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It's the morning of April 12th, 1927 in Shanghai, China.

At the sound of a distant whistle, hordes of gangsters known as the Green Gang flood the city's streets.

In their hands are a mix of batons, guns, and swords.

At the head of the pack is one of the gang's leaders, Du Yashong. Normally, the Green Gang focuses on Shanghai's drug and sex trade. But when called upon, and compensated, the gang often

serves at the enforcement arm of China's ruling nationalist party.

Recently, Yishong and his gang agreed to help nationalist leader Changkai Shik purged the city of communists.

And today they take action.

Throughout the streets, members of the Green Gang storm the areas' communists control buildings and safehouses

and open fire on their

inhabitants. In front of him, a group of Yashong's gangsters beat down the door of a communist-controlled

district office. Yashong grips his gun in anticipation. As the door in front of him bursts open,

Yashong runs, his gun raised.

Quickly, he seizes as many workers as he can at gunpoint and marches them into the street.

There, a line of gangsters already stands waiting,

swords at their sides.

Yashong pushes the workers toward them.

And as he does, he sees the residents

have already flooded the streets in confusion.

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