Chapter 43: Assault

'This is the map of Sanwa Trading Company.'

'So, are you all ready? Just waiting for us to make the move.'

'You have a choice.'

'I'll make a phone call first.'

Zhang Yong would never make a decision lightly.

He immediately used the Western restaurant's phone to call Li Boqi.

'It's fine,' Li Boqi's answer was very prompt, "wait until Cao Mengqi arrives, then you can do it.'

'Doing it inside the concession..." Zhang Yong was worried about triggering a series of consequences.

'As long as it's killing Japanese, it can be done anywhere,' Li Boqi responded.

'What about the safe...'

'Just lose it. As long as the person is safe, it's fine. Set the Sanhe Yanghang on fire. Then withdraw.'

'I also found...'

Zhang Yong hesitated.

He almost blurted out the fact that Liu Xi was Japanese. But he held back at the last minute.

Liu Xi was Japanese, all right. But could she be a Japanese spy? It was impossible to tell.

In that case, it didn't seem right to arrest her so rashly.

'What did you find out?'

'I found a hidden Japanese person here.'

'Inside the concession?'

'Yes.'

'In that case, we can't worry about that for the time being. We can't even catch all the Japanese spies outside the concession!'

'I see.'

Zhang Yong thought about it and agreed.

There were too many Japanese spies outside the concession to catch.

Did it matter whether Liu Xi was a Japanese spy? It was important to say it did, but it was also unimportant to say it didn't.

There were so many Japanese spies, it didn't matter if there was one more.

If she wasn't a Japanese spy, that was naturally best. If she was a Japanese spy, she wouldn't get away.

Following the clues, sooner or later they would lead to her.

You see, Lin Xiaoyan was exposed on Meng Chaowei's line.

Hang up the phone.

Zhu Yuan had already spread out the map.

He had indeed done a good job of preliminary work. The map was very detailed.

The structure of Sanhe Trading Company was relatively simple. There were not so many twists and turns. The attack could be launched directly.

Everything was ready, only the east wind was lacking.

'By the way, what about the $5,000 bonus?'

'Kishida Fumio refuses to admit that he is related to the theft of legal tender. It's still a tug-of-war.'

'Is the International Settlement Zone Council afraid of the Japanese?'

'Not really. But yes. There's a lot of backroom dealing going on. You should know that.'

'So there's no hope of the $5,000?'

'Of course not. If they say they'll pay, they'll pay. It's just that the higher-ups are still trying to extort more favours from the Japanese.'

'Haha.'

'There's a big fish called Matuji Iwasaku. Have you heard of him?'

'Colonel Iwasaku?'

'Yes. That's him. We suspect that he's the one who got the foreign soil. Behind him is Tojihara Kenji.'

'You know quite a bit.'

'Haha. We know a limited amount. The rest is your job.'

'We do all the dirty work. Shouldn't you give us a little something?'

'Sanwa Trading has a lot of oil...'

'Well...'

'Goodbye!'

Zhu Yuan has already taken his leave.

Only a map of Sanwa Trading is left behind.

'That slippery fellow!'

Zhang Yong glowered as he watched the other man leave.

The profits from Sanhe Trading Company are ours for the taking. None of your business.

What a miser. A cheapskate.

Bah!

Fortunately, Zhu Yuan had already paid the bill, otherwise he would definitely be looking for him.

Bored, he sat around.

For more than an hour.

'Zhang Yong!'

'Zhang Yong!'

Someone suddenly called.

It was the voice of Cao Mengqi. The guy had finally arrived.

'How are you?'

'I'm fine.'

'That's good. Damn. How dare they rob us. They must not want to live.'

'Keep your voice down. This is the concession. Just now, Captain Zhu from the police station came. He said the robbers might have already boarded the train to Nanjing or Hangzhou, and it would be difficult to find them.'

'These idiots! What's the police station doing here?'

'Keep your voice down!'

Zhang Yong looked around.

Good grief, Cao Mengqi has brought his entire squad.

They're all armed.

According to the lease, outsiders aren't allowed to bring weapons in.

But then again. The Lixingshe does things its way. There's always a way. As long as they're not in uniform, pistols and the like can definitely be brought in. Submachine guns are trickier.

'The foreign soil from the Ministry of Finance is at Sanhe Trading Company.'

'Oh?'

Cao Mengqi's eyes lit up. Then they dimmed.

