Xu Huanshan's mission this time was to purchase urgently needed supplies and medicines for the base area from Shanghai through those members of the Japanese Anti-War League. After Tang Cheng assassinated the Kwantung Army major general, Shanghai was currently in a state of turmoil. Many dealers and brokers engaged in black market transactions had disappeared, so Xu Huanshan and the others had to stay in Shanghai and look for other channels to purchase supplies. Xu Huanshan and the others now use Japanese identities, so it is a matter of course for them to stay at Xinya Hotel.
Tang Cheng did not expect to see Xu Huanshan and others here, and Xu Huanshan also did not expect that Tang Cheng, who had caused so many things in Shanghai, had not left Shanghai yet. And according to Xu Huanshan's understanding of Tangcheng, the latter looked like he was still going to cause trouble. After secretly meeting Xu Huanshan's eyes, Tang Cheng, who had a simple meal, immediately returned to his room. But after a cup of tea, there was a knock on the door. It was Xu Huanshan.
"I thought you had already left Shanghai!" After Xu Huanshan entered the room and sat down opposite Tang Cheng, he asked Tang Cheng what he should do next. "What on earth do you think? The Japanese seem to be crazy now. If you continue to stay in Shanghai, not to mention the dangers, there will still be a lot of trouble. Maybe a few spies will pop up from somewhere and make things big. At that time, it’s hard for you to leave even if you want to!”
Tang Cheng and Xu Huanshan were old acquaintances, so he didn't care at all about the tone of Xu Huanshan's words. Hearing that Xu Huanshan wanted to find out what his next actions would be, Tang Cheng did not hide it from him, "I came to Shanghai just for the Japanese. They couldn't sleep at night without bothering me. Even if I didn't come to Shanghai this time, !" When Tang Cheng spoke, a half-smile appeared on his expression, which made Xu Huanshan frown secretly.
Xu Huanshan also wanted to persuade Tang Cheng, but was interrupted by Tang Cheng who continued to speak, "Forget about me, what's going on here? I also thought you should have left Shanghai long ago, why are you still living here? Here? Is things not going well?" Tang Cheng changed the topic in time and brought the topic to Xu Huanshan. If it were someone else sitting opposite Tang Cheng at this moment, he would definitely not inform Tang Cheng of the mission content, but Xu Huanshan trusted Tang Cheng very much.
Knowing that Xu Huanshan and others had not completed the tasks assigned by their superiors, Tang Cheng thought for a while and then said, "I arrived in Shanghai earlier than you. I heard that the Japanese army in Shanghai has stepped up its efforts to deal with black market materials and smuggled goods since the beginning of the year. Management of transactions. It is said that life in Japan is not easy, so most of the materials and contraband confiscated by the Japanese army in Shanghai were quietly transported back to Japan. The smugglers and brokers in the black market were all caught by them It’s almost done! I’m disgusted by your mission this time!”
What Tang Cheng is talking about now is what he heard from the guests in the izakaya when he lived in Hongkou District. "My suggestion is that you go to Tianjin for a walk. I heard that the foreign trading houses in Tianjin are very active! Since the people who come with you have Japanese identity, it is better to let them contact those foreign trading houses directly. As long as the foreign devils have money, Just make money, they won't care who you are! And the Japanese army in Tianjin is not as strict as here in Shanghai, so your chances will be greater."
Tang Cheng's suggestion to Xu Huanshan was to transfer to Tianjin. As for whether Xu Huanshan could listen to his suggestion, that was not something Tang Cheng needed to worry about. Xu Huanshan did not speak immediately after hearing this, but fell into deep thought. However, it could be seen that he was a little tempted by the suggestion given by Tang Cheng. The underground party also has branches in Tianjin. Even if Xu Huanshan and the others are not familiar with the situation in Tianjin, as long as they contact the people of the underground party in Tianjin, everything will be easier to handle.
After Xu Huanshan finished thinking, he did not give his attitude on the spot, but just said that he would go back and think about it first. However, when Xu Huanshan stood up to say goodbye, Tang Cheng still did not forget to scare him, "Old Xu, don't say I didn't remind you! If you decide to go to Tianjin, you'd better leave immediately! Once I'm here, Take action, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to leave! So you'd better hurry up, I won't change the plan and time of the action because of you!"
Tang Cheng's words were naturally teasing Xu Huanshan, who was facing a lawsuit, but Xu Huanshan just believed Tang Cheng's words. In fact, Tang Cheng had no so-called next move at all. He chose to stay at the Xinya Hotel just to avoid a new round of raids by the Japanese army. Tang Cheng stayed at the Xinya Hotel safely for two days. During this period, he also encountered interrogations by the military police, but he passed it safely. At this moment, Tangcheng didn't know that No. 76 and the Military Police Headquarters, who had suffered huge losses in the concession, had all attributed this unsolved case to Zhongtong.
