Several people in Tangcheng were feeling both painful and happy at the moment. The happy thing was that they finally got the gold, but the painful thing was how to transport the gold back to the concession safely. There are only five people in Tangcheng. If they want to take away all the gold here, after everyone divides it, they must carry nearly 60 kilograms of gold. If it were normal times when there was no danger, it would be nothing even if each person carried 60 kilograms. But this is Hongkou District, which is strictly controlled by the Japanese army. No one can guarantee that they can carry 60 kilograms. Gold is out of here safely.
In order to leave here safely, Tang Cheng, who was originally planning to store the U.S. dollars in his personal equipment bag, had to change his decision temporarily. While the four people were busy carrying the gold out, Tang Cheng quietly stored it in his own personal equipment bag. A few gold bricks. After several upgrades of Tang Cheng's personal equipment bag, the current storage limit is 35 kilograms. Excluding pistols, bullets and some useful equipment, Tang Cheng has already emptied his personal equipment bag for tonight's operation.
30 kilograms of gold was already the limit that Tang Cheng could store in his carry-on equipment bag. This was equivalent to reducing the weight of each of the five of them by five kilograms. The gold in the basement was quickly moved to the corridor on the first floor. Hans's four men put the gold bricks they had smelted into several canvas backpacks, and then carried them behind their backs and tried them. Finding these gold nuggets doesn't seem to affect their actions.
Tang Cheng just watched and said nothing. If he just carried more than 50 kilograms of weight in a backpack, maybe even an adult man could do it. But if you carry more than 50 kilograms of weight on your back and move all the way from here to the Suzhou River, while carefully avoiding military police patrols, it is not an easy task. The U.S. dollars that Tang Cheng couldn't bear to throw away were divided among several people and put into their backpacks. They were used as cushions to prevent the gold bricks in the backpacks from colliding with each other.
Tang Cheng doesn't look very strong, but when it comes to carrying weight, Tang Cheng can still carry 70 kilograms of weight, let alone more than 50 kilograms. After weighing things in their minds, Tang Cheng and others left from the main entrance of the Jincheng branch. Carrying heavy backpacks, several people moved cautiously along the shadows on the street towards the Suzhou River. As expected, it was as Tang Cheng expected. After they had only walked two blocks, some of Hans's four men were already out of breath.
"We can't stop. The closer we get to the Suzhou River, the more Japanese patrols there will be. If we encounter them, not to mention the gold, even you may die here." Tang, who has been walking at the front Cheng slowed down slightly, and as he spoke, he stretched out his right hand to pull the guy who wanted to stop and rest. "Hold on a little longer. After passing the intersection ahead, find a place to rest."
It was still early before dawn. When leaving the Jincheng branch, Tangcheng had already calculated the time. As long as the five of them were not discovered and pursued by the Japanese patrol, it would not be difficult to leave Hongkou District safely. It's a pity that things are unpredictable. Tang Cheng didn't expect that the people sent by Hans looked tall and strong, but their physical strength was so poor. And just when he was trying to trick the other party into persisting, the man in black who was walking in front of him suddenly stopped.
In the quiet night, the footsteps coming from the street in front were very clear. Tangcheng couldn't help but secretly change his face. Listening to the footsteps, it was likely that a Japanese patrol was about to appear from the street in front. what to do? The men in black, carrying dozens of kilograms of gold, all turned to look at Tangcheng. There were only five of them in Tangcheng, and they were carrying dozens of kilograms of gold. Under such circumstances, they had no chance of resisting the Japanese patrol.
"David, take them back to the intersection. If you hear gunshots or shouts, go left and go into the first alley on the street. After exiting the alley, go east for 2 blocks. Then turn to the concession, your boss will be waiting at the place where we cross the river." Tang Cheng did not hesitate at all, and immediately made arrangements. The man in black who was named by Tang Cheng wanted to persuade Tang Cheng to leave together, but saw Tang Cheng Already running quickly towards the front.
Tang Cheng, like the other four people, all carried backpacks filled with gold, but looking at Tang Cheng's speed at the moment, it didn't seem to be affected. David, who was named by Tang Cheng, was regarded as Hans's confidant. David had participated in several previous cooperations between Tang Cheng and Hans, so he naturally knew how skilled Tang Cheng was. In just such a moment of confusion, Tang Cheng had already ran a dozen meters away. When David came to his senses, Tang Cheng had already knelt down on one knee, and his whole body was hidden in the shadows on the street.
"Let's go back!" David knew that he must not be indecisive at this time, otherwise none of them would be able to leave. The four Davids turned around and walked back. Tang Cheng, who was hiding on the street, was ready to fire at any time. Now it was up to him to see if the Japanese patrol that was about to appear would turn into this street. Come to the street. Tang Cheng has never been in the habit of leaving his destiny to God, so whenever he encounters a crisis, he is always used to facing it proactively instead of retreating.
