Chapter 209 Wusong Wharf
Wusong Wharf is located in the northern part of Shanghai, and the Huangpu River flows into the west side of the Yangtze River Estuary (i.e. Wusong Estuary), and historically belongs to the Songbei region.
In the early Qing Dynasty, it was a village in the mouth of the Yangtze River, called Huxiang Bridge. Fishermen gathered and gradually became a town. In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Wusong Camp, which was originally located in Baoshan County, Pudong, was moved here, so Wusong was famous town, which has always been the gateway of Shanghai, a foreign trade port and a military important place.
Its reputation was once known in Shanghai in modern times, so modern Shanghai was called Songhu. During the "October 28th Songhu War" and "August 13th Songhu War", Wusong City was razed to the ground by the Japanese invaders.
After the Battle of Songhu, Wusong Wharf fell a lot, but the geographical location determined that it could not be left here. In recent years, it has gradually become lively and was made by the Japanese as an important port. A large amount of Chinese supplies are often transported from here to directly reach the Japanese mainland.
The rickshaw that Ye Feng was taking was two or three miles away from Wusong Wharf. Ye Feng got off the bus and paid the fare, Ye Feng and Zhao Long walked towards Wusong Wharf.
The road leading to Wusong Wharf was obviously rested and was relatively flat. There were still many ruins on both sides of the road. In August and September last year, the Battle of Songhu, Wusong, Baoshan and other places were the focus of the battle. The Japanese gathered a large number of heavy artillery, and even with the cooperation of large-caliber naval guns, they almost flattened these places.
The little Japanese are so sinful. There are so many Chinese people who died in such a large ruin.
Ye Feng was in a heavy mood when he saw so many ruins still existed, but fortunately, this area was relatively prosperous. Many ordinary people began to build their own homes on the original ruins, approaching Wusong Wharf, and the number of people gradually increased.
Wusong Port is bustling with all kinds of people, mixed with fish and dragons, but there are many Japanese soldiers here. Some patrol and some stand guard, and a large number of Japanese Japanese were holding Type 38 rifles, raising their breath and rising, looking arrogant.
Ye Feng followed the crowd and took Zhao Long into Wusong Port and began to quietly observe the situation of the entire Wusong Wharf.
On the dock, a lot of supplies were piled up, and a large number of Chinese workers were carrying bags and bags under the threat of Japan. Boxes of various supplies were loading these things to several transport ships docked at the dock.
After the Japanese invaded China, on the one hand, they occupied a large area of Chinese land, enslaved the Chinese people, acted as a blessing, and on the other hand, they plundered and transported a large amount of materials back to their country. This included a large amount of wealth.
Gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade, calligraphy, paintings, books, etc. are among the key plunders. In addition, Japan did not let go of a large amount of other materials, and even a large amount of coal, ore, etc. were transported back to the local area by Japan.
Ye Feng felt uncomfortable when he saw so many supplies being taken away by Japan. He was transported back to Japan one by one.
Close to the dock, Ye Feng saw the little Japanese auxiliary cruiser "Nouyemaru". This warship was longer than an ordinary transport ship, and was 140 meters long, and looked very slender. On the deck of the warship, many Japanese soldiers were standing guard and guarding.
The "Nengaimaru" prohibits all unrelated personnel from approaching. Near the dock where the "Nengaimaru" is docked, a large number of Japanese soldiers also have five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, surrounding a circle of people's walls to separate the warship from others.
Ye Feng could only quietly observe the "Nidayaemaru" from afar. Ye Feng secretly remembered the situation of this warship and the situation of the other two destroyers not far from this warship.
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Shanghai Railway Station.
As soon as the sky began to get dark, a large group of military police drove over to Shanghai Railway Station and drove out all the people from the entire railway station. The rest of the station was Japanese.
A convoy of tricycles, several armored vehicles, and at least a dozen large trucks drove in, and parked near the platform of the railway station, almost next to the train full of treasures.
A large number of Japanese soldiers began to get busy, and carried the train one by one to one big truck after another. After these trucks were filled with such large wooden boxes, they were covered tightly by Japanese soldiers with oil cloth.
These things that were plundered by Japan were sorted out before loading the train, and were loaded into large wooden boxes by category.
Several Japanese soldiers worked together to move a wooden box from the train carriage. Although the wooden box was not big, it was very heavy. These Japanese soldiers almost gritted their teeth before moving it down.
After moving off the train, I carried it hard towards a truck not far away. Suddenly, the rope carrying the wooden box broke. The wooden box fell heavily to the ground, and the box immediately disintegrated, and a large amount of gold inside was exposed.
