Chapter 280: Mortar, so exaggerated

"Pop!'

The first was the sound of the Mosin-Nagant rifle.

It should have hit the Japanese soldier on the right. It was purely for deterrence.

In a word, it was to drive the Japanese away.

A moment later, the red dot began to move. It had obviously sensed danger.

'Bang!'

Over there, the Mauser 98K also started firing.

Soon, the Japanese soldier on the left also started moving. He obviously felt threatened too.

The two red dots soon left the scope of the map.

Zhang Yong frowned.

One shot and they immediately fled.

These Japanese soldiers are not easy to deal with!

Fortunately, they have been driven back for the time being. Where are Koxingde and the others?

Continue moving forward.

They saw some messy houses.

They found some small white dots. They should be Koxingde and the others.

However, the other side is very cautious, hiding inside the houses and not daring to come out easily. It is estimated that they have previously suffered at the hands of the Japanese snipers.

Indeed, being pinned down by the Japanese snipers at long range, the situation is not optimistic.

'Team Leader Kou!'

'Team Leader Kou!'

Zhang Yong shouted.

Soon afterwards, someone finally cautiously poked their head out from across the way.

Yes, it was Kou Xingde and the others.

Zhang Yong stood up. He waved at them to indicate that the danger had been averted.

It was a while before Koxingde came out. Fortunately, he wasn't injured.

Zhang Yong walked quickly up to him.

'What happened?'

'We were ambushed.'

'Who set the trap?'

'Nightingale!'

'It was her?'

'Yes. She said there was a warehouse in Caohejing, so we came to check it out. Little did we know that they had set an ambush here. Five of our men were killed.'

'I know. We must get revenge.'

'Damn it, that damned woman! I'll go find her trouble now!'

'Good!'

Zhang Yong agreed.

With five people dead, there was no way to let it go.

It was just in time to take down the Nightingale.

If Zhang Xiaolin gets in the way, take him out too.

No need to wait for the outbreak of the war of resistance, take him out now. For a leader of such a small gang, it's not considered historical nihilism, is it?

"You go first. I'll go to the garrison headquarters for a bit.'

'What for?'

'Lend us two mortars.'

'What?'

'They're good against the Japanese riflemen.'

'Go ahead then!'

Kou Xingde felt that this was a bit of an exaggeration. But he had to admit that Zhang Yong was right.

Mortars were indeed the best counter-weapon for long-range shooting against the Japanese. Or grenade launchers. As long as you roughly knew the Japanese position, you could just fire a shell straight at them.

If it doesn't kill you, it will scare the hell out of you. Strange, why didn't I think of that before?

Zhang Yong, however, thought of it immediately.

After all, he came from the future. He has more knowledge about snipers.

The legendary superb snipers are actually most afraid of firepower. Especially the kind that is inaccurate. The most typical example is the mortar.

How far can a rifle shoot? How far can a mortar shoot?

These are two completely different weapons. The latter can eat the former alive.

As long as you know the general location of the sniper, a mortar can teach him a lesson.

He arrived at the garrison headquarters. He identified himself and explained his purpose.

Soon, Zhou Yang came out.

'Captain Zhang.'

'Lieutenant Zhou, I have a favour to ask. It's official business.'

'You're welcome. Tell me.'

'I want to borrow a mortar.'

'What for?'

'To deal with the Japanese invaders.'

Zhang Yong simply gave his reason.

Zhou Yang couldn't help but stare. He felt a little incredulous.

The Japanese invaders were so arrogant?

They even used submachine guns to ambush people from the Fuxing Society?

How could that be?

'No problem. You can have as many as you want!'

'Then I'll take two.'

'Okay! I'll give you two 60mm mortars. And fifty rounds of ammunition. Do a good job, you son of a bitch.'

'Can we borrow two gunners? We'll second them to you.'

'I'll lend you a mortar battery.'

'Great. Thanks!'

Zhang Yong was very satisfied.

Having connections really makes a difference. This was the price for accepting Luo Yiming.

Luo Yiming was also in the Fuxing Society. The devils were so arrogant, so Zhou Yang definitely couldn't just sit back and do nothing. He would definitely support them to the maximum.

In the end, he directly borrowed a mortar battery. Twelve people. Two 60mm mortars. Fifty rounds of ammunition. Load directly onto the truck.

Heh heh. This is awesome.

Let's see who can withstand the mortar barrage.

Immediately, he took the mortars and the personnel and went directly to the Nine Heavens nightclub.

Just as he was about to get in the car, he suddenly saw someone rushing over. It seemed like he was reporting something important to Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang looked surprised.

'What are you doing?'

'You're all a bunch of losers!'

'The guns you have in your hands are all useless!'

Zhou Yang seemed to be scolding.

Zhang Yong didn't care.

Something must have happened at the police headquarters.

Start the car.

Let's go.

They arrived at the Club Nine Heavens.

This was Zhang Xiaolin's property. The Nightingale was the headliner at Club Nine Heavens.

It was afternoon, and the club was not yet open. It was quiet inside. There didn't seem to be anyone there. But in fact, there were six white dots inside.

That meant there were six people. But there were no Japanese. The Japanese had probably all run away.

'No. There are six of them,' Zhang Yong shook his head, 'be careful.'

'How do you know?'

'There's an ambush. There are six of them.'

