The main thing is that if it can be stable on the surface, the little devil will be very satisfied. No matter how fierce the secret fight is, they don't care. Under this circumstance, an informant lurking inside Wang Puppet passed a piece of information to Fan Keqin.
In fact, now, the intelligence network run by Fan Keqin has taken shape, so the frequency of intelligence acquisition is not too low. But for most of the information, Fan Keqin only needs to convey the content to the headquarters through his own special liaison group.
The intelligence this time was a little different because Fan Keqin needed to personally plan the operation. The content of the intelligence was that Wang Puppet wanted to invite gentry and celebrities from all walks of life to attend the New Year's Eve banquet at the International Hotel.
Fan Keqin did not only have this piece of information, so he combined the content of this intelligence with other information. Based on my own judgment, it is that some people within the Wang Puppet Party have begun to take advantage and want to use the New Year's Eve banquet to attract celebrities and gentry from all walks of life to support them.
In other words, if Wang Puppet really vents his anger internally, it will definitely be detrimental to the war. The more chaotic the Wang puppets are internally and the harder they fight each other, the more advantageous the war will be.
How could Fan Keqin succeed while watching some people within Wang Puppetry? If this group of people really attracted the support of some gentry and celebrities and thus completely controlled the Wang Puppet, it would not be good. Therefore, the best strategy is to attack whichever side is stronger so that they cannot completely conquer the other side.
It's still a month before New Year's Eve. It's not surprising. After all, these people must prepare in advance for a banquet. Fan Keqin got this information about the International Hotel and the specific location, which laid the foundation. Combined with the New Year’s Eve party. It must be the end of the year.
The time and place are all there, although the personnel are not sure who is there. But who does Fan Keqin care about? So he was going to play a big one. But how to play requires careful investigation and planning.
Fan Keqin thought about it for a while, and the first thing he decided was to send someone to investigate. The International Hotel is still open to the public, so we will send a few more people to stay there and investigate the situation inside and outside the International Hotel.
He also thought of going there by himself so that he could better investigate. But going by yourself is still a bit conspicuous, so sending someone there is the best option.
Bai Fengtai quickly arranged manpower and sent three waves of people to investigate, including Xi Chao, who was from the Investigation Department of the Security Bureau. His investigative ability is inherently strong. The Investigation Department's counter-espionage and tracking are biased toward this aspect, and Xi Chao is one of the best.
For this reason, Xi Chao specially disguised himself as a person who came to Shanghai to do business. Wearing a high-end suit, he carried his luggage and went to the International Hotel to get a room.
Investigation does not mean just taking a look. Even the room you live in must be observed thoroughly. It must be comprehensive. For example, how do you know you won’t be able to use your room? Is there any place in your room where weapons can be hidden? If so, do you know if it can be used by then?
Furthermore, what is the layout of an international hotel like and where is the restaurant? Are there any dance halls, bars or other places inside? Where can people be hidden in these places, what are the passages in and out, where is the toilet, whether there is a hanging shed in the room, and what kind of material the hanging shed is made of. The toilets are separate cubicles, or semi-open ones. These things all need to be investigated in detail.
Xi Chao stayed there for about five days, and even actually met with a few businessmen to discuss business. Then treat people to dinner, drinks and so on. Taking advantage of these circumstances, Xi Chao can reasonably go to more places in the international hotel to make his investigation more comprehensive.
Every time after returning to the room, especially before going to bed, Xi Chao would write down the investigation details in a notebook. Moreover, Xi Chao also has a unique skill, that is, he has the skill of painting.
Although he has never really studied, he is very talented in this area. After recording the text information, Xi Chao also drew some of the situations he saw, such as which floor a certain place looked like, the passages before and after, which door led there, and what was behind the door, in a more intuitive way. Come down.
After Xi Chao left the International Hotel, he handed all these things over immediately. It was quickly placed in front of Fan Keqin. Before Xi Chao, there was also a group of people, two people to be exact, who also stayed in the International Hotel. It's just that the time and Xi Chao are different, and they don't live on the same floor. This will make it easier to detect situations in more international hotels.
In fact, after Xi Chao, there was another group of people, but this group of people had just started to take action and entered the International Hotel for investigation, so there was no feedback yet.
Fan Keqin combined the previous wave of people and Xi Chao's investigation. I’ve basically already counted in my mind. Especially Xi Chao's investigation, Fan Keqin felt very comfortable watching. Because this boy's investigation was very detailed, especially the pencil drawings, which were really intuitive. Fan Keqin could even use these pictures to put into Xi Chao's eyes, as if he had seen the places Xi Chao had scouted with his own eyes. Some details in the picture are also clearly drawn on the paper. And some of them are marked with text.
Fan Keqin immediately called Bai Fengtai, and soon Bai Fengtai knocked on the door and walked in. After closing the office door, he sat in front of Fan Keqin and said, "Brother Heng, if you have anything to do with me, please give me your orders."
Fan Keqin handed this information to Bai Fengtai and said, "You take a look first. I have already read it. I have some ideas in my mind. I will discuss it with you. Then you have to prepare some things, equipment and so on."
"Understood." Bai Fengtai said, "Then let me take a look first." He took the information handed over by Xi Chao and began to read it seriously.
After he finished reading them all, Bai Fengtai returned the things to Fan Keqin. Said: "Brother, this Ah Chao is really talented, his investigation is very detailed. We have seen this with our own eyes."
"Yes." Fan Keqin said with a smile: "He completed this reconnaissance mission well, so he will not be allowed to participate in the subsequent specific actions. Otherwise, after participating, he will need to leave Shanghai. Keep him and let him go in the future. He specializes in investigative work."
"Understood." Bai Fengtai nodded in agreement and said, "Brother Heng? Do you have any ideas for specific actions?"
"Yes." Fan Keqin said: "Actually, the first thing I thought of was to use bombs. But with the successive explosions, I guess whether it was the little Japanese or the Wang puppet..."
