It's spring and the flowers are blooming, and it's normal for your scalp to feel itchy because you've been wearing a welcoming hat.
The whole process is a relatively normal operation for ordinary people. It is very reasonable and not suspicious.
Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and thought there was nothing wrong with it. He nodded, "Very good. Just as Xiaomi said, take off your hat and scratch your head as a signal."
With that said, he turned to look at Liu Yuchu again, "Zhixin, your spear shooting skills are very good. You will shoot Li Cuiqun this time. Is there any problem?"
Zhixin is Liu Yuchu’s character.
"Report to team leader, no problem." Liu Yuchu said firmly, "As long as Li Cuiqun appears, my subordinates will definitely kill him."
"Very good." Cheng Qianfan nodded happily. He took out a simple hand-drawn topographic map of the site from his briefcase, "This is the main entrance of the Licha Hotel, and this is the Broadway Building. The oblique surface of the third floor on the east side of the building
Facing the main entrance, it is the best shooting point."
He pointed at the little Taoist priest, "Little Taoist priest, take Zhixin to the scene in advance tomorrow and find a way to enter the Broadway Building, survey the terrain in advance, and adapt accordingly."
"Team leader, it's not easy for people to sneak into Broadway, but you can give it a try. The most difficult thing is that it's difficult to bring a spear in." The little Taoist thought for a while and said.
Cheng Qianfan also frowned and nodded, "Weapons are indeed a tricky thing."
There is no shortage of weapons for the Shanghai Special Forces, but it is not easy to bring rifles into the Broadway Building.
Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, mainly because this assassination mission came too suddenly.
Yesterday, he reported to Chongqing the news of Li Cuiqun's invitation to meet, mainly for reporting purposes, and also asked Dai Chunfeng about his views and requirements for contact with Li Cuiqun.
But unexpectedly, he received a secret message from Dai Chunfeng, asking the Shanghai Special Intelligence Team to wait for an opportunity to get rid of the traitor Li Cuiqun.
Jiang Mulezi's special independent operations team is still in Pudong, so Cheng Qianfan urgently summons the little Taoist's action team to carry out the mission.
The telegram was firm and the incident occurred suddenly, so the preparations for this assassination operation were quite hasty.
The little Taoist priest just said that people can try to sneak in. However, thinking of the current situation of the Broadway Building, Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought. He thought again and again and felt that the plan of using the Broadway Building as a shooting point was too risky.
From a topographic point of view, the Broadway Building is indeed the first choice as a shooting point, but the current situation here is indeed very complicated.
The neighborhood of Broadway Road is one of the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of bars in Shanghai. Foreign sailors were "homeless" after landing at the pier, and a variety of bars came into being.
In addition, Broadway Road is adjacent to the Huangpu River. When Shanghai was first opened as a port, foreign merchant wharves gathered here. It is not only a wharf operation area, but also the ocean shipping center of Shanghai.
Broadway Building is a figure-eight-shaped apartment. The exterior walls on the ground floor are made of dark red high-grade granite, and the other floors are covered with brown Taishan bricks. It is one of the most famous buildings in Shanghai.
The most important thing is that cars can circle up to the roof, where 100 cars can be parked, which is unique in Shanghai.
For this reason, the Broadway Building in Hongkou District has long been coveted by Japan.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Songhu, the Broadway Building was occupied by the Japanese army.
After the fall of Shanghai, this place became a stronghold of the Japanese army.
A month ago, the owner of the building, Ye Guang Real Estate Company, had been forced to sell the building to the Japanese Hengsan Co., Ltd. after repeatedly asking the Japanese army for the building to no avail.
The building was originally a hotel and apartment for foreigners coming to China. Its main reception targets were the bosses and senior staff of British and American companies.
After the Japanese army withdrew and Hengsan Co., Ltd. took over, the building is currently being gradually opened to the public. It is said that the place is being built into a residence for Japanese military, political, and diplomatic personnel and important traitors.
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"Xiaomi, you are familiar with Broadway Building, tell me what you think." Cheng Qianfan looked at Bai Xiaoxia.
"Team leader, when the Japanese army occupied the Broadway Building, some buildings were damaged. Now that the Corporation has taken over, they are renovating some of the buildings." Bai Xiaoxia thought for a while and said, "We may be able to use this to sneak in."
"Are there Japanese soldiers currently stationed in the building?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"The door is guarded by two Japanese soldiers, but there is no one inside." Bai Xiaoxia frowned and thought.
