Chapter 75 Chaos, Chaos

Spring night.

No moon.

In the pavilion of an old-fashioned building in the West District of Shanghai. On a gloomy night, a man leaning on the side of the table stretched his arms, and Mei Enping gave Liu an important order.

"You all know the situation of Tianxianghua Company in Shanghai, right? This is currently the largest chemical enterprise factory in China. This factory produces many dangerous chemicals. According to the information we have now, the largest is here in the workshop.

Mei Enping paused word for word, and there was a fierce light in his eyes.

"We have to try to get in here, and then blow it up with a bomb to make it a center flower!"

At this time, Liu Xin and Wei Kecheng held their breath and were so nervous that they didn't even dare to breathe.

"As soon as the workshop is blown up, the police and fire brigades in Shanghai will rush there, and then Shanghai can launch an uprising!"

Seeing that the two of them were a little nervous, in order to ease the solemn atmosphere, Mei Enping added.

"The chemical factory is not a military restricted area. It is easy to enter. It will not be difficult to find out the situation there. Moreover, the success of the Shanghai Uprising depends on your actions! ......"

Then he comforted both of them.

"There is no way. There are thousands of military and police in Shanghai, but we only have a few hundred people. To launch this uprising, we must use other activities. If the factory is blown up, it can be rebuilt, but if the uprising fails, the dream of establishing a republic in China will be shattered! Moreover, this is the factory of the emperor. If we don't blow up, will we leave them to produce explosives to attack us?

Who would have thought that in this moonless spring moon, several people were planning a terrible explosion conspiracy?

On the evening of May 3, Wei Kecheng, holding a Browning pistol, looked at the chemical factory in the distance and knew that there was no way out for him to regret or retreat now.

But the bombing of the factory is not what he wants. After all, this factory is a symbol of China's industrial development. No work is rich, no work is not strong, but now, it can only be done for...

At this time, more than a dozen congregations from the gang in the room, holding Japanese-style rifles and holding cigarettes in their cigarettes, they all looked careless, but in the indifferent look, they could still see a trace of tension.

"Three hours left!"

Liu Xin looked at his pocket watch. There are only three hours left. Are you ready over there?

In the Shanghai Branch of the Pudong Imperial Investigation Bureau, there was no light in the windows of the three-story building of the branch. At the exit, the guard rods were placed horizontally. Except for the two security guards in the guard box, it seemed to be no different from the usual night. But when turning into the parking lot in the branch yard, there were hundreds of guns standing next to 63 trucks. The soldiers, the guards, carrying rifles, submachine guns, light machine guns, and several heavy machine guns were placed next to the truck.

The officers looked up at the investigation office building without a trace of light from time to time.

"Do you know what the task is?"

A second lieutenant asked the officer. The officer just shook his head. He also did not know what the task was. He was just ordered to cooperate with the "anti-black operation" of the Bureau of Investigation. They were used to this kind of action. In order to crack down on the gang, the army often cooperated with the Bureau of Investigation to carry out large-scale arrests.

Compared with the police, the Bureau of Investigation trusts the same faction of troops. The army is disciplined and well-trained, and the most important thing is that they will never collude with local gangs.

"Maybe it's almost the same as before!"

The major muttered, and then put on his pistol and put insurance. When arresting those gang members, there will always be armed fights. Maybe the police will have some scruples. However, as soldiers, in the past arrest process, once they are resisted, they will decisively shoot and directly kill the other party.

Although it has been criticized, since the investigation bureau and the army cooperated to eradicate gangsters and bandits, the public security environment in the country has changed in a good direction. Bandits and gangsters that have crossed China for centuries have tended to disintegrated under heavy blows.

In half a year, 1,362 gangs were destroyed, nearly 70,000 bandits and party leaders were shot, 150,000 people were arrested and sentenced to hard labor, and served in highway and railway construction. For China, this is undoubtedly a great progress. At least now there are no large-scale gangs in various places.