The footsteps coming from the street became clearer and clearer, and Tang Cheng's expression became more and more serious in the night. Running into a Japanese patrol was not the most dangerous thing, but once a gun was fired, that was the most dangerous thing. Tangcheng's pistol has been equipped with a gun for a long time, but there is only one pistol and only two spare magazines. It is quite difficult to kill a Japanese patrol with three magazines. I don’t know if God heard what Tang Cheng was thinking at this moment, but the Japanese patrol that appeared at the intersection actually went straight through the intersection and went to another street.
Tang Cheng, who was squatting in the shadows on the street, did not relax immediately. He waited until he could no longer hear the footsteps of the patrol. Then Tang Cheng turned on his flashlight and sent a signal to David and others who were retreating to the intersection behind them. . Tang Cheng, who had planned to use his body as bait to lure away the Japanese patrol, could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He felt a chill on his back and swore to himself that he would never do such a thing again. "Let's go!" Tang Cheng was squatting on the street, waiting for the four Davids to come over, then got up and continued walking forward. Now was definitely not the time to stop and rest.
Tang Cheng didn't talk much and walked alone. David and the other four could only endure their exhaustion and quickly followed Tang Cheng across the street and disappeared into the night. At this time, Hans was already tired of waiting. He looked at the other side of the river through the car window countless times, but the expected signal never appeared. When Tangcheng led people to swim across the river, he also brought two hemp ropes. One end of the hemp rope was connected to two small sampans, and the other end of the hemp rope was fixed on the water surface on the other side of the river. Down.
As Hans waited anxiously, time seemed to pass very slowly. Hans looked down at his watch again and again. Just when he was about to lose all his patience, a flashlight beam finally appeared on the other side of the river. The flashlight beam pierced the darkness for a fleeting moment, followed by a pre-arranged signal. After one long and two short signals, the hemp rope hidden under the water was pulled out of the water, and the sampan parked here was slowly hemped. The rope was pulled.
"Go down and help!" After confirming that there was no problem with the signal, Hans immediately got out of the car and asked his two men who had been hiding in the alley next to him to jump off the embankment. Hemp ropes were fixed on both sides of the sampan. Once they from Tangcheng on the other side of the river moved the gold onto the sampan, Hans' two men here would immediately drag the hemp rope backwards and lift the gold-laden The sampan quickly pulled across the Suzhou River. The Suzhou River is not very wide, and Hans was well prepared. The sampan that was dragged across the river was quickly pulled back.
Crossing the river with the sampan was not only Gold, but also five people from Tangcheng. Hans, who went into battle in person, did not bother to exchange pleasantries with Tang Cheng. Several people were busy at work, first moving the backpacks on the sampan onto the river embankment. "Thank you! I brought back the gold and your people." Tang Cheng got into the passenger seat of the car and didn't say much. He just gave Hans a knowing look, and the latter grinned. stand up.
Half an hour later, in the office of Hans' restaurant, Hans opened the five backpacks one by one. The gold bricks smelted by the Jincheng branch were laid out one after another, and soon a small pyramid was laid out on the floor of the office. "The actual situation is different from the information I have. The gold we found is almost 300 kilograms, and there is also a lot of US dollars." Tang Cheng, who had changed his clothes, was lazily reclining on the sofa. .
"There are 300 kilograms of gold?" When he actually dragged the sampan back to the concession, Hans had already discovered that the amount of gold was wrong. At this moment, Hans's eyes were full of joy. Tang Cheng originally said that the gold was only 100 kilograms, but now There was suddenly twice as much weight, and Hans was already calculating how much he could get. In addition to gold, there were many US dollars in the backpack. Hans only roughly counted the US dollars, which seemed to be over 300,000 at least.
"I'll give you more gold. I'll give you half of it, but all these dollars belong to me, and you have to promise to rearrange people to smelt the gold into gold bars, and don't let the Japanese find out." Tang Cheng gave Hans more. The dozens of kilograms of gold were not meant to be given to the other party for free, because he had to rely on Hans to leave Shanghai, and half of the gold that belonged to him also needed Hans' help to exchange it for foreign currency.
"No problem!" Hans was naturally happy to get dozens of kilograms of gold for free. "I will immediately arrange for people to resmelt the gold. I will convert your half into pounds and US dollars, and then arrange for people to send it to Chongqing." Completely opposite to Tangcheng, Hans prefers to use gold bars, especially when dealing with intelligence traffickers. Sometimes, gold bars are more useful than banknotes.
