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Chapter 1031 The French who broke the defense (Hello Dragon Boat Festival, everyone)

Ten minutes after the exchange of fire, several patrol cars from the police station rushed to the scene of the incident with the sound of sirens. The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was the wreckage of a truck that kept exploding.

After the fire brigade finally extinguished the fire, several police officers bent over and shrank their heads, and walked carefully to the rear of the truck, and were immediately stunned by the tragic scene in front of them.

It's not that they haven't seen dead people, nor have they seen horrific murder scenes, but they still can't bear the sight of broken arms and limbs and more than 20 corpses all over the place.

"vomit~"

A newly recruited policeman stumbled to the side of the road and vomited, with a terrified expression.

If this kind of thing was put on Pingshi, it would definitely attract the ridicule of the old police officers, but now the old birds all looked solemn, and there was no sarcasm on their faces.

In fact, even if they were as well-informed as they were, they almost couldn't help it. This was not an ordinary murder. What's more, someone waged a low-intensity war in the French Concession.

In the truck compartment, the burnt and distorted gun barrel is the evidence. Who would use such a big killer in the downtown area, the other party must be a lunatic! !

The French inspector who was waiting for the news outside did not hear the gunshots, and walked in swaggeringly, and then there was another person vomiting profusely by the roadside.

Half an hour later, the heads of various departments of the French Concession Patrol Office, as well as a large number of patrols, arms experts from the French Army stationed in Shanghai, officials from the Public Council, and even British people from the Public Concession gathered at the scene.

The reason why people from the International Settlement would come is because Western countries have a common interest in restraining Japan from continuing to expand in Shanghai, and the second is because of watching the excitement.

It is always a pleasant thing to see misfortunes of others, especially of old rivals with whom they have quarreled, and in this the English have never been left behind.

Since the street lights and lines were destroyed by anti-aircraft guns, the scene was pitch black, and the French dispatched several searchlights to illuminate the site of the exchange of fire.

At the same time, forensic officers from the Public Concession and the French Concession patrol room formed a joint team and began on-site investigations to find traces left by the murderer.

After entering the 20th century, thanks to the efforts of heroes from all walks of life, including but not limited to bank robbers and active community members, Western criminal investigation technology has developed rapidly, and ballistic analysis is one of the most important items.

Experts from Scotland Yard and Saint-Cyr Military Academy used pull cords and thumbtacks to roughly determine the direction of firing through the analysis of damage marks and bullet holes.

The two bombed-out trucks were the main shooting points in this massacre. Most of the casualties, buildings and vehicles damaged at the scene were caused by shooting from these two directions.

As for what kind of weapon it is, arms experts recognized the Surotong S5-106 20mm anti-aircraft gun that was burned beyond recognition at a glance.

It's a pity that the production number on the gun mount was destroyed with corrosive liquid ┴, so it was impossible to find the source of the weapon through this clue, let alone track down the murderer.

Later, the forensic personnel found multiple documents from some "relatively" complete corpses. Among the dead were agents of the Xinguofu Secret Service Headquarters who were in preparation, as well as members of the "Pseudo-loyal Salvation Army".

In particular, the certificate of the deputy commander of the "Pseudo-Loyal Rescue Army" found on a headless corpse directly complicated the situation and made everyone gasp.

Of course, the Concession knew about the situation of the "pseudo-loyalty to save the army". This is a puppet force formed by the Japanese and composed of traitors, hooligans, and gangsters.

But in any case, it was a force with nearly 5 troops. Now that its deputy commander died in the French Concession, will it lead to changes in the situation in Shanghai?

No one knows the answer to this question. The commander of the French army stationed in Shanghai turned pale with fright. No matter how elite his men are, they can't beat a 5-man army. Is France really going to bow to the Japanese dwarfs?

At the same time, combined with the above article, it is found that the possibility of the perpetrators being the national military or intelligence personnel has risen sharply.

After all, there is only one force that can get Swiss anti-aircraft guns in East Asia and has hatred against the Japanese and traitors——Shanshiro.

The problem is, it's useless even if everyone present knows who the murderer is, because there is no evidence, and the murderer has done too well to leave any clues for tracing.

Weapon serial numbers were compromised.

All surfaces have also been cleaned, and the murderer is likely to have been wearing gloves and a hood throughout the entire process, not even a single hair was found at the scene.

Although some shell casings remained on the ground, some of these shell casings came from German-made Mp18, and some came from Thomson.

This means that it is unrealistic to use bullets as evidence to testify against the government, and the officials of the Republic of China in Shancheng who regard lying as their instinct will never admit it.

The detectives of Scotland Yard did not dare to jump to conclusions, and finally said a lot of ambiguous nonsense, which meant only one thing, that is, the murderer must be a professional.

This is crap.

Being able to kill so many people within 5 minutes, and also manipulating anti-aircraft guns, the one who retreated calmly in the end was naturally not an ordinary gunner.

The experts with high hopes didn't find anything in particular, but Kuang Fu'an, who accompanied John Kaiwei, the intelligence chief of the International Settlement, to watch the play saw something.

He walked around the scene a few times, squatted on the ground and carefully examined several corpses, and then returned to Kaiwei to report in a low voice.

"Sir, the murderer has a clear purpose, his actions are quite methodical, and his actions are fierce. He is not an ordinary professional soldier, and it is very likely that the Shancheng military commander did it.

