The next day was Sunday, and Lu Ming had been waiting outside the apartment in the morning.
Soon, An Gonggen came over and saw Lu Ming wearing sunglasses and standing next to a brand new Mercedes.
"Hey, you bought a new car again?" An Gonggen said enviously.
"It was specially prepared for this operation. My Cadillac is so conspicuous that it can be easily recognized by others," Lu Ming said.
There are not many Cadillacs in Shanghai. Everyone knows that Lu Ming drives a Cadillac, and this brand-name car has almost become his symbol.
Of course, Lu Ming didn't want the patrol officer (Japanese police, still called patrol officer at the time) to recognize him at the entrance and exit checkpoint in the Japanese Concession.
"You get in the car first, try your hand, and get familiar with the conditions of the car." Lu Ming said, and got into the car with him.
"OK."
After An Gonggen got in the car, he touched every mechanism of the car, and then drove the car around the city at normal speed.
An Gonggen was still worried and drove the car at full speed on a road with few vehicles in the suburbs. After two hours, he basically mastered the driving skills of the new car.
Although the performance of all cars is similar, it is nothing more than an engine driving four wheels and a casing, but there are still big differences between different brands of cars, and getting started with a new car requires a familiar process.
In industry terms, this process is called running-in.
During the running-in period, you can discover any problems with the new car, and then "prescribe the right medicine" to slowly correct the problems through correct driving. However, due to time constraints, Lu Ming only left An Gonggen one morning to run-in.
In addition to checking the various performance of the car, the cooperation between man and car is also a kind of running-in.
After driving for more than two hours, An Gonggen confirmed that he was confident of completing the task assigned to him by Lu Ming.
Lu Ming's only request for An Gonggen was to return as quickly as possible during this operation to ensure that there would be no problems.
At almost noon, An Gonggen drove to the vicinity of the Japanese Concession. He found a phone number, called the informant, and then waited by the phone for the other party to call again.
After a while, An Gonggen came back and whispered to Lu Ming: "Ozawa Seigoro and Yu Ying'er, accompanied by two Manchurian Railway agents, entered the restaurant. There were four people in total."
"Okay, take action now." Lu Ming said.
They got out of the car, put a Japanese consulate license plate on the car, and put a Japanese flag on the front of the car, so that it looked like the consulate's vehicle.
Lu Ming wore a white Panama hat, a pair of wide-brimmed sunglasses to cover his eyes, a white chiffon shirt, and a pair of light blue silk pants underneath.
This outfit looks like a diplomat returning from a tropical country in South America.
An Gonggen was wearing a crisp suit, his hair was neatly combed with hair wax, and he also wore a pair of sunglasses, pretending to look like a human or a dog.
The two people drove to the entrance of the Japanese concession checkpoint. As soon as the patrol officer at the checkpoint saw the license plate of the consulate, he immediately pushed aside the vehicles parked at the checkpoint and the people who were about to enter, and let them pass.
An Gonggen drove over, feeling uneasy in his heart.
Not only did he carry a gun, but he also had two Thompson submachine guns under the seat cushion. If the Japanese soldiers wanted to inspect him, there would be a shootout soon.
Although he was able to evacuate quickly by car, his mission of executing Ozawa Seigoro and Yu Ying'er was about to go to waste.
The car drove to the railing of the checkpoint, and a patrol team leader came over to look inside the car. An Gonggen casually handed over Lu Ming's diplomat passport, and then introduced Lu Ming in Japanese, saying that he was a second-class man who had returned from the Brazilian Consulate.
Secretary, I want to go to the Japanese Concession to visit my friends.
Lu Ming deliberately pursed his lips, made a hmm sound, and then coughed twice.
After the team leader saw the passport, he stood in awe and quickly straightened his body to salute Lu Ming.
Ordinarily, the checkpoint had the right to ask An Gonggen to show his ID, and both of them had to take off their sunglasses to see if it was him. However, when the team leader saw that it was the secretary from the consulate of a South American country, he dared to check, so he immediately waved and let him go.
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The Japanese military and diplomatic circles are at odds with each other, but this is all a game between big shots and has nothing to do with these low-level police officers. The police officers stationed in Shanghai are still respectful when they see the consulate personnel.
Most of these patrol officers come from Japan's lower class society and are used to being subservient to government officials for fear of upsetting an adult and being insulted and scolded.
After the railing was raised, An Gonggen easily drove into the Japanese Concession, and his heart finally returned to his stomach.
An Gonggen did not expect that it would be so easy to sneak into the Japanese concession. He had racked his brains for this and devised various countermeasures after encountering obstacles, but none of them worked.
This is all the magic of this expensive car and that passport. "A man is like clothes, a horse is like a saddle, and a dog is like a bell," it sounds a bit vulgar, but the truth is absolutely true.
