Compared with the previous assassination of Lu Liang, this time he was more patient. Xu Run raised a large sum of money from the down-and-out compradors to finance the operation, and many people in the southern Xinguang area who had been harmed by the reforms were recruited to participate in intelligence gathering, providing footholds, and transmitting information. On June 13, 1904, Xu Run, one of the main perpetrators of the operation, entered Shanghai by ship disguised as a merchant and made the final preparations for the assassination.

Two days later, Wang Jingwei also infiltrated Shanghai and joined Xu Run, who was accompanied by ten ninjas provided by the Black Dragon Society, who would be responsible for carrying out the assassination operation together with Wang Jingwei.

"Hermes-Epitek, how's the situation in Wuhan? Have all the intelligence stations been set up? Wang Jingwei asked Hu Hanmin as a superior treats a subordinate. Wang Jingwei has been in high spirits recently, and he does have this qualification, although this person is a newcomer to the Alliance, but he is brilliant in writing and good-looking, and he is very appreciated by Sun Ge, and Inoue Tengzaburo of the Black Dragon Society looks at him differently, the Japanese are now the masters of the Alliance, and no one dares to disobey the orders of the Japanese. In addition, Wang Jingwei is young and vigorous, and he can't help but be a little arrogant.

"Zhaoming, our operation is going very smoothly, not only in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other big cities to set up intelligence stations, but also in Wuhu, Nanjing, Changsha and other large and medium-sized cities, the enemy is not monolithic, there are many people who are willing to follow us." Seeing that Hu Hanmin seemed to be not very interested in Wang Jingwei and was reluctant to reply, Zheng Shiliang hurriedly replied for him, Hu Hanmin and Zheng Shiliang entered the south as the vanguard to pave the way for the assassination.

Wang Jingwei glanced at Hu Hanmin, thinking that sooner or later he would get this thorn out. Stupid, useless for the revolutionary cause!

"Shiliang has worked hard, so let's introduce our situation here, Brother Xu Run and I want to know." After Wang Jingwei finished speaking, Xu Run also shook his head secretly, this Zhaoming, the alliance sent such a person to be responsible for the assassination. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!

"Okay, during this time, I'm in charge of recruiting intelligence agents and choosing where to stay, and Hermes-Epitek is in charge of collecting intelligence and analyzing it, as well as collecting weapons. In other respects, it is not easy to find weapons, and it used to be easy to find firearms in the people, but now that the enemy has implemented a gun ban policy, the people dare not show it even if they have it. ”

"Can it be brought in from the outside world? We still have a little stock in the north, and Duan Qirui and I also have a friendship. You can get some from him, or buy some from the British Concession, and they should be more than willing to provide weapons. Xu Run said that this person has a lot of wealth, although he has experienced many failures, money and people have lost a lot, especially after losing the core of the financial resources of the Shanghai-Hangzhou region, the financial resources have suddenly decreased. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the connections he runs are still there. This is also the main reason why the Black Dragon Society chose to cooperate with him.

"The British, the Japanese also have concessions in Shanghai, can you get some from them, you can ask Inoue-kun about this matter and let him coordinate." The first thing Wang Jingwei thought of when he had something was his Japanese master, and Xu Run had no opinion on this. The British are also mentioned to show their strength, and it doesn't matter where they come from.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Wang Jingwei continued: "I will handle the matter of getting weapons, but Han Epitek needs to find a way to transport them from the concession to Wuhan and Guangzhou, can it be done?" Hu Hanmin didn't care about Wang Jingwei's tone. Nodding.

Inoue Tengzaburo and ten ninjas are hiding in the Black Dragon Dojo in Shanghai, Hu Hanmin explained the weapon problem after his visit, Inoue Tengzaburo asked puzzledly: "Do you still need firearms, don't you use all our ninjas to solve it?" ”

Wang Jingwei knelt to the end, lowered his head and said, "The ten ninjas should be scattered in the three cities of Wuhan, Shanghai and Guangzhou, so that they can act as soon as they get the accurate whereabouts of Lu Liang, so that the number of ninjas in each place will be smaller." We also want to kill those high-level people at the same time, we have recruited the actors, all of whom were dead soldiers raised by the original compradors, but they lack weapons, and those high-level people must have armed security personnel around them, and cold weapons alone are not enough. ”

Inoue Tengzaburo nodded, the problem is that the Japanese consulate here is not enough weapons reserves, there are only 300 Japanese soldiers stationed here, equipped with single-shot rifles from the last century, it is better to use more advanced weapons!

