The extremely tragic Songhu Battle lasted only three months and came to an end. At this time, except for the concession, all other parts of Shanghai were already controlled by the Japanese army. The brutal fighting that lasted for three months left Shanghai full of refugees. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau of the Concession had to mobilize the police and the army to set up checkpoints on the passages connecting the outside of the concession to prevent a large number of refugees from flooding into the concession. While the Japanese army in Shanghai was busy checking for missing information and most people were turning their attention to Nanjing, a young man named Shi Shiran carrying a black suitcase appeared at the Shanghai pier.
Coming to Shanghai again, Tang Cheng felt very emotional. Tang Cheng, who took the waterway from Chongqing, did not go directly to Shanghai. Instead, he went to Guangzhou first, and then took an American cruise ship from Guangzhou to Shanghai. "Mike, long time no see!" Hans, who had just gotten off the cruise ship and was already waiting on the pier, came up to him. The other person's wink made Tangcheng not do anything unusual in addressing Mike. The two immediately hugged each other in a Western style, and Hans whispered in Tang Cheng's ear, "There are too many spies on the dock, so you must be careful in everything."
Only then did Tang Cheng notice that there were indeed some strange-looking people on the pier. Needless to say, these suspicious people should all be spies from the Japanese intelligence department. "Although the war is over, the Japanese have not completely controlled all areas except the concession. The dock is an important area controlled by the Japanese. These spies should be their people." Hans reached out and took the Tangcheng bag. Carrying the black suitcase, the two people left the dock with the flow of people.
"After receiving your telegram saying that you were coming to Shanghai, I forged an identity for you." After the two got in the car, Hans took out a passport and handed it to Tang Cheng. "You are a Chinese American who has just come to Shanghai. Your external identity is the agent of Langhua Company in China. The concession is now very strictly controlled. Without such an identity, you will have trouble moving around in the concession." Hans' explanation made Tang Cheng frowned slightly. He had never thought that the situation in Shanghai had become so serious.
"Very good, it's not bad to have such an identity. When I come to Shanghai this time, I may stay for a long time." Tang Cheng was talking to Hans who was driving, while looking out of the car window, he saw the people leaving the pier. Along the way, Tangcheng has seen too many refugees. In a daze, Tang Cheng recalled the scene when Zhang Jianghe said goodbye to him. Perhaps Zhang Jianghe at that time did not expect that Shanghai would become what it is now.
With Hans around, Tang Cheng passed the concession checkpoint very easily. After the car entered the concession, the order seemed to be much better, but the refugees that could be seen everywhere still made Tang Cheng feel heavy in his heart. Damn the Japanese, they are responsible for all this! Anger slowly rose in Tang Cheng's heart. The residence Hans prepared for Tangcheng was still the same bungalow he had lived in in Shanghai last year, except that the people and things had changed, and the cook and housekeeper working in the bungalow at that time had been replaced.
"Edmund has been in Shanghai for several years. Mary is his wife. They are both trustworthy people." Although Tang Cheng did not strictly explain in the telegram what he meant by coming to Shanghai, Hans knew that Tang Cheng would not take it easy. Believing others, seeing Tang Cheng secretly sizing up Edmund and his wife, he spoke out to vouch for them. Hans's words made Tang Cheng understand. It seemed that even if the foreign couple were not Hans' people, they should have some kind of relationship with Hans.
The furnishings in the bungalow had not changed at all, which made Tang Cheng, who revisited his old place, sigh with emotion. He had spent two months here with Zhang Jianghe. "You didn't say in the telegram why you came to Shanghai this time?" Tang Cheng and the two sat down in the study room upstairs. Hans asked impatiently the reason why Tang Cheng came to Shanghai. When he saw it, It turns out that the seemingly harmless Tangcheng is actually a dangerous gun.
"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble when I come to Shanghai this time!" Tang Cheng took the cigar from Hans, turned around and sat down on the sofa. "I was living well in Chongqing, but some people didn't want me to live a leisurely life, so they wanted to drag me into trouble. I couldn't afford to offend those people, so I had to come to Shanghai for a while. Of course, Shanghai It can't be in vain, I always have to do something." Tang Cheng didn't want to hide it from Hans. After all, he needed Hans' help to do things in Shanghai.
Tang Cheng didn't want to explain the purpose of his trip clearly, and Hans couldn't continue to press him. After chatting with Tang Cheng for a while, Hans said goodbye and left. Looking around at the furnishings in the study room, it was still the same as before. Tang Cheng stood up and locked the door of the study room before opening the black suitcase he brought to Shanghai. The firearms that Tang Cheng needs to use are all placed in the carry-on equipment bag, but the carry-on equipment bag has a weight limit, so all the extra weapons he brought are in this black leather suitcase.
"Oops! I forgot to ask Hans for a pistol!" Tang Cheng's usual pistols and rifles had been leaked when he attacked the Central Command stronghold in Chongqing. This time when he came to Shanghai, Tang Cheng did not bring those two weapons with him. A pistol and a rifle, and only a Mauser rifle and a large amount of rifle ammunition in the carry-on equipment bag. With rifles and guns, Tang Cheng also needed two pistols for close combat, but he just forgot to mention them to Hans.
