Tang Cheng has been running around, looking for various connections and opportunities to make the plan to rescue the lonely army camp more perfect and safer. However, as time goes by, Tang Cheng's mood becomes worse and worse. Newspapers and radio stations in the concession reported about the Japanese army almost every day. As the Japanese army pressed closer and war broke out outside Nanjing, what Tangcheng had been worried about finally happened. Tang Shengzhi, who served as the commander of Nanjing's city defense, was determined to defend. Nanjing.
As a latecomer, Tang Cheng knew that defending Nanjing was just a joke. Faced with the Japanese army's pressing and huge advantages, the Nationalist Party should first find a way to evacuate the civilians in Nanjing, and then use street fighting to attack the Japanese army. Gradual resistance. Even if you want to defend Nanjing, you should have some strategies and use your own weaknesses to deal with the enemy's advantages. In the end, this kind of battle will only end in a loss of troops that will outweigh the gain.
The war in Nanjing lasted until the 12th. An American reporter who was stranded in Nanjing used a commercial radio station to report to newspapers in Shanghai, saying that the Japanese troops surrounding Nanjing had breached the Guanghua Gate and that the national troops stationed in Nanjing had gone their separate ways. war. Hans had been paying attention to the news from the newspapers in the concession these days. After learning that Nanjing had been invaded by the Japanese army, Hans was surprised and immediately called Tangcheng.
After hanging up the call from Hans, Tang Cheng locked himself in the study upstairs. Hesitation and grief filled Tang Cheng's mind. Tang Cheng knew that if history had not changed, the things he had been worried about would be It's about to happen. The war in Nanjing was tragic, with more than 300,000 soldiers killed and civilians killed and injured in the city. Tang Cheng wanted to do something but was unable to do anything. Tang Cheng, who locked himself in his study, was waiting for another call at this moment.
After the fall of Jurong on December 6, Tang Cheng used letters to contact the Shanghai underground party. The letter contained a piece of Japanese military intelligence forged by Tang Cheng in Japanese. From that day on, Tang Cheng did not contact the Shanghai Underground Party again. However, according to Tang Cheng's secret observation, the Shanghai Underground Party did not remain indifferent after receiving his letter. However, Tang Cheng did not yet know the specific effects of the Shanghai Underground Party's actions. Tang Cheng refused to eat or drink, and locked himself in the study. The Edmunds were a little worried, but Tang Cheng had locked the door, and the Edmonds were powerless even if they were worried.
"I'm fine, you guys go and have a rest! Just leave me alone!" Edmund mustered up the courage to knock on the door again. Tang Cheng in the study finally responded, and Tang Cheng's voice was quite clear. , the Edmunds were finally relieved. Time passed little by little as Tang Cheng waited anxiously, and the phone call he was expecting never came. It was not until night fell that the phone in the study finally rang. Tang Cheng immediately picked up the phone almost as a reflex. The voice on the phone sounded a bit dull. When he spoke, it was like he was holding a book and repeating what he said. However, Tang Cheng didn't care about this. He only cared about the content of the phone call.
"The third brother said that my uncle has returned to his hometown, but there are many children in the family, and only a small number of the children are following him back to his hometown. My uncle is still on the way at the moment, and the situation at the head office is not yet clear, but according to estimates, this year's business will be I'm afraid it's going to be in vain." The content of the phone call sounded like a chat between relatives, but Tang Cheng knew that the third brother, uncle, family members, head office and management on the phone were all code words. The person on the other end of the phone repeated the same content and immediately hung up the phone. Tang Cheng was stunned for a while while holding the words on the phone. He connected the code words just now with Nanjing, and the content of the phone call immediately became fuller.
Such news was definitely not what Tang Cheng wanted to hear. At this moment, Tang Cheng suddenly regretted that he had delayed sending an alert to the Shanghai underground party until after Jurong fell. "What's wrong with you? Edmund even called me and told me that you haven't eaten or drank all day!" Tang Cheng locked himself in the study all day and night and didn't come out. Early the next morning, Edmund was worried. Demon then called Hans. Knowing that Tang Cheng was in bad condition, Hans rushed over immediately after receiving the call. After meeting, he saw that there seemed to be nothing strange about Tang Cheng. Hans felt relieved and wondered what kind of monster Tang Cheng was doing. .
"Don't talk about me yet. How is the matter I asked you to do? Let me tell you, if the matter at the Lonely Army Camp can be resolved smoothly, your ship will have work to do in the future, and it will last for several years. ." In front of Hans, Tang Cheng didn't want to reveal his feelings, and he didn't want Hans to know about it. He was secretly worried about Nanjing, so he immediately started to change the topic. When Hans saw that there was nothing strange about Tang Cheng, he was already relieved. Tang Cheng deliberately changed the subject, and Hans immediately fell into the trap.
