Just as the few ladies in the telephone department were busy with their own matters, the Special Higher Police held a secret high-level meeting.
The Intelligence Team, Secret Service Team, Operation Team, Teleportation Team, and Material Team, the leaders of the five major teams were all present. Wang Xing and Cheng Xiaofeng were also in the meeting. Everyone sat in two rows. The person in charge of recording was Lieutenant Ueshima, the deputy chief of the agency. He sat next to Matsuta Yuta.
Matsui Yuta's expression was dignified. He looked at everyone and nodded."Today is an impromptu meeting.”
Everyone looked at each other. This meeting was held so suddenly, and all the higher-ups were present. This was not an ordinary operation.
"The main credit for this operation has already been given, and it's Adjutant Cheng. The reason for this was because seven days ago, Adjutant Cheng cracked a military radio station. The communications team tracked the radio station and deciphered all its recent telegrams. Please explain the specific situation to everyone.”
"Ha Yi, according to the code that Cheng Sang cracked, we followed a secret radio station in Shanghai. It belongs to an independent intelligence group under the Juntong. It should be an intelligence group that even Deputy Leader Wang doesn't know about. It was planted by the Juntong when he left Shanghai. The information it sent out involved our Shanghai's railway, shipping, and military deployment. In the past few days, this radio station had been exchanging secret messages with Commander Eagle's Nest. From the analysis of the message, a heavyweight from the Military Command Council had recently come to Shanghai with the goal of rebuilding the Shanghai station.”
It was inevitable that the military would rebuild the Shanghai station. They didn't expect Cheng Xiaofeng to crack the key secret message so quickly. The higher-ups present all looked at Cheng Xiaofeng with admiration.
Wang Xing's heart trembled. What he feared came true!
" We've been monitoring the radio station without alerting it so that we can catch a big fish. This is the wise decision of the Chief of the Agency. As expected, this heavyweight arrived in Shanghai today, codenamed 'Ironarm'. Tomorrow, he would meet up with the Shanghai Intelligence Group's " caterpillar ". The specific location." Kurosawa looked at the chief, who nodded.
"The specific location is the horse racing hall. Every Sunday afternoon, there will be horse racing at the horse racing hall. Tomorrow was Sunday. During the third match in the afternoon, the last person in the south stands would be the Shanghai intelligence team's contact,'Tractor'.' Iron Armor 'would take the initiative to come forward. Iron Armor asked first,"Which horse do you think will win the championship?"‘Tracer replied,"It's hard to say. Who can guess the meaning of the dealer?"‘Iron Armor continued to ask,"So betting on horses is betting on the banker's thoughts?"‘Tracks 'A: Yes, I'm afraid of black horses! Q: Do I look like a dark horse to you? A: You are not a dark horse, and neither am I.”
"Everyone, do you understand?"
"Ha Yi, I understand!"
"Very good. Their meeting point is in the public concession. Every time there is a horse race, the Ministry of Works will arrange for patrol officers to maintain order at the scene.”
"Ha Yi!"
First Lieutenant Ueshima hung a floor plan of a large horse racing hall in front of the conference room and began to introduce it."This horse racing hall covers an area of nearly 500 acres. It is located in the middle of Xizang Middle Road, Nanjing West Road, Huangpi South Road, and Wusheng Road. It is located in the city center and has convenient transportation. There are three ticket halls and five entrances here, here, and Nanjing West Road. In the northwest corner was the bell tower. The southernmost grandstand was here. It was divided into four areas and had thirteen seats. The entire south grandstand could accommodate 1,000 spectators. The entrance and exit were close to Huangpi South Road. The entire horse racing hall could accommodate five to six thousand spectators. The venue was noisy and very suitable for meeting. By the way, the entrance fee was five yuan. Also, there would usually be a few police officers in each stand to maintain law and order. They were armed. This is all I know." With that, he bowed to everyone and returned to his seat.
Yuta Matsuta stood up and came to the floor plan. He looked at it for a while and asked,"Gentlemen, you are not allowed to carry guns in the concession, nor are you allowed to send troops in. You can't even expose your identity. You must avoid the eyes of the patrolling police, or else it will cause an international dispute. Work together."
Everyone present began to think, their expressions serious. Everyone knew that this was a great opportunity to capture the military commander's spy, and the difficulty level was relatively high.
"Haha, Deputy Team Leader Wang, you're a Shanghai expert. Tell me your plan first.”
Wang Xing's mood was extremely complicated at this moment. He knew that this was the result of the password he gave Cheng Xiaofeng. As his last trump card, he would not use it unless he had no other choice. He and Boss Dai both understood. This time, the headquarters sent people to contact the Intelligence Team One because Boss Dai believed that he had not played this card yet. Because Hu Junjie had been contacting the headquarters through this radio station, proving that this team was safe. Boss Dai had already handed over the intelligence team to Hu Junjie. His code name was 'Tractor'.
