The Bravest

When the Japanese parade on Nanjing Road was attacked, a truck was slowly driving towards No. 76. In the back of the truck, two KMT agents were stuffing a round package into a strangely modified gasoline barrel.

The gasoline barrel was welded densely with many layers, and there were several thick iron strips on the outside. The strange gasoline barrel was fixed on an iron frame welded to the carriage, and the bottom was reinforced with steel plates.

"Chen Jun, is this thing you're dealing with any good? I hope it doesn't explode." A bearded agent shouted to a young man.

"Lao Sun, there will be no problem. If you are afraid, just go down. I can fire by myself. It's all fixed anyway, and there's no way to aim." The young Chen Jun was not polite at all.

"I'm afraid of death. This is my mission, okay? It was you who insisted on coming along, saying that you wanted to record some parameters. I said you are the stationmaster's precious expert. If you get skinned, the stationmaster will have to peel off my skin as compensation. Chen Jun, you'd better get off the car in front. I'll do the rough work." Old Sun persuaded the young blasting expert with a stern face.

"Okay, either you blow up Building No. 76 with one shot, or I'll be left here today, weighing over 100 kilograms." Chen Jun, who deals with explosives all day long, has never known how to write the word death.

"Get ready." When the truck was more than a hundred meters away from No. 76, the agent driving in front shouted loudly.

"Remember not to turn off the engine. When you hear the sound, step on the accelerator and drive away." Old Sun patted the cab from behind and reminded loudly.

Today, the security at No. 76 was looser than usual, and most of the agents were sent out to maintain order for the parade. There was an outer sentry station that was supposed to check the truck, but the agent sitting in the passenger seat wearing a Japanese military uniform cursed in Japanese and let it go.

The truck passed the gate of No. 76, drove to the diagonal opposite side about 50 meters away, then backed up a little, with the rear compartment facing the gate. Lao Sun and Chen Jun lifted the tarpaulin of the compartment, revealing the black hole of the gasoline barrel.

"Ignite!" Chen Jun shouted. Lao Sun used the prepared lighter to light the fuse of the propellant.

"Bang." A muffled sound startled the spy at the gate of No. 76. Suddenly, a large package with white smoke fell from the sky and landed in the parking lot not far away. Two seconds later, a huge explosion overturned several cars parked in the parking lot, and two of the cars that were close to each other started to catch fire. The spy who stayed behind at No. 76 was startled by the explosion. Shouts of "enemy attack" were heard everywhere, but no one dared to rush out to see what happened. Almost everyone immediately found a shelter to hide.

"It's done, hurry up, hurry up." Old Sun watched the explosive pack flying out of the gasoline barrel and falling into the No. 76 compound. He excitedly slapped the cab, and the driver stepped on the accelerator. The truck rushed out dozens of meters away, and the explosion was heard.

"Hahaha, my cannon was successful." Chen Jun ignored the hot gasoline barrel, slapped it a few times with his hands, and shouted proudly.

"Stop shouting, help pull down the tarpaulin, and get ready, we're going to storm the sentry post soon."

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A military truck with the gendarmerie headquarters on it slowly drove to the door of a white apartment, where two Japanese spies were seen checking a horse-drawn carriage delivering food.

A Japanese corporal jumped off the truck and yelled at the Chinese who were blocking the door, "You, get out of the way!"

"Taijun, it will be there soon, it will be there soon." The old man driving the carriage bowed to the corporal, and then looked at the inspecting agent with embarrassment and whispered to him, "Taijun Yamaguchi, the Taijun behind us is urging us again, how about we give way first?"

"Okay, hurry in, deliver the food to the kitchen and come out immediately, don't wander around."

"Yes, yes, yes. Boy, go in quickly and don't block the way of the lady." The old man quickly called a young man of about seventeen or eighteen to put the vegetable baskets that had been messed up by the spies in order.

The carriage swayed into the gate of the apartment. When the truck arrived at the gate, it was stopped by the secret agents who asked to check their ID. The warrant officer sitting in the passenger seat jumped out of the car, took out an ID from the pocket of his military uniform, and handed it to the secret agent at the gate: "My Ishii team has been ordered to take over the defense here."

"Warrant Officer Ishii, your credentials are fine, but we haven't received any rotation order from General Kagesa. I need to verify it. Please wait outside the door." The spy at the gate said in a businesslike manner. They were spies from the Ume Agency under Kagesa Masayoshi and didn't care about the military police from the military police headquarters.

"Baga, you dare to disobey the order of the military police headquarters." The warrant officer shouted at the secret agent guarding the gate. A group of military police jumped off the military truck and pointed the bayonets of their Type 38 rifles at the secret agent at the gate. The corporal at the beginning even shouted and rushed to the secret agent and slapped him twice. There were only two secret agents guarding the gate. They didn't expect the military police to be so arrogant. They were confiscated their guns before they could resist, and they were knocked unconscious and thrown into the sentry box.

