During the war, Zhabei Station was completely blown up by Japanese aircraft and artillery. Most of the national troops transferred to Shanghai got off at Zhenru Station. Therefore, it was also bombed by Japanese aircraft. However, the damage was not too serious.
After the war, the Japanese army converted the goods yard of Zhenru Station into an arsenal. The ammunition required for the Japanese army's attack on Nanjing was transported from here. Therefore, for the Japanese army, Zhenru Station was their most important military supply rear!
Takahashi and Takashi walked slowly in the arsenal, checking the security situation. An officer guarding the arsenal briefed them on the situation.
There are many warehouses of different sizes in the arsenal, some are simple and some are very sturdy.
The officer said: "There were many homes here at first, but as time went by, they were gradually transformed into goods yards."
The entire warehouse looks a bit messy, but the roads between the warehouses are clean and without any obstacles.
All warehouses where arms are stored have large locks. Without keys, it is difficult to enter the warehouses.
The officer said: "Those simpler warehouses are mainly used to store ordinary military supplies."
There is a very high wall around the warehouse, and there is a barbed wire fence on the wall. This was erected after the Japanese army took over. It is even more difficult to enter the warehouse from the wall!
Takahashi felt that, at least from the inside, the arsenal was very safe.
19-25
Finally, Takahashi decided to get in the car and take a look around the outside of the warehouse wall.
The car exited the gate of the arsenal, turned onto the traffic road, and walked west along the wall of the arsenal.
A few minutes later, when the wall came to an end, they turned onto a rough dirt road and walked north along the wall.
The east side of the dirt road is surrounded by a wall, while the west side is mainly farmland or vegetable fields, with some simple houses occasionally. At the end of the north dirt road, there is a small river. Several women squatted by the river to wash clothes.
Takahashi couldn't help but said: "How can you wash clothes in such dirty river water!"
The accompanying officer turned back and said: "The sewage from the station and the sewage from the arsenal were eventually discharged into this river. Therefore, the river water does not look very clean."
Takahashi asked in a low voice: "Can someone crawl into the sewer?"
The officer laughed heartily, "The sewer is very narrow! Only a rat can get in!"
Takahashi was still worried, "Have you checked it?"
The officer said: "Yes, everything has been checked!"
He asked the driver to stop the car and said, "Sir, you can go down and take a look."
Takahashi and Takashi got out of the car and walked to the river. Sure enough, they saw the sewer outlet and a stream of black water flowing out of it. The sewer was very small, about the size of two palms. It really couldn't fit people in.
The car continued to drive east between the creek and the wall. The road was rugged and the car could only drive slowly. After about ten minutes, the car turned south.
There are many houses in this area, crowded on the side of the dirt road, row after row.
It can be seen that the houses here are very simple and the people living there are poor people.
Takashi said: "Stop the car."
This is exactly what Takahashi thought. He smiled and said, "What?"
Takashi said: "I think if there is a flaw in the arsenal, it is here!"
The officer said: "Every night, there are soldiers patrolling here once an hour."
Takashi asked: "Walking?"
The officer said: "We take a truck. It takes half an hour to walk around like this. We can only take a car."
Takashi said: "At night, if a group of enemies suddenly jumped from the roof here onto the truck, would those soldiers be able to deal with it?"
The officer seemed to be prepared for this, saying: "This is not far from the gate. As soon as the gun fires, they will come to support. In addition, there is a squadron stationed on the east side to protect the station. They will rush over when they hear the gunshots."
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Takashi took out the map and looked at it carefully.
He raised his head and pointed behind him and said: "Sir, I suggest that we put a small team in the small village to the north. If someone really wants to do this, as long as the gun fires and they attack from three sides, they will all be wiped out!"
Takahashi looked at him with a smile, nodded and said, "Very good. But what if the gun doesn't fire? What should I do? Chinese agents jumped onto the truck with knives. They are masters of killing!"
Takaji immediately said: "From tonight onwards, patrol soldiers must load their bullets! If someone jumps on the truck, the first action is to pull the trigger! Sir, the sound of the gunshot is the signal! Destroy them!"
Takahashi said to the officer in front: "Did you hear it! This order will be implemented from tonight! There must be no mistakes!"
The officer in front immediately said: "Yes, sir."
19-26
It was almost noon when Takahashi and Takashi's cars returned to the gate of the arsenal.
An officer stood at the door and waved vigorously to the car.
The officer rushed to the car and reported to Takahashi: "Sir, I received a call saying that there was a Japanese clinic on Wangyun Road. It was attacked by a group of mobs and the clinic was destroyed! In addition, there was something on the phone.
Said, a Japanese named Hattori was caught by the mob! There were many reporters at the scene!"
Takahashi was shocked. Only then did he learn that Hattori Shoji was not killed by Chinese agents and returned to the clinic! But the clinic was attacked by a mob, which surprised him even more.
He immediately said: "Let's go to Wangyun Road, quickly!"
19-27
Director Luan's artillery training on Li San and several others was finally over.
