Ten hours ago.
Cai Tongtian, the special commissioner of the secret service headquarters stationed in Changcheng, reported to Xu Enzeng, stating that he had obtained the address of the underground Party Wei in Changcheng City and the true identities of the relevant members.
According to him, a large number of dissident elements are hidden in Hanyang's industrial zone. These people rely on factories to carry out labor movements, establish secret transportation contact points, and develop intelligence networks.
Xu Enzeng believed this. This was not the first time that Cai Chantian captured an important figure of the underground party. Gu, the head of the red team, was arrested by this person and surrendered to the Guo Party.
If he can break through the underground party organization in one fell swoop this time and eliminate the other party's intelligence personnel lurking in Qicheng, then his position as director of the Central Bureau of Statistics will be stable, enough to overpower Zuo Zhong.
Overjoyed, Xu Enzeng learned from past lessons and without announcing the specific situation, gathered the operatives from the secret service headquarters in Qicheng and moved in small groups towards the target location.
During this period, at least three people are required to go together whether eating or going to the toilet. They are never allowed to move alone, and they are not allowed to use the phone or other methods to communicate with the outside world. Violators will be punished as traitors.
In addition, he himself led Cai Tongtian and the most elite agents on the few remaining traffic boats of the navy to land at Parrot Island in the south of Hanyang, and then detoured to the industrial area.
The entire operation was extremely confidential. Except for Xu Enzeng and Cai Chantian, no one knew who the target was or where the operation was. He was preparing to launch a surprise attack on the underground party.
Unfortunately, the plan did not change quickly. As soon as they found a suitable building to serve as a command post, the security personnel outside reported that several agents had mysteriously disappeared.
This news made Xu Enzeng, a man of all kinds, think that the operation had been exposed. Regardless of Cai Cantian's dissuasion, he immediately sent his cronies to blockade the area around the target location to prevent the underground party from escaping.
Wu Chunyang, Song Minghao, Wu Jingzhong, Shen Dongxin and others just ran into their old enemies. The two sides glared at each other in the unobstructed street, and many people slowly moved their hands closer to their weapons.
In order not to alert the spy leader who was finally found, Wu Chunyang suppressed his anger and revealed their identities to the other party in a low voice, emphasizing that the secret service was performing an important mission.
I don’t know what the staff at the secret service headquarters were thinking, especially the leader, the duck-billed hat. He seemed to have forgotten that this was a secret operation, yelled insults at the throat, and finally even fired a shot into the sky.
Everyone in the Secret Service witnessed all this with their eyes wide open. When the gunfire rang out, the target must be on guard. How could they swallow this sigh of relief after spending so much time and resources on an operation that came to nothing?
But before they could react, another gunshot came from the safe house. Song Minghao, who had the highest military rank and position present, could no longer bear it. He drew his gun and aimed it at the duck-billed hat, shouting at the same time.
"Kill these bastards to death!"
After hearing the order, all the agents had only one thought in their minds. The Japanese spies could be caught later, but the agent headquarters had to deal with it today, and they started shooting.
Perhaps because he had not been on the front line for a long time, his marksmanship had deteriorated. Song Minghao only hit the duckbill hat on the shoulder. The opponent screamed and fell to the ground, and he took out a gun in his hand to fight back.
"Bang bang bang~"
Countless bullets streaked through the air like meteors and hit trees, buildings, the ground, and agents from the Secret Service and Secret Service headquarters. The scene was immediately littered with corpses.
The vast majority of the dead were Xu Enzeng's men. Because of the close-quarters fighting, the tactical quality of the personnel was the key factor in determining victory or defeat. In this regard, the Secret Service obviously had an advantage.
Take live ammunition shooting as an example. Zuo Zhong's annual funding is several times more than that of the secret service headquarters. As for where the money goes, you have to ask Director Xu Da.
There is also close-range and personal shooting that Zuo Zhong extracted from later tactical training to temper the psychological quality of operators and enhance trust among personnel.
As a result of various measures, the strength gap between the two intelligence agencies has not narrowed, but has become wider and wider. It can be described as a world of difference.
This gap was clearly evident at this moment. When the Secret Service personnel fired, they either lowered their bodies to minimize the area hit by the bullet, or rolled to both sides of the road to find bunkers.
Moreover, the bullets were not missed, and most of the bullets hit the target's eyebrows, chest and other key locations. Under the current medical conditions, those who were shot would definitely die.
Even if a few unlucky ones were hit by people from the agent headquarters, they were desperately dragged to a safe area by their companions, and the agents who had their hands and feet freed up to stop the bleeding and perform first aid on the battlefield.
Everyone knows that for the deputy director, the crime of not saving someone is more serious than the failure of the operation. The long-term fighting side by side also makes them unable to abandon their comrades.
On the other side, the agents from the Secret Service Headquarters, including the duck-billed hat, could not be beaten and beaten, and could not run and run. They were quickly defeated and completely forgot about the blockade mission.
The most pitiable ones are those who are struggling to death. They stretch out their arms and keep calling for help, but are ignored by their colleagues who are close to them, or they are used as a cover in front of them.
A support staff from another place, who knew how many enemies there were, ran over excitedly, but they were caught off guard and suffered a big loss, and they all ran away with their heads in their hands.
In a factory a few hundred meters away from the scene of the exchange of fire, a dozen masked men set off a fire, then rushed out of the gate and fired shots to create chaos, successfully breaking through the encirclement and escaping.
