The Japanese army in Shanghai had long wanted to intervene in the concession affairs. If it were not for the local high-level officials not wanting to offend Western countries so early, the Japanese army in Shanghai might have entered the concession in large numbers. What happened tonight seemed to be a big loss for the Special High School, but in the eyes of the senior officials at the Military Police Headquarters, it was an excellent opportunity to enter the concession. Major General Segawa Shinmoto was one of the representatives of the hard-line military personnel in the Military Police Headquarters. At this moment, seeing the directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau bowing their heads and saying nothing, Segawa Shinmoto felt very proud.
Following Segawa Susumumoto's signal, a middle-level manager of the Shanghai Special High School stood up and narrated the attack on the Special High School operatives tonight to the directors of the Ministry of Industry and the senior officers of the patrol room. "The incident happened suddenly. By the time the patrol house officers arrived at the scene, the attackers had already left. However, there were checkpoints on the passage from the concession to the outside world. No suspicious persons were found at these checkpoints, so we concluded that the attackers were still in the concession."
Finally understanding the ins and outs of the whole thing, these senior officials scolded this bold attacker in their hearts, while also secretly laughing at the failure of the extra-high school class. However, they did not dare to express this kind of snickering in their hearts directly, because Segawa Shinmoto was too strong. "We have deployed 500 military police and a group of plainclothes policemen. We hope to get the assistance of the concession patrol room to launch a comprehensive search of the concession."
"No! This is absolutely not possible!" The middle-level member of the special high school had just stopped talking when a foreign director of the Concession Industry Bureau started shouting. "It is one thing to agree to your entry into the concession to search for the attackers. It is another thing to conduct a comprehensive search of the concession! This is the concession. According to the agreement signed between the concession and your country's military, you must not mobilize troops to enter the concession. . This is the bottom line of the concession and must not be violated, otherwise the concession will have to close its door to you."
The foreign director who spoke was an Englishman. Although the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets was no longer what it once was, the British pride deep in his bones made him choose to face Segawa Shinmoto. Although these directors of the Concession Industry Bureau sometimes opposed each other privately, in the current situation, faced with the aggressiveness of the Japanese, the directors still chose to support the British director. "Everyone, please be patient!" Seeing the directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau making a fuss, Segawa Shinmoto immediately began to smooth things over.
"It may be that what Major Hashimoto expressed just now was not very clear, so everyone misunderstood. According to the intelligence we currently have, this attacker is very dangerous, and we have evidence that this attacker carried a lot of Weapons and ammunition. We are temporarily deploying military police. We are just worried that accidents may occur while rounding up the attackers, which may cause casualties to your personnel. I am a soldier, so I feel that dangerous matters must be handled by soldiers."
The seemingly reckless Segawa Shinmoto cleverly changed the subject. In just a few sentences, he actually transferred the directors' concerns to the Japanese army's kindness in bearing casualties for the patrol room. The British director who objected just now wanted to speak up, but was secretly stopped by the American director next to him. The two looked at each other secretly, and the British director immediately understood what the American director meant. Seeing that the British director had ceased his activities, although the other directors were impatient, no one stood up and continued to oppose.
Seeing that no director continued to object, Segawa knew that the benefits given out before the meeting had worked. The directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau no longer objected to the Japanese troops entering the concession, and the senior officers of the patrol house naturally had nothing to say. It was settled that the Japanese troops entered the concession and cooperated with the patrol house to conduct a comprehensive search of the concession. At this moment, Tang Cheng had already fallen asleep. When he was awakened by a knock on the door, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning.
Tang Cheng was awakened by the knock on the door. His first reaction after getting out of bed was to walk barefoot to the window and look out the window to see what was going on. Under the streetlight outside the apartment building, Tang Cheng clearly saw two Japanese soldiers standing with guns. When Tang Cheng saw this scene, he couldn't help but be shocked. When did Japanese soldiers enter the concession with loaded guns and live ammunition? With doubts in his mind, he put on his slippers, then slowly walked to the door, pretending to be annoyed and reached out to open the door.
"Who are you? What door are you knocking at so late at night?" Tang Cheng, who was wearing pajamas and slippers, opened the door and saw two concession patrolmen. Behind the two patrolmen, there was a man with two hands standing. Japanese soldier holding a rifle. The two concession patrol officers felt aggrieved by Tang Cheng's impatient look. If it hadn't been for the order from above, they wouldn't have stayed up all night, accompanying the Japanese everywhere, knocking on doors and checking documents.
