Anti war ranger

Chapter 49 The First Night in the Japanese Concession

"You just came from China?" Ichiro Kurokawa, wearing a military uniform and the rank of second lieutenant, looked at the young man standing in front of him expressionlessly. The young man's ID was in Ichiro Kurokawa's hand at this moment , that can prove that this young man is just from the mainland, and the young man's obvious Dongdu accent all proves the identity of the other party.As a second lieutenant, Kurokawa Ichiro asked knowingly, not because he noticed something from the other person's expression, but because as a second lieutenant of the Imperial Army, he always looked down on those guys who looked like little boys.

Unfortunately, the young man standing in front of Kurokawa Ichiro at this moment happened to be the kind of person Kurokawa Ichiro disliked very much.Moreover, this young man was taller than Ichiro Kurokawa by almost a head, so that Ichiro Kurokawa, a dignified Second Lieutenant of the Empire, had to raise his head when talking to the other party. "Yes, I just came from China. I wanted to go to Manchuria to join my uncle, but I heard from the people on the same boat that Shanghai is a good place to make money, so I want to stay in Shanghai for a while."

The young man who was turned coldly by Kurokawa Ichiro replied with a smile, there was no trace of impatience towards Kurokawa Ichiro in his expression, but his white teeth made Kurokawa Ichiro hate this young man even more. "Perhaps Shanghai is not as good as you imagined, boy, don't say I didn't warn you, the Chinese people here are not very friendly to our Japanese citizens." Ichiro Kurokawa returned the certificate to the other party with some reluctance. But he still threatened the other party a little with words, and then waved his hand to signal that he could leave.

Lu Yuan, whose alias was Kenichi Kusakakawa, reached out to take the documents, bowed to the Japanese soldiers on the checkpoint with a smile, and then slowly walked into the Japanese Concession with his suitcase and the flow of people.Tang Cheng’s certificate was forged by the underground party in Shanghai, but Kusawa Kenichi really existed. It’s just that this Japanese named Kusawa Kenichi is currently receiving political studies in a cave in Yan’an, and Tang Cheng entered Shanghai instead. Japanese Concession.

This is the first time that Lu Yuan stepped into the Shanghai Japanese Concession after he came to this era. In fact, strictly speaking, the Shanghai Japanese Concession cannot be regarded as a formal Japanese Concession. In 1870, the Japanese in China began to settle in Hongkou, Shanghai. In the same year, the authorities of the Shanghai Public Settlement began to build roads across the boundary in Hongkou District, and the Hongkou District was unofficially included in the jurisdiction of the International Settlement. In 1873, the Japanese government established the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai at No. 3 Minhang Road, Hongkou, Shanghai.

After the original British and American public concessions were renamed the Shanghai International Public Settlement, Japan began to participate in the management of the concession.Since then, the International Settlement has been divided into North, East, Central, and West districts. Japanese expatriates occupy a dominant position in the North and East districts. The Japanese even organized the Japanese Team of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps in Hongkou as a self-defense organization. In 1910, the Japanese in Hongkou The number of expats in the region exceeds that of other countries, ranking first.

In 1916, the Police Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in the Shanghai International Concession established a daily arrest unit, and 30 Japanese police officers took over the public security affairs in the Hongkou area. On May 1925, 5, the May Thirtieth Massacre broke out. On the pretext of protecting the overseas Chinese, Japan dispatched marines to Shanghai on June 30 and settled in the Hongkou area. On January 6, 9, the Japanese troops stationed in Hongkou provoked the January 1932th Incident and set off from the headquarters of the Marine Corps to attack Zhabei and fought fiercely with the 1th Route Army.In July of the same year, the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession decided to return the cross-border road construction area in Hongkou to China, but was rejected by the Japanese army who actually occupied the area. Since then, the Hongkou area has been called the "Shanghai Japanese Concession".

Lu Yuan entered the Japanese Concession with the flow of people, and found that the patrols that could be seen on the street had been replaced by Japanese soldiers in military uniforms, and even the occasional Japanese Concession patrols had rifles on their backs.All of these made Lu Yuan's mood heavy at the moment. The Japanese were ready to go to war, but they didn't know whether the national government was ready for the same.Thanks to the mass cleansing of Jews after Hitler came to power, there were many Jews in Shanghai, even in the Japanese Concession. The Japanese called these Jews stateless.

Lu Yuan did not stay in a Western-style hotel run by Jews, but chose a hotel with Japanese characteristics run by Japanese expats. Although the room size is not very large, Lu Yuan is very satisfied.After simply washing up in the hotel, Lu Yuan changed into a suit and began to wander around in the Japanese Concession. Not only did he observe and get familiar with the terrain in the Japanese Concession, Lu Yuan also secretly observed the Japanese soldiers and barricades on the street.

