Chapter 22: The Situation Is Chaotic
"What's the gunshot?" Zhang Simei and the three returned to Buzhuang with nervous expressions, and Feng Heli, who had been waiting anxiously, couldn't help but have a flash of excitement in his heart, he was eager to know whether the gunfire just now was related to Zhang Simei and the three of them. Feng Heli's cloth village has been in the concession for a short time, and it is almost the deepest hidden place among all the contact points of the Shanghai underground party in the concession, and Feng Heli definitely does not want to see the contact points he has painstakingly managed exposed to the eyes of the special high class.
Zhang Simei didn't answer Feng Heli immediately, but opened the suitcase in front of Feng Heli. "This is what the man gave me, saying that it was a gift to our Shanghai underground party organization, and there are gold bars he gave here." Zhang Simei and Feng Heli have been partners for many years, and she absolutely believes in Feng Heli's loyalty and responsibility. So Zhang Simei didn't hide it from Feng Heli, not only let him see the pistol and bullets in the suitcase, but also took out the bag of gold bars.
Just the pistols and bullets in the suitcase were enough for Feng Heli to be surprised, and when he saw the bag of gold bars that Zhang Simei took out, Feng Heli was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. "My dear! These gold bars are enough for our activities for half a year! Zhang Simei didn't have time to stop it, so she saw Feng Heli's eyes shining, reached out and grabbed a gold bar, and put it in her mouth. Feng Heli's movements were subconscious, and when he saw the tooth marks left on the gold bars, Feng Heli couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
The funds for the activities of the underground party in Shanghai have never been sufficient, and the ten gold bars that Zhang Simei got back made Feng Heli, who had to borrow money in order to raise funds, and Feng Heli, who had already been stretched thin, could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Zhang Simei's move closer is not the funding of the Shanghai underground party organization, and the scene in the movie theater is still echoing in her mind at the moment. Thinking of the gunfire just now, Zhang Simei couldn't help but gasp, she finally connected the two things together.
However, this is only her suspicion, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove the connection between the two things. Just when Zhang Simei was secretly pondering, Tang Cheng, who had continuously shot and suppressed Haruko Takagi, had already crossed the street and was about to burrow into the alley on the opposite side of the street. Haruko Takagi, who was hiding behind the corpse of her companion, could not watch the attacker flee, seeing that the attacker was about to cross the street, Haruko Takagi, who was not slow to react, had already guessed Tang Cheng's plan at this moment.
The other party wants to run! The alley on the side of the street will be the other party's first choice! Haruko Takagi, who was suppressed and had no way to fight back, gritted her teeth, silently counting the gunshots in her heart, waiting for the opportunity to come. Haruko Takagi planned to wait for the attacker to change the magazine and start fighting back, but she didn't know that Tang Cheng didn't need to change the magazine at all, although the barge gun in Tang Cheng's hand could only be loaded with ten rounds, but these ten rounds were enough to cover Tang Cheng through the street and into the alley.
"Smack!" The last bullet in the magazine was fired by Tang Cheng, and his left foot had already stepped on the curb stone on the opposite side of the street, and the alley was only five meters away from him. If it is placed in normal times, this distance is not difficult for Tang Cheng at all, but now it is different, if Tang Cheng, whose gun is empty, changes its magazine, it will inevitably slow down its movement speed. The gunfire stopped suddenly, and Haruko Takagi, who was hiding behind the corpse of her companion, was overjoyed, and just as she raised her gun and was about to fight back, she suddenly found that Tang Cheng, who had moved to the side of the street, and pounced directly.
Regardless of Tang Cheng who rushed forward, he had already rolled forward to the entrance of the alley in the blink of an eye, and before Haruko Takagi could shoot, Tang Cheng had already successfully drilled into the alley on the side of the street. Damn it! Haruko Takagi, who stood up from behind the corpse of her companion, screamed and cursed, but she did not dare to chase after her, because she was the only living person left in the whole street. A few minutes later, the patrol of the concession who heard the gunshots and Haruko Takagi's backup arrived almost at the same time, but all they saw was Haruko Takagi in anger, and as for the attacker, he had already disappeared.
Tang Cheng got into the alley on the side of the street, didn't dare to delay his efforts at all, and ran all the way down the alley, and when the concession patrol heard the gunshots and rushed over, Tang Cheng had already appeared two streets away. "Why is the concession so messy now? I just went to order a pair of shoes, and I was shot in the street, it was so scary! In Hans's office, Tang Cheng pretended to be fine, and preemptively talked about the gunfire before Hans could ask him.
The sudden arrival of Tang Cheng made Hans, who had just received the news, have to suspect Tang Cheng, even if Tang Cheng changed his clothes temporarily, the residual smell of gunpowder smoke on his hands was not so easy to dissipate. Tang Cheng, who knew the flaws, was not ambiguous, and when he spoke, he had already lit a cigarette and put it in his hand, not giving Hans a chance to find the flaws at all. "The gunfire just now really has nothing to do with you?" Hans was not easy to deal with, but still looked at Tang Cheng with a little suspicion, because in her opinion, Tang Cheng was indeed very suspicious.
