Chapter 40: Sharpen your tools in advance
After returning to his office, Li asked Milia to find documents and materials about the business delegation to study in order to know what to do.
In fact, this delegation was not organized by the government, but was headed by Rockefeller, a large domestic conglomerate, and many businesses participated, such as Citibank, General Electric, Douglas Aircraft, Ford Motor and other well-known enterprises. Because of this, it doesn't really matter whether the delegation has a government background or not, in the American political environment, the influence of these consortia and companies is strong enough that even the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai has to be carefully received, and even has to take on the responsibility of protecting the safety of the delegation.
In the information sent by the delegation to the Consulate General, the trip to the Far East was defined as a business visit, but the specific itinerary was not explained, which made Li Junhao a little strange. Or did the delegation feel the need to inform the Consulate General?
After thinking about it for a while, he didn't know the essentials, Li Junhao put this aside in advance, anyway, it was three days later, and he still had to concentrate on the two things at hand!
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After lunch in the restaurant, Li Junhao took a walk in the courtyard of the Consulate General to eat, and when he passed by the garage, he chatted with the driver of the convoy and looked at the cars in the convoy by the way.
In the Consulate General, more than 20 official diplomats under Consul General Nelson Ayrs have their own special vehicles, and the grades of the vehicles are different according to the level, from Lincoln bulletproof cars, Cadillac business vehicles, to Li Junhao, which is a more ordinary Ford mid-range sedan, usually the team is only responsible for the maintenance and repair of such vehicles, and the daily use and maintenance are the responsibility of the diplomat's drivers; Several leaders of other departments also have buses, but nominally they are buses of their own departments; In addition, the logistics department and the security department have jeeps and trucks for work, which are usually parked in the convoy.
If you roughly count it, the Consulate General in Shanghai, which has more than 200 staff, has nearly 60 vehicles of various types, which is quite amazing in this era. If nothing else, the amount of gasoline consumed each month alone is not a small amount! You must know that all fuel in this era relies on imports, but of course this is difficult for the US Consulate General. At the very least, Li Junhao knew that the gasoline used in his car allocation could be fully replenished in the fleet, and Brown did it without even worrying about it.
After learning about the existing vehicles in the fleet, he went back to the office, ready to come back after dinner when there were fewer people, and take the car he needed to the carry-on space to go through it, and then he could buy a new car in the mall. However, if he can find other cars, he will try not to use the model of the Consulate General's team, and it is better to attract less attention from the outside world.
Since Hampley had already said that he could arrange the time before the delegation came, and he didn't have to lean on it in the consulate general, so before going to work in the afternoon, Li Junhao drove away. The office was attended by Milia and Brown, who couldn't delay anything, and could call him home if necessary.
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After returning to Dequlou, Xiaoyu told him that at noon, Lei Tingjun had brought people over, and according to the standard he left, he took 15 submachine guns, 90 magazines, and 30 MK2 grenades; And Lei Tingjun asked her to tell her that Lei Shizhu's court time has been determined, and it is 10 o'clock in the morning this Friday.
At 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, Li Junhao calculated that the distance between the French Concession Patrol Detention Center and the Third Court of Suzhou Province was less than 500 meters, and in order to escort the prisoners, this distance still required vehicles, plus the time to get on the bus, drive, and get off the car, the entire escort process would not exceed 10 minutes;
The detention center is in the basement of the police department and the central arrest room, there are hundreds of patrols working upstairs, and there are also dozens of patrols on duty in the third court, once the operation begins, the process of robbing people cannot exceed two minutes, and the time to leave the scene cannot exceed five minutes, otherwise they will definitely be surrounded by patrolmen!
Although he provided the MP38 as a powerful melee weapon this time, once trapped by the patrolmen, the French infantry battalion and municipal guard stationed in the concession will definitely be ordered to come to their aid, and it will be difficult for the raiders to escape! Therefore, when acting, we must be steady, accurate, and ruthless, and we will escape with one blow, and if we delay time, we will disregard life in vain!
Xiaoyu also told him that three of the brothers in Phoenix Village could drive a truck and two could drive a car, which made him feel at ease. At present, the trucks in the Consulate General are basically Ford trucks, and most of the freight trucks used by various companies on the market are Dodge, which made him decide not to return to the Consulate General at night, but to find a way to find a Dodge to copy.
In the afternoon, Li Junhao studied and confirmed the action plan and the route in and out again in the study, compared with the watch, the plan time was accurate to the second level, and the processing time to deal with emergencies, be sure to control the action time within two to three minutes! However, he was a little worried about whether these people in Phoenix Village could strictly implement the plan, and did they need to conduct a drill in advance?
In the middle of the night, Li Junhao went out and found a suitable Dodge truck in a dock yard, although the carrying capacity was only 1.5 tons, it was enough, and it was commercialized in one collection and one release.
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The next day, Li Junhao did not go to work, and at ten o'clock, he received a call at home: Lei Tingjun had already led the personnel participating in the operation to the previous warehouse, and asked him what else he had to explain?
Absolutely! After putting down the phone, he drove out with Xiaoyu, changed into a newly bought Dodge truck in a pre-selected yard, and drove to the warehouse.
This time, Lei Tingjun brought enough brothers, in addition to himself and his sister Lei Xiaofeng, there are more than twenty, including five brothers who can drive. At this time, the goods in the warehouse have been transported away by the cargo owner, and the empty space is enough for them to toss.
Li Junhao personally tested the driving skills of these five people, three of them did know how to drive a truck, and soon became proficient, the other two had only driven a car before, and were not proficient in trucks, but this was enough.
He then arranged for Xiaoyu to lead the way, and two truck drivers and a sedan driver drove the Dodge truck back to the yard to drive the other truck and his sedan back.
At lunchtime, everyone ate big steamed buns and mixed sauce soup; In the afternoon, Li Junhao personally commanded and conducted enough rehearsals for Friday's operation to make everyone remember their action position! Although the process was difficult, the result was good.