Chapter 23 Blowing Up the Arms
"Chen Leijun, I'm old, I didn't hear clearly just now, can you tell me again?" Taro Taro, commander of the Japanese Navy stationed in Shanghai, who had passed the age of confusion, was stunned for a moment, and then asked Chen Lei, who was standing in front of him, for verification and inquiry.
At this time, Chen Lei, although he had already noticed that the gray-haired middle-aged Japanese man in front of him had become very solemn, he still replied without hesitation: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, I just said that if I am not mistaken, the continuous explosion outside will most likely come from the northeast direction of the courtyard of the Japanese Navy Club. ”
As soon as Chen Lei's words fell, Taro Tano's legs became a little weak, and his body swayed for less than three seconds before he "banged" and fell to the ground backwards.
Seeing this scene, the three of them, who were standing in front of them, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly rushed forward and quickly helped Taro Tano, who had fallen to the ground.
Tu Feiyuan took the lead in reassuring Taro Tano: "Your Excellency Commander, what Chen Leijun said just now was just his personal guess. I wanted to wait until the explosion outside stopped, and then I would immediately send someone to the nearby explosion site to investigate, maybe it was from another direction. Please also take care of your health, Your Excellency. ”
Kagesa also followed and comforted Taro Tano, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander. I agree with what Tu Fei Yuanjun said, that is just Chen Leijun's personal speculation, why should Your Excellency the Commander take it so seriously. If the direction of the explosion comes from somewhere else, this is possible. Until the explosions stop, I'm afraid no one will give an unmistakable answer. ”
Iwai Ichiro also lost no time in echoing: "Dohi En-kun and Kagesa-kun, what the two of them said is right. Your Excellency, Commander, you can't believe Chen Leijun's personal speculation. I don't think I'll have a definite answer until the explosions outside have stopped. Now, we're hiding in this underground bomb shelter, and we just have to be patient. ”
Immediately afterwards, the representatives of the Wang puppet regime, including Zhou Fuhai, Li Shijun, Ding Mocun, and others, who were standing in front of them, also stepped forward one after another and persuaded and comforted Taro Tian who had just fallen to the ground.
Only Chen Lei stood there alone, he felt that he would not mistake the direction of the explosion, and there was no need to join in the excitement, and when the explosion outside stopped, he believed that what he said was not wrong at all.
This is because this evening, it was he who single-handedly planned the bombing of the munitions depot in the compound of the Japanese naval headquarters in Shanghai.
Originally, Chen Lei carried with him an invitation to a dinner at the Japanese Navy Club this evening, and he gave it to Sun Chengshu, who had delivered bread, to Sun Chengshu at the modern clothing store on Nanjing Road in the public concession.
Chen Lei then asked Sun Chengshu to pretend to be a newspaper reporter, and asked Sun Chengshu to bring some of the cameras and accessories he had left in the modern clothing store, and then changed the name at the beginning of the invitation from Chen Lei to Sun Chengshu.
In this way, Sun Chengshu infiltrated the Japanese Navy Club as a newspaper reporter, and the camera he carried was actually a time bomb device.
When Sun Chengshu successfully entered the Japanese Navy Club, he activated the time bomb device, and he took advantage of the crowd to the northeast corner of the courtyard - under the large cherry blossom trees.
Place the camera in the corner of the wall and cover it with some dirt and weeds to hide it.
About 20 minutes after Sun Chengshu and Liu Jianren left the Japanese Navy Club one after another, the time bomb device, a time bomb device buried in the northeast corner of the courtyard wall, exploded on time.
Because the time bomb contained a very large amount of explosives, not only the thick courtyard wall was blown up, but also the munitions warehouse of the Japanese Navy Headquarters across the wall also suffered.
In the hall on the first floor of the Japanese Navy Club, Chen Lei, who was attending a grand dinner, did not panic like the others present when he heard the first violent explosion, on the contrary, but cheered.
Of course, because the scene of the banquet was in chaos as the explosions sounded one after another, no one noticed that Chen Lei was happy at this time, and he was excited to stay in place and jump and jump.
Those who know think that Chen Lei is celebrating the completion of tonight's operation to blow up the arms depot of the Japanese Navy Headquarters in Shanghai; People who don't know still think that Chen Lei heard the deafening explosion outside, and he was at a loss and "crazy".
However, in this process, Yuriko, a young Japanese girl wearing a cherry blossom kimono, who was originally standing at the counter at the entrance of the hall on the first floor, inadvertently discovered Chen Lei's extraordinary behavior.
As a female usher of the Japanese Navy Club, Yuriko also followed many VIPs on the scene into the current underground air-raid shelter, staying less than two feet away from Chen Lei, staring intently at Chen Lei's every move.
The explosion outside lasted for about five minutes before it stopped, much to the relief of those hiding in the underground bomb shelters.
Out of an abundance of caution, Dohiro sent one of his men to leave the underground bomb shelter to check on the situation.
Less than a minute later, the attendant returned and reported to Tohi that although the explosions outside had stopped, the fire had not yet been extinguished in the northwest corner of the Japanese Navy Headquarters compound, which was only a wall away from the Japanese Navy Club.
After listening to the report of the entourage, Taro Tano, who had fallen hard just now, was even more anxious to go up to see the actual situation, so he returned to the hall on the first floor of the Japanese Navy Club with the support of many Japanese soldiers.
At this time, the hall on the first floor was already a mess, the glass on the windows around it had been shattered, and the tables and chairs that were originally neatly placed were now crooked.
It is especially a pity that the glass bottles of the expensive foreign wine placed on the table were shattered, and the wine contained in them was also spilled.
Taro Tano, who walked out of the hall on the first floor, came to the courtyard on the north side of the Japanese Navy Club, and looked at the northwest corner of the courtyard of the Japanese Navy Headquarters across the east wall - the munitions warehouse, many Japanese soldiers were struggling to hold all kinds of pots and pans, holding water to water the place where the fire was on fire, and the fire did not weaken because of this.
"Yaga! Who did it. If I had known who it was, I would have him torn to pieces! Also, I'm going to let his family and friends die with him! Taro Tano, who was supported by a number of Japanese people, looked at the fire still burning in the direction of the munitions warehouse, gritted his teeth and squeaked, and muttered to himself viciously.
It just so happened that Chen Lei was standing behind Taro Taro Tian at this time, and when he heard Taro Tano's cruel words, he seemed to be calm on the surface, but he was already ecstatic in his heart.