Halfway through the convoy, a loud bang was heard, smoke rose from the firelight, and the military jeep that opened the way was blown up and fell to the ground! Zhang Chi rolled on the spot, but Yu Haochen was pressed under the car, Zhang Chi couldn't care about rescue, and pulled out a gun in his hand!

Zhou Chengbin reacted immediately and ordered loudly: "Tang Jitian, you go and inform the people on the three buses, except for the guards on the bus, no one else is allowed to get out of the car!" Tang Jitian rushed out of the car with two military commander agents in the same car.

At the same time, two grenades were thrown, and there were two loud bangs, and the back half of the second passenger car was blown up and burned! Several helpless officials got out of the car in a daze, and a bullet flew in, and one of the officials fell to the ground! Tang Jitian shouted hoarsely: "Get in the car!" All the people get on the bus!! Don't get out of the car, there are snipers! ”

Another bullet flew, another official fell to the ground, and Tang Jitian and others dragged the person who got out of the car without permission back to the car.

Zhang Chi saw the position of the sniper and fired three shots in a row! Helplessly, the range of the four or five pistols in his hand was not enough, so he rushed out of the wheel of the passenger car that was temporarily hidden, and rushed forward at the risk of being sniped. Zhang Chi looked back, and it turned out to be Zhou Chengbin, who was holding an American-style miniature submachine gun issued by a guard, who had made a move!

Worried that Zhou Chengbin's weapon was not suitable, this shot did not kill the sniper, Feng Gensheng rushed towards the location where the sniper was.

Two more grenades were thrown! The first passenger car was also blown into the engine, black smoke billowed up, and bullets flew in the whistle!

The well-trained agents of the military command did not wait for the commander's order, and rushed in the direction of the grenade in a fan-facing attack formation.

Zhou Chengbin ordered: "Zhang Chi, take two people to guard the scene, rescue the wounded, and the others follow me!" ”

Zhang Chi looked back and shouted, "Not good!" The engine and fuel tank are going to explode! The people in the car get out of the car! Spread out, quick!! ”

He ran over desperately with two agents and organized the people on the three buses to get out of the car and escape for their lives!

Will evacuate everyone, the explosion has happened! Zhang Chi of the palace only felt that he was violently pushed forward by a wave of qi, his footing was unstable, and he fell to the ground and fainted.

Zhou Chengbin led people to surround him, and three men in civilian clothes retreated while fighting back, stepping through a dry trench two meters deep and more than one meter wide, and getting into a car not far away that had taken off the photo.

The trench blocked the road, even if they immediately drove a jeep to chase after it, there was nothing they could do, and Zhou Chengbin and others could only watch the car go away.

Mao Renfeng soon received the news, and he was furious: "What?! Three dead and four wounded? And an American? Two officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, connecting individuals can take on such a big matter! What did Zhou Chengbin eat?! ”

Secretary Wang cautiously defended Zhou Chengbin: "I was attacked on the way...... He just came back, and he can't be blamed entirely, Yu Haochen was seriously injured, Zhang Chi was also injured, fortunately, the injury was not serious, Tang Jitian led people to send the four injured to the hospital for rescue, and Yang Benhua took care of the aftermath at the scene and did a preliminary investigation. Zhou Chengbin should take someone to escort the others back to Chongqing, and his subordinates have already sent someone to look for him......"

Two hours later, Zhou Chengbin returned to the bureau headquarters, met Yang Benhua at the gate, and without waiting for him to ask, Yang Benhua preemptively said: "Director Zhou, according to the preliminary investigation results of the scene, No. 76 may have sent someone to infiltrate Chongqing." ”

Zhou Chengbin's face was grim, and he stopped and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"The first to explode is a Japanese-made latest mine, this mine is small in size, not as big as an adult's fist, there are two steel wire fuses as thin as hair, no need to be buried in advance, after pulling out the fuse, the fuse is fixed on both sides of the road, when pedestrians pass, generally will not explode, once a vehicle passes, the wire fuse is vigorously straightened by the advancing vehicle, it will explode."