He knew very well that in order to avoid danger, he had leaked the password to Cheng Xiaofeng, so he had the motive to silence him. Sometimes, it was better to get rid of the entire team than to leak the password. This was the difference between a time bomb and a cannonball. A time bomb could be detonated at the most advantageous moment, and its destructive power would be even greater! Now, this time bomb was finally going to explode.
An old fox was an old fox after all. He would often come up with a strategy to counterattack at the most critical moment.
He first bowed to the crowd, then bowed deeply to the Chief. He cleared his throat and said in a clear voice,"This time, the commander must not be an ordinary person. The 'Iron Armor' definitely doesn't know the contact, or else he wouldn't have chosen this method of contact. Therefore, we will send an old hand familiar with the Shanghai station to act as the contact, and then arrange a few skilled people in the stands to subdue the real 'tracks' who are trying to get close to the back of the stands.”
Iza Akira was a little disdainful and began to ask,"What if an unrelated person approaches? Before we meet, we can't tell who's the Iron Armor and the Track. Wouldn't your actions alert them?”
Wang Xing smiled at Izuo Huang and said," Team Leader Izuo, there are three races in the race. They agreed to meet in the third race, which is an endurance race. As expected, the meeting should be in the last lap of the race. At that time, everyone's attention will be on the field. The audience will rush forward at the same time. No one will pay attention to the back of the stands. After the meeting, it was time to leave. They could blend into the crowd and leave the scene in time. This should have been planned by the person who designed the meeting.
Our fake 'caterpillar' will go to the back of the stands at the beginning of the third match. The real 'caterpillar' will also try to get close to the back during the third match. Of course, he will choose to stay away from the fake 'caterpillar' we arranged to avoid the wrong judgment of the 'iron armour'. Of course, we can distinguish between the real and fake tracks and control the real one. That 'armor' can only find the fake 'tracks' that we arranged to connect with. I don't think I need to say anything about the future. Director, this is my plan.”
Matsuta started clapping, and everyone followed suit. Iza Akira nodded and clapped in embarrassment. This Wang Xing was indeed an old fox. The plan he proposed was almost flawless. If it was implemented, the risk would be minimal. That 'Iron Armor' would obediently allow the fake 'tracks' to bring him to the safe house. In the International Settlement, the Special Higher Police had already set up several safe houses.
Cheng Xiaofeng also admired the wit of this old fox. Of course, he could roughly guess the intention behind this old fox. Because, according to Wang Xing's suggestion, Hu Junjie was naturally the most suitable person to pretend to be a " caterpillar ".
"Very good! Deputy Team Leader Wang was once our strongest opponent. Everyone, the next step will be the detailed plan, which will be formulated by Iza and supplemented by everyone! Izu-kun had to carefully consider who could act as the fake 'caterpillar' and keep it a secret! There's still a whole day before tomorrow afternoon. Everyone here is lucky. We've booked a private room at the Navy Club. No one is allowed to leave except for Iza. Iza will be fully responsible for this arrest. After the meeting, we'll head to the Navy Club until the mission is over! Oh right, inform the investigation team that they are not allowed to leave the station and are on standby.”
"Ha Yi!"
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From the moment he walked into the meeting room, Cheng Xiaofeng had already expected that his plan to go to the horse racing hall tomorrow would be ruined. He had lost control of the scene of the meeting and could not help but feel uneasy about this meeting.
Yesterday, a few captains of the military police came to visit him and found that his injuries were not as serious as Daisuke Ozaki had said. They asked Daisuke Ozaki to treat them to a drink, and everyone drank until midnight at Cheng Xiaofeng's house. It was during this drink that the captains revealed that there was an assassination plan on Sunday.
It turned out that a month ago, Cheng Xiaofeng had uncovered an underground radio station. He had originally thought that it was just a peripheral anti-war organization of the underground party and that it was of little value. In order to balance his relationship with the gendarmerie, Director Matsuta transferred the underground party's radio station to the gendarmerie. As a result, the special agent team of the gendarmerie managed to catch a real underground party according to the deciphered cables. Under torture, the underground party chose to defect and gave up a special agent who had contacted them in Shanghai. The special agent was arrested as soon as he got off the train. Then, he died bravely and sent out the communication key before he was executed.
This made Cheng Xiaofeng deeply blame himself. He had originally planned to personally go to the scene to resolve the crisis of the underground party, but Matsuta Yuta did not let anything slip. He put the higher-ups under house arrest in the name of seeking pleasure to prevent the news from leaking. Now, besides worrying about the underground party, he was more worried about Uncle Ho. He had already informed Uncle Ho to rescue 'Iron Armor' regardless of whether 'Iron Armor' was Instructor Chen or not. This was because his plan was similar to Wang Xing's. No matter how Uncle Ho reacted, he would face a huge risk. It was like stealing a chicken and losing rice.
