The Bravest

Lao Zhou hung up Ye Wulian's phone call. Although he didn't know what happened, since he had received the warning to stop all activities, he had to notify everyone immediately. Fortunately, there were only five core members in the entire Xishi team. Only he and his wife knew about Lin Jie's existence. Others who knew about Lin Jie's existence or had even a little connection with him had already been transferred back to the Chongqing headquarters. Lao Zhou hung a sign outside the cafe saying that it was closed for renovation. This was a warning to his boss and contact person, indicating that all contacts were suspended and everyone was in silence.

At this time, Lin Jie, together with Gangcun and other special agents, secretly escorted two couriers of the Military Control Commission back to the interrogation cell No. 76.

The terrible screams kept hitting Lin Jie's nerves. One of the military liaison officers tied to the rack was being tortured by the No. 76 agent. Another liaison officer was being tortured in the same way in another cell.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect that there would be such stupid people among you Chinese. No one can stand under the torture. It's just a matter of sooner or later. If you insist on enduring it, you will only add to your own pain. But today, Mitsui-kun's movements seemed a little gentler. An hour has passed, and there is still no progress." Gangcun looked at the Military Control Commission agent in front of him who had not spoken a word, and pretended to be relaxed while talking to Lin Jie next to him, as if he had everything under control.

"Haha, everyone is confused sometimes, and they often remember why they did it in the first place after they wake up. I think, if we give Mitsui-kun a little more time, it should be almost done." Lin Jie laughed dryly to deal with Gangcun, feeling a little regretful. At that time, in the back alley, when there was no way to rescue him, he should have freed this brother, otherwise he would not have suffered so much torture. In Lin Jie's mind, if he was exposed one day, he would definitely bite the poison hidden in his back tooth socket and commit suicide as soon as possible, because Lin Jie believed that he could not withstand the torture, so it was better to die. Of course, the three wives had the same poison, and they told Lin Jie secretly.

"Okay, Major Okamura, we were just warming up. We need to vent the anger of the people below. Since Major Okamura can't wait any longer, let's just give him a try on the latest electric chair. Let Major Okamura see the methods of our Mei Agency." Warrant Officer Mitsui, who was standing next to him, was so angry that his teeth itched when he saw Okamura and Lin Jie watching the fun and making sarcastic remarks. When have you ever let the people of the Military Police Headquarters look down on you, the people of the Mei Agency?

"Tie him to the electric chair and don't waste any more time." Mitsui finally revealed his true face, and his round face that was smiling just now became hideous.

"Haha, you're just being stubborn, huh? Then try the new thing. Your companions don't have this blessing yet." Agent No. 76 lowered the bloody Military Control Commission courier from the frame and dragged his limp body to a special iron chair. After a flurry of activity, the courier's hands, feet, waist and head were firmly fixed to the iron chair with belts. The agent also connected wires to various parts of his body. Everything was ready.

"Major Okamura, do you want to try it yourself?" Mitsui walked around the electric chair and was very satisfied with this new toy.

"Haha, Mitsui-kun, don't waste time, let's get started."

"First gear, start." The agent heard Mitsui's order, immediately adjusted the current, and then turned on the power switch.

"Ah..." The scream was sharp and short. The traffic officer did not faint immediately like he did at the beginning, but his whole body was shaking.

"Stop" After more than ten seconds, Mitsui saw blood oozing from the courier's facial features and called a halt to the electric shock. The courier's body trembled for a while before he passed out.

"Splash him awake."

With a splash, several large basins of cold water were poured over him, and the Military Control Commission's courier's eyelids trembled a few times before he slowly woke up. Mitsui resumed his smiling expression, walked up to the courier, and spoke in a low, sinister voice:

"Do you know why we arrested you? Because you are not the first one to try the power of the electric chair. The last one was Chen Jilian. So why do you have to do this?"

When the courier heard the three words "Chen Jilian", he trembled all over, and Mitsui became even more proud.

"Go ahead. As long as you tell me a name, you don't have to try the second level of current. That's a hundred times more uncomfortable than before. Chen Jilian tried it once, and then he told me everything. I think you don't have to do it. It's not necessary."

When Mitsui mentioned Chen Jilian's name again, the traffic officer's spirit completely collapsed, and he uttered two words with a weak breath: "Mao?"

"Very good. Then who is Mao? What does he do?"

"Captain of Shanghai Station Operations."

"Hahaha, not bad, where is he now?"

"·····Road No. 2."

"You continue to take notes for him, Major Okamura, do you want to join us?" After saying that, Mitsui hurried out of the cell.

"Mr. Lin, let's go." Gangcun called Lin Jie quickly and followed Mitsui out. When Lin Jie walked out of the cell, he looked back at the Military Control Commission's liaison officer with a complicated expression, then turned around and quickly followed Gangcun.

"Hurry up, hurry up." In the compound of No. 76, Mitsui kept urging the spy to get in the car. Being the operations chief of the Military Control Commission's Shanghai Station was enough to make him excited.

