As soon as I said that, I saw Teacher Xiang looking up at me...

Xu Tian understood... Even if they knew they were going to die, these people wouldn't give up...

"Give my regards to your mother." He turned his head away from the teacher and stopped looking at Xu Tian.

Xu Tian turned around and looked at the people around him, but they all turned their heads away and stopped looking at him. . . .

The iron door of the warehouse closed heavily behind him, isolating the despair and anger inside.

Xu Tian walked on the street as dusk deepened, but he did not feel relaxed.

Can they succeed?

impossible! !

They are not cowards!

But even if all seven of them gave up their lives, it would be impossible!

Thinking about things all the way, Xu Tian walked towards home step by step.

Suddenly, someone patted my shoulder.

Turn around.

It was Jia Xiaoqi's face with a smile, completely different from the angry expression just now.

With a bit of freedom and determination...

"One against ten, that means I kill ten by myself, right?"

Xu Tian looked at Jia Xiaoqi in front of him speechlessly. He was just making an analogy, could he take it seriously?

"You say it, I do it!" Jia Xiaoqi said with a smile.

Xu Tian turned his head away. He really didn't want to get involved with these people. They were overestimating their own abilities.

But the next moment, gunshots rang out...

Xu Tian turned around suddenly and saw that Jia Xiaoqi had actually rushed out onto the street and was shooting at a team of Japanese soldiers patrolling not far away!

He fired and roared like a mad tiger.

The patrolling Japanese soldiers were unable to react in time and were knocked down several times by Jia Xiaoqi!

Then a grenade was thrown... At least seven or eight Japanese soldiers fell.

But the patrolling Japanese soldiers also reacted and fought back, and the bullets whizzed through his body.

Jia Xiaoqi staggered a few times, looked back in the direction where Xu Tian was hiding, and a smile of almost relief appeared on his face. He shouted with his last bit of strength.

"I fought ten with one... I did it... Mr. Xu... please... don't let the six of them die in vain..." Before he could finish his words, he fell heavily into a pool of blood.

Xu Tian stood stiffly at the entrance of the alley, his fingers dug deep into his palms.

Jia Xiaoqi's blood was so thick it looked almost black in the sunlight, it stung his color-blind eyes and even more so his soul.

That "please" was like a heavy hammer, shattering the calm shell he was trying to maintain.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath of cold air, and when he opened them again, his eyes were different.

He straightened his gown and turned around resolutely.

. . . . . . . .

Pushed open the warehouse door again.

Facing the astonished, sad, yet hopeful gazes of the people in the room, Xu Tian's voice was unusually calm: "Now, let me make some plans."

At the same time, in the temporary headquarters of the garrison troops, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese Army and with eyes as sharp as an eagle was reading a report carefully.

Yoshiaki Kagezawa was a special observer of the Japanese Expeditionary Force stationed in Shanghai by the Imperial Headquarters, and also served as a temporary adviser to the Tianjin Military Police Command.

His identity as an observer made the officers of the expeditionary force treat him politely, and his identity as an advisor to the Military Police Headquarters made Yoshizo Tadaaki feel like a fish in water.

He can have a say in both the expeditionary force and the navy.

But now, the Chief of Staff of the Military Police Headquarters, Shunsuke Nakamura, has led his troops to Shanghai and has a rift with Iwane Matsui.

Being always sensitive, he immediately realized that something was wrong, so during this period he only occasionally visited Yoshida Hayato who was recuperating from his injuries.

The rest of the time, I try to keep a low profile, stay at home if possible, and do my best to downplay my presence.

Kagezawa Tadaaki served as an instructor at the Japanese Military Academy and was known for his meticulous thinking and ruthless methods.

The report mentioned the activities of anti-Japanese elements and possible resistance forces in Shanghai.

A barely perceptible sneer appeared at the corner of Ying Zuo Zhen Zhao's mouth.

This "isolated island" of Shanghai seemed more interesting than he had imagined.

He especially remembered himself as Xu Tian, ​​a student from Shanghai, China, who was studying in Japan, a genius with extraordinary talent but who chose to hide himself.

. . . . . . . . . .

When Xu Tian returned to the warehouse, the air inside was as heavy as solidified grease, making it suffocating.

Jia Xiaoqi's body had been hastily removed, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground that had not yet dried up. In his eyes, it appeared as dark gray blood, like an ominous eye, staring at everyone present.

Teacher Xiang's already haggard face now looked even more gloomy. He looked at Xu Tian with a complicated look in his eyes. There was both the sorrow of losing his comrade and a hint of hope for survival, but more of it was a heavy feeling of resignation.

He knew that Xu Tian's return meant that the plan would continue, but it also meant that the young man whom he had always tried to protect and hoped to keep away from disputes was finally completely involved.

"Xu Tian..." Teacher Xiang's voice was dry.

Xu Tian raised his hand to stop him from saying the next words.

His eyes were unusually calm as he swept over the remaining six people present, including Lao Hu, an experienced but tired-looking dock worker.

Fei Liang's eyes were filled with the stubbornness and tension that are unique to intellectuals.

There were four others, their palms either rough or bearing specific professional marks, all of them trembling slightly with nervousness.

Xu Tian didn't offer any extra comfort and walked straight to the dusty wooden table in the middle of the warehouse, on which lay a hand-drawn, crudely drawn sketch of the Shiliupu Wharf.

"Time is running out." Xu Tian's voice was steady, without any emotion, as if the tragic scene on the street corner had never happened.

He pointed to a point on the sketch: "Old Hu, you are familiar with this place. The order in which the Japanese counted was starting from Pier 3, from west to east.

Our Tongda is parked at the innermost part of Pier 5. According to our schedule, we'll be counted there about a quarter of an hour before sunset." His fingertips moved across the sketch with the precision of a precision instrument.

"What we need to do is not to fight hard, but to create chaos." Xu Tian raised his head and looked at Lao Hu sharply behind his glasses: "On the west side of the dock, near Warehouse No. 2, there is a 'Maruzen Maru' oil tanker with at least half a tank of light fuel oil on it.

Lao Hu, you need to bring two people with you. Can you get some explosives?"

Old Hu was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Yes! I hid some detonators and dynamite before, originally wanting to..."

"That's enough." Xu Tian interrupted him: "It doesn't need to be much, as long as it can ignite the oil tanker.

Your mission is to detonate the oil tanker "Tongda" before it is counted.

The explosion must be violent enough, and the flames and smoke must be able to attract all the Japanese soldiers." His words were clear and logical, as if he was describing a daily matter that had nothing to do with him.

Then he turned to Fei Liang and said, “Mr. Fei, you understand mechanics and can drive a boat.

If the oil tanker explodes, the entire dock will fall into chaos, and the Japanese soldiers guarding the "Tongda" will inevitably be transferred to the west side.

You should take this opportunity to get on the boat immediately, start the engine, don't wait for anyone, and drive straight downstream.

There's support downstream, right, Teacher Xiang?" Teacher Xiang nodded quickly.

Xu Tian finally looked at the remaining two people: "You two, be responsible for support and cover.

One person was observing at the entrance of the dock and used a secret code to inform Lao Hu of the exact location of the Japanese count.

Another person, after Fei Liang boarded the ship, tried to create some small disturbances, such as making a noise in a nearby iron barrel or setting a small pile of debris on fire, to further distract the remaining guards.

Xu Tian looked around and said, "Remember, every move must be timed precisely. Move quickly and don't linger. Your goal is to get the ship away, not to kill the enemy."

Xu Tian’s plan was not complicated, but it was full of dangers, and everyone was aware of it.

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