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Chapter 120 Special Supplies? (Last day, let's use up our monthly votes, brothers!)

Taiyanggou was the Japanese consular district in Lushun.

Lushun was not a large place to begin with, and after being massacred by the Japanese in its early years, its population dwindled even further. However, as the Japanese developed their economy, they absorbed many displaced people.

Only then was the population of Lushun replenished.

Chinese make up 70% and Japanese immigrants make up 30%.

However, immigrants account for 30% of the land area.

Under the cover of night, Chen Zhan and his companion changed their clothes, masked themselves, and entered Taiyanggou.

There is a Long River in Lushun. East of the Long River is a shantytown where Chinese people live, and west of the Long River is a Japanese residential area.

There are hardly any people in the Japanese immigrant residential area at night.

Unlike Fengtian, Lushun was a military fortress. Most of Japan's resources throughout China came from Lushun. The shipyards operated day and night, creating a tense atmosphere, so there was little nightlife.

The Japanese residential areas surrounded and protected the military and political center, which was centered on the "Kwantung Government-General's Office" or "Kwantung Command".

Around the Kwantung Command Headquarters were the Lushun Garrison Battalion, the Lushun Key Port Command Headquarters, the Lushun Infantry Regiment, the Lushun Heavy Artillery Battalion, and the Pulandian Garrison.

Several military headquarters were stationed in all directions.

Of course, only a small portion of the troops were stationed outside the city, as the city could not accommodate them all.

Chen Zhan secretly traversed each area, his five senses sharpened, his gaze sweeping across everything, recording it all in his mind.

The talent of "Spiritual Enlightenment" seems to have also improved his memory.

The two dared not approach, but only observed from a great distance. Each military unit had more than a dozen armed men patrolling 24 hours a day.

If Chen Zhan were truly surrounded by several thousand men, he wouldn't be able to escape.

Chen Zhan's gaze froze slightly, as if he could see through the darkness hundreds of feet deep into the Kwantung Army headquarters.

But it was just an illusion; all that could be seen was that the headquarters was still brightly lit at night.

After calculating the number of Japanese soldiers guarding the military headquarters, he immediately overturned his previous idea.

There are still large troops outside the city. The commotion caused by these few people cannot possibly evacuate the troops inside the city. The Japanese are not stupid. There are at least 20,000 to 30,000 Kwantung Army troops stationed in Lushun. They can easily send out a few large detachments.

Unless they can blow up Huangniwan in Lushun and destroy the deep-water harbor.

But even tens of thousands of kilograms of explosives wouldn't be enough, let alone hundreds of kilograms.

Chen Zhan had no choice but to change his plans, sabotage some railways, and kill as many as he could.

Just as the two were about to leave, the lights in several rooms of the headquarters dimmed, and at Chen Zhan's signal, they stopped again.

After waiting for a while, a number of people came out from different directions. Among them were two men who looked like Japanese officers. The guards along the way saluted them.

And they were heading in the direction Chen Zhan was heading.

As they drew closer, Chen Zhan overheard the two talking in hushed Japanese. He couldn't understand them, but he remembered everything from his memory.

Ye Ningzhen had already drawn her gun, ready to shoot the two at any moment.

Chen Zhan thought for a moment and did not make a move. Instead, he followed them and listened to their conversation, remembering everything.

Until two Japanese officers arrived at the residence.

Chen Zhan instinctively felt that the late-night talks at the headquarters must mean there was some secret matter being discussed.

The two then quietly left. After returning to the inn, Chen Zhan asked, "Do you understand Japanese?"

Ye Ningzhen nodded, "I understand most of it."

Her hearing and memory were not as good as Chen Zhan's; she could only vaguely hear their previous conversation. Unexpectedly, Chen Zhan not only heard it but also remembered it.

"In three days, your Excellency will be escorting you."

Chen Zhan spoke slowly, babbling on and on, repeating himself several times. Ye Ningzhen listened with increasing delight.

