Zhu Hongxin, who was receiving treatment in the hospital, learned another bad news.
Just an hour before his fighter plane struck, Liang Hongyun, deputy captain of the 24th Squadron of the Fifth Battalion, piloted a Hawker III fighter jet to complete the mission of bombing the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters and barracks. On the way back, he encountered seven Japanese Type 95 waterborne aircraft.
Reconnaissance plane sneak attack.
Liang Hongyun was shot and died heroically for his country.
Liang Hongyun is a 24-year-old young man from Qixia, Shanxi.
"Brother Fan is off work?"
The neighbors in Yandeli greeted Inspector Xiao Cheng.
Just when Cheng Qianfan returned to his home in Yandeli, eighteen Japanese fighter planes from the Kanoya Air Force arriving from Taipei arrived and attacked Guangde Airport and Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport in two groups.
Hangzhou.
Gao Zihang, commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Chinese Air Force, led 27 aircraft in a fierce battle with the Japanese Air Force over Jianqiao Airport.
The bullets rained like a curtain.
Explosions came and went.
Xinkai Road, Party Affairs Investigation Office Hangzhou District Resident..
As the sun sets, if it were the usual time, the villa would have been lit up in advance:
Director He Huan has a famous saying within the Hangzhou District of the Party Affairs Investigation Office - after the sun sets, the country's brightness needs to be protected by us!
However, at this moment, it was rare that there were no lights on in the villa.
Still wearing a Chinese tunic suit and gold-rimmed glasses, He Huan straightened the founding father's badge on his chest and stood at the window looking at the sky, thoughtfully.
You can't see the air battle at Jianqiao Airport from the newly opened road, but the noise caused by the violent explosions can still be felt here.
…
"Director, there is an urgent message from 'Bat'." A close subordinate came in and handed a box of matches to He Huan.
He Huan pushed open the match box, pushed aside the match, and found a piece of paper wrapped in the match.
He did not open it immediately to take a look, but waved his hand and motioned for his men to step back.
The men left the room, He Huan locked the door again, then rolled up the note and read it.
With just one glance, He Huan's expression changed drastically.
He folded the note, folded it in the palm of his left hand, opened the door, went up to the third floor, and came to a room outside.
"Is the district chief inside?" He Huan asked the guard.
"Hoo ho ho, Shu Tan." A strange cry came from inside.
He Huan was used to it and was not surprised. He shook his head slightly and knocked on the door, "District Chief, it's me."
"He Huan, come in, come in." District Chief Zheng Sanyuan said from inside.
"How about I come in later?" He Huan said.
"What a fool." Zheng Sanyuan suddenly cursed, "Come in quickly."
He Huan lowered his head and asked the guard softly, "Is the third aunt in there?"
The guard shook his head.
He Huan was a little surprised. If the third aunt was not pinching Zheng Sanyuan's feet inside, then why did the fat man make such an ambiguous sound?
…
Pushing the door open, He Huan saw Zheng Sanyuan holding an itch stick to scratch his back.
"He Huan, hurry up, I can't reach it." Zheng Sanyuan handed the ivory to He Huan.
"Yes, that's right there, ho ho ho."
"That's right, use a little harder."
Outside the door, the guard covered his mouth, feeling really uncomfortable.
He Huan also felt that this situation was a bit outrageous, so he directly threw Tichi Tiao on the carpet.
"Hey, I said, that's ivory, please be gentle, brother." Zheng Sanyuan glared.
"'Bat' sent top secret information." He Huan said seriously, "There is news about Luo Tao."
Zheng Sanyuan's face changed immediately. He took the note handed over by He Huan, spread his hands and looked at it intently:
The bandit leader Luo Tao was seriously injured, and the Hangcheng Red Party secretly escorted him out of Hangzhou to seek medical treatment. According to reliable information, Luo Tao had arrived in Shanghai.
"Si Xie Niang!" Zheng Sanyuan cursed.
One hundred thousand troops of the National Army were encircling and suppressing the Red Party armed forces in southern Zhejiang. There had been rumors that Luo Tao, one of the Red Party's "bandit leaders", was shot and injured. The specific injury was unknown.
If you are injured, you must receive treatment.
The 'Red Bandit' in the deep mountains lacks medical treatment and is definitely inoperable.
The most likely way to treat Luo Tao is to come to Hangzhou secretly.
The Hangcheng District Party Affairs Investigation Office has been keeping an eye on all hospitals in Hangzhou, setting up a dragnet, hoping to capture Luo Tao in one fell swoop.
However, he did not expect that Luo Tao did not come to Hangzhou, and the Red Party went to Shanghai instead of the near and far away. This made Zheng Sanyuan extremely disappointed and annoyed.
"The Hangzhou Red Party has maintained a very high level of confidentiality on this matter, and 'Bat' has only just learned that Luo Tao was secretly escorted to Shanghai." He Huan defended his top agent.
"I know." Zheng Sanyuan waved his hand, "I just watched such a big fish slip away from my mouth. It makes me feel heartbroken."
