Chapter 21: The Raid

Zhou Chengbin came to the hospital to see Guo Xuan: "Old Guo, is it okay to connect with the envoy sent by Mr. Mao?" Did William Smith's wife get the letter to him? This trick we carried out was a surprise to the snake, and it has achieved the desired effect, and it has now been ascertained that William Smith is under house arrest in the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Songhu. It is impossible to snatch people out of there unscathed, and the next step is to force Ono to transfer the hostages. We have a two-pronged approach, you prepare a telegram to Chongqing, that is, the whereabouts of William Smith have been ascertained, and Mr. Mao is asked to activate the 'internal line' of the military command in the Japanese army headquarters, and the inside and outside should work together to save people. Lao Guo, it's too much, the difficulty of this cipher you have to design the appropriate benefits, neither can Li Minghua decipher it lightly, nor can he be unable to decipher. ”

Guo Xuan handed Zhou Chengbin a letter without sealing: "The joint is very smooth, and the letter has been obtained." The envoy immediately returned to Chongqing in accordance with the order. This is a Chinese translation, and Mr. Mao ordered that the scope of knowledge must be within the two of you and me, and specially reminded that it will be burned immediately after reading. Because the original text was not sealed, I looked at it, like a book from heaven, and I couldn't understand it at all. Don't worry, I know what to do. But I guess that this so-called secret message alone may not make Heiichiro Ono, an old fox, make up his mind to transfer the hostages. After all, there are not many safer places in Shanghai than the Japanese command. ”

"I have also thought of this, so I want to take a two-pronged approach, I am ready to personally lead people to armed and forcibly rob people at seven o'clock tonight! Lao Guo, you said that if Ono wanted to transfer the hostages, where would he choose? ”

Guo Xuan was worried: "This is what I'm most worried about, William Smith is a Jew with very obvious characteristics, the police station or something, people come and go, it shouldn't be in Ono's consideration, the most likely is No. 76, and there are a few Japanese secret services." In addition to the large number of people in these places 76, which is heavily guarded and heavily guarded, the others need to be detained by William Smith, and they need to be equipped with additional guards, and maybe we can take advantage of it. My fear is that if Ono chooses No. 76, we still won't be able to save people. Cheng Bin, in the Japanese army headquarters and No. 76, if there really are our own people, it would be good. Cheng Bin, can you think of a way...... Forget it, I'm also whimsical, even if I start arranging it immediately, it's not urgent. Gaining the trust of Ono or Li Shiqun and sitting in a certain position, how can it be done overnight? ”

Zhou Chengbin made a decision: "If Ono really transferred people to No. 76, we will find a way." Without further ado, the operation will begin at seven o'clock tonight, and the Japanese headquarters will be attacked at eight o'clock sharp, and you will immediately send a secret message to Mr. Mao to report our plan. ”

The shrewd and capable Guo Xuan seems to have suddenly realized something, could it be that No. 76 is ...... He didn't ask, "Okay, I'll go and prepare the secret message." Cheng Bin, your injuries are not healed yet, I will lead the team in the evening operation. ”

Zhou Chengbin refused: "No, the manpower I am going to use is the three action groups that Li Li is responsible for liaison, and you have not established direct contact with them, so it is not convenient for command." And...... I don't want you to risk it either. Remember: if I can't come back, replace me immediately according to the established procedure. That's an order. You send the report right away, I'm leaving. ”

At seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, at the beginning of twilight, a truck with a military license plate and full of grain drove on a deserted and uninhabited simple road, which was the shortest road to a granary of the Japanese army, nearly five or six kilometers closer than taking the main road, and many old drivers knew this road. Suddenly, two large rocks blocked the way from the road at the bend ahead. The driver quickly braked sharply, and after a visual inspection, it seemed that neither side of the road was enough to pass Guò. The escort sitting in the co-pilot had no choice but to get out of the car scolding, ready to try to remove the boulder. Before he could make a move, Zhou Chengbin shot a bullet right in the center of his eyebrows, and immediately fell to the ground and died. The driver pulled out his gun and fired back, and the sniper rifle fired again, killing with another shot! More than a dozen people rushed out of the woods on the side of the road, some moved boulders, some carried light and heavy weapons and two explosive bags onto the carriage, and some took off the military uniforms of the corpses and put them on, and finally the corpses were thrown into the carriages, and everyone got into the carriage and left quickly.

At the headquarters of the Japanese occupation forces in Songhu, a military truck drove over, slowed down and stopped at the door, and the guards stepped forward to check the documents. Suddenly, the truck started again and rushed in at full speed! Several people in the car opened fire at the same time, and the eight guards met Hades at the same time almost instantly! A German-made grenade was thrown in, and the square in front of the office building suddenly burst into flames, and the truck rushed to the door of the office building, and several heavily armed dead soldiers jumped out of the car, some rushed into the office building, and some relied on the truck to exchange fire with the guards of the office building who had woken up like a dream. At this time, gunshots rang out at the back door of the headquarters at the same time, and the second group of the response operation also opened fire, and there was the sound of a Czech light machine gun in the gunshot, and another grenade exploded and caught fire at the back door! The Japanese never expected that someone would dare to attack the Japanese headquarters heavily defended, and they were suddenly in chaos, and for a time it was the attackers who had the upper hand! Several cars parked in the square in front of the building caught fire at the same time, explosions came one after another, and the eyes were full of corpses! The attackers who rushed into the building became more and more courageous, and two grenades exploded inside the building, black smoke billowed out, and the sound of gunshots, shouts, dying wails, and terrible sirens mingled into chaos. The attacker's goal was clear, and he didn't want to fight, and rushed straight to the basement.

