Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 448 The Iron Army Enters Shanghai

Zhuang Yifan's perception of the current situation is incomparable to Ye Shaohong's.

However, after Ye Shaohong showed his concern for the matter, Zhuang Yifan still noticed something.

His voice was gradually becoming weaker.

I had a vague idea.

"more or less."

"The situation is more serious than I expected."

"We really shouldn't underestimate those in power. After two days of turmoil, some smart people have already realized our intentions."

"Their current move to stabilize the market situation is an attempt to calm this murky water down first."

"Once the situation on the streets returns to normal, it won't be difficult to find our whereabouts."

At this moment, Ye Shaohong suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that he had agreed to Wang Tianfeng's transaction request last night.

If he hadn't suddenly appeared and disrupted the current situation again, he really wouldn't have been entirely confident that he could hold out in this mess until midnight tonight.

However, this is clearly not enough.

Although Wang Tianfeng's methods and style of doing things are somewhat similar to Ye Shaohong's, a smart person would easily be able to spot the differences.

Therefore, in order to buy himself more time, Ye Shaohong had to take action himself.

"Are you able to contact Yunlong now?"

"It should be possible. As you instructed, we will contact him every half hour. The last time we contacted him was just over ten minutes ago."

"It's good that you can get in touch. After I hang up, contact Yunlong immediately and have him begin the final operation."

"Yes!"

At this point, Ye Shaohong ended the call.

He put down the phone, picked up the water glass on the table, and walked to the window of the small building.

Looking at the endless stream of cars coming and going on the road not far away, Ye Shaohong's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

obviously.

The legitimate and criminal forces, as well as the official and street-level powers in the various concessions of Shanghai, have once again joined forces.

Ye Shaohong could not confirm who was in charge of this operation.

But one thing he was very clear about was that this person was highly capable and shrewd. If it weren't for his arrangement for Zhuang Yifan to constantly monitor information from all sides, their operation would have been completely exposed in half a day at most.

His hiding place may also be leaked.

"Next, it's up to Yunlong."

"If revealing this trump card still fails to disrupt the host's strategy, I'll have to consider whether I should withdraw immediately."

Ye Shaohong's feelings were complicated and conflicted.

In fact, if he were to be cautious, he should have evacuated immediately upon sensing danger.

But Ye Shaohong couldn't bear to part with it.

Was he reluctant to part with the military equipment and supplies in the Zhabei warehouse district?

No.

Having been reborn, Ye's family was already incredibly wealthy, so he didn't need to bother earning more. What he couldn't bear to part with were the soldiers who, knowing the road ahead was a death trap, resolutely rushed to the battlefield to defend their country after the Second Battle of Shanghai broke out.

In his previous life, he had read some materials.

There were actually many reasons for the defeat in the Second Battle of Shanghai.

Besides the reasons such as insufficient training, outdated equipment, and command failures of the National Revolutionary Army, there are actually many other reasons.

For example, a shortage of supplies.

For example, after the first Battle of Shanghai, the Nationalist government compromised and withdrew its troops from Shanghai in the face of imperialism.

For example, the soil composition in the Songhu area is complex, making it impossible to construct strong defensive fortifications in the short term, etc.

Who could have imagined that?

The scene of Nationalist soldiers going to the front line to dig defensive fortifications, and digging down the groundwater line with just a few shovelfuls.

Even if the soldiers fought bravely and recklessly, they could not protect themselves from the enemy's guns and artillery fire when hiding under such fortifications.

They could only helplessly die under the enemy's gunfire.

Ye Shaohong couldn't change these circumstances, which is why he wanted to take away more military equipment and supplies.

We want to change the future situation to the greatest extent possible.

But can he really do it?

Ye Shaohong was also unable to give a definite answer.

Two hours passed in this deep thought before I knew it.

It wasn't until a series of urgent phone rings that Ye Shaohong was brought back from his reverie.

"Hey!"

"Section Chief, I'm sorry, this operation has failed."

The caller was Li Yunlong. The first thing he reported was that Ye Shaohong's trump card operation had failed.

"what?"

"How could that be? I had you arrange for people to go in three days in advance for this operation."

"We are fully prepared. Although the waterworks is a key point of enemy defense, poisoning should still be successful as long as the commotion is not too great."

"How could it have failed?"

That's right.

Ye Shaohong's last trump card was to poison the waterworks in the Japanese concession.

It was that kind of deadly poison.

Although the large volume of water meant the poison they used wouldn't be truly fatal, it would still cause many people in the Japanese concession to experience various symptoms, directly or indirectly. This was intended to create even greater chaos within the Japanese concession and other concessions.

Ye Shaohong admitted it.

What he did was somewhat heinous, but out of concern for the future, he still decided to take a desperate gamble and bear the infamy.

But to his surprise, the operation failed.

"Perhaps it can't be called a complete failure."

“There were three water intake points in the Japanese concession. Before the operation, I arranged for three groups of people to poison the water at each of the three intake points.”

"But for some reason, the Japanese concession's military police suddenly sent people to inspect."

"The brothers were unprepared. When the Japanese military police searched the two water intakes, the poisoners were caught off guard and discovered. Four brothers died on the spot."

"The brothers who only had one water intake noticed the search by the Japanese concession's military police in advance, put poison in it, and then they withdrew and retreated."

"So this operation can only be considered a small success."

When the matter was brought up, Li Yunlong was quite helpless, and he could only truthfully reveal the details to Ye Shaohong.

"Only one place?"

"Then where does the water from this intake go?"

Ye Shaohong pressed for an answer.

"It's the Japanese Residents Area in Hongkou."

Li Yunlong responded.

Upon hearing this answer, Ye Shaohong frowned again. Although this news was better than complete failure, he was still unsure whether the poison they had administered could be carried away by the water if the enemy discovered the plan.

Will this cause riots in the Japanese concession and other concessions? Should we give up now?

Now that things have escalated to this point, simple kidnappings and bombings are no longer enough to distract the authorities in the various concessions.

There's no time left to devise a new plan.

Even if they manage to arrive in time, the haste will inevitably leave traces and clues, which will pose a great danger to Ye Shaohong and his group.

So he was already considering whether to call Xiao Zhengguo and Chi Tiecheng right now and have them evacuate from the Zhabei warehouse district, and also have the workers' convoy from Tianhe Trading Company and the Ming family leave immediately.

This plot must be brought to a complete end.

Just then, Li Yunlong sent him a new message, which rekindled Ye Shaohong's heavy heart and gave him new hope.

"By the way, Section Chief."

"When I came back, I got some new information from passersby that might be helpful to our operation."

"Oh, what news? Tell me about it?"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong's tone suddenly rose, and he responded with great excitement.

"Section Chief, according to rumors from passersby, just over half an hour ago, the Nationalist army... the Nationalist army re-entered Shanghai!"

"Our army has arrived!"