Jiangnan continued to look for the veterans of the National Army who were scattered in the concession, Wang Husheng led people to search for people who were similar in size and appearance to Liang Wuyi, and Xu Rui drove straight to the western area of the public concession with sweet potatoes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

China's modern history is a history of humiliation, and the concession in Shanghai is a footnote to this history of humiliation.

Although the public concession is nominally a whole, in reality there are still very obvious barriers.

For example, the two districts of Yangpu and Hongkou, which originally belonged to the public concession, were Japanese districts, and after the Battle of Songhu, these two districts had become independent from the public concession and were included in the Shanghai Huajie, and were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government of the Restoration Government, but in fact the whole of Shanghai had to be decided by the Japanese.

The western part of the public concession is the Italian concession, which is not only garrisoned by the Italian army, but also by the Italians who are also the high-level patrols of the patrol houses, and even the leaders of various municipal institutions are controlled by the Italians.

Not long after entering the Western Side, the barracks of the Italian garrison were discovered.

The barracks of the Italian garrison is an independent reinforced concrete building, the building is isolated from the outside world by an iron fence, and there is a playground in the iron fence, about a platoon of Italian troops are practicing on the playground, and directly north of the playground is the gate, which is flanked by barricades, behind which a Czech light machine gun is erected.

However, there were only two Italian soldiers behind the barricades.

It can be seen that the garrison of the Italian army can be said to be very lax.

Obviously, the fact that Germany, Italy, and Japan were about to form an Axis alliance seriously weakened the vigilance of the Italian garrison, and the reason was obvious: Italy was about to conclude an alliance with Japan and Germany, so how could the Japanese army invade the concession at this time? Even if the Japanese army did invade the concession, it would be absolutely impossible to attack the Italian zone.

Therefore, the laxity of the Italian army is also completely understandable.

Sweet potato parked the car on the side of the street diagonally opposite the Italian garrison camp, and while observing the Italian camp through the car window, he said to Xu Rui, who was sitting in the back seat: "Commander, the Italian devil's garrison is very lax?" ”

"Isn't it good to be lax?" Xu Rui said with a smile, "It's just convenient for us to act." ”

Sweet potato smiled and said, "In this case, without your intervention, the commander, Lao Tian and I can kill all the Italian devils in this platoon." ”

"A platoon?" Xu Rui shook his head and said, "Sweet potato, you are wrong, the Italian garrison has more than one platoon, one company!" ”

"A company?" Sweet potato said in surprise, "No, there are only more than 40 people lined up on the playground, this is clearly a platoon, where is there a company?" ”

Xu Rui said: "What you see is only practicing outside, and there are those who hide in the building and don't come out." ”

"Really?" Sweet potato looked up at the six-story building in front of him and asked puzzledly, "Commander, how can you be sure that there is a company of Italian troops stationed in this barracks?" ”

"Observe, pay more attention to the details." Xu Rui said, "Look at it again." ”

When the sweet potato heard this, he really began to observe carefully, and after a while, he shouted excitedly: "I know, commander, the cart of sparse vegetables that the Chinese cook pushed into the barracks with a board cart just now is almost enough for a company of people to eat, so the Italian army stationed in the barracks should be a company, right?" ”

"Okay." Xu Rui patted the sweet potato's head and said with a smile, "There is growth." ”

The sweet potato snorted twice, and said flatteringly: "It's not because the commander taught well." ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "I haven't taught you this sycophant, where did you learn it?" ”

"I'm not a sycophant." Sweet potato snorted lightly and said sternly, "What I said is the truth." ”

"Okay, what you say is the truth." Xu Rui smiled, and continued, "Drive around and study the course of action by the way." ”

The sweet potato sighed and immediately started the car.

Sweet potato drove the shuttle car around the Italian garrison camp for two turns, before turning into an alley, along this alley not far forward, then came to the prison where the lonely army camp was held, the prison where the lonely army camp was detained was actually a military camp, and it was also the camp where the Italian garrison was stationed before, but later the building was built, and the Italian garrison moved into a six-story apartment building with better conditions, and the previous military camp was abandoned.

After the lone military camp retreated into the concession, it was forcibly disarmed by the American and British garrisons, and then it was escorted to this abandoned military camp in the western area of the concession to be guarded.

The car drove past the fence of the abandoned barracks, and the sound of trumpets could be faintly heard from inside, and it was clear that the soldiers of the lone military camp were practicing inside.

Xu Rui asked the sweet potato to park the car on the side of the street, and then found a commanding height nearby, this commanding height is a water tower, Xu Rui asked the sweet potato to guard the entrance of the water tower, and then climbed the water tower with agility like a raccoon cat.