He really hated those harmful opium and tobacco. Incidentally, he also hated the Kong family of the Ministry of Finance.

The mighty Kong family was actually doing such a business behind the scenes. It was really lawless.

'I'll go take a look first.'

'No.'

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'Why?'

'The team leader wants me to bring you back safely.'

'Just go take a look!'

'No!'

Cao Mengqi insisted.

He still didn't know Li Boqi's latest order. There was no way to contact him on the way.

Zhang Yong didn't say anything directly either.

Cao Mengqi hated the fact that Zhang Yong continued to have contact with the foreigners.

Those things are harmful. He wanted to burn them down. To prevent them from harming people.

Wait...

Burn them down...

'I'll set the fire!' Cao Mengqi immediately changed his mind.

'That's good,' Zhang Yong nodded.

You can't be greedy with this thing.

Opium is harmful. You can't keep it. If I had known, I would have burned the previous ones as well.

Unfortunately, there were so many people watching at the time. I couldn't take any action on my own. But now it's different. Now there's a perfect excuse. Even if we burn it, we can't leave it behind for the Japanese.

Yes!

That's it!

We must burn all that harmful opium.

'Let's do it together!'

'Good!'

The two men immediately discussed a plan.

They decided to attack head-on. Burn the opium. Then withdraw.

Cao Mengqi had brought a total of 15 men. All of them had guns. And grenades. The assault shouldn't be too difficult.

The only difficulty will be withdrawing from the concession.

If the concession army is mobilised and the entrances and exits are blocked, it will be more troublesome.

'I'll make a phone call first.'

'Good!'

Zhang Yong immediately called Zhu Yuan.

He explained directly that they would storm the Sanhe Trading Company. They would burn the opium.

'How long will it take?'

'Half an hour!'

'Good. I will be patrolling the Zhabei intersection in half an hour.'

'OK,'

Zhu Yuan replied with certainty.

Zhang Yong judged that the other party would not try to trick him.

After all, getting rid of the Japanese goods was in everyone's interest.

The Japanese would not dare to make a public statement, and would have to swallow their losses.

Zhu Yuan continued, 'I will now arrange for someone to carry kerosene past Sanhe Trading Company. You will intercept them and set it on fire.'

'Good!' Zhang Yong couldn't have asked for more.

The thing about opium is that it is actually not very flammable. Especially in large quantities.

But if you have kerosene, then it's no problem. Kerosene is commonly known as fire water. It's like a kerosene lamp. It's a great fire starter.

Now, the only problem is whether the assault will go smoothly.

Sanhe Trading Company is definitely guarded by Japanese. That's thousands of catties of opium, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Japanese are eager to get cash, so they can't be careless.

Zhu Yuan said there weren't many people inside during the day, so the intelligence may not be accurate.

Fortunately...

Zhang Yong has a knack for spotting enemies.

If they're Japanese, there's no hiding from him.

He approaches the Sanhe Trading Company.

Sure enough, red dots keep popping up.

Good grief, there's not just one. There are seven of them.

There are seven Japanese inside. They're probably heavily armed.

Are there any non-Japanese?

I don't think so.

After all, this is a secret operation, and the Japanese don't want outsiders to know.

So, they are now facing seven enemies. All seven of them have guns. If they rush in recklessly, they will definitely be ambushed. There will definitely be heavy casualties.

'There are seven enemies in total.'

'How do you know?'

'I can smell it.'

'Are they all armed?'

'Definitely.'

'Where are they?'

'Let me explain briefly.'

Zhang Yong drew a map on the ground briefly.

He marked the approximate locations of the seven enemies. Fortunately, the enemies had not moved much.

Compared to the map Zhu Yuan gave him, he could basically determine the location of each enemy.

Although the map was very crude. However, for Cao Mengqi, the biggest obstacle had been removed. His biggest worry was the unknown enemy situation.

Now that he knows there are seven enemies. And the general location. Just do it.

Field agents do this kind of work.

'You watch from behind!'

'Okay!'

Zhang Yong readily agreed.

This kind of close combat is really not his forte.

On the contrary, Cao Mengqi and Wei Yong were the best at it.

What was his use? To watch from the outside. To keep an eye on the Japanese invaders.

'Wei Yong!'

'Here!'

'You take five men and flank them from behind!'

'Yes!'

Cao Mengqi ordered.

The battle then began.