Chapter 1 An Important Message

"Which news?" Zhang Baoting was also intrigued by Lin Fan's words.

Lin Fan said seriously:

"About the clear-text telegram issued by 'our department'.

"The news that the Japanese established the Tenth Army Group on October 20, which will land in Hangzhou Bay on November 5.

"This news is true.

"I know that Ms. He Xiangning is able to talk directly to Mr. Chang.

"Please be sure to tell him: When the situation you least want to see is what it looks like,

"The enemy will work towards that situation.

"As a commander, calculate defeat before you calculate victory.

"Do not have any僥幸(jiao xing) mentality (a fluke mentality); his every decision is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of elite National Army soldiers.

"It is also related to the fate of 400 million compatriots!

"I know that many officers of the National Army have been to Hangzhou Bay for inspection.

"Several graduating thesis of Whampoa Military Academy students were also done on that place.

"All along, their view has been: Hangzhou Bay is shallow and the mud is deep.

"The water network is crisscrossed, which is not suitable for mechanized troops to land.

"What I want to say is: that place is indeed not suitable for mechanized troops to fight.

"It is also not suitable for heavy equipment troops to land, but the Japanese pirates more than 300 years ago landed from that place.

"Their ordinary officers also said after drinking that if they were to attack Shanghai, they would land from Hangzhou Bay.

"Now, just thinking about it, you can understand why the Japanese devils landed in Hangzhou Bay.

"That is, if there is a Japanese infantry of ten thousand in Hangzhou Bay, what will the National Army's defense line face?

"The entire National Army's current Luxi defense line will be attacked from both sides, and the entire line will collapse.

"In addition, today is the evening of the 3rd.

"Please, brothers of the National Army, keep a close eye on the Huangpu River pier. I guess the Japanese navy will assist the landing in Hangzhou Bay.

"Those small steamers and small boats parked on the Huangpu River should sail out of the Huangpu River tomorrow to send their troops to land ashore.

"I hope these words can attract Mr. Chang's attention!"

He Xiangning went over Lin Fan's words in her mind: "I will definitely convey your words."

Zhang Baoting looked at Lin Fan in surprise, and then at He Xiangning.

He knew He Xiangning's ability, and she could indeed talk to President Chang, but would President Chang listen to her on military matters?

The two people walked out of the conference room, and only Lin Fan, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin were left in the entire conference room.

Fortunately, a doctor soon knocked on the door, and only after receiving permission did the doctor come in to bandage Zhang Xiaolin.

Du Yuesheng's heart was now surging.

He only knew a little about the news Lin Fan said from some people: that little bit of news also came from the telegram from "our department."

And some people had also passed a message to Du Yuesheng, hoping that he could check whether this news was true or false.

Du Yuesheng hadn't found a single clue to this day.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly got the news from this Longtou (Dragon Head) Lin Fan.

And he was so sure!

After the doctor went out, Du Yuesheng asked, "Is Mr. Lin's news just now true?"

Lin Fan nodded solemnly: "I also hope it's false.

"Unfortunately, hope always turns into disappointment!"

"What is the source? Can you reveal it?" Du Yuesheng said with a smile.

Now he was no longer concerned about Zhang Xiaolin's affairs.

"I have people in key positions!" Lin Fan smiled.

Lin Fan thought to himself: This is something that has already happened, what can I say?

Saying it like this, the question was no longer easy to ask.

People in key positions, of course, need protection.

Du Yuesheng still had this point.

After thinking about it, Lin Fan decided to give this Shanghai tycoon, who was known as "Five Feet of Heaven in the South of Shanghai, Three Thousand Guests under Duke Du's Door," a shot in the arm.

Lin Fan knew that this person, fearing being purged before liberation, ran to Hong Kong.

The ending was not so good!

Lin Fan wanted to save this person a little.

That's why he said with a smile: "Mr. Du! In life, it is inevitable to do wrong things.

"But as long as the moral integrity is not lost, and you are worthy of this land that gave birth to me and raised me,

"Many mistakes that have been made in the past can be forgiven.

