Just when Tang Cheng and Hans were in the restaurant office, exchanging eye-rolls and arrogant expressions at each other, Bai Zhanshan, who was hiding in the French Concession, had just learned about what happened in Hongkou District. "This is too exaggerated!" Although the news he received happened a few days ago, Bai Zhanshan was still shocked by the news he had just received, because he could not imagine how anyone could have such courage. , bloodbathed the officers’ club in Hongkou District!
Especially when he learned that more than a hundred people died in the officers' club on the night of the incident, and even more were injured. Moreover, among the people who died that night at the Officers Club, more than half were Japanese military officers, and the one with the highest military rank was actually an Army Major General. "Send a report to the headquarters immediately!" Compared with other people in the military command, Bai Zhanshan obviously lacked political sensitivity, but he was not a fool, so he immediately used the radio to report the matter to the military command headquarters.
Like Bai Zhanshan, the military command headquarters immediately went crazy after receiving the telegram. Among the many assassination operations planned and implemented by the military commander in the past, only two-thirds were successful, and among the two-thirds that were successful, the ones with the highest military rank and position were only Japanese military officers at the rank of aide-de-camp. However, Bai Zhanshan claimed in the telegram sent back from Shanghai that in the attack that took place in Shanghai's Hongkou District a few days ago, the person with the highest military rank and position on the Japanese death list was actually a major general of the Japanese Army.
After Tang Cheng left Chongqing, he never took the initiative to contact the military commander. The military commander's secret contact point in the Shanghai Concession also never saw Tang Cheng. But the bureau chief of the military command was extremely firm in his belief that the attack mentioned in Bai Zhanshan's telegram must be related to Tangcheng. "This kid is just like a monkey. Hongkou District is the actual control area of the Japanese army in Shanghai. He dares to get in and cause chaos. It seems that I didn't make a mistake in asking him to go to Shanghai in the first place!"
Zhang Jiang and Wen Yan, who were sitting opposite the bureau seat, only slightly twitched their brows before returning to their previous indifferent expressions. "Xiao Wu is a person who doesn't like to use his brain. If you look at what he did during his time in Chongqing, you can tell what kind of person he is! I sometimes think that when I was his age, But he is still fighting and fooling around with others at home! But look at him, he may be reckless and look a bit like a young man!"
Zhang Jianghe's words sounded like he was picking on Tang Cheng's shortcomings, but after careful consideration, what Zhang Jianghe just said seemed to be excusing Tang Cheng. The bureau leader is also a thoughtful person. How could he fail to hear the profound meaning in Zhang Jianghe's words? He immediately shook his head and chuckled. "Okay! No need for you, the elder, to cover for him and make excuses for him! I dared to send him to Shanghai to do things, so I naturally believed in him! And the facts have proved that I was extremely correct in sending him to Shanghai."
Although the Shanghai Station has not yet fully recovered to the state it was in two years ago, its ability to collect and transmit intelligence has not been completely lost. What happened in Shanghai during this period has been received by the Military Command Headquarters. "We have sent quite a few good people to Shanghai, but none of them can be like that kid. The Japanese people making trouble in Shanghai are restless. The Shanghai Station made a rough calculation. In the recent period, Shanghai The extra-high school class lost at least 130 people.”
Mr. Kazata, who had a smile in his eyes, tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers, and there was a hint of excitement in his tone. "130 operational plainclothes, this has almost paralyzed the Shanghai Special High School! That is to say, that boy is unwilling to join the military command. Otherwise, I will push him to the rank of major this time and give him an independent force at the headquarters. The establishment of the action team!" The bureau chief's words made it difficult for Zhang Jianghe to answer, because Tang Cheng had refused the bureau chief's solicitation several times.
The bureau chief knew what Zhang Jianghe was thinking, but the bureau chief was really happy at the moment, because Tang Cheng's performance in Shanghai was remarkable, allowing him to score a lot in front of the chairman. "His attack on the Officers' Club in Hongkou District was a bit big this time. The Shanghai Station has already detected that the Japanese put pressure on the Concession Industry Bureau. They asked the Concession Industry Bureau to open the right of arrest to the Special High School. In other words, the Special High School Gaoke wants to gain the right to arrest at will in the concession!”
The news revealed by the Bureau made Zhang Jianghe's original good mood disappear in an instant. If the Special High School had the power to arrest people in the concession at will, not only the Shanghai Station, but also Tangcheng, who is still stranded in Shanghai, would be equally dangerous. . "When I sent that kid to Shanghai, I promised him three months, but looking at the current situation, I think it's better to let him come back! The headquarters will send another group of people to Shanghai. Shanghai Station The recovery will also be accelerated!”
