In the back compartment of the westbound truck, Pu Su sat next to the tailgate without saying a word.

He kept the sides of the truck's cabin, which were originally equipped with passenger seats, as well as ammunition boxes for carrying shells. The shell box can be used to store ammunition in normal times, and the long seats on both sides are more convenient for the team to sit at the moment.

As you can see from a truck, the British are indeed much more elaborate than the Soviets.

Before getting on the bus, Alyosha had made a brief mobilization, and all of them checked their equipment before finally boarding the bus. During the day, he repeatedly explained what should have been explained, and now he has nothing to add.

In accordance with Western practice, the operation was preceded by a pre-war briefing. On the blackboard, he drew a detailed topographical map so that everyone involved in the operation knew what they were going to do.

There are a total of 28 so-called legal tobacco shops in Huxi. Of course, the actual number is much more than that. It's just that the largest and most influential cigarette shops are in these more than 20 houses.

Because it was necessary to intercept the smoke boat, it was scheduled to act at four o'clock, but it had to be closed before dawn, and the total time was just over an hour.

It is completely impossible to catch them all in this time. So he chose to sweep away the twenty-one cigarette shops concentrated in one area in the shortest possible time.

This area is in the Caojiadu neighborhood that is gradually formed by the intersection of multiple roads, including Lo Bo Sang Road, Bai Li South Road, Kang Naotuo Road, and Xingjiapo Road.

In fact, this location is very close to the No. 76 headquarters and Jisfield Road, so it has very high requirements for operation deployment and team execution. Once the gunfire is loud, it is easy to disturb the 76th, and if it is then quite troublesome to send reinforcements.

Mufflers are a military device that is even more difficult to obtain than munitions. Because of the special use, few countries are willing to export. As a result, the entire team only has a few silencers that can be equipped with pistols.

After the truck was in the final position, a truck was left to stop at the intersection of Kang Naotuo Road, the body was crossed, and two machine gunners in the rear compartment were left to block the road.

Pu Su and the team members in this truck got out of the car here, and the other truck loaded the team members and continued to drive forward.

The route was surveyed before. Pu Su took the driver and the leaders of the three groups to follow the same route several times during the day.

By the time the second truck stopped at the intersection of South Baili Road and completed the same action, the truck stopped sideways and blocked the road, and the team members who had cut the telephone lines and wires had climbed down from the telephone poles.

At this time, Pu Su quickly flashed his flashlight three times forward. After receiving it, the front intersection also flashed back three times in response.

At this time, Pu Su glanced at the watch on his wrist, and the hands showed that it was 4:15 in the morning.

The action has officially begun!

The blockade of the intersection on both sides does not only block the road on both sides. There are many alleys in Huxili, the terrain is very complicated, and many alleys are zigzag and extend in all directions, so it is not realistic to completely prevent the Qing Gang and the smokers from escaping.

But as long as these two roads are blocked, they can be controlled to escape outside the area, and this will also achieve the goal.

The reason why this place is called Caojiadu is because it was a "Yidu" ferry port before, just on the edge of Suzhou Creek. To the north is the river, because of the topography, the Suzhou Creek is tortuous, and after making a bend, it surrounds the east.

Therefore, a truck blocked Kang Nao's escape, and even if there was an escape from it, it would not be able to escape to the east at all. And there is no way to escape from the west, even if there are fish that slip through the net, at most they will save their lives by running to the west, and there will be no threat to the operation.

Caojiadu is adjacent to the public concession, east of Jisfeier Road, and it is really very close to No. 76 Demon Cave. Therefore, the focus of Pusu's arrangement is to block the exits to the east from the north and south, and not to run to the east.

The fan-shaped actual control area of the two intersections is very large, and the machine guns laid on the trucks have a very wide firing range.

Even if there were fish who were familiar with the trail that slipped through the net, they could go out and go around in a big circle to report to No. 76, and by the time they reacted and urgently gathered reinforcements, their operation would have ended long ago.

As for whether anyone will venture into Caojiadu to swim across the river......

Not to mention that it is a live target in the water, just the black and smelly Suzhou River water, even Qi San, who lost all his gambling and wanted to commit suicide, did not have the courage to commit suicide in that kind of water quality, and all ran to the Huangpu River.

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The operation was divided into three squads at the same time.

The two squad leaders led the team members to start from both sides and focus on clearing according to the house numbers handed over to them in advance. Their task is to drive all the people in the cigarette shop out and squat down on the road with their heads in their hands.

Among the orders given by Pu Su was an important one. As long as there is resistance, no matter who it is, there is no need to screen it, and it will be killed on the spot.

The order seems to be very ruthless and too cold-blooded, but it is also because the internal situation is too complicated in a place like Huxi.

At that time, the tobacco shops in Shanghai Tang and Huxi had already possessed the nature of comprehensive entertainment.

From the outside, there is indeed a typical cigarette shop name like "A Line of Sky" on the signboard on the door. It's just that there are also gambling stalls that are much larger than tobacco shops, as well as dance halls and brothels.

For a long time, the Chinese's understanding of the so-called gold cave in the traditional sense has not been comparable to the deformed entertainment in Shanghai in this era.

Even if it is this kind of business, under the instruction of the Japanese, the current Huxi Gangland has long been detached from tradition and has formed a one-stop service of pornography, gambling and drugs.

When a gambler or smoker enters the place, it is easy to get in and difficult to get out. Even if you are lucky enough to win the bet, don't think about going out with the money.

Few of the money won will be used as money. Generously tipping the little guys, generously giving bargaining chips to the prostitutes who accompany him, and then the cigarette shop treats guests with good longevity ointment, and the prostitutes serve them with cigarette bubbles......

In this way, after a routine, there is no need for any robbery, and the guests themselves even keep their money here with profits.

What's more, where is the actual winning?

The rules of the gambling stalls in Shanghai are that for each gambling shop, the dealer will take a 3% rake.

Gamblers play dozens of paved down, even if they don't lose or win, the principal brought by them is gone. Don't think that dozens of shops can play for long, like dice, this kind of gambling, dozens of shops down, if you are faster, it will take less than an hour.

This is still in the case of the bookmaker's rules, and there is no trick at all.

In light of this situation, Pu Sucai decisively set the tone before the action.

The smoke shop is mixed, and there are not only the resident watchmen of the Green Gang. There are also many outlaws who can't be identified hiding here, spending the night inside. In the event of such an action, it is very likely that you will resist, and in this case it is safest to kill them directly.