Chapter 36: When the Operation is in Progress (5)
The intruder with a gun to his head had already left, but Han Kwang-so was still standing in place stunned and did not move, if it wasn't for the door being open, maybe Han Kwang-so would have thought that what happened just now was just his own crankiness. Zhao Kuize and a few people had already come downstairs, but several of them were still in a coma at the moment, and several people worked together, but they couldn't beat the intruder.
After more than half an hour, Zhao Kuize and the others, who were knocked unconscious, woke up leisurely, and when they opened their eyes, they saw Han Guangzhu sitting beside them with a lonely face. "Brother Kwang-so, who is that person?" Cho Kyu-taek reached out and rubbed his neck, moved his body, and sat down next to Han Kwang-so. When he found out that Han Kwang-so was held to the head with a gun by a stranger, he was the first to find out and rush up to do it, and he was also the first to be knocked unconscious.
When everyone's eyes looked at him, Han Guangzhu said what Zhao Kuize and the others didn't hear, "Our plan is likely to have been leaked out, and after that person knocked you out, he broke our identity with one mouth." It is not easy to find our residence so accurately, I guess that person is not a person from the Intelligence Department or the Central Union, or a person from the Shanghai underground party, otherwise that person would not have left us dead. ”
Han Kwang-so's judgment was just his personal speculation, but Zhao Kuize and the others were concerned about the purpose of the intruders coming here, "That person said that he knew that we were members of the National Salvation Army, and he could help us send weapons and equipment into Hongkou District." However, he wants to cooperate with us, in other words, our actions can be carried out as usual, but there may be a few more targets at that time. Han Kwang-so's words made Zhao Kuize and the others not react for a while, and the intruder's suggestion did not seem to hinder their actions.
"I'm worried now that person will be lustful and indulgent, in case when our men enter Hongkou District, the Japanese will come to a nest." Han Kwang-so's worries at the moment are not superfluous, in fact, the Korean National Salvation Army has been hiding in Shanghai for so many years, and during this period, it has been encircled and suppressed by the special high-tech department many times. Han Kwang-so didn't want to be restrained, but he couldn't refuse the other party's suggestion, and if the weapons could not be sent to Hongkou before the operation, their long-planned attack would have to be suspended.
"Brother Kwang-so, why don't you just promise to give it a try! Hideki works in a restaurant, and he has to go in and out of Hongkou District every day to buy ingredients for the restaurant. We can ask that person to help us send weapons and ammunition to Hongkou District first, and after Xiushu confirms, it's not too late for us to talk to that person about cooperation! Zhao Kuize gave people the impression that he had always been honest and shrewd, but the suggestion he put forward at the moment made Han Guangzhu's eyes light up, and he said that he could give it a try.
When Han Kwang-su and the others were racking their brains to discuss countermeasures, Tang Cheng, who had already removed his disguise, was walking slowly through the streets. Using the Korean National Salvation Army as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the Japanese army in Shanghai and the special high-tech department, Tang Cheng actually didn't feel how subtle this trick was. But he has no available people now, even if the combat effectiveness of the Korean National Salvation Army is still very weak, but Tang Cheng, who has limited energy, has no other choice at the moment. Walking aimlessly along the side of the street, Tang Cheng's mind was already drifting far away, and just as he subconsciously turned sideways to avoid a passer-by who was approaching him, he suddenly heard a gunshot in his ears.
"Smack!" Before Tang Cheng could react to dodge, a man in a suit rushed out of a shop more than ten meters away from Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng didn't think much about it, and immediately followed a few pedestrians on the side of the road, and got into the alley on the side of the street without raising his head. Seeing a group of people running over from the alley with a shout, squatting in the alley pretending to be trembling Tang Cheng, he followed those pedestrians out of the alley.
The fleeing and pursuing people were already far away, but the door of the store where the gun was fired just now was already surrounded by a circle of idlers watching the excitement, and Tang Cheng unexpectedly found a familiar face among these idlers. "Edmund, why are you here?" Edmund, who was supposed to be in the residence at this time, was watching the excitement in the crowd, and Tang Cheng felt very curious. Like Tang City, Edmund was also surprised to see Tang City here, after all, the location was a bit far from their residence. Perhaps sensing that this was not a good place to talk, Tang Cheng immediately tilted his head at Edmund and motioned for the other party to go and talk to him.
When Tang Cheng saw Edmund in the crowd, he unconsciously ignored the two foreign youths who were looking at Edmund not far away, perhaps Tang Cheng's appearance was abrupt, and his tilting of his head at Edmund caused a misunderstanding between the two foreign youths, just when Tang Cheng took the lead in turning around, one of the foreign youths blocked Edmund with his body, while the other hit Tang Cheng in the abdomen with an uppercut.
