Chapter 401: The plan within the plan (please recommend and vote for monthly votes)
Author: His Majesty’s Dried Fish
Chapter 401: The plan within the plan (please recommend and vote for monthly votes)
At five o'clock in the morning, it was just dawn.
The gambling boat "Tom" slowly sailed into the customs dock as usual.
On the pier, the cash transport truck of the Hong Kong Bank was waiting there early as always.
Not much time left, so he drove out of the pier loaded with the previous night's earnings from the gambling boat and walked away...
And shortly after the cash transport truck left, Takagi, who had been hiding in the dark and secretly watching, immediately turned to his subordinates and asked: "Did you see clearly?"
"Look clearly, there are ten boxes in total, which is definitely not the profit that a gambling boat should have! There must be something evil in it!"
"Well, I will go back and report to Chief Fujita. You go to the Hong Kong bank and find the cash transport truck. However, you must not act rashly without my order, so as not to alert the enemy. Do you understand?"
"yes!
However, just as Takagi and his men were formulating their next plan in a dark corner, the cash transport truck loaded with ten boxes had already left the dock area and plunged into a dark and narrow alley.
inside.
The car drove like this for ten minutes through the maze-like criss-crossing alleys before stopping in front of an ordinary-looking house.
Before the people in the car got off, someone pushed open the courtyard door and walked out. It was not someone else, but surprisingly it was Li Qiang.
"Quick! Move these boxes in, move quickly!" Cheng was the first to jump out of the car, and without saying a word, he urged his men to move the boxes down from the car.
"How was it? Did the trip go well?" Li Qiang walked to Acheng and asked as he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to Acheng.
"As always, everything is calm." After saying that, Acheng took the cigarette from Li Qiang's hand, lit it and took a deep breath. Then he couldn't help but frown and asked, "But there is one thing I don't like.
Understand, don’t you already have a special pass in your hand? Why do you need me to help you smuggle these things? "
Li Qiang didn't want to think about it, but he chuckled, "Look, even you know that I have a special pass, let alone No. 76 and the Japanese. How many pairs of eyes are staring at me, overtly or covertly? But then again
Speaking of which, if it weren't for Boss Chen's urging, I wouldn't have taken this risky move."
Hearing this, Acheng lowered his voice and asked, "Let me tell you, these boxes of yours are quite heavy. What's in them?"
However, Li Qiang just secretly made a pistol gesture with his hand and did not speak.
"What does he want so much of that stuff for?"
"What else can you do? Just perform well! You may not know that the three anti-Japanese prisoners who were shot in retaliation by Li Shiqun were all middle-level cadres at the Shanghai Station. Boss Dai's nose was almost crooked after receiving the report.
Then he sent an urgent telegram and scolded Mr. Chen so much that he asked me to do this for him. It seems that he is preparing for a big fight."
"That's fine. After all, the traitors and the Japanese have been living too comfortably these days. We can't continue like this."
After hearing this, Li Qiang shrugged noncommittally, "That's true, but in my opinion, as long as you take action, there will be a risk of exposure. The more frequent the action, the greater the risk of exposure."
"Isn't that too pessimistic?"
"I'm just stating the facts. In addition, you should be more careful. Although Fujita Yoshimasa seems to trust you very much, I bet that he has never really trusted you, not for other reasons.
Because you are Chinese."
"Don't worry, I know it well." As he spoke, the boxes in the car were almost moved.
Ah Cheng then returned to the car and sped straight towards the Hong Kong Bank...
On the other side, Li Qiang was not idle either. After sending Acheng away, he immediately flew into the house and together with A Ping and Doctor Yang, he broke the six boxes full of weapons and ammunition into pieces, and before it got dark, he rushed into the house.
They were sent in three batches to the safe house Li Qiang had set up for Chen Gongshu in Nanshi in advance.
"How about one hundred and forty shell guns, more than 200 magazines, and more than 13,000 bullets. Is this enough?" In the safe house, Li Qiang showed Chen Gongshu the results of his work.
said.
"That's enough!" After seeing those guns and ammunition, Chen Gongshu couldn't help but said excitedly, "With these, I can let go and fight the traitors and Japanese!"
