is extremely high, and it has smokeless flameless, with small recoil. The disadvantage is that it has a small diameter and weak lethality, but overall it is still an excellent rifle.

Fate Scar marked the notebook, and Xu Shijiu led the three of them to continue north.

After walking north for about two kilometers, I crossed more than a dozen intersections, and finally saw the building of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps Command in Shanghai from afar. It was a castle-style fully enclosed building. The whole building was rectangular, surrounded by a four-story office building, close to Sichuan North Road and opposite Duolun Road.

When I approached, I found that except for the front door of Duolun Road, there were Japanese soldiers who were closely checking the crowds and vehicles entering and leaving, there was no guard against them in and out of the rest. The Japanese army not only allowed Shanghai citizens to move around the building, but even did not prohibit citizens from approaching the gate, but were strictly prohibited from entering.

Xu Shijiu and the other four walked towards the gate of the building in a swagger.

However, this place is the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps after all. The gate is very cautious. Machine guns are even set up behind the temporary ring barricade. Xu Shijiu did not dare to do it again this time. He just stood in the middle of the road and glanced at the gate a few times, and found that there was a large playground in the middle of the square-shaped enclosed building, and many Japanese soldiers were lined up to train.

Xu Shijiu and Scar walked around the entire building twice, and finally stopped at the gate of the Japanese Naval Hospital diagonally opposite the Japanese Marine Corps Command.

Seeing Xu Shijiu remained silent for a long time, Scar couldn't help but ask him, "Captain, what are you thinking?"
Chapter completed!