Chapter 2: The Bombardment of Tokyo

"Boss, can you tell us about your plans? It's not child's play, and I think I have a right to know some of the details. Hansen, who thought for a while, still hadn't figured it out, broke the silence in the captain's room. Although Monsieur Hitler is arrogant, we Germans can also make up for some deficiencies in their rigor and hard work, and Germany is not without a chance to achieve glory, and you should convince me and my family with some facts. ”

"You'll see, we're going to have to stay in Shanghai for a few more days, maybe before you leave Shanghai, you'll be able to see what you want." Zhuo Fei didn't explain much to Hansen, just left an even more puzzling answer for Hansen, and turned to leave the captain's room. Hansen was completely confused by Zhuo Fei's attitude, on the way from Nanjing to Shanghai, Hansen was repeatedly pondering Zhuo Fei's words, the freighters had already arrived at the Shanghai dock, and Hansen still couldn't come up with a reason.

Shanghai was another major battlefield after the Japanese army launched the 77 Incident, the Nationalist army mobilized heavy troops to fight with the Japanese army here for three months, although it ended in the defeat of the Nationalist army, but due to the mediation of Western countries, Shanghai did not become dilapidated and depressed because of the war. Zhuo Fei and his entourage boarded the dock, and immediately a rickshaw driver came up to pick up passengers, for Zhuo Fei, the current Shanghai is still very unfamiliar, fortunately, whether it is Hansen or Angela, they have lived in Shanghai, and soon hired enough rickshaws to rush to the hotel where they stayed.

"Then you will be inserted into the patrol house of the concession, and you will follow the path of Mr. Hansen, and the Dehua Commercial Bank will also set up an office in the public concession, and if you need help in the future, you will come to the person in charge of the office of the Dehua Commercial Bank. I only have two requirements for you, first, to climb up in every way, and the higher the position, the better. Second, pay attention to the rout of the former national army living in Shanghai, regardless of the type of army, as long as they can still be counted as men, you will take them in first, but the number should not exceed 500. ”

Han Sen has already gone through the path of the Public Concession Ministry of Industry Bureau, and got the establishment of the patrol house for Niu Laozhuan and them, although they can only start from the ordinary patrol at the bottom, but Zhuo Fei finally took the first step in Shanghai. "Boss, don't worry, we all know what to do." For Zhuo Fei's advice before parting, Niu Laozhuan and others were grateful.

"Boss, how long are we going to stay in Shanghai?" He personally sent Niu Lao and them to the patrol room of the public concession to take up their duties, and when they returned to the hotel, they didn't dare to delay much, and Hansen went to see Zhuo Fei. Hansen came to see Zhuo Fei for nothing else, the antiques they brought to Shanghai from Nanjing had been successfully dismantled, and the money they had obtained had been converted into Citibank checks. Zhuo Fei said on the boat that he would give Hansen an explanation before leaving Shanghai, and Hansen, who had been unable to think of an answer, was in a hurry to ask when he would leave Shanghai.

"Don't worry, wait a few days, won't there be a few freighters on the dock that are going to the United States, and I will take them to leave Shanghai at that time." Zhuo Fei has been sending Huffman to the dock to inquire about the situation in the past few days, and when he learned that several American ships were about to leave Shanghai, Zhuo Fei had already made a plan in his heart. "I need some things, they've been written on this, you can find someone to get them back, and besides, it's better to rent a separate warehouse on the dock and send these things to the dock."

Hansen didn't dare to waste time, and took the list given by Zhuo Fei to various foreign companies in the concession to buy, Zhuo Fei's list was mostly chemical products, and most of the things were unfamiliar to Hansen. Fortunately, the foreign companies in the concession have delivery services, and after Hansen rented the warehouse, the chemical raw materials purchased in the foreign bank were sent to the warehouse on the wharf all the time. In the following days, Zhuo Fei took Huffman and them to the warehouse at the dock all day long, and when they finally boarded the ship at the dock, Zhuo Fei and his party had a few more boxes.

From beginning to end, Hansen didn't ask Zhuo Fei what he was going to do with the chemical raw materials he spent money on, and Zhuo Fei didn't tell Hansen what he was doing when he went to the warehouse at the dock. Zhuo Fei not only concealed his whereabouts in the past few days, but also the answer that Hansen desperately wanted, Zhuo Fei did not answer positively, every time Hansen asked, Zhuo Fei would always divert the topic, which made Hansen even more puzzled.

According to the original sailing plan of the merchant ship, the merchant ship loaded with pig bristles and porcelain had to dock at the port of Yokohama in Japan and load the goods in the cargo hold before continuing to sail to the United States. Zhuo Fei didn't care what cargo the ship would load in Japan, he only cared about the time the ship would dock in Yokohama, and after learning that the ship would dock in Yokohama for three days, Zhuo Fei began to practice physical recovery in the cabin all day.

