Chapter 4 Committing a crime against the wind
In the early morning, the sun shines on the Huangpu River.
The 1.5-kilometer-long Bund is lined with 40 or 50 high-rise buildings of different styles, such as Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque, and a combination of Chinese and Western styles, forming a picture of the International Architecture Exposition.
As China's financial street, the Bund in Shanghai, known as the Wall Street of the East, is home to thousands of people of all kinds of clothes and colors commuting to work here every day.
Unlike in the past, the atmosphere on the Bund has been very tense in the last month. It is not because of the instability brought to China and Japan by the Japanese Kwantung Army's bombing of Zhang Zuolin in Huanggutun, but because of the recent theft of a number of large foreign banks on the Bund, with losses as high as millions of dollars.
If you pay attention, you will find that the stolen banks belong to Japanese people. It also made other bankers breathe a sigh of relief and have a sense of schadenfreude. Because the Japanese have been very arrogant recently, most of the Western powers are very dissatisfied with them.
In the past few days, depositors have gathered at the gates of major banks on the Bund to withdraw money, and in order to maintain their reputation, the stolen banks have borrowed large sums of money from their homes to fill the holes. And in front of the depositors, let them see boxes of banknotes and gold bars, which calmed the tension of the depositors.
However, the directors of several banks have bitter knowledge that if they do not make up the huge amount of money lost as soon as possible, they will be punished harshly in Japan. After all, Japan's economy is the weakest of the great powers and cannot withstand such losses and credibility blows
On the roof of the Peace Hotel, Zhang Meng, who was wearing a black tunic suit, slowly lowered his binoculars, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and squeezed out a charming dimple.
It stands to reason that almost everyone would expect the next one a week later, as the first four were all a week apart.
However, that was just Zhang Meng's strategy, and he deliberately arranged it this way, in fact, he wanted to mislead people's judgment and facilitate his next action.
At the same time, he also learned the news that the Japanese were angry, and transferred the great detective Sherlock from the French Concession and Kamei, who had a detective in Tokyo, both of whom were world-class detectives in the twenties and thirties, and belonged to the same level as Sherlock Holmes, so Zhang Meng did not dare to be careless, and decided to complete the fifth bank robbery before Kamei arrived in Shanghai and Sherlock had not yet controlled the red-headed three men in the public concession.
This was also the last robbery in Shanghai that Zhang Meng had planned, after which he was about to move to the battlefield.
Since the American and British authorities believed that the robbers came out at night, they deliberately strengthened night patrols and vigilance, which was exactly what Zhang Meng expected, so he immediately changed the operation to daytime, and acted in advance, and the mode of action was also changed to violent armed robbery.
On the one hand, this is the best course of action that Zhang Meng thinks after careful study, and on the other hand, he also wants to test the actual combat ability of the Blue Fox Special Service Team, as well as the psychological quality of the members, which will determine Zhang Meng's trust and reuse of them in the future, because there are more difficult tasks and dangers waiting for them, and they need to warm up in advance.
It can be said that until now, Zhang Meng has not stopped the various tests of all members of the Blue Fox Special Service Team.
It's just that Zhang Meng committed the crime against the wind for only these few reasons?
Of course not!
Only Zhang Meng knew in his heart that there was one thing in the vault safe of the Zhengjin Shanghai branch at No. 24 on the Bund that was related to the success or failure of Zhang Meng's next great plan of action—a diary left by Kolchak, the commander of the Tsarist White Army, before his arrest, concerning the Tsar's 625 tons of gold hidden in Kazan and a secret arms deal with a Japanese consortium.
Zhang Meng knew that the huge amount of gold was in Japan, but he didn't know which consortium's vault it was hidden in, and that diary could tell who was the last person to handle it.
A few days ago, Zhang Meng accidentally learned that a former high-ranking Russian officer who participated in the signing of the contract had recently mortgaged the diary to Zhengjin Bank, and then when Zhang Meng went to find him, he found that he had been killed, but the person who asked Zhengjin Bank flatly denied it.
Zhang Meng was even more sure of the importance of that diary, because it was a shady deal between Japan and Russia, including the Soviet Union and other powers, all peeped into the final whereabouts of that gold, and the relations between Japan and the Soviet Union had been quite tense, and this gold accounted for a large reason, because the Soviets had always suspected that the Japanese had obtained the gold, so the Japanese would definitely erase all traces.
It's just that Zhengjin Bank intervened in this matter, and Zhang Meng felt that the boss behind Zhengjin Bank was either also involved, or he wanted to use that diary to make a fuss.
In any case, after investigation, Zhang Meng believed that the diary had not yet been taken out of the country, and its importance should be stored in the vault of Zhengjin Bank for temporary safekeeping.
