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August 10, the 26th year of the Republic of China.

At six o'clock in the morning, the 19th Independent Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corps sounded on time in the station, and in less than five minutes, all the regiments had already completed their assembly.

However, this morning's formation seemed a little sparse, because except for the 100 or so veterans of the 19th Brigade, the rest of the regiment members were all Shanghai natives, and in accordance with the orders of the headquarters, they had already returned home overnight to settle down and settle down, and they would not be able to return until this morning after sending their families on the train.

Xu Shijiu walked to the front of the queue and explained a few words, and the veterans began their daily training.

A moment later, Xu Jiu walked out of the station with a scar, a one-handed hand, and a one-eyed dragon, but at this time, Xu Jiu had already changed into a long shirt and a wide-brimmed top hat on his head, looking like a small businessman, but the outline of the mirror box bulging around his waist easily revealed his true identity.

Behind the scar, the one-handed and the one-eyed dragon are also in the same outfit, the four of them are all strong men with big shoulders and round waists, and they know at a glance that they are not easy to mess with, and the nearby pedestrians are forced by the momentum of the four people, and they are busy flashing to the side of the road, and a bright Ford sedan drives over, and they quickly stepped on the brakes when they saw the four people in the middle of the road.

The hooligans in Greater Shanghai are very rampant, and others obviously regard the four as members of the Green Gang.

Scar took off his top hat with his left hand, scratched his shiny bald head with his right hand, and then turned his head to Xu Shijiu and said, "Captain, let's just dress up like this, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

One hand shook his left sleeve, and said, "Yes, it's better to disguise it, right?" ”

The one-eyed dragon glared fiercely at the Ford sedan behind him, and said fiercely, "Why don't we take a car?" ”

"I don't need to." Xu 19 put his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "I didn't tell you, today we are going to spy on their military intelligence under the nose of Little Japan." ”

"Will this work?" The three Scars looked at each other.

The Japanese are not blind and deaf, let alone fools, and it is difficult to even enter the Japanese concession without putting on makeup, so how can they be allowed to go in blatantly to reconnoitre?

"Let's go." Xu Shijiu went straight away.

The three Scars had no choice but to follow.

The four of them swayed along Xinmin Road to the east, and soon came to the intersection of Baoshan Road, and the Japanese concession was in front of them.

It is not accurate to say that the Japanese Concession is accurate, but it should be the Japanese occupation area of the Public Concession, and this matter has to start from the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance in the 21st year of the Republic of China.

The Shanghai Concession was expanded several times, and finally took shape in the thirties, encompassing almost the entire urban area of Shanghai, and the Nationalist Government only controlled the two districts of Zhabei and Nanshi, and the entire concession was roughly divided into the French Concession and the Public Concession, with the French Concession in the south and the Public Concession in the north.

The public concession is divided into the central district, the west district, the north district and the east district, of which the north and east districts are north of Suzhou Creek, after the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government and the Japanese government signed the Songhu Armistice Agreement, the Nationalist Government is not allowed to garrison troops in Shanghai, and the north and east districts of the public concession are actually controlled by Japan, and Baoshan Road is the dividing line between the Chinese and Japanese concessions.

At the intersection of Xinmin Road into Baoshan Road, there is a Japanese sentry post, and there are roadblocks, but they are open, two Japanese soldiers are standing guard with rifles on their backs, turning a blind eye to the endless flow of people in front of them, Xu 194 people are carrying box cannons and brazenly and swaggeringly walking over, and the two Japanese soldiers also pretended not to see it.

When passing by the sentry, Xu Shijiu aimed his eagle-like eyes at the face of a Japanese soldier, and the Japanese soldier's facial muscles twitched twice, and he turned his face to the other side very unnaturally.

Xu 19 didn't let go of the Japanese soldier's meaning, and then turned to him, first took out a cigar and put it in his mouth, and then made a gesture to the Japanese soldier to borrow fire, the Japanese soldier didn't know what to think, he really took out a match from his pocket, swiped the fire, and helped Xu 19 light the cigar with both hands.

Xu Shijiu took two puffs, sprayed a puff of green smoke on the face of the Japanese soldier, and then turned around and left.

The Japanese soldier behind him did not express any displeasure, in fact, most of the Japanese soldiers at this time were still simple young people, and they would only transform into inhumane beasts after entering the Chinese mainland, especially after conquering Nanjing, and the Japanese army in Shanghai still had a painful memory of 128, and they actually did not despise the Chinese.

Xu 194 crossed Baoshan Road and continued eastward, until North Sichuan Road turned north.

Sichuan Road is a main road connecting the Central District and the North District in the public concession, and you can walk north to the headquarters of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps in Shanghai.

Not far to the north, Xu Shijiu suddenly found a Japanese ronin buying cigarettes at a cigarette stall on the street.

There are a lot of Japanese ronins in the public concession, which is not surprising, and it is not strange that Japanese ronins buy cigarettes, but it is strange that this Japanese ronin actually paid after buying cigarettes.

"It's weird, little Japan has changed sex today?" The one-eyed dragon was also puzzled.

"Go up and have a look." Xu Shijiu made a gesture and led the three of them to meet the Japanese ronin.

Kono Jun stepped on clogs and walked tapping, his eyes aimlessly scanned the windows of the shops on the street, the Kono family used to be a samurai family in the Nagasaki Domain, but in Kono Jun's generation, the family road completely declined, and after retiring, he had to cross the sea to Shanghai and become a rider in the Jiangwan Horse Racing Hall.

With his excellent riding skills, Kono Jun quickly made a name for himself in the racecourse.

