Chapter 811: Treason is a serious crime

He led his team to the vicinity of the concession wharf.

This was not the Wusongkou wharf. It was guarded by French soldiers.

However, Zhang Yong now had a lot of passes in his hands. British, German, and American.

This time, the French did not make things difficult. He was let through without any problems.

The problem was that only Zhang Yong could go in.

No one else.

So Zhang Yong went in alone.

He went to the cargo ship. He didn't go near it. He observed it from a distance.

He was afraid of being shot.

He carefully examined the information on the surveillance map.

There were 47 white dots on the cargo ship. Five of them had weapons symbols.

It seemed that this was a purely cargo ship. It wasn't carrying any passengers.

He suddenly remembered the five British people.

They were the five Englishmen who came to Hangzhou on a freighter from Manila.

It seems they were related to Sun Dingyuan. But Sun Dingyuan was killed later, and the whereabouts of the five Englishmen are unknown.

In fact, it seems this matter is not yet over.

It seems MI7 is also involved. Are those five Englishmen from MI7?

Boarding the ship for inspection?

That would be too much of a commotion.

The point is, Zhang Yong does not have sufficient authority.

After all, this is the concession.

Who has sufficient authority?

Of course it's Bob.

He's a director of the Public Works Department. His status is above that of the police.

If he steps in, I believe Kagezo will not dare to openly confront him.

However, if Bob steps in, it's not good either.

It's still too much of a commotion.

The entire Public Works Department knows about it. The weapons have also been confiscated.

What Zhang Yong needs is to quietly obtain the weapons and ammunition. Then plant the evidence to frame someone else.

Wait!

Patience. Ambush.

I believe the person who will receive the goods will soon appear.

Leave from the concession pier. Bring the team. Ambush nearby. Use binoculars to observe the pier from a distance.

Sure enough, after 3am, the person who will receive the goods arrived.

Five cars. No trucks.

This indicates that the quantity of arms and ammunition is not large. Five cars can finish loading.

Map monitoring shows that there are three people in each car. All white dots. All have the weapon symbol. One of them is marked.

Check. It turns out to be Liu Shanhu. He was the one in the last conflict.

It's him?

He seems to be under the command of Du Yuesheng.

So this shipment belongs to Du Yuesheng? Very good. No need to plant evidence.

Wait patiently.

Monitor silently.

The five cars successfully enter the dock. They arrive next to the cargo ship.

At this time, they have already exceeded the 500-metre monitoring radius. The map can no longer monitor them. But the binoculars can still faintly see them.

They see someone get off the car. They get on the ship. They negotiate with the crew. Then they start to carry the cargo.

It's all long, rectangular wooden boxes.

They put all the boxes on the cart.

Then they drive away.

When they re-enter the monitoring area on the map, sure enough, the boxes all have weapons markings.

Apparently, what's inside these boxes is... arms. But the quantity seems a bit low? There are only ten boxes. At most, it's the equipment of a company.

Depart quietly. Follow silently.

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

Upon checking, it was revealed to be Lin Xiaoyan.

Doubts arose.

Why was she still there?

Why was she out in the middle of the night?

What was Taiko doing?

Undetectable surveillance. It turned out that Lin Xiaoyan seemed to be following Liu Shanhu as well.

Doubts increased.

Why was Lin Xiaoyan following Liu Shanhu?

How did she get the information? What was she doing following Liu Shanhu?

After thinking about it, he decided to intercept her.

This shipment must be for him, Zhang Yong. No one else can interfere.

Immediately, according to the map, he quietly circled around and suddenly appeared in front of Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan was driving herself. She was armed, but she had no helpers.

She was alone. She was very bold.

Suddenly, she found that she was being intercepted. Lin Xiaoyan was shocked. But she quickly calmed down.

She recognised the person standing next to Zhang Yong. She knew it was Zhang Yong who had arrived.

Her eyebrows knitted slightly. She told herself gently to calm down. There were some things she would eventually have to talk about.

Zhang Yong did not get out of the car. Instead, he rolled down the window. He waved at Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan then got out of the car. She took out a Browning M1906 small pistol from her waist and handed it to Wei Fangquan.

Wei Fangquan wanted to search him. He was responsible for Zhang Yong's safety.

'Nothing,' Lin Xiaoyan said.

'Let him come over!' Zhang Yong nodded.

Wei Fangquan then stepped aside.

Lin Xiaoyan walked over. She got into Zhang Yong's car.

Zhang Yong was driving himself. There was no one in the passenger seat. Lin Xiaoyan sat in the back.

'I want to have a deep talk with you.'

'Didn't we just have a deep talk?'

'Yosuke Yamaguchi is Mori Usamaru. I admit I lied.'

'That's fine. I admit I lied too. Mori Usamaru is still alive. But Yosuke Yamaguchi is dead.'

'You can't rest easy.'

'Neither can you!'

'You were working with an American?'

'To be precise, I was working with money. The American was willing to help me make money.'

'So, the 100,000 US dollars, you kept it all?'

'Not really. I signed a contract. I need to help MacArthur. He has a Raymond Intelligence Group. They are very interested in Project Big Thunder.'