"Duke Zhou feared the days of rumors, and Wang Mang treated the virtuous with courtesy.

"If he had died at the beginning, who would know the truth of his life?

"People will not forget what they have done in the past.

"But people will remember even more what they are doing now and in the future."

Du Yuesheng didn't understand the meaning of Lin Fan's words yet, he just smiled.

Lin Fan continued: "I will stay in Shanghai for a while.

"During this time, I don't want anyone to disturb me.

"I don't want anyone to ruin my affairs even more.

"I hope Mr. Du and Mr. Zhang understand.

"Mr. Zhang was at fault first in what happened tonight, relying on his power to bully others later.

"I was also forced to do it.

"If Mr. Zhang wants to retaliate afterwards, I will accept it.

"But I advise you not to have such thoughts.

"In terms of Jianghu (martial world) status, I am not as good as you.

"Because I never intended to be in the Jianghu, there are only legends about me in the Jianghu.

"When it comes to fighting, I can come and go freely even with the Japanese regular army.

"Not to mention you people."

Lin Fan's words overflowed with contempt for the three tycoons in Shanghai.

He didn't look like he was afraid of their revenge at all!

Zhang Xiaolin had now decided to pay for the matter. As for what happened after leaving this conference room,

He had already decided that this matter could not be left like this.

When A Si went out just now, he should have arranged it according to his wishes.

Now the wounds on his hands and feet have been bandaged, and they don't hurt so much.

Hearing Lin Fan say this, he sneered: "We started out by fighting and killing, and we weren't scared."

Lin Fan sneered: "What you can deal with are just ordinary people.

"They are afraid of you just because they don't have your rogue ways and are not as inhuman as you.

"None of my people are afraid of you. It just so happens that we,

"Can also be inhuman when dealing with the enemy, the Japanese devils.

"Like the people yesterday and this afternoon, even a hundred of them would not be a match for those three people.

"In their hands, there are only the lives of Japanese regular soldiers, and each of them has no more than a hundred.

"Your subordinates, when they meet them, their lives should be cut short.

"These days, they fight the Japanese devils every day, and the murderous aura on their bodies is too heavy.

"They can't hold back at all."

Zhang Xiaolin just sneered: he didn't believe it!

The three-colored tycoon's subordinates could handle things very quickly.

Ji Wudi had been paying attention to the entire scene, especially the third floor, since Lin Fan went upstairs.

She didn't even eat her favorite cake.

Not long after Lin Fan went in, she saw someone enter the conference room on the third floor.

After coming out, the atmosphere on the entire third floor changed.

More people went up to the floor, and these people already had guns in their hands.

Ji Wudi was waiting for them to shoot, so she could take the opportunity to go to the gatehouse to get weapons.

The result disappointed her. Those people were just guarding outside the conference room on the third floor, but no one went in.

Not long after, Huang Jinrong walked out from inside. She had seen this person in the newspaper.

Later, Du Yuesheng also came out, and then went in again.

Ji Wudi already didn't know if Lin Fan was still in the conference room.

She could only wait anxiously for news.

At nine o'clock, Huang Jinrong appeared on the stage on time and began to give a speech to welcome everyone's attendance.

Next was a Peking opera performance by Lu Lanchun.

Many people in the entire theater didn't notice anything unusual.

Zhang Baoting and He Xiangning quietly left after leaving the conference room.

They just greeted Huang Jinrong.

Ji Wudi was not interested in all of this. She was just nervously watching the third floor.

She had already seen a man and a woman walk out of the conference room again.

But after Du Yuesheng went back, he never came out again.

At the same time, those people on the third floor were still so nervous.

Another person went in with a medical kit, which meant that someone inside must be injured.

The three groups of special forces outside were now proceeding according to the original plan.

At nine o'clock, Chen Sichuan led two squads of soldiers and walked out in twos and threes.

They were going to guard the designated location to prepare for the retreat.

Li Xian and Feng Junya discovered that after Chen Sichuan and the others left, many more people came into the Great World.

These people were very different from the previous ones.

These people who came in this time clearly showed their weapons on their waists. They were just short of writing: I am a gangster, I am a rogue, who am I afraid of? on their faces.

