Chapter 53: Provocation (1)
Leaving Shanghai was a decision made by Lu Yuan after going to Baoding this time, Xu Huanshan originally thought that Lu Yuan would leave Shanghai immediately, but he didn't know that before Lu Yuan left, he would also give a big gift to the special high school and No. 76. Hans has been dealing with some of his personal affairs these days, and according to Lu Yuan's calculations, maybe after he leaves, Hans will also leave Shanghai. So before Hans left completely, Lu Yuan went to Hans, at least asking the other party to do him one last favor.
"Hans, I'll be leaving Shanghai soon, and I know you'll be leaving with your people. As an old friend, I hope you and your people can help me one last time before leaving. "Hans has already changed hands to his own bar, so the place where Lu Yuan and Hans meet is in his own home. Taking Hans into his basement and pointing to those mechanical equipment, Lu Yuan looked at Hans with a surprised face, "I hope your people can help me transport these things to Tianjin Port, and I will arrange someone to pick them up at Tianjin Port when I arrive." ”
"There is another thing, I may carry out some small-scale operations on the special high class and No. 76 in the past two days, I hope that after the matter comes out, I can leave Shanghai with the help of your passage. I don't trust anyone but you now, Hans, you have to help me this time. Hans did not refuse to help Lu Yuan transport these machinery and equipment in the basement, and Lu Yuan immediately climbed the pole and asked Hans to cover his departure from Shanghai after doing it himself.
"Damn it, Lu, what the hell do you want to do? The first few times you did in Shanghai, it was enough of a headache, do you really think that the Japanese are stupid? Returning to the study and sitting down, Hans looked a little hesitant on his face. I remember telling you last time that the Extra High School has hired a group of Westerners to form the Einsatzgruppen. If you really want to leave Shanghai, it's best to go quietly and don't anger the Japanese. ”
Hans's persuasion was naturally from the perspective of a friend, but Lu Yuan didn't take this kind of well-intentioned persuasion seriously, as for the Western action team that Hans mentioned, Lu Yuan had already learned some relevant information from Xu Huanshan. "Hans, you just say you can't help me, do you? I don't mean to involve you as well, I just want to use your passage to get out of Shanghai. Don't you tell me that you are a famous black marketeer, and you don't have your own smuggling channel? ”
Lu Yuan's words embarrassed Hans a little, as a black marketeer who was a bit famous in the black market, he naturally would not be without smuggling channels in and out of Shanghai. After pondering for a while, Hans snuffed out his cigarette and looked at Lu Yuan with an extremely serious expression, "Lu, can you tell me the truth, what do you want to do?" You know, those children are not tools that can be discarded at any time, they are all living people, and I hope to take each and every one of them home alive. ”
Hans said this seriously, and Lu Yuan also replied with a straight face, "Hans, I have already said just now, I just want to teach the special high class and No. 76 a lesson before leaving Shanghai. And I don't need your people to help me move, I just hope that after the incident, when the Japanese block the passage, I can use your help to get out of Shanghai. That's it, I don't need your people to make sacrifices, so you can definitely bring them back home safely. ”
After a little consideration, Hans repeatedly confirmed that Lu Yuan just wanted to leave Shanghai with his help, so he had to reluctantly agree to Lu Yuan's request. After getting Hans, Lu Yuan felt relaxed, the equipment in the basement and his departure from Shanghai had been dealt with, so the only thing that needed to be paid attention to was this house. Lu Yuan has no idea of selling this house, and it is not that he can't come back after leaving Shanghai, at least this is also a place to stay.
With Hans's help, Lu Yuan soon recruited a middle-aged couple from Germany, who were not members of the Nazi Party and hated war. "Max, that's what I've hired you for, just help me take care of this house, and whether you're out to work during this time is not something I'm concerned about." took Max and his wife to look at the whole house, and when both parties were satisfied, Lu Yuan signed an employment contract with them.
"Lu, I'm good friends with Hans, and although I'm not interested in war, I still know something about it. I know that Japan is invading your homeland, and I can see that you are not an ordinary young man, and I want to say that if there is anything that needs my help, just say it, and I will do my best to help you. Max, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses, looked a little wooden, but the occasional glint in his eyes made Lu Yuan smell a familiar smell.
"Max, you don't need this, I said it, you just need to take care of the house. When I come back to Shanghai, I am very happy to have a place to stay, a place to keep lights for me. Lu Yuan's answer sounded a little incomprehensible, but the Max couple heard some deep meaning from it. Lu Yuan left more than $3,000 in cash to the Max couple at one time, in addition to a batch of sought-after supplies from Hans, which were better than money on the black market.
