On December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin Delano Rossdu delivered a "Day of National Infamy" speech in Congress!
The Senate voted unanimously to declare war on Japan.
Only Montana anti-war activist Janet Rankin dissented in the House.
At 4 p.m. that day, President Roosevelt signed the resolution declaring war on Japan.
The United States officially declares war on Japan!
On the same day, that is, in the early morning of December 8, the Japanese army in China issued an ultimatum to the American and British warships anchored on the Huangpu River, demanding that they surrender immediately, began to attack and take over the British and American concessions, and at the same time launched an attack on Hong Kong.
The Japanese navy stationed in Shanghai issued an ultimatum to the USS Wake, the only remaining American gunboat in the Huangpu River, and the ship was forced to surrender.
The Japanese army entered the concession in large numbers and posted notices in Chinese, declaring that the purpose of Japan's entry into the concession in Shanghai was to ensure the security of the concession.
The British and American troops there at that time were quickly disarmed because they did not dare to resist. Soon by noon, except that the French Vichy had surrendered to Germany and had not been occupied, the Japanese army successfully occupied the entire concession.
For a time, the streets of Shanghai's public concession were filled with Japanese soldiers, and the entire Shanghai became an occupied area.
The isolation period is over, and Shanghai’s public concession has fallen!
The dark period has finally enveloped the entire Shanghai!
Every Chinese is living in fear and anxiety.
However, a group of people continued to fight.
Elite agents under the leadership of Meng Shaoyuan.
On the 8th, the day when the Japanese army took over the concession, agents from the Military Command Bureau launched more than 100 attacks, large and small.
Since the struggle between China and Japan in the public concession, today in 1941, the attack by the Military Command Bureau reached its climax!
The darker the time, the more light is needed!
Meng Shaoyuan blew up the arsenal and told his agents:
I am still in Shanghai!
And his agents used one after another attacks to tell the citizens of Shanghai:
Shanghai is still fighting!
China is still fighting!
These more than 100 attacks all have something in common.
The longest attack will not last more than five minutes. No matter whether it is successful or not, when the time is up, evacuate immediately and never give the enemy time to react and counterattack.
Secondly, they have a very good grasp of intelligence and know when and where they should launch an attack.
Finally, after every successful attack, there is always a message left at the scene:
The murderer, Meng Shaoyuan!
Meng Shaoyuan is everywhere!
In just one day, this name continued to spread among Japan like a plague.
One day, Rite even said in private that Meng Shaoyuan was really good at sorcery.
Otherwise, why would he be everywhere?
And this was also caused by the deep-rooted fear of Meng Shaoyuan from the Japanese special agencies.
The public enemy of Japan, the most powerful agent on the surface, the invisible warrior, and the undefeated tiger of the empire!
This person cannot be caught or killed!
And this emotion was what troubled Hahara Hikari the most.
He could accept failure again and again, but he could not accept the low morale.
Especially after the full takeover of the public concession, morale should have been high. However, as the arsenal was bombed, such frequent attacks began to occur again, which instead made the morale of their own people low.
Yes, many military agents were captured and killed, but this was meaningless.
As long as Meng Shaoyuan is still in Shanghai, this sentiment will continue!
He sent out almost all the people he could use.
The gendarmerie also joined in the search.
Even, through Sadaaki Kagesa, Hikaru Hahara initially asked the military for help.
Those in the navy could not be counted on. The army, in response to Yingzuo Zhenzhao's request, dispatched a group of soldiers to join the search.
The question now is, where is Meng Shaoyuan hiding?
Those captured military agents immediately began interrogation with only one purpose:
Find out Meng Shaoyuan’s whereabouts!
But the results were disappointing.
According to what these people said, Hahara Koichi was able to piece together some information:
Few people know the specific whereabouts of Meng Shaoyuan. Even Wu Jingyi may not know where Meng Shaoyuan is hiding now.
He carries at least twelve personal guards with him and has strong firepower.
Unless he takes the initiative to contact you, you can't find him at all.
There is only one way, which is to catch his absolute cronies. Maybe there is a way to contact Meng Shaoyuan.
But how easy is it to catch these people?
"Post a reward!"
Koichi Hahara made a decision: "If you can provide clues to Meng Shaoyuan and successfully capture and kill this person, the reward will be five hundred taels of gold!"
"Hai!"
This is the second time Japan and Special Forces have offered a reward for Meng Shaoyuan.
Compared to the last time, this time it seems more certain.
Looking around, Japanese troops were everywhere in the concession.
The Navy and Army each have their own areas of responsibility.
Although they have many conflicts with each other, those who resist are their common enemies.
On December 8th, the public concession fell completely into the hands of the Japanese.
At the same time, the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, which had managed the Shanghai Public Settlement for many years, also appointed a large number of Japanese directors.
The Ministry of Industry and Industry exists in name only.
The Japanese are also ready to take action on the patrol houses in the concession, but they don't have that much energy for the time being.
They replaced the detectives in large numbers and appointed them to Japanese.
The duties of the patrols also became to assist the Japanese army and be responsible for the security in the concession.
In order to scare the monkeys, the Japanese also arrested some detectives and patrol officers.
The crime was to assist hostile forces and wreak havoc on the concession.
The purpose of the Japanese is to cut off these channels that can provide help to the military reunification agents.
Koichi Hahara paid close attention to all this.
He had only one idea:
Find Meng Shaoyuan’s whereabouts!
As long as this person is arrested or killed, the entire concession's resistance will be completely paralyzed.
"Report, there is someone outside asking to see you."
"who?"
"He didn't say his name, but he said you must know him."
"Oh, is it so?"
Hahara Koichi pondered for a moment: "Let him in!"
After a while, a middle-aged man walked in.
When he saw this person, Hahara Koichi could hardly believe his eyes:
Takahira Takuma!
"Mad Dog" Takahira Takuma!
That Takahira Takuma who has been missing for a long time and has been included in the death list!
"Gaoping-kun."
Hanbara Koichi stood up in a hurry: "Are you still alive? Where have you been for so long?"
"I was arrested by the military commander." Gaohira Takuma admitted frankly.
"Ah, what about you?"
"Originally, I was going to be buried alive in secret." Gaohira Takuma smiled: "But at the critical moment of life and death, a person saved me."
"who?"
"I'll let him in now."
Therefore, Hanbara Koichi saw a Chinese man with a gloomy face.
As soon as this person came in, he took a look and said in a cold tone:
"My name is Li Hongguang, and my code name is Zhang Liao!"
