The Bravest

Liu Sheng handed Xiaolan to Liu Yidao, turned around and followed Lin Jie into the back hall of the clinic. At this time, the back hall was already empty. Lin Jie cursed at Liu Sheng in a low voice: "Why didn't you wait for me? You are going to die. The Japanese will take care of you. Let's not fight so hard." After cursing, Lin Jie wanted to turn around and go back with Liu Sheng.

At this time, there were chaotic gunshots behind the clinic building. It seemed that Liu Yang and his team had encountered Japanese plainclothes. This was agreed upon by Lin Jie and Xiao Ye. Lin Jie was in charge of the front, and Xiao Ye and his plainclothes officers hid in a messy residential area 200 meters behind the clinic building. They didn't dare to get too close because they were afraid of disturbing the people in the clinic in advance. There were also military police 500 meters behind them to block the perimeter. Lin Jie was still a little worried, so he rushed over with Liu Sheng.

Ono and five plainclothes officers who had scattered around heard the gunshots from the clinic and immediately gathered around. After Liu Yang and the apprentice from the clinic rushed out from the back hall, "Old Liu, there must be someone behind us. I'll go first and attract them, and you find a chance to break out." After saying that, the young Military Intelligence Bureau agent rushed forward. He encountered the Japanese and opened fire on them after rushing out more than ten meters. The appearance of the young agent attracted Ono and the plainclothes officers, and the two sides hid behind the house and shot at each other. Ono relied on his numerical advantage and outflanked the enemy, and the battle was resolved in less than a minute. However, after being shot, the young agent used a grenade to kill himself together with the two plainclothes officers who wanted to capture him alive in order to avoid falling into the hands of the Japanese. This scared Ono enough.

Lin Jie saw this when he came with Liu Sheng. Lin Jie patted Xiao Ye on the back and said, "Xiao Ye, don't be angry and cry. The main thing now is to report to the headquarters as soon as possible. I'm afraid something will happen in Chongqing. The pursuit of Liu Yang will be left to my subordinates. I still have to go back to the clinic to see if there are any clues left."

"Okay, the fish that slipped through the net is not a big deal. I will go back and report to the headquarters immediately. I will hand this over to my deputy Watanabe-kun. Lin-san, you go ahead. I will report your contribution to the headquarters." After Ono finished speaking, he took the remaining two plainclothes officers away, and the other went to notify the person who led the military police to round up Liu Yang. Lin Jie didn't care anymore. The pledge of allegiance was completed here. Whether Liu Yang could escape was up to him.

Liu Yang, who was holding back tears, went to the messy houses from another direction after the young agent opened fire with the Japanese. He soon discovered that there were still a large number of Japanese military police outside searching here. It was impossible to rush out. He looked at the surrounding environment and found that there was no time. Once he was discovered, he would not be able to get out. Liu Yang gritted his teeth and got under a low wooden shed where residents put firewood. He moved the firewood away and tried to get deeper. He reached out and pulled a bundle of thatch for kindling. In fact, it was just a comfort to his heart. It couldn't cover it at all. Liu Yang had prepared a grenade in his hand. If he was discovered, he would have to serve his country. Fortunately, it was dark.

While Lin Jie was rounding up Liu Yang, in Chongqing, a large number of military and police were dispatched to various Japanese intelligence network bases that were already under the surveillance of the Military Control Commission agents. With the Military Control Commission inside and the military and police outside, they surrounded each base in three layers, like an iron barrel with no way out.

The largest stronghold was led by Zhang Wu, who was no longer hiding. There was nothing much to say. The military agents directly attacked. The Japanese rarely surrendered, so the military agents did not waste time and used American submachine guns, which were street fighting weapons. The powerful firepower of the submachine guns made the Japanese unable to raise their heads. Then they fired grenades and the battle ended quickly. Zhang Wu was lucky enough to catch two Japanese who were injured but not dead. The situation of other strongholds was similar. The intelligence network that the Japanese had spent a lot of money to rebuild was wiped out in one fell swoop.

Zhang Wu looked at his injured colleague being carried into the ambulance, raised his head to the sky, and prayed in his heart, "Old buddy, I have done the work for you, I hope you are safe."

No one knew whether Zhang Wu's prayers from afar had brought good luck to Liu Yang. Although it was dark, the area was bustling with noise. In addition to the gendarmerie, many spies transferred from Unit 76 had joined the search. Liu Yang knew that he would not survive the night.