"Remember what each of them looks like!"

Yan Jiarong pointed to the hundreds of photos posted on the wall and said solemnly.

"Shanghai is their base camp, scattered from the Chinese to the concession. In the concession, there is an additional action team of the investigation bureau. We are responsible for the Chinese community. The 133 people must be arrested. In addition, 2,313 people are involved in the case. Our action time is 1:00 a.m., understand?"

"Yes!"

Hundreds of investigation bureau agents in the conference room answered in unison. Although they were shocked to see their names and photos when they received the object' files, they still chose to obey the order and do not retain any doubts. There were arrest warrants and search warrants signed by the judge, and finally a trial, and as the Bureau of Investigation The only thing they need to do is to carry out the order and arrest everyone on the list.

"I know that some of you may have doubts. Among them are the Consultative Bureau of the Local Consultative Bureau and even the Consultative Council of the Imperial Consultative Council. Most of them are well-known people and are known for opposing the imperial system, but this is by no means political persecution. In the end, whether they are guilty or not will be decided by a court. And what we, as judicial personnel, all we have to do is to enforce the law impartially and carry out our own tasks! Do you understand?"

"I see!"

When Yan Jiarong was on the task, in the Matsumoto Taoist field in Hongkou District, Shanghai, hundreds of bustling overseas Chinese had taken off their kimonos or suits, but changed into new Chinese clothes, black, white, blue and gray, and their sleeves were wrapped with red ropes.

These people look nervous and excited. This is an unprecedented action! It is directly related to the survival of the empire.

Wearing a Chinese military uniform without military rank, Tanaka Yiyi, who was standing in the dojo courtyard, looked up at the sky. The dark clouds blocked the bright moon, making the night darker than usual.

"The night is dark and there is no moon! It's an eventy night!"

"Brother, there is still one hour left, brothers are ready!"

Rui Debao clenched his fist at the eldest brother who was drinking tea, and looked at Mei Enping and the more than a dozen "captains" he brought. They will take their brothers to the municipal axe, the municipal police station, the telegraph office and other key departments.

"Mr. Mei, can you succeed?"

When Fan Gaotou asked this question, his eyes looked at the group of brothers from time to time. Several of the brothers were sent by the investigation bureau. In fact, as early as when Mei Enping first looked for him, he turned his face and sold Mei Enping. This Mei Enping was sent to the door to please the investigation bureau. West?

Gangsters have the way of self-protection of gangs. There are not many garrisons in Shanghai, but Wusongkou Defense Command, there are thousands of artillery soldiers. Even if they succeed today, they can't last for a day. Your Majesty can let go of this group of people. The guards can even fight with foreign devils without temper, not to mention their mob.

What kind of righteous flag, the world must respond, what kind of personnel to the back, it's all in my body, fart! The guards are vegetarian. The emperor is on the horse's back to win the world, and the world is shot out one by one. Can these insouverted scholars seize the world and make millions of guards wave the flag to support them?

Whoever's pay will work for whom! Of course, the emperor's food eats his life for the emperor.

"Don't worry, Shanghai Yiqi will respond in one move, and the whole country will respond at that time, and the big thing can be achieved!"

Mei Enping once again said something that he didn't believe. Even if he didn't believe it, why did he do it? Maybe it can succeed! Even if there is only hope for everything, not to mention... I am a revolutionary, knowing that I can't do it!

This night is destined to be a long night.

From time to time, there was an explosion from the burning convoy. The violent explosion blew up more than a dozen black pits of meters on the asphalt road in the factory. Water surged up in the pit, and the fire and smoke columns rose up to hundreds of meters. The glass windows of several kilometers in the square garden were shattered. People in their sleep looked at the direction of the flames in horror. It was the chemical industry. Division.

When the gunfire sounded, the members of the party beside him were killed by factory security guards one after another. There were more security guards here than he thought. At this moment, Wei Kecheng saw Liu Meng's collapse to the ground, and blood gushed out of his chest, "Liu Xin..."

