The former "busy" Hongkou District is no longer brightly lit.
The Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai has issued a safety notice to the overseas Chinese in Shanghai, reminding the Japanese overseas Chinese to pay attention to safety and try not to go out at night.
Cheng Qianfan did not call a rickshaw, dressed in a suit and tie, wearing a top hat, and holding a cigarette in his mouth, and strolled in the dim street.
Behind him, there was a sound of running quickly, and the sound of bumping rubber tires and the ground.
He silently estimated the distance between his followers and himself.
Walk past a street light.
He walked forward about twenty meters again.
Cheng Qianfan "snatched" and acted to spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, but it almost landed on the suit. He hurriedly took a slap with his hands.
It was at this moment that I could see clearly from the corner of my eyes:
As he had calculated just now, the rickshaw that was about twenty steps behind him happened to come under the street light, which allowed him to observe clearly—
The rickshaw trolley's arm was exerting force, which means there was someone in the rickshaw.
The rickshaw driver puts a towel on his shoulder.
He wore a straw hat on his head, and his face couldn't be seen clearly.
Everything seems normal.
Cheng Qianfan continued to move forward.
In front is a fork in the alley.
He reached out and touched his arms, pretending to be going to take out a cigarette box, but in fact he touched the Browning revolver in his arms:
There is a problem with the towel on the rickshaw driver's shoulder.
Towels are not new, they are old.
This is in line with the characteristics of the rickshaw driver.
However, the towels are clean.
The rickshaw driver who had been running for a day had already turned yellow and black on his towel, and had a salty smell.
...
Cheng Qianfan walked to the fork in the road, turned right and entered the asbestos lane.
He accelerated his pace at the same time and ran a few steps.
Then he retreated gently and hid in the dark.
The rickshaw driver behind him immediately accelerated to catch up.
Just as the rickshaw driver was pulling the car and turning, Cheng Qianfan, who was hiding in the dark, suddenly rose up and knocked the rickshaw driver unconscious with one punch.
Then he quickly pulled out the Browning wheel and pointed at the man in the seat, "Don't move, you'll be beaten to death."
The passenger on the rickshaw was startled, then raised his head, looked at Cheng Qianfan, and smiled bitterly, "Captain Cheng, it's me, Lao Qi from the tea shop."
"Boss Qi! How could it be you?" Cheng Qianfan put away his gun in surprise.
It turned out to be Qiwu.
Then he quickly went to check the rickshaw driver who was knocked unconscious by him. This person was obviously Sheng Shuyu.
He was a little surprised.
If someone else was knocked unconscious by him, there was no need to be surprised.
However, Sheng Shuyu was very skilled and could not withstand his punch?
Could this guy be a silver gun wax head?
Looking at the unconscious Sheng Shuyu, Cheng Qianfan looked ashamed and shouted softly, and his heart was filled with joy.
This guy owed him two thousand fiat money last time to run away, which made him so shameless that he could only reach out to the seat to ask for the "triangle debt":
Good, you, Uncle Sheng, have suffered retribution now.
...
"If I hadn't been lucky, how could I faint?" Sheng Shuyu said angrily.
It was also because he was not lucky. He realized that he was being attacked by someone at the first time and subconsciously avoided it. Although he was still punched in the head, he successfully removed most of the force.
Unfortunately, when he was dodging, he dodged and hit his forehead against the wall and fainted.
This alley is a line of sky with a narrow width.
"Yes, yes, yes, and because I was sneak attacking first, I didn't say anything in advance." Cheng Qianfan bowed and apologized.
Sheng Shuyu had a dark face and stopped talking. He had no shame to accuse Cheng Qianfan of attacking him.
‘Qiwu’ coughed.
"Director Qi." Cheng Qianfan immediately stood attentively and saluted, "Why did you suddenly come to Shanghai? You didn't take a telegram in advance, so you can answer it."
"It's not that I haven't been to Shanghai, I still want you to answer." Qi Wu said with a smile.
"The situation is tense now, safety is the first priority." Cheng Qianfan showed a worried look. "Shanghai Beach has been quite chaotic recently. You are very skilled and brave. You are not afraid, I am afraid."
"Okay, OK, I'll pay attention next time." Qi Wu saw Cheng Qianfan going to continue and waved his hand helplessly and pointed at Cheng Qianfan, "What a big deal, mother-in-law's mother."
Uncle Sheng, who was beside him, grinned and sneered silently.
...
"Director Qi, you came to Shanghai suddenly, but you have a task to give me." Cheng Qianfan asked.
"There is indeed a task." Qi Wu glanced at Sheng Shuyu, "Shuyu."
Sheng Shuyu went to the door and listened vigilantly, confirming that no one was close to him, and walked back and nodded.
"It is a task assigned by the audience personally, and it is absolutely confidential. I'm very required to come to Shanghai to see you in person." Qi Wu said with a serious expression.
"Please give me some advice," Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression.
Qi Wu then started to tell the story in a low voice.
Four days ago.
At the Nanjing Leader’s Residence, the Supreme Military Commission held a secret meeting.
Chairman Chang Kaishen, Wang Baihai, He Yingzhen and others attended.
In response to the current situation of the national war of resistance, the Supreme Military Commission proposed the strategy of "winning first".
It was at this meeting that the strategic goal of concentrating superior forces in early August to take the lead in encircling and annihilation of the Japanese Marine Corps and Navy ships in Shanghai and opening up the Songhu Front.
Qi Wu naturally avoided this top-secret strategic plan and introduced another top-secret plan formulated at this meeting of the Supreme Military Commission.
This plan is to immediately block the Yangtze River by the National Government Navy on the narrowest Jiangyin Fortress River.
The intention of this plan is that on the one hand, it can prevent the Japanese Navy from attacking Nanjing along the river, and on the other hand, it can trap 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 an opportunity to siege and annihilate Japanese ships and merchant ships on the river.
After the meeting, Chairman Chang Kaishen immediately signed a military order, demanding to strengthen the firepower on the shore of Jiangyin Fortress, destroy the navigation beacons on the Jiangyin River, and arrange shipwrecks to block the river road, densely arrange mines, and block the entire Jiangyin waterway.
"This plan is very good. I am worthy of being the principal. I directly pressed down the seven inches of the Japanese Navy." Cheng Qianfan nodded and exclaimed.
"The plan is good." Qi Wu's expression was gloomy. "It's a pity that the secret was leaked, and the Japanese ran away early."
"What?" Cheng Qianfan exclaimed. This is the most confidential military meeting of the Supreme Military Commission. Will it actually leak the secret?
However, the fact is so outrageous - there was indeed a leak of secrets at such a highest level of military conference.
Just late last night, Chang Kaishen received a battle report on the plan to block the Jiangyin Fortress:
The Chinese Navy had such a big battle, but in the end, only two small Japanese merchant ships were detained.
One is called the Changyang and the other is called the Dazhen.
This made Chairman Chang Kaishen very angry.
Subsequently, the intelligence feedback from the Secret Service was that on the second and third days after the meeting, the Japanese warships and merchant ships from major ports such as Chongqing, Wuhan, Yichang, and Jiujiang were all driving at full speed, and rushed to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River like crazy, and rushed out of the Jiangyin Fortress.
To be continued...