The gendarmerie were very cunning. They did not advance blindly, but scattered around key points and searched slowly. They waited until the agents from No. 76 arrived and had sufficient manpower before they began to search house by house. Soon the encirclement was shrunk a lot, getting closer and closer to where Liu Yang was hiding.

The spies' search caused chaos among the people in this area. Every house was turned upside down. Some spies took advantage of the situation and put valuables into their own pockets. Some even touched young girls and wives. It was truly lawless.

The house where Liu Yang hid was owned by a young couple. The man was afraid that his wife would be taken advantage of by the spies, so before the spies found him, he dragged his wife out and asked her to hide in the woodshed. Unexpectedly, when they saw the corner of Liu Yang's clothes exposed outside, they were so scared that they almost screamed. Fortunately, they held back and turned back to cover their wife's mouth, "Good man, let's go quickly, the spies are here." The young man still had some blood in his veins. He did not inform the Japanese and told Liu Yang to run away. If he had not married a wife and was reluctant to leave, he would have joined the army to fight the Japanese long ago.

Liu Yang knew he couldn't hide anymore. He would be found out sooner or later and would implicate the common people. So he came out on his own initiative. "Thank you, brother. It seems I can't get out today. Today I will let you see the power of our Military Control Commission warriors." After saying that, he put the grenade in his pocket, pulled out his double guns, and was ready to go out and fight the Japanese to the death.

"Wait a minute, good man. If you can't get out, hide. There is a cellar inside. Help move the wood." The young man was inspired by Liu Yang's courage and got a little excited. He told Liu Yang about the cellar. Liu Yang thought, "Okay, if there is a cellar, there will be a chance. No dog barking was heard, which proved that the Japanese did not bring military dogs here."

The two of them hurriedly helped to open the wood on the cellar in just one minute. "Hurry up and go down, and my wife, you go down too, there is room for two people." The young man waited for his wife and Liu Yang to go down, and then he was about to cover the wooden cover. He suddenly said, "Good man, you can't take advantage of my wife," and then covered the wooden board and piled the firewood back. He walked out two steps, looked back, gritted his teeth, and turned back to pull down one of the wooden pillars supporting the wooden shed. The roof lost a support and immediately fell down. After covering everything below, the young man went back to the house with peace of mind.

Less than two minutes after the young man hid, the secret agents arrived at the house and snatched the two dollars and several French francs from the young man. The young man cursed in a low voice, "You little bastard," and was heard, and was slapped twice.

The spies searched until late at night, but still could not find Liu Yang who had escaped. They left a few spies outside and the military police evacuated everyone. The young man was very brave. At dawn, he wandered around like a gangster. He even saw a spy who used to hang out with him in the gang. He flattered himself and went to him to get information. "Brother, what's going on? Why are you catching someone in the middle of the night? Look, you even slapped me twice."

"Fuck, I told you to go into No. 76 with me but you refused. You deserve a beating now. Be careful next time. I'll come find you when I recruit people again. Come in with me and have a good time. That's enough. Go back now."

The young man was quite cautious. He went out for a walk at around ten o'clock. This time he didn't see any spies, so he pulled his wife and Liu Yang out of the cellar. He didn't forget to ask, "Wife, did he take advantage of you?"

After hiding in the cellar with a grown man for a whole night, she was already full of anger. When she heard her man ask such a question, she slapped him on the head and said, "When will you speak properly, you little bastard? Ah."

Liu Yang originally wanted to explain, but when he saw that the young wife was so strong, he realized there was no need for him to explain. He bowed to the young couple and said, "Brothers, I'm grateful for your kindness. See you later." He didn't care about anything else. He took out a handful of banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into the young man's hand. He said goodbye and then disappeared from the young man's sight.

Finally, Liu Yang returned to Chongqing after more than three months, and got drunk with Zhang Wu. Before he passed out, he kept cursing Lin Jie, saying that he was a loser and had ruined him twice.

Lin Jie and his team also stayed at the clinic all night, searching the entire building carefully. They found a radio in a dark room on the second floor. The code book was secretly hidden by Lin Jie. They also found several gold bars. Liu Sheng and Liu Yidao were so happy that they took one each and bit it in their mouths. Lin Jie slapped them on the back of their heads and said, "Take one each and hide it. Take the rest and exchange them for dollars to share with you brothers. By the way, Xiaolan, do you want to come back with me?"

