That evening, in the apartment at No. 57 Yannan Road in Shanghai's French Concession, Commissioner Duan Tiecheng and stationmaster Wang Hanmin were discussing a specific plan of action with two men on a map of the city.

These two young men are the leaders of the fifth detachment, captain Jiang Guotao and his deputy Guo Yuande.

Duan Tiecheng pointed to a point on the map and began to introduce his painstakingly designed plan of action: "Dashun warehouse, this warehouse is located on the west side of the library building, about three kilometers away, it is a hidden base we have set up, and we will transport arms and explosives in batches to Dashun warehouse before we act.

One of the wardens of this warehouse is one of our own, and on the day of the operation, he will control the other guards so that we can move.

Before the operation, we will arrange for your special team to enter the downtown area of Shanghai, to hide in the Dashun warehouse, the area of the Dashun warehouse is not small, enough to hide your special team, and more importantly, there are two trucks parked in the square of this warehouse, which are usually used to transport goods, and we use them in this operation.

And our action is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, that is, on the night of the 10th.

We have all inquired, this day is the birthday of Su Yue, the mayor of Shanghai, and he will have a big feast on this day, and invite people from all walks of life in Shanghai to attend, and the target of our intelligence station will be among these guests.

We would wait for the banquet to disperse, and then assassinate the guests on the way home, and when the assassination was done, we would deliberately make the movement a little louder to attract the attention of the Japanese.

At that time, we will have special personnel to monitor the movements of the Japanese side, and if the expectations are correct, the Japanese will react quickly, and when they send personnel to support, we will notify you to do it, and the rest is how to attack the library building, it is up to you. ”

After Duan Tiecheng finished speaking, Wang Hanmin pointed to a simple structure diagram of the library building next to him, and then introduced it seriously: "Captain Jiang, this is the structure diagram of the library building that we collected, this book building has four floors, and there is another floor in the basement, we made an analysis and judgment, this batch of fiat currency is huge, the volume is about 100 square meters, such a large volume will definitely not be placed in an ordinary room, the entire library building, there are only two places, you can put so much fiat currency, one is the basement of the lowest floor downstairs, The other is the conference room on the east side of the fourth floor, but because Shanghai is located on the coast, the air has always been very humid, especially in the basement, which is not conducive to the storage of paper, so they have only one choice, which is the conference room on the east side of the fourth floor. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Hanmin pointed to a corner of the map, drew a circle with a pen, and said again: "Our preliminary design is like this, as soon as you attack, you will use the two trucks in the Dashun warehouse to crash open the outside door, and before the other party has not reacted at all, directly rush to the west side of the building, the vehicle is close to the building wall, and then detonate the TNT explosives loaded on the truck, we have calculated the yield, the power of the explosion is enough to blow up a gap at this point, and next to the gap is the staircase, The follow-up team members rushed up the stairs until they reached the conference room on the fourth floor, and then ignited the fiat currency in the fastest time to destroy it.

We've got enough gas for you, and you remember to leave as soon as you light it, that conference room is full of fiat currency, and the fire will be hard to extinguish, so don't worry.

I have marked here for you two evacuation routes, and when you leave, all the personnel will be divided into two parts, led by the two of you, and withdraw to the location of the two footholds, which we have designated, and the location of the two landing points, which can only be known to the two of you, lest anyone be captured by the Japanese during the operation and cause great trouble to all of us. ”

This set of action plans was formulated by Duan Tiecheng with great effort and some of Wang Hanmin's ideas, and it is already the plan that is closest to the possibility of success so far.

Jiang Guotao and Guo Yuande looked at the two drawings in front of them, combined with Duan Tiecheng Wang Hanmin's narrative, and began to inquire about the details step by step, and soon understood the entire steps and specific measures of the plan.

In the end, they all nodded in agreement, and replied with a salute: "Report to the stationmaster, we have made it clear that we will do our best to complete this task." ”

Duan Tiecheng looked at the two young men, patted Jiang Guotao's shoulder, and said with emotion: "Guotao, both of you are old foundations in the period of the Military Intelligence Department, and they are also officers cultivated by our party for many years, you are clear about the importance of this task, once this batch of fiat currency is successfully printed by the Japanese and flows into our national control area, it will deal a devastating blow to our economic system, and the consequences will be catastrophic, we must destroy it at all costs to complete this task."

