Because even if they succeed, it is almost impossible to withdraw.
It's not that Fan Keqin is soft-hearted, he knows that Ci can't control troops. It's just that there are other plans available now, so there is no need to let the men risk their lives.
But just two days later, something happened that made Fan Keqin feel that his opportunity had come. Because just when Fan Keqin got off work, Bai Fengtai found him and said that Shinoda Toshizo had sent back a message that the first and second floors of the International Hotel, as well as the internal investigation work, had started at noon today.
Fan Keqin immediately had an estimate, that is, some of Wang Puppet's spy agencies and the Japs' spy agencies began to inspect the safety of the International Hotel. After the inspection, there would be a need for a period of calm. After all, there are still five days until the actual New Year's Eve banquet is held.
Even if the security check took three days, it would still be two days before the banquet actually started. In other words, the quiet days in between are sufficient and can be used by oneself.
It is impossible to conduct security inspections and then directly send a large number of guards to station, and then guard every place to keep it unchanged at all. That is impossible.
Rather, what is being checked is safety hazards. Mark out these hidden dangers, and then start to solve these hidden dangers in a targeted manner. Then someone will check again some time before the banquet actually starts.
But this time, most of the places inspected were only places where there were safety hazards after the previous inspection to see if they had been resolved or if possible hazards still existed. This is a security check method.
There is another method, but it is similar, which is to move the time of checking for safety hazards slightly later. After the inspection is completed, special personnel will be sent every day to inspect areas with potential safety hazards. But it was very close to the time when the banquet started, so it wasn’t too much trouble.
But the situation is still the same. It is impossible to say that the inspection is complete. People are sent to watch every place and every moment. Before the real event begins, there may be people stationed there, but there must be an interval in between. This is almost inevitable, and Fan Keqin’s current idea is to take advantage of this.
Therefore, Fan Keqin immediately asked a question: "Didn't the little devil and Wang Puppet book the entire hotel?"
"No." Bai Fengtai said: "We still have brothers living in the International Hotel. They live in whatever way they want. There is no mention of informing them to leave."
Basically all the people sent by Fan Keqin withdrew. After all, the plan to kill from the inside out has been given up, but we can't withdraw them all at once, as that would be easy for others to see. So there are still a few people left. As long as these people stayed there and lived normally and did nothing, it would be impossible to really "convict" them in the end.
But it is different now. Fan Keqin feels that the bomb can be mounted by using the time difference. I still have two days until you finish checking it. Then the party started on the third day, so I started hanging out the day before. In this way, the 24-hour scheduled detonation time can be correct.
After Fan Keqin told Bai Fengtai this idea, Bai Fengtai felt that it could be implemented. After all, you can’t hold a New Year’s Eve party in broad daylight, it’s eight o’clock in the evening. In other words, after eight o'clock the night before, it is best to stay back and hang the bomb. In this way, when the time comes, the people in the banquet hall will definitely suffer a relatively large amount of damage.
Just be careful when hanging bombs. You have to grasp the time very accurately. Fan Keqin held up a piece of paper drawn by Xi Chao and said: "Banquet hall, toilet ceiling. Let our people sneak in and hide inside during the day. Then find a time when no one is around to come down at night and hang the bomb."
Bai Fengtai was happy when he heard this and said: "Brother Heng, it seems that you have thought about it a long time ago."
"Yeah." Fan Keqin said: "After I got Xi Chao's information, I saw this picture. Didn't Xi Chao ask again? This thought flashed across my mind at that time."
Bai Fengtai said: "That's it. Isn't the International Hotel not occupied by the little devil and the whole group? In other words, in theory, the guests inside can move freely. After they have completed the first round of inspection, let them come out Get the bomb. I think it’s enough for one person. Then I go in and hide the bomb in the bathroom of the banquet hall. Since the inspection has been completed the day before, even if they re-examine during this period, it will not be as detailed as the first round. .
It's impossible for them to open the ceiling and check it all again, so they should hide these bombs on the toilet ceiling. Then wait another day, and during the day, let a lighter brother find an opportunity to hide on the sill of the bathroom in the banquet hall. I waited until eight o'clock in the evening... Anyway, it was after eight o'clock, when no one was around. He came down with the bombs, opened them at a set time, and hung them in the wall lamps ordered for the banquet. Then he would find an opportunity to retreat or go back to his room. "
"Go back to the room first." Fan Keqin thought for a moment and said, "Then he will stay for one night as normal. On the next day when the banquet is held, he will check out and leave, but he will leave during the day."
"Understood." Bai Fengtai said: "After the bomb goes off, I am afraid that other people in the International Hotel will also be included in the investigation. Let the remaining brothers withdraw directly these days? Only the brothers who installed the bomb will be left. That’s it, right?”
Fan Keqin thought for a while again and said: "Okay, let the remaining brothers evacuate. But leave one person behind to catch the bomb before leaving."
Bai Fengtai said: "I understand, the person who transported the bomb and the person who mounted the bomb are not the same person. As soon as the person who transported the bomb comes out, I will send him out of Shanghai."
"Yeah." Fan Keqin said, "That's what it means."
Time is already tight. After all, the little devil and Wang Puppet have already started inspecting the entire International Hotel today. So hurry up.
Fortunately, everything was prepared in advance, such as the bomb, which was not ready not long after the two people had finished studying it. Moreover, there are twelve wall lamps in a row in the banquet hall, and there are twenty-four on opposite sides. Although there are a lot of them, they don’t take up much space.
If you hang it in a round lamppost, the amount of medicine does not need to be that large. Therefore, more than twenty small bombs can be easily contained in a slightly larger bag or suitcase. Now we are waiting for the little devil and Wang Puppet to take them inside after checking the safety hazards.