He stretched out his hand to Li San and said: "Brother, you will become a good artilleryman! I can see it!"
Li Sanli saluted him and then shook hands with him, "Director Luan, thank you for training me! Director Luan, I'm waiting to hear my good news tomorrow morning! I guarantee that the shelling will be the same as your own at the scene.
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Director Luan smiled and said, "Okay, that's exactly what I thought!"
Afterwards, he shook hands with Chen Zifeng, Xiao Ancheng and others and said goodbye.
Finally, he picked up a cannonball from the ground, stared at Chen Zifeng with a somewhat gloomy look, and said, "Team Leader Chen, when I first came here in the morning, I almost fired him! So, I want to use it as a souvenir!"
Chen Zifeng said: "It is just a cannonball, quite bulky."
Director Luan nodded to him and said: "Because I am an artilleryman! I hope that I will always be an artilleryman!"
Chen Zifeng looked at his meaningful face and didn't know what to say. He had to gesture to him to express his agreement.
Director Luan put the shell into his briefcase, held it in his hand, looked at everyone in the warehouse one last time, then turned and walked out, disappearing into the white sunshine outside.
Chen Zifeng looked back at the brothers around him, clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Let's carry it to the truck. Dr. Fu and the others are going to dress it up!"
However, the cannon was very heavy. According to Director Luan, it weighed more than 500 kilograms. It was difficult for seven or eight of them to lift it onto the truck.
In the end, it was Lin Jiatai who came up with the solution.
He placed two shell boxes next to the gun wheel. The brothers shouted slogans and lifted the gun a little, and he put the shell box under the gun wheel. Then he lifted it up again and added more shell boxes.
After repeating this process many times, they finally mounted the gun as high as the truck bed.
A brother drove the truck over, and everyone worked together to finally push the cannon onto the truck.
The muzzle of the gun was facing backward, and the tail hook of the gun carriage was just against the front carriage board. They stacked ten boxes of shells under the gun carriage.
Chen Zifeng smiled and said to Fu Xuelan: "Doctor Fu, you have to paste the gun mount and the shell box together so that no one can see it."
Fu Xuelan smiled at him and made preparations with Liao Ruolan and Han Dan.
20-1
After explaining clearly about the cannon, Chen Zifeng called Wei Jiechen, Xiao Ancheng, Qiao Yanfang, Tan Hao, Lin Jiatai and Qiang Hu, and walked behind the box in the warehouse.
He stared at everyone sternly and said in a low voice: "Everyone sit down, we have to discuss our actions tomorrow."
The first thing is the parade tomorrow morning and the shelling of the Japanese headquarters!
They agreed that Wei Jiechen would drive and be responsible for answering the Japanese sentry's questions. Li San would be responsible for firing the cannon. Chen Zifeng and Xiao Ancheng would be responsible for delivering the artillery shells to him. Qiao Yanfang also got in the car, initially as a cover, and was responsible for observing the surrounding situation when the cannon was fired.
In addition, Qiang Hu and two brothers walked with the truck. In case of an accident, they would support the people in the truck. They could retreat after crossing the Waibaidu Bridge.
As for how many rounds to fire when they get to Chiayi Street, they agreed to see at that time. If the situation is good, just fire a few more rounds! If the situation is not good, push the cannon down, drive for a while, and then abandon the truck to evacuate.
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The second thing is to raid the Nanshi Branch tomorrow afternoon and rescue Mr. Akiyama!
The method of the raid was agreed upon two days ago, which was to blow open the back wall of the detention room and rescue Mr. Akiyama.
For safety reasons, firepower points should be set up at both ends of the alley behind the Nanshi Branch. In case of an accident, they can block the enemy and cover everyone's evacuation!
Therefore, after the meeting, Xiao Qiao will go to the alley behind the Nanshi branch to establish a fire support point!
They compared the map and agreed to put two cars in the alley on the west side behind the branch to send Mr. Akiyama away in time!
The last question, where are you going to send Mr. Akiyama?
Wei Jiechen said: "It's better to send him to Mr. Du. Mr. Asakura and his wife are there and can take care of him. Zifeng, if Mr. Akiyama's health is fine, I will take him back to Japan. Let me tell you first.
One sound."
Chen Zifeng nodded to him and said, "Of course, your mission is over there. I hope you can go back smoothly."
The third thing is whether to cooperate with Lin Jiatai and the small New Fourth Army unit to blow up the arms warehouse at Zhenru Station!
When Chen Zifeng said this, he looked at Wei Jiechen sideways with a smile.
Wei Jiechen slapped him and said: "Damn it, as long as I haven't left, I will definitely participate! Mr. Lin, how about we cooperate once?"
Lin Jiatai also smiled and shook his hand vigorously.
However, they don't have any good ideas on how to blow up the arsenal at the moment.
According to Lin Jiatai, the road to the east of the arsenal is very narrow and there are private houses next to it. If someone suddenly jumped from the roof onto a Japanese truck, it might be a surprise attack!