"Huad Road" is taken from Wall, the leader of the "Foreign Gun Team".
Wall was from Massachusetts, USA. During the Qing Dynasty, he was hired as the first captain of the ever-winning army of foreign mercenaries.
He was the first soldier of the Qingshui Division's gunboat "Kongfuzi".
He made contributions to Qingpu, Shanghai, and married the then president of the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the wealthy businessman Yang family as his wife.
Wald is another transliteration of Wall. There is also a saying that Shanghai people think Wall is a notorious executioner and do not like to use the name Wall. Over time, everyone calls it "Ward Road".
The "Mingyuan Dog Running Field" on Huade Road is the earliest dog running field in Shanghai and one of the three major dog running fields in Shanghai.
The dog-running field is a sign of "entertainment" and is essentially a disguised "casino".
Newspapers in Shanghai often publish tragic news about falling on the streets because of "running dogs", and many families were destroyed.
The "Mingyuan Dog Running Field" has long been closed.
After the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, and the "Mingyuan Dog Running Field" was forcibly occupied by the Japanese army as a "military horse farm".
"The military horse farm is surrounded by barbed wire and isolate it from the surroundings, and the Japanese army set up a guard post."
"A Japanese cavalry squadron is stationed here. As far as we know, there are hundreds of Eastern military horses inside."
Li Hao took out an envelope from his body and handed it to Cheng Qianfan.
Cheng Qianfan opened it and saw that this was a group of photos of the military horse farm and surrounding environment taken by Qiao Chuntao's intelligence.
Mingyuan Dog Running Field covers a large area. One reason why the Japanese army chose this place as the military horse farm is that there is only such a large site on Huade Road in the public concession. There is another very important reason:
This place has great military value.
Huade Road goes deep into the public concession and controls it, and can radiate to most nearby areas.
In addition, the largest prison and public concession prison department in the Far East is located on Huade Road, which Shanghai people are used to call Tilanqiao Prison.
Tilanqiao Prison has a large number of criminal and political prisoners. At the most, there were nearly 10,000 prisoners at the prison.
This sinful prison once detained many famous revolutionaries, Mr. Zhang Xuecheng and martyr Zou Rong, were once detained here, and Zou Rong was tortured and sacrificed in prison.
In addition, Comrade Ren Peiguo and Comrade Zhang Duanxu of our party have been arrested and detained here.
If the Japanese army attacked the concession, they could directly occupy Tilanqiao Prison. All buildings in Tilanqiao Prison were made of five-story steel and concrete structures. If they occupied this place, they could serve as a solid fortress stronghold and control most of the public concessions.
Cheng Qianfan figured it out by himself. Although he studied the Infantry Department of the Central Army Officers School, his subjects during his time were not outstanding. If there were no accidents caused by traitors, he would continue to stay in the Army Officers School to complete his studies, and our party would have an outstanding officer from a professional background.
"Go to Taozi's house." Cheng Qianfan closed the photo and said.
"yes!"
...
"Miss Chunxiang, it's already late at night. It's easy to arouse criticism from a single man and a widow. Please go back." Qiao Chuntao said with a stern face.
Chunxiang's pretty face became cold, but looking at Qiao Chuntao's handsome face, which was more handsome than a woman, she softened her heart again, "Then I'm leaving, remember to eat red bean cake."
"Thank you." Qiao Chuntao clasped his fists, "How much is it, I'll give it to you."
"Who cares about your money?" Chunxiang bit her teeth and stood up angrily, "Do you like to eat it!"
After saying that, he opened the door and left angrily.
Looking at the girl's back as she left, a trace of darkness flashed in Qiao Chuntao's eyes, and then she returned to her cold look.
He was not a wood, and he could feel the feeling of his daughter's affection for him.
The youthful and beautiful, lively and vigorous Chunxiang reminded him of his third junior sister.
The third junior sister who died tragically under the Japanese sword, lay quietly there, her face and body covered with knife marks, and blood was soaked in snow. She was surrounded by other junior brothers and sisters who died tragically.
Qiao Chuntao's fists were clenched tightly:
Master, brothers, brothers, brothers, I avenge you and come to find you!
...
The car that was shut down was parked quietly in the alley.
A girl came out of the house angrily and did not notice the car.
"Chunxiang?" Cheng Qianfan was slightly surprised.
How could Xia Wenqiao’s girl appear at Qiao Chuntao’s home?
Immediately, I thought that this woman liked to sing operas and played in the opera troupe under Chunxiang's stage name. Qiao Chuntao lurked in the Zhao family squad, so it was not surprising that the two met each other.
"Brother Fan, is it over now?" Li Hao asked.
"Wait a little longer." Cheng Qianfan shook his head.
About a quarter of an hour later, the lights in the house went out.
"Let's go." Cheng Qianfan said, opening the door and getting out of the car.
...
When he entered the door, he saw Qiao Chuntao holding a dagger in his hand and looking alert.
Cheng Qianfan nodded with satisfaction.
If Qiao Chuntao did not notice that a car was parked in the alley and fell asleep peacefully, he would be disappointed.
"Team leader." Qiao Chuntao put away his dagger.
"Talking inside." Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly and walked into it. His eyes were floating on the stack of red bean cakes on the table, saying nothing.
"Map!" Cheng Qianfan said.
Li Hao took out the map from his body and placed it on the desk.
"Team leader, where should I do it?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"Huad Road Army Horse Farm." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice, "You are responsible for monitoring this place. I will give you five minutes to think about it. In five minutes, I will listen to your report."
"yes!"
Five minutes later.
Qiao Chuntao took out a pencil from the drawer and gestured on the map.
"According to the latest information, the cavalry squadrons in the military horse farm are not full, there is only one squad, and the rest of the Japanese army have been temporarily transferred to the battlefield."
"Wait, how do you know the specific number of Japanese troops?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"Brothers rescued a girl who escaped. Before her death, the girl told me about the situation inside." Qiao Chuntao said with a cold face.
Citizens near the Huade Road Army Horse Farm reported to the police station in the public concession that a female family member was missing. The police station just took the case, but had no intention of investigating the case.
The intelligence group rescued a girl who escaped from it last night.
To be precise, the girl who was thrown out of the camp by the Japanese army should have thought that the girl had been tortured to death by them.
The poor girl soon died after telling some of the situations inside.
...
"Bastard!" Li Hao gritted his teeth in anger.
"Where is the corpse?" Cheng Qianfan asked coldly.
"Twist it back to its original place." Qiao Chuntao replied expressionlessly.
"Qiao Chuntao, you bastard!" Li Hao scolded angrily, and then he heard-
"Do it right." Cheng Qianfan nodded.
"Brother Fan!" Li Hao looked at Cheng Qianfan.
"The Huade Road Army Race Farm has now become a forbidden area for Chinese people. No one dares to get close to it. If the woman's body disappears quickly, it will inevitably arouse the Japanese's alertness." Cheng Qianfan patted Li Hao's shoulder, "Haozi, I have hatred in my heart. Kill a few more Japanese invaders to avenge her, and be worthy of her dead compatriots!"
Li Hao gritted his teeth and nodded. After all, he was unable to calm down and hit the wall with one punch.
"Tomorrow you accompany me to Huade Road for a check-in." Cheng Qianfan thought for a while, but still felt that it was necessary to go to investigate in person before he could feel at ease.
This will be the first time that the Shanghai Special Information Group launched an attack on the Japanese army, and it is not an exaggeration to be cautious.
"Yes." Qiao Chuntao nodded, with a glimmer of hatred in his eyes.
To be continued...