The extremely tragic Battle of Songhu only lasted three months and came to an end. At this time, except for the concession, other parts of Shanghai had been controlled by the Japanese army. The three-month-long tragic war caused refugees all over Shanghai, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the concession
The police and the army had to be mobilized to set up checkpoints at various passages connecting the outside of the concession to prevent a large number of refugees from flooding into the concession. Just when the Japanese army in Shanghai was busy checking for omissions, and most people turned their attention to Nanjing, a man carrying
Shi Shiran, a young man wearing a black suitcase, appeared at the Shanghai pier.
Arriving in Shanghai again, Tang Cheng felt very emotional. Tang Cheng, who set out from Chongqing by waterway, did not go directly to Shanghai. Instead, he went to Guangzhou first, and then took an American cruise ship from Guangzhou to Shanghai. "Mike, long time no see."
!" Just after getting off the cruise ship, Hans, who had been waiting on the pier for a long time, came up to him. The other person's wink made Tangcheng not do anything strange when he called Mike. The two of them immediately had a Western-style conversation.
After hugging him, Hans whispered in Tang Cheng's ear, "There are too many spies on the dock, so be careful in everything you do."
Only then did Tang Cheng notice that there were indeed some strange-looking people on the pier. Needless to say, these suspicious people should be spies from the Japanese military intelligence department. "Although the war is over, the Japanese have not yet completely controlled the concession.
In all areas outside the area, the dock is an important area controlled by the Japanese, and these spies should be their people." Hans reached out and took the black suitcase that Tang Cheng was carrying, and the two of them followed the flow of people and left the dock.
"After receiving your telegram, saying that you were coming to Shanghai, I forged an identity for you." After the two got in the car, Hans took out a passport and handed it to Tang Cheng. "You are a new arrival in Shanghai.
A Chinese American, his external identity is the agent of Langhua Company in China. The concession is now very strictly controlled. Without such an identity, it will be difficult for you to move forward in the concession." Hans' explanation made Tang Cheng frown slightly. He could have done it beforehand.
I didn't expect that the situation in Shanghai has become so serious.
"Very good, it's not bad to have such an identity. When I come to Shanghai this time, I may stay for a long time." Tang Cheng was talking to Hans who was driving, while looking out of the car window, he saw the people leaving the pier.
Along the way, Tang Cheng had seen too many refugees. In a daze, Tang Cheng recalled the scene when Zhang Jianghe said goodbye to him. Perhaps Zhang Jianghe at that time did not expect that Shanghai would become what it is now.
With Hans around, Tang Cheng passed the concession checkpoints very easily. After the car entered the concession, the order seemed to be much better, but the refugees everywhere still made Tang Cheng nervous.
Cheng felt his heart heavy. Damn the Japanese, all of this was caused by them! Anger slowly rose in Tang Cheng's heart. The residence Hans prepared for Tang Cheng was the same one he had lived in last year in Shanghai.
A foreign-style house, but things have changed and people have changed. The cook and housekeeper who were working in the foreign-style house at that time have been replaced.
"Edmund has been in Shanghai for several years, and Mary is his wife. They are both trustworthy people." Although Tang Cheng did not specify in the telegram what he meant by coming to Shanghai, Hans knew that Tang Cheng would not take it easy.
Believing others, when he saw Tang Cheng secretly sizing up Edmund and his wife, he spoke out to vouch for them. Hans's words made Tang Cheng understand in his heart that it seemed that even if the foreign couple were not Hans's people, they should be related to Hans.
some kind of relationship.
The furnishings in the bungalow had not changed at all, which made Tang Cheng, who revisited his hometown, sigh with emotion. He had spent two months here with Zhang Jianghe. "You didn't say in the telegram why you came to Shanghai this time.
What?" Tang Cheng and the two sat down in the study room upstairs. Hans asked impatiently why Tang Cheng came to Shanghai. In his opinion, the seemingly harmless Tang Cheng was actually a dangerous weapon.
bomb.
"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble when I come to Shanghai this time!" Tang Cheng took the cigar from Hans, turned around and sat down on the sofa. "I originally stayed well in Chongqing, but some people didn't want to
I was living a leisurely life, but they wanted to drag me into trouble. I couldn't afford to offend those people, so I had to come to Shanghai to escape temporarily. Of course, Shanghai can't be in vain, I always have to do something."
Tang Cheng didn't want to hide it from Hans. After all, he was working in Shanghai and needed Hans' help.
Tang Cheng didn’t want to explain the purpose of his trip, and Hans couldn’t press him any further. After chatting with Tang Cheng for a while, Hans said goodbye and left. Looking around at the furnishings in the study, it was still the same as before. Tang Cheng stood up and locked the study first.
door, and then opened the black suitcase he brought to Shanghai. The firearms Tang Cheng needed were all placed in the carry-on equipment bag, but the carry-on equipment bag had a weight limit, so all the extra explosives he brought were in this bag.
In a black suitcase.
"Oops! I forgot to ask Hans for a pistol!" Tang Cheng's usual Luger pistol and shotgun had been leaked when he attacked the Central Command Point in Chongqing. This time when he came to Shanghai, Tang Cheng did not bring those two weapons with him.