This was another reason why he wanted to rob the vault of the Zhengjin Bank immediately, because the night was long and dreamy, and the diary was taken away at some point. In that case, Zhang Meng will no longer be able to know who the counterparty is, let alone complete his huge plans for the future. Therefore, under the interweaving of many reasons, Zhang Meng made his current decision.
At this moment, he is in a position that can control the target bank and its surrounding roads from a high place.
"Young Master, according to your orders, the team members are ready!"
Zhang Meng looked at his watch, the time was already 8:55, and there were still five minutes left before the start time.
The choice to start at nine o'clock was a judgment made by Zhang Meng after careful consideration. At this time, it happened to be the working time of bank staff, and the security handover was also carried out at this time. Most of the security guards are ordered to work night shifts, and there are relatively few security guards during the day. The most important thing is that Zhang Meng knows the time of the patrol room, they go to work at half past eight, and most of the old gate patrols in Pike Lane are patrolling the major shops in the west of Pike Lane at nine o'clock.
The road to Pike Lane was so long that the patrolmen could not hear the gunfire on the Bund in the western section, and even if they did, it would take at least twenty minutes to reach the scene.
Twenty minutes was a very safe time for the Blue Fox Secret Service, enough time for them to violently open the vault to complete the robbery and evacuate safely.
Snort!
Zhang Meng turned on the walkie-talkie.
"A small team reports the location!"
There was a burst of snorting noise on the walkie-talkie, and the reports of the squads could be heard clearly.
"Report to the captain, the lion, the elephant, the black bear, the tiger, the ostrich, the sparrow, the gecko, and the gray wolf have arrived on the east side of the door, the target area is normal, and the fire is ready!"
Zhang Meng looked through the binoculars to the east side of the bank's entrance, and saw three black cars parked not far away from the crowded place.
A small squad is the fireteam and is responsible for clearing the threat control scene. Unlike last night's outfit, today they brought extra sunglasses, elbow pads, knee pads, etc. Among them, the sunglasses make people think that they are playing cool, but in fact, only the connoisseur understands that it prevents the enemy from judging the next move of the team members by their eyes, and at the same time prevents sunlight and muzzle flames from affecting the gunner's vision during daytime combat, and the sunglasses will also block the splinter grit from hitting the eyes during combat.
This time, the Blue Fox Secret Service can be said to be truly armed to the teeth.
The whole person is black from head to toe, and does not leave any physiognomy except for the body shape, which makes the entire Blue Fox team doubly mysterious and powerful.
"Team 2 reports the situation!"
"Report to the captain, the squirrels, monkeys, hippos, and bulls are all in place, over!"
The second team is still a technical team, but this time it is a violent armed robbery, and instead of bats and cows, squirrels and monkeys are responsible for installing explosives and using violence to blow up the vault.
According to Zhang Meng's request, they were dispersing nearby in disguise as pedestrians at the moment, waiting for the first team to take control of the scene before entering the stadium. Zhang Meng also found them one by one in the telescope.
"Three squads report the situation!"
The third squad is still a support group, responsible for the broken back, this time it is five people, in addition to Zhang Zhong, who is codenamed Camel, who is next to Zhang Meng, the bats and cows are responsible for guarding the vehicle and guarding this time, and the other two snipers are responsible for blocking the broken back.
"Report to the blue fox, the eagle is in your direction at three o'clock!"
"Report the blue fox, the cobra is in your direction at nine o'clock!"
Zhang Meng nodded, saw that the time was almost up, and immediately took out the second timer.
At this time, Zhang Zhong suddenly asked: "Young master, we used to act at night, and it was very safe to be silent. Why did you choose daytime this time, and it was a direct robbery? ”
Zhang Meng knew that Zhang Zhong was worried about himself, so he smiled: "Just because we have acted at night four times before, the police and bankers will underestimate our strength, so they will be extra vigilant at night, and those security guards on night duty are probably very sleepy now!" It is also the time when their vigilance is the lowest, which is called the soldier does not get tired of deceit! ”
Zhang Zhong suddenly smiled and said: "Young Master is wise, it's just that our movement is too big, I'm afraid the entire Shanghai Beach will be vigilant." ”
Zhang Meng didn't care, because he was ready to leave Shanghai for another place after finishing this ticket.
The sky is high and the birds fly, even if the police know that he did it?
What's more, Zhang Meng is very careful in doing things, and it is not a matter of concern to patrol those detectives who eat and wait for death in the public concession.
Looking at the time, it was almost over.
"Let's get moving!"
"The first group controls the scene in two minutes!"
Zhang Meng gave an order, and at the same time pressed the second timer.
Every step of Zhang Meng has been calculated to the second, and although this time it is a violent robbery, it is still showing people his great art of robbery.
Click! Click! Click!
The second hand moves in the air, and the action begins!
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