The evidence is on the corpses. Many of the dead were shot at close range after being seriously injured, and the shots were shot multiple times. This is a standard intelligence operation.

In addition, at least 20 or more gunmen appeared on the scene. It is impossible for so many people to suddenly appear and disappear, and there must be corresponding action trajectories.

I think the French can continue to trace along this line, retracing the murderer's entry and exit routes, and maybe they can find something. "

John Kaiwick smiled in satisfaction, and Kuang did not disappoint himself, and was still so resourceful that it was not in vain for him to promote the opponent many times.

However, as a true British gentleman, he didn't need to remind the Frenchman that the conflict between the Japanese and the people of the Republic of China was not something that the public concession should manage.

Besides, the Japanese have been acting more and more aggressively recently, openly provoking the rules of the empire many times, and it is a good thing for Yamashiro to teach them a little lesson.

So let's watch the show, unless the proud Frenchman is willing to bow his head and ask himself for advice, then he doesn't mind sending his most capable men to teach the Gallic Rooster how to investigate the case.

Thinking of this, Kaiwei smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and watched the corpses that had been inspected being carried out one by one, and gained a new understanding of the ruthlessness of the military command.

As the person in charge of Shanghai's underground intelligence trading network, he knew many things, including the surrender of He Xingjian and Chen Mingchu, and Chen Mingchu's confession of personnel in the upper Shanghai district of the military.

Today's exchange of fire, if nothing else, is the military command's revenge for the Japanese raid some time ago. This is what the people of the Republic of China often say.

There were two headless corpses at the scene, one was He Xingjian, and the other was probably Chen Mingchu. It seemed that Chief Dai was quite angry with such a tyrannical method of eliminating traitors.

According to the customs of the Republic of China, parents and the deceased are the most important when they pay attention to the body, hair and skin. Unless the two parties have great hatred, they will not use circumcision.

He squinted his eyes. Maybe they should strengthen the intelligence cooperation with Shancheng. After all, the other party is the owner of this land. It is in the interests of the British Empire to maintain a multi-faceted balance.

the other side.

Seeing that Kaiwei remained silent after listening to his report, Kuang Fuan was not surprised at all, because imperialist countries ┴ never forget that a dog eats a dog.

It was precisely after confirming this that he revealed these most obvious discoveries to Kaiziwei in order to further win the other party's trust.

But there is one thing he didn't say. The murderer, who is suspected to be a member of the military command, is very familiar with the scene. He didn't waste a second during the operation, so he should have stepped on it.

Then there is a question, how does the other party know that the No. 76 convoy will pass by here? Could it be that the military command has a mole at the top of the puppet government?

Only in this way can the attack be explained, and Kuang Fuan silently guesses who the mole will be.

While the two were talking and thinking, forensic personnel searched the second scene.

There's not much to note here except for a shrapnel-damaged car and two dead.

Only the open rear door indicated that there might be survivors. This discovery made the people present lament that it was not easy for the other party to survive an attack of this scale.

It was already late at night with this busy work.

After the forensic doctor cleaned up all the corpses with a shovel, the head of the French Concession Board of Directors discussed in low voice with the military chief for a while, and finally made several decisions.

First, inform the Japanese consulate and the garrison of what happened here, but do not directly contact the "Xin Guofu" to avoid diplomatic disputes.

Second, the patrol room and the military conducted a large-scale search and inspection of the French Concession, with the purpose of finding the murderer and checking for powerful weapons.

This time the murderer used anti-aircraft guns. If this continues, heavy artillery will be used next time. Shanghai and the French Concession do not allow such unruly people to exist.

Third, strictly inspect all personnel and vehicles entering the concession, and strictly prohibit anyone from entering the concession with weapons, not even pistols, for the same reasons as above.

Fourth, disclose part of the case, request the support of local French criminal investigators and intelligence personnel, "must" solve the case, and give the people in the concession a bright future.

Whether this fourth point is true or not, no one knows, anyway┴The person in charge of the police station in the French Concession said so to the reporters who came to interview, and his attitude was extremely firm.

Just as the patrolling master was criticizing the cruelty and barbarism of the murderer, a few black shadows quietly appeared on Joffre Road, the main road in the French Concession, and hung something on the telegraph pole.

The next morning.

The major newspapers in the concession published this explosive news one after another. Anti-aircraft guns were used in the exchange of fire in the city. What does this represent? It represents sales.

Sure enough, all the newspapers were sold, and the citizens were discussing who did it. Some said it was the government, some said it was the underground party, and some said it was the Japanese.

In particular, the last guess is the most marketable. The Japanese often do this kind of thing, and people’s favorite is always conspiracy theories.

The hotspot was successfully transferred, and everyone in the French Concession breathed a sigh of relief, but within half an hour, a new piece of news broke the French defenses.

——Two bloody heads were hung from the telephone pole on Xiafei Road, and there was a banner next to the heads, with a few large characters written in blood on it: This is the fate of traitors!
It is true that He Xingjian and Chen Mingchu died tragically, but since ancient times, how many people would sympathize with this heinous scum who recognized a thief as his father.

Including their masters, they are just using them. When the surplus value is squeezed out, they will also discard He Chen Zhiliu like a shoe, just like toilet paper for wiping their buttocks.

Treason to the enemy will never have good results.

The truth will not disappear just because they are good at hiding. The trial of history will firmly engrave the names of the traitors on the pillar of shame!

(End of this chapter)