A Luger pistol and a shotgun. He only carried a Mauser rifle and a large amount of rifle ammunition in his carry-on equipment bag. With the rifle and explosives, Tang Cheng also needed two pistols for close combat, but he just forgot
Mentioned it to Hans.
After confirming that no one was outside the door, Tang Cheng moved the bookshelf on the left side of the study and stored the explosives in the box in the secret compartment behind the bookshelf. "Edmund, I have to go out to meet a friend and will be back before dinner."
, if anyone calls me, please ask him to call back during dinner." Tang Cheng, wearing a coat and a top hat, came downstairs and happened to meet the butler Edmund coming out of the kitchen, so he casually confessed
Tang Cheng had just arrived in Shanghai, and he was going to see two secret contact points assigned to him by the Intelligence Department. One of them was dedicated to issuing missions to Tang Cheng, while the other was dedicated to providing the equipment and intelligence Tang Cheng needed.
After leaving his residence and walking to the main street, Tang Cheng called a rickshaw and drove around the area where his residence was located. After confirming that no one was following him, Tang Cheng told the rickshaw driver his real destination. Tang Cheng was going to
The first place was a grocery store in the public concession. Not far from it was the patrol house of the public concession. Still some distance away from the grocery store, Tang Cheng had already gotten off the rickshaw and mixed in with the crowd and walked forward.
After that, Tang Cheng turned around and entered the grocery store on the street. The business of the grocery store was pretty good. When Tang Cheng entered, there were two middle-aged women who looked like housewives shopping in the grocery store.
Tang Cheng glanced at it casually, then stood at the counter and pointed to the place where the cigarettes were placed, "Bring me three packs of cigarettes, two packs of Lao Dao, one pack of Hardmen, and give me three boxes of matches." Tang Cheng heard this.
Cheng's voice came from the grocery store manager who was weighing sweets for the two housewives. He glanced at Tang Cheng out of the corner of his eye. Tang Cheng's words just now didn't sound strange, but they were actually a code to come here to meet. Take.
After receiving the cigarettes, Tang Cheng did not pay and leave immediately. Instead, he opened a pack of Laodao cigarettes and smelled them. Then he opened the pack of Hardman, took out a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking. Tang Cheng's actions at the moment
, was naturally part of the secret code for the connection. When the two housewives left, the grocery store manager immediately changed his face.
"I received the order from above three days ago. I didn't expect you to show up today!" The shopkeeper of the grocery store pretended to be looking for change, while rummaging through the money drawer, he whispered to Tang Cheng. "Japanese
There have been a lot of moves recently. Many of our strongholds in the concession have been destroyed. What does the above mean?
, I want to give the Japanese some color in the near future." The grocery store owner said, "Give some color a look." Tang Cheng knew what this meant, and then nodded lightly but did not speak.
"You follow this address and go to Boss Yu. He will tell you the specific content of the mission. Boss Yu will also help you think of any equipment you need. But don't have too much hope. There are a lot of Japanese equipment on the black market.
Secret agents, weapons and equipment are no longer as easy as before." The grocery store manager's voice was very soft. If Tang Cheng didn't listen carefully, he wouldn't be able to hear what he just said. He reached out and took the change from the grocery store manager. Tang Cheng said
Cheng did not take away the three packs of cigarettes on the counter, and immediately turned around and left. Tang Cheng did not want to come into contact with these latent personnel of the Intelligence Service in Shanghai. He knew that having too many people might not be a good thing. Tang Cheng
I was also worried that I would be betrayed by these guys to the Japanese.
After leaving the grocery store, Tang Cheng just turned around the corner and called a rickshaw. In about a cup of tea, Tang Cheng had already arrived at the address given by the shopkeeper of the grocery store. "Jiangnan Tea House!"
Tang Cheng, who was on the street, looked up at the sign of the shop in front of him. Unexpectedly, Boss Yu was running a tea house. "Excuse me, is Boss Yu here? I came from Hangzhou, and Boss Yu's third uncle asked me to bring him a message.
Message." Walking into the teahouse, Tang Cheng went straight to the only middle-aged man in the teahouse. As expected, the middle-aged man Tang Cheng found was the boss Yu who the shopkeeper of the grocery store said. When he saw Tang Cheng
The copper button was quietly revealed in Cheng's right hand. Boss Yu was slightly stunned for a moment, then he casually reacted.
He was carrying a message for the boss's third uncle, who was naturally someone close to him. The clerk in the store did not pay too much attention to Tang Cheng. He followed Boss Yu into the warehouse behind the tea house. Tang Cheng's tense nerves were finally relieved.
They relaxed. After the two exchanged a few words, Boss Yu took out a file bag from a secret compartment in the warehouse and handed it to Tang Cheng, "This is the first target. It contains basic information about the target. After you read it,
Just destroy it."
"You should remember the information here first. I still need to confirm the specific time to do it. If there are any weapons and equipment you need, tell me first and I will try my best to help you prepare them." Just like what the store owner said, Yu
The boss also looked embarrassed about the preparation of weapons and equipment. When Tang Cheng saw this, he did not mention any excessive demands. He just asked Boss Yu to prepare two pistols for him, but he asked for a hundred rounds of bullets.