Chapter 406 Huangpu River at night (please subscribe and vote)
The sun sets in the west and the sky is getting dark.
Jiang Mulezi looked at the sky, took out a pocket watch from his arms and checked the time.
“Master Li, is it okay?” Jiang Mulezi asked.
Checking the condition of the barge again, Master Li nodded, "No problem."
Ship signals were also transmitted from the remaining three barges: everything is normal.
“Action.” Jiang Mulie said in a deep voice.
Following his order, the pier on the Nanshi side immediately started to move.
Jiang Mulezi personally led his brother Jiang Laosi and more than ten of his men, forty national soldiers from the Nanshi garrison, and hundreds of dock coolies, and took four barges borrowed from the China Merchants Bureau to start the operation.
The reason why we chose to start the operation at this time is because there are Japanese warships patrolling the Huangpu River. At night, they will shine searchlights on the surrounding areas. Once any abnormal movement is detected, they will fire.
Choose a time when the night is about to get dark. People's sight is affected, and their vision is affected, but they can barely see.
National soldiers with long guns and coolie workers were hiding in the cabin.
Each barge is assigned two to three White Russians, who will walk around the small deck from time to time.
Hung on the barge is the flag of the British Empire.
From a distance, this is a genuine British barge.
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“Barge found on the river.” A soldier on a Japanese warship quickly noticed the barge on the river and immediately reported it to the officer.
A naval lieutenant immediately came to the deck and picked up a telescope to look over.
It was getting late and I couldn’t see clearly.
“Aim the muzzle and test their reaction.”
"yes!"
If these barges see the cannons being aimed and immediately try to escape, then they must be Chinese ships and just fire.
Even though night has come, the British Union Jack on the barge can still be seen clearly.
The Navy Major hesitated. Today, the Empire 'accidentally bombed' a department store in the public settlement. It was said that many people were killed, which aroused protests from the British and Americans. The commander-in-chief issued an urgent order to all warships, strictly prohibiting bombing the British and American people. Waiting for the ships of the Western powers to fire to avoid further angering the British and Americans.
The Major hesitated, and there was a strong desire in his heart that drove him to fire on the barge.
Experience told him that this was most likely just a Chinese barge flying the British Union Jack flag.
“Alyosha, come out quickly.” Master Li from China Merchants Group changed his face and shouted hurriedly. They had been hiding and hiding with Japanese warships recently, and they were already familiar with the behavior of Japanese warships.
Seeing the Japanese ship's guns turn around, I knew that the other side was suspicious.
Alyosha took his sister out of the cabin. The two of them had already changed into decent clothes.
Coming to the deck, the brother and sister shouted at the Japanese warship in the distance.
“Be angry, not afraid. Be frightened with anger.” An agent from the Shanghai Special Intelligence Group was lying on the ground and whispered.
“British?” The Japanese navy lieutenant saw the movement on the barge deck and ordered the soldiers to turn on the searchlight. He then saw a young man and woman jumping in fear, still barely maintaining the pride and anger of the so-called people of the British Empire.
The searchlights were directed at the three barges that followed, and sure enough, they also saw the British protesting angrily.
“Sign the flag, the Imperial Japanese Navy is on routine patrol, don’t panic, wish them smooth sailing,” the Major ordered.
"yes!"
"They are saying that this is the Japanese navy patrolling. They have no intention of attacking and are allowed to pass. I wish them a smooth voyage." Master Li whispered beside Jiang Mulezi, translating the flags signaled by the other party.
Hearing this, Jiang Mulezi immediately took out a few pieces of paper from his body, flipped through them, quickly found a page, and said, "Reply to them."
“How do you say it?” Master Li asked.
“Just say thank you, long live the Anglo-Japanese alliance.”
"good."
Seeing the flags displayed by the four British barges one after another, the Japanese naval officer sneered and said, "Let them go."
An Anglo-Japanese alliance?
Sooner or later, the navy of the Imperial Japanese Empire will defeat the British fleet and land on the British island!
The four barges continued sailing. After finally breaking away from the Japanese warship, everyone, including Jiang Mulezi, breathed a sigh of relief.
There was a White Russian ‘actor’ on a barge who was so frightened that they peed themselves. Only when they got on the boat did they realize that sixty French dollars a night was not that easy to earn.
…
At almost the same time, the operators led by Qiao Chuntao also launched an operation.
About a few dozen steps away from the 903 warehouse of Baffin & Co. in France, Qiao Chuntao put down her binoculars with cold eyes.
"Fell asleep?"