Zhang Jianghe secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Only then did he understand why the bureau chief asked him to come to the military command headquarters today. It has been almost two months since Tang Cheng left Chongqing. Although the veteran police officers did not slack off in their work during Tang Cheng's absence, Zhang Jianghe always felt that Tang Cheng was not around, and it seemed that many things could not be done perfectly. . The bureau chief finally relaxed, which meant that Tang Cheng would be back soon. Zhang Jianghe's eyes turned red unknowingly.
Tang Cheng, who was still far away in Shanghai at the moment, did not know that the bureau chief had planned to recall him to Chongqing. At this time, Tang Cheng was standing at a street intersection in the French Concession, looking up at a building not far from him. According to the information provided by Hans, the building under observation in Tangcheng was the headquarters of a Portuguese arms dealer. This Portuguese arms dealer opened a trading house in the concession to disguise himself. Hans had found out that this Portuguese arms dealer actually worked for the British intelligence service.
Although Hans arranged for his family to come to China to escape the chaos, he did not forget that he was still a member of the German intelligence agency. Before the worst situation came, Hans still needed to work for the German intelligence agency. Before Tang Cheng left Shanghai, he helped Hans destroy the Portuguese stronghold in the concession. This was Tang Cheng's return for providing intelligence support to Hans. Tang Cheng stood at the street entrance and watched for a while. From the corner of his eye, he noticed someone looking towards him, and then he merged with the crowd and entered another street.
Tang Cheng had just noticed that someone was watching him, so he judged that this Portuguese should have posted sentries outside his stronghold. Detouring along the next street to the other end of the street, Tang Cheng, who had changed his clothes, followed the two students and returned to the street. When he was still some distance away from the Portuguese trading house, Tang Cheng got into a shop on the street. Through the shop's street window, Tang Cheng clearly saw two suspicious men across the street.
The two people Tang Cheng identified as suspicious were both foreign men. Unlike the other foreigners Tang Cheng saw in the concession, the two foreign men Tang Cheng was looking at at the moment had obvious military markings on their bodies. breath. Could it be someone from the British military? Tang Cheng, who was in the shop, was a little confused. This was a concession, and the British had a small army here. Since the British have troops stationed in the concession, why are there military personnel in civilian clothes appearing here?
Judging from the demeanor of the two foreign men at this moment, they were obviously paying attention to the situation in this street. It seemed that they were doing screening work secretly. Tang Cheng kept this in mind. After buying something casually in a small store, he left the street the same way he came. Before the situation was fully understood, he didn't want to alert the enemy. "Are you sure you are seeing someone from the military?" Hans on the other end of the phone subconsciously raised his voice.
People suspected of being from the military appeared around the target. This was not good news for either Hans or Tang Cheng. Hans, in particular, hesitated even more. He wanted to get rid of the Portuguese who was secretly working for the British intelligence agency, but he did not want to attract the attention of the British military. Tang Cheng in the phone booth didn't wait for Hans' reply, so he immediately spoke up and gave Hans a suggestion.
"Hans, I don't plan to contact you again for 24 hours from now! If I were you, just forget everything and concentrate on playing the role of a restaurant owner. I will contact you again at this time tomorrow ! Wait for my good news!" What Tang Cheng wanted to express sounded a little confusing. Before Hans on the other end of the phone could speak, Tang Cheng had already hung up the phone.
Tangcheng is not Hans, so there is no need to consider all aspects of the situation like Hans. Hans didn't know that what Tangcheng was best at was not killing people in surprise attacks, but sneaking in quietly. No matter how many people the Portuguese deployed outside his residence, as long as Tang Cheng was willing, he would always be able to kill him. After hanging up the phone, Tang Cheng did not return to his residence, but found a place to have lunch first.
An hour later, Tang Cheng returned to this street again. The two foreign men he saw before had long disappeared. They were replaced by two Chinese men wearing short shirts. Looking from a distance at the two men in short-shirted shirts standing on the street whispering from time to time, Tang Cheng looked a little ugly, because he found that his plan to approach the building from the front seemed to be in vain. There was no way to get close to the front, so he had to think of other ways. Tang Cheng was helpless and had to leave here first.
Throughout the afternoon, Tang Cheng, who had changed his clothes and disguises several times, finally figured out the surrounding situation. After several hours of observation, Tang Cheng found no obvious flaws in the other party, but he had no intention of giving up the idea of infiltrating. When dinner was approaching, Tangcheng finally had an opportunity. The Portuguese businessman who was regarded as a target by Hans actually left the building on his own initiative, apparently preparing to go out for dinner.