Cheng Qianfan's expression was solemn. Although there were only two Japanese soldiers guarding it, Hongkou District was a Japanese-occupied area. Even if Liu Yuchu could bring a gun into the Broadway Building, once the gun was fired, nearby Japanese troops would quickly reinforce and gather around.
Especially in the initial stage, these two Japanese guards will be the key to blocking Liu Yuchu's successful evacuation.
Not only that, Cheng Qianfan suddenly thought of something. Some traitors and Japanese military and political personnel have already moved in. These people will accompany them as guards and guards, and they will become a blocking force as soon as the gun is fired.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head. This was a typical example of someone who moved his lips while looking down.
Dai Chunfeng suddenly ordered to take action against Li Cuiqun. Cheng Qianfan pointed out that the matter was too hasty and might be difficult to act.
However, I don't know what Li Cuiqun did to stimulate Dai Chunfeng. Dai Chunfeng said that he understood the difficulties of the frontline soldiers, but that this was a military order and must be strictly obeyed.
And the director believes that there are good reasons for the sudden action:
The so-called assassination mainly relies on surprise. Of course, the impromptu action is insufficiently prepared, but so is the enemy.
In short, Mr. Li is afraid of death and extremely cunning. This is an excellent opportunity to assassinate Li Cuiqun and should not be missed.
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"Team leader, as long as I can sneak into Broadway with a gun, I promise to kill Li Cuiqun." Liu Yuchu suddenly gritted his teeth and said with firm eyes, "This subordinate must report that he will never return."
As he said this, this subordinate with a military background showed a smile on his face, "Even if I go out on the road, I can kill more Japanese and traitors, so I can do my job."
"Nonsense." Cheng Qianfan took a deep look at Liu Yuchu and suddenly changed his expression, "You want to die, do I agree?"
He had known that his capable subordinate with accurate marksmanship was determined to die, but without him, Liu Yuchu was from Nanjing.
"Yes!" Liu Yuchu was silent.
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette, took two puffs in succession, and asked Bai Xiaoxia, "Xiaomi, how is the situation at the Licha Hotel? What's the situation with the Japanese?"
Because the initial plan was to shoot Li Cuiqun from a distance when he arrived at the Licha Hotel, he did not consider the situation in the Licha Hotel in depth. However, after careful consideration, Cheng Qianfan felt that it was not appropriate.
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He has a very cautious character, and he often makes three-step plans when formulating actions. Instead of hesitating, he refines the original action plan each time, striving to eliminate flaws in the details and get closer to being foolproof.
Similar to the fate of the Broadway Building, after the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Hongkou District fell under the Japanese sphere of influence. This area was different from other areas in the British and American public concessions. This area was not classified as a wartime neutral zone.
Western expatriates living in Hongkou quickly left and moved to the safer Central District of Shanghai Public Settlement, the West District and its cross-border road construction area, and the Shanghai French Concession.
After the Western expatriates evacuated from Hongkou, the Richa Hotel lost its service customers and could no longer operate. So the British transferred the hotel to the Japanese for management.
Therefore, the Recha Hotel is actually a Japanese-owned hotel.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Li Cuiqun felt confident and chose to meet him at the Licha Hotel.
"There are no Japanese soldiers guarding the hotel." Bai Xiaoxia said, "However, the hotel has organized a security patrol."
He thought for a while and continued, "Team leader, if Li Cuiqun is shot from a long distance, the hotel guards will not have much impact."
The cigarette ashes fell on the table between Cheng Qianfan's fingers. He shook his head slowly, because he was originally scheduled to kill Li Cuiqun from a long distance. On the surface, the guards of the Licha Hotel had little direct impact on this operation. However, they
There is an indirect impact.
The most important indirect effects are:
Safe evacuation of operational personnel!
Whether he can successfully shoot Li Cuiqun is only the first step.
Evacuate safely, this is the second step.
Perhaps when other military commanders were considering a certain operation, the more important thing was to consider whether the assassination could be successful, and they did not pay much attention to safe evacuation, but Cheng Qianfan was not like that.
In fact, he learned from the inside information exchanged with the Chongqing headquarters through cables, as well as from other channels, such as some information obtained by the Special High School Course, that Chongqing, especially the will to fight on the Japanese spy front,
As far as resolute military control is concerned, military control organizations have been cracked and arrested in various places, and many of them are not caused by failures in the operational stage of a certain operation.
On the contrary, the success rate of the military commander's operations to eradicate traitors is not low, and most of the targets can be successfully killed. However, the evacuation stage after completing the assassination of the target is often extremely ignored, resulting in frequent arrests of personnel, and those arrested may not survive.