The guards at the foreign company were all Chinese. The French did not trust the Chinese and did not allow the guards to enter the warehouse to rest. Therefore, the guards built a simple shack at the door of the warehouse. At this time, there was no movement of people in the shack, and there was a faint sound. There was a sound of snoring.
“Follow me!” Qiao Chuntao whispered, personally leading his men to cover the shack from all sides.
"Who are you? This is the warehouse of Mr. France!" A guard struggled hard and shouted in a low voice.
Qiao Chuntao sneered. This man waited until all the guards, including himself, were blindfolded before he spoke, and deliberately lowered his voice. Apparently he was afraid that shouting loudly would cause misunderstanding and die in vain.
This is to show off well and sell well to the French, but he is a smart man.
However, it is just a little clever.
Qiao Chuntao winked directly, and immediately one of his men came up and knocked the man unconscious with a chop.
These are just ordinary guards and have no interrogation value.
And this person is quite clever. This kind of person should pay special attention to avoid detailed problems with this kind of person.
Qiao Chuntao took a quick look, selected a guard in his thirties, took him aside, and interrogated him for a few words.
The reason why this person was selected was because there was a sesame seed cake hidden in the guard's arms. Qiao Chuntao judged that this person had saved food for his children. This kind of person was worried and did not dare to lie.
There is indeed no valuable information.
However, just as Qiao Chuntao judged, this man had a pair of children in his family. His wife died of a long illness without medical treatment. He had to take care of the children all by himself. He saved his own food rations for the children every day, and the two three- and four-year-old children could barely survive. .
Qiao Chuntao glanced at this person. The blindfolded guard seemed to feel the gaze, and was very frightened and uneasy.
Qiao Chuntao's cold eyes, a touch of tenderness almost flashed by, and then he knocked the man unconscious with a knife without hesitation.
Several agents searched the bodies of the six guards, and sure enough, no keys were found.
This was expected.
Looking at the thick iron lock, Qiao Chuntao ordered his men to use powerful pliers to twist it, trying to break it. However, the thick iron lock was obviously not something that the pliers could break.
“Come here.” Qiao Chuntao pointed to a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat.
“Eh.” The middle-aged man hurriedly came up.
This is a "knowledgeable" person that the team leader ordered Jiang Mulezi to find in advance.
I saw this man taking a few of his apprentices and starting to get busy.
First, wrap the iron lock with a wet towel.
Then start cutting with a hacksaw.
Qiao Chuntao nodded secretly and wrapped the iron lock with a wet towel to avoid making any noise.
Several people took turns sawing, and after about half an hour, they finally sawed through the iron lock.
With a dull sound, the heavy barn door was opened.
Qiao Chuntao ordered half of the troops to hide outside and be on guard, and led the other half into the warehouse.
Everyone shined their flashlights and couldn't help but swallowed when they saw the piles of goods.
…
On the other side, the action at Shanghai Station has also begun.
Sheng Shuyu and the captain of the Shanghai Station Operation Brigade Zheng Lijun commanded the personnel and killed the guards of Sanyou Trading Company, but were stunned in the face of the thick iron locks.
There is one more lock.
It was originally an iron lock. I don’t know when the Japanese actually welded another keyhole and added a lock.
Only two people can use a hacksaw and start sawing.
The problem is that they did not expect to have two locks and did not bring enough wet towels.
Sheng Shuyu's face was ashen, and Zheng Lijun's face was also embarrassed.
The entire Shanghai station was fully prepared and fully prepared for this operation, but the final ‘mistake’ turned out to be:
I brought a few less towels!
“Take off your clothes!” Lu Xingge said in a deep voice with a cold face on the side, and he took off his coat immediately.
“Quick, quick, take off your clothes!”
Several agents also quickly took off their coats and wet them with water, temporarily using them as wet towels.
About two miles away from the 403 warehouse of Sanyou Trading Company, Cheng Qianfan set up his binoculars with both hands, vaguely saw this scene, and cursed "idiot" in his heart.
Even though it was far away and could not hear the sound of hacksaws cutting iron locks, Cheng Qianfan knew that wet clothes were less effective at silencing noise than towels.
There will definitely be harsh sounds coming out.
At this moment, there was movement from the pier.
Yu Dachuan, captain of the fourth detachment of the Guoying Investment Convoy, led a dozen Chinese soldiers and hundreds of dock workers on three barges, risking being bombarded by Japanese artillery fire, and finally arrived.
Everyone is waiting for the warehouse door to be opened.
For a while, the scene was a little messy.
No one noticed that at the pier, a small steamer appeared quietly in the night.
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