After two days of careful observation, An Gonggen confirmed that the situation was indeed exactly as Qian Tian said.
Except for a truck that drove over to deliver meals to the twelve Japanese soldiers every day at noon and evening, no one else came, and indeed there were only twelve Japanese soldiers guarding the warehouse. They were divided into three shifts and took turns standing guard.
"Master Lu, we decided to take action tonight." An Gonggen called Lu Ming.
"Then take action. Be careful and don't be careless. I'll notify Caobang's ships to pick you up at Wusongkou." Lu Ming warned.
"I know, I'll make arrangements right away." An Gonggen hung up the phone.
After Lu Ming hung up the phone, he immediately called Ning Zetao and asked him to prepare large cargo ships to pick up the ship at Wusongkou Pier in the evening. The three advance speed ships could set off tonight.
That night, a cloud covered the moon in the sky. An Gonggen and more than 20 brothers dressed in Japanese army uniforms came over in two large trucks and parked directly outside the guard post.
After An Gonggen got out of the car, he said in Japanese that he had come over temporarily to check the safety of the arsenal on the orders of his Marine Corps superiors.
His Japanese is very standard, his clothes are impeccable, and he still has the rank of lieutenant on his shoulders.
The Japanese commander Cao and his men hurriedly saluted, opened the fence, and let them drive the truck into the warehouse.
An Gonggen entered the warehouse and pretended to check, but was almost dazzled. There were boxes of ammunition and guns, countless explosives, grenades, and more than a hundred machine guns stacked inside. What made him feel most outrageous was that
There are also ten mountain cannons and more than a thousand artillery shells. As for medicines, they are also piled up.
"I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich." An Gonggen said with great joy in his heart.
But this was Lu Ming getting rich. He couldn't make much money, but Lu Ming gave them enough money and gave them more support.
"Sir, all the supplies are here. Here is the list." Chief Cao respectfully brought the storage list from the warehouse for him to check.
An Gonggen pretended to check it out, then went out and asked Chief Cao to assemble the team. He wanted to say a few words.
Captain Cao, not doubting his presence, gathered his troops and lined up to wait for the commander's instructions.
An Gonggen's men touched the back of the Japanese soldiers one by one. An Gonggen waved his hand down. They all started working together and quickly strangled the Japanese soldiers' necks, and then covered them with towels soaked in ether.
On the person's mouth and nose.
In less than a minute, all these people fell into a coma, and they could not wake up for a day or a night.
"Brothers, start taking action!" An Gonggen shouted.
The vehicles and people waiting in ambush outside heard three car horns blaring in the warehouse, and they all swarmed in.
Jin Jiu mobilized a thousand people to carry the goods in the past two days. According to the previous arrangement, there were 500 people here in the warehouse, and there were another 500 people on the riverside preparing to load the goods onto the cargo ship.
An Gonggen drove all four large trucks from the action brigade, and Lu Ming also borrowed six large trucks from Sheng's Enterprise. A total of ten large trucks drove outside the warehouse.
The enthusiastic North Koreans began to carry guns, ammunition and medicines out, and then loaded them onto the vehicles. They loaded five large trucks at the same time. After they were filled, these vehicles immediately drove to the riverside.
Here we continue to move goods onto five other large trucks. By the time these five large trucks are loaded and driven away, the previous five large trucks have already unloaded and returned.
Jin Jiu had set a price for these people. One night of moving goods was ten dollars, which was enough for them to pay for a month of hard work. Therefore, these people were not tired and no one was lazy. They worked hard to move the goods.
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The military supplies in the warehouse were piled up like a mountain, but they couldn't handle so many people carrying them. In less than four hours, the warehouse was completely emptied. As Lu Ming said, not even a hair was left.
After the twelve soldiers were anesthetized, they were dragged into a car and moved to the ship. Lu Ming couldn't think of how to deal with them, but since he agreed to Qian Tian, he had to keep his promise and couldn't kill them, so he simply gave them to the Communist Party.
Let the armed forces of the Communist Party of China be taken as prisoners.
After the goods were loaded onto the ship and loaded, the cargo ship immediately weighed anchor and sailed from the Huangpu River to the Yangtze River. They still took the same route as the cargo ship that transported food last time, and the place they delivered was still the same address.
An Gonggen followed Lu Ming's order and personally escorted the cargo with twenty of his men. Ning Zetao also selected ten of the best gunmen to board the ship, and he also personally escorted the cargo.