When Xu Enzeng saw this scene in the telescope, he jumped three feet high in anxiety, like a little rubber ball, and shouted for the little spies in the command post to go out and block the underground party.
The problem is that the little spies are not stupid. They know that if they go out now, they will die, so they agree happily, but they don't act, and they block the door with pushing and shoving.
Just as they were pretending, a burst of gunfire like exploding beans came closer and closer to the command post, and someone could be heard shouting that the person named Xu should not leave.
Now everyone in the room panicked, and the little spies stopped squeezing around. They opened the door and fled at lightning speed, leaving only Xu Enzeng, Cai Dantian and a few guards.
For a time, the psychological shadow left by Jiujiawu shrouded Xu Enzeng's heart, but after all, he was an experienced old intelligence officer and his reaction was quick.
——Director Xu quickly took off his expensive suit, put on some tattered clothes that he took out from nowhere, and then smeared some black ash on his face in an attempt to escape.
It's a pity that as soon as he reached the door, he was kicked back by a big foot and fell heavily to the ground. Cai Yantian, who was about to climb over the window, was startled and he quickly squatted on the window sill and raised his hands.
As the saying goes, a good man does not suffer immediate losses, but only reimburses them when he is useful. No, it is to serve the party and the country. How can surrender be regarded as sincerity?
Xu Enzeng ignored the pain and didn't even look at who the person was. He threw the gun out in a cooperative manner, knelt on the ground with a clang and shouted, "Don't kill me, don't kill me." His movements were extremely skillful.
Gui Youguang, who broke in through the door, didn't bother to talk nonsense to him. He grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out. The others controlled Cai Kantian and others and retreated while fighting in the direction of the Secret Service Command Post.
When the agents from the nearby secret service headquarters saw that their section chief was being held hostage, they only dared to shoot from a distance and say harsh words. They watched helplessly as the other party disappeared into the alley without moving a step.
On the way to retreat, Xu Enzeng finally recognized Gui Youguang and made sure that he had fallen into the hands of the Secret Service and had not been captured alive by the underground party. He immediately became arrogant again.
He was convinced that the Secret Service did not dare to kill a state official in Qicheng, and he struggled desperately to break free, spitting sweet things and cursing at the same time.
Gui Youguang pretended that he had not heard anything and rushed back to recover as quickly as possible while carrying the opponent. A few minutes later, Xu Enzeng appeared at Zuo Zhong's feet in a state of embarrassment.
Facing the smiling tiger with an angry look on his face, Xu Enzeng frowned and showed an unconvinced look, saying that he would report the matter to the top so that some people could not bear to suffer.
"Click~"
Zuo Zhong, who was almost laughed out loud when he heard this, took out his gun, loaded it and put it to Xu Enzeng's forehead, stared straight into his eyes, and said viciously:
"I really want to shoot you. If you don't report the actions of the secret service headquarters to the bureau headquarters, why don't you report it to the attendant's office? I ask you, why don't you report it to the bureau headquarters?
The Sixth Group of the Second Division of the Attendant's Office is the coordinating agency for all intelligence agencies of the national government. According to Shangfeng's regulations, no matter which department it is, any action must be recorded in advance.
Do you know that because of your unauthorized actions, the leader of the Japanese spy in Jicheng whom we worked so hard to find escaped? This responsibility must be borne by you. "
The current city of Jiacheng is very chaotic. The military, police, and special personnel all have their own tasks. In order to avoid a car crash, Zuo Zhong had already made preparations.
As the leader of the Sixth Team of the Second Division of the Attendant's Office, he had the authority to inquire about relevant information. Unexpectedly, despite all precautions, something went wrong.
Xu Enzeng felt the cold muzzle of the gun and shuddered unconsciously. He secretly complained in his heart about how this happened to him. He thought about it and prepared a few explanations.
If he didn't make it clear, if the little Wang Ba Dan named Zuo fired, wouldn't he die unjustly? With so many savings and confidante, who would be taken advantage of?
At this time, Zuo Zhong thrust his pistol forward and slapped Xu Enzeng on it: "What happened today is such a coincidence. I have reason to believe that someone at the top of the secret service headquarters colluded with the Japanese invaders and used it to arrest underground people. An excuse to tip off Japanese spies."
"I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"
When Xu Enzeng heard this, he quickly shook his head. Is it allowed to say such nonsense? If the outside world misunderstands him, he will be drowned by the public opinion without having to delegate the matter.
In a panic, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he raised his hand sharply and pointed at Cai Tantian, with a slightly aggrieved expression: "He, it was him, he was the one who told me that there is an underground party here.
Deputy Director Zuo, you know that one place is like a sieve. I was afraid that the news would be leaked again, so I didn't report it to the bureau headquarters and the attendant's office. There was really no other way. "
Cai Yantian, the scapegoat, was dumbfounded and looked at him in disbelief. How could there be such a boss in the world? It was clear that the other party's plan was wrong, but he put the blame on himself.
"Boom~"
Before they could take any action, a violent explosion suddenly came from outside, and a ball of flames spurted out from the window of the safe house where Guo Bin stayed.
Huge air waves swept across the road, and the scene of the exchange of fire was completely silent. Glass fragments and building fragments hit the ground, making a clanging sound.
Zuo Zhong took a few steps to the window, looked at the target with thick smoke, turned back in anger, raised his hand and pulled the trigger towards the pale-faced Xu Enzeng.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
(End of chapter)