There are gold bars, ancient Chinese gold ingots, and even some other styles of gold, which are diverse, not of the same size and style of gold bars or gold ingots. This is obviously gold plundered by Japan everywhere.
Seeing the box full of gold, golden and shining brightly, the Japanese were shocked. They looked at the gold and opened their mouths wide open.
Not far away, a second gendarmerie lieutenant saw this scene and immediately scolded loudly. The Japanese men came to their senses and began to rush to nail the almost disintegrated wooden box with a nail, and then tied it with a rope.
Many ordinary Japanese who came here to transport things did not know what they were carrying today. They suddenly saw so much gold and the whole box of gold, so they would naturally be stunned.
After what happened just now, some Japanese officers strengthened the surveillance and directed the Japanese to lift the boxes onto the truck, tie them up, and cover them with tarpaulin. Trucks were filled in one or two hours later.
Several tricycles lead the way, each tricycle carries a crooked machine gun, and there are three Japanese soldiers sitting there. After these tricycles, there are two armored vehicles. After the armored vehicles, there are more than a dozen large trucks loaded with these things. After more than a dozen large trucks, three armored vehicles are broken. At the end, at least an infantry team, and dozens of Japanese soldiers run and follow up.
Such a huge convoy slowly drove out of Shanghai Railway Station and slowly drove towards Wusong Port.
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Not far from Wusong Port, just a few kilometers away, in an ordinary yard, Ye Feng and Zhao Long are assigning tasks to everyone.
After investigating in Wusong Port, Ye Feng roughly had a plan. Now, we will convene everyone to hold a secret meeting to discuss the plan for this action.
A hand-painted sketch of Wusong Port is placed on the table in the middle, drawing out the general situation of Wusong Port, including buildings, docks, warships and ships docked, and even the firepower points of the Japanese.
Ye Feng, Zhao Long, as well as the captains of several operational teams, as well as some special forces members, were discussing and discussing the action plan, while the rest of the special forces members were scattered outside to guard.
A special forces member looked at the map on the table and said, "Military, the Japanese are so vigilant. If we enter from Wusong Port, it will definitely not work."
Ye Feng clicked a little and agreed with this view. There were a lot of Japanese devils in Wusong Port and were very cautious. Everyone's actions must be in the second half of the night. That is, the number of others on the dock will be reduced, and it will not be so noisy. There may be only Japanese devils who are alert. Although they are covered by night, it is also very difficult.
There are 40 or 50 special forces members in these operations. Even if they are scattered into combat teams, they will have a relatively large goal. If they are discovered by the Japanese, all their efforts will be wasted.
Everyone had a heated discussion and expressed their opinions. After a period of discussion, the action plan gradually became determined. This action did not consider entering from Wusong Wharf, but considered approaching the target warship from the river surface.
The plan was roughly determined, and then everyone began to discuss the details of the action and some division of labor. After half an hour of discussion, the detailed action plan was determined.
The action time is set at 4 a.m. in the second half of the night. At this time, it will be dawn and it is also the time to sleep the most soundly. At this time, the Japanese's vigilance should be the most relaxed.
Ye Feng and others were discussing the action plan, while the Japanese loaded things on the auxiliary cruiser of the "Nengaimaru", boxes of gold, silver, boxes of jewelry and jade, and boxes of antiques. The Japanese loaded them on the warship.
In order to keep it confidential, the Japanese devils took action without using a single Chinese laborer. A large number of Japanese soldiers were carrying boxes of things on board. From time to time, every one or two hours, Japanese convoys would arrive at Wusong Wharf and transport a large amount of things.
The Japanese convoy transported several trips in total. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers did not load all of these things until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night. After three o'clock, the noisy Wusong Port gradually became quiet. Under the cover of the night, only a few electric lights were shining with a faint light, and a few searchlights were shining back and forth on several guard posts.
Wusong Wharf was quiet. The Japanese on guard and the Japanese patrol team were busy working from darkness to now. Although they had changed their duty stations, many Japanese were still sleepy.
The upstream of Wusong Port is only three or four kilometers away. Several ordinary fishing boats are docked by the river. Some black shadows boarded these fishing boats under the cover of the night. These are the special forces members. It is now three o'clock in the morning and everyone has started to act.
Ye Feng was also on one of the fishing boats, looking at the dark river surface and the flowing river water, and couldn't help but remember the incident of sank the Japanese warships when he was in Nanjing.
"Martial throne, everything is ready. Will we start to take action?" Zhao Long came over quietly and reported to Ye Feng softly.
"action!"
Ye Feng waved his hand and issued an action order.
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The third update is today, and the second update is given.
Chapter completed!