The middle-aged man who was kidnapped by Tang Cheng that day was indeed a member of Zhongtong, so Zhongtong took the blame this time, and he was famous. Two days later, Tang Cheng saw that the crisis seemed to have been resolved, so he followed two Japanese businessmen in the hotel to a military dock that was tightly guarded by the Japanese army. Here, Tang Cheng saw mountains of various materials, as well as piles of precious metals waiting to be transported away. After finding out the location of the arms warehouse, Tang Cheng suppressed the anger in his heart and secretly began to plan an action.
The Japanese army in Shanghai had stored so much supplies at the dock, and it seemed that they were going to be shipped back to Japan one after another. It was okay if Tang Cheng didn't know about this, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he absolutely couldn't sit idly by. What troubles Tang Cheng is that although it is easier for him to sneak in here alone, there are too many supplies here and he can't move much by himself. Even if you can use the carry-on equipment bag by then, it will take who knows how long to transport dozens of kilograms at a time.
Later, when I returned to Tangcheng at Xinya Hotel, I found that Xu Huanshan and the others had already checked out and left. This instantly added another problem that troubled Tangcheng. The anxious Tang Cheng waited until the night darkened, then rappelled down from the window of the room. He put on a black suit and went straight to the dock under the cover of night. Tang Cheng was actually not unfamiliar with this dock, because he had already raided here once last time, and the noise he made that time was not too small.
During the day, Tang Cheng had already calculated the route to sneak in here, so it didn't take him long to successfully enter the dock. Carefully avoiding the patrols at the pier, Tang Cheng, dressed in black, soon appeared in the open-air cargo yard of the pier. When he accompanied the two Japanese businessmen here during the day, Tang Cheng looked carefully, so he knew that there was a batch of barreled gasoline piled up in the chat yard.
Relying on his triple eyepiece skill, which prevented him from being affected by light, Tang Cheng quickly walked through the cargo yard and quickly found the batch of barreled gasoline. But there was another problem before Tang Cheng. These barrels of gasoline were large barrels, and his carry-on equipment bag could not hold such large barrels of gasoline. When Tangcheng got under the canvas, he could only use a small oil can and a rubber hose to draw gasoline bit by bit from the big barrel. Half an hour later, Tang Cheng finally had five or six small bottles of gasoline in his equipment bag.
Tangcheng drew gasoline in order to set a fire in the dock. He would never be able to take away the supplies piled here, but he could not allow the Japanese to transport these supplies smoothly. Another reason why Tangcheng decided to attack the pier tonight is that it is windy tonight. When the wind helps the fire, the pier will definitely be very lively. Tang Cheng thought of everything, but he didn't expect one thing. The Japanese army planned to start loading these supplies after midnight tonight.
Another half hour passed. Not only did Tang Cheng check the types of supplies in the open-air goods yard, he also hid the small oil cans filled with gasoline under the tarpaulins in several piles of supplies. Secretly remembering the frequency and number of patrols, he left Tangcheng in the open-air cargo yard and slowly moved towards the arms warehouse. The closer we get to the arms warehouse, the more frequent Japanese patrols appear, but this is not a difficult problem for Tang Cheng, who has systematic skills.
In order to facilitate tonight's operation, before leaving the hotel room, Tang Cheng almost emptied his personal equipment bag. At this moment, his personal equipment bag only contained a pistol with a silencer and a few spare ammunition loaded with bullets. box. After staring at the two Japanese sentries at the entrance of the warehouse for a while, Tang Cheng found nothing unusual. He began to move quickly along the shadows on the east side of the arms warehouse. Tang Cheng moved to the arms before the patrol appeared. Under the east wall of the warehouse.
Relying on the ability of the portable equipment bag to collect items at will when it is empty, Tang Cheng quickly opened a hole large enough for him to pass under the east wall of the arms warehouse. The arms warehouse that Tang Cheng was eyeing was very large, but most of the weapons stored in the warehouse were heavy weapons, such as light and heavy machine guns and light artillery of various calibers. Tang Cheng pried open several alleys, but couldn't find what he needed. He was so annoyed that he could only continue to open the box. Finally, Tang Cheng found two boxes of explosives and a dozen boxes of grenades in the corner of the warehouse.
Tang Cheng, who was in ecstasy, immediately filled his personal equipment bag with explosives. Not wanting to let go of this opportunity, he also used the Japanese backpack he found to pack a backpack grenade. Tang Cheng did not let go of the remaining explosives and grenades in the boxes. He arranged the remaining explosives and grenades in those shell boxes. As long as someone opens or moves these boxes, the explosives and grenades in the boxes will detonate. When the time comes, the explosives and grenades plus the artillery shells stored in the warehouse will definitely be a great gift to the Japanese army.