So usually on the street, Kono Jun is walking sideways, but last night, Mr. Okamoto invited dozens of representatives of Japanese overseas Chinese in Shanghai to the consulate and asked them to strictly restrain their compatriots, try to go out as little as possible, and if they really want to go out on business, they should also try to make as little trouble as possible, in short, try not to irritate the Chinese.

Seeing four Chinese rushing over with their heads around, Kono Jun was already angry on weekdays, but today, he took the initiative to avoid the side, and then muttered a few words in Japanese, and walked forward without looking back.

"Strange, little Japan has really changed sex?" Seeing this, the one-eyed dragon became more and more puzzled.

Scar scratched his shiny bald head, and said, "This little Japan doesn't seem to want to mess with us." ”

"Little Japan doesn't want to mess with us, so let's mess with him." Xu Jiu's eyes showed a fierce light, and he gestured again, and Scar and the one-eyed dragon chased after the Japanese ronin left and right.

Then, Scar scrambled to crash into the Japanese ronin.

"Yaga!" Kono Jun turned his head and saw that it was the Chinese who was blocking his way just now, and he was immediately furious, and he turned his hand to pull out the Taidao at his waist.

"Who are you scolding on a dog day?" Scar's eyes glared back with a fierce look.

The one-eyed dragon also lifted the front hem of his robe, and the twenty-shot box cannon around his waist was revealed.

Kono Jun suddenly saw the box cannon on the waist of the one-eyed dragon, and his pupils shrank suddenly, and then he saw that the scar, the only hand, and Xu Shijiu, who was following slowly, had bulging waists, and his face changed more and more, and then in front of everyone, he turned around and walked into a Japanese restaurant on the street, and he actually retreated.

Scar and one-eyed dragon looked at each other, this is in the Japanese concession, how did the Japanese become cowards?

Xu Shijiu vaguely guessed the reason, this matter must be related to the Hongqiao Airport incident that happened yesterday, most of these Japanese ronins were instructed by the Shanghai Consulate to try not to cause trouble these days.

Thinking about this clearly, Xu Shijiu stopped staying and continued to walk north with the three of them.

Walking to the intersection of North Sichuan Road and Qiujiang Road, Xu Shijiu stopped again.

"Do you see the building with a Japanese plaque at the intersection in front of you?" Xu 19 turned around and said to the three of them, "This is a fortress fortification built by the Japanese army, and there is a camouflaged shooting hole on the side of the ground wall facing the Qiujiang intersection. ”

Scar and the three of them looked closely, and their faces changed at that time.

Xu Jiujiu turned his gaze to the one-eyed dragon again, and ordered: "Ah Long, you used to be in this area, and you are familiar with the people here, go find a deflated three to ask about the situation." ”

The one-eyed dragon turned around in agreement, and after a cup of tea, he returned.

"Captain, I've already asked clearly." The one-eyed dragon whispered to Xu Shijiu's ear, "This four-story building is a Japanese Toyota pig dead house, reinforced concrete structure, the ground floor wall was reinforced a few days ago, it is said to be able to resist the approaching direct fire of 37mm anti-aircraft guns, but there is no Japanese army stationed in it for the time being." ”

Xu Shijiu asked: "There is no regular army, what about the armed merchant group?" ”

Xu 19 knew that the Japanese armed forces stationed in Shanghai were very complicated, in addition to the special marines directly under the Japanese Navy and the two marines who had just been withdrawn from Hankou, there were also Japanese merchants who had split from the international merchant group, and most of the members were retired soldiers of the Japanese army, or ronin, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The one-eyed dragon said: "There is an armed merchant group of dozens of people, mainly equipped with golden hook rifles. ”

The Golden Hook Rifle is the predecessor of the 38 big cover, it is estimated that the Japanese Army has eliminated the equipment, this rifle is only less than the 38 big cover has a dust cover, but the shooting accuracy is extremely high, and there is no smoke and no flame, the recoil is small, the disadvantage is that the caliber is small, and the collateral lethality is weak, but overall it is still an excellent rifle.

The life scar was marked on the notebook, and Xu Shijiu took the three of them to continue north.

I walked all the way to the north for about two kilometers, crossed more than a dozen intersections, and finally saw the building of the headquarters of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps in Shanghai from a distance, which was a castle-like fully enclosed building, the whole building was rectangular, surrounded by four-story office buildings, close to North Sichuan Road, and facing Duolun Road.

When they got closer, they found that except for the sentry at the gate facing Duolun Road, and there were Japanese soldiers who strictly checked the crowds and vehicles entering and exiting, there was no vigilance in all other directions, and the Japanese soldiers not only allowed Shanghai citizens to move freely around the building, but also did not even prohibit citizens from approaching the gate, but only strictly forbade them to enter.

Xu Nineteen and the Fourteen swaggered towards the gate of the building.

But after all, this is the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps, the guard at the gate is very strict, and even a machine gun is set up behind the temporary ring barricade, Xu Shijiu did not dare to make another time this time, just stood in the middle of the road, glanced at the gate from a distance, and found that the middle of the box-shaped closed building is a large playground, and many Japanese soldiers are training in formation.

Xu Jiu took the three of them around the entire building twice, and Zuihou stopped at the gate of the Japanese Navy Hospital diagonally opposite the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps.

Seeing that Xu Shijiu was silent for a long time, Scar couldn't help but ask him, "Captain, what do you want?" ”

Xu Shijiu subconsciously took out the cigarette case, took out another cigar and paused on the surface of the box with exquisite patterns, then squinted his eyes and looked at the huge building in front of him, and said in a low tone: "I'm thinking, how to give the old devil Dachuan Neichuan Seven a meeting gift that can be on the table." ”