Just as he wanted to run to his friend, his left leg was hit by something, and then his whole body collapsed to the ground. The gunfire stopped. A group of factory security guards in black rushed over. When Wei Kecheng wanted to fight back with a gun, he was hit hard on the head by a butt of a gun.

Several wounded were carried into the prison car, while Liu was carried into another car in a shroud bag. The moment the door closed, the shroud bag was torn open.

"Would you like a cigarette?"

The person sitting in the car took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu, whose upper body was covered with blood.

Liu Xin shook his head. He wanted to look out, but the carriage was closed.

"How is he?"

Although Liu Xin didn't mention his name, the people in the car still knew who he was talking about.

"My thigh was interrupted by a sniper, and I can survive!"

"Oh!"

Liu Xin nodded with a trace of pain on his face.

"What about over there?"

Relying against the steel plate of the carriage, Liu Xin took a cigarette and then closed his eyes. At this time, the carriage was still filled with a strong smell of blood. He understood that after today, he was afraid that Liu Xin would disappear. He had died in this rebellion.

"The action has begun!"

At 00:00 a.m. on May 4, there was a dark midnight space. When the street lights on the secondary streets of Shanghai, Pudong and other places went out in turn, and the darkness began to cover Shanghai, there were almost no pedestrians on the road. The dim lights of the street lights were reflected on the main street of Shanghai, and occasionally some night return. The passers-by are on their way home in a hurry.

At this time, a messy sound of footsteps made the ground tremble, and then fire appeared in the night, and the explosion of gunfire and grenades sounded like a popping bean.

In front of the gate of the Shanghai Municipal Axe, the guards were killed without a hurry to resist. The municipal axe was quickly occupied by the "insurgents". In the telegraph bureau, there was a fierce conflict between the insurgents and the security guards of the telegraph bureau. The insurgents with homemade bombs kept throwing bombs from the window into the telegraph bureau building.

The sudden sound of gunfire and explosion shocked the whole of Shanghai. The people who were awakened in their sleep looked out of the window in horror, and there were faint footsteps on the street outside. With a non-violent explosion, the gasoline in the wine bottle exploded in the shop on the street, and the fire lit up the street. Through the flames, the awakened people saw a group of people shouting in the street.

"Long live the Republic!"

"Down with the [***] Emperor!"

"Achieving the Republic!"

What's the matter? A question mark appeared in everyone's heart. They didn't know what had happened. Although there was a battle when Shanghai was restored last year, no one dropped bombs at the store.

As they were shouting, more dense gunfire suddenly sounded from the street corner. A group of soldiers shot at the group of thugs at the street corner. They heard the gunfire from the city on the way to the Pudong chemical factory for reinforcements, and then they entered the city in violation of the order.

"Sir, they are rushing to the automobile company and the machinery company in Pudong!"

"What's going on?"

The report of the subordinates shocked Yan Jiarong, which was not in his plan!

Fan Gaotou! This bastard!

He scolded resentfully in his heart. Looking at the soldiers and police in the courtyard who listened to the sound of gunfire and explosions from the outside world, but were a little confused, were they going to arrest those people, or... If the automobile factory and machinery factory were destroyed... Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, those... Those... Those were all His Majesty's property, but those group People... are also your majesty's enemies!

"Sc. Sun, you take a company to the industrial zone to protect the automobile factory and the machinery factory. You can take all the machine guns with you!"

Just after Yan Jiarong gave this order, another agent ran over.

"Report Director, at least 13 thugs have been found, ranging from 100 to hundreds of people per share..."

As soon as he heard this report, Yan Jiarong almost fainted. In order to create an opportunity for the "uprising", the Investigation Bureau coordinated the transfer of the guard regiment of the Shanghai garrison to Zhejiang to participate in the spring fight. More than 3,000 policemen in Shanghai and nearly 2,000 people were sleeping. Their guns were in the police station, and there were still a thousand. Many people were transferred to the industrial zone to protect the chemical factory, and these thousands of thugs came out of there!