The sudden attack did not make Tang Cheng panic, but he used his left elbow to press down to block the opponent's hook, Tang Cheng secretly inhaled and took a horizontal step at the same time, directly hitting his body into the foreign young man's chest. The foreign young man who suddenly punched looked at his sturdy body, more than a head taller than Tang Cheng, under normal circumstances, Tang Cheng, who was too different from the opponent's body size, anyone who saw it would say that Tang Cheng was not an opponent.
But after Tang Cheng resisted the opponent's attack, he launched a counterattack in less than two breaths, and forcefully knocked the opponent back one after another. The confrontation between the two Tang Cheng was over in just an instant, but Edmund, who was only two or three meters away from the two, didn't see it clearly, because there was still a person in front of him. However, Edmund's reaction was not slow, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the other person was forced to retreat by Tang Cheng, so he immediately reached out and pushed away the person who was blocking him, and shouted in a low voice at Tang Cheng who turned around.
"Edmund, you don't have to rush to explain, I know it's none of your business." Tang Cheng, who turned around, did not look like the expression on his face had changed. After only one glance at Edmund, Tang Cheng turned his head to look at the foreign young man who had punched him just now, just now Tang Cheng felt that this person looked familiar, and now that he looked closely face to face, Tang Cheng immediately recognized the other party. "Your name is George, and I don't know if that's your real name, but I'm sure we've met."
The foreign young man who attacked Tang Cheng with a punch but was blocked was looking at Tang Cheng with a confused face at the moment, he had been practicing boxing since he was a child, and he knew how powerful his fist was, but the guy in front of him, who looked much smaller than himself, blocked it very lightly. What Tang Cheng said at the moment, he didn't listen to it at all, he just wanted to fight Tang Cheng again at the moment, because he was very confident in his fists.
"This is not the place to speak, Edmund, if you don't object, we can talk in another place." The foreign young man didn't seem to recognize him before the meeting, and Tang Cheng turned his gaze to Edmund. These two foreign young men were dedicated to protecting Edmund, needless to say, Tang Cheng could guess that there must be some kind of connection between them, and Tang Cheng was very curious about this.
Edmund nodded slowly, and the three of them followed Tang Cheng off the street, finally taking a seat in a café on the next street. "Edmund, what's the matter with the gun? I think you've been watching it for a while, so you should know something. After a few people sat down in the café, Tang Cheng did not immediately ask about Edmund's relationship with the two foreign youths, but deliberately mentioned the incident of the gun just now.
"I don't know much, but I heard from the people next to me that it was the plainclothes patrol in the concession who was rounding up the criminals, and it was said to be related to a batch of electrical materials in the black market." Edmund did not hide it from Tang Cheng, and in the constant hints and objections of his two companions, Edmund told everything he knew. Black market appliances? Tang Cheng frowned slightly when he heard this, so in this way, the person who rushed out of the store just now and shot while running should be a member of the Shanghai Underground Party, because there is no one else in Shanghai who has made things happen for electrical materials except the Underground Party.
Tang Cheng thought that this matter was related to the Shanghai underground party, but he didn't say it, and after putting down the café in his hand, Tang Cheng immediately looked up at the two foreign youths. "It's true that this is a concession, but it's not a place for you Jews to live in peace, and the Japanese have allied themselves with the Nazis, so it's not a secret. As far as the current development of the war is concerned, it is very likely that the Japanese army will control the whole of Shanghai, and once the Japanese army controls the whole of Shanghai, will the Jews living in Shanghai still be able to live as leisurely as they are now? ”
Tang Cheng saw through the identities of these two foreign youths at a glance, Edmund was very shocked in his heart, thinking back to what Tang Cheng had said before, Edmund looked at the foreign young man on his left with a suspicious expression. The foreign young man who was stared at by Edmund couldn't help but shake his head again and again, in his memory, he didn't remember that he had met Tang Cheng. What's going on? Edmund trusted that his companion would not coax him, so he turned his head to Tang Cheng again.
"Maybe you've forgotten, so I'll remind you!" Edmund's eyes showed deep suspicion, and Tang Cheng didn't explain, but grinned at the foreign young man. "Nanjing Confucius Temple! Do you still have an impression of this place? In the middle of August last year, at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, you and your companion pestered a Chinese girl, and your companion beat him very badly, and it was the Chinese girl's brother who did it. ”
"You are Tang Juan's younger brother!" Tang Cheng's words mentioned the Nanjing Confucius Temple, as well as the entanglement of Chinese girls, this American young man who used to be named George suddenly realized, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at Tang Cheng and exclaimed. Just looking at his expression at the moment, he was obviously not really happy to meet Tang Cheng in Shanghai.