"To the west, Zhao Ming is very thoughtful, but there are not many weapons on the Japanese side, and they are all weapons from the last century. In this way, I got some from the British, and their foreign companies left a lot of weapons that have not been disposed of after they withdrew from here, and there should be a lot of stocks. "Just like Xu Run said, in the end, it was on the British.

Before the reconquest, the great powers plundered their interests in China, mostly through foreign banks, which represented the interests of banks, capitalists and even the government, and the country's sovereignty and wealth were taken away little by little. In the late Qing Dynasty, China's demand for light weapons, especially rifles, was almost endless, and all the weapons used by landlords to look after their homes were purchased from the West through foreign companies. Originally, after the revolution, the army was able to quickly pull up the ranks, and some of the weapons were taken from the government, and some were collected from the people.

The rise of the revolutionary government continued to crowd out the business of foreign firms, and after the Northern Expedition, the business of foreign firms in the south basically came to a standstill, and what they could sell could be sold locally, and the quality was cheap. Coupled with policy restrictions and the awakening of national consciousness, the government intentionally or unintentionally promoted the movement of domestic products, making it difficult for foreign banks to move forward in China. Foreign firms, which had no profits but continued to lose money, gradually withdrew from the Chinese market, and Lu Liang did not aggressively confiscate the assets of Westerners in China, and the market means were sufficient.

The British were quick with their hands and feet, and some of the weapons that the foreign banks left in the concession warehouses and did not have time to transport were transferred and sold to Wang Jingwei and others. The weapons included 200 Manlicia rifles with 5,000 rounds of ammunition and 10 American-made Colt revolvers with 100 rounds of ammunition. Wang Jingwei distributed the weapons to three sites in Wuhan and asked the assassins to familiarize themselves with the weapons as soon as possible.

Hu Hanmin did a good job this time, there was no problem in the process of transporting the weapons, and the customs officers of the revolutionary government who inspected everywhere did not find these weapons, and even the ninjas who went with them in disguise were not found.

On June 19, shortly after Wang Jingwei arrived in Wuhan, Zheng Shiliang rushed to the secret site where Wang Jingwei was located, and once again pointed out another shortcoming in the plan.

"Brother Zhaoming, our weapons are all distributed, but few of the assassins recruited have shooting skills at all, most of them are gang members who play machetes and axes, I'm afraid they will make a mistake when the time comes!" Zheng Shiliang said. Most of those assassins were victims of the anti-gang and anti-evil campaign, they had no organization, no opportunity to make money, and they did not want to sell coolies, learn culture, or find a job, and they ate and drank in society all day long, and they had to be afraid of the vigilantes and the people in the police station. The number of this group of people is not small, and there are people who hope to get something for nothing at any time, so with the help of Xu Run, these people were easily recruited.

Xu Run recruited a total of 500 people, of which 20 were dead soldiers trained by compradors, who would shoot and kill people, and the rest were former gang members recruited from the local area.

"Can you find a place to practice in the wilderness?" Wang Jingwei asked.

"I'm afraid not, Wuhan is surrounded by densely populated places, it is very likely to be discovered when practicing guns, the place is full of police stations, public security regiment branches, the danger is very great, if you want to find a place where no one is, get the countryside and remote mountainous areas, it will be far away, I am afraid that there will be any mistakes on the road." Zheng Shiliang actually took this into account, if he hadn't had no choice, he wouldn't have come to Wang Jingwei.

The site was provided by a local, Wang Dalong, who used to be a gang leader who was lucky enough to escape the gang's round-up by the security team and hid here. This was originally a house he bought for a concubine, but after being recruited by Xu Run, it became an intelligence site in Wuhan.

Wang Dalong stayed on the side and listened to the conversation between the two, and when he heard this, he interjected: "You two, we can go to the shooting club to practice guns, where you can shoot at will as long as you spend some money, even if it is a barrel." ”

Wang Dalong's words surprised Wang Jingwei and the others, "What is a shooting club?" Where is it? Dalong, tell me what the hell is going on! Zheng Shiliang asked one after another, the two had a tacit understanding during this time and were more familiar with each other, but Zheng Shiliang didn't know that there was a shooting club in Wuhan.

"Brother Shiliang, you didn't mention gun training before, and I didn't say anything about it. The shooting club was established recently, and I heard that there are many of them in Guangdong, so I learned from them. After the government issued a gun ban, it issued a license to operate shooting clubs in the private sector, which was supervised by the government. The club provides firearms, ammunition and shooting instructors, and anyone with a new government-issued ID card can go there to live a gun addiction, and the cost is 5 yuan for 100 rounds according to the bullet and time. (To be continued.) )