After arriving in Shanghai for more than a year, Tang Cheng felt that Shanghai, a city known as the Pearl of the Orient, seemed much more dilapidated than before. Although there was still a scene of singing and dancing in the concession, there were also a lot more beggars in the streets. In just half an hour after Tangcheng entered the concession, he saw several street fights. When Tang Cheng returned to Shanghai, he didn't rush to work immediately. Instead, he went to the French Concession with a leisurely look.
The current Shanghai Concession is no longer the former one controlled by foreign forces. The Japanese now have full control of Shanghai, including the Shanghai Concession. Foreigners who used to be superior now all know that the last thing they should not mess with in Shanghai is the Japanese. Tang Cheng, who entered the French Concession, used common sense to activate his Insight Skill. A large red warning sign instantly lit up in front of his eyes. This result frightened Tang Cheng and he immediately turned off the skill.
The streets and alleys of the concession were full of Japanese spies in plainclothes, or concession gang members secretly helping the Japanese intelligence agencies. Tangcheng could only become more and more careful. Fortunately, Tang Cheng has a tender face, so few people would think that such a young man could be a resistance element. Moreover, Tangcheng stayed at a hotel run by Portuguese people in the French Concession. In the current Shanghai Concession, the Portuguese may be the only ones who are not tormented by the Japanese.
The Portuguese hotel we stayed in in Tangcheng was not very big, but the room was very clean, and there were no Japanese spies at the door. On the first day that Tang Cheng arrived in Shanghai, he just found a hotel to stay in, and then wandered around the concession. When Tang Cheng left Chongqing, Hans gave him several addresses and names. If Tang Cheng encountered trouble in Shanghai, he could go to these places to find people on the list for help under Hans' banner.
Tang Cheng is tough and has never thought of asking for help in the name of others, so he only confirmed the places Hans mentioned in the concession, but did not come to ask for help. After a good night's sleep, Tangcheng got up early the next day. When the city woke up, Tangcheng had already appeared in Hongkou District. Relying on the identity certificate of a Japanese expatriate, Tangcheng once again successfully sneaked into Hongkou District. Perhaps he felt that the Empire of Japan had fully controlled Shanghai, so the security in Hongkou District was obviously not as strict as before.
Tang Cheng walked around Hongkou District in a low-key manner and found that the few izakayas he was familiar with had closed down, and the Korean National Salvation Army seemed to have completely disappeared from Hongkou District. With no trace of the Korean National Salvation Army, Tang Cheng's original plan to take advantage of the east wind had to be modified. According to the information provided by the military command headquarters, Tang Cheng even followed Kimura Isamu's route to work and found the breakfast shop he often visited. After confirming that all the people in this store were Japanese, the last bit of guilt in Tang Cheng's heart disappeared in an instant.
Today is the second day after Tang Cheng arrived in Shanghai. According to Tang Cheng's original plan, as long as he found Kimura Isamu's location, he would take action directly. It was a pity that after he found Isamu Kimura's residence in Hongkou District, he discovered that this guy was suddenly sent to Peking. It seemed that he would not return to Shanghai in the short term. Tangcheng now faces two choices. One is to rush to Peking immediately and find an opportunity to kill Kimura Isamu. The second option is to stay in Shanghai and wait for Isamu Kimura to return to Shanghai from Peiping.
Perhaps he felt that staying in Chongqing was too comfortable, and Tangcheng was full of adventurous nature, so he chose to wait in Shanghai for Isamu Kimura's return. That afternoon, Tang Cheng moved into Hongkou District with his suitcase, where he rented a small yard. When the police came to inquire, Tang Cheng's answer was that he had just returned from outside the customs and planned to wait for his companions here and then return to Japan together.
The false identity Tang Cheng borrowed was that he was a descendant of a declining samurai family in Japan. On the surface, he was a member of the overseas immigrant development group, but in fact he was a covert intelligence officer secretly working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because of the dispute between the royalists and the young faction, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military have always been in opposition, so neither the Hongkou District Military Police Headquarters nor the local police will take the initiative to inquire and investigate Tangcheng's identity in Japan. Tang Cheng settled down in Hongkou District without any danger. The location of his residence was only one street away from Isamu Kimura's residence.
In order to make the fake identity he borrowed appear more reasonable, Tang Cheng even forged a so-called travel record outside the customs. Many records about minerals in it were deliberately added by Tang Cheng based on old records from the military command headquarters. Tang Cheng believed that the Japanese in Hongkou District would not be able to spot any flaws in this half-true and half-false travel diary. I sleep until midnight every day, take a one-hour nap after lunch, and go to a tavern or a nearby izakaya to kill time after dark. This time in Tangcheng is quite comfortable.
Tang Cheng was living comfortably in Shanghai, but Zhang Jianghe and the Bureau were far away in Chongqing, but they were worried about Tang Cheng all the time. According to the content of the plan they informed Tang Cheng, when Tang Cheng rushed to Shanghai, he should contact the Military Command Shanghai Station as soon as possible. But it has been more than a week since Tang Cheng arrived in Shanghai, but the Juntong Shanghai Station has yet to see Tang Cheng contacting them. If it weren't for the bureau chief and Zhang Jianghe's confidence in Tang Cheng, the Juntong Shanghai Station would have thought that Tang Cheng had been taken over by the Special High School. Captured by Secret.