The downtown area of Shanghai is the place where the Japanese forces are most concentrated, and there are Japanese troops and minions everywhere, once the guns are fired, no matter what the result is, the chances of your success in breaking away are not great, and no one is sure whether you can successfully evacuate in the end, if you can't evacuate, you must make all preparations, and you must not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise Shanghai Station will not be spared, do you understand what I mean? ”

At the beginning of Duan Tiecheng's plan of action, he envisioned a desperate battle, as long as this National Salvation Army Einsatzgruppen entered the downtown area of Shanghai, no matter whether it succeeded in the end or not, as soon as the guns rang out, there was little chance that they would survive.

Jiang Guotao and Guo Yuande glanced at each other, turned their heads to face Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin, Jiang Guotao smiled indifferently, and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, Guotao did not plan to go back alive when he came this time, and he also explained to his team members before he came, they are also willing to participate in this mission, which is related to the fate of the country, how can they be reluctant to retreat, once something happens, we will definitely kill ourselves, and will never endanger the safety of the seat here and Shanghai Station." ”

Jiang Guotao was also a member of the Nanjing Military Intelligence Department before, and Duan Tiecheng and him had met a few times, so the two of them still had some old friends, and they spoke quite close to each other.

Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin were all moved, he didn't expect Jiang Guotao and the others to be so determined, it was obvious that they were very aware of the danger of this mission, and they were all prepared to kill themselves and enter Shanghai to carry out this mission.

Wang Hanmin sighed and said: "Captain Jiang, Captain Guo, this operation is too important, whether it is you or our Shanghai station, you must make a desperate bet, do your best, if you succeed, of course, the merit is in the community, if you fail, everyone will not escape this catastrophe, you don't blame me!" ”

Jiang Guotao smiled slightly, and said: "Stationmaster Wang is serious, how can there be immortals in the war, how many brothers who came to Shanghai from Nanjing with me died, and now there are not a few left, I have lived for a few more years, and I have earned it, please don't worry about it, although the arrangement is, I will never retreat!" ”

Wang Hanmin was speechless for a while, and the room was quiet, and the atmosphere was a little solid.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Duan Tiecheng couldn't help frowning, and asked unhappily, "What's the situation?" Don't know what's going on? ”

Wang Hanmin hurriedly explained: "I have arranged guards outside, there must be something important, otherwise no one will disturb us." ”

After saying that, he turned around and shouted, "Come in!" ”

Wang Hanming's confidential secretary walked in, handed over a telegram to Wang Hanmin, and said in a low voice: "Stationmaster, this is an urgent secret message from the headquarters, and you need to look at it immediately." ”

Urgent Secret Message! Wang Hanmin hurriedly took the telegram, his eyes swept over, and his heart was shocked, but his city was extremely deep, and his face did not move at all, and then handed the telegram to Duan Tiecheng's hands.

Duan Tiecheng took it and took a closer look, and after a while, he also said calmly: "Okay, I know about this matter." ”

After speaking, he turned to Jiang Guotao and said: "Guotao, today's meeting is here, you have a good rest in the past two days, prepare for battle, and wait for my instructions at any time!" ”

As soon as Duan Tiecheng's words came out, Wang Hanmin's face on the side changed, and he wanted to speak, but finally held back.

Duan Tiecheng also stopped his speech with a stern look.

Although Jiang Guotao and Guo Yuande knew that the content of the message must be very important, their rank was relatively low and they had no right to know the content of the message, so they stood up and saluted, took their leave.

After seeing them leave, Wang Hanmin pointed to the telegram and said with a serious face: "Brother Tie Cheng, the headquarters has already reminded us in the telegram that the Shanghai Japanese Special High School has been frequently transferred, and major operations are being arranged, and there are suspicions that something has been discovered, let us be vigilant against this abnormal situation, you should terminate this operation and find out the reason before you can continue to operate, but I don't think you have this plan." ”

Duan Tiecheng's face was indifferent, he threw the telegram on the table, landed on the top of the two maps, and said in a cold voice: "Hermes, you are too worried, you are a person, you are cautious in success and defeat in this life!" The telegram from the headquarters only explained that the activities of the Japanese special high school have been abnormal recently, but it did not point out that their target was us, so how could we make a mess of ourselves. ”

When Wang Hanmin heard Duan Tiecheng's words, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, this sentence is indeed not wrong, people who are familiar with Wang Hanmin know that he really has no amazing talent, he has always been cautious in doing things, and he has never made a big mistake.

But he always looks ahead and backward when big things come, and he also misses a lot of opportunities, otherwise with his qualifications, he would not have wasted half his life, and he would still be a deputy stationmaster at Wuhan Station.

Duan Tiecheng was so blunt that Wang Hanmin was a little speechless, obviously this telegram did not make Duan Tiecheng change his mind.