bookcurios Chapter 233 Fetching Water from Bamboo Basket
Chapter 233 Fetching Water from Bamboo Basket
Jiang Shiyuan returned to her office with the folder and took out an exquisite makeup box from her small black leather bag.
She happily touched up her makeup and smiled confidently at the mirror.
“The good show has just begun.”
In the following days, Jiang Shiyuan remained calm on the surface, but secretly paid close attention to the deployment movements of the Special High Section and reported to the organization in a timely manner.
In order to make the "Ming Xiu Zhandao" action plan more credible and not arouse suspicion from the Special High Section stationed in Shanghai.
The hometown decided to arrange two underground party comrades in Shanghai to serve as substitutes for "Ling Jueding" and as liaisons with him.
Ancheng Special Intelligence Department, a secret office location.
"This operation is of great importance. We must ensure the absolute safety of Comrade Ling Jueding, while not exposing Comrade Liu Yedao's undercover identity."
A middle-aged man in plain clothes said in a deep voice that he was the head of the Special Intelligence Department in his hometown.
"In order to prevent the Special High Section stationed in Shanghai from noticing the plan being leaked and believing the action plan to be true, we have to arrange a substitute for Comrade Ling Jueding."
“This person must be bold and careful, experienced in many battles, and absolutely loyal to the party.”
"I recommend Comrade Chao Wen Dao!" Another middle-aged man raised his hand and said, "He has extensive experience with enemies and has successfully escaped after completing many important missions."
"At the same time, he is the general leader of the underground party organization in Shanghai and is very familiar with the situation in Shanghai. He is undoubtedly the best candidate."
When the others heard this, they all agreed and said, "We agree."
The comrade who made the suggestion went on to say, "In addition, Comrade Chao Wen Dao's old partner, Comrade Jin Lu Yi, can help complete this mission."
The leader nodded, "Okay, that's settled!"
Afterwards, he personally called Zheng Zhiyuan, a comrade of "Wen Dao in the Morning" who had already returned to Shanghai.
"Comrade Chao Wen Dao, this mission is very important and also very dangerous. Do you have the confidence to complete it?"
"Please rest assured, Chief. We will complete the mission!" Zheng Zhiyuan said, holding the telephone receiver in one hand and standing at attention with the other hand to salute.
"Remember, your mission is not to fight the enemy head-on, but to escape unscathed."
"You want the Special High Police to think that it was their own incompetence that led to the failure of the arrest operation."
"understand!"
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is March 15th.
On this day, the cherry blossoms in the Japanese Concession were indeed in full bloom.
But the pink cherry blossom petals were knocked off by the late spring cold and today's drizzle.
There was also a tense atmosphere in the air of Shanghai.
7:50pm, Red Rose Cafe.
After applying facial makeup, Zheng Zhiyuan, who played "Hearing the Truth in the Morning", wore a black suit, a white bow tie, held a cigar in his hand, and sat in a booth by the window in advance.
This location is also very close to the back door of the Red Rose Cafe.
He looked out the window calmly, as if he were a truly successful businessman waiting to negotiate business.
The personnel from Section 1's Operations Department had already ambushed inside and outside the Red Rose Café.
Not only were some of the customers inside disguised as them, they even replaced the waiters with their own people.
Minamizō Yunko was sitting in a black car not far from the cafe, observing the situation inside through a telescope.
The corners of her lips curled up into a sneer, "Humph, no matter what kind of Red Party figure he is, he will definitely not be able to escape this time!"
They waited for the situation to develop, and as soon as the contact person of "Ling Jueding" appeared, they would immediately catch the two of them in one fell swoop.
At eight o'clock sharp.
A "man" in a black windbreaker walked into the coffee shop. She was the disguised "Golden Threaded Clothes" Gu Fangxun.
The Red Rose Café was a meeting place that she and Zheng Zhiyuan were very familiar with. They both knew the internal topography and the external street layout very well.
Gu Fangxun looked around and finally fixed his eyes on "Chao Wendao" who was sitting near the back door.
She walked straight to Zheng Zhiyuan, put one hand on his shoulder, and whispered, "The spring breeze has made the south bank of the river green again."
Zheng Zhiyuan quickly put out his cigar, stood up slightly, and replied calmly: "My loyalty will shine through history."
Seeing that the two had successfully exchanged secret signals and held hands, Nanzō Yunko gave an order on the intercom, "Action!"
The agents disguised as customers and waiters immediately drew their pistols and quickly surrounded Zheng Zhiyuan and Gu Fangxun.
But at this critical moment, the coffee shop, which was originally as bright as day, suddenly fell into darkness.
It turned out that it was Lao Huang and Fang Lansheng who were disguised as circuit maintenance workers and had just turned off the power switch of the outdoor switch box of the coffee shop.
The real customers in the cafe immediately screamed and ran around.
The agents of Section 1 were knocked all over the place and were unable to continue the pursuit.
"Chao Wen Dao" and "Jin Lu Yi", who were very familiar with the terrain of the coffee shop, took advantage of the darkness and chaos and successfully escaped from the back door.
The two agents from Section 1 who were originally guarding outside the back door had already been secretly dealt with by Lao Huang and Fang Lansheng.
Although the Operations Department of Section 1 had made careful preparations for nearly a month, in the end it was all in vain.
At this time, the light in the Red Rose Cafe had been restored and all unnecessary personnel had been cleared out.
Nanzao Yunzi stood next to the window seat where Zheng Zhiyuan had just sat, her face livid, "Damn it, they actually let them get away!"
She slammed the coffee table hard and said angrily, "Baka, you didn't even know the two men guarding the back door were killed, what a bunch of rubbish!"
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and search the entire concession!"
The director of the operations department rubbed his hands and said with embarrassment: "Section Chief Nanzhao, this is the French Concession, we don't have the authority to search!"
"Also, allowing us to sneak in and set up defenses this time is already the biggest concession the inspector of the Xiafei District Police Station can make..."
Minamizō Yūko realized that if the search could not be launched immediately, the operation would be a complete failure.
She stormed back to the car and snapped at the driver, "Drive!"
The black car sped away from the Red Rose Cafe like an arrow.
Inside the carriage, Minamizō Yunko's face looked terribly gloomy.
She rubbed her temples hard, trying to calm her raging emotions.
This carefully planned "Operation Sakura" was a complete failure, which really made her lose face!
All the promises I made to Mr. Doihara before have become a huge joke at this moment!
The car stopped in front of the office building of the Special High Section in Shanghai, and Minamizō Yunko quickly walked into her office.
She slammed the door and locked it.
"Snapped!"
Minamizō Yunko slammed her handbag onto the table again, causing the documents on it to bounce a few times.
She walked to the window and lit a cigarette. The scarlet light reflected her stern face.
The curling smoke was just like her confused thoughts at the moment.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, puzzled.
The plan of "Operation Sakura" was obviously flawless, so what went wrong?
Was it really because I didn't take into account the possibility of a sudden power outage in the room that the arrest operation failed?