The guns and ammunition this time were more than ten times more than what he smuggled last time. Ning Zetao didn't know how much money Lu Ming made from selling all these to the Communist Party. If he knew that Lu Ming would make a penny.
If you don't ask for it, but instead ask for hundreds of thousands, you will definitely be stunned.
Although Ning Zetao is not a money-minded person, he definitely can't do it without money. After all, he has tens of thousands of brothers and hundreds of thousands of family members waiting for food.
This time Lu Ming also paid a high price of 10,000 yuan to hire his boat.
Relatives are relatives, business is business, Caobang is not a good family, and he also has his own scriptures that are difficult to recite.
There were some boxes stacked in a corner of the ship's warehouse, all of which were filled with silver coins that Lu Ming had converted. There were 50,000 silver coins in total. They had been shipped before the arms were loaded onto the ship.
In the early morning, Lu Ming received a call from Ning Xiner: "My brother and the others have left Wusongkou."
Lu Ming was overjoyed, knowing that this meant that the night's operation went very smoothly. He did not hear any alarm bells ringing in the city or the Japanese going crazy.
"Brother, did you tell me how much cargo was loaded on the ship?" Lu Ming asked.
"It's said to be more than ten times more than last time, and there are also a lot of medicines." Ning Xiner said.
"That's great, that's great." Lu Ming finally felt relieved.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming excitedly came to the door of Mr. Dong's room. He knocked on the door and went in. He laughed and said, "The operation was successful. Now the cargo ship is on the Yangtze River."
"Really?" Mr. Dong was also so surprised that he was almost speechless.
"How many goods are there?" An Yi ran out from inside and asked.
"It's more than ten times more than what I shipped to you last time, and there are also a lot of medicines." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"That's great. With so much food, arms, ammunition and medicine, the enemy's siege tactics will be defeated." An Yi's face burst into laughter.
"Are the people at the base area ready?" Lu Ming asked.
"The telegram was sent and received last night, and everything is ready. As soon as the cargo ship arrives, our people will start a fierce attack on Kangze's defense area from the inside, tear open a channel, and transport the arms in." Mr. Dong said happily.
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"The exchange of fire with Kang Ze is not only to open up their defense gap, but also to attract their attention, so that the arms and medicine can be intercepted smoothly." Lu Ming said that the plan was to kill two birds with one stone.
"This is the same plan at the headquarters. Attack and interception are coordinated. The leader also gave special instructions. If you are in danger in Shanghai, set off now to catch up with the large shipping force and go to our base area." Mr. Dong conveyed.
Instructions from superiors.
Mr. Dong thought the same way. It's not that he didn't believe in Lu Ming's energy, but the scale of this hijacking was too great, and the Japanese would not let it go.
"Don't worry, but you have to make some preparations. If there is any trouble, you have to go to Caogang to hide." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"What about you, have you made any precautionary preparations?" An Yi also felt uneasy.
"I'm ready. Aren't the arms clearly shipped to the Jiangxi National Army? Don't worry, since someone wants to kill me, someone will come to protect me." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Mr. Dong and An Yi looked at each other, feeling moved and a little worried for Lu Ming. Lu Ming really risked his life this time.
Taking away a secret warehouse owned by the Japanese army in Shanghai will at least trigger a diplomatic conflict. If it is not handled well, Lu Ming will be pushed out as a hostage, which will probably be a capital crime at that time.
The two of them regretted a little, feeling that the pressure on Lu Ming was too great and that he should not have been allowed to bear such a heavy responsibility.
But things have reached this stage, and there is no point in worrying. We can only take it one step at a time, and if it doesn't work, send Lu Ming secretly to the base area.
After Lu Ming left, Mr. Dong immediately drafted a telegram and sent it to the headquarters:
Arms and medicines have been transported on the Yangtze River as planned, and the quantity is sufficient. I hope the headquarters will do a good job in handling it. In addition, Mr. A plans to pretend that the transport team has been hijacked by our department. Most of the weapons, ammunition and medicines can be transported into the mountains, leaving a small amount behind.
As a way for Mr. A to escape.
Lu Ming's escape plan cannot be said to be perfect, but there is room for justification. At least the Republic of China government will not hand him over to the Japanese.
Lu Ming was betting on the Republic of China government's fear of disclosing the truth. If it was clear that Lu Ming, an important member of the Fuxing Society, was the main culprit in hijacking Japanese arms, Nanjing would be too passive in this diplomatic dispute.
Therefore, the Republic of China government is likely to handle this matter secretly, punish Lu Ming privately, and will never make the truth about this matter public.