Chapter 33: Secret Evacuation
After Chen Lei left the secret service headquarters, he did not return to the Special Investigation Office (Iwai Mansion) located on Baoshan Road in the Zhabei area of Shanghai Tang, but called a rickshaw and went straight to the Hawker Bakery on Gordon Road in the Public Concession.
In front of Ding Mocun and Li Shijun, Chen Lei kept saying that he took the people from the Iwai Mansion to the major newspapers in Shanghai to investigate which reporters were using the Leica camera.
The real situation is that he is investigating this matter by himself, and at present, he does not dare to use the people in the Iwai Mansion at will, although he has recruited a large number of Chinese employees before this, he does not have a confidant.
For the sake of prudence, Chen Lei had to go out on his own, and he also felt that when the bombing case was dealt with, when the matter of the Iwai Mansion newspaper was put on the agenda, he would recruit some trustworthy people to work in the Iwai Mansion.
When Chen Lei arrived at the Haokelai bakery, it was about ten o'clock in the morning, and at this time, the store happened to have freshly baked bread.
According to Chen Lei's memories left in his head, he personally funded and paid for the opening of this Haokelai bakery, so as to support all the members of the third group (international intelligence group) of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, and he was the financier behind the bakery, and several members of his team were only responsible for running it.
It is in response to the old saying called: If you don't eat for nothing, you won't eat, who won't eat for nothing, and you still want to eat after eating.
In about five minutes after entering the store, Chen Lei had already dried up no less than ten pieces of bread, and only then did he fill his stomach.
After Chen Lei filled his stomach, he called the clerk Sun Chenglin to the upstairs room for questioning.
"Brother Chenglin, I came to the store today to inform you of a hundred thousand urgent things, you must be mentally prepared." After finding a chair and settling down in a closed room on the second floor of the Hawker Bakery, Chen Lei first gave Sun Chenglin, who was standing in front of him, a preventive shot.
Since Sun Chenglin was directly involved in the bombing of the munitions depot of the Japanese Navy Headquarters in Shanghai the night before yesterday, he converted a Laika camera given to him by Chen Lei into a time bomb, took Chen Lei's invitation card for a makeover, and infiltrated the Japanese Navy Club as a reporter from a newspaper pretending to be a newspaper reporter.
When the people were unprepared, Sun Chenglin put the Leica camera, which had been converted into a timed explosion, and placed it in a cherry blossom forest in the northeast corner of the courtyard of the Japanese Navy Club, near the wall of the munitions warehouse, thus successfully blowing up the munitions depot and dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese.
Sun Chenglin saw that two days after the incident, their team leader Chen Lei talked to him alone, and at first he thought that the General Administration of Military Control in Shancheng had sent a telegram to reward him.
Since joining the international intelligence team of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, Sun Chenglin, who has extraordinary skills and superb marksmanship, has never had a chance to show his skills before this, which makes him feel that heroes are useless, and he is still a captain.
This time, he finally seized an opportunity to make meritorious service and seek rewards, Sun Chenglin felt that he had completed the operation to blow up the arms warehouse, and the Shancheng side had to at least give him a promotion and give him the rank of major.
Sun Chenglin, who was a little carried away, immediately said with a smile: "Team Leader Chen, if I guessed correctly, is this 100,000 urgent thing you said a commendation order from the mountain city to us!" I'm the one who carried out the specific blow up of the Japanese Navy Headquarters' munitions depot, did Boss Dai give me a big reward?
"Hehe, Team Leader Chen, you put one hundred and twenty hearts. No matter how much Boss Dai rewards me, my Sun Chenglin can withstand it. I have made all the mental preparations, Team Leader Chen, you can quickly announce Boss Dai's commendation order! ”
Seeing Sun Chenglin's smiling face, Chen Lei didn't want to ruin his interest, but this matter was urgent, in order not to make Sun Chenglin resist, he first comforted him euphemistically: "I'm sorry, Brother Chenglin, at present, I haven't received a congratulatory message from the mountain city for the time being, and I haven't received any awards for those who participated in this operation." However, please rest assured, I will get in touch with the General Administration of Military Control in Shancheng as soon as possible, and I believe that Boss Dai will also issue a commendation order to us as soon as possible. ”
After pacifying, Chen Lei changed his words and continued seriously: "Right now, the Japanese and the secret service headquarters are tracking down the murderer who caused the explosion, and with the clues and tracking progress they have so far, it will probably take a few days to track down your kid's head."
"For the safety of your boy, I must make a difficult decision now, you take a flight to Hong Kong at half past eleven this morning, and then transfer from Hong Kong to Shancheng, like reporting to the General Administration of Military Command. Before you board the flight to Hong Kong and evacuate, I will send a report to Boss Dai in the mountain city, and when the time comes, I will arrange a good errand for you to do at the General Administration of Military Affairs. ”
When Chen Lei finished speaking, Sun Chenglin, who was still thinking about being promoted to the rank of major just now, immediately felt a sense of emptiness, and he didn't know whether he was glad or disappointed because of this.
It stands to reason that when you evacuate from Shanghai Tang, which has become an occupied area, and go to the mountain city of Beidu, you don't have to worry about the dangers that lurk in Shanghai at any time.
Moreover, now that he has made a great contribution, once he returns to the mountain city, he will get a better job in the General Administration of Military Command, and he should be happy about it.
However, at this moment, Sun Chenglin couldn't be happy, because he was a little reluctant to say goodbye to the members of the international intelligence team of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, especially the members of the Hawker Lai Bao Noodle Shop, who had lived with him day and night for more than a year.
At first, Sun Chenglin planned to pack his luggage and go to the first floor to hug and say goodbye to the other four team members.
Chen Lei told Sun Chenglin that he didn't have to pack any luggage, and he couldn't say goodbye to the other four team members, and now immediately went straight to the airport in the public concession with him.
In this way, Sun Chenglin followed Chen Lei to open a hawker bakery, took a rickshaw to the airport waiting room in the public concession, and Chen Lei bought a ticket from Shanghai to Hong Kong and a transfer from Hong Kong to Shancheng, and gave Sun Chenglin 1,000 pounds as his settling-in fee in Shancheng.
At half past eleven o'clock in the morning, the flight from the Shanghai Public Concession to Hong Kong took off on time, and Chen Lei, who was standing outside the waiting room, watched the plane disappear into the blue sky before he turned around and left.