RNP Chapter 61 The stationmaster is right! Some things are indeed more important than life!
Chapter 61 The stationmaster is right! Some things are indeed more important than life!
Just as the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai was being urgently evacuated, a large-scale arrest operation by the Special Higher Police and the Military Police had already begun!
Based on the information that Ma Gui intermittently revealed under the influence of the drug, Inukai Gakufu immediately reported this important situation to the sleeping Tsukamoto Kameichi!
Tsukamoto Kameichi swiftly organized all Special Higher Police and Military Police forces to formulate a meticulous plan, dividing his forces into multiple groups to attack the Military Intelligence Bureau's various strongholds in Shanghai.
Among them, the one who hated the Military Intelligence Bureau the most was Mao Baoying (Yamashita Baoying), who had just escaped death! He personally led the entire force of the 7th Military Police Company, like mad dogs, to provide Ma Gui with information on several important outposts and rescue points.
A series of unexpected encounters and brutal crackdowns erupted in various corners of Shanghai!
At a liaison point disguised as a grocery store, two Kuomintang agents, taking advantage of the terrain, fought back fiercely with machine guns and grenades, killing and wounding several Japanese soldiers. In the end, the store was destroyed by Japanese mortars, and the agents died heroically.
In another safe house deep in an alley, several Kuomintang agents who were preparing to move out engaged in a fierce gun battle with Japanese agents and military police who broke in.
Bullets flew through the narrow space, leaving the walls riddled with bullet holes.
A Kuomintang agent detonated a grenade, sacrificing himself and the invading enemy; the explosion shook the entire alleyway…
Bloody suppression and resistance erupted one after another. The various strongholds of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai were successively destroyed, and a large number of personnel who could not evacuate in time or held the rear guard sacrificed their lives, resulting in extremely heavy losses.
With accurate intelligence and superior manpower, the Special Higher Police and the Military Police achieved an overwhelming victory.
However, when their most important target: 15 Rue Pétain in the French Concession,
When the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai was surrounded by a large number of people, they found that the building was already on fire and empty!
Only a few carefully placed booby traps and delayed-detonation devices were left at the stairwell and key passageways, which killed and wounded several Japanese spies who were at the forefront.
Tsukamoto Kameichi and Inukai Manabu, who arrived shortly after, looked at the chaotic office building filled with thick smoke, their faces turning ashen.
Although most of the Military Intelligence Bureau's strongholds were destroyed, the fact that the core headquarters personnel, especially the station chief Wang Tianmu and deputy station chief Fu Jingnian, escaped was undoubtedly the biggest failure!
"Baka! Search! Search thoroughly! Dig three feet into the ground to find their traces and clues!" Tsukamoto Kameichi roared angrily.
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At this moment, Fu Jingnian had led more than ten core members of the headquarters to another nearby prepared safe point through a secret passage.
Fu Jingnian gasped for breath, his mind replaying Wang Tianmu's frantic actions and words... "Waiting for something important," "We must wait."
He hadn't had time to think while running frantically, but now that he had calmed down, a startling thought flashed through his mind like lightning: what could make the stationmaster lose his mind like this, even risking the entire Shanghai station to wait for him!
The last time this happened was when he shouted, "Brothers, we'll meet again in the underworld!" and was willing to risk the entire Shanghai Metro station to rescue Crow!
Could it be... could it be that mysterious "Raven" who provided three earth-shattering pieces of information?
No! Brother Wuyai of Crow Forest has already died a heroic death in battle...
No! No!
It must be his superior, it must be his superior. They've made contact again and sent new information.
Thinking of the precise intelligence that turned the tide several times during the attack on the capital by the five armies at Quan Gongting and the air battle in the three towns of Wuchang, Fu Jingnian felt a surge of electricity run from his spine to the top of his head!
If that's the case, then the value of this intelligence is probably immeasurable!
The stationmaster's madness seems to have a reason that can be explained!
He suddenly grabbed Zhao Xiaodao and Qian Qingfu, who had retreated together, and asked urgently, "Before the stationmaster lost consciousness, what phone call did you receive while you were guarding the phone? Tell me every single word!"