Feng Junya felt that something must have happened upstairs.

It was just that he couldn't do anything yet: the company commander's appointment was at 9:30.

When Feng Junya saw someone carrying the leather suitcase he had lost, running upstairs nervously,

He knew that the company commander should have already taken action.

It was just that he didn't know why there was no movement at all.

Should he rush upstairs now?

Feng Junya was very embarrassed: he was afraid that going upstairs now would ruin the company commander's good deeds.

He was also afraid that it would be bad for the company commander if he took action late.

Feng Junya was now very embarrassed!

Before his choice had a result, he saw someone carrying a leather suitcase upstairs again.

This person moved faster, looking sweaty, obviously running away.

Lin Fan opened the two suitcases that were sent into the conference room, took a look, and then closed them.

He smiled and said to the two people in the conference room: "I believe you.

"I believe you will at least not do anything in the Great World."

He looked at the time, two minutes before 9:30.

Lin Fan closed the boxes calmly, carrying one in each hand, and said to the two tycoons: "The Jianghu is far away! We will meet again!

"I hope that by that time, we can still sit down and have a cup of tea."

Du Yuesheng smiled and nodded.

Zhang Xiaolin kept silent!

Lin Fan just walked out in big strides.

As soon as he walked out, Ji Wudi saw him.

She saw Lin Fan walking out of the conference room with a smile, but she couldn't see the boxes Lin Fan was carrying in his hands.

Then Ji Wudi saw the crowd squeezed outside the conference room. Some of them poured into the conference room.

Some rushed towards Lin Fan.

Some people even had knives flashing in their hands. This was sharpening their knives!

Ji Wudi didn't have time to worry about Lin Fan. She remembered firmly: Lin Fan told her to go to the gatehouse and take out their guns when she started making trouble in here.

Then try to send them in.

Now Ji Wudi quickly walked towards the door.

Shang Yuegui, like Ji Wudi, had been paying attention to the conference room on the third floor tonight.

When she saw Lin Fan coming out of the conference room, her heart jumped to her throat:

She had been staring at the door of the conference room all the time, and she didn't see him go in at all.

How did he get in?

Then Shang Yuegui saw many people waving knives and rushing towards Lin Fan.

Then someone fell from upstairs.

On the stage where the opera was being performed, two people suddenly fell down.

When these two people opened their mouths, what they vomited out was not lyrics, but two mouthfuls of blood.

The audience below was immediately frightened.

The entire theater was in chaos all of a sudden.

People rushed out one after another.

At this time, gunshots came from outside.

This was Feng Junya rushing upstairs on time at 9:30.

Huang Jinrong came out of the conference room and strengthened the security of the entire Great World.

Of course, these people would not allow Feng Junya and the others to go upstairs.

Feng Junya didn't hesitate at all: he drew his gun and started shooting!

Like commander, like soldiers.

The commander drew his gun, and the fifty or so people behind him no longer hid.

Ji Wudi had already squeezed out of the theater at this time, and took out her two guns and Lin Fan's two guns from the gatehouse.

It was just that looking at the crowded crowd squeezing out, not to mention a weak woman like her, even a rough man like Liu Laopao would not think about going against the tide.

This was simply not the time for people to squeeze in.

And now those people were crowding out frantically, and some women had already been knocked down.

Looking at it, they were about to be trampled by the people behind.

Ji Wudi suddenly felt compassion, rushed up, grabbed the woman's feet with both hands, and exerted force.

She dragged the person all the way into the gatehouse.

The woman was screaming all the time, her eyes fixed on white legs and big feet.

Looking at each big foot, it was as if it was about to step on her.

Her screams never stopped.

It wasn't until Ji Wudi put down her legs and walked up to her: "Are you okay?"

The woman came back to her senses.

She stood up in embarrassment: "Did you save me just now?"

Ji Wudi smiled embarrassedly: "It was an emergency, and my hands and feet were a little rough."

The woman was very understanding: "You saved my life just now.

"If I had been particular at that time, I would have been trampled to death by these people.

