In fact, No. 76 has indeed smelled a strange smell.
In the past three months, No. 76 had been working hard to revitalize the illegal industry in the Japanese-occupied area. Unfortunately, he was severely attacked by the patrol camp. Whether it was opium dens, casinos, brothels, etc., he opened a
, the patrol camp just smashed one house, and after more than three months of tossing, they didn't make a penny, but lost tens of thousands of boxes of opium!
Because of this, Li Shiqun and Ding Mocun were often scolded by Yingzuo Zhenzhao.
Now that the war is about to begin, the matter of revitalizing the black industry has been stopped by Kage Sasaki.
The agents of No. 76 had nothing to do and were wandering around the streets all day long. As a result, several people from the patrol camp were arrested as gangsters from the Green Gang. Then they accidentally discovered that the patrol camp was arresting gangsters from the Green Gang and other gangsters.
Liu Zichen, a street gangster who first discovered this incident, reported it to Wu Shibao.
Wu Shibao immediately reported it to Li Shiqun.
Li Shiqun immediately smelled a strange smell.
Li Shiqun immediately drove to Zhongcun Agency, preparing to report this matter and his analysis report to Zuo Zhenzhao. When Li Shiqun rushed to Zhongcun Agency, Ying Zuozhenzhao had just come out of the office building and was about to get in the car, because tonight he was
Going to the headquarters of the 9th Division to attend a combat meeting.
"Your Excellency, Colonel, Your Excellency, Colonel." Li Shiqun quickly extended his hand to say hello.
Yingzuo Zhenzhao was about to bend down and get into the carriage. When he heard someone calling from behind, he stood up again. When he turned around and saw it was Li Shiqun, he immediately frowned and said, "Li Sang, why are you here again?" Yingzuo Zhenzhao replied to Li Shiqun.
He came here because of the black industry. He didn't have time to spend time with Li Shiqun grinding his teeth now.
"Your Majesty Colonel, I want to report an important military intelligence report." Li Shiqun saw the impatience in Yingzuo Zhenzhao's expression, so he hurriedly ran to Yingzuo Zhenzhao, and then said, "Our informant No. 76
Important military information has just been discovered."
"Really?" Ying Zuozhen said softly and asked, "What important military information are you talking about?"
Li Shiqun said: "The patrol battalion is arresting Youth Gang gangsters and street gangsters in various areas of the concession."
"Is this the important military information you said you wanted to report to me?" Two black lines immediately appeared on Yingzuo Zhenzhao's forehead, and then he glared at Li Shiqun fiercely and said, "Li Sang, it seems you are seventy-six
The person with the number is too carefree!"
"Your Excellency Colonel!" Li Shiqun said hurriedly, "This is unusual. I thought there must be a mystery to it."
"What's the mystery?" Yingzuo Zhenzhao said angrily, "A few months ago, the patrol camp began to arrest Youth Gang gangsters and street gangsters in various areas of the concession. In fact, in the past few months, they have not carried out any severe crackdowns.
It has stopped, but now that the war is approaching, the patrol battalion has intensified its crackdown in order to clean up public security!"
"A war is coming?" Li Shiqun said blankly, "What kind of war? Is there going to be a war?"
Although the patrol battalion and the Japanese are already preparing for the war in full swing, not many people know the inside story. Although Li Shiqun is the deputy director of No. 76 and the most loyal eagle dog of the Japanese, he does not know that the Japanese No. 7
Division, the 20th Division is about to leave for Shanghai.
This is also the highest level of secret in the entire Japanese military system.
"Li Sang, let me tell you a secret." Yingzuo Zhenzhao waved to Li Shiqun to put his head up, and then said with Li Shiqun's ear, "The patrol camp is not as simple as you think. In fact, the patrol camp has already been
The Communist Party has secretly incorporated them, and their commander is your old acquaintance Xu Rui!"
"What?" Li Shiqun shuddered fiercely and said in a trembling voice, "Xu Rui?!"
Hearing the name Xu Rui, a nightmare-like scene immediately appeared in Li Shiqun's mind.
More than half a year ago, Xu Rui brought the Langya Brigade to Shanghai and launched a violent attack on them on No. 76 like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Even the headquarters of No. 76 was sniped by the Langya snipers.
The captain of the guard brigade, Sun Mingqi, was killed by Lang Ya during that operation.
"So, be careful." Seeing Li Shiqun being frightened like this, Yingzuo Zhenzhao immediately felt cruel pleasure, then he patted Li Shiqun's shoulder lightly and turned around to get in the car.
It wasn't until Yingzuo Zhenzhao's car was far away that Li Shiqun shrank his neck, looked around first, and then bent down to get into his seat frame. By this time, Li Shiqun had already forgotten his original intention of coming to Zhongcun Agency.
When everything was clean, he immediately ordered Wu Shibao to drive quickly, and then temporarily changed the route and took a long detour back to No. 76.
Let’s not talk about Li Shiqun, the traitor, but let’s talk about Yingzuo Zhenzhao, who soon arrived at the headquarters of the Ninth Division.
The headquarters of the Ninth Division is located in the former Japanese Navy Headquarters. It is a square building. Entering from the gate is a large playground inside the U-shaped building. At this moment, the large playground inside the building is already full of people.
There are vehicles, including tanks, armored vehicles and trucks, and there are also a lot of three-wheelers.
Next to these vehicles, there were large groups of Japanese soldiers lining up.
