Brian's shoe store is a hidden danger that may expose Tang Cheng's identity, so regardless of whether Brian's answer is in line with Tang Cheng's thoughts, he will shoot to get rid of this hidden danger. The reason why Tang Cheng has been spending time here is to wait for the sky to get completely dark, because leaving here after dark can effectively reduce the possibility of being discovered. And Brian has already seen Don City's appearance, no matter what, Tang City will not let Brian go.

As for whether the British will go crazy when they learn of Brian's disappearance, it doesn't matter what happened in Dontown. After waiting for Brian, who had been shot several times, to lose his breath, Tang Cheng wrapped Brian's body in sheets and blankets, and then carefully rummaged through Brian's residence. Burglary and murder is a good cover, but Brian is the head of the British intelligence agency in Shanghai, how could he die at the hands of the burglars?

It was precisely because of this that Tang Cheng revised the plan he had thought out before, and he planned to give Brian a mysterious disappearance. It was already dark at night, and Tang Cheng, who had opened the triple eyepieces, carefully rummaged through Brian's residence, and found nothing else that could be seen by Tang Cheng except for two pistols and some bullets. In the wee hours of the morning, Tang Cheng unleashed his light body skills and quietly descended from the back window of Brian's residence to the back alley.

With the help of the cover of night, Tang Cheng didn't take much time to see a car in the concession. The war was raging outside Shanghai, and in the Shanghai concession, the lights were still bright, and the car that Tang Cheng was eyeing was parked outside a dance hall. Just when Tang Cheng was hiding on the side of the street and secretly looking at the car, the conference room of the headquarters of the Shanghai Special High School was brightly lit, and more than a dozen high-level figures of the Shanghai Special High School were holding an emergency meeting here.

"In the past half a month, our action team in the concession has been attacked one after another, and the personnel have suffered heavy losses. Based on the results of the subsequent investigation of the traces at the scene, we have reason to suspect that the same group of people attacked these squads. The middle-aged man who was talking at this moment in the conference room was a trace expert in the Shanghai Special High School. Unlike the other trace experts in the special high school who like to pull relationships and drill camps, this trace expert named Shinichi Ikeda is only obsessed with trace investigation, and is recognized as a master of trace investigation in the Shanghai special high school.

At Ikeda's side, there is a large blackboard, and as Shinichi Ikeda narrates, some photos of the results of the on-site investigation are posted on the blackboard by Ikeda's assistants. "Everyone, please look at these three photos above!" Ikeda raised his baton in one hand and pointed to the top three photographs on the blackboard. Shinichi Ikeda's baton refers to three photographs, all of which contain bullet casings of different calibers, and the participants look at Shinichi Ikeda without knowing what they mean.

"The bullet looks the same, and the same model of pistol looks the same, but after the bullet is fired, the marks left on the bullet casing are different. These are several bullet casings of different calibers, which I found at the scene of these attacks, and based on the results of comparing these casings, we can now be 100 percent sure that these bullet casings of different calibers are all from the same weapon. In other words, the people who attacked the squad in the concession were definitely the same people. ”

Shinichi Ikeda's ability to survey the scene was definitely a master in the Shanghai special high school, so no one in the audience was skeptical of what he said. Seeing that no one in the conference room raised objections, Shinichi Ikeda, who was looking around at everyone, continued, "The photos on the left are the photos of the top floor of the New Asia Hotel, and the results of the on-site investigation show that the attackers used a total of three to four assault weapons, including 9 mm caliber pistols, 9 mm caliber ***, ***, wooden handles**, and **. ”

"The photo on the right side of the blackboard is the scene of the attack in the French Concession that night, and we found a large number of 9mm bullet casings at the scene, which is basically the same as the 9mm bullet casings found at the scene of the New Asia Hotel. The photo below the blackboard is a comparison of the traces of the attack scene of the Takagi team, but unfortunately, we only found some Mauser bullet shells at the scene, and we did not find the same Mauser bullet shells at the New Asia Hotel and the French Concession attack site. ”

Shinichi Ikeda's words disappointed everyone in the conference room who had thought he had made a major discovery, but they did not expect Shinichi Ikeda to finish his sentence. "There was no direct connection between the Takagi team and the scene of the attack, but we did not give up, and after the attack in the French Concession that night, there was a brief exchange of fire across the street from the first firefight. After careful investigation, our people finally found two bullet casings, and after comparison, the traces left on the bullet casings were consistent with the Mauser pistol cartridge casings found by Takagi's team at the scene. ”

Shinichi Ikeda's words made the conference room completely silent, and those who could participate in the meeting did not have enough brains. After looking at the comparative photos on the blackboard and listening to Shinichi Ikeda's comparative analysis, everyone in the audience already had a preliminary judgment in their hearts. "Based on the information we have so far, we judge that the people who attacked us in the concession recently should be the same group, and the number is tentatively set at three to five." Shinichi Ikeda finally stated his reasoning, but he did not know that his judgment had been wrong, and he even misled the others in the meeting.