The patrol officers who were familiar with the situation in the concession knew that those who could live in this kind of apartment building were not ordinary people, so in the face of Tang Cheng's impatience, the two patrol officers behaved very politely. After asking the other party clearly that the three of them came to check their documents, the sleepy Tang Cheng returned to the bedroom, took out his American passport, and showed it to the two concession patrol officers. Seeing the American passports that Tang Cheng took out, the two concession patrolmen secretly expressed their gratitude, saying that it was a good thing that no violence had been used just now.
Tang Cheng had a U.S. passport that could be passed off as a real one, so he did not receive any trouble. After watching the three people leave, Tang Cheng did not close the door tightly, so he stood sideways behind the door and listened quietly to the people in the corridor outside. movement. The doors of other rooms in the corridor were also knocked one after another. Some of the residents who were disturbed from their sleep were as impatient as Tang Cheng, and some were obedient and scolded by the patrolmen. Tang Cheng, who stood behind the door, listened carefully for a while and finally figured out one thing. The Japanese army had entered the concession and was launching a comprehensive search of the concession.
Tangcheng knew that this so-called comprehensive search would not be possible without the approval of the Concession Industry Bureau. After returning to the window and thinking secretly, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that the Japanese army's move must be aimed at him. Looking down at his watch, he saw that it was only 2 o'clock in the morning. Tang Cheng, who had rested for more than three hours, felt that his physical strength and spirit had almost completely recovered. When he thought that he would leave here tomorrow, Tang Cheng, who had no sleep at all, decided to do something else he wanted to do.
A quarter of an hour later, Tang Cheng, dressed in black, quickly slid down the rope from the back window of the room. With both feet on the ground, Tang Cheng did not take action immediately. Instead, he used the cover of night to secretly observe the Japanese troops appearing in the concession. For an entire hour, Tang Cheng secretly followed and observed many Japanese squads. After he figured out the rules of the Japanese investigation, he began to prepare for action. A few minutes later, Tang Cheng appeared on the roof of a four-story building. The Mauser sniper rifle he took out from his carry-on equipment bag had a silencer installed on the barrel.
Tangcheng had made all preparations. Next, all that was left was to wait for the Japanese army to appear. The waiting time in Tangcheng was not long. Several Japanese soldiers, accompanied by several concession patrol officers, turned out of the east street, apparently preparing to enter the street next door. Tangcheng was in a commanding position at the moment, with a wide field of vision, and could clearly see the conditions of the two streets. Tang Cheng, who saw clearly that there was a major officer among these Japanese troops, immediately put the military police major into the scope of the sniper rifle.
Continuous searches were fruitless, which made the Japanese military police feel impatient. The concession patrols were suffering unspeakably, but their eyes when looking at these Japanese soldiers also showed impatience. At this moment, Tangcheng pulled the trigger of the sniper rifle, "Poof!" The military police major who had just walked to the street trembled and fell to the ground on his back without any warning. The concession patrol officers walking nearby all thought that this man was unsteady on his feet and that was why he fell.
But the reaction of the other Japanese military police was not slow. Someone immediately raised their rifles and shouted for enemy attack. Tangcheng, who was on the rooftop in the distance, did not expect that the vigilance and reaction of these military police were much higher than that of the plainclothes agents of the Higher Education Department. Even before his second shot was fired, the other party was already alert. Tang Cheng, who was very angry, simply ignored it and fired his second shot, knocking down the military police chief Cao who was looking left and right at the street entrance.
Two people were shot and fell down one after another, and the remaining military police dispersed in a hurry. They looked chaotic, but in fact they were scattered and hiding. The concession patrolmen who accompanied them all the way stood on the street in a daze, not daring to move. Then they found that the attacker did not seem to have any intention of greeting them, so they turned around and fled into the street they had just come out of. . The other military policemen who were scattered and hidden at the street entrance calmed down at this moment. Only then did they recall that they had not heard the gunfire just now.
The name of the Ghost Gunman has long been spread in Hongkou District. Although the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School have strict orders not to spread anything related to the Ghost Gunman in private, many military policemen know that there is a powerful enemy like the Ghost Gunman. The biggest feature of the ghost gunner is that his shooting skills are astonishing, and the sound of the gunshot is almost never heard when he fires. The military police who knew the news were speculating that the ghost gunman must have a special device on his weapon. Otherwise, how could there be no sound when shooting.
They didn't hear the gunfire at this moment, and they were already secretly guessing whether they encountered the elusive ghost gunman. A Japanese veteran with sweaty palms completely forgot that the best way to survive at this moment was to shoot immediately to warn his companions in the surrounding area. On the roof of the building, Tang Cheng had already activated the triple eyepiece skill before shooting. At this moment, he was condescending and had found several locations where the Japanese troops were hiding. Next was his performance time to kill the enemy.