"Contact the director immediately!"

"What's going on?"

Looking at the flames on the other side from the office building and listening to the sound of gunfire in the night sky, Ye Zugui asked Shi Tiange beside him. Shi Tiange also shook his head. He knew what was going on!

"Minister!"

A man hurried in from outside the office. He was the representative of the navy station. After being awakened by the sound of gunfire, he grabbed the gun, wore plain clothes, and ran all the way to the shipyard.

"Shanghai, Shanghai is in chaos, and thousands of thugs are launching riots in the city! Those people were set on fire everywhere, and some people hit Pudong.

"The riot?"

Listening to these two words, Ye Zugui frowned.

"What about the Shanghai Garrison? And where are the police?

"Order the shipyard to guard immediately... I'll go to the ""!"

More than ten minutes later, the naval training ship "" drove from the shipyard to the dock. More than 300 naval cadets and sailors with rifles went down the dock along the gangway and ran directly to the Shanghai Garrison Command under the leadership of Ye Zugui. There were many fierce battles with the thugs along the way.

After another hour, more than 3,000 sailors and marines from Wusong Naval Base who were ordered by Yezu Temple arrived in Shanghai by car. When the sky was slightly bright, Shanghai, which sounded gunfire in the middle of the night, finally calmed down.

"D, D..."

The Marine officer in soft-soled military boots glanced at the ruffian who were kneeling in the fire and the rioters. Behind him was a wooden building that was still burning. The scene he witnessed when he entered the city made his face pale. He paced back and forth on the street several times, trying to get a gun. He killed these people, but finally resisted.

"... Director, I... I don't know how it happened!"

Fan Gaotou, with a sad face, looked at him kneeling on the ground and kowtowing from time to time. Originally, he only let his brothers capture the municipal axe and telegraph bureau according to the plan. He was only a few hundred brothers, but this was one or two thousand people!

"You don't know!"

Staring at Fan Gaotou, who was kneeling on the ground, Yan Jiarong snorted coldly. What happened last night was far more than he imagined. A factory of Tianma Automobile Company was blown up, the gate of the machinery factory was burned, and hundreds of shops were burned. If the Minister of the Navy hadn't been here, he would have transferred troops directly from the naval base for fear that Shanghai would have all These bastards are ruined.

Even in order to quell the rebellion, I failed to carry out the arrest plan, and I don't know how many people will escape.

Yan Jiarong, who was too lazy to listen to Fan Gaotou's explanation, winked at his subordinates. The gunfire immediately sounded, and when the gunfire in the room sounded, the gunfire in the courtyard also sounded.

"Carry their bodies into the car!"

Yan Jiarong, who frowned and pondered, began to think about the subsidy plan in his heart. This matter was bigger than expected, and the disadvantage must be turned into advantage.

"I say I, say I..."

I repeatedly thought about the hundreds of people who were arrested. There were only more than 500 Chinese in this rebellion, but there were more than 1,000 people who participated.

"If Mei Enping is related to them, then the crime will be done. With the help of overseas Chinese from other countries, they will launch an armed rebellion..."

Thinking of this, the originally stiff face finally showed some smiles, that is, it can't be arrested all at once, so let this group of people become street rats!

Just as they were thinking about how to put the evidence into practice, hundreds of Chinese and foreign reporters were carrying heavy cameras on the street to take photos. Some of them aimed their cameras at the burned shops and the killed civilians. The reporters interviewed civilians to And from the soldiers who were on guard in the street, they slowly got some information.

I'm afraid the most direct information is the "a letter to the country's compatriots" sent from the Shanghai Telegraph Bureau. Before the news came out in Shanghai, the telegram had spread all over China. On this day, China was destined to be calm.

(to be continued)