After the meeting, the three special agent captains immediately went down to convey the instructions.
Of course, even with the dozen or so backbone party members of the special agent brigade, Wu Han would not tell them all, but would only say that there would be a big operation in the near future to prepare them.
At the same time, Xu Rui called Digua in and asked him to go to the West District again.
It was so late, of course Digua was unwilling to do so, but this was Xu Rui's order and he had to obey it. Immediately, Digua hurriedly went downstairs, stopped a rickshaw on Broadway Road, got in the car and went straight to the West District of the Concession. , the man-powered rickshaw driver rushed all the way, and finally delivered the sweet potatoes to the West District more than two hours later.
The reason why I ran for more than two hours was to make sure no one was following me.
Sweet potato threw two pieces of ocean to the driver, and then entered the Italian military camp.
However, at this time, the Italian military camp had become the headquarters of the patrol battalion.
Here, the British have firmly betrayed the Italians, because during the entire negotiation process between the Lone Camp and Minister Steve, representatives from the United States, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg were present, but Italy was not represented. , this can also be regarded as a small warning to Germany for going back on its word.
Therefore, Steve pretended not to see the patrol battalion occupying the Italian military camp.
Of course the Italian government was very angry. Prime Minister Mussolini openly came forward and threatened the Chinese with war, but no one paid attention to him. Having experienced this before, Chairman Chiang behaved this time when facing the Italians. I had to be much tougher and said directly to the Italian Minister in Chongqing, Klinde, if you have the guts, just come!
Then, there was no more. Italy's strength was simply not strong enough to send an expeditionary force to travel thousands of miles to fight China!
The officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion guarding the gate already knew Sweet Potato, so they let him go directly.
It was already past two o'clock in the morning, but Xie Yuan had not gone to bed yet and was checking the post.
Post inspection is a must-do for grassroots officers, especially company and platoon-level officers. Before going to bed every day, they must go around the dormitory to see if anyone has not returned, or if anyone has escaped? Once there is any abnormality, we can respond immediately. However, there are relatively few inspections by chief officers above the battalion level.
However, Xie Yuan still insisted on checking the post every day, even when he was in custody.
Of course, there was nothing abnormal in the result. The two-year detention not only failed to weaken the morale of the soldiers of the Gujun Camp, but actually made their will stronger!
After returning to the office after checking the post, Xie Yuan saw Sweet Potato at the door.
"Sweet potato, why are you here?" Xie Yuan turned off the flashlight and asked.
Digua said: "Battal Commander Xie, the commander asked me to convey an order to you."
"Order?" Xie Yuan glanced left and right out of habit and asked, "What order?"
Digua said: "The commander asked me to inform you that starting from tomorrow, we will launch a security crackdown in the entire western area of the concession and arrest all those who cheat, kidnap, robber, and murder!"
"That's it?" Xie Yuan said, "Why don't you just find a public phone booth and make a call?"
Xie Yuan is a soldier in the traditional sense, and all he can think about is obeying orders.
If you were to change this to another person, you might ask, why is it that a good person suddenly wants to crack down on security
Because tightening public security is not something that can be achieved easily, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to be invested, and it may cause some trouble. The patrol camp has just been established and has not yet gained a stable footing. In fact, the safest way is to keep a low profile, but... Xie Yuan did not question Xu Rui's order, but just felt that Di Gua did not need to make the trip himself.
"It's better to be careful. Phone calls can easily be eavesdropped by people at the telephone office." Digua shook his head and continued, "Battle Commander Xie, I have conveyed the order. Don't forget to execute it."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Xie Yuan nodded solemnly.
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The next day, the patrol battalion adapted from the Gujun Battalion launched a security crackdown in the western area of the concession.
Here, it must be explained that the public security in Shanghai has always been very chaotic. There are hundreds of people and all kinds of people. What's more, after the Songhu Battle, more than two million refugees poured into the concession, which made the security in the concession even worse. , petty theft is nothing at all, and robberies and murders occur frequently in the streets.
Just yesterday evening, there was a murder case at the gate of the patrol camp. A squire who was said to have escaped from Jiangsu revealed his money when he was buying steamed buns to eat. Two young gangsters from the Qing Gang targeted him, and then he was killed in the street. Robbery and murder, although the patrol camp guards arrived quickly, they were still too late, and the squire was still dead.
After the squire was killed, only a seventy-year-old mother and an underage daughter were left.
What's even more annoying is that the two hooligans escaped punishment because they were familiar with the nearby terrain and disappeared after turning into the alley.
Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a severe crackdown in the western part of the concession.