Zhou Chengbin still didn't quite understand, and replied: "Mr. Mao summoned us, let's talk while walking." Do you mean that this mine is specifically designed against mechanized troops, that is, the few remaining German divisions of the Republic of China government? So how can it be surmised that No. 76, that is, the Japanese puppet traitors in Shanghai infiltrated Chongqing again? ”

Yang Benhua replied: "There are not many mines in this batch, and I heard that because of the high cost, they are only suitable for dealing with mechanized troops in the plain area, and they are not practical in the battlefields of China and Southeast Asia. When I was in charge of transporting munitions for the Japanese in Dalian, I transported these mines from the port of Yokohama in Japan, and except for a small part that was unloaded in Shanghai, the rest were transported to Dalian for use by the Kwantung Army in the northeast. ”

Yang Benhua is a very good agent, even if he has no task, it has become an instinct to keep an eye on gathering intelligence at any time. Zhou Chengbin nodded and said, "I understand." You were also recalled by Mr. Mao, right? Let's meet together. ”

After listening to Zhou Chengbin and Yang Benhua's reports, Mao Renfeng thought for a moment and said: "It makes sense, Ni Xin and the others have returned, No. 76 will not give up, Li Shiqun is the ...... I still understand. What do Americans say? ”

"The people at the U.S. Embassy were reasonable, and they only said that they hoped that the safety of the delegation would be absolutely guaranteed in the next few days, and that the case would be solved as soon as possible and the murderers should be arrested. The members of the delegation reacted much better than expected, and they were very dissatisfied with the Japanese attack on the civilian business delegation, and some even said that they did not expect China's war of resistance to be so difficult. ”

Mao Renfeng called Secretary Wang: "Prepare the car, I will personally go to the hospital to visit the wounded in a quarter of an hour, and when will the funerals of those who died unexpectedly be arranged?" Remind me to attend when the time comes. The administrative department in charge of the funeral was instructed to make the etiquette standard higher, and everything in material aspects was simple. "In front of the members of the deep-pocketed U.S. business delegation, it must be humble to the point of shabby, which is the best policy.

Secretary Wang agreed. Mao Renfeng said again: "To deal with No. 76, you still have experience, from now on, the detection of the Japanese Chongqing spy network and the arrest of the murderer who attacked the US business delegation, the two cases will be handled together, you will be directly responsible, report the progress to me once a day, all personnel below the director of the bureau headquarters, no matter who it is, you have the right to transfer, and you can file it with me afterwards." I have assigned other people to be responsible for the security of business delegations. ”

Zhou Chengbin was shocked and replied solemnly: "Thank you for the trust of the commander, the subordinates are ineffective in handling things, which humiliates the military commander, and the commander is willing to entrust him with important tasks, and his subordinates will definitely go all out!" ”

At five o'clock in the afternoon, in a temporary vacated suite-room, Zhou Chengbin ordered Yang Benhua: "I heard that Ye Jun is far away from Chongqing, you go to his studio to find someone else to meet me, and then go to organize a press conference, tomorrow morning at eight o'clock in the conference room on the first floor of the bureau headquarters." ”

After Yang Benhua left, Zhou Chengbin called Tang Jitian to explain the task: "The only clue to the detection of the spy network is that there is a Japanese spy in the Ministry of Finance, there are not many people in Chongqing who know you, Secretary Wang has already said hello to the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Finance, you will go to work there tomorrow, and your position is a confidential officer." Zhou Chengbin handed over the four file folders: "This is the file of the four suspects, the financial department has temporarily replaced it with our people, and you have the right to command them to follow anyone." I'll send you another team, two of them disguised as drivers from the Ministry of Finance, and four others in the Ministry of Finance waiting for your dispatch at any time. ”

There was a knock on the door outside, Tang Jitian got up and opened the door, and the person who came was actually Ye Junyuan. Tang Jitian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why are you here?" I heard that you went to Xi'an to teach, and I thought I wouldn't see you this time. You talk, and when the task is completed, you invite us to dinner. Director Zhou, his subordinates retired. ”

Ye Junyuan replied: "A meal, do you still need to be specially advised?" No problem, you're busy with your business. Director Zhou, I just came back an hour ago, and when I heard that you were coming, I came directly. Old Tang said, 'Complete the task', so you want to carry out the mission in Chongqing? How can I help? ”

The attack on the US non-governmental business delegation cannot be concealed, and such explosive news will soon appear in the major media in Chongqing, of course, there is no need to hide it from Ye Junyuan, Zhou Chengbin did not mention the detection of the spy network, and briefly recounted the attack in the middle of the way, three dead and four injured.

