Tang Cheng, who sent the note, did not choose to leave, but observed the clinic from a distance. Half an hour later, Tang Cheng did not see Zhou Haichuan coming out of the clinic, so he turned around and left with peace of mind. When Tang Cheng left the street where the clinic was located, a large number of Zhongtong plainclothes men had already appeared in the diagonal street where he had shot to rescue Zhou Haichuan. Of the Zhongtong plainclothes officers who followed Zhou Haichuan, only three were actually killed by Tang Cheng, and the others were only slightly injured.
After all, Chongqing is now the capital. If you dare to shoot and kill people in the capital, and the people you kill are plainclothes operatives of the Central Government, this is not a small matter. The Central Command personnel who arrived at the scene carefully surveyed the scene and quickly determined the direction and approximate location of the bullet based on the location of the bullet holes in the body. Just waiting for them to find the location where Tang Cheng shot, they couldn't even find it. Let alone the bullet casings, they couldn't even find any trace of anyone staying here.
If one of them hadn't smelled the faint smell of gunpowder smoke remaining here, they wouldn't have been able to confirm that this was where the gunman fired. "This is a master! He fired so many shots and could still clean up all the traces. Such masters are rare." The Zhongtong people who surveyed the scene quickly came to a conclusion. The location where the gunman fired was actually not that far away from the Xiejie over there. Such a shooting range could hit multiple people continuously, and there were many people in Zhongtong who could do it. What interests them more is that after the gunman shot and killed, he could calmly clean up all traces before leaving quietly.
Could it be that Yan'an sent experts to Chongqing? The Central Unification Committee and the underground party organizations are old rivals. Especially after Chongqing became the capital, the Central Unification Headquarters also went south to Chongqing and frequently rounded up Chongqing underground party organizations. Just as the Chongqing underground party organization is familiar with them, Chongqing's Central Unification Headquarters is also familiar with the Chongqing underground party organization, so they know that there will never be such masters in the Chongqing underground party organization. Since he is not from the Chongqing underground party organization, there is only one explanation. The superiors of the Chongqing underground party organization sent experts to Chongqing.
The gunman left no traces, and there were no witnesses around. The only useful clues Zhongtong could consider at this moment were the underground party member they were chasing and the bullets they found at the scene. Three of the plainclothesmen involved in the pursuit were killed and four were injured. The four plainclothesmen who had been sent to the hospital for treatment gave a description of the pursuit target. As for those bullets, they were just ordinary Mauser rifle bullets. There were so many of these bullets on the black market that there was no way to trace them.
Tang Cheng, who was carrying the cooked food, had already returned to the military camp by Shi Shiran. Seeing the cooked food in Tang Cheng's hand, Zhang Jianghe did not ask about Tang Cheng's departure midway. Zhang Jianghe stayed in the military camp all day, so he didn't know that Zhongtong's people were attacked in the city. It was not until dinner time that Zhang Jianghe received a call and learned that Zhongtong's people were attacked in the city today. "People from the Central Government were attacked in the city? Impossible! This is Chongqing, not Shanghai!"
When asked by Zhang Jianghe, Tang Cheng acted very calmly. Based on his and Zhongtong's refusal to deal with it, Tang Cheng immediately showed doubts about this matter. But Tang Cheng had forgotten that during his absence in Chongqing, Zhang Jianghe had been managing the action team. Therefore, after Zhang Jianghe made several calls in succession, the action team immediately fed back the information Zhang Jianghe wanted at several stores in the city. "Is there really someone attacking Zhongtong's people? Uncle, tell me, is this a trick of Zhongtong?"
Tang Cheng, who pretended not to know, suddenly felt something in his heart, and immediately came to Zhang Jianghe's side, and deliberately lowered his voice to Zhang Jianghe. "Since the continuous investigations organized by our organization, many of those short-sighted guys in Chongqing have fled, and those who remain are living an honest life. As for the underground party, they are now cooperating with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. , how could someone break up with the President and start shooting in the street. So, I think this might be a trick of the President! They are trying to cause trouble!"
Coincidentally, just when Tang Cheng slandered the Central Military Commission in front of Zhang Jianghe, the bureau chief who was still in the office of the Military Command Headquarters was also discussing the matter with several of his closest subordinates. Just like the answer Tang Cheng gave in front of Zhang Jianghe, these confidants in the Bureau thought of the same answer. But Zhang Jianghe was not the leader. He had been in charge of the military for many years, but he felt that this mysterious gunman must have some connection with Chongqing's underground party organization.
According to the bureau chief's understanding of the Central President, those guys in the Central President who like to make snitches behind their backs have too many tricks that don't show up on the table. But the bureau chief believes that those in the Central Government will never do anything out of thin air. After all, this is Chongqing, the capital of the Nationalist Government. But no matter what, there was a shooting incident in the city, and three plainclothes soldiers from Zhongtong did die. After learning the news, the bureau immediately sent people to the hospital to verify that the three corpses could not be faked.