They used torture to extract confessions. In this way, the Japanese followed the clues and were often able to destroy most of the military organizations in a certain place.
Due to his cautious character to the core, and in view of this, Cheng Qianfan attaches great importance to whether his unit's operations can achieve the goals, and at the same time, he attaches even more importance to the safe evacuation of his men.
This is also the most fundamental reason why there are frequent incidents at the Juntong Shanghai Station, but important members of his Shanghai Special Intelligence Team have never been detected by the enemy:
Yang Changnian was the only one captured by the Japanese. This incident was also an accident. Moreover, Yang Changnian himself pretended to be a Central Unification agent and did not reveal his identity as a Shanghai special agent.
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Evacuate safely!
Cheng Qianfan thought intently.
Put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.
He looked at the three of them and said, "Little Taoist priest, you go to the old place to meet Sparrow tomorrow morning, and he will provide you with a car."
"Sparrow" is Li Hao's code name within the special situation group.
Cheng Qianfan said while thinking, a new, safer and more feasible action plan was formed in his mind, "There are many Japanese checkpoints in Hongkou District, and you don't need to carry weapons by yourself, they will be ready in the car.
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He picked up a pencil and scribbled on the sketch, "Park the vehicle nearby, or drive around in it. You can act accordingly."
"In order to avoid questioning by the Japanese military police Kente, unless there is a situation that endangers your own safety, do not get out of the car easily. This operation will be completed in the car."
"Once Li Cuiqun appears and receives Xiaomi's signal, he immediately completes the shooting." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "Even if he misses one hit, he must not fire a second shot. He must evacuate immediately and ensure safe evacuation."
As the first priority.”
Liu Yuchu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
"This is a military order. Anyone who violates it will be subject to military law and family law will not tolerate it!" Cheng Qianfan said with a stern voice, "Did you hear that?"
"yes!"
"clear!"
"I obey my orders!"
The three people quickly stood at attention and saluted.
Team leader 'Xiao Mian' examined them, his serious eyes swept over the three of them, and nodded.
Then, he took out a photo and said, "This is Li Cuiqun, the target of this operation. I remember it all."
The three people passed the photos around in turn, secretly keeping Li Cuiqun's appearance in mind, and the final photo was saved by Zhuo Yun, the leader of the action team.
"The photos must be destroyed in time and must not be kept." Cheng Qianfan solemnly told the young Taoist priest, "Do not leave the photos at the scene."
"I understand." The little Taoist priest naturally knew that the relationship was important and expressed his position quickly.
"What should we do if our evacuation is blocked?" Cheng Qianfan suddenly asked.
He first looked at Liu Yuchu, deputy leader of the action team.
"If things are serious, I will never let myself fall into the hands of my slaves, let alone live an ignoble life and bring shame to my ancestors." Liu Yuchu said with emotion, "I will sacrifice my life to be benevolent and live up to the Chinese soul in this life!"
Cheng Qianfan was impressed and didn't say anything. He just patted Liu Yuchu on the shoulder.
Unless he was cold-blooded, if he really got to that point, for Liu Yuchu, committing suicide would be the best outcome.
He looked at Zhuo Yun, the leader of the action team.
"The area is not far from the pier. You can try to break out towards the pier, or try to cross the border into the British-American controlled area." The little Taoist thought for a while and said, with a hint of indifference and determination in his eyes, "If all else fails, I won't hesitate to do this.
How can I live alone!"
"Ala, too." Bai Xiaoxia also had a serious expression and said quickly, as if he was afraid that if he spoke too slowly, the two eldest brothers would be far away and could not go on the road together.
"Fart." Cheng Qianfan immediately cursed, "You didn't expose me immediately, how could you sacrifice yourself so lightly?"
He looked around at the crowd and said, "At this time of national crisis and China's survival, if we, the party-state soldiers, can survive, we should remain useful. If we are about to die, we can die with courage."
"Xiao Mian" team leader's expression was serious with a hint of heaviness, and even more agitated, "We soldiers are loyal to the leader, loyal to the party and the country, and die for the country. As the saying goes, a corpse is shrouded in horse leather, and we will do what we want!"
"The corpse is wrapped in horse leather, as you wish!" the three of them shouted in a low voice.
Cheng Qianfan analyzed and discussed the details of the action plan with three of his capable men, and confirmed that there were no more dangerous flaws. He told his men to clean up the scene, especially cigarette ashes, cigarette butts, paper and other objects, and be sure to clean them carefully to ensure that no traces were left behind.
Omissions.
Then ‘Team Leader Xiao’ left first.
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