Seeing Chen Gongshu gearing up and impatient, Li Qiang opened his mouth several times to remind him, but instead of thinking about the other party, he just said a few words casually, but in fact he didn't take it to heart at all.
It was useless to talk any more, so Li Qiang could only sigh secretly, say goodbye and leave to go to work.
But just as Li Qiang walked into the government office, he accidentally bumped into Secretary Liu from the Secretariat. The huge reaction force made Secretary Liu fall to the ground with an "oops" and his hands
The documents inside were also scattered all over the floor.
Upon seeing this, Li Qiang immediately pulled her up, then helped her pick up the documents scattered on the ground, and asked with concern: "Oh, I'm so sorry, Secretary Liu, I hurt you, are you okay?"
?”
Secretary Liu quickly shook his head, "It's okay, Section Chief Ming, I was too reckless just now. I walked too fast and didn't pay attention to the road."
After speaking, Secretary Liu bowed fiercely to Li Qiang, then took the document from Li Qiang's hand and ran away in a panic with a red face.
Li Qiang just smiled and shook his head and continued walking to his office.
However, as soon as Li Qiang returned to the office, he immediately looked at the note that Secretary Liu handed to him in the confusion, and the smile on his face disappeared.
Tonight at 7pm, Navy Club.
Just nine words, but it gave Li Qiang a headache because he couldn't figure out why Takagi asked him to meet.
So that night, Li Qiang came to the Navy Club as scheduled with mixed emotions.
"Very punctual! Chief Ming." As soon as Li Qiang walked into the club's door, Takagi immediately came over and said.
Li Qiang smiled and replied: "I'm afraid this is one of the few advantages I have."
"Chief Ming is too modest, please!" After saying that, Takagi led Li Qiang into a VIP room.
"Mr. Gao Mu, you know I don't like to beat around the bush. If you have anything to say, please just say it directly." As soon as he sat down, Li Qiang asked straight to the point.
"I heard that your chamber of commerce has recently developed a facial cream with Chinese herbal medicine as the main ingredient, and is using it to compete with the Ito Chamber of Commerce in the beauty market, right?"
"Unexpectedly, Mr. Takagi is quite well informed!"
"So that means it's true?"
"If others ask, it will definitely not happen, but if Takagi-kun asks..."
Although Li Qiang did not finish what he said, Takagi still nodded, "Chief Ming, if you say that, I understand!"
At this point, Takagi suddenly changed the subject, "But Chief Ming, I'm not pouring cold water on you. Judging from the current situation, you can't beat the Ito Chamber of Commerce."
"If you don't try it, how will you know the result?"
"No need to try, you will definitely have no chance, unless..."
"Unless what?" Li Qiang asked.
"Unless we join forces."
"Join forces? You mean, you want to join forces with me to deal with the Ito Chamber of Commerce?"
"No, we are joining forces to deal with Ah Cheng."
"Your target is Cheng?"
"No, it's not me, it's us." Takagi corrected, "As far as I know, since the last fire in the Ito Chamber of Commerce's warehouse, it has been relying on the income of the 'Tom' to barely survive, so once something happens to the 'Tom',
Then the Ito Chamber of Commerce will inevitably be unsustainable, and by then it may be difficult to even protect itself, and naturally it will have no energy to contain you."
Hearing this, Li Qiang couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, "That being said, why do you do this?"
"It's simple, because Cheng blocks my way, so I will naturally try my best to clear him out!"
"I understand! But this kind of thing is no joke. Once the news leaks out, the two of us will not be able to live without food. Therefore, we must formulate a seamless plan."
"You decide the plan, and I'll be responsible for cooperating with it, how about it?"
"It's not impossible, but..."
"Then it's settled. After you go back, you can study it carefully. When we have the results, we will discuss the specific details of the action." After saying that, Takagi glanced at his watch, "It's getting late, I have to go back, as planned.
I’ll leave the matter to you.”
After saying that, he left without looking back.
In contrast, Li Qiang was not in a hurry to leave, but continued to sit alone in the room for more than an hour before getting up and leaving the Navy Club.