When Tang Cheng went to work the next day, he received a call from the bureau chief himself. On the phone, the bureau chief asked about the attack on Zhongtong's plainclothes officers yesterday. "I only heard what Uncle Zhang said after I came back!" Facing the suspicious bureau chief, Tang Cheng knew that he couldn't use the same trick he used on Zhang Jianghe yesterday, so he changed his approach. "Uncle Zhang asked me yesterday. I said at the time that this might be a little trick written and directed by Zhongtong. But I thought about it again last night and felt that it seemed unnecessary for Zhongtong to do this."
"If it was the Zhongtong side that caused trouble, they might create trouble to divert everyone's attention, but I haven't heard of anything happening from the Zhongtong side! According to the news I got here, the Zhongtong side did indeed There are plainclothes officers tracking and chasing targets in the city, but I don’t know if they are chasing underground party members. If there is indeed something going on with Zhongtong, and they are also arresting underground party members, then the attack on them may be related to The underground party cannot be divorced."
"But there seems to be a question here! According to my understanding of Chongqing's underground party, there seem to be very few of them who have direct conflicts with the Central Government, especially those who shoot in the streets in the city." Tangcheng knew , even if he really tells the truth, the suspicious Bureau may not believe his words. Therefore, his words were half-truths and half-falsehoods, and in the end he deliberately gave the director a vague guess. The bureau officer on the other end of the phone immediately fell into deep thought after hearing Tang Cheng's answer. He felt that Tang Cheng's answer sounded reasonable.
When pressed by the director on the phone, when it was time to investigate the matter, Tang Cheng refused. "You know that I have nothing to do with the Zhongtong! When I heard that Zhongtong's people were attacked in the city, if I didn't clap my hands and applaud, it would be considered as my best restraint. I don't want to pay attention to their affairs at all! Besides, if there is At this time, I might as well continue to squat on the dock to guard the black bird! There will be a bounty for catching the spy, and I will not benefit from helping the Central Government! I will not do such a useless thing! "
Tang Cheng's attitude was very clear, but his words were very tactful. The bureau officer on the other end of the phone could only curse the little trickster in his heart and hung up the phone directly. Tang Cheng, who was on the other end of the phone, hung up the phone and lit a cigarette. He thought carefully that he didn't seem to have said anything outrageous just now, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The attack on Zhongtong's plainclothes officers in the city soon became a hot topic. With the spread of the news, it was soon known to the chairman of the committee in the South Bank Villa.
The bureau chief was called to the South Bank Villa. In the chairman's study, the bureau chief expressed his suspicions and also told Tang Cheng's views on the matter. The bureau chief was optimistic about the affairs in Tang City. The chairman had long known that Madam You You had invited the Tang family to the South Bank Villa many times. Only then did the chairman find out that Tang's mother's father was actually an early member of the Tongmenghui. Coupled with the intelligence of the mixed-race girls from the Tang family and the bravery and straightforwardness of Tang Cheng's two foster brothers, the Chairman had a very good impression of Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng went to Shanghai this time. Not only did he break into the gendarmerie headquarters alone and assassinate the traitor Li Shiqun, but he also attacked the Japanese dock. He also attacked the Japanese gendarmerie and Japanese puppet agents many times in the downtown area, leaving the Chairman of the Standing Committee to firmly remember Tang Cheng. The name of the city. At this moment, when the bureau chief mentioned Tang Cheng's attitude towards this matter, he wanted to ask Tang Cheng to investigate the matter, but the bureau chief declined. After learning that Tang Cheng and Zhongtong had been refusing to deal with them, the chairman gave up, but also asked the bureau chief to step up the investigation of the underground party organizations in the city.
Tang Cheng didn't know that he had already registered with the Chairman. According to the plan, he still took his team members and continued to stay at the dock. However, the situation today was a little different. Tang Cheng led people to the pier and found that there were many plainclothes officers from the Central Government on the pier. Lao Fu, who arrived here first, came over to report the situation, "People from Zhongtong came here early in the morning, and it seems they are looking for someone! If they do this, our squatting may not be able to survive."
Tang Cheng shared Lao Fu's doubts. He was annoyed to see so many plainclothes officers from the Central Government on the dock. "Go back!" Tang Cheng planned to go back home, but people from the Central Government came over to make trouble. A plainclothes leader of the Central Government stopped Tang Cheng and others. At Tang Cheng's signal, Lao Fu and others followed the other party's request and took out their documents for inspection.
If you were a person with some brains, at this time, you should see that Tang Cheng and the others are not ordinary people. But this plainclothes leader of Zhongtong was not clear-headed. Seeing so many people holding uniform police IDs, he felt that there was something wrong with Tangcheng's IDs, especially when Tangcheng looked young, but he seemed to be a policeman. Who can make up his mind? This guy directly pointed the finger at Tangcheng, and his words became vulgar.
