Tang Cheng, who was looking for surveillance records on the way back, had no interest in the gangsters outside the small building, so after going downstairs, he just quietly left along the way he came. A few minutes later, Tang Cheng returned to the alley where he met Xu Huanshan by chance. He leaned against the courtyard door and listened for a while, then stretched out his hands to climb up the wall and climbed into the courtyard. With the help of the light from the window, Tang Cheng, who had fallen into the yard, moved lightly to the window sill, and Xu Huanshan's voice came clearly from the window.
"Old Tan, the organization sent me to Shanghai this time, and there is another task for me..." Tang Cheng, who was squatting outside the window, just confirmed that Xu Huanshan was in the house, and then stretched out his hand without waiting for Xu Huanshan to finish. He knocked on the window three times with his left hand. Xu Huanshan and the two people in the room were horrified by the sudden knocking sound. Xu Huanshan turned off the light and saw that the thin old Tan had also taken out his pistol. The two listened attentively, but what happened outside the door? There was no movement.
Lao Tan, who was standing sideways behind the door, slowly stretched out his left hand and suddenly opened the door. There seemed to be nothing in the yard. A confused Lao Tan walked out of the room with a pistol in hand, only to find a small cloth bag on the window sill. . "Exposed, evacuate immediately!" There were seven big characters written on the note on the cloth bag. Old Tan, who didn't know what was going on, returned to the room with the cloth bag and the note, and brought the cloth bag. What Xu Huanshan and the two saw were used A dozen pieces of paper written in Japanese.
This is a secret stronghold of Shanghai's underground party. Xu Huanshan and Lao Tan are not the only ones here. Among Lao Tan's people, there are those who are proficient in Japanese. "This is a surveillance record!" Lao Tan's people who were proficient in Japanese gave Lao Tan and Xu Huanshan a positive answer after reading the dozen pieces of paper. Comparing the words "man in top hat" and "middle-aged man with beard" that appeared many times in this surveillance record, Xu Huanshan and Lao Tan looked at each other, and they had already concluded in their hearts that this surveillance record was definitely related to them. Thinking about the note again, Xu Huanshan and the other two became distraught. This place must have been targeted by the Japanese.
"Although we still don't know whether the person who reported to us is an enemy or a friend, judging from these things, the other party's purpose is just to remind us!" Xu Huanshan pointed at the surveillance records on the table with his hand. "These things should come from the hands of the monitors. Let's tentatively infer that someone is monitoring here, but the monitors were discovered by a third party. In Shanghai, the only ones who dare to go against the Japanese are some institutions of the Kuomintang, not counting us. Lao Tan, this is not the time to be impulsive, I think we should withdraw first!"
It is very difficult for Shanghai's underground party organizations to survive. Not only do they have to face the pursuit of the Japanese, they also have to face the encirclement and suppression by the Central Government. Xu Huanshan's judgment was a bit ambiguous, but Lao Tan already had a vague guess in his mind, but now was not a good time to pursue this. The most important thing was to evacuate the people here immediately. Thanks to Tangcheng's tip-off, the Shanghai underground party's silent stronghold in this alley had been safely evacuated before the concession patrol arrived.
A surveillance point arranged by the Special High School Class in the concession was taken away. Two members of the Special High School Class in charge of the surveillance point were also killed at the surveillance point. Oshima Ueno, who came after hearing the news, appeared in the small When I was in the courtyard of the building, I learned that the surveillance records had also been taken away. "Nani? There are no surveillance records and a telescope? This is a bit interesting!" Looking at the two corpses carried out by his men from the small building, the frowning Oshima Ueno said to himself, after a few breaths , Oshima Ueno suddenly reacted.
"Quick, send someone to the alley over there immediately to see if the surveillance target is still there!" A dozen special agents of the Special High School Division who followed Oshima Ueno into the concession quickly rushed into the alley, broke in, and then they It was discovered that the surveillance target who originally lived here had long since disappeared. "They must have left in a hurry. There are still a lot of water stains on the well platform and here in the yard, and there are also embers of burned paper in the furnace. Could it be that our surveillance operation was discovered by them?" Shima Ueye looked thoughtful and looked back and forth in the yard for a while with his hands behind his back. He had no clue at all and had to lead people back to the small building.
Oshima Ueye's men who stayed in the small building had successively found warheads from two corpses. When they learned that the bullets that killed the two men were Mauser pistols, Oshima Ueye finally understood what he had been in a daze before. What's up. In the izakaya murder case, the murderer used Mauser pistol bullets. In the murder of the concession patrol leader a few days ago, the murderer also used Mauser pistol bullets. Now, it is Mauser pistol bullets that killed two members of the Special High School Course. Oshima Ueno thought quickly in his mind.
Could it be said that it is the same group of people who committed this series of cases? Thinking of the mysterious disappearances of the surveillance targets in the alley, Oshima Ueno gradually connected this series of events. "Oshima-kun, are you saying that these things are all the work of the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party?" Ogasawara, the head of the Intelligence Section of the Super High School, was a little unconvinced after hearing the news. "Oshima-kun, just relying on the bullets found at the scene doesn't seem to be able to explain the problem. You know, there are tens of thousands of these Mauser pistols in China, and the landlords in northern Jiangsu have three or five in their homes. This Mauser pistol they call a box gun."