After dealing with almost all the trivial matters around him, Lu Yuan began to implement his plan, his preferred attack location was the Paramount Ballroom in the French Concession, and the Paramount Ballroom in the French Concession was not far from No. 76, so this has always been the place where No. 76's spies often come. The ballroom is actually a good place for assassination, it is crowded with people, the sound is noisy, the lights are dim, and it is easy to get it if you do it secretly. Especially after the riots, people are running out in crowds, and you shout and shout in a mess, and it becomes less difficult to get out.
As usual, the Paramount Ballroom, which comes alive at night, is brightly lit, and decadent jazz music is played one after another. Lu Yuan, dressed as a young master from a wealthy family, entered the dance hall, and he didn't need to open his full-view map at all, and he easily discovered the No. 76 spies occupying the small dance floor with just the naked eye. After waiting for his eyes to adjust to the light in the dance hall, Lu Yuan slowly walked towards the small dance floor, seemingly unintentionally hiding behind a large pillar, calmly observing the plainclothes spies on the dance floor.
After using the all-view map to confirm that there were only these plainclothes agents in the Paramount Ballroom, Lu Yuan began to shoot continuously with the cover of the pillar with the pistol equipped with *, and the target was all the traitor agents on the small dance floor. Under the cover of music, some of the plainclothes agents on the small dance floor were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and some of the plainclothes agents who reacted quickly immediately shouted, but they did not find out from which direction the bullets came. Someone was shot, and the plainclothes agents on the small dance floor all pulled out their guns, and the men and women in the dance hall rushed to escape the door, and you squeezed me and made a mess in an instant.
Lu Yuan, who was hiding behind the pillar, quickly shot at the last few plainclothes agents, then withdrew his pistol, quickly walked into the chaotic crowd, and moved past with the flow of people towards the exit. Originally, Lu Yuan was going to leave from the right side of the bandstand from the right side of the bandstand and into the corridor leading to the Paramount Hotel behind. It's just that when Lu Yuan ran out of bullets, he unintentionally found some plainclothes spies outside the Paramount Ballroom from the all-view map, and Lu Yuan, who was about to make a big incident, immediately changed his mind and temporarily decided to leave from the main entrance of Paramount.
The crowded flow of people is very chaotic, and the panic in their hearts makes these well-dressed men and women have already given up their previous reserves, even if they are beautifully dressed women, they can't grow two more legs to run faster at this moment. Lu Yuan, who had a relaxed face, came out of the dance hall with the flow of people, and the chaotic flow of people suddenly poured out from the Paramount ballroom, and the rickshaw drivers and small vendors waiting outside the ballroom were all stunned, and there was also another group of plainclothes spies who had just arrived outside Paramount with a stunned face.
Approaching the door of the ballroom, Lu Yuan, who was wrapped in the flow of people, had already used a full-view map to confirm the number and location of the plainclothes agents outside the ballroom, and the lights at the entrance of the Paramount Ballroom were bright, and these spies outside the ballroom were walking towards the light, their sight was not clear, and they didn't see Lu Yuan's appearance clearly at all. Lu Yuan, who walked out quickly, suddenly raised his hand and raised his gun, and with a snap, the shot hit the left chest of the spy leader in the lead.
was suddenly shot, and the spies' instinctive reaction was to pull out their guns and shoot back, but Lu Yuan, who had won the blow, suddenly moved sideways and quickly squatted in the screams of everyone, and the guns in his hands were fired continuously, knocking down the two spies in front of him in an instant. Lu Yuan's shooting speed was very fast, and his movements were even more agile, and the two plainclothes spies walking behind had already pulled out their guns, but the black shadow in front of them suddenly moved, and the lights in front of the hotel were still dazzling, so they could only shift the muzzle of the gun and look for the target. With a snap, Lu Yuan fired a double shot, knocking down a plainclothes agent who had just pulled out a pistol again.
Then, Lu Yuan quickly fell sideways to the ground on his left side from a half-crouching position, and quickly changed the magazine of the pistol. Syllable! A gun in the hand of a plainclothes agent went off, but the bullet was empty. Smack! Lu Yuan, who fell to the ground on his side, pulled the trigger of the pistol and hit the bullet. From the preemptive strike to the end of the battle, the time in between is actually very short, maybe only a dozen seconds, the four plainclothes spies who appeared at the door of the dance hall were all shot down by Lu Yuan, even if there are still those who can breathe, I am afraid that the time they can still breathe can only be calculated in seconds.