Looking at everything in front of him, Lin Jie felt powerless and mechanically got on Gangcun's car. He followed the large number of spies in front of him. It seemed that the betrayed military commander was in danger. Suddenly, Lin Jie thought of Zhang Wu, and an idea came to him. He turned to Gangcun and said, "Mr. Gangcun, we should be cautious with the commander's level. Do you want to report it to the teacher?"

"Well, what do you mean?" Gangcun asked in confusion. This was the critical moment of the arrest, why did Lin Jie mention Kenji Doihara?

"Mr. Gangcun, I mean, at the level of the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it is not a simple matter of arresting a few agents, but whether our Military Police Headquarters should consider political issues, just like Chen Gongshu last year, isn't he also one of us now? And Mitsui may not understand these things. They will only roughly solve the problems at hand and may not consider long-term issues."

"Yes, that's right. The level is different now. A warrior like Mitsui won't understand. As soon as the arrest is successful, I will report to the teacher immediately. You need to help keep an eye on him. Don't let Mitsui torture him yet. Let the teacher handle everything."

"Okay," Lin Jie agreed readily. He felt a little relieved. As long as he was not tortured immediately, Lin Jie believed that as a senior member of the Military Control Commission, he would not defect immediately. As long as there was time, there was still room for everything. Even if he found a chance to notify Zhang Wu, it could reduce a lot of losses.

An hour later, the residence of Mao Yu, the commander of the Military Control Commission, was under complete surveillance. Mitsui sent an honest-looking spy to observe and found that Mao Yu's door was locked, and it seemed that no one was home. Mao Yu was not at home, so Mitsui ordered the agents to disperse and spread out in the streets and alleys. He led Gangcun and Lin Jie to monitor across from Mao Yu's residence.

Lin Jie originally thought that since Mao was not there, he would have a chance to warn others. However, before Lin Jie could come up with an excuse to get rid of Mitsui and Gangcun, Mao actually came back from outside. It was estimated that he had only been out for a short time, so he was not sufficiently vigilant. At the moment when Mao took out the key to open the door, Mitsui and the secret agents who were monitoring No. 76 rushed over and squeezed Mao directly against the door panel, unable to move. Mao, an important figure of the Military Control Commission and the head of the operations department, was captured.

"Gangcun, there is a phone in the shop ahead." Lin Jie reminded quietly, hoping to attract Kenji Doihara's attention to Mao Zedong, delay the interrogation time, and then find an opportunity to send out the information about Mao Zedong's capture to reduce the losses of the Military Control Commission Shanghai Station. Lin Jie knew the Japanese very well. When the Japanese captured senior members of the Military Control Commission, they usually considered using a conciliatory policy to try to turn the senior members of the Military Control Commission against the Japanese. This not only allowed them to obtain the desired intelligence, but also allowed them to use the already turned members for propaganda, in order to win over more military and political personnel of the National Government who were weak-willed, in order to achieve the goal of using China to control China.

"Keep a close eye on him and don't let Mao leave your sight." Gangcun understood what Lin Jie meant.

"Mitsui-kun, take the people to the car and wait for me. I need to report to General Doihara. Lin-san, you go with Mitsui-kun." Gangcun made a request to Mitsui in an imperative tone. After saying that, without waiting for Mitsui to reply, he walked quickly to a store with a telephone in front.

"Mr. Sanyi, let me help." After Lin Jie said that, he squeezed into the passenger seat of the car that was escorting Mao?. Mao? was handcuffed and even his mouth was blocked by a towel. He was sitting in the back seat of the car with two people sandwiched between him.

Mitsui had no way to deal with Gangcun's unreasonable demands, and was even more dissatisfied with Lin Jie's rogue behavior. He called a spy from the Mei Agency and ordered: "You, call General Yingzuo immediately to inform him that we have captured the military commander Mao?, but Major Gangcun of the Military Police Command must be present. Now the prisoner must be escorted to No. 76. Please ask General Yingzuo for instructions, go quickly."

"Hey," Mitsui spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground as he watched his men leave, and cursed in a low voice with disdain, "Asshole."

"Mister Mitsui, the commander of the gendarmerie headquarters has ordered that Mao Zedong be taken to the gendarmerie on Diswei Road and placed under strict custody immediately. Remember, he must be kept under strict custody and no interrogation is allowed for the time being." After finishing his phone call, Gangcun returned to Mitsui and excitedly gave him Kenji Doihara's order.

"Major Okamura, I have reported to General Kagezawa, please wait a moment." Mitsui was definitely unwilling to hand Mao? over to the military police for handling.

"Baga, Warrant Officer Mitsui, do you dare to disobey the order of the gendarmerie headquarters? Now I order you to escort Mao? to Disiwei Road immediately, immediately, execute it immediately." Gangcun was furious and showed no mercy to Mitsui.

"Hey" Mitsui didn't dare to say anything more about Okamura's direct order. The Japanese had a strict hierarchy which was very scary. Although Mitsui had Kagesa as his backer, Kagesa was not there after all, and Okamura's rank of major was much higher than his, so Mitsui had no room for resistance.

Four cars and twenty secret agents escorted Mao Zedong to the gendarmerie on Disiwei Road.

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