…
Two days later, Chen Gongshu, who was armed with guns and ammunition, announced the return of the military anti-rape team in a very high-profile manner with an assassination that occurred in the Japanese-administered area.
In the next week, eight action brigades under Chen Gongshu took action together. Under the instructions of the "Three Principles of Action" formulated by him, Shanghai was turned upside down.
For a time, not only the traitors who surrendered to the country, but also the Japanese military police, who had always been arrogant, did not dare to come out alone. Even if they came out, they did not dare to wear military uniforms. Not to mention at night, even during the day, only three or five people hugged each other.
Groups dare to go out on patrol only when they can embolden each other.
This made Li Shiqun and Fujita Yoshimasa worried. However, neither of them expected that just when those two guys were still worried about the frequent assassinations, they suddenly received a piece of news that shocked them.
:The cruise ship 'Tom' was bombed and sunk!
"Acheng-kun, I trust you so much and leave the Tom to you to manage, but what about you? Such a big thing has happened, and you don't know anything about it? What do you do for food?" In the office, Fujita
Fang Zheng had a gloomy face and asked angrily.
At this time, Acheng had obviously not yet recovered from such a major incident, and could not even utter a word in the face of Fujita Yoshimasa's almost roaring accusation.
After a long while, he finally lowered his head and said: "Commander Fujita, calm down. The Tom is bombed, and my subordinates are naturally to blame. But please rest assured, I will do my best to find out the real culprit behind the scenes and give you a warning."
Explain."
"Huh! This sounds like a human saying!" Fujita Yoshimasa still had a dark face and said angrily, "Listen, from now on, Takagi-kun will temporarily take over all your duties. As for you, I
I’ll give you a week. If you still can’t catch the real culprit by then, you know what the consequences will be.”
"Yes! I understand my humble position!" After saying that, he left the office dejectedly.
Fujita Yoshimasa then turned to look at Takagi, who had never said a word, and asked: "Tell me about it! Takagi-kun, what do you think about this matter?"
"Judging from Mr. Acheng's reaction, it doesn't look like he was pretending, but we don't rule out the possibility that this person has extraordinary talent for acting. In order to cover up the fact that he was smuggling, he directed and acted in such a farce."
"If it's the latter, how did he find out that someone was investigating him?" Fujita Yoshimasa narrowed his eyes and continued to ask.
"This... my subordinates don't have any clue yet."
As soon as he said this, Fujita Yoshimasa looked at him deeply, but did not say anything and asked him to retreat.
However, as soon as Takagi left, the office door rang, and then a figure opened the door and walked in. It was none other than Acheng, who had just left not long ago. It was just different from before. This time Acheng brought
I brought a folder over.
"Since Mr. Cheng has left and returned, do you have something to tell me?" Fujita Yoshimasa first glanced at the folder in Cheng's hand and asked.
"Yes!" Acheng didn't hide anything, simply agreed, and then respectfully handed the folder to Fujita Yoshimasa, "Sir Fujita, please look at this, this is an investigation report on the extent of the damage to the ship's hull.
.According to the on-site inspection by explosion experts, the explosion center store on the "Tom" is probably near the engine room. If a cruise ship is compared to the human body, then this engine room is equivalent to the heart of the entire ship, so it is humble.
We also specially arranged double the number of personnel on duty there, so I am almost certain that there must be an insider on our side cooperating with the other side's actions in this explosion."
"You mean..."
"That's right! There is a mole on board the Tom!"
"Oh?" Fujita Yoshimasa couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this, "Then, in your opinion, who is this mole?"
"I believe that it is not appropriate to jump to conclusions before there is definite evidence, and I ask for your forgiveness, Chief Fujita. However, based on the evidence currently available to me, Mr. Takagi is the most suspicious."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because just a week before the incident, someone saw Mr. Takagi having a secret conversation with Chief Akira from the Inspection Section for fifteen minutes at the Navy Club."
"Is this happening?"
"It's absolutely true. Many people saw it at the time. Of course, you can't conclude that Mr. Takagi is the traitor just because of this. Therefore, I will continue to investigate this matter in depth."
"Okay, then you can go ahead and investigate, but there is one thing. Even if we can't find the real culprit, we still have to find out the insider hiding around us. Do you understand?"