As he spoke, he cursed "Cena Niang" again, "Submit the information to the Nanjing headquarters and ask the headquarters to forward it to Shanghai."
"yes!"
After He Huan left, Zheng Sanyuan still couldn't let go. He scratched his fat face in pain and said, "I took advantage of that guy Qin Detai."
…
Hans Clinic.
‘Mr. Miao’ is still unconscious.
Chai Xue picked up the thermometer and looked at it carefully under the light. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no fever.
Outside, Xiong Jiashang was talking to Liu Danian to understand the situation of the Zhejiang-Hangzhou Red Party and the Red Team after he left.
After the Central Red Army's fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" failed, the Central Committee decided to implement a strategic shift.
The main force of the Red Army began the Long March in October of the 23rd year of the Republic of China.
After the main force left, the Red Army troops who were ordered to stay in various revolutionary base areas persisted in the arduous guerrilla war in the eight southern provinces.
At the end of last year, the Xi'an Incident was peacefully resolved. In order to jointly resist Japanese aggression, our party and the Kuomintang initially reconciled.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, during the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation negotiation, representatives of the Red Party proposed to the Kuomintang the requirement to unify and reorganize the Red Army and guerrilla forces from various regions in the south and march to central China to fight the war.
The southern guerrilla zone is the strategic fulcrum of the southern revolutionary movement. The government originally regarded the southern red guerrillas as a thorn in its side and has been trying to remove these fulcrums.
Now, due to the development of the Anti-Japanese War situation, the national government can only agree to negotiate.
However, the national government has repeatedly put forward extremely demanding requirements, but in fact it is implementing a two-sided policy of "Northern and Southern Suppression."
Negotiations between the two sides were extremely difficult and even reached a deadlock.
Especially last month, Comrade He Ming, acting secretary of the Fujian-Guangdong Border Special Committee and head of the Red Army guerrillas, after negotiating with the Kuomintang and in accordance with the requirements of the national government, led nearly a thousand people to Zhangpu County, Fujian Province to undergo reorganization.
Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by the Kuomintang troops. Except for a few who broke out, He Ming was arrested. The guerrillas suffered heavy casualties and most of them were disarmed and imprisoned.
This incident aroused strong protests from the Red Party.
It also caused the red guerrillas in the eight southern provinces to have the greatest doubts about the sincerity of the national government in peace talks.
Xiong Jiashang once worked in the guerrilla zones in southern Zhejiang, so he is naturally very concerned about the current situation in the red guerrilla zones.
"Comrades do not believe in the Kuomintang reactionaries." Liu Danian said angrily, "While talking about the Kuomintang and the Red Army cooperating to fight against Japan, they sent a hundred thousand troops to encircle and suppress us."
…
Nanjing, Xufu Lane.
After receiving the secret message from 'Mr. Xiao', Qi Wu immediately reported to Dai Chunfeng.
"Half a squad of Japanese troops is hard to chew on." Dai Chunfeng asked, holding a telegraph newspaper in his hand.
"Yes." Qi Wu said, "Cheng Qianfan also understood this. He specifically reported that the Japanese troops in this special force should be composed of elite Japanese soldiers and outstanding agents, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the average Japanese army.
"
He paused for a moment, refilling Dai Virgo's tea cup, and then continued, "It's not that if your subordinates are too ambitious to overwhelm your own prestige, even if Cheng Qianfan's Shanghai Special Love Team is all involved, it will be difficult to eat Jiangkou.
Rangers."
Dai Chunfeng nodded. He naturally knew what Qi Wu said, but he was more or less unwilling to face the temptation of getting rid of the elite small force of the Japanese army.
Dai Chunfeng has always been eager to establish and control a powerful military force similar to the German Guards.
Therefore, Dai Chunfeng hopes that his agents can also make outstanding achievements on the frontal battlefield. If the Secret Service can use its own strength to eliminate such a threatening Japanese elite force, this will definitely make Dai Chunfeng more successful in the war.
Chang Kaishen has a lot of face in front of him, and he has more confidence and capital to achieve this goal.
However, Dai Chunfeng finally resisted this temptation. He is a very rational person.
"Prepare the car, I'm going to see the principal." Dai Chunfeng said.
He finally decided to provide the intelligence to the Shanghai garrison, and the national army would be responsible for annihilating this elite force.
However, Dai Chunfeng did not choose to directly transfer the information to Shanghai Zhang Wenbo or Songhu Security Commander Yang Hu.
No matter what happens, I have to mention it to the old man first.
Your own contributions cannot be erased.
…
late at night.
Cheng Qianfan came to the ‘Tianya Photo Studio’ again and secretly protected the safety of ‘Mr. Miao’.
The French Concession was quiet and peaceful late at night.
From the direction of Hongkou, several gunshots can be heard from time to time.
Since the war broke out yesterday, the scale of the fighting between China and Japan has continued to expand.
