"Boom!" There was an explosion, and fire shot into the sky in the distance. Tang Cheng, who was hiding behind the fence, couldn't help but turn around and look in the direction of the fire. Although there was a fence in front of Tang Cheng, there was a sudden firelight behind him. As a result, he who was hiding behind the fence became very conspicuous. "There is someone behind the fence..." Tang Cheng was just stunned for a moment. He was backlit under the firelight and was immediately spotted by people coming out of the second bungalow. He then pointed in the direction of Tang Cheng and shouted.
Tang Cheng, who secretly screamed in his heart, immediately took out the MP40 gun from his equipment bag. Before the people rushing out from other bungalows shot in his direction, Tang Cheng stretched out from behind the fence. The barrel of the gun fired a tongue of flame at the men in suits outside the bungalow. Although the rate of fire of the MP40 gun is not as high as Tangcheng wants, the MP40 is a gun after all, and the rate of fire of the gun is far beyond that of a pistol.
"Da da da... da da da..." In the rapid and rhythmic gunshots, the men in suits who were only a dozen meters away from Tangcheng were shot and fell one after another. At this moment, Tangcheng suddenly realized that tonight's assassination operation might be in vain. . Tang Cheng took advantage of the opportunity to shoot first, and with the continuous firing of the gun in his hand, he succeeded in one blow. But the men in suits outside the bungalow were not ordinary people. The man in suits who was shot and fell in the end still pulled the trigger of the pistol when his body fell backwards.
The last shot fired by the opponent was not accurate, but it still shocked Tang Cheng. He retracted and immediately replaced the spare magazine. When he stood up again, the direction that Tang Cheng's gun pointed at was exactly that. Row of doors and windows of the bungalow. Rapid gunshots rang out again, and many bullet holes appeared on the doors and windows of those bungalows. However, Tang Cheng himself did not know whether the bullets that penetrated the doors and windows hit the people inside the bungalows.
The gun's rate of fire was very fast, so all the bullets in the magazine were quickly emptied by Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng, who had emptied two magazines in a row, did not dare to stay here anymore. He had no time to replace the third magazine, so he immediately turned around and left the fence. The sudden explosion, and his actions of shooting at the bungalow just now, made Tang Cheng understand that tonight's assassination operation might not be successful. Since there is no possibility of the operation succeeding, the most important thing at the moment is to leave here immediately.
After leaving the fence, Tang Cheng quickly ran to the wall of the small building behind him when he heard the sound of dense footsteps. Tang Cheng, who was so horrified that he couldn't care about the many, directly threw his flying claw upwards, and then Activate the light body skill, grab the string and quickly climb up to the roof. The reaction of the Japanese military police guarding here was not slow, and Tang Cheng was able to climb onto the roof. A dozen Japanese military policemen carrying rifles ran past the small building in a chaotic manner.
It's easy to get in but hard to get out. This sentence only applies to other people, but Tang Cheng does not fall into the category of others. Especially for tonight's assassination operation, Tang Cheng also brought a bottle of gasoline in his equipment bag. With gasoline, it is convenient for Tangcheng to set fire anytime and anywhere to divert the opponent's attention. This bottle of gasoline was originally used by Tang Cheng when he retreated for himself. Now that there was no hope of action, Tang Cheng, who was anxious to leave here, used this bottle of gasoline in advance.
"It's on fire... it's on fire..." The fire, which instantly grew bigger due to gasoline, was immediately discovered. Some people shouted to direct the fire, and some people immediately went to the bungalow behind the fence to check the damage. Tang Cheng, who had quietly left, did not know at this moment that his previous inference was not wrong. One of the row of bungalows in front of the fence was Yokomoto Ichiro's residence tonight. The Kwantung Army has been fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance outside the Pass for a long time. Although Yokomoto Ichiro is not well-known and has no experience in commanding operations, he has been assassinated no less than ten times outside the Pass.
Yokomoto Ichiro, who has been assassinated many times, although the assassins never succeeded, he is more afraid of death than anyone else. Even after coming to Shanghai, the residence was guarded by military police. Yokomoto Ichiro still adhered to the habits he had developed when he was outside the customs. Every night when he was resting, Yokomoto Ichiro would always quietly come under the cover of his bodyguards. Change residence. Just like tonight, Yokomoto Ichiro was supposed to sleep in the luxurious suite in the small building in front, but before falling asleep, he quietly changed to this row of bungalows.
Nothing happened in the previous two nights, but tonight, just when Yokomoto Ichiro fell asleep, there was an explosion outside the window. A guard guarding the next room opened the door between the two rooms in desperation and rushed in. Yokomoto Ichiro, who didn't open his eyes until he was in bed, reacted. Two personal guards took Yokomoto Ichiro out of the room. He took it off on the bed and stuffed it under the bed. After the explosion, the patrol soldiers in the yard shouted to chase the enemy. Listening to the commotion outside the house, Yokomoto Ichiro and the other three stayed in the house and did not go out out of caution.