An Gonggen knew the road, and within a few minutes, he arrived next to the Japanese restaurant. He did not stop the car, but turned on the spot and turned the front of the car around so that he would not have to turn around when retreating.
An Gonggen did not turn off the engine and got out of the car first. At this time, a man wearing a short-sleeved shirt came over, said a few words in An Gonggen's ear, and then left.
An Gonggen returned to the car and said to Lu Ming: "They are in private room No. 4, the third room on the left after entering the door."
Lu Ming didn't say anything. He opened the seat cushion and took out the submachine gun hidden inside.
"Master Lu, why don't I go with you so that I can take care of you," An Gonggen said.
"You don't have to follow me to the store. Just use your body to cover me when I go in. Then you come back and wait in the car. Don't turn off the car. I'll be out right away."
Lu Ming held a submachine gun in one hand, covered it with a black suit, and walked over under the cover of An Gonggen.
When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, An Gonggen opened the door for Lu Ming and immediately walked back.
The Japanese female clerk in the restaurant immediately came over and bowed to say hello, but Lu Ming ignored her and walked directly in.
Lu Ming walked directly to the door of the third private room on the left, opened the door of the private room with his left hand, entered the private room sideways, and then quickly closed the door again. The whole action was done in one smooth motion.
The Japanese female clerk in the restaurant bowed behind Lu Ming and kept shouting "Welcome". She thought that the gentleman who just came in had an appointment with the four people inside.
After Lu Ming entered the private room, he glanced at the situation inside and saw four people looking at him in astonishment. It was Seigoro Ozawa, Yu Ying'er, and Noo Kojima. The other person was also an agent of Mantetsu.
, Lu Ming has never met him, but he has seen his photos and information.
Four people were sitting cross-legged on the ground, eating and drinking around a low table, when someone suddenly broke in.
When the door made a sound, indicating that someone had entered the private room, they thought it was the store owner and didn't pay much attention.
Because they have made it clear to the owner of the restaurant that no one is allowed to enter this private room. If anything happens, please ask the owner to come in and say hello.
I thought of everything, but I didn't expect that the person who came in was actually my mortal enemy.
Lu Ming was very happy, everyone was here this time.
"Hey, who are you looking for to do some work?" Ozawa Seigoro asked angrily. Suddenly he didn't recognize Lu Ming. He never dreamed that Lu Ming would dare to come to the Japanese Concession to kill him.
"You guys have hidden yourself well enough and you don't recognize me anymore?" Lu Ming took off his sunglasses and then put them on again.
"Lu Ming, how could it be you?" Yu Ying'er suddenly panicked and exclaimed.
"Lu Ming, what do you want to do?" Ozawa Seigoro finally came to his senses and had a bad premonition. He immediately reached for the gun on his lower back, but came up empty.
The place where they ate was only one block away from the Manchuria Railway, so they didn't bring any guns.
In the Japanese Concession, they usually do not carry guns as long as they are not performing tasks, because the inspection of outsiders in the Japanese Concession is very strict, and generally there will be no problems.
"Ozawa Seigoro, Yu Ying'er, I heard that you are going back to Japan, I'm here to see you off." Lu Ming smiled with his white teeth exposed.
"Lu Ming, what on earth are you doing?" Ozawa Seigoro asked.
He still pretended to be calm, probably because he did not expect Lu Ming to dare to execute him. This is the Japanese Concession. Killing Japanese here is like killing Japanese on Japanese soil. According to Japanese law, the nature of the two is the same.
Yu Ying'er looked at Lu Ming doubtfully. She couldn't guess why Lu Ming appeared here or what he wanted to do.
Lu Ming issued a wanted order in the name of the Fuxing Society, claiming to arrest her and Kojima Noo. Of course she knew this, so she rarely left the Japanese Concession. They believed that it was absolutely safe for the Japanese to stay here.
If Lu Ming wanted to arrest her in the Japanese Concession, it would be impossible for a cripple to reach the sky.
It's very simple. As long as she sounds the alarm, the military and police will immediately mobilize in the Japanese Concession, and Lu Ming will not be able to fly out even if he has wings.
Kojima Yeo and another Manchuria agent looked at Lu Ming nonchalantly, thinking that he appeared alone in the Japanese Concession because he was probably impatient and wanted to die.
So this scene is a bit ridiculous no matter how you look at it, because the ideas of both parties are completely distorted.
The four Japanese were a little panicked, mainly because they didn't understand what Lu Ming was doing. What could he do if he came alone?
In their opinion, Lu Ming's appearance was too strange. How could such a smart man come to seek death?
If he didn't come to die, what did he come to do?
"How about we sit down and have a drink?" Kojima Noo actually issued such an inexplicable invitation.