"What's your name, sister?

"What do you do?

"Where do you live?"

Three questions in a row!

Ji Wudi had to answer: "My name is Ji Wudi!"

She didn't plan to answer the last two questions.

"Ji Wudi? Sister, what a good name, your spirit just now was really invincible.

"My name is Yong Chuyun, and my husband is a university professor.

"I live not far from here.

"Sister, come to my house and sit down!"

Ji Wudi saw that the crowd squeezing out had thinned out a little, and immediately squeezed in.

Although Yong Chuyun was just a housewife, she was not a person without discernment.

She saw that the girl in front of her was actually squeezing in, and immediately understood: this was a person with a story!

Just as Yong Chuyun was about to step out of the gatehouse, another group of fierce-looking people rushed into the theater.

She recognized them at a glance: they were all acquaintances!

They were all the people that her husband was thinking about.

In the past few days, although she kept talking about her husband's incompetence,

He couldn't go out to earn money, he only knew how to sit and eat, and only knew how to stay on the balcony at home, watching the fierce fighting on the opposite bank.

But she often looked through her husband's telescope.

She had seen these people through the telescope:

They were the people who were stationed in the Sihang Warehouse!

Weren't they all imprisoned in the refugee camp?

When did they run out?

Her husband still kept talking about sending them something to show his support.

She had to manage his pocket money more strictly.

It seemed that she should let her husband go to see them tomorrow.

These soldiers must not have any food in the refugee camp.

They all ran here to rob!

Yong Chuyun already understood: the girl just now was probably also with them.

The grace of saving her life! Must be repaid!

Go and see tomorrow!

Feng Junya rushed up according to the battle with the Japanese devils.

His team had three squads. After rushing upstairs, he immediately sent two squads to guard outside.

He led the direct team and rushed directly into the theater.

Lin Fan didn't expect that Zhang Xiaolin didn't take his warning to heart at all.

As soon as he left the conference room, he was greeted by teams of thugs.

It seemed that these gangsters didn't intend to alarm the big shots who were attending the banquet below.

They all rushed up with cold weapons.

Lin Fan could only move his feet while carrying the suitcases in both hands.

The control of the feet was always a little worse.

He accidentally estimated the stability of the lower plates of these two people who rushed up.

He used a little too much force, and these two people were kicked over the railing at the same time and fell straight down.

Now he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

At this time, Lin Fan also discovered that those people behind him all rushed into the conference room.

Those people in front of him, however, all attacked him.

Instead of retreating, he advanced and rushed forward.

The fighting upstairs was fierce, and the chaos downstairs was lively.

Huang Jinrong was standing in the opposite box at this time, watching Lin Fan like a fierce tiger descending the mountain.

He was also like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. Zhang Xiaolin's disciples fell one after another like ripe fruits, constantly falling from upstairs.

At this time, Lin Fan had to use his feet hard.

Those people, knowing the difficulty, went up. Lin Fan had just spared a foot.

The man took a few steps back, saw that nothing was wrong, and rushed up with a knife again.

How could this be?

Lin Fan had to let them all go to the bottom floor, so that even if they wanted to rush up again, they would have to run for a while longer.

However, it was obvious that Lin Fan also watched too many TV dramas and was poisoned!

None of those who fell to the bottom floor could climb up.

Not to mention running up and continuing to fight.

Huang Jinrong's subordinates, seeing Lin Fan so brave and Zhang Xiaolin's people obviously not his opponents,

They all looked at him, waiting for the palm-keeper to speak.

Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin also walked out of the conference room at this time. They all saw Lin Fan's back.

Zhang Xiaolin looked at Du Yuesheng. Although he didn't speak, the meaning was clear: Brother! Help a brother!

Du Yuesheng pretended not to understand Zhang Xiaolin's eyes asking for help.

He said to himself: "Everyone is only fighting, this person is not killing."

He was reminding Zhang Xiaolin that Lin Fan had shown mercy.

Zhang Xiaolin felt that this hurt his face. He reached out and took a pistol from A Si's waist.

He aimed at Lin Fan's back and pulled the trigger!