'Then take me to make money. I can help you. You pay me. In US dollars.'

'How many of you are there?'

'Just me for now. But there will be more.'

'It seems that the conditions set by the military are very harsh. You cannot accept them. So you want to secretly undermine the military.'

'You're wrong.'

'Isn't it?'

'We just want to prepare an escape route.'

'Treason is a serious crime.'

'Isn't starting a mutiny even more serious?'

'Yes.'

Zhang Yong nodded.

Lin Xiaoyan's emotions were probably fake.

Although at present, the Toko Company was indeed being suppressed by the Japanese military and was having a very hard time,

However, if you believe that they would betray the Empire of Japan so easily, then you are naive. At least, for the time being, there is no chance that they will truly rebel.

Unless the situation of the Japanese invaders starts to worsen after 1943, they will only surrender with their hearts and souls.

Most of the historical records of later generations record that there were many crazy Japanese invaders who were unwilling to accept defeat and committed hara-kiri to demonstrate the fanaticism of Bushido. However, they seem to have deliberately ignored another part of the people.

After realising that the situation was not going their way, this group began to secretly communicate with the enemy in order to survive the war. Their actions were immediately obvious to Aoi. Don't be fooled by their current cheerfulness. As soon as they realise that things are not going their way, they will run away faster than anyone else.

Objectively speaking, compared to them, those in the Japanese military were both fanatical and stupid.

As a result, they were sent to the gallows one after the other after the war.

On the contrary, those 'smart' guys quietly avoided trial.

Who would believe that before the defeat, they had no collusion, no agreements, and no betrayal with the enemy?

I am the victor, why should I let you go?

Of course, you have behaved well. You surrendered to me early and claimed credit.

'Kuroshima Ryuzo is in Shanghai?'

'Yes.'

'Give me his whereabouts.'

'Okay.'

'I have a flying message at the Hotel Madier. You can leave a message for me.'

'My code name is Dandelion.'

'Okay.'

Zhang Yong said he remembered.

Dandelion, flying everywhere? Sprouting roots everywhere?

'I'm leaving.'

'Please.'

Lin Xiaoyan opened the door and got out of the car.

Then she quietly left. As if she had never been here at all.

Zhang Yong did not drive off immediately. Instead, he pondered silently.

Lin Xiaoyan...

This woman is a bit difficult to deal with!

She is getting closer and closer to him now. However, who knows what she is really thinking?

Sugar-coated bullets are indeed the most difficult to deal with.

However, he really wants to get news from Ryuzo Kuroshima.

If Lin Xiaoyan really betrays Ryuzo Kuroshima, there will be no turning back for her.

Once exposed, the Japanese military will never let her go.

Could it be that she is truly desperate? Is that why she is willing to take a risk?

The Japanese military is ruthless and unforgiving, leaving no way out for others. There is no other way but to take risks.

It's not impossible...

Just like Li Zicheng. You leave me no way out, I'll leave you no way out...

Pull yourself together.

Continue to follow Liu Shanhu.

In the end, all five cars arrived near a mansion on Foch Road.

The people in the cars got out and carried the wooden boxes one by one into the mansion.

Liu Shanhu was not seen getting out of the car.

It was his subordinates who were busy.

Each car was carrying two wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were quite long. Judging from their appearance, they might be rifles?

Zhang Yong felt a little strange.

Logically speaking, no one would smuggle rifles.

All bolt-action rifles in the world have similar performance. There is no need to smuggle them.

But if it is a submachine gun or something like that, the length of the box is not necessary to be so long!

Curious...

Then, something even stranger happened.

After Liu Shanhu's men had carried the crates into the mansion, they all left.

Five cars. With everyone in them. All gone.

Zhang Yong: ?

He looked around suspiciously.

At one point, he thought it was a trap set by Du Yuesheng against him.

How come after the weapons were transported to the mansion, no one was stationed to guard them? How come everyone just ran away?

No reason!

So he waited patiently. Just in case there was an accident.

The result: Until dawn, no one else arrived. There was nothing unusual about the surroundings either.

So Zhang Yong decided to go in and take a look. What kind of arms were they?

He arranged to infiltrate. It went very smoothly.

The wooden boxes were inside a small room. They were stacked two on top of each other.

He searched. There were no traps.

Bang!

A wooden box was pried open.

Zhang Yong looked down. He was a little confused. Then his eyes lit up.

The first thing he saw was indeed a rifle. It was very long.

The second thing he saw was that there was no bolt.

Then, his mind finally caught up. This was not a bolt-action rifle. It was a semi-automatic rifle.

Instantly, the image of the Garand semi-automatic rifle flashed through his mind.

When it came to semi-automatics, he thought of the Garand.

He took a deep breath.

He was afraid that he had seen it wrong.

It was actually the Garand?

It really was the Garand?

Someone was actually smuggling Garand semi-automatic rifles quietly?

Strange...

What does Du Yuesheng want with a Garand?

Anyway, if it's for use on the streets, a machine gun is more practical than a Garand.

Not to mention the fearsome firepower of a Thompson.

For someone like Du Yuesheng, a Thompson would be even better.

Look more closely.

