At this time, the time has entered the end of October, the national army is no longer able to support the war situation, and the huge casualties are unbearable for all the military leaders, who are asking the leaders to withdraw their troops, hoping to retreat to the completed defense fortification line, and then regain strength and resist.

Knowing that the retreat was imminent, he ordered the entire Shanghai station to complete the lurking by early November at the latest.

Ning Zhiheng is not in a hurry, his preparations are all ready, but now in order to rush the materials from the Pudong warehouse, all the personnel are in Pudong, as long as the time for retreat comes, he can withdraw to Nanshi in the fastest time, and then enter the concession to hide, and successfully complete the lurking plan.

In the following days, Ning Zhiheng put all his energy on the arrangement of the intelligence network.

On 5 November, Japanese troops landed at Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay.

In the Pudong Theater Command Headquarters, busy figures in the war room shuttled back and forth, and the sound of discussion and telephone conversations among the operational staff officers filled the ears.

Zhang Zhengkui sat in the middle of the seat, slightly closed his eyes and did not speak, he was in a very bad mood at this time, the Japanese had already logged in from his rear and tried to outflank him, but the command was slow to make up his mind to retreat to preserve the vital forces, so it could only be a missed opportunity, could it be that these elites of the national army were consumed here?

However, without an order from the high command, no general of the national army dared to take on the charge of escaping from the battle, so he could only send a joint telegram to ask the command to make a decision as soon as possible and evacuate quickly.

At this time, adjutant Li Lixin pushed the door in, he gently put a few documents in front of Zhang Zhengkui, Zhang Zhengkui opened his eyes, his face was heavy, and asked softly: "If it's not an important matter, let it go, now at this time, I'm afraid there is no good news." ”

Li Lixin hurriedly said: "It's not a big deal, but there is one thing that is more tricky, the defense troops in the Yangjing area and the Lujiazui area have reported to the headquarters, some time ago, Ning Zhiheng's special service brigade used the defense order to take over the warehouses of British and American businessmen in Pudong, and the troops guarding it sent a telegram to confirm it to our headquarters. ”

Zhang Zhengkui didn't speak for a long time when he heard this, and finally jumped out coldly: "The war situation is collapsing like this, a group of fools are still struggling with these useless things, the British and Americans are not good things, things are bad for them, their warehouses are in charge of Lao Tzu, don't care about them!" ”

In order to win the international support of the two countries, the leader insisted that the troops continue to hold on, in the hope of the convening of the Nine-Power Conference, to suppress Japan, but Britain and the United States were completely unable to restrain Japan, so that the war dragged on until now, and the best time for retreat had passed.

"It's still Zhiheng's right, Jin Shanwei of Hangzhou! The Japanese have landed here, hey! Zhang Zhengkui let out a long sigh and was silent.

Seeing Zhang Zhengkui's attitude, Li Lixin immediately put away a few documents, turned around and exited the war room, returned to his office, looked at the documents in his hand, and shook his head helplessly.

Ning Zhiheng is the junior most valued by the commander, and he is the backbone of the Baoding department, this matter must not be leaked out, otherwise it will be a trouble in the end, thinking of this, he did not hesitate, he pulled out the telegram of the garrison to verify the defense order, took out a foreign fire, and ignited the telegram, so that no one paid attention to this matter anymore.

It was not until Ning Zhiheng ordered all the personnel to withdraw and end the rush transportation work of the Pudong warehouse that the retreat order of the headquarters was issued, and the Chinese army fully withdrew from the Shanghai battlefield.

Ning Zhiheng held the first mobilization meeting in the Tan Mansion, and the people who participated in the meeting were all key members of his subordinates.

Ning Zhiheng looked at the officers in front of him, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, this time he came to the battlefield in Shanghai from Nanjing, although he experienced many hardships and twists and turns, but his backbone strength was not damaged, and these henchmen were preserved.

He coughed lightly, and all the personnel in the room quieted down, waiting for Ning Zhiheng's instructions.

"Since we entered the war for more than two months, we have performed well in Pudong and Nanshi, and this time, we have been entrusted with an important task, and we have been ordered to stay in the Shanghai area, lurk, and wait for the opportunity to carry out a sabotage attack on the rear of the Japanese.

This time, we carried out the rush transportation work of the Pudong warehouse very smoothly and obtained a large amount of activity funds, which provided sufficient guarantee for our future work. ”

This time, the rush to the Pudong warehouse did make Ning Zhiheng reap a huge profit, and the profits were distributed to Yue Sheng, and Ning Zhiheng got a full $2 million in funds.

And that's not even counting the large number of properties and warehouses that have been taken over, which are some of the best properties in the Shanghai Concession, and are worth at least millions of dollars, which is an astonishing amount of money.

Ning Zhiheng then arranged the work, and his agents were divided into sixteen teams in groups of ten people, and the names of each team member were all pseudonyms, and they could not be horizontally connected with each other.