In Ikeda's mind, the plainclothes officers of the Special High School were well-trained, especially those who were assigned to the concession, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be attacked by a single person. Although Haruko Takagi, the only surviving captain of Takagi's team, repeatedly stressed that there was only one attacker, Shinichi Ikeda, who had surveyed the scene, stubbornly believed that the attacker looked like there was only one person, but there should be a companion of the attacker to provide cover near the scene of the firefight.

At the end of the day, Shinichi Ikeda is nothing more than a technician obsessed with trace surveying, and although he is conceited, he knows very little about things outside of trace survey. However, everyone at the meeting frequently nodded yes to Shinichi Ikeda's inference. According to Shinichi Ikeda's analysis and reasoning, there is indeed an intrinsic connection between these attacks. "I basically agree with Ikeda-kun's opinion, and now it seems that the news from Wuhan is true, and the military command headquarters has indeed sent elites to Shanghai to carry out retaliatory actions against us."

"I also agree, it seems that the matter of New Asia Hotel is just the beginning, and in the next time, the action team we deployed into the concession may be constantly attacked. It's just a little strange, how did this group of attackers hiding in the shadows find our action team? If you think about these attacks, it seems that the attackers appeared unexpectedly, and they often appeared in unexpected situations and then launched a surprise attack. ”

There were speeches in the conference room, but the central idea of the speeches was always based on Shinichi Ikeda's previous judgment. Haruko Takagi, who was temporarily deprived of her qualification to lead the team, was also in this conference room, after all, she was sent to Shanghai from her homeland. After quietly looking around at everyone, Haruko Takagi coughed lightly, and then spoke. "I don't really agree with Ikeda's judgment, and although the bullet casings left at the scene have the same traces, it doesn't mean that the attackers are the same group!"

Haruko Takagi's words were shocking, and when everyone looked at her, Haruko Takagi did not appear flustered, but increased her voice and continued. "The bullet casings with the same traces only prove that the attackers used the same weapons in these attacks, but this does not indicate that the attackers are the same group." Haruko Takagi's words paused, and as she secretly noticed the change in everyone's expressions, she noticed that someone was nodding in agreement.

"There is some truth in what Captain Takagi said, the bullet casings found at the scene can only indicate that the attacker used the same batch of weapons." The person who spoke at this moment nodded and chuckled at Haruko Takagi, who knew in his heart that this person, like himself, also had a great background support in his homeland. "So I'm wondering if there's a possibility, there are a lot of attackers, but there are very few weapons they hide in the concession, so these weapons are frequently in our sight."

This person's speech made Haruko Takagi's eyes light up, and the other party's speech sounded full of flaws, but her words reminded Haruko Takagi. "I was greatly inspired by the words of Yamamoto's predecessors, not to mention whether the attackers lacked weapons, there was one thing that they could not avoid in the concession, and that was the supply of ammunition. In these attacks, according to Ikeda's predecessors, the weapons used by the attackers were basically the same, and their ammunition consumption would also be large, so compensation was a problem. ”

Now more than two years have passed since the end of the Battle of Shanghai, and although the Japanese army cannot fully control Shanghai, its control over the Shanghai black market is growing day by day. If those attackers had been hiding in the concession, it would have been difficult to find them in the vast crowd, but if the attackers needed to replenish ammunition, they would only go to the black market, which happened to be the place that the Special High School had been tightly controlled.

Haruko Takagi thought that she had found a shortcut and breakthrough to find the attacker, but she didn't know that it was precisely because of her judgment that the Shanghai Special High School completely lost the opportunity to find the real answer. Because Tang Cheng, the initiator, would not go to the Shanghai black market to compensate for ammunition, and the weapons and ammunition that Hans provided for Tang Cheng were all hoarded in the concession a few years ago, and there was no news of them from either the special high school or the concession gangsters.