It can be seen that the Japanese have spent a lot of effort in Hongkou, otherwise they would not forcefully occupy it and not return it to the national government. Along the way, Lu Yuan even saw two schools.Looking at the Japanese national flag hanging outside the school gate from a distance, Lu Yuan was full of emotion, as if schools under the National Government rarely hung the national flag outside the gate.After standing outside this school with emotion for a while, Lu Yuan turned and left. After a while, Lu Yuan stopped outside a bungalow on the street.

In order not to arouse suspicion from others, Lu Yuan paused for a while before turning around and turning into the alley beside him.Not far into the alley, Lu Yuan saw an iron fence, looked around and saw that the iron fence was not locked, so Lu Yuan opened the iron fence and entered the building.Following the dark stairs, Lu Yuan went directly to the roof of the top floor. There is often only a narrow alley or a roof between the roofs of old Shanghai houses.So after Lu Yuan got on the roof, he just observed the surrounding environment a little, and then quickly climbed up to the roof of another house next to him.

Walking to the edge of the roof, Lu Yuan looked secretly at the street below, and couldn't help secretly praising the location is really great.The location of this building happens to be at a cross street. Standing on the roof, Lu Yuan can easily see the situation of the whole cross street. Effective fire suppression.After carefully observing the buildings on the opposite side of the street, Lu Yuan turned around and walked around again. After confirming the retreat route, he returned to the alley along the back stairs just now.

He found an excellent shooting spot for himself. Lu Yuan was very encouraged by this unexpected harvest. In the next few hours, Lu Yuan took this intersection as the center of a circle and surrounded these streets for a long time. It was a careful wandering around, and re-determined several suitable shooting positions for myself.As the night fell, Lu Yuan, who was hungry, remembered that he hadn't eaten for almost a whole day. A warm meal was Lu Yuan's little celebration for his harvest today.

After having dinner in a Jewish restaurant, Lu Yuan did not immediately return to the hotel where he stayed, but walked into a Jewish shoe store on the street. "I need two pairs of short boots for hunting. They don't need good materials, but they must be strong, preferably black." Lu Yuan explained his request, and the smart boss immediately brought over a dozen pairs of cowhide for Lu Yuan. Short boots, and indicated that Lu Yuan can choose at will.

The short boots used for hunting in this era are actually of the same style. Lu Yuan just picked two pairs at random, and then bought a few pairs of thin leather gloves from here. He didn't expect to meet a big customer when the store closed. A look of joy.Carrying his boots and gloves, Lu Yuan leisurely returned to the hostel where he stayed. If there is no problem with his memory or there is a deviation in history, the day after tomorrow will be the day when war breaks out, and Lu Yuan, who has made all preparations, can only Need to wait quietly for the outbreak of war.

Lu Yuan actually didn't need to enter the Japanese Concession three days in advance, but he was worried that the Japanese army might close the Japanese Concession in advance because they wanted to conceal their attempt to start a war.It was getting late at night, but Lu Yuan hadn't fallen asleep yet, so he soaked in the wooden bathtub provided by the hotel owner with satisfaction, and wrapped in hot water, Lu Yuan thought about whether he was still not prepared enough.Although Lu Yuan's storage space is only one cubic meter in size, his modified rifle can be disassembled, and Lu Yuan did not prepare any large equipment and weapons.

Two modified rifle bodies with the same structure, 6 spare barrels, 400 rounds of Tomosaka rifle bullets that have been fully loaded into the magazine, 20 wooden handle grenades, and 20 Japanese-style oval grenades, these are Lu Yuan’s weapons. ammunition.In addition, in Lu Yuan's storage space, there are a lot of braised pork jerky and flatbread pickles that Aunt Fu prepared for herself. The combat uniform can only be packed in that box.

After pondering for a while, Lu Yuan, who was soaking in the tub, stretched out his hand and patted his head full of remorse. He had prepared almost everything he could think of, but the trauma medicine he had prepared was not brought into the Japanese Concession , is it possible that I have to go back tomorrow?Although he has a full-view map and storage space, Lu Yuan never thought that he would be as invincible as Superman. The battlefield is dangerous, so Lu Yuan had to be afraid of bullets as well.

Making a mistake in his busy schedule, Lu Yuan can only comfort himself in this way, perhaps because of the tension caused by the lack of medicines, Lu Yuan, who hastily jumped out of the bath tub, almost stayed up all night, and re-checked the weapons and equipment he brought into the Japanese Concession one by one over again.After confirming that there were no problems with his weapons and ammunition, that there was nothing wrong with the dry food Aunt Fu had prepared for him, and that there were no problems with the combat uniform, short boots and gloves, Lu Yuan relaxed, only to find that the sky had turned gray.

The first night I spent in the Japanese Concession turned out to be such a failure, Lu Yuan, who had a white belly and bloodshot eyes, was very upset when he saw the fish belly appeared outside the window.After a little thought, Lu Yuan immediately changed his plan and decided not to go back to his residence to get the medicine. He wanted to use this last time to rest well and recharge his batteries to wait for the outbreak of war.

(End of this chapter)