The 'Iron Armor' from the Commander-in-Chief's headquarters and the special agent from the new Fourth Army were already on their way. They didn't know that the Special Higher Police and the Military Police had already spread their net. Tomorrow's horse racing hall had already become their hunting ground. It was impossible to inform them now.
The two times of selective deciphering had indeed stabilized his position in the Special Higher Police, but it had put the military commander and the underground party's contact in danger at the same time. Cheng Xiaofeng did not expect the consequences to be so serious. He had to do something to make up for his mistake.
Thus, Cheng Xiaofeng stood up and bowed slightly to the director."Could you please pass on a message to Kamei to send the daily routine message to the Navy Club?”
Shocked, Matsuta patted his head and said,""Yes, yes, this is also very important. Go to the island and find Jiamei.”
"Ha Yi!"
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The Shanghai Horse Racing Hall was different in three ways. Each time, it was bigger than the last. In 1932, the Horse Racing Association demolished the old house and spent two million taels of silver. It was designed by the British-funded Ma Hai Yang Company and rebuilt into a reinforced concrete structure. It was more than 100 meters long and had a four-story building with a construction area of 21000 square meters. The exterior was classically shaped, with reddish-brown tiles and stone blocks on the exterior, and a Tashkent style colonnade. There was a grandstand in front, and at the northwest corner, there was an eight-story clock tower that was 53 meters high. It became the number one horse racing track in the Far East.
In fact, there were races every day in the horse racing hall, but they were all preliminaries. The real excitement was the finals on Sunday. Before the horse races, all kinds of lottery tickets would be issued. Among them, champagne tickets were the most popular, and they were also the favorite tickets for Shanghainese. The prize pool was huge. Once you bet on the dark horse, you could make a lot of money. You could go from poor to rich.
Horse racing was also a relatively high-class leisure entertainment for Shanghainese. It was often attended by friends, family, and people who were in love. The ticket price was also not cheap. It cost 5 yuan, which was not something that ordinary families could afford. Even so, it was hard to get a ticket. The tickets had to be purchased in advance. Otherwise, they could only buy high-priced tickets on Sunday or choose the worst stands.
Su Yue, a special agent of the new Fourth Army, came to the concession and found a hotel to settle down. He then leisurely went out and bought a newspaper and a map of Shanghai. He took the No. 1 trolley car and got off at the Nanjing West Road Racecalling Hall. After that, he saw the tall bell tower.
He was not in a hurry to buy a ticket. Instead, he walked around the racecourt. He had to look at the terrain before the meeting, memorize every possible escape route, every possible hidden building, and calculate all kinds of possible situations. This time, the mission was so important that he could not afford to make any mistakes.
After checking out the surroundings, he went to the ticket office and bought two tickets. One was for tomorrow's finals, and the other was for the preliminaries that afternoon. The ticket price for the preliminaries was two yuan. Because it was the preliminaries, there were not many people. There were no patrols, and the ticket inspector was lazy. Su Yue handed a cigarette to the ticket inspector and chatted for a while.
Even in the preliminaries, there were still some people who came to watch as professional horse racing. The people in the stands were sparse. Su Yue casually found a place to sit down. The two people behind him were talking loudly.
"Tomorrow, the first race will be an obstacle course, the second will be a speed race, and the third will be an endurance race. Which match are you betting on this time?"
"Of course it's the endurance race. I've chosen number 7.”
"Horse number 27's body is a little short, his chest muscles are too developed, and his ribs are not tight enough. Although his body is strong and his explosive power is not bad, he will consume energy too early. I'm afraid his endurance is not enough.”
"Number 48's body looks rather well-proportioned. Look, the angle between her calf and the ground is almost 60 degrees. The elasticity of her Achilles tendon is definitely weaker. The key to this long-distance race is still to look at the Achilles tendon of her hind leg."
These were all people who boasted of their knowledge of horses, and each of them could speak some professional terms about horses. Su Yue listened to the two people commenting on the horse race and smiled, but his eyes were patrolling around the stands.
Suddenly, he noticed something unusual. During the preliminaries, there were eight or nine capable people rushing to the stands. They had obviously come together, but they were scattered. Moreover, their attention was not on the field. They walked and stopped in the stands, looking around, and slowly gathered behind the stands.
Judging from the shrewdness of these people, they had clearly undergone strict training. They did not look like they were from the Qing Gang or the underworld. Su Yue remained calm and collected. To outsiders, he was fully focused on the match. From time to time, he would cheer and shout along with the crowd. Although he did not turn his head, his peripheral vision and hearing were all on the people behind him.
Those people seemed to be rehearsing something and dividing their work. Sometimes they gathered together and mumbled, and sometimes they scattered. One of them was not far from him. He waved his hand behind him, as if he had received some order and moved closer to him.