"Judging from what those two men said, a high-ranking official was going to Fengtian in three days to report to Tanaka Taro, and they needed to make sure he was well-protected."

"A high-ranking official? Which high-ranking official?"

"He didn't mention his name, but he did mention a general. There aren't many generals in the entire Northeast; he's considered a top-ranking official." Chen Zhan roughly understood, but he wondered why he would go in person to report on his work.
Telephone and telegram are so convenient.

But the specific reasons are impossible to investigate. Anyway, it's an opportunity, so kill them quickly.

Ye Ningzhen then said, "Have you thought it through? For a trip of this level, the security measures must be top-notch. It wouldn't be surprising if there were thousands of Japanese soldiers accompanying and protecting you."

Chen Zhan nodded, "Give it a try. I don't seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes."

Ye Ningzhen didn't say anything more, knowing that Chen Zhan wouldn't act without a reason.

Chen Zhan didn't sleep all night, practicing the Eight-Section Brocade for Strengthening Internal Energy.

Practice the first movement, and your Qi and blood will increase by more than ten strands, until the effect of this movement becomes less effective.

Then move on to the next one, and so on, until you reach the third movement, and dawn breaks.

Full of energy.

While increased strength doesn't nourish the spirit, it can excite people, leaving them feeling refreshed even after a sleepless night.

They drove out of the city and returned to the agreed-upon woods.

Li Yao and Bai Wu were fast asleep in the carriage when they heard Chen Zhan and Bai Wu's footsteps. They were startled awake, grabbed their guns, and jumped in fright.

I only relaxed when I saw familiar faces.

"Hasn't Sister Hua returned yet?" Chen Zhan asked.

"No, it's not time yet. We came back last night," Li Yao said.

"How's it going? How did the calculations turn out?"

"Don't you trust us brothers to handle things? We've already planned everything out," Bai Wu chuckled.

"I don't trust you two to handle things, so tell me quickly."

The two men said dejectedly, "It's more than 40 li from here to Lushun City. It takes half an hour for the train to come here, and by the time the gunfire starts, the main force of the Japanese troops will be here in a quarter of an hour at most."

"At least?"

"At least twenty minutes."

Chen Zhan thought for a moment and concluded that twenty minutes was a conservative estimate. The garrison troops in Lushun could not be fully armed and ready to depart at any time; it would take several minutes for them to be fully prepared.

Soon Sister Hua returned, carrying a map.

It's still a hand-drawn map.

"I contacted the thieves' guild in Lushun and drew this diagram."

Unfold the map; there are three railway lines in total. Lushun is backed by the sea, so the sea routes cannot be marked due to the large number of them.

Of the three railways, the most recent one leads to Fengtian (Shenyang), but its frequency is not fixed because it is a military railway and is only used by the Japanese to transport supplies.

"Any other news?" Chen Zhan asked.

Sister Hua thought for a moment.
"According to the dockworkers, they were very tired recently because they had to transport a lot of things from the sea and work overtime. In order not to delay the time, the Japanese actually gave them an extra two dollars."

"The dockworkers were paid ten yuan a day. The Japanese never paid them more than that, only fined and deducted money from their wages, so those days left a deep impression on me."

"What's been brought in?" Chen Zhan asked.

"I don't know what kind of supplies they are, but they are all wrapped in black cloth and tied up tightly." Sister Hua naturally asked the dockworkers as well.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhan immediately sensed something was amiss. At this point in time, with only a little over a year until the 31 Incident, the Japanese had definitely already begun making preparations.

"How long ago?"

"It took about five days, three of which were transported in a row."

Chen Zhan roughly guessed that the conversation between the two Japanese soldiers the night before last, where the general's report was a pretense, was actually about transporting some special supplies.

Supplies that could be personally escorted by a general?

PS:

(My updates have been less than 10,000 words in the last few days, around 8,000 or 9,000. I'm a bit tired from work, please forgive me.)
(I'm planning to take two days off to watch the 93rd military parade. It'll be a huge event! Let's celebrate the parade for a few more days.)
(End of this chapter)