Since the last time Zhongtong's plainclothes officers were attacked in the city, Zhongtong has been on tight guard for a long time, and there is no need to expend energy on such troublesome things. But no one expected that not long after that, there would be another attack on the Central Plains plainclothes in the city, and this attack also involved the unexplained disappearance of a squad leader of the action team. When Zhang Jianghe received the call, Tang Cheng, who was woken up from his sleep, had not yet fully woken up.
"What did you say? Lao Fu disappeared last night! Are you sure he is missing?" The sleepy Tang Cheng had a completely shocked expression, which was clearly seen by the plainclothes military commander standing aside smoking. From the corner of his eye, Tang Cheng had been secretly paying attention to the reaction of the plainclothes military commander, but now his attention was entirely focused on the phone in his hand. "That's not right! I remember that the day before yesterday, the attendant's office has arranged a night vigil. I told Lao Fu and the others that they must abide by the arrangement of the attendant's office."
Zhang Jianghe on the other end of the phone didn't hear anything unusual in Tang Cheng's voice, and Tang Cheng stayed in Jiangbei last night and was not in the city. Not only Zhang Jianghe, but also the plainclothes military commander who woke up Tang Cheng could not see the slightest flaw even though he was standing next to Tang Cheng at this moment. Tang Cheng hung up the phone and sat blankly for a while before getting up to pack his things and prepare to return to the city immediately. Waiting for Tang Cheng to return to the military camp, Zhao Dashan, who looked anxious, was already waiting in the military camp.
"I only received the news this morning!" Seeing Tang Cheng appear, Zhao Dashan finally calmed down. "The first ones to realize something was wrong were the brothers guarding the South Bank Villa. However, at that time, they did not connect Lao Fu's disappearance with the attack on the Central Plains plainclothes last night. I went to Lao Fu's house, and his nephew Tell me, Lao Fu was very close to the Central Military Commission during this period. Commander Zhang later called the military headquarters, and the Central Military Commission later said that Lao Fu should have been at the scene when the attack occurred last night. .”
"Damn it! As long as you have anything to do with Zhongtong, nothing good will happen!" Tang Cheng, looking furious, threw the teacup in his hand to the floor, and then took Zhao Dashan to Zhang Jianghe's office. . Zhang Jianghe had obviously already thought that Tang Cheng would come back immediately after receiving the call, so he had already made a pot of tea. "Old Zhao just told me that Lao Fu's disappearance may be related to Zhongtong, but I don't think the people who attacked Zhongtong will be interested in Lao Fu."
In the city of Chongqing, those who dare to attack the Central Committee can only be Chongqing underground party organizations. Although Lao Fu said he was with people from Zhongtong last night, he was not from Zhongtong, so what Tang Cheng just said didn't sound unreasonable. Zhang Jianghe, who was busy pouring tea, just grinned and said, "Then why did Lao Fu disappear last night? And just after the chaos in Taihe Restaurant, Lao Fu disappeared!"
Zhang Jianghe, who has a hidden identity, does not have direct contact with the Chongqing underground party organization. In order to ensure his safety, Zhang Jianghe can only maintain contact with the tavern at his doorstep. If Zhang Jianghe needs the cooperation of the Chongqing underground party organization, he must communicate with the Chongqing underground party organization through another line of the small rectangular tube. Zhang Jianghe, who only learned of the attack this morning, immediately contacted the tavern owner, but the tavern owner has not yet sent back accurate information.
On the surface, last night's attack must be related to Chongqing's underground party organization, because just a few days ago, the Central Unification Office took away a contact point of Chongqing's underground party organization in the city. Although Zhongtong's raid did not capture anyone alive, judging from the situation relayed by the tavern owner, one of the two liaison officers who luckily escaped was seriously injured and the possibility of survival was very low.
Before there is any definite news, last night's attack should be a standard act of revenge. This is the common reaction of almost everyone who pays attention to the matter. Zhang Jianghe's rhetorical question made Tang Cheng feel secretly in his heart, but he still looked very annoyed on the surface. "What you said makes sense, but what I'm worried about right now is that Lao Fu has been responsible for the peripheral defense of Nan'an Villa during this period. If his disappearance is related to Japanese spies, doesn't it mean that the Japanese are attacking Nan'an Villa again? idea!"
Tang Cheng's words were just to muddy the waters, but he didn't expect that Zhang Jianghe almost jumped up from the sofa because of his words. Zhang Jianghe, whose expression changed greatly, didn't bother to talk to Tang Cheng, so he stood up and walked to the desk, picked up the phone and started dialing. Zhang Jianghe called the bureau chief. After the call was connected, Zhang Jianghe relayed what Tang Cheng had just said to the bureau chief on the other end of the phone without missing a word.
After a dozen breaths, Zhang Jianghe, who was standing in front of his desk, turned around and called Tang Cheng to come over and answer the phone. "I know that the missing Lao Fu is your right-hand man in the action team, but how did you think that his disappearance would be related to the Japanese? The information given by the Central Committee said that Lao Fu was with them last night The two plainclothes men went to Taihe Restaurant for dinner!" On the other end of the phone, the bureau chief's voice sounded a bit stern and impatient.
