Hearing Li Yunsheng's firm tone, Xu Bing smiled bitterly and said: "District Chief, the Japanese have been keeping an eye on the major arms dealers in the concession, and with such a large amount of explosives, they have no reason not to pay attention. There is no way we can get away with it."
Li Yunsheng said calmly: "Our action this time is very fast, and the time difference is to strike before the Japanese can react."
"What do the district mayor have in mind?"
Li Yunsheng said confidently: "I will go to the arms dealers from last time and buy a large amount of explosives from them, and ask for a transaction tomorrow night. During the transaction, there will be Japanese informants, and we will solve the problem smoothly by then.
He then quickly entered the city and transported these explosives into the city before the Japanese could react."
Xu Bing thought for a while and then said: "District Chief, it is too risky for you to do this. Once the Japanese react, the operation will fail. Even if the explosives are successfully transported into the city, there may not be a chance to do it.
And after the operation, we will definitely have no chance to return to the concession, so how can we avoid subsequent large-scale searches in urban Tianjin."
Li Yunsheng said with a smile: "After the operation is successful, all personnel can leave the city directly and hide in the surrounding villages. Even if the Japanese people conduct a large-scale search, they will probably only search the urban area of Tianjin. After all, their manpower is limited."
After hearing Li Yunsheng's method, Xu Bing was still a little worried. After all, this operation was too risky, so he said: "District Chief, if you really want to do this, I suggest you be prepared for failure, and also choose a backup stronghold.
, once something unexpected happens, we will immediately move elsewhere so that we can have a retreat."
Li Yunsheng thought about it and felt that what Xu Bing said was reasonable. After all, he didn't expect victory before he expected defeat, so he nodded and simply said: "Okay, you can do it, but you have to do it quickly, and it must be done before tomorrow night."
good."
Xu Bing nodded, and then the two of them communicated for a while and then left one after another.
An hour later, Li Yunsheng appeared at the Far East Trading House in the public settlement. This trading house was run by the British. On the surface, it only conducted normal trade, but in fact it was engaged in arms business.
As soon as I entered the Far East Trading House, a staff member immediately came forward and asked: "Sir, what do you need?"
Li Yunsheng said calmly: "I have a big business and I need to find your manager."
The staff member quickly said: "Our manager is currently receiving distinguished guests. I hope you will wait a moment."
Li Yunsheng frowned and thought that it was such an unlucky coincidence. However, the Far East Trading House was the largest trading house in the public concession. If you want to buy a large amount of explosives, it is most convenient here. Moreover, you have purchased a batch of weapons here before, so you can say that it is a familiar place.
He was familiar with the road, so he said, "Then I'll wait a moment."
The staff immediately said: "Then please follow me to the lounge. After our manager has received the distinguished guests, I will take you there right now."
Li Yunsheng did not hesitate and followed the staff to the rest area inside.
When we reached the stairs, there happened to be two blond and blue-eyed British people walking downstairs. When one of them saw Li Yunsheng, he immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Li, we meet again."
Seeing this British man, Li Yunsheng felt a little depressed, and quickly said: "Mr. Robert, I didn't expect to see you here."
The person who spoke was the British consul. He had had contact with Li Yunsheng before. Although the two were not very familiar with each other, they had an impression of each other.
However, Li Yunsheng knew very well that these foreigners were not good people, so he always avoided meeting them. After all, when dealing with these foreigners, he would be betrayed at any time.
When the foreigner who followed Robert saw that the two people knew each other, he immediately asked: "Mr. Consul, do you know this friend?"
Robert nodded and said with a chuckle: "This Mr. Li is an old friend of mine. I still owe him a favor." Then he introduced to Li Yunsheng: "Mr. Li, this is the manager of Far East Trading House.
Mr. Edward, you must have come to see him today."
Since he was caught by someone, Li Yunsheng had nothing to hide. After all, the other party was a foreigner and would not keep his secret at all, so he said, "Yes, I came today because I have a big business to discuss with Mr. Edward."
Hearing Li Yunsheng's words, Edward was not surprised and said simply: "In that case, please come with me, Mr. Li," and then walked to the second floor.
Li Yunsheng hurriedly followed, while Robert on the side was originally going to leave the Far East Trading House, but after seeing Li Yunsheng, he immediately changed his mind and went up to the second floor with the two of them.
After entering an office, the three of them got ready on the sofa. Edward was the first to speak: "Mr. Li said he wanted to do a big business with me. I don't know what the business is."
Li Yunsheng said with a smile: "I just wanted to buy some things, and the quantity was not small, so I came to see Mr. Edward."