Yokohama is located in the southern part of Japan's Kanto region, bordering Tokyo Bay to the east, Yokosuka and other cities to the south, and Kawasaki City to the north. The Port of Yokohama, just 30 kilometers south of Tokyo, is located on the northwest edge of Tokyo Bay, on the eastern coast of Kanagawa Prefecture in southeastern Honshu, Japan, and is the second largest port in Japan. Its location is 35 degrees 19 minutes north latitude - 29 minutes north, longitude 139 degrees 37 minutes - 45 minutes east longitude. Its geographical advantages are the best in Japan in terms of wind direction, wind strength, current, and water depth.

Yokohama has traditionally been a cosmopolitan port, and the Port of Yokohama was one of the first ports to open its doors to the outside world when Japan opened its trade doors to foreign countries in 1859. Since then, the region has been a fusion of various national cultures in its dealings with the peoples of the world. There are many old Western-style buildings, and there is an atmosphere of multicultural encounter, and there is an exotic atmosphere everywhere. The city of Kamakura, 15 kilometers south of Yokohama, was the capital of Japan's Kamakura shogunate period in 1192 and retains quite a few historical and cultural treasures.

According to the sailing plan of the American merchant ships, Shanghai sailed more than 1,000 kilometers from Yokohama for seven days, and when the ship arrived at the port of Yokohama, Zhuo Fei and his party went directly to a hotel in Yokohama opened by the Germans. It was getting dark, the back door of the Red House Hotel was slowly opened, and Zhuo Fei, dressed as a standard Japanese, and Huffman, dressed as a driver, drove out of the hotel in a car. "Don't ask anything, just wait patiently at the hotel." This is Zhuo Fei's advice before leaving the hotel with Huffman, except for Hansen, who is secretly worried, Angela and none of them know where Zhuo Fei and the two are going.

"Boss, what if you encounter the Japanese military police?" Driving at night is not a comfortable thing, especially since the owner of the red house has already stated in advance that there may be military police or police officers on the way to Tokyo, so Hefman, who is in charge of driving, is a little worried. After all, there are some contraband in his car, and if the Japanese find out, he and his boss will be very troublesome.

"Hefman, I remember you're not a coward, what, scared?" Zhuo Fei, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, twisted his face and smiled at Huffman, this guy who seemed to be grinning was actually not stupid, otherwise he would not have just taken him out. Sure enough, when Zhuo Fei said this, Huffman laughed out loud, and he was not worried about being in Japan at the moment.

I don't know if it was the luck of Zhuo Fei and the others, on the way from Yokohama to Tokyo, the two didn't encounter any gendarmes or police at all, and they could already see the lights on the streets of Tokyo from afar, Zhuo Fei told Huffman to stop the car. "Hefman, your appearance will cause unnecessary trouble, so you wait here for now. I will definitely come back to you before dawn, and if I haven't come back an hour after dawn, you will return to Yokohama immediately. Signaling to Huffman to park the car in the woods on the side of the road first, after a few careful instructions, Zhuo Fei took out a huge backpack from the car and slowly disappeared into the night.

Standard Japanese dress, fluent Kyoto accent, these have become Zhuo Fei's advantages, not to mention that Zhuo Fei looks less than 20 years old, although after entering Tokyo, he encountered two consecutive police interrogations of pedestrians, but Zhuo Fei has saved the danger and saved the past. Looking at the large number of wooden houses in Tokyo, Zhuo Fei's heart throbbed slightly. Together, the casualties caused by this fire are definitely tens of thousands. In the middle of the night, Zhuo Fei's cloth hanging under the eaves began to swing in the wind, and Zhuo Fei, who slowly got up, cut the throats of the four members of the houseowner with a short knife, and then called up the light curtain to check, sure enough, killing ordinary Japanese people will also get merit points.

According to the direction of the wind at this time, he walked through the streets of Tokyo with a backpack on his back, and when he estimated that his current location was not far from the outskirts of Tokyo, Zhuo Fei began to take things out from his baggage. The mortar was picked up by Zhuo Fei in Nanjing, and the thirty-two mortar shells were all modified by Zhuo Fei at the Shanghai dock, Zhuo Fei did not have a specific goal on this trip, he was just to kill the Japanese to obtain merit points, and these wooden residential buildings in front of him were his targets.

"Tom" The first shell came out of the chamber, Zhuo Fei did not rush to make the second shell angry, but quietly waited for the change after the shell landed. With a bang, the mortar shells that landed and exploded shot up a pillar of fire, and large fireballs shot out with the explosion in all directions. Then, one by one, the fireheads rose into the sky, and the liquid fireballs fell wherever they fell. Even if it falls on the steel, a fireball will rise.

Seeing that the cannonballs he had modified had an effect, Zhuo Fei in the open space did not stop for a moment, and shot out all the cannonballs at hand in one breath. As the shells exploded one by one, the flames burst into flames, and the Japanese wooden houses provided excellent materials for combustion, and the fire had burned half of the sky red in just a few minutes. It's not just the fire, it's not the most terrible, it's terrible that with the night wind, a large number of sparks drift in the wind, causing fires everywhere else. From time to time, people scream at others and ask for help, but the more this happens, the greater the casualties.