Zhang Yong didn't explain why. But there were indeed six people inside.

Perhaps, these six people were simply cleaning.

Perhaps, the six people inside were simply on guard.

However, Zhang Yong felt vaguely that Zhang Xiaolin might have set a trap inside.

The nightingale was not there. Nor were any other Japanese.

Normally, even during the day, there would be more than just six people inside the nightclub.

Therefore, it was very dangerous.

He gathered the team leaders and explained the situation.

He was prepared to use mortars to fire several shells directly inside. This would force the people inside to come out.

'No!'

'No!'

Kou Xingde was shocked and hurriedly stopped him.

Using mortars on the Jiuzhongtian nightclub was too serious. It would lead to extremely serious consequences.

He didn't expect Zhang Yong to be so exaggerated.

Using mortars in the city centre. If this gets out, what will happen?

Those nosy foreign journalists will probably say there was fighting in the city centre.

They'll think the Chinese and Japanese are at war again.

'Don't worry. Mortars aren't very powerful,' Zhang Yong patiently explained.

'No, no,' Koxinga shook his head.

He disagreed. This was too much. How could mortars be used here?

Even if you use a grenade or a hand grenade, it will have serious consequences.

Zhang Yong: ...

Forget it. In that case, I'd better get back to my own business. You can deal with this Club Nine Heavens yourself.

Draw a map. Roughly indicate the positions of the six enemies.

The six enemies happen to form two pin yis. It's absolutely impossible to say that there is no deployment.

Where in the world would there be such a miraculous coincidence?

Then I took my leave.

What for?

His usual job, patrolling the streets. He spots a Japanese spy.

He leads his team away from the Club Nine Heavens and scatters.

After the map display radius is increased to 200 metres, the scanning range is increased again. The scanning area is even wider.

Suddenly, a red dot enters the map. Approach without making a sound.

It turns out to be a tram driver.

Huh?

A Japanese spy is actually lurking as a tram driver?

Where is this tram going?

Send someone to investigate immediately.

Soon, the news came back.

'Caohe Power Plant.'

'What?'

'Caohe Thermal Power Plant.'

'Oh.'

So it's a thermal power plant!

A tram driver is lurking on this route. There must be an ulterior motive.

The target may be the Caohe Thermal Power Plant.

But what can a tram driver do? He can't enter the power plant. Unless there is also a Japanese spy hiding inside the power plant.

Just like at the Jinling Arsenal before, the Japanese spies were hiding there. At the critical moment, they blew up the gun barrel production line.

So, could there be Japanese spies hiding at the Caohé Power Plant as well?

He decided to go and have a look at the power plant.

As everyone knows, once war breaks out, power plants are important targets for attack.

The Caohé Power Plant is responsible for one-third of the electricity consumption on the Shanghai beach. If it is paralysed, various equipment and facilities will be seriously affected. It will also cause panic among the people.

Immediately, they led the way to the Caohe Thermal Power Plant. The thermal power plant was guarded. But there were no guns.

'Who are you?'

'We are from the Fuxing Society.'

'Fuxing Society?'

The guards looked at each other in confusion.

What did the Fuxing Society do? They had never heard of it! But the other party was menacing, so they did not dare to ignore them. They hurriedly reported to their superiors.

Soon, Zhang Yong and the others drove into the thermal power plant.

They casually looked around and felt that it was of average size. It was far smaller than the thermal power plants of later generations. It was estimated to be only tens of thousands of kilowatts. However, at that time, it was already considered a relatively large thermal power plant.

Suddenly, a red dot appeared at the edge of the map.

Huh?

Are there really Japanese people here?

They immediately walked quickly towards it.

They discovered that it was a power plant worker. No. It looked like an administrator. He was accompanied by several people.

Zhang Yong ordered the car to stop. They stared at the other party from a distance.

'Who is he?'

'He is engineer Zhao Wannian.'

'Zhao Wannian?'

'Yes!'

The power plant guard introduced him.

Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully. He is actually an engineer?

A Japanese spy who is actually lurking as an engineer?

Impressive.

I guess he must be very familiar with this thermal power plant.

Perhaps his goal is not to cause sabotage. But to gain an understanding of the power plant. So that once the war breaks out, he can take over smoothly?

Damn, the Japanese invaders really think long-term. They have all kinds of talent.

What should we do with this Japanese spy?

Arrest him?

That seems like a waste.

If we arrest him and torture him, we'll waste his professional skills.

Although he is a Japanese spy, there is no doubt that this guy is really capable. The Japanese were indeed good at technology at the time.

If you look at the whole of Asia, the Japanese invaders' reforms were more effective. They introduced more technology from the Western powers. There were leaps and bounds in every aspect.

If there was any way, it would be great to be able to make use of this guy.

Maybe don't alert him for now?

A thought occurred to him. Pretend to be fine. Get back in the car. Drive around the entire thermal power plant.

No other Japanese spies were found.

This is reasonable. After all, the number of Japanese spies is not unlimited.

Placing a spy in this thermal power plant was enough. Together with the tram driver outside, they had enough information about the thermal power plant.

'It's fine. Goodbye!'

Zhang Yong pretended not to have noticed. He left the thermal power plant.

It was dinner time again. So he returned to the office. He was preparing to eat when he received a call from Zhou Yang.

'Shaolong, could you please come out alone and do me a favour?'