However, if Shadow is also implicated in the rescue of Fan Zhongfu, then the problem will be serious. Shadow is the most important pawn that the underground party organization has infiltrated into the enemy's ranks, and his identity is so secret that even he doesn't know it.

In addition, during the two previous contacts, Shadow sent a huge sum of $180,000 in operating funds. Only he, as the top leader, knew how much of a role these funds played. The organization solved many problems as a result, and the supplies sent to the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu far exceeded those before. Several high-end radios were purchased, which was an extremely difficult thing to do in the past. It can be said that Shadow's role in this alone was irreplaceable.

Now, he dared not make the decision to send Shadow to take such a huge risk to rescue people in the headquarters of Agent 76. It was not that he had no comradeship with Fan Zhongfu. On the contrary, he and Fan Zhongfu were comrades-in-arms for many years and had gone through the White Terror together. They had a deep friendship.

However, as a leader, he had to consider things carefully and not act on emotion. In this sudden crisis, a single misstep could have resulted in enormous and irreparable losses.

Xia Deyan shared the same sentiment. Although he and Shadow had never actually met, they had been spiritually connected for many years. They were comrades-in-arms who fought side by side and partners who cooperated seamlessly. The feelings between them far exceeded those of others. In fact, it could be said that all his life and work had revolved around Shadow over the past few years, so he cared about Shadow's safety more than anyone else.

Xia Deyan's expression grew increasingly serious as he slowly said, "If you don't want Shadow to take action, then simply deny Fan Zhongfu's identity and have Shadow stop the rescue operation. However, doing so would be too cruel to Comrade Fan Zhongfu."

At this moment, Lin Hanwen's mind was in turmoil, unable to make a decision. He paced back and forth in the room, Xia Deyan's gaze following him closely. Finally, Lin Hanwen spoke up, "Let Shadow try. If we deny that Lao Fan is one of us, the enemy will eventually discover his true identity. This information cannot be kept from Shadow, who is hiding inside No. 76. He will misunderstand and question our actions. He only has one-way communication with us. Once questions arise, we will have no way to explain, and future communication will be difficult to maintain. We might even encounter unexpected problems."

Furthermore, Shadow told us the time and place to pick them up, so I judged that he already had a complete plan of action. Perhaps he was confident, and I felt we could take the gamble.

Lin Hanwen, as expected of an outstanding leader with extremely rich experience in struggle, quickly analyzed various situations, assessed the situation, weighed the pros and cons, and finally made up his mind to agree to let Shadow take the risk to save people.

Seeing that Lin Hanwen had made up his mind, Xia Deyan nodded heavily and said, "Then I will inform him to take action. With Shadow's abilities, he should be able to succeed."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something and continued, "There's one more thing. Shadow mentioned that we need to rescue Fan Zhongfu's family at the same time, otherwise, given the nature of those bastards in Number 76, they will definitely harm Fan Zhongfu's family."

Lin Hanwen nodded and said, "Shadow has considered everything very thoroughly. Old Fan also has a wife and a daughter, and their safety is also very important. They must be under the surveillance of No. 76 right now. We can't make a move for the time being, otherwise we'll alert them and affect Shadow's rescue operation. The best way is to act simultaneously. I will arrange for someone to handle this matter. The most important thing is to rescue Old Fan."

Xia Deyan then asked, "By the way, Shadow needs to know Fan Zhongfu's code name to gain his trust during the operation so that he can cooperate with the operation."

"Wutong! Old Fan's code name is Wutong. Alas! It's a pity. Old Fan's identity has been exposed, and he has to leave Shanghai. He will never be able to use this code name again!" Lin Hanwen said with emotion.

Fan Zhongfu was his comrade-in-arms for many years. Regardless of whether the rescue was successful or not, it would be difficult for the two of them to see each other again.