Twenty minutes later, the Japanese Third Fleet in Shanghai finally began to escalate its operations, and two Japanese gunboats, in violation of the agreement reached with the concession side in 1938, turned from the main channel and approached the concession pier, where dozens of sailors with rifles rushed to the pier and began to confront at least 200 concession police and British and American marines. The number of Japanese naval forces was not large, but the Japanese warships on the entire Huangpu River aimed their guns here, and the sound of the terrible whistle one after another constantly showed the strength and arrogance of the Japanese. Of course, from the boatswain's observations, it was found that the sailors were dispatched a little late, and it seems that there was no prior coordination, and now the whole Huangpu River is in great chaos.

The Meteor quietly lifted anchor and left the berth. The river was full of small Japanese warships that were rampage towards this side, and their guns were all pointed at the 16pu pier, and the flagship Izumo in the distance was also sounding its whistle weakly, its boiler heating too slowly to set sail without an hour, and could only support from afar.

Chu Aiyun carefully steered the cargo ship, driving on the violent and noisy river, shuttling between the Japanese ships with searchlights on the rampage. In order to ensure that the ship left before the enemy blocked the dock, some loose cargo was left. At this moment, Ma Qiang, the boatswain and two other team members were carrying the last items onto the anti-smuggling boat. They stayed there, except for the last bit of supplies, but also to carry out the final mission. If the enemy blocked the docks, they would not hesitate to open fire on the entire Japanese fleet at the last moment, deliberately exposing themselves in such a way.

This is a plan proposed by Cheng Dayang, which almost scared the political commissar to death, but Lin Xiuxuan, who was still pedaling a bicycle on the road, resolutely supported this plan. The Meteor must now be kept safe to the fullest extent. And that nimble boat, with the cover of darkness and drones, did not suffer much.

Seeing the chaos on the river, and the attention of all enemies shifted to the shore, Chu Aiyun knew that he was the safest now, and he had to be careful and continue to hide in the corner of the stage. The ship's mission is still not finally completed, she must also return to the Mahler shipyard for the final parts and personnel to be shipped, whether she can survive the last day and complete all this, she has to continue to gamble on luck, whether it is the warehouse and the shipyard of the sixteenth shop, they will eventually be found by the enemy, the only question is whose side time is on.

Of course, this ship still has a hand, her current name is still Meteor, Lu Qingshan used the black paper with the original name on the sides and stern of the ship, covering the new ship name, and she can transform into a French ship at a critical moment. Of course, Lin expected that the Japanese might send a naval force to blockade Wusongkou, and that anti-smuggling boats of several tens of tons could cross the southern part of Shanghai and return directly to Hangzhou Bay, but this big ship could not.

Amid the Izumo's angry and feeble whistle, the Meteor, the real secret, quietly drove past it and returned to the slipway. If the Yubari is still around, the members above will find that the shipyard's trial of the broken ship is indeed a bit sneaky, always going back and forth, and coming and going in and out late at night, and the English letters of the shooting star on the bow seem to have become a little crooked.

When Lin Xiuxuan returned to the shipyard out of breath, he saw at a glance that the silhouette of the Meteor had been moored there, he breathed a sigh of relief, today he hoeed the biggest hidden danger, but lost a tracker and a large number of bullet casings and two * at the scene, and I don't know if there will be any clues on Zhang Guangcai, in the long run, no matter how small the details are left, it will make the enemy closer to him.

In general, every hour that passed was a difficult victory, and of course every hour the enemy situation was intensifying, and he was really surprised that the Japanese plainclothes could touch the vicinity of the warehouses in the concession, and he originally thought that the enemy would find the warehouses at least after the discovery of the shipyard.

If it weren't for Shu Ping, who was grinding around, he would have been able to slap his ass and leave with his things loaded at this time, but he would have to hold on for 20 hours, and in the last day, he would have lost all initiative and could only sit down and pray. He had been driven into confusion by the enemy who was in hot pursuit, and he didn't even have time to squat down and touch Zhang Guangcai's neck artery just now to confirm whether he was out of breath.

He thought to himself, did he really have to rely on that illusory principle of fate to help him get through? It is said that since he landed, the disturbance of history is far greater than that of the three Japanese, according to the principle of Shu Ping's interpretation, will he be subject to it? He began to mumble in his heart. Then he began to recall everyone he had come into contact with since landing, every clue he had left behind, and think about the breakthrough that the enemy might find.

In the warehouse, Ma Qiang was struggling to carry the last crate, if it weren't for his leg injury, he could have carried two or three on his own, Rao was unhappy, and he was better than a panting boatswain. There were no more people to keep watch on high ground, and all the security was left to the drones, but the situation seemed to have evolved in the direction of a more forceful, massive chaos against SCP-419.

The drone watched more and more small Japanese warships drive to the dock, and looking at the posture, it seems that the Japanese will not wait until the morning of December 7 to make a move, and maybe they will drive into the concession immediately.

Seeing that the nearby berths were occupied by the Japanese, the Japanese army rushed to Taihu Lake, and there were not many local guards, of course, it was enough to rely on the marines.

