The Bravest

The large-scale operation of the Shanghai Military Control Station struck a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese. In order to avoid retaliation from the Japanese, the operatives cut off horizontal connections after the operation ended that day and basically remained dormant.

However, no matter how careful the plan is, accidents are bound to happen. When one of the KMT's action teams was attacking a police station, they encountered two Japanese plainclothes agents who were doing work in the station. While entering the police station and shooting at the police, the two Japanese agents pretended to be frightened and lay on the ground to deceive the careless KMT personnel.

Due to a misjudgment, the Military Intelligence Bureau agents let go of the Japanese spy lying on the ground after shooting and killing three puppet policemen, and turned to evacuate. At this time, the cunning Japanese spies sneaked up on the Military Intelligence Bureau agents who had their backs to them. The two died on the spot, and the operation team leader Chen Jilian was injured and captured.

"Mr. Lin, you must rush to the gendarmerie headquarters right now." Gangcun called Lin Jie in the afternoon. He did not say what the matter was, but directly told Lin Jie in an imperative tone to leave immediately.

Lin Jie only took Liu Sheng to the gendarmerie headquarters. Along the way, Lin Jie was thinking about his situation. If the Japanese did anything to him, it would not be Gangcun who informed him. At least, he would be secretly detained by Shibuya or others like last time. Besides, although Gangcun spoke in a commanding tone, Lin Jie could hear the suppressed excitement in it.

"It should have nothing to do with me. The only thing that could make Gangcun excited, apart from money, is the capture of anti-Japanese elements or important clues." This judgment made Lin Jie nervous. Gangcun would not call Lin Jie to the military police headquarters for a personal matter like money. The Military Control Commission had just launched a large-scale operation in the morning, and Gangcun called Lin Jie in such a hurry in the afternoon. There must have been some mistakes in the Military Control Commission's operation.

"Liu Sheng, when we get there, drop me off at the door and drive to the basement of the teahouse in front to wait for me. If I don't come to see you in two hours, go home and tell your sister-in-law that I'm at the headquarters and Gangcun together. Don't worry. Tell her not to move anything at home. Remember that."

"Brother, which sister-in-law are you talking to?" Liu Sheng didn't understand what Lin Jie said for a moment.

"Miss Ye, from now on when I say sister-in-law, I mean Miss Ye, do you understand? Sister-in-law means Sister Haitang and Sister Yuelan. Remember, tell your sister-in-law not to touch anything at home." Lin Jie explained to Liu Sheng helplessly. Who told him to have three wives? It's no wonder Liu Sheng asked too much, otherwise it would be easy to make a mistake.

"Oh, I remember."

Lin Jie got off the car at the entrance of the gendarmerie headquarters. Just as he registered his name and department, a gendarmerie came and took Lin Jie to Gangcun's office.

"Mr. Gangcun, what's the matter that requires you to call me here in such a hurry?" Lin Jie pretended to be in a hurry and asked breathlessly when he saw Gangcun.

"Mr. Lin, good news. We have captured a Military Intelligence Bureau agent and are interrogating him. Come with me and take a look." When Gangcun saw Lin Jie coming in, he did not ask Lin Jie to sit down, but immediately stood up and walked out.

"Mr. Gangcun, aren't we mainly responsible for economic and international strategic intelligence? How could we be involved in the interrogation of Military Control Commission agents?" Lin Jie followed Gangcun out, asking about the key points, worried that there was a trap.

"Mr. Lin, you are too honest. The scope of work is fixed. Only merit is real. Intelligence work requires contact with all aspects to verify each other. Do you think that if you bury yourself in piles of information every day, the intelligence will come to you on its own? We are a direct department of the Military Police Headquarters. We can manage everything. No one stipulates that we must not interrogate the agents of the Military Control Commission. As long as we can find clues from them, we can still make merit. Otherwise, why would we have operational personnel under our command?"

"So that's it. He's just a Military Intelligence Bureau agent captured by our Military Police Headquarters?"

"He was captured by Shibuya's men at No. 76 and is now being held in No. 76. Aren't you still holding the position of section chief in the intelligence department of No. 76? We have to interrogate him before General Kagezoe's Ume Bureau, or at least get involved. If it's too late, there will really be nothing for us to do. No one will give up such a great credit to others." Gangcun explained why he let Lin Jie participate in the interrogation. It turned out that Gangcun used Lin Jie's identity at No. 76 to participate in it.

Although Unit 76 was supported by the Mei Agency of Kagesa Masaaki, it was still under the jurisdiction of the Military Police Headquarters, which could be said to be a dual jurisdiction. In fact, Gangcun wanted to take credit after receiving the news.

When Gangcun and Lin Jie arrived, they were still a step too late. Chen Jilian could not stand the torture of No. 76 and gave out the two internal liaisons of the Military Control Commission who had contact with him. Warrant Officer Mitsui of the Mei Agency led the agents of No. 76 to go to the address of the liaison that Chen Jilian gave out to start the arrest.

"Mr. Mitsui, I request to participate in the arrest operation. This is an order from our military police headquarters." Gangcun faced the leading spy of the Mei Agency and raised the banner of the military police headquarters. In addition, his own rank of major made it impossible for the spy, who was only a warrant officer, to refuse. He had to let Gangcun and Lin Jie join the arrest team.