Su Yue's expression began to turn serious. He looked at the southernmost side of the stands. It was near the exit. Because the location was not good, there was a large empty space. Those people did not pay attention to that exit. This made Su Yue feel a little relieved. His meeting point this time was at the exit passage of the grandstand.
After the preliminaries ended, the audience began to leave the stage. With the help of the horizontal movement, Su Yue glanced at the person at the top of the stands. He clearly saw a person bowing. That was a subconscious movement that only Japanese people had.
Su Yue already understood that this meeting had already attracted the attention of the Japanese, but for the time being, he could not determine where this news had been leaked from. It seemed that he could only act according to the situation tomorrow. If it really didn't work, he would decisively give up on this meeting.
However, the captain's words rang in his ears again." This time, it was related to whether the new Fourth Army could be successfully established and become a fighting force to enter the War of Resistance against Japan as soon as possible. Su Yue's heart was filled with pride. Old Zhao, I will definitely complete your unfinished task. I will definitely find out the cause of your death and avenge you! Even if it's a dragon's pool or a tiger's den, I'll still charge in!
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At Shanghai South Station, Chen Gongshu led two students from the first batch of Xiangtan Training Camp off the train, just like a university professor leading two students. There were also more than ten students rushing to Shanghai from all over the southwest. They were the core force for rebuilding the Shanghai Military Station.
Seeing that it was getting late, he originally planned to go to the rendezvous point to inspect the terrain after arriving in Shanghai. However, the train was seriously delayed, so he could only stay for the time being and postpone the plan to inspect the racecourse until the next morning.
Qiao Shan, one of the two students, had once studied in the foreign language department of Zhendan University, so he was very familiar with Shanghai. With him leading the way, the journey was smooth. They entered the concession before dark and took the bus No. 3 to the horse racing hall. They were looking for a hotel nearby.
The two students each occupied the front and middle of the bus, while Chen Gongshu sat in the last row of the bus. This was also the habit of professional spies.
Chen Gongshu looked at the scenery along the bus and was lost in thought. It was really Shanghai. The lights were on, the tall buildings were everywhere, and the neon lights were flashing. All kinds of people were walking in a hurry. No matter who it was, they would feel small when they came here. Chen Gongshu was no exception. That sense of powerlessness arose spontaneously. He was just one of the many living beings.
This time, he came to Shanghai to receive orders in the face of danger. Unlike before, he was simply carrying out an assassination order. As the manager of a region, he needed to consider all aspects and coordinate the various forces to re-establish the military command station in Shanghai Beach. However, he was a foreigner at the moment. He could clearly feel the rejection of the city towards him. He even had an inexplicable fear. Perhaps one day, he would be drowned in the torrential waters of the Huangpu River.
Zhongtong, Underground Party, Special Fifth Group, foreigners, Green Gang, and now the Japanese, which one of them wasn't deeply rooted in Shanghai and had great power? The Juntong might have been able to intimidate these forces in the past, but with the defeat of the national army and the destruction of the Shanghai station, how much prestige would the Juntong have left? How much face would these factions give the commander?
Just as Chen Gongshu was deep in thought, a streetcar came from the opposite direction of the bus. The moment the two cars met, his eyes lit up. There was a person sitting in the last row of the streetcar who also glanced at the bus.
The two of them looked at each other at the same time, and their eyes also revealed an incredulous expression. However, they remained calm and did not move their heads.
Chen Gongshu recognized that the person on the streetcar was Feng Yuan! An outstanding student from the third phase of the Xiangtan Training Camp. He was one of the students he taught who was good at action!
As an agent, even if they were best friends, they couldn't just meet each other by chance because they couldn't be sure if the other party was on a mission.
Even though they could not recognize each other, it did not mean that they could not recognize each other. For those who could trust each other, they could still meet the next day at the same place and time. As for whether they could meet the next day or not, it would depend on the telepathy between them.
The meeting tomorrow afternoon was too important for him as the future Shanghai Station Chief. It was related to whether he could successfully build the Shanghai Station. Without the Intelligence Team One as the foundation for reconstruction, the new military commander Shanghai Station would be like duckweed. Without a foundation, there would be no achievements, and it would even repeat the same mistakes. As for whether he could meet Feng Yuan again tomorrow, it all depended on whether the meeting went smoothly or not.
However, there was one thing that Chen Gongshu did not expect. Feng Yuan's goal was to save him. The rescue operation arranged by Uncle Ho required tickets to the horse racing hall.
Feng Yuan didn't expect that the person he was going to protect at the horse racing hall tomorrow was his instructor.
The original opportunity to avoid danger was gone in a flash as they brushed past each other.
Chen Gongshu continued to follow the path he had set and stubbornly stepped into the trap set by the Special Higher Police.
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