With a large amount of money, Ning Zhiheng is ready to open two trading companies to ensure that there is no need to worry about future activities, as well as restaurants, dance halls, theaters, etc., which are the most conducive to collecting intelligence, etc., which are also the most profitable industries in the concession, and there are many people of all kinds of religions and nine streams, which are more conducive to collecting intelligence.

There are also two small warehouses, which are just right to store your own company's goods.

In this rough calculation, even if you only place your own people in key positions, the number of people needed is not small, and it is not too simple to place these agents.

That's it, Ning Zhiheng still selected nearly sixty operatives to form six action groups, ready to take sabotage and harassment work at any time, this manpower is still too small, thrown in this big Shanghai, not even a wave can stir up.

Of course, the six action groups were led by the action captain Sun Jiacheng and the two deputy captains, the Zuo brothers.

Huo Yueze, director of the intelligence department, and Ji Hongyi, deputy director of the department, are specifically responsible for intelligence gathering and managing other working groups.

In addition, Ning Zhiheng sent Shen Xiang to lead two working groups, and as soon as the Shanghai blockade line was opened, he went to Hong Kong to open a trading company, so as to form a trade logistics with the two trading companies in Shanghai, echoing each other.

It is important to note that Hong Kong is an important trading port and a large distribution center for goods, which can be transported directly to China's major cities by shipping, especially Wuhan and Chongqing, which is also an extremely important transportation route, although it is more expensive, but it is much safer and more secluded than ground transportation between Shanghai and the mainland.

This is also a chess piece that Ning Zhiheng values the most, he weighed it again and again, and finally handed over such an important task to Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang was also when Ning Zhiheng formed the action group, and the Baoding officer personally selected by Huang Xianzheng has always served as the deputy captain, being cautious and careful, and he is also Ning Zhiheng's more optimistic subordinate.

As for the director of general affairs in charge of material distribution, Ning Zhiheng did not choose a candidate, the candidate in his mind should be Miao Yongyi, after all, he is Ning Zhiheng's most trusted person, and this position has almost no risk, it is the most suitable for Miao Yongyi, and Miao Yongyi has not received agent training after all, and he has not cooperated with other agents, so it is not suitable for him to perform field work.

However, Miao Yongyi's body is still in the recovery period, staying in a safe house to recuperate, and he cannot participate in work for the time being.

Zuo Qiang led an action team to be responsible for the vigilance and security of the Tan Mansion, and was also responsible for the security of the radio station.

In this way, the structure of a standard military intelligence station has been completed.

With the fall of Shanghai and the lifting of the blockade that had been held for more than three months, Yue Sheng, the leader of the Youth Gang in Shanghai, left Shanghai as soon as possible and went to Hong Kong to settle down.

And Shen Xiang also went to Hong Kong with a large amount of funds and two groups of agents, and according to Ning Zhiheng's instructions, in the name of Fujiwara Tomohito, opened a trading house called "Fujiwara Club", Shen Xiang assumed the name Shen Zhengyang, and served as the manager of Fujiwara Club.

The people under Ning Zhiheng are all shrewd and capable talents, and all the work has entered a tense and orderly state, Ning Zhiheng only got out at this time, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the phone on the desk rang, he stepped forward to pick up the phone, and Sun Jiacheng's voice came from inside.

"Stationmaster, there are some situations here, I am a little unsure, I want to ask for your advice." Sun Jiacheng said in a low voice.

Is there a situation? Ning Zhiheng frowned, and said directly: "Don't say it on the phone, I'll go over right away!" ”

Ning Zhiheng walked out of the Tan Mansion quickly, drove a car, and soon came to the outside of a small courtyard, knocked on the courtyard door gently, and soon Sun Jiacheng walked out of the house, opened the courtyard door and let Ning Zhiheng in.

The two of them did not speak, but went directly to the second floor, and came to a window in the backyard, Sun Jiacheng handed the telescope to Ning Zhiheng, Ning Zhiheng took the telescope and looked at the house opposite, and he could see the scene of the safe house opposite.

"Tell me about the specifics." Ning Zhiheng said while observing the situation.

Sun Jiacheng nodded and said: "Miao Yongyi has been cultivating here for seventeen days, except for dumping household garbage, he has never left this safe house, everything is normal, but just this morning, a begging beggar passed by the safe house and begged inside, Miao Yongyi brought him some leftovers, and then the beggar left." ”

Ning Zhiheng didn't speak, he listened quietly, he knew that Sun Jiacheng must have found something, otherwise he wouldn't have brought it up.

Sure enough, Sun Jiacheng continued: "In the past, there were some beggars and refugees who came to beg for food, but Miao Yongyi didn't show up at all, and he didn't contact people, and those people would leave on their own when they saw that there was no one in the house.

But this time, the beggar begged a few times outside the yard, and Miao Yongyi came out of the house, I felt something abnormal, so I stared at the beggar for a while, but I was dumped by the beggar, and finally lost the person! ”

As soon as his words came out, Ning Zhiheng immediately put down his binoculars, turned his head and stared at Sun Jiacheng with a deep gaze and asked, "Are you sure?" ”