"Ah, I don't know. I'll listen to Brother Sheng." It was the first time that Xiaolan met Brother Sheng's eldest brother. She often heard Liu Sheng talk about wine. He also said that he would take her to his eldest brother's house if he had the chance to eat delicious food. His eldest sister-in-law cooked delicious food.

Xiaolan was picked up by Liu Sheng two years ago. At that time, she fainted from hunger in a dilapidated temple and was rescued by Liu Sheng, Liu Yidao and Li Jing. Since then, she has been following them. They have been busy recently and did not take Xiaolan to Lin Jie's house. This operation needs to find many of their former brothers for help. Xiaolan also came along. Originally, she was just covering for Liu Sheng. Unexpectedly, when Liu Sheng went in, he saw only two people and started fighting directly. Fortunately, Xiaolan was taught to use a gun, and although she was not very good at it, she still scared the old man.

"Okay, ask someone to send those herbs to the welfare home and hide them. Let's leave. Liu Sheng, bring Yidao and Xiaolan to my house for dinner tomorrow. We are too tired today, so take a day off." After Lin Jie finished speaking, he went back to No. 76 to find out the situation.

Lin Jie returned to No. 76 and first reported to Li Shiqun briefly. Then he went to find Ono of the military police.

"Ono-kun, is there any news from the headquarters?"

"I have already reported to the commander last night. As for the situation in Chongqing, there has been no response yet. I am afraid that something might go wrong. However, the commander is very satisfied with your exposure of Liu Yang this time."

"That's good, Ono-kun. I'm going to go home and rest for a while. I'm so tired."

The next day, at Lin Jie's house, Ye Wulian prepared a large table of dishes for the brothers and Xiaolan. The three boys ate until their mouths were full of oil. Only Xiaolan was not as rude as them. She ate slowly with small bites, but she still ate a lot.

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After more than two months of disappearance, the director of the welfare home finally reappeared. Although the teachers were already used to it, Lin Jie's presence still made people feel much more at ease. After all, without Lin Jie, how long could the welfare home last? Everyone was unsure, but now, Lin Jie appeared in front of everyone again.

"Ahem, the teachers have worked hard during my absence. To thank you for your hard work, I decided to raise your salary. Let's raise it by 20% first. Haha, are you happy?" Lin Jie started to applaud after he finished speaking, but he immediately realized something was wrong. "Ahem, what's the matter? It seems that no one cares much about the salary. Haha, you are all teachers with high awareness. You know that the welfare home is short of funds, so you don't need to increase the salary. Haha."

There were only four teachers in total. They looked at each other. The Japanese teacher couldn't help but said, "Teacher Liu, tell your dean. Prices have increased by 30%, but salaries have only increased by 20%. Your dean is too calculating. Don't you think so?"

Teacher Liu blushed on the spot. Normally, everyone was joking and laughing, and it was fine to get along with colleagues in order to carry out work. But now being teased by this hateful fake Chinese made her really angry. The little girl was not willing to accept being teased like this, especially when she saw Lin Jie was silent and in a daze, and did not help to explain. Humph. Fight back, must fight back: "Hey, Teacher Sun usually doesn't talk much and looks weak. Why are you making fun of me today? How come the dean is ours? If he is, I don't mind giving you half, but I don't know if the dean wants it?"

Teacher Sun was stunned. He was just teasing the dean. The dean had been here for such a long time, so he wanted to get closer to him. After all, he came here with a mission. Since the dean was not here, he should have taken charge of the work of the institute. After all, he was recommended by Colonel Gangcun and could be said to be Colonel Gangcun's representative. But he was snatched away by this little vixen and was scolded by Colonel Gangcun. Humph, I am not someone who can be messed with:

"If Teacher Liu is really willing to do so, why not be generous and give the position of dean to me? After all, you are still too young, and you are not a perfect match for me." The Japanese woman just said, why are you sticking out your chest?

Lin Jie didn't know how to hold a meeting properly. He talked about something that everyone was concerned about. Isn't it a good thing to get a salary increase? Suddenly, the tone suddenly changed. Why are the two women arguing with each other? And what does it have to do with me? He quickly changed the subject.

"Wait, wait, wait, what nonsense, let's talk about it later. Let's get back to the topic of prices. I don't know much about prices. Can someone tell me about it? Oh, Teacher Zhang brought it up, so you can talk about it first."

After agreeing on a 30% salary increase, Lin Jie discovered that the two women still seemed a bit amiss, so he immediately adjourned the meeting and slipped back to his office. The meeting ended hastily.