Ogasawara is the head of the Intelligence Section of the Shanghai Headquarters of the Super High School, and this surveillance point was deployed at his suggestion. Knowing the strength of the Shanghai Underground Party, he simply does not believe that the Shanghai Underground Party would have such a secret force in its hands. . "Oshima-kun, if the Shanghai underground party has such an armed force, why did they still lose one after another in previous encirclement and suppression operations? Therefore, I do not agree with your inference just now. There may be a third force involved. Maybe it’s one of them.”
Ogasawara didn't know that his casual remarks were basically close to the truth. At the moment, Oshima Ueno was angry that Ogasawara was going against him, and he didn't think carefully about what Ogasawara just said. However, someone died in the special high school class, and this matter must be strictly investigated. The gangsters who were temporarily called in by the surveillance point became the targets of Ogasawara and Oshima Ueno's interrogation. Ignorance is a perfect way to describe these gangsters. In fact, they really didn’t know anything. Even though there was only a wall between them, they were wandering in the street and did not hear anything in the small building. Gunshots were heard.
"I still made the judgment I just made. These people said they didn't hear any gunshots coming from the small building. This is consistent with some of the situations in the Izakaya murder case." Oshima Ueno's persistence and stubbornness made Ogasawara a little unable to calm down. Taiwan, but at this moment, Ogasawara also began to believe in Oshima Ueno's judgment. The gangsters who were temporarily borrowed by the surveillance point were already tortured to death by the torture methods of the Special High School Class, but their answers were unanimous. of.
"If that's the case, then report it!" Ogasawara, who was undecided, thought about it again and again, and finally had to make a vague decision. Ogasawara intended to report Oshima Ueno's inference, and he also had his own little plan. The Izakaya massacre shocked the entire garrison's top brass. As an intelligence department, the Shanghai Headquarters of the Special High School has continuously received orders from the garrison's top brass and the local government to solve the case as soon as possible. If Oshima Ueno's judgment is followed, one of the masterminds behind the Izakaya massacre was the Shanghai underground party. If this judgment is recognized by the superiors, it may be possible to get the Shanghai headquarters of the Super High School out of its current troublesome predicament.
Tang Cheng, who had already returned to his residence safely, did not know at this moment that he had set fire to the Shanghai underground party. In fact, even if Tang Cheng knew about the plans of the Shanghai Special High School, he would probably just laugh it off. As for Hans, early the next morning, Hans asked people to buy newspapers issued by major newspapers, but found no information related to Henry. However, he was not without some gains. News came out from inside the concession patrol room that had been accepting bribes from him. Last night, an accident occurred at a surveillance point deployed by the Special High School in the concession and two people died.
"This little guy is really restless!" When he first heard the news, Hans associated the news with Tangcheng for no reason. "Who else could he be? I have long inferred that that kid has some kind of connection with Nanjing. Now it seems that my guess is correct. The purpose of that kid coming to Shanghai is to target the Japanese." Hans I got up and rummaged through the old newspapers I had sorted out before, and soon found the newspaper that published the gunfight on the streets of the concession more than a month ago.
"Let's take a look. This is the purpose of that kid coming to Shanghai." Hans threw the newspaper he found to his companion sitting across the table, and specially stretched out his finger to tap a report on the front page. "Regarding this report, the newspaper said it might be a fight between two groups of cigarette dealers, but my insider said that the actual situation was that the Japanese ambushed a special envoy from Nanjing in the concession. The special envoy from Nanjing was seriously injured and was detained by the intelligence department. He was sent to St. Ann's Hospital in the concession in Shanghai for treatment, and his whereabouts are now unknown."
"My people went to St. Ann's Hospital to check the information. This Nanjing special envoy should be the boy's uncle. Joseph also said that the boy is in Nanjing and has a close relationship with the Intelligence Department. Do you still remember that the boy has never been in Nanjing? I bought an mp18*** here. In the case in Hongkou District, the murderer also used an mp18***. I believe this is definitely not a coincidence. But I still don’t know how that kid did it. Yes, Hongkou District is a place tightly controlled by the Japanese army."
Hans's companion did not interrupt Hans' judgment. If he only relied on the newspaper reports and Hans's inferences just now, Tang Cheng, who was described by Hans as a highly skilled man, was definitely the murderer of the izakaya murder case. But there is another unexplainable thing here, and that is Tang Cheng's age. According to the news sent back by Joseph from Nanjing, Tang Cheng has just turned eighteen this year.
Bowman, who just came to Shanghai from Germany, would never believe that a young man who was just eighteen years old would have the courage to sneak into the Hongkou District, which was tightly controlled by the Japanese army, and also have the ability to clear out more than 50 people in an izakaya. life. However, Hans's inference also made Bowman somewhat interested in Tang Cheng. Knowing that Tang Cheng might come to Hans's restaurant today, Bowman also waited in the restaurant early, looking forward to meeting Tang Cheng. .