The main purpose of Tang Cheng's visit to Shanghai this time was to assassinate Kimura Isamu, but Tang Cheng did not need the help of the Juntong Shanghai Station, especially because he was worried that there had been problems within the Juntong Shanghai Station. Therefore, Tang Cheng will never take the initiative to contact Juntong Shanghai Station, especially since he has safely entered Hongkou District and lives not far from Isamu Kimura's residence. Half a month passed quickly, and Kimura Isamu, whom Tang Cheng had been waiting so hard for, finally returned to Shanghai. But at this moment, Tang Cheng suddenly changed his original action plan.
After finally coming to Shanghai, how could Tangcheng be willing to assassinate Kimura Isamu alone and then return to Chongqing immediately. In the past few days, Tang Cheng was walking around Hongkou District with a camera. On the surface, he was taking pictures everywhere, but in fact, he was observing the defense situation in Hongkou District. The Army Hospital, Gendarmerie Headquarters and Officers' Club, which were once attacked by Tang Cheng, were the key locations to be investigated by Tang Cheng, because he only received news two days ago that in half a month, the Japanese Army in Shanghai would organize a welcome reception in Hongkou District. .
Tang Cheng learned that the source of this news was an izakaya near his residence. He heard it by chance. Although Tang Cheng does not yet know the exact time and content of the welcome reception, this does not prevent Tang Cheng from turning its attention to the welcome reception. The people who discussed this matter in the izakaya that night were two Japanese military officers from the military police headquarters, so Tangcheng took this matter seriously. What he focused on observing in the past two days was the Officers Club, because in the entire Hongkou District, except for the New Asia Hotel, this is the most suitable place for holding a cocktail party.
New Asia Hotel and Tangcheng are also familiar with each other, and in the past two days, Tangcheng has not found any signs of a cocktail party at New Asia Hotel. However, Tang Cheng did not give up observing the New Asia Hotel. He waited until he found a vehicle transporting dishes and utensils coming and going outside the officers' club. Only then did Tang Cheng stop his investigation of the New Asia Hotel. After confirming that the news he heard in the izakaya was true, Tang Cheng left Hongkou District and left a secret code under the wall of a street in the French Concession.
Tang Cheng is used to living alone, but the Juntong Shanghai side has been worried during this period. They are worried that Tang Cheng has been arrested by the Special High School. As the Japanese army's control over Shanghai increased and foreign forces retreated step by step, the Shanghai station of military reunification also lived cautiously. Now the Shanghai Concession is also full of crises. Finally, he saw the connection code left by Tang Cheng. Xu Sixiang, who was specifically responsible for coming here to check the mark, was secretly cautious while being excited.
But he didn't know it at the moment. Just when he was checking the mark under the wall, Tang Cheng, who was standing not far away, had already set his sights on him. Tang Cheng, who was in enemy-occupied territory, had to be careful. Even though he had used system skills to scan Xu Sixiang's identity, he still did not take the initiative to expose himself. Seeing Xu Sixiang walking all the way east, Tang Cheng, who had already used system skills to lock the opponent, followed Xu Sixiang from a distance.
Tangcheng, who is more than 60 meters away from Xu Sixiang, doesn't have to worry about the other party discovering him. If there are experts in the military command Shanghai station who are better than him, he will not be forced by the special high school to live in the concession. Facts have proved that Xu Sixiang did not realize that he was being followed. Although Xu Sixiang had used some investigative methods along the way, he never expected that Tang Cheng who was following him was still dozens of meters away.
The reason for following Xu Sixiang was not that Tang Cheng wanted to measure the capabilities of Juntong Shanghai Station, but because he did not want more people to know about his situation, even if the other party was from Juntong Shanghai Station. Tang Cheng followed Xu Sixiang walking eastward, and soon saw Xu Sixiang turning into an alley. Tang Cheng did not follow him into the alley, but just walked through the alley entrance like other passers-by.
When walking past the entrance of the alley, Tang Cheng glanced out of the corner of his eye and found a man in a short shirt standing inside the entrance of the alley. The man in the short shirt looked like a gang member, but Tang Cheng found that when the man in the short shirt looked at people, his eyes were frighteningly bright. Tang Cheng suddenly knew for sure that there was definitely a stronghold of the Juntong Shanghai Station in this alley, and this man in a short shirt was the observation post at the entrance of the alley.
Tang Cheng secretly made a note of this place, and then walked around again. Before the pickpockets on the street noticed him, he turned around and entered the small restaurant in front. Shanghai has a large immigrant population, so whether it is in the concession or the Chinese community, there are many such small restaurants with different tastes. Tang Cheng casually ordered two dishes and had a delicious meal. By the time he left the small restaurant, it was already an hour later.