However, the reason why Xu Rui ordered the patrol camp to carry out a severe crackdown was not only to improve public security, but the main purpose was to obtain a group of death row prisoners! Yes, he needs death row! And what is needed is not one or two, but a group of at least hundreds of people, and even better if there are thousands of people! Although the crime of sneaking, cheating, and abduction is not punishable by death, who put you in this trap? It's only your fault!
The next morning, the patrol battalion was dispatched in large numbers and the crackdown began.
At the intersection of Xiafei Road, a pickpocket had just gotten off the tram and took out the wallet he had just stolen from his pocket. Before he could count the money in the wallet, two heavily armed patrol policemen pounced on him and pressed him down. He fell to the ground, then grabbed his hands and tied them up.
The pickpocket shouted in pain: "Hey, what have I done? Why do you arrest me?"
The two patrolmen didn't pay attention at all, because they had already received instructions from their companions lurking on the tram just now. This was a pickpocket, and it was absolutely impossible to arrest the wrong person.
In a small alley near Fukaisen Road, two young gangsters from the Qing Gang stopped a beautiful female college student. The female college student backed away step by step until she had no way to retreat.
"Hey, girl, where are you going?"
"Did you steal our stuff just now?"
"I didn't steal." The female college student said angrily, "I haven't even seen you."
"You said you didn't steal, so you didn't steal?" One of the hooligans chuckled, "You just stole it."
"That's right, you were the one who stole my wallet just now." The other hooligan even said with a smile, "Otherwise, you let us search to see if you have a wallet on you?"
"You?" the female college student said anxiously, "Shameless!"
"Toothless?" The two little hooligans laughed at the same time, "Toothless is right. If you had teeth, you wouldn't be a monster. We wouldn't dare to look for you, hehe." While talking, the two little hooligans said He also kept glancing at the female college student's lower body with his eyes, and the female college student's face suddenly turned pale.
Just when the female college student thought that she was absolutely unlucky, three patrol policemen with loaded guns suddenly rushed in.
The two hooligans were quite calm at first. The Qing Gang's power in Shanghai is so vast that even the senior patrol officer in the concession must give them face when he saw them. Otherwise, the Qing Gang boss behind them would be divided. He taught them how to behave in just a few minutes, but this time the two hooligans miscalculated.
As soon as the three patrolmen came up, they swung their rifle butts and beat him on the head and face.
"Let you bully female students, let you bully female students. What I hate most are men who bully women." The three patrolmen muttered while beating him violently.
Two hooligans were beaten, but they were still dishonest. One said that my old man was so-and-so, and the other said that my godfather was one of the four kings of the Qinggang. He dared to beat me. I want you to look good when the time comes! But it's useless for the two hooligans to move out the backers behind them. Oh, no, it's still useful.
The effect of this was that the three patrol officers gave him a harder beating.
The two hooligans couldn't stand the beating anymore, so they knelt down and knelt down and begged for mercy, but it was still in vain. Three patrolmen beat the two hooligans half to death, and finally dragged them away like dead dogs.
At the intersection of Bishop Yao Road, more than a dozen gang members from the Ax Gang were fighting with more than 20 young hooligans from the Green Gang.
Since the gang leader Wang Yaqiao was killed, the Ax Gang fell apart overnight and was divided into more than a dozen gangs. At this time, one of the gangs was merging with the Green Gang. Because the neighborhoods where protection fees were collected were highly overlapping, the two gangs There will be a war between people every once in a while, but this time the scale of the war is slightly larger.
As a result, there was a fight, and suddenly there was a flood of footsteps from both ends of the alley.
The more than 30 gangsters who were fighting subconsciously turned around and saw dozens of armed policemen rushing in from both ends of the alley. Moreover, these dozens of policemen were completely different from the policemen they had encountered before. They had batons in their hands, and they would warn before taking action, but these patrol officers had guns in their hands, and without saying a word after rushing in, they shot and killed two young hooligans who tried to resist.
When the remaining hooligans saw this, they quickly put their heads in their hands and squatted down.
After a while, more than thirty hooligans with bruises and swollen faces were escorted out of the alley.
Similar scenes continue to play out in the streets and alleys of the Western Concession. Even the Old West District and the French Concession adjacent to the Western Concession are affected, because there is no clear distinction between the Western Concession, the Old West District and the French Concession. boundary, so the patrol battalion crossed the border and arrested many green-skinned gangsters.
After the news spread, all the young gangsters in Shanghai were panic-stricken. Big gangsters like Huang Jinrong and other youth gangs took action immediately, making appointments and even visiting in person to meet with the police chiefs and inspectors of each concession. These gangster tycoons were afraid that the concession workers would The department was determined to deal with them, and every one of them was extremely anxious.