Ye Junyuan said angrily: "No. 76's hand is too long!" Our Shanghai Branch...... I mean, your Shanghai Branch and No. 76 are the enemies of the previous generation, and the road is narrow. Who's coming? Do you know? Don't let these bastards run away anymore! ”

Zhou Chengbin replied: "It's definitely not Ni Xin who came, as for who it is?" I don't know yet, but I have sent a telegram to Chen Jinsong and asked him to try to inquire. Lao Ye, although you are not from the Shanghai branch now, in my heart, you are still my own big brother, I am not welcome to my own people, I just sent someone to your studio, I want to borrow someone to use, it is great that you can come, I really have something to ask you to do a big favor. ”

"Since you are your own person, why do you 'ask' or not 'ask'? You say, if I can do it. ”

Zhou Chengbin replied: "I need you to help me fake a person and resurrect a corpse." ”

Ye Junyuan was not surprised, and said, "So you don't have a living mouth in your hands?" It's not a big problem, I'll go see the corpse first, the impostor is best also an agent, but I don't know if you have a good mold with a height, fat and thin, and about the same age. ”

"Yes, there was no live mouth at the scene of the raid, only one sniper was killed by me, don't worry about the mold, Mr. Mao said: The personnel below the director of the bureau headquarters will be dispatched by me. I sent Feng Gensheng, an agent who had just been transferred to the Shanghai Bureau, and you don't know, to assist you. How long do you estimate it will take? ”

Ye Junyuan said in his heart that Mao Renfeng gave such a big authority, wouldn't it be just for such a raid case? He didn't ask too much, and said: "If the corpse is left for a long time, the face will be deformed, which will increase the difficulty, so I will do it, and strive to hand over the person to you before six o'clock tomorrow morning." When he walked to the door, he couldn't help it, turned around and whispered to Zhou Chengbin, who got up to see him off: "Let me ask one more question: Is the eighty-sixth okay?" Although Mao Renfeng ordered him not to mention No. 86 on any occasion or in front of anyone in the future, Ye Junyuan has always been in suspense about this comrade-in-arms who only has a few faces, but rescues him and tries his best to protect his name.

Zhou Chengbin opened the door for him and persuaded: "He's okay, Lao Ye, in order to rescue you, No. 86 did not hesitate to violate discipline and expose his identity, he was alone in the demon cave, for his safety, don't mention it in the future." ”

"I know-" Zhang Chi, whose right hand was hung by gauze, with a bandage wrapped around his head, and his hair was also burned, hurried over, and unexpectedly saw Ye Junyuan, and the two of them were stunned at the same time, both of them were a little embarrassed.

Zhang Chi took the initiative to talk with a smile on his face: "Old Ye, are you here?" I also said I'm going to see you when I'm done. Last time...... It's me who is wrong, I ......"

Zhou Chengbin interrupted with a smile: "Zhang Chi took the initiative to admit his mistakes, this is rare, his brother, the past is over." By the way, Zhang Chi, you are not in the hospital to recuperate, what are you doing here? How is Yu Haochen? ”

Ye Junyuan hurriedly spoke: "Lao Zhang, it's my fault, I've gotten into the horns, Director Zhou is right, don't mention the past, I'll go to work, you can talk." When everyone is done, Tang Jitian will let me have a treat, and you two will also appreciate it. ”

Zhang Chi hurriedly took advantage of the situation to step down: "Lao Ye has a treat? It's so rare, Director Zhou, I don't dare to say, I will definitely go. ”

This book was first published in Reading Books