Hearing Li Yunsheng's words, Robert on the side smiled and said: "What Mr. Li wants to buy should be a large number of weapons."
Li Yunsheng said without hesitation: "Mr. Robert is right. I want to buy some weapons, but the main item purchased this time is a large amount of TNT explosives."
When they heard that it was TNT explosives, the expressions of the two British people became serious. Robert asked solemnly: "Mr. Li, why do you want to buy a large amount of explosives?"
Li Yunsheng smiled and replied: "What do I want to buy explosives for? Does this have anything to do with our deal? After all, Mr. Edward is just a businessman. As long as he can make money, it will be fine."
Edward on the side immediately said: "Mr. Li, I am just an ordinary businessman. Although I also sell weapons, I must understand what these weapons are used for, and a large number of weapons transactions must be approved by the consulate, not to mention you want to
What I purchased was TNT explosives.”
Li Yunsheng frowned, and naturally saw that Edward said this to cooperate with Robert's inquiry about his purpose, otherwise these foreigners would not care what you buy weapons for, but under the low eaves, he had to lower his head, so he had to say: "Mr. Robert
, I want to buy some explosives, just to deal with the Japanese, I guess you can guess this."
Robert nodded and said softly: "Of course I know you are going to deal with the Japanese, but I want to know what targets you will use these explosives to attack."
Li Yunsheng looked at Robert and said seriously: "I'm afraid this has nothing to do with Mr. Robert. After all, I'm just causing trouble for the Japanese."
Looking at Li Yunsheng's serious expression, Robert said gently: "Mr. Li, don't get me wrong, we are not enemies, and we can also be friends. After all, the expansion of the Japanese in the Far East is not in the interest of the British Empire. I want to know you
What we have to do is just to deal with the future situation. After all, if you mess up, the situation in Tianjin will be very chaotic."
Li Yunsheng looked at Robert's expression and felt that these words were not false, and that Japan's invasion of China was indeed not in the interests of the United Kingdom. However, the British were now the powerful foreigners and the internal leaders, and had no ability to stop the Japanese actions. The Japanese must be unlucky.
If so, they were still happy to see the result, so they said: "I will use this batch of explosives to blow up several important Japanese strongholds. It should have little impact on the situation in Tianjin."
Although the two sides were not enemies, Li Yunsheng still did not tell Robert the truth. After all, these foreigners were very unreliable, and you had to be cautious when dealing with them.
As soon as Li Yunsheng finished speaking, Robert continued to ask: "Mr. Li, can you make it clearer, specifically which strongholds are."
Robert's questioning made Li Yunsheng very angry. If he didn't need to buy things from them, he would have wanted to fall out immediately, so he said coldly: "Mr. Robert, this is too much."
Seeing Li Yunsheng's displeasure, Robert immediately said: "Mr. Li, I will not leak secrets. Let's do this. I have a piece of news to tell you here, so that you will not always worry about me."
Li Yunsheng said in surprise: "What news is it?"
Robert pointedly said: "Mr. Edward is not only an arms dealer, but also an intelligence dealer. He has a piece of Japanese military information about the current war in Wuhan. I wonder if you are interested."
Li Yunsheng immediately asked: "Of course I am interested, but I don't know what Mr. Edward's military background is."
After glancing at Robert, the two of them completed an exchange in silence, and Edward said: "My news is the latest trend of the Japanese army, which is related to the success or failure of the Wuhan Battle. However, Mr. Li also knows that I am just a businessman. No matter what I do,
There must be sufficient benefits, and in order to obtain this information, my intelligence agent took a lot of risks, so this information cannot be given to you in vain."
Li Yunsheng said without hesitation: "Money is not an issue. As long as the information you provide is valuable, no matter how much it is, I will not bargain. But Mr. Edward also knows what I do, so don't fool me with false information.
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Edward smiled and said: "My information is definitely true and there will never be any problems."
Li Yunsheng immediately said: "Then please introduce Mr. Edward to this military situation."
Edward nodded and said seriously: "Because the war in Wuhan is not going well, the Japanese military has decided to open a new front. They will mobilize several divisions from Northeast China and Japan, and with the cooperation of the navy, directly attack
Guangzhou, cut off the Guangdong-Han Railway."
Li Yunsheng was shocked when he heard the news. After all, one of the important purposes of the Japanese army's attack on Wuhan was to cut off China's transportation lines. Once Guangzhou fell, not only would there be one less outlet to the sea, but the Guangdong-Hankou Railway would also be interrupted, so the Battle of Wuhan would not continue.