Yes, it's definitely a Garand semi-automatic rifle.

Reach out and take it. It feels heavy. The body is thick and sturdy. It's quite heavy in the hand.

It's definitely heavier than a Springfield M1903. It's probably the bolt action design.

This is great. This is a real windfall!

He'd been talking about getting a batch of Garands for a while. And now someone's just dropped them in his lap.

Great. Excellent.

He immediately counts the number of rifles himself.

There are only six Garands in each box. Ten boxes, that's 60 rifles in total. Not a huge quantity.

And there are only rifles. No ammunition. Not a single round. And there are no funnel magazines for the rifles.

This is a problem. The Garand semi-automatic rifle is a bit fussy. It can't be loaded one round at a time. It has to be loaded using a funnel magazine. Eight rounds at a time. And it can't be reloaded until all the rounds have been fired. The funnel magazine pops out automatically when all the rounds have been fired.

Oh no...

You've got the rifle, but no magazine.

You've got the right bullets, but no magazine. You can't reload the rifle. It's useless...

I didn't realise there was a bug like this...

No, wait.

It's not a bug.

Someone might have done this on purpose.

They've separated the rifle from the magazine. So you can't get both at once.

You can't get the rifle without the right magazine.

So there's no need to leave someone to guard it.

Frown...

What to do?

Suddenly, I feel that the ammunition I have on hand has been updated.

I check it out. I find that there are actually funnel magazines for the Garand in it. There are also a very large number of them.

Huh?

The system's response this time is OK!

Oh, the system's energy can be used to manufacture some of the ammunition.

The funnel magazines are also included.

There is just not enough energy to manufacture the complete weapon itself.

Never mind, as long as there are magazines, it's fine.

Arrangements were made to collect the goods immediately. Two crates were filled. 120 in each. A total of 240 funnel magazines. On average, four for each Garand.

'Team leader, how do you use this gun?' Wei Fangquan asked curiously.

Zhang Yong explained briefly, 'It's called a Garand. It's a semi-automatic rifle. It uses the same bullets as the Springfield M1903...'

Then he pretended to look around. He found the two crates.

Waved his hands. Asked someone to come over. Moved it over there. Then opened it.

Picked up the funnel magazine. Tried to press the bullets into it. Never done it before. A bit rusty.

Fortunately, the basic operation wasn't difficult. What American soldiers can do, other people can definitely do too. Quickly loaded a funnel magazine. Eight bullets.

Then casually knocked the funnel magazine against the table to align the eight bullets. Then pressed it into the magazine.

As a result, there was a slight mishap.

His hand got caught between the magazine and the receiver. He got a bruise right away.

Everyone else looked at each other in disbelief.

How could someone get their hand caught during the magazine loading process?

'Not if you're skilled,' Zhang Yong said with a forced smile, "and if you're careful.'

'Can't we load it separately?" Wei Fangquan asked.

'No. You have to load it all at once.'

'If there are only two or three bullets left, can we reload?'

'No. You must use them all.'

'Why?'

'That's the way it's designed.'

'That's strange...'

'Just get used to it,'

Zhang Yong said, explaining briefly to everyone.

Then he realised that this type of rifle was more suitable for battlefields.

For the time being, it seemed that his team would not be able to use it. Its deterrent effect was not as good as the Thompson.

It was suitable for use in the enemy's rear after all-out war had broken out.

It was suitable for fighting a large number of enemies with a small number of people.

A few Thompsons and a dozen Garands can create a formidable firepower.

If you encounter a squad of devils, you have nothing to fear. The Garand can effectively suppress the Japanese machine guns...

From this perspective, the most suitable target for equipment is the 4th Air Police Regiment!

Yes, the 4th Air Police Regiment...

Zhang Yong suddenly remembered something. It seems that the 4th Air Police Regiment is coming to Shanghai?

Damn it!

I completely forgot.

Damn...

He looked around. Oh, there was a telephone in this mansion.

So he picked up the receiver. It was still working. He called back to Longhua Airport. He asked for Yang Lichu.

Yang Lichu answered the phone very quickly.

She asked cheerfully, 'So you have news already?'

'No,' Zhang Yong replied, 'I'm asking about the Air Police 4th Regiment. Have they arrived in Shanghai yet?'

'They arrived a long time ago,' Yang Lichu answered, 'a company came. You didn't give them any tasks, so they can only temporarily station themselves at the airport.'

'Oh. That's good,' Zhang Yong was relieved. For the time being, it seemed that the 4th Airborne Police Regiment did not have any missions.

However, he could take the Garand semi-automatic rifle back to Longhua Airport and let the others try out the performance of this kind of gun.

First, let the 4th Airborne Police Regiment gradually familiarise themselves with the operation of this kind of rifle. Later, they would figure out a way to slowly replace the weapons.

In the future, he would find a way to get more Garands.

So he led the team back to Longhua Airport.

As it turned out, just as they returned, they saw Yang Lichu standing at the entrance, seemingly anxiously waiting for his return.

He frowned inwardly. Had something gone wrong again?

Calm down...

Stop the car.

Yang Lichu immediately came up to him,

'Something's happened at the airport!'