The Chinese Air Force launched a sortie to bomb the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters, Huishan Pier, the Open University Textile Factory, and surface ships. They were all hit and set on fire. The enemy flagship "Izumo" was damaged. Both sides suffered air battles, causing damage to each other.
The expansion of the war made the concession powers quite nervous.
Just before getting off work today, Cheng Qianfan received news that the British, American and French authorities in Shanghai announced that they would establish a concession defense committee and mobilize troops from Hong Kong and Saigon to Shanghai.
At the same time, the national government announced that Songhu Garrison Commander Yang Hu was ordered to concurrently serve as Shanghai Martial Law Commander, and martial law was imposed in all Chinese circles in Shanghai.
…
The moonlight is nice tonight.
Cheng Qianfan took a chair and placed it beside the window. He sat on the chair and glanced at the bright moonlight.
At this moment, there were lights coming from a distance on the road downstairs. They were car lights.
Cheng Qianfan immediately became vigilant. He stood up, stood sideways at the window, drew the curtains to block the situation, and observed secretly.
The light is near.
Cheng Qianfan subconsciously looked at the time on his watch: one o'clock in the morning.
Suddenly, Cheng Qianfan's expression changed slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the car driving past on the road downstairs.
He picked up the binoculars and stared at the car going away. About five seconds later, under the illumination of a well-lit streetlight, he confirmed the car's license plate.
This is the car of Chief Inspector Qin Detai!
…
Cheng Qianfan has always been highly vigilant about Qin Detai.
Especially after learning that Qin Detai's true identity was the deputy director of the Shanghai District of the National Party Affairs Investigation Bureau, Cheng Qianfan raised this person's danger level to the highest level in his heart.
After accepting the task of secretly protecting "Mr. Miao" who came to Shanghai for treatment directly from the headquarters, Cheng Qianfan paid special attention to Qin Detai's movements.
If the enemy learns of the news that "Mr. Miao" is coming to Shanghai, given the level of "Mr. Miao", the higher-ups in the government in Shanghai will be alerted, especially the Party Affairs Investigation Department of the government, who will definitely take big action.
Therefore, when Qin Detai's car suddenly went out for activities late at night, Cheng Qianfan had to become suspicious.
He was not sure whether Qin Detai was in the car, but the fact that the car was out in the middle of the night was cause for alarm.
Cheng Qianfan deliberately wanted to follow this car and see where it was going.
However, for him, protecting the safety of 'Mr. Miao' is the top priority at the moment. Cheng Qianfan has no choice but to give up.
Then his thoughts began to diverge. What Cheng Qianfan was thinking at this time was that he should get in touch with ‘Yuchang’ as soon as possible:
If there is a 'fish intestine' as a partner, then the two can divide the work and cooperate. One can continue to guard and protect here, and the other can touch it and find out.
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La Fei Fang.
The garden villa of Qin Detai, the chief inspector of the Central District of the French Concession.
The car stopped at the door of the villa.
The driver got out of the car and opened the rear seat door.
A man in a suit came down carrying a medicine box.
"Dr. Mu, I have to trouble you at this late hour." Mrs. Qin came up to greet him accompanied by the maid and housekeeper.
"Madam, you're welcome." Doctor Mu smiled and said, "How is Mr. Qin doing now?"
"I feel better after taking the medicine you prescribed last time. However, to be on the safe side, I have to ask Dr. Mu to check again." Mrs. Qin said.
"That's fine." Dr. Mu nodded.
Dr. Mu came in carrying the medicine box and went up to the second floor under the guidance of Mrs. Qin.
Qin Detai was wearing a loose nightgown and was sitting at the desk reading a book. When he saw Dr. Mu come in, his eyes crossed with his wife, so Mrs. Qin turned around and left, closing the door behind her.
"What happened?" Qin Detai asked in a deep voice.
An hour ago, his home phone rang three times regularly.
This is the agreed code for emergency situations.
Subsequently, Qin Detai sent a driver to pick up his personal doctor, Dr. Mu, on the grounds that he was feeling unwell.
Dr. Mu's true identity is the deputy section chief of the Shanghai District Intelligence Section of the Party Affairs Investigation Department and Qin Detai's special 'traffic officer'.
Qin Detai has a sensitive identity. For safety and concealment purposes, orders are conveyed through his personal doctor:
With Qin Detai protecting him, no one dared to touch Dr. Mu.
Dr. Mu is fine, and Qin Detai is even more fine.
"Sir, this is the telegram received from the Nanjing headquarters an hour ago." Dr. Mu respectfully presented the telegram, "It was forwarded by Mr. Xue himself."
Upon hearing that the telegram was personally forwarded by Xue Yingzhen, the boss of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, Qin Detai took the telegram with a condensed expression.
Upon seeing it, Qin Detai was shocked at first, and then excited.
It turned out to be information from the Hangzhou District of the Party Affairs Investigation Department through the headquarters. Luo Tao, the leader of the Red Fei in southern Zhejiang, was injured by the national army during the encirclement and suppression. Now this person has secretly arrived in Shanghai for treatment!