At this time, the guards in the apartment had been alarmed and rushed out. The leading agent found that it was a group of military police causing trouble, so he did not use his gun, but took the agents forward to argue with the warrant officer.

What was unexpected was that the military police warrant officer suddenly shouted:

"Hands on"

The military police who had been prepared immediately opened fire at the spies who rushed over. Seven or eight Japanese spies guarding the apartment were caught off guard and shot to death.

"Go in quickly." The warrant officer gave the order and led the military intelligence agents dressed as Japanese military police to rush into the apartment building. Five or six military intelligence operatives in plain clothes jumped off the truck, led by Liu Yang. The plainclothes officers quickly occupied the gate and blocked the military intelligence personnel's retreat.

Since the military intelligence officers were wearing Japanese military police uniforms, they only encountered secret agents on guard in the apartment building, who first warned them loudly in Japanese, "The military police headquarters has taken over the defense. Lay down your weapons immediately."

The spies in the building only heard the gunshots and had no idea what was happening outside. They also lost their command and subconsciously hesitated when facing the military police. Their guns were soon removed and they were killed with bayonets in their terrified eyes.

In just over ten minutes, this special team of the Military Control Commission completely eliminated all the spies in the building and took control of the entire building.

"Hurry up and get in the car, we're evacuating." Liu Yang shouted in English to several European and American intelligence officers who were brought out by the father and son who were delivering food. As intelligence officers, they didn't need Liu Yang's command at all. As soon as they were brought to the yard of the apartment, they quickly climbed onto the military truck.

The military intelligence agents disguised as military police also quickly got into the car, pretending to escort the prisoners, and soon left the apartment and disappeared into the distance. Liu Yang and other plainclothes officers dispersed with a dozen European and American reporters who were willing to follow them, went into various alleys, and fled.

At this point, the operations launched by the Military Intelligence Bureau in the three places can be said to have been successful. However, sporadic gunshots continued to be heard throughout the urban area of ​​Shanghai. This was the Military Intelligence Bureau constantly disrupting the Japanese's sight and buying more time for evacuation. In particular, the European and American journalists who had been rescued had no way to leave Shanghai immediately, so they could only hide first and wait until the situation was not so tense before finding a way to send them to the guerrilla zone in the suburbs and then to the rear. These could not be done in a short period of time.

The parade was ambushed, and the enemy used unknown artillery. The scene was like a battlefield, with heavy casualties. The 76th was also attacked. Although no casualties were caused, everyone was in danger. The apartment where European and American journalists were detained was infiltrated by a group of people wearing military police uniforms, killing more than a dozen guards and spies. There were also continuous gunshots everywhere, including police stations, hospitals, and the offices of the pseudo-government. Many places were attacked by people, and the criminals retreated at the first touch, appearing and disappearing like ghosts.

At that time, the Japanese military police headquarters and various secret service agencies in Shanghai were constantly receiving calls. A large number of troops, military police and secret agents were dispatched, and the entire Shanghai city was under martial law and temporary military management was implemented. At this time, Gangcun and Lin Jie appeared at the ruins of the collapsed Zhenhua Company.

"Mr. Gangcun, I didn't expect that the Military Control Commission still has such power in Shanghai. It's really disturbing." Lin Jie was still frightened when thinking about the explosion scene he saw on the way here. Fortunately, he tricked Gangcun out of the car, otherwise he might have been a charred body in one of the destroyed cars.

"Well, this place has been taken over by the army. There is no point for us to stay. I'd better go back to the headquarters and wait for orders from above. Lin Sang, you go back to your second section's base and gather your men first, and be on standby at any time. The welfare house should also send people to strengthen the vigilance and guard our warehouse." Gangcun was not as high-spirited as when he set out in the morning, and his face was decadent. But before leaving, he did not forget to tell Lin Jie to keep an eye on the private warehouse set up in the welfare house.

"Don't worry, Gangcun-kun, I'll go back and make arrangements right away." Lin Jie didn't waste any words and turned to leave. He had long wanted to leave this place. Without a car, Lin Jie had to walk, and he stopped a rickshaw halfway and returned to the investigation room.

"Wulian, I'm calling from the base. It's not convenient to go home right now. The streets are under martial law. Please don't go out for the time being." Lin Jie called home as soon as he entered the office.

"Well, you should be careful. I asked Mei Zi to come to my house today. I am playing cards with Sun Yuelan and Haitang. We are all still here. Don't worry."

"That's good. Ask Mei Zi to call Gangcun and tell him later." Lin Jie put down the phone and pressed the doorbell to call Liu Sheng outside the door.

"Brother, why is there martial law outside? You didn't let us follow you today, so I had to stay here and didn't dare to go out, for fear that you wouldn't be able to find us when the time comes."

"The Military Control Commission is making a big move today, attacking everywhere, so be careful. Oh, right? The one that was attacked today is at the welfare home, right?"

"According to your arrangement, Yidao would have gone there early in the morning. With Chen Kai and the others, there's no need to worry about the welfare home."

"That's good."

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