After confirming that no one was outside the door, Tang Cheng moved the bookshelf on the left side of the study room and stored the contents in the box in the hidden compartment behind the bookshelf. "Edmund, I'm going out to meet a friend. I'll be back before dinner. If anyone calls me, please ask them to call me during dinner." Tang Cheng, wearing a coat and a top hat, came down from upstairs. , happened to meet the butler Edmund coming out of the kitchen, and casually said something. Tang Cheng had just arrived in Shanghai, and he was going to see two secret contact points assigned to him by the Intelligence Department. One of them was dedicated to issuing tasks to Tang Cheng, while the other was dedicated to providing the equipment and intelligence Tang Cheng needed.
After leaving the residence and walking to the main street, Tang Cheng called a rickshaw and circled around the area where the residence was located. After confirming that no one was following him, Tang Cheng told the rickshaw driver the real destination. The first place Tangcheng went to was in the public settlement. It was a grocery store. Not far from it was the patrol house of the public settlement. There was still some distance from the grocery store, but Tang Cheng had already gotten off the rickshaw, blended in with the crowd and walked forward. Tang Cheng then turned around and entered the grocery store on the street. The business of the grocery store was pretty good. When Tang Cheng entered, there were two middle-aged women who looked like housewives shopping in the grocery store.
Tang Cheng glanced at it casually, then stood at the counter and pointed to the place where the cigarettes were placed, "Bring me three packs of cigarettes, two packs of Lao Dao, one pack of Hardmen, and give me three boxes of matches." Hearing Tang Cheng Cheng's voice came from the grocery store owner who was weighing sweets for the two housewives. He glanced at Tang Cheng out of the corner of his eye. Tang Cheng's transformation just now doesn't sound strange, but it's actually a code for coming here to join forces. After getting the cigarettes, Tang Cheng did not pay and leave immediately. Instead, he opened a pack of Laodao cigarettes and smelled them. Then he opened the pack of Hardman, took out a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking. Tang Cheng's actions at this moment were naturally part of the secret code for the connection. When the two housewives left, the grocery store manager immediately changed his face.
"I received the order from above three days ago. I didn't expect you to show up today!" The grocery store manager pretended to find change, while rummaging through the money drawer, he whispered to Tang Cheng. "The Japanese have made a lot of moves recently, and many of our strongholds in the concession have been destroyed. What I mean above is that we need to give the Japanese some color in the near future." What the grocery store shopkeeper said, "show some color", Tangcheng Knowing what this sentence meant, he nodded lightly but did not speak.
"You follow this address and go to Boss Yu. He will tell you the specific content of the mission. Boss Yu will also help you think of any equipment you need. But don't have too much hope. There are a lot of Japanese equipment on the black market. Secret agent, weapons and equipment are not as easy to obtain as before." The grocery store manager's voice was very soft. If Tang Cheng didn't listen carefully, he wouldn't be able to hear what he just said. Reaching out to take the change from the grocery store shopkeeper, Tang Cheng immediately turned around and left without taking away the three packs of cigarettes on the counter. Tang Cheng didn't want to come into contact with these lurking personnel from the Intelligence Service in Shanghai. He knew that having too many people might not be a good thing. Tang Cheng was also worried that he would be betrayed to the Japanese by these guys.
After leaving the grocery store, Tang Cheng just turned around the corner and called a rickshaw. In about a cup of tea, Tang Cheng had already arrived at the address given by the shopkeeper of the grocery store. "Jiangnan Tea House!" Tang Cheng, who was standing on the street, looked up at the sign of the shop in front of him. He didn't expect that Boss Yu was running a tea house. "Excuse me, is Boss Yu here? I came from Hangzhou, and Boss Yu's third uncle asked me to bring him a message." Walking into the teahouse, Tang Cheng went straight to the only middle-aged man in the teahouse. As expected, the middle-aged man who was approached by Tang Cheng was the boss Yu mentioned by the shopkeeper of the grocery store. When he saw the copper button quietly revealed in Tang Cheng's right hand, Boss Yu was slightly stunned and made up a random reaction. come over.
He was carrying a message for the boss's third uncle, who was naturally someone close to him. The clerk in the store did not pay too much attention to Tang Cheng. He followed Boss Yu into the warehouse behind the tea house. Tang Cheng's nerves that had been tense were finally relieved. Relax. After the two exchanged a few words, Boss Yu took out a file bag from a secret compartment in the warehouse and handed it to Tang Cheng, "This is the first target. It contains basic information about the target. Once you have read it, destroy it on the spot. good."
"You should remember the information here first. I still need to confirm the specific time to do it. If there are any weapons and equipment you need, tell me first and I will try my best to help you prepare them." Just like what the store owner said, Yu The boss also looked embarrassed about the preparation of weapons and equipment. Upon seeing this, Tang Cheng did not mention any excessive demands. He just asked Boss Yu to prepare two pistols for him, but he asked for a hundred rounds of bullets.