Tang Cheng, who was holding the phone in his hand, curled his lips secretly when he heard this, and then spoke according to his own plan. "You also know what my relationship is with Zhongtong! How could the people under me take the initiative to contact people from Zhongtong! I guess Lao Fu went drinking with people from Zhongtong last night, and there must be someone who wasn't me. I know the inside story. But these are not important. What is important right now is that Lao Fu is missing. The action team has never had anything to do with the underground party organizations in Chongqing. How could they target members of the action team!"
"And during this period of time, more than half of the action team's men have been deployed outside the Nan'an Villa. Lao Fu is the commander of those men. People come and go from the Nan'an Villa. Who knows if any of these people are bribed by the Japanese? Anyway, this is the only reason I can think of, or it could be someone from the underground party in Chongqing who has ideas about the South Bank villa!" Tang Cheng's last words were a joke, and the bureau officer on the other end of the phone could naturally tell.
The bureau leader initially believed the explanation given by Zhongtong, but after hearing what Tang Cheng said, he felt that what Tang Cheng said made sense. But if Lao Fu's disappearance is related to the Japanese, this matter will be troublesome. In the following time, the military command headquarters deployed a lot of manpower and began to search for Lao Fu's whereabouts in the city. Suddenly, Lao Fu, a little-known figure who was originally unknown, immediately became the target of attention of many people in the city, and they were also using their own channels to inquire about Lao Fu's whereabouts.
After getting off work, Zhang Jianghe went to the tavern on the corner as usual. The tavern owner informed Zhang Jianghe of the information he had obtained from the Chongqing underground party organization. "The Chongqing party organization has confirmed that the person who attacked the plainclothes Zhongtong in the Taihe Restaurant last night was one of their men. However, their people only killed the two plainclothes Zhongtong with short knives in the restaurant. The old man from the action team Fu, they didn't move." The situation told by the tavern owner made Zhang Jianghe full of suspicion.
"This is wrong! After the attack, Zhongtong's people asked the shopkeeper and the waiters of the restaurant. They all said that what happened during the attack was that Lao Fu and the two Zhongtong plainclothes who were killed were in the private room of the restaurant. "The doubts in Zhang Jianghe's mind all came from the case report of the Central Military Commission. Moreover, the Military Command Headquarters analyzed the case report and believed that the Central Military Commission did not lie. When the tavern owner heard this, he shook his head slightly, saying that the information conveyed by the Chongqing party organization was not wrong.
"The ones who attacked the restaurant last night were three new members of Chongqing's underground party organization. They were formerly members of the southern Sichuan guerrillas. They were among the liaison officers who escaped from the liaison point that the Central Command cracked in the city some time ago. The people of the Southern Sichuan guerrillas were in an emergency situation at the time, and the seriously injured liaison officer did not survive in the end. Therefore, last night's attack was just a retaliatory action by the Southern Sichuan guerrillas." The tavern owner's words were very cryptic, but his words The words "retaliation" appeared at the end, and Zhang Jianghe immediately understood what he meant.
But if Lao Fu's disappearance had nothing to do with last night's attack, then where would he have gone? Is it possible that, as Tang Cheng speculated, Lao Fu's disappearance is related to the Japanese? With doubts in his mind, Zhang Jianghe left the tavern. According to the instructions of his superiors, Zhang Jianghe's focus was still within the military command, not Lao Fu who disappeared for no reason. Tang Cheng was not at home. At this time, he was still stationed at the surveillance point, secretly monitoring the new target targeted by them.
The news of Lao Fu's disappearance has now spread within the action team. No one has yet linked Lao Fu's disappearance to Tangcheng. Coincidentally, that night, Tang Cheng, who was still at the surveillance point, suddenly received a message from Zhang Jianghe, who asked him to rush to the South Bank Villa immediately. Rushing to the South Bank Villa at this time, something must have happened. When Tang Cheng walked out of the surveillance point, he raised his head and glanced at the night sky, feeling full of melancholy.
Tang Cheng didn't know if God was secretly helping him. When he arrived at the South Bank Villa, the director had already appeared here, and he looked a little nervous. "You said last time that Lao Fu's disappearance was related to the Japanese. Are you just making random guesses or do you have evidence to prove it?" Seeing Tang Cheng appear, the director went straight to the topic and raised his own questions first.
Tang Cheng was immediately stunned by the question from the bureau seat, because from the bureau seat's tone just now, Tang Cheng heard that the bureau seat was really anxious. It’s just that he hasn’t figured out the purpose of the bureau’s question, so he can only answer dryly, “There is no accurate evidence, but if it is not the Japanese, who else in the city will do something to a small character like Lao Fu?” ?" Tang Cheng's rhetorical question was very level, and the bureau leader who didn't react for a moment was stunned.
