The once ‘bustling’ Hongkou District is no longer brightly lit.
The Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai has issued a safety notice to overseas Chinese in Shanghai, reminding Japanese overseas residents to pay attention to safety and try not to go out at night.
Cheng Qianfan did not call a rickshaw. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, wearing a top hat, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and walked leisurely in the dark streets.
There was the sound of fast running behind me, and the sound of rubber tires bumping against the ground.
He silently estimated the distance between the person following him and himself.
Walk past a streetlight.
We walked forward for about twenty meters.
Cheng Qianfan took a sip and tried to spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, but it almost landed on his suit, so he hurriedly slapped it away with his hand.
It was at this moment that I saw clearly from the corner of my eye:
As he had just calculated, the rickshaw that was about twenty steps behind him happened to come under the streetlight, which allowed him to observe clearly——
The rickshaw driver's arm pulling the rickshaw is exerting force, indicating that there is someone inside the rickshaw.
The rickshaw driver had a towel draped over his shoulders.
He had a straw hat on his head and couldn't see his face clearly.
Everything seems normal.
Cheng Qianfan continued to walk forward.
Ahead is a fork in the alley.
He reached into his arms, pretending to reach for the cigarette box, but in fact he reached for the Browning revolver in his arms:
There was something wrong with the towel draped over the rickshaw driver's shoulders.
The towels are not new towels, they are old ones.
This is consistent with the characteristics of a rickshaw driver.
However, the towels are clean.
The rickshaw driver's towel had turned yellow and black after a long day's driving, and it smelled of salt.
…
Cheng Qianfan reached the fork in the road, turned right and entered Shimian Lane.
He also quickened his pace and ran a few steps.
Then he quietly retreated and hid in the dark.
Hearing this, the rickshaw driver behind him also immediately sped up to catch up.
Just as the rickshaw driver pulled the car around and turned around, Cheng Qianfan, who was hiding in the dark, jumped up and punched the rickshaw driver unconscious to the ground.
Then he quickly pulled out the Browning Wheel and pointed at the man on the seat, "Don't move, I'll beat you to death if you do."
The passengers on the rickshaw were startled, then raised their heads, looked at Cheng Qianfan, and smiled bitterly, "Inspector Cheng, it's me, Lao Qi from the tea shop."
"Boss Qi! How could it be you?" Cheng Qianfan put away his gun in great surprise.
It turned out to be Qi Wu.
Then he quickly went to check on the rickshaw driver who was knocked unconscious by his punch. This person turned out to be Sheng Shuyu.
He was a little surprised.
If someone else is knocked unconscious by his punch, there is no need to be surprised.
However, Sheng Shuyu was so skilled that he couldn't resist his own punch?
Could this guy be Silver Gun Wax Head?
Looking at the unconscious Sheng Shuyu, Cheng Qianfan looked ashamed, shouted softly, and felt happy inside.
This guy owed him two thousand francs last time and ran away, so he could only shamelessly reach out to Virgo to ask for this 'triangular debt':
You Sheng Shuyu, you must have received your retribution now.
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"If I hadn't been unlucky, how could I have fainted?" Sheng Shuyu said angrily.
It was also his bad luck. He realized immediately that he was being attacked by someone and subconsciously avoided it. Although he still received a punch on the head, he successfully relieved most of the force.
Unfortunately, when he was dodging, he dodged and hit his head on the wall, knocking him unconscious.
This alley is a thin line of sky and narrow in width.
"Yes, yes, it's because I attacked first without saying anything in advance." Cheng Qianfan apologized with his hand.
Sheng Shuyu had a dark face and stopped talking. He had no shame in accusing Cheng Qianfan of sneak attack.
'Qi Wu' coughed.
"Director Qi." Cheng Qianfan immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Why did you come to Shanghai suddenly? You didn't send a telegram in advance so that my subordinates could respond."
"It's not like I've never been to Shanghai before, so I still need you to support me." Qi Wu said with a smile.
"The situation is tense now, and safety comes first." Cheng Qianfan looked worried, "Shanghai Beach has been really chaotic recently. You are a talented person and you are bold. You are not afraid, but I am."
"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time." Qi Wu saw that Cheng Qianfan was going to continue, and waved his hand helplessly, pointing at Cheng Qianfan, "What a big deal, it's my mother-in-law's fault."
Sheng Shuyu on the side grinned and sneered silently.
…
"Director Qi, you came to Shanghai suddenly, but you have a task for me." Cheng Qianfan asked.
"There is indeed a mission." Qi Wu glanced at Sheng Shuyu and said, "Shuyu."
Sheng Shuyu went to the door and listened carefully to make sure no one was nearby, then walked back and nodded.
"This is a mission personally assigned by Virgo. It is an absolutely confidential matter. I have been specially ordered to come to Shanghai to see you personally." Qi Wu said with a serious expression.
"Please give me your instructions, director." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression.
Qi Wu began to speak in a low voice.
four days ago.
At the leader's residence in Nanjing, the Supreme Military Council held a secret meeting.
Chairman Chang Kaishen, Wang Chuanhai, He Yingzhen and others were all present.
In view of the current situation of the national war of resistance, the Supreme Military Commission proposed a strategy of "winning the opportunity".
It was at this meeting that the strategic goal of concentrating superior forces to take the lead in encircling and annihilating the Japanese Marine Corps and Navy ships in Shanghai in early August and opening up the Songhu Front was determined.
Qiwu naturally avoided this top-secret strategic plan and introduced another top-secret plan formulated at this meeting of the Supreme Military Council.
The plan is for the national navy to immediately blockade the Yangtze River on the narrowest river, Jiangyin Fortress.
The purpose of this plan was to prevent the Japanese navy from attacking Nanjing along the river, and to trap the Japanese ships in the Yangtze River, leaving the Japanese ships in Shanghai isolated and helpless.
At the same time, the Chinese navy can wait for opportunities to encircle and annihilate Japanese warships and merchant ships on the river.
After the meeting, Chairman Chang Kaishen immediately signed a military order, calling for strengthening the firepower on the Jiangyin Fortress, destroying navigation marks on the Jiangyin River, arranging sunken ships to block the river, and densely laying mines to block the entire Jiangyin waterway.
"This plan is very good. As expected of the principal, it can directly hold down the Japanese navy." Cheng Qianfan nodded in praise.
"The plan is good." Qi Wu said with a gloomy expression, "It's a pity that the secret was leaked and the Japanese escaped early."
"What?" Cheng Qianfan exclaimed, this is the most confidential military meeting of the Supreme Military Council, how could it be leaked?
However, the facts are so outrageous - a leak of secrets did occur in such a highest-level military meeting.
Just late last night, Chang Kaishen received a battle report on the plan to blockade Jiangyin Fortress:
The Chinese navy deployed such a large force, but in the end only two small Japanese merchant ships were detained.
One is named Changyang and the other is named Dazhen.
This made Chairman Chang Kaishen very angry.
Subsequently, intelligence feedback from the Secret Service showed that on the second day, the third day, and two consecutive days after the meeting, Japanese warships and merchant ships in major ports such as Chongqing, Wuhan, Yichang, and Jiujiang were all operating at full capacity, as if they were crazy.
He quickly drove to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and rushed out of the Jiangyin Fortress.
In the Japanese shipping offices in Wuhan, Nanjing and other places, the staff had already fled. When the Secret Service agents broke in, they even saw the fans in the rooms that had been evacuated in a hurry without having time to turn them off. They kept turning like this for two or three times.
sky……
"In other words, the Supreme Military Council held a meeting on the 5th, and Japan received the intelligence on the 6th?" Cheng Qianfan frowned in thought and asked.