"Hans, I thought we were good friends, but I'm so sad that you doubt me for no reason!" Tang Cheng deliberately complained to Hans, seeing that Tang Cheng's expression did not look like a fake, Hans also began to doubt his own judgment. Tang Cheng, who had been paying attention to Hans's expression reaction, smiled secretly in his heart, but his mouth was still half-truthful. "When I came back, I saw that a lot of patrols had already rushed over, don't you have an inside line in the patrol room, find someone to inquire about the situation!"
Tang Cheng's impression on Hans has always been that he dares to act, and seeing Tang Cheng's expression at this moment, he didn't want to be lying, so Hans chose to believe Tang Cheng. Hans then made a phone call to go to the patrol room in the concession, but it was just a cigarette, and the patrol room called, and there was a report from the patrol room, and Hans quickly figured out what had just happened. "The patrol room said that it was two groups of people who shot just now, one of which was the special operations team of the special high school, and the other side should be members of the Shanghai underground party."
The news revealed by the inside of the patrol room has successfully eliminated the suspicions on Tang Cheng, and Hans, who has dealt with the underground party in the black market, knows how difficult it is to deal with the underground party organization in Shanghai. "This special operations team of the special high school is said to be a group of elites drawn from other places by the Shanghai special high school department, which is specially responsible for activities in the concession, and their targets are not only members of the underground party, but also members of the military command and the central command." Hans didn't have much relevant information in his hands, but for Tang Cheng, it was enough.
"My people said that the special high school class has also come, and now they are doing trace surveys at the scene of the shootout. Judging from the situation at the scene, it should be that the people of the special high school found the people of the underground party in the concession, and they were discovered by the other party on the way to follow them, and there was an exchange of fire between the two sides. The information revealed by Hans in the patrol room was not comprehensive, so he did not know the specific situation of the crossfire scene, and he would not know that the special high school had suffered a big loss this time.
Tang Cheng, who was secretly proud in his heart, quietly took out a lot of information from Hans that he could use, and in order not to attract Hans's excessive attention, Tang Cheng had to cancel his plan to kill a horse pistol. Accepting Hans's invitation, Tang Cheng had a delicious meal in Hans's restaurant, and then chatted in Hans's office until it was almost time to get off work, and Tang Cheng finally said goodbye and left. Tang Cheng left Hans's restaurant, not in a hurry to return to the hotel, but to check on Ma Qing'er's situation.
After Ma Qing'er lost contact with the military commander Shanghai Station, he has been staying in the hotel mentioned by Tang Cheng, although it was safe for a short time, Tang Cheng has always been worried that this woman will be discovered by the Japanese pseudo-agents wandering in the concession. Tang Cheng spared no effort to help Ma Qing'er send a letter to Datong Tea House, just to want the military commander Shanghai Station to pick up Ma Qing'er quickly, only when Ma Qing'er is safe, Tang Cheng will have the energy to carry out the next action.
Tang Cheng didn't know that the dead mailbox that Ma Qing'er had activated had played a role, and relying on the secret mark that Ma Qing'er had left on the envelope, Hu Kai could easily lock Ma Qing'er's location. Just when Tang Cheng rushed to the cinema to meet Zhang Simei, the people sent by Zhao Song had already checked several hotels in the street where the patrol room of the French Concession was located, and it only took half an hour to find the specific location of Ma Qing'er.
"I don't know who he is? It was so dark that I couldn't see what he looked like. But listening to his voice, he likes to speak with a northern childish accent, and he doesn't sound very old. Ma Qing'er, who had been hiding in the hotel and didn't go out, was a frightened bird at all at this time, and in the end, Hu Kai rushed to the hotel where Ma Qing'er was staying, and Ma Qing'er, who was in a panic, finally left the hotel.
Ma Qinger's description of the mysterious person is very simple, whether it is Hu Kai or Zhao Song, they have not been able to find any clues from her description. However, from Ma Qing'er's account, they learned that the mysterious man was very familiar with Ma Qing'er's secret stronghold in charge, and the mysterious man didn't act like a new hand at all that night. Zhao Song was not very satisfied with Ma Qing'er's narrative, and under the guidance of Hu Kai, Ma Qing'er finally remembered that before he was rescued, a mysterious person sent him Morse code on the street.
"Based on this alone, it can't be confirmed that the mysterious person is our own person!" People who have been engaged in intelligence work in the enemy-occupied areas for a long time have more or less instinctive reactions that doubt everything, especially the current situation in Shanghai is too chaotic, and Zhao Song's attitude at the moment is not excessive, after listening to Ma Qing'er's talk about the mysterious person sending Morse code on the side of the road, Zhao Song did not show too much attention, because he knew that since the other party was unwilling to show up, it was likely that he did not want to have anything to do with Shanghai Station.
"Let's put the mystery man's affairs aside for now!" Zhao Song stretched out his hand and scratched his head, worried about the news he had just received. "I just received the news that there was another exchange of fire in the concession, and it is said that the special high school suffered a big loss this time, and their special operations team suffered heavy losses and was killed several times."