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

Chapter 471 The Great Wall Forged of Flesh and Blood

Ye Shaohong did not go home that night.

He hid in Huiquan Restaurant, staying up all night, waiting for Xiao Zhengguo to return with his men.

Just as dawn broke, someone finally knocked on the tightly closed door.

It was a signal that had been agreed upon beforehand.

Chi Tiecheng stood beside Ye Shaohong. Upon hearing the commotion outside the door, he did not rush to act immediately, but instead turned around to look at Ye Shaohong.

It seemed as if he was asking Ye Shaohong for his orders.

"Go and open the door."

"Although I don't know why they didn't come home all night, I still believe in them."

Upon hearing Ye Shaohong's words, Chi Tiecheng frowned and stepped forward. He first took out the gun he carried from his waistband, and after holding it in his hand, he leaned against the side of the door and asked a question.

Xiao Zhengguo's reply was normal and his tone was calm, which finally put Chi Tiecheng at ease.

After opening the door, Xiao Zhengguo, covered in mud and looking exhausted, walked in.

Behind him were four team members who had been working with him that night.

Upon seeing Ye Shaohong, who hadn't slept all night, Xiao Zhengguo's face immediately showed a hint of surprise, but he didn't think much of it and immediately walked up to Ye Shaohong.

"Section Chief, we succeeded."

"The operation tonight went smoothly. After several people took turns working, we have broken through the first iron fence." "The two steel bars of the second iron fence have also been removed."

"At the current pace, the obstruction to the underground pipeline can be removed in three days at most."

Ye Shaohong raised an eyebrow.

He originally wanted to reprimand Xiao Zhengguo, but seeing the exhaustion on their faces and the excitement and joy flickering in their eyes, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"Ah."

"It's getting late. You haven't slept all night, so go and get some rest."

The success of Xiao Zhengguo and his group's operation tonight was beyond Ye Shaohong's expectations, and overall it was something to be happy about.

As for his disobedience to orders, Ye Shaohong thought about it and did not pursue the matter further.

There's no other way. He simply doesn't have enough manpower available right now.

The mission was urgent, and the fighting on the front lines was becoming increasingly fierce, with reinforcements from the Japanese mainland and North China continuously arriving.

Time is really running out.

At the same time, Ye Shaohong could understand Xiao Zhengguo's thoughts.

They acted irrationally because they were worried about the safety of the soldiers on the front lines.

Ye Shaohong couldn't blame him too much.

After letting Xiao Zhengguo and the others go down to rest, Ye Shaohong got up and left Huiquan Restaurant. The operation here had already begun in an orderly manner, and he no longer needed to pay much attention to it.

Three days later, the final mission will be carried out, and Ye Shaohong will only need to come over once more.

He has other things to do now.

Ye Shaohong needed to meet with Zheng Yaoxian to discuss the infiltration plan for his men after the Battle of Shanghai. Ye Shaohong had been thinking about this for a long time.

He felt that it was inappropriate to have Xiao Zhengguo and his group hide together in Huiquan Restaurant.

That was just a transitional phase.

If he wanted to continue his undercover work in Shanghai and fight against the Japanese in the years to come, he needed to make more appropriate arrangements.

such as.

These people were dispersed and scattered, and sent to infiltrate various institutions within the concession.

Police, tax bureau, telephone exchange, bank, post office...

These important departments need to be planned in advance.

Private newspapers, businesses, dance halls, rickshaw companies, and so on should also make arrangements in advance.

And now is the best opportunity.

The fighting that broke out in the Chinese and Japanese concessions caused countless refugees to flee into the British and French concessions. The sudden influx of such a large population would inevitably make it difficult for government agencies to function.

Expanding enrollment has become an inevitable trend.

In this situation, it is still somewhat feasible to use money and connections to systematically arrange the deployment of his subordinates.

The meeting with Zheng Yaoxian went smoothly.

Zheng Yaoxian supported Ye Shaohong's idea.

He helped Ye Shaohong refine the plan, and then the two agreed on a time to meet next before parting ways.

……

Three days later.

Bad news suddenly spread throughout the British and French concessions.

After several days of arduous fighting, the Nationalist army, which had initially held the advantage on the battlefield, gradually began to falter under the combined force of the Japanese army, navy, and air force.

The battle gradually shifted towards a defensive posture. There was nothing that could be done about it.

In the Battle of Shanghai, the Nationalist government deployed nearly 70 troops to confront 25 Japanese soldiers.

Numerically, the Nationalist government held an absolute advantage, but in the end we still lost.

why?

Because this battle itself was unfair.

It was a battle between agricultural countries and industrial countries.

On the defensive positions along the Huangpu River, the soldiers of the Nationalist government had to fight against the frenzied counterattacks of the Japanese invaders while also dodging the artillery fire of the Japanese fleet at the mouth of the Huangpu River.

Naval artillery is different from land artillery, and it is far superior to heavy machine guns and mortars.

A single shell from a ship's cannon would kill entire platoons and squads of Nationalist soldiers, while the Japanese carrier battle groups carried hundreds of aircraft. There were also over six hundred tanks on the road.

These steel monsters were beyond the capabilities of the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Shanghai, who had no suitable weapons to fight against them.

Ye Shaohong remembered that in his previous life he had watched a movie called "Jinling, Jinling".

The Nationalist soldiers inside had no weapons to fight tanks, so they could only line up platoon by platoon and advance defensively, taking advantage of the moment when their comrades died, risking their lives to get closer to the enemy's tanks.

Once close, use bundles of grenades to blow up and eliminate the enemy tanks.

Destroying an enemy tank often comes at the cost of dozens of lives.

Such desperate fighting tactics have now appeared on the Shanghai battlefield, and what is most heartbreaking is that such scenes are happening every day, every moment.

More than 600 tanks, requiring tens of thousands of soldiers to risk their lives to destroy them.

Shipborne artillery fire from the coast and aircraft from the sky were constantly taking the lives of our anti-Japanese comrades.

The defeat in the Battle of Shanghai was not merely a matter of numbers.

It is a tragedy of our times.

It is a painful memory that the Chinese people will never forget, and an indelible part of history.

Bad news kept coming from the front lines.

Division after division of soldiers were drawn to the front lines, and division after division of soldiers fell on the battlefield. With their blood and flesh, they forged an iron Great Wall along the southeastern coast of China.

Of course, Ye Shaohong couldn't just stand by and watch.

He has been busy making arrangements.

For the present, for the future.

Fortunately, the wait didn't last long. Three days passed quickly, and good news came from Xiao Zhengguo. The underground pipeline obstructing the entrance to the sea in the Hongkou Concession had finally been cleared.

They had already taken the prepared explosives and led their men into the underground pipes.

Midnight is the final time for the demolition.

Success or failure depends on this!