After going up to the water tower, Xu Rui found that the view from above was very good, and he could see the entire military camp at a glance.

Looking down from the water tower, you can clearly see that more than 400 soldiers in the lonely army camp are on the playground, and they are meticulously practicing in the queue, and the whole phalanx is divided into nine rows before and after, with more than 40 people in each row, and it is easy to count them.

It seems that as recorded in history, the military training of the lone battalion did not fall behind.

Xu Rui nodded secretly, as long as the military training of the soldiers in the lone army camp did not fall.

The official name of the lone army battalion is the first battalion of the 524th Regiment under the 88th Division of the Revolutionary Army of the National Army, which can be said to be the elite of the elite.

Xu Rui also focused on observing the garrison of the abandoned barracks, and found that there were only half a platoon of guards guarding the abandoned barracks, and in terms of the style of military uniforms, it should be the British army rather than the Italian army, in addition to about a dozen White Russian mercenaries, these dozen White Russian mercenaries should be thugs hired by the British army.

Then, Xu Rui carefully observed the surroundings of the barracks and drew a sketch.

It was nearly evening, Xu Rui had already obtained all the information he wanted, and when he turned around and went down the water tower.

After returning to the Broadway Building for dinner, Xu Rui gathered Wang Husheng, Jiang Nan, Liu Mei and Wu Han together and began to deploy the action plan.

In order to better cover her identity, Liu Mei did not leave Paramount, but still worked as a dancer in Paramount Gate, but now no one dares to harass Liu Mei anymore, because now the whole Shanghai Tang knows that Liu Mei is the good friend of the master surnamed Wang next to Liang Ershao, the master surnamed Wang is not terrible, but Liang Ershao really no one dares to provoke.

Xu Rui first asked, "Lao Wang, have you found the stand-in I asked you to find?" ”

"Two found." Wang Husheng said, "You can decide which one is suitable." ”

"Okay, I'll take a look back." Xu Rui nodded, took out the sketch he drew on the water tower during the day, and then pointed to the sketch and said, "I and Sweet Potato have already walked through the streets and alleys around the Lone Army Camp and the Italian Army Camp, and combined with our situation, I have drawn up such a plan of action." ”

Jiang Nan, Liu Mei, Wu Han, and Wang Husheng's expressions immediately became serious.

Xu Rui said: "After reconnaissance, it was found that the garrison of the Italian army was even more lax than imagined, so we can concentrate on rescuing the lone army camp first, and wait until the lone army camp is rescued, and then use the power of the lone army camp to occupy the Italian army camp in one fell swoop and seize the weapons and equipment of the Italian army." ”

Wang Husheng asked: "Is it too late to do this?" ”

"Just in time." Xu Rui replied, "Under normal circumstances, we can kill the guards of the lone army camp in five minutes at most, and then in ten minutes, we can take the lone army camp to the Italian army station, and in such a short time, it is absolutely impossible for the little devils on the periphery to get the news and react, so we will still have enough time to withdraw from the city." ”

After a pause, Xu Rui said: "But for the sake of insurance, we can first destroy the power supply system in the western area of the concession before the operation starts, so that the lighting and communication in the western area of the concession will be paralyzed." ”

"Okay." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "Then there is no problem." ”

Xu Rui said again: "There are not too many people in this operation, just me and Sweet Potato and Wu Han participate in the action, Lao Wang, you and Secretary Ye and Jiangnan will not participate, Secretary Ye had better go to Paramount Gate, Lao Wang, you have to go to No. 76 again, and bring the two courtesans of No. 76 to the Broadway Building for Liang Ershao's lewd fun." ”

Jiang Nan and Liu Mei couldn't help frowning when they heard this.

Regarding Xu Rui's stand-in plan, Liu Mei and Jiang Nan both have opinions.

Wang Husheng was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Lao Xu, is there really this?" ”

"It's necessary!" Xu Rui said seriously, "Lao Wang, you must not underestimate Ying Zuo Zhenzhao, this old devil is a professional agent, but he is not so easy to fool, even if there is a shadow to cover, we must not take it lightly, as the old saying goes, you are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, it is always right to be cautious." ”

"Okay." Wang Husheng could only nod, "I'll go to No. 76 later." ”

"Alright, adjourn." After Xu Rui finished speaking, he asked the sweet potato to bring the two stand-ins to his office.

Not to mention, these two stand-ins are seven or eight points similar to Liang Wuyi after Xu Rui's disguise in terms of height, body shape and appearance, and if they are not familiar, they may not be able to distinguish it, but this is just an image, and the momentum is too far from Xu Rui.