It took a few minutes for the guard regiment of the command to organize a decent resistance, and after a few more minutes, it regained the initiative. The attackers at the entrance of the building were all killed quickly, and the disguised driver detonated the explosives on the car with a shot before he died, and a mushroom cloud rose and the plaster was in a cloud of gunsmoke......

The attackers who rushed into the building had already made up their minds to sacrifice, and they rushed and beat until they reached the basement, and when there were only two people left, they rushed to the last iron fence, which was opened to be the prison where the prisoners were held. Heiichiro Ono led more than a dozen guards from the guards to personally block the attack, and the attackers were outnumbered and finally fell......

The attackers at the back door saw that the general trend was gone, and they fought and retreated. Ono and more than a dozen Japanese officers in the building rushed out of the office building, and Ono Heiichiro, the highest-ranking officer at the scene, was about to order to continue to encircle and suppress the surviving attackers at the back door, when a sniper bullet came, and Zhou Chengbin, the ace killer of the military command, lived up to his name, and the plaster flag fluttering high fell to the ground! Ono, who didn't know the strength of his opponent, hurriedly hidden, and for fear of losing it, he ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and all personnel participated in the vigilance.

The attack on the Japanese headquarters shook the whole of Shanghai, and in the hearts of the Japanese, such a vicious incident occurred, including a big Zuo and two Shaozuo, 15 people died, and more than 60 people were injured, including more than 10 seriously injured! And what made Heiichiro Ono even more nervous was that the attacker's target was obvious, that is, William Smith, who almost let the opponent succeed! The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. Who was the attacker? Is it a military commander? Didn't the Shanghai Station of the Chongqing Military Command be wiped out again last month? What to do? It seems that the secret of William Smith's detention here has been leaked, and Chongqing will not hesitate to snatch people out.

Citizens from all walks of life in Shanghai secretly cheered that our people, the Chinese army, are back! All kinds of news spread as far and wide, and the more it spread, the more the number of Japanese soldiers killed became more and more, as high as 1,800. See how long you robbers can run amok!

When the news reached the 76th, Li Shiqun was also shocked! Is it the operation of the naval command station? It's just been a month since the last encirclement and suppression, and the naval command station has such strength again? However, it is one thing to have strength, and it is another thing to organize actions, and this is not the way to fight in intelligence warfare. This is a naked confrontation of force, a desperate fight, and it is to use valuable professional agents as ordinary soldiers, can Zhou Chengbin make such a mistake? I think there must be a pain in having to do this. What is this suffering?

It was nearly midnight, and Li Minghua, who came in a hurry, interrupted Li Shiqun's painstaking meditation. Li Minghua was quite complacent: "Director Li, there is an important piece of information, I have deciphered two telegrams, one is sent by Shanghai Station to Mao Renfeng in Chongqing, and the other is Mao Renfeng's reply. ”

Li Shiqun took it and took a look, as he expected, it turned out to be so! The day-by-day plan, William Smith, is the Zhou Chengbin who is forced by this qiē to take risks. What surprised him even more was that there was an undercover agent from Chongqing in the Japanese army headquarters. This information is too important, and Ono will definitely thank No. 76 for his help when he learns about it. As for who this undercover agent is, Li Shiqun doesn't care, Ono will track it down through Guò Antarctic Star. Alas, it's a pity that the Antarctic Star, which went undercover at the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau, was planted by the Japanese, not their own. The few people who I tried by all means to arrange for the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau were either traced down and lost their lives, or they were unable to penetrate the inner circle and have no access to any secrets. Pleasing the Japanese master was a job that Li Shiqun valued very much, and he immediately set off to personally rush to the Japanese army headquarters to ask for a meeting with Ono Heiichiro.

Ono Heiichiro listened to Li Shiqun's report, was silent for a long time, and then smiled faintly: "Thank you, Director Li, I know." Great work. ”

Li Shiqun, who had touched a soft nail, had no choice but to go home. Ono immediately ordered Nanjixing: to find out whether the Japanese army headquarters really had an undercover agent of the Chongqing military commander, and if so, to provide as much detail as possible about this person for investigation.

Nanjixing is a very good agent, and what can't be done will definitely not be delayed, and in less than a day, there was a reply: the ordered matter could not be done, and it is reported that the person may have zài, and he is one of several agents directly controlled by Dai Li. Please handle it at your discretion to avoid delaying the military aircraft. Forgive me.

After receiving the call back, Ono finally made up his mind! He made an appointment to meet with Li Shiqun, and after the two discussed, it was decided that Masao Muto, Zhao Jingdong, and Li Minghua would form a special operations group, which would be directly under Ono's jurisdiction. The Japanese military police stationed at No. 76 suspended other work and fully assisted Ono in the detention and interrogation of William Smith. Before this person was handed over to the Germans, Ono was stationed at No. 76, and all members of the gendarmerie, including Masao Muto and the other three, were to cut off contact with the outside world and were not allowed to go out.

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