After waiting until there was no sound outside the house, one of Yokomoto Ichiro's guards went out from the next room to check the situation. Unexpectedly, when the second explosion and the fire started, he happened to find the person hidden behind the fence. Tangcheng. Yokomoto Ichiro, who had been hidden under the bed by his guards, was startled by the rapid burst of gunfire outside the house. Although Yokomoto Ichiro was not a front-line officer, he was no stranger to ordnance. The rapid gunshots outside the house sounded unfamiliar. Among all the individual weapons Yokomoto Ichiro was familiar with, none of them could emit such gunshots.
But this did not prevent Yokomoto Ichiro from continuing to hide under the bed without showing his head. One of the two guards, after hearing the screams coming from outside the house, carefully moved to the window and looked outside. Yokomoto Ichiro, who was hiding under the bed, also poked his head out from under the bed at this time, but just in time to catch up with Tang Cheng after changing the magazine, he fired at the door and window. Yokomoto Ichiro saw with his own eyes that one of his guards had his ear knocked off by a bullet fired from the window. Such a bloody scene made Yokomoto Ichiro feel faintly terrified even as he was angry.
Tang Cheng, who was anxious to leave at the time, didn't know these things. If he knew the target he was looking for, who was in this row of bungalows at the time, he might not be in such a hurry to leave here. Until he got out of here, Tang Cheng didn't know who caused the explosion. After running quickly along the street for a while, Tang Cheng, who almost lost his direction, then got into an alley on the side of the street and headed towards him. He moved quickly past the yard where he had spent the afternoon.
It was still dark, so it was obviously impossible to leave Hongkou District at this time. Moreover, not only were guns fired tonight, but there were also explosions. Tangcheng guessed that the angry Japanese troops in Shanghai would seal off the entire Hongkou District and conduct searches. Since it was impossible to leave Hongkou District, the only choice was to find a place to hide first. In the afternoon, Tangcheng did not take action against Xu Yingzi and the special envoy of the National Salvation Army. The purpose was just for now.
The entire Hongkou District is a Japanese-controlled area, and most of the people living here are Japanese expatriates. It is not easy to hide one's whereabouts in a place like this. The tunnels are hidden underground. In theory, they are both hidden and safe. Moreover, these tunnels of the National Salvation Army were not dug in a short period of time. Since they were not discovered by the Japanese before, they should not be searched in Hongkou now. The Japanese military police in the area discovered it.
More importantly, Tangcheng, who is in the tunnel, can also use the tunnel to move at any time. If an emergency occurs, the tunnel will be the best way to evacuate Tangcheng. The courtyard that Tang Cheng visited in the afternoon was deserted. I don’t know if the National Salvation Army people were afraid of Tang Cheng or for some other reason. In short, when Tang Cheng tiptoed into the courtyard, he found that there was no one there. , but the tunnel was not destroyed.
It's good that the tunnel is still there. Tang Cheng, who carefully cleaned up the traces behind him, didn't have time to think too much and went straight into the tunnel. Tangcheng's expected blockade and search was much faster than he thought. Tangcheng had just gotten into the tunnel, and a large number of military police and plainclothes agents assembled began to blockade the entire Hongkou District in accordance with the order. The senior officers of the military police headquarters were furious when they learned that someone had assassinated Yokomoto Ichiro. If Yokomoto Ichiro died here, they would definitely be punished by their superiors.
In the street outside, footsteps and knocks on the door sounded one after another. Tang Cheng, who was hiding in the tunnel, listened quietly through the ventilation holes, thinking in his mind when the Japanese army's search would end. The gendarmes who cordoned off the neighborhood knocked on doors and then strictly checked everyone's information according to the registration list provided by the police. In this case, no one would think that the escaped attacker could continue to hide.
Tang Cheng is a very patient person, and the tunnel is very safe. Time seems to pass very slowly. Tang Cheng, who was hiding in the tunnel, woke up from a beautiful sleep and found that the time was only 9 o'clock in the morning. The courtyard was still deserted, and outside the courtyard you could only hear the occasional sound of someone walking by, but Tang Cheng did not leave the tunnel. The Japanese army's blockade and search was not slow, but they have not been able to find the whereabouts of the attackers. Although they tried their best to block the news, someone still deliberately spread the news about last night's events.
Hongkou District was sealed off again, and many interested people who were concerned about the movements of the Japanese army began to inquire about relevant information through various channels. The news that Yokomoto Ichiro was assassinated in Hongkou District was first revealed by a French intelligence dealer, and then the news spread among the people. The Shanghai Station also learned the news. Huang Zengcheng, who was responsible for liaison with Tangcheng at the time, could no longer remember Tangcheng's appearance.
"I really didn't expect that person to be so courageous. If it were me, I wouldn't even be able to get into Hongkou District!" Huang Zengcheng, standing in front of the window, looked far into the distance. The direction he was looking at was exactly the direction of Hongkou District. , this soliloquy just now may be Huang Zengcheng's truest thought at the moment.