Under the command of the Japanese, the agents of No. 76 quickly surrounded the residences of the two Military Control Commission couriers. It was just a very ordinary residential building, a two-story building without a yard. Gangcun was cunning and took Lin Jie and two other agents to guard the back alley of the building.

No. 76 in front got a signal from the Japanese, used his body to push open the crude wooden door, and rushed in. A military liaison on the first floor was alarmed and immediately shot at the spies rushing in with a pistol. The first two spies were knocked down, and the liaison was about to be knocked to the ground by the spies rushing over. Another military liaison upstairs fired down the stairs and hit one of the spies, but was suppressed by the firepower of the Japanese spies who followed in and could not show his head.

Seeing his companions being captured, the courier upstairs had no choice but to retreat to the second floor, open the back window and jump down. Unfortunately, before he could stand firm, he saw several people rushing towards him. Even though he knew that he would not be able to escape today, the courier of the Military Control Commission did not surrender, but squatted on the ground and pulled the trigger at the figure that had rushed in front of him.

An agent who was eager to make a contribution fell down. Lin Jie and another agent who followed him rolled on the ground and hid behind the debris in the alley. Gangcun, who was at the end, seized the opportunity and shot the courier in the shoulder. The courier dropped the gun in his hand in pain. Seeing that the courier had lost the ability to resist, Gangcun shouted from behind, "Catch him alive, don't shoot."

Lin Jie was watched by Gangcun from behind. Seeing that the courier of the Military Control Commission was about to be captured alive, he had no way to stop him. After a moment's hesitation, the courier was thrown to the ground by another spy. Lin Jie could only pretend to be nervous and put his gun to the courier's head. Gangcun rushed over excitedly and opened the courier's mouth to check, fearing that he would commit suicide by taking poison.

"Tie him up." Gangcun didn't find anything unusual in the courier's words, so he told Lin Jie to tie the man up with satisfaction.

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Liu Sheng waited for two hours in the basement of the teahouse, but Lin Jie did not show up, so he had to drive back to Lin Jie's home as Lin Jie had instructed. Because Shanghai was under martial law today, the three women in the family did not go out. Gangcun's wife Mei Zi, who had played cards at Lin's house in the morning, had already gone home. In addition to a few bodyguards and nannies arranged by Lin Jie, the three women were bored and teaching a little girl to play mahjong. The little girl was the child named Lin Ruolan by Lin Jie.

Liu Sheng hurried back and saw that his sisters-in-law were all there. He didn't know how to start, so he stood beside Ye Wulian and blinked, saying, "Sister-in-law, my brother was called to the military police headquarters by Gangcun, and he told you not to worry and not to touch anything at home." Liu Sheng's words were nothing special, as if Lin Jie had just told him where to go. However, Ye Wulian saw Liu Sheng blinking at her and realized that Liu Sheng's words were specifically told by Lin Jie to her.

"Got it, Liu Sheng, come and help me play a few games and keep your sister Ruolan company." Ye Wulian said, then stood up and stretched, patting her shoulders a few times, looking very tired. Then she said, "You guys continue playing, I'll go take a rest." Then she went upstairs under the dissatisfied eyes of Sun Yuelan and Liu Haitang.

"Oh, okay." Liu Sheng pretended to be relaxed and moved a chair to replace Ye Wulian to play mahjong.

On the second floor, Ye Wulian paced back and forth in the bedroom, thinking about how to pass on Lin Jie's message. "Don't move anything at home." This is what Lin Jie wanted Liu Sheng to bring back. This is the code that Lin Jie and himself had agreed on early in the morning, which means that the Xishi team should stop all activities and enter a silent state. This is the first time that Lin Jie used this emergency code to warn. Combined with the actions of the Military Control Commission today and the martial law in Shanghai, Ye Wulian knew that Lin Jie should have encountered an emergency, but he couldn't get away, so he could only warn to suspend the activities of the intelligence team and wait for subsequent developments.

Shanghai is still under martial law. Although Ye Wulian can go out, it will easily attract attention. But how to notify Lao Zhou? After thinking about it, Ye Wulian still feels that it is not appropriate to meet Lao Zhou now. In that case, she can only call him. I just don't know if Lao Zhou's cafe is still open and whether Lao Zhou is in the cafe.

Ye Wulian called the coffee shop, and luckily someone answered: "Hello, is Manager Zhou here?"

"Hello, it's me. Who is looking for me?" Lao Zhou's calm voice came, and Ye Wulian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Manager Zhou, it's me, Miss Ye. Can you send someone to deliver some cups of coffee and snacks to my house? It's not convenient for me to go out today. Just follow my original taste, and nothing needs to be changed." Ye Wulian asked the cafe to deliver the service.

"I'm sorry, Miss Ye, we don't have such service at the moment, and the cafe is closed today. When the market calms down in a few days, we still welcome Miss Ye to visit at any time."

"Oh, I see. It seems I won't be able to drink your coffee today. Sorry to bother you." Ye Wulian said this and hung up the phone. She believed that Lao Zhou would hear the words "nothing remains unchanged".

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