northernbook Chapter 1223 in order of appearance
Chapter 1223 in order of appearance
Bund Wharf
Should he destroy the intelligence gathering center first, or rob the foreigners of their wealth? Li Shaoyi pondered this question for a long time, ultimately deciding to target the Westerners' wealth first. After all, if this money were stolen, the entire Huangpu River area would immediately be in a state of panic.
Although it will affect the subsequent operations, the Japanese are definitely the most capable of robbery. The Westerners will certainly point their guns at the Japanese, at which point the Japanese will be less vigilant, and Li Shaoyi's chances of success will increase dramatically.
"Besides those warehouses over there, have the surrounding warehouses been searched?"
In a dark shadow at the Bund pier, Li Shaoyi had been there for several minutes. His men had been watching the area for days, spending most of their time disguised as laborers, busy around the area.
"The defenses are too tight. No one is allowed to get close except to carry things in. They even killed one of them last night. These people are ruthless. If you dare to approach without their permission, they will open fire no matter what."
"This guy's men are pretty elite, but the foreigners know these things are extremely important, so anyone who dares to approach is shot dead," said a small-time foreman near the dock. "And the guards are all temporary units assembled by various Western countries. These people are said to have originally been marines, so they directly carry out military orders."
Li Shaoyi nodded, indicating his understanding. This was actually quite normal; for Western countries, this wealth was extremely important. The world was changing, and they urgently needed to repatriate this money, as it served as part of their national treasury reserves.
The fleets of various countries are not yet fully assembled, so they must leave in groups. If they leave alone, they fear interception by the Japanese navy. These are the final few days now. In the past few days, dozens of trucks were coming and going daily, carrying goods. Now, those trucks are gone; most are just sitting idle.
"Pay attention to the locations on the map. Form groups of three. I've placed some explosives at these locations. When the warehouse explodes, detonate your explosives immediately. Most of these are Japanese grenades and shells. You've all learned simple demolition techniques, so figure out how to connect them together. I don't need to teach you that, right?"
Li Shaoyi's actions were thorough; he not only smuggled money from Western countries but also framed the Japanese for the financial ruin. If the Japanese didn't understand this, they were in for a world of hurt. With such a large sum of wealth from the Western countries, they would surely fight them to the death.
"Don't worry, Commander, we've already studied this before, these things won't be difficult for us. Also, I've selected a few brothers, would you like to..."
"These people are not needed. I have other arrangements for the operation. You all hurry up."
In reality, only Li Shaoyi was involved in the operation, but he didn't explain this to his subordinates to avoid causing them trouble. Therefore, they believed that Li Shaoyi had another group of people under his command.
According to everyone's thinking, this was quite normal. We couldn't expect our boss to blow up all these large warehouses himself, could we? When he announced it to the public, Li Shaoyi didn't mention that he was coming to rob them, but directly said that he was going to blow up the warehouses, because it was too difficult to transport these things away, so it was better to blow them up.
Dozens of men moved swiftly through the middle of the dock. Their days of hard labor hadn't been in vain; they knew almost every alleyway. And now that it was time to act, they could do things they wouldn't normally dare. If they ran into those patrolling foreign devils and couldn't explain themselves, they'd just go for it.
Even if we are discovered, it will be half an hour later. Let's make sure we're safe for the first half hour. Maybe the commander will have already lit the explosives by the second half hour, and we can then light them and retreat quickly. This mission isn't as difficult as it sounds.
In their view, the real challenge lay with another group of people. Those people wanted to blow up these three warehouses. They had clearly observed over the past few days that the warehouses were heavily guarded, with sentries every three steps and even a large number of people on the rooftops. Planting bombs there would be an extremely difficult task.
At this moment, Li Shaoyi had already grabbed a truck. Li Shaoyi had just decided that no matter how good your agility was, it was impossible to sneak past; you could only wait for the truck to pass by.
After parting ways with his men, a truck happened to be driving by from a distance. Li Shaoyi was clinging to the bottom of the truck and, although he was driving slowly, he was still getting closer to the warehouses step by step.
"Karls, hurry up and unload these supplies. You'll be eating this for the next few days."
After the truck stopped, the driver called out to some guards in the distance. The guards came over, grumbling. To ensure the warehouse's security, the food consisted entirely of fast food; there wasn't much good food at all. But at this time, they had to obey orders. They also knew what was inside the warehouse. For the past few days, no Chinese were allowed to come in; it was all foreign soldiers stationed there.
The warehouse has four main gates, all of which are sealed off. Each gate is guarded by more than a dozen people. Every hour, two supervisors will lead four soldiers to open the gates and go inside for inspection.
Each inspection takes 20 minutes, so each warehouse is only unoccupied for 40 minutes. If Li Shaoyi wants to do something, he only has those 40 minutes.
Li Shaoyi was quite satisfied with the answers his subordinates had given him. He had initially thought they wouldn't get many results from their manual labor here, since they had no access to those in higher positions. However, their investigative abilities were surprisingly good. It seemed that the group Miss Gu had trained was all highly effective. After robbing this sum of money, rewards should be given where appropriate, and further investment should continue.
Li Shaoyi, being from modern society, naturally knew that no money is wasted. As long as you invest in something, your department will definitely grow rapidly within a certain timeframe. After all, money has been spent, and with everyone's enthusiasm, it certainly won't stagnate.