Zhao Xiaodao and Qian Qingfu exchanged a glance, hesitant. Zhao Xiaodao said, "Station Chief Fu, Station Chief Wang has given strict orders that the contents of that phone call... are top secret. Anyone who leaks it will be treated as a traitor, executed without exception..."
"What time is it! This is a matter of life and death! The station chief is in such a state! Speak up!" Fu Jingnian urged sharply, his eyes as sharp as knives.
Startled, Zhao Xiaodao dared not hide anything any longer and quickly recounted the details of receiving that strange phone call, including the peculiar accent the caller used, the strange way of addressing him as "General Manager Wang of Zheng Shisong," and the news that "the order for Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs has been shipped from Suzhou."
Upon hearing this, Fu Jingnian was shocked and slapped himself hard across the face!
He was almost certain of his guess! This was definitely someone from the "Raven" network using covert methods to transmit intelligence again! That "order" was the carrier of that intelligence!
"The stationmaster is right! Some things are indeed more important than life!"
"That email! I have to get my hands on it!" Fu Jingnian made up his mind instantly.
He knew that the original headquarters site was now under tight control by the Japanese, who might have even laid a trap. Going there would be tantamount to walking into a snare.
But what if the Japanese haven't noticed or haven't had time to intercept all the emails sent to "Rongchang Company"?
The thought gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake. That intelligence might concern the lives of countless soldiers and the course of the war!
"The rest of you, proceed immediately according to the plan, in batches, to the safe house in Nanshi. Take good care of Station Chief Wang!" Fu Jingnian quickly gave the order, then pointed to the four most skilled and loyal operatives around him, "You four, come with me! We'll check out the area near Beidan Road!"
"Station Chief Fu, this is too dangerous!" Lu Qiaoshan's eyes darted around several times before he hurriedly tried to dissuade him.
Having been an intelligence expert for many years, his sensitivity to intelligence far surpasses that of Fu Jingnian, who is an "operation expert," and he had long understood this point!
"We can't worry about that anymore! Some things are more important than life!" Fu Jingnian's eyes flashed with a desperate light. He resolutely led the four of them, changed into ordinary citizen clothes that had been prepared beforehand, disguised themselves as passersby, and sneaked towards the dangerous Pétain Road.
Sure enough, the closer we got to 15 Rue Pétain, the more tense the atmosphere became. Japanese military police set up a checkpoint at the intersection, and plainclothes agents roamed the nearby streets like hunting dogs, their eyes scanning every pedestrian warily.
The area downstairs from Rongchang Trading Company was heavily guarded, with both overt and covert sentries present, effectively bringing the area under control.
Fu Jingnian and his four companions hid in the shadows of a distant alley, observing the situation with their hearts pounding in their chests.
The chances are so slim they're practically zero.
They had never paid attention to "postmen" before, and this was the first time they realized how many postmen there were in Shanghai!
On average, two or three green mail bikes drive by on the street every ten minutes, which ruined their plan to intercept them at the street corner from the start!
It wasn't until the afternoon that a green figure appeared on the street corner—a postman from the French Concession, riding a bicycle and delivering mail from house to house along the street.
He stopped at the door of 15 Rue Pétain, took a letter out of his mailbag, looked at the address, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then walked toward the Japanese military police standing guard at the door, probably to ask how to deliver the letter.
Fu Jingnian's pupils suddenly contracted!
A strong urge made him almost want to rush out immediately. But he knew that if he moved, all the gun barrels around them would be pointed at them.
"What should we do, station chief?" a team member asked in a low voice, his voice trembling with tension.
Fu Jingnian gritted his teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead.
He knew the chances of success were less than one percent, but he couldn't die in peace if he watched this crucial intelligence fall into enemy hands!
I'm afraid I'll never forgive myself in this lifetime!
At that moment, he completely understood Wang Tianmu's incoherent and frantic feelings!
Because at this moment, he... is the same!
Fight!
He gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Rob!...................."