The sound of passwords resounded throughout the entire playground, and even the air was filled with the tense atmosphere before the war. After feeling this atmosphere, Yingzuo Zhenzhao couldn't help but become nervous.
Going upstairs, you are faced with the war room of the Ninth Division.
Hearing the guard's report, several generals and a dozen assistant officers in the war room turned around one after another, holding on to the sand table with both hands. The person standing in front of the sand table was carrying the rank of lieutenant general. He was the 9th Division.
The division commander, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, was flanked by two major generals, who were the brigade commanders of the 6th Brigade and the 18th Brigade.
Kage Sasaki strode up to Yoshizumi Ryosuke, bowed his head and said: "Division commander!"
Yoshizumi Ryosuke returned the military salute, then frowned and said, "Kagesa-kun, why didn't Nakamura-kun come?"
Ying Zuozhenzhao paused and said: "Reporting to the division commander, the Nakamura agency chief has entrusted the task of assisting the 9th Division to the humble position. Please rest assured, division commander, our Nakamura agency will fully cooperate with the 9th Division.
Good preparations, if the division commander has any requests, just ask and we will do our best to fulfill them."
"Okay then." Yoshizumi Ryosuke nodded slightly, then turned back and continued to deploy the action plan.
At the beginning, Yoshizumi Ryosuke actually disapproved of launching this battle, because the Ninth Division was nominally one of the seventeen permanent divisions, but it was only in name. In fact, the Ninth Division
It has suffered two fatal losses in the Chinese battlefield, one in Huainan.
In the first stage of the Battle of Xuzhou, the Ninth Division and the Thirteenth Division, as the vanguard of the Central China Condemnation Army heading north, took the lead in advancing into the hinterland of the Central Plains. However, due to the lone army, they were besieged by hundreds of thousands of elite National Army troops in Huainan and Beng.
The front line of Huhu and Feicheng's communication lines were also cut off by Xu Rui, and the two permanent divisions were almost completely destroyed.
The second time was on the Huaiyin battlefield. At that time, the Ninth Division was still stationed in Huaiyin. Because of the friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Itagaki Seishiro took advantage of the opportunity and prepared to join forces with Han Deqin to kill the New Fourth Army in the central and northern Jiangsu areas. However, Xu Rui interfered.
In the end, Han Deqin cooperated with the New Fourth Army and completely wiped out the Akiyama detachment dispatched by the Ninth Division and based on the Sixth Infantry Brigade. The detachment leader Akiyama Yoshiyun was also killed.
Already.
Suffering two heavy losses, the Ninth Division was suddenly severely weakened. It had to be withdrawn from the front line and transferred to the relatively safe Shanghai to take on security tasks. Therefore, until now, the organization of the Ninth Division is still not very complete.
The Sixth Infantry Brigade has just rebuilt its skeleton, and its strength is far from being replenished.
In other words, the Ninth Division is nominally a division, but in fact it only has one brigade. Moreover, the artillery, cavalry, engineering and other technical equipment have not all been in place since the Huainan battlefield was severely damaged, especially
It is the Ninth Regiment of Mountain Artillery. In fact, there is only one mountain artillery brigade.
Yoshizumi Ryosuke had already suffered two big losses at the hands of Xu Rui, and even had a shadow on Xu Rui.
So at the beginning, Yoshizumi Ryosuke did not agree to launch this military operation anyway. He insisted that it should wait until the 7th Division and the 20th Division arrived before taking action! However, after watching Xu Rui
After submitting a detailed action plan in the name of Liang Wuyi, Yoshizumi Ryosuke changed his mind.
Xu Rui's plan was perfect. After the main force of the patrol battalion entered, the Marine Corps was responsible for intercepting the enemy on the east side, while the 19th Infantry Regiment and the 36th Infantry Regiment were on the north and west sides respectively. The south side was the most difficult.
, because the south of Sihang Warehouse is close to the Suzhou River, and the south bank of the Suzhou River is the central area of the concession.
Although the domestic media in Japan are building momentum for the Japanese army to enter the Central and Western Districts of the Concession, the British and French governments have issued stern warnings to prohibit Japanese troops from entering the Central and Western Districts of the Concession and the French Concession. In this case, Yoshizumi Ryosuke
We dare not let the Ninth Division enter the central area of the concession.
If the south side of Sihang Warehouse cannot be blocked, a gap will appear in the entire encirclement.
The emergence of the Broadway Building has blocked this gap and formed a closed loop.
Because the Broadway Buildings are civilians and not regular troops, as long as they are not wearing military uniforms, the Japanese government will not be afraid even if they poke a big hole in the sky in the central area of the concession.
However, Yoshizumi Ryosuke still has some doubts about the combat effectiveness of Broadway Building.
Yoshizumi Ryosuke frowned and said, "Kagezuo-kun, is the combat effectiveness of Broadway Building really as strong as you describe?"
"Hai!" Ying Zuozhenzhao paused and said, "Division Commander, the combat effectiveness of Broadway Building is still trustworthy, because since the establishment of Broadway Building, there have been wins and losses in many confrontations with patrol battalions. This is
It cannot be ruled out that the patrol camp was intentional, but it is an indisputable fact that the Broadway Building can be hit."
After a pause, Yingzuo Zhenzhao continued: "Moreover, Liang Sang guaranteed me with his head that their Broadway Building will be nailed to the south bank of the Suzhou River like nails. Unless the division commander gives an order, they will never
I will take half a step back!"
"Yoshi." Yoshizumi Ryosuke said happily, "Then there will be no problem."