A dark shadow gradually approached from the river, and the personnel who stayed in the warehouse knew what it was, and they stuck to their place as planned, and after a while, a Japanese gunboat, which was much larger than the Meteor, leaned into the berth vacated after the Meteor left.

The boatswain recognized the ship as the 1,500-ton anti-submarine (mine) net-laying ship Wakagumo, which often followed Izumo's buttocks. It seems that it has joined today's emergency operation. The ship's firepower is mediocre, but it can tear apart smugglers parked side by side 20 meters away in an instant.

No one set up a springboard, and the sailors climbed down the rope ladder. Then move closer to the area where the shootout was just now. The Japanese looked indifferent, silently passed by Ma Qiang, who was carrying the box, and the soldiers were also awakened by the alarm in their sleep, and then they all started the operation of invading the concession from the water in a daze, of course, they did not think carefully about why it was so big over there, and there was a group of people who were in a hurry to unload the goods in the early morning a hundred meters away.

300 armed Japanese sailors took control of most of the pier without firing a single shot, something that had never happened in history. However, because they did not communicate with Kinoshita's military police in advance, they did not know the essence of the matter, and they did not block the dock, and the drone saw that the lights were bright a few blocks away, and a large number of cars rushed to the area where they had just confronted the Japanese.

The members of 419 had no way of knowing that Riddle had been awakened from his sleep by the constant gunfire on the riverside, and now he and nearly a dozen directors from various countries had rushed to a manager's office in the warehouse area to make urgent negotiations with the Japanese side. Due to the suddenness of the incident, no one could come up with a feasible plan, and the scene was filled with cries from the Japanese.

Katsuo Okazaki, the Japanese consul who had just arrived at the moment (who was also a director of the Ministry of Industry), was roaring loudly and demanding that the police immediately release the seized Kinoshita Sakaiichi Daisa, claiming that Kinoshita was illegally seized when he was investigating a blasting case against the Japanese headquarters, and that according to the 1938 agreement, the Japanese criminal police could enter the concession with a waist weapon to pursue crimes against the Japanese.

Before Riddle could figure out the situation, he was cornered by the aggressive Japanese. He did not have much choice but to say that there was no problem in releasing Kinoshita, but the Japanese army immediately withdrew from the concession in accordance with the agreement, and the proposal was categorically rejected.

On behalf of the Japanese side, Okazaki demanded that Kinoshita be released within one hour, and at the same time, the concession side must allow the Japanese troops to temporarily occupy the dock area, and then talk about investigating the responsibility for killing and injuring the Japanese policemen.

Okazaki's strong rhetoric is at its peak, and it does put a lot of pressure on weak opponents, at least he thinks he doesn't leave room for the Ministry of Industry to bargain. Of course, if Kinoshita, who was detained, knew that he was going to leave the Ministry of Industry Bureau for an hour, and did not block the river and the dock, so that the real enemy could escape through his fingers, he would definitely be in a hurry to scold, but between the ghosts and gods, luck was really on Lin Xiuxuan's side. Okazaki and other high-ranking Japanese officials, too, were asleep, awakened by phone calls, and then hitched a naval gunboat to deal with urgent matters. Kinoshita's actions were ordered by Kagesa, who had no authority, and did not communicate with all parties in advance, and he himself was captured on the spot, so he was unable to pass on the vital information, so time was delayed in vain.

After Ma Qiang and the boatswain carried everything they could take with them, the two untied the cables and engined the engine, but they were not in a hurry to leave, they had planned all the emergency retreat routes, and at the same time continued to track the enemy's movements through drones (including the retreat route, the position of the enemy's ships), and now they had to take the last chance.

Kinoshita was briefly bandaged on the head, then dropped out of the police van and walked to the agreed release point surrounded by a group of police officers, and 10 minutes earlier, Riddle had accepted all of Okazaki's requests.

Kinoshita saw half a street away, among the neatly lined Japanese sailors, a group of high-ranking officers with serious expressions waiting for him, it seemed that the soldiers were idle, and in a hurry, he threw off the concession patrol and trotted all the way over.

Like a victor, Okazaki reached out to him from afar, but Kinoshita, who looked agitated, did not shake his hand.

"Your Excellency, has the Navy blocked the port?"

"What? Is the port and the river blocked? I was only commissioned by Lord Ota to save you. ”

Okazaki was a little confused.

"The guys who blew up the headquarters are here, and I saw with my own eyes, and the port must be immediately blocked, every passage into the French Concession blocked, every warehouse, every nearby dwelling." As if nervous, he left Okazaki and began to talk to himself, "They really have a base here, there must be a ship, everything was foreseen by Rear Admiral Kagesa, and we can't let them run away." ”

"Who the hell are you talking about?"

"Who else could it be, it was Ma Qiang who escaped. Of course, he must be the only one, and if Admiral Kagesa's prediction is right, they will have several 20-ton sailing ships, or disguised official ships. Within the French Concession, there were also several strongholds. ”