"Things are almost arranged. I have contacted many people secretly. The trucks carrying daily necessities have now gathered into the concession in the afternoon. Some of the trucks that have unloaded their goods will leave after dark, and some will leave after dark. We left early the next morning. The inspection at the patrol room was relatively careful at first, but since yesterday, the intensity of inspections in the patrol room has been weakened a lot. This may be what you call a habit!"
Hans seemed a little complacent at this moment, because he knew that these trucks entering the concession were the key to transporting the soldiers of the Lone Army Battalion out of the concession. Tang Cheng entrusted such an important matter to himself, obviously not treating himself as an outsider. The feedback from the checkpoints proved that his efforts these days were not in vain. Hans was leisurely and contented, and Tang Cheng also praised Hans without hesitation. As long as the problem of entering and leaving the rental checkpoint is solved, the operation to rescue the lonely army camp will be half completed.
Hans brought good news to Tangcheng. Unfortunately, Tangcheng's good mood did not last long. According to the agreement between Tangcheng and the Korean National Salvation Army, if we go down today, Tangcheng will follow the agreement. They agreed to help the Korean National Salvation Army smuggle weapons and equipment into Hongkou District. After lunch, Tang Cheng left his residence. According to the agreement with North Korea, Tang Cheng must rush to another contact point of the North Korean National Salvation Army in the French Concession in an hour. There, there is part of the weapons and ammunition stored by the North Korean National Salvation Army. .
The Korean National Salvation Army has been operating in Shanghai for many years and has its own agents and brokers in the black market. It is easy to get some light weapons and equipment from the black market. According to custom, Tang Cheng rushed to the agreed place in advance, but he did not come immediately. Instead, he secretly observed the movements in this street. This is not the first time that Tang Cheng has dealt with people from the Korean National Salvation Army, but Tang Cheng is still cautious because he knows that not all Koreans are monolithic.
Tang Cheng, who wore a peaked cap on his head and a beard on his face and chin, looked very mature. There were many passers-by dressed like him in this street, so Tang Cheng didn't look conspicuous. After following passers-by and walking back and forth on this street, Tang Cheng, who didn't notice anything unusual, finally felt relieved. Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Cheng, who turned around and came back, walked into a small shop on the street as if nothing had happened. inside.
Tang Cheng entered a small deli shop. The owner and the waiter were both women. They looked like a mother and daughter. Tang Cheng entered the store and walked directly to the counter. He stretched out his right hand and revealed a piece of paper with a strange pattern in his palm. "I'm here to get something. Cui Si asked me to come." The piece of paper in Tang Cheng's hand was like a token of a joint. The female boss who was busy behind the counter saw the piece of paper in Tang Cheng's hand. After reading the piece of paper, his expression instantly became a little flustered.
Looking up at Tang Cheng, the panic in the female boss's eyes flashed away, and then she lowered her voice and spoke to Tang Cheng. "Go left when you go out. The man wearing a flower headscarf will take you to get something." When the female boss was talking, the young girl in the store was already standing at the door of the store and making a gesture. Tang Cheng turned around and looked through the small store. From the street-facing window of the store, I happened to see a woman wearing a flower headscarf walking past the store. Tang Cheng secretly smiled in his heart, nodded slightly to the female boss behind the counter, and then left the shop, following the flower headscarf to the left.
The flowered turban was not walking very fast. Out of habit, Tang Cheng, who was following behind, secretly observed the flowered turban in front of him. Just because he took a few more glances, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that something seemed not quite right. The flower-turbaned man leading the way had steady steps, and his body shape when walking showed that he had practiced it. According to Tang Cheng's understanding of the Korean National Salvation Army, there would definitely be no such good players among them.
Tang Cheng's heart was moved. While his pace slowed down, his expression remained calm, but the corner of his eye had secretly turned towards the other side of the street. Sure enough, a few tough-looking guys with cold faces appeared vaguely in the shop across the street. Tang Cheng would not think that these guys with cold faces were here to go shopping.
What went wrong? Tang Cheng's pace did not change, but his mind began to think quickly. After leaving the shop and walking to the left for about forty meters, Hua Turban walked directly into an apartment building. Upon seeing this, Tang Cheng followed Hua Turban into the apartment building without any hesitation. Everything looked normal, but Tang Cheng was cautious in his heart. When the flower turban was walking along the stairs from the second floor to the third floor, Tang Cheng, who had been following the flower turban, suddenly He jumped out of the back window of the second floor staircase.
Tang Cheng's action came so fast that the flowered scarf did not react immediately. By the time she reacted and screamed to send the signal, Tang Cheng had already jumped from the rear window on the second floor. It landed in a narrow alley behind an apartment building. "Bang!" Hua Turban leaned out from the back window of the second floor staircase and shot at Tang Cheng in the alley, but her gun could not lock on Tang Cheng and the bullet only hit the empty space.
