Fang Huilan also revealed that the mastermind behind the fire was Yang Yuanting. They deliberately set the fire to create the illusion that Chen Meng had been burned to death, and then kidnapped Chen Meng to Japan to conduct drug research for the Japanese.
More than a decade ago, Chen Meng was the youngest and most outstanding drug researcher in Jinshi. When the pharmaceutical factory caught fire, everyone thought he had died in the fire. Only then did they realize that he had been caught in a switcheroo.
Although what she said was good news, the security personnel couldn't completely believe it.
No one can be sure whether Fang Huilan made this up to lessen her own guilt.
Security personnel later interrogated Yang Yuanting, who admitted that Chen Meng had indeed been abducted to the island nation and revealed the address where Chen Meng was currently being held captive.
Security officials remained concerned that there might be a trap, so they interrogated the other five captured enemy agents from the island nation.
Three people said they knew Chen Meng and that she was currently imprisoned in Japan. One of them knew the exact location of her imprisonment, while two others were unsure. The first person's account of the imprisonment address matched that of Yang Yuanting.
After discussions between the leaders of the Security Bureau and the Ministry of Health, Chen Meng's previous contributions to the medical field were acknowledged. Chen Meng was recognized as an invaluable talent in medicine, and someone immediately suggested going to the island nation to rescue her.
However, this was met with opposition from some people: "We must not be so impulsive. First of all, we cannot be 100% certain that the intelligence provided by those enemy agents is true. If this is a pre-arranged plan by the other side, and they are all telling the same story in order to make us believe them so that we can go to Adventure Island to rescue Chen Meng, and then after our rescuers arrive, they may have already laid an ambush to surround our personnel and trap them like turtles in a jar. Isn't this just luring the enemy deep into a trap?"
Some people say his analysis makes sense.
He added, "There's another point. Chen Meng has been in Japan for many years. No one can guarantee that she hasn't betrayed us. If she has been turned and is now working for Japan, then going there wouldn't be a rescue mission, but rather an attempt to capture her. We would be trapped like turtles in a jar. Even if we bring her back, after serving there for so many years, her mindset has likely changed. Do you think she would still be wholeheartedly dedicated to researching medicine for our people?"
Everyone agreed that he was right.
"But Comrade Chen Meng was arrested, and she certainly didn't want to be. If she had stood firm and refused to be threatened by the enemy, she might still be under their persecution right now. Can we just stand by and watch our comrades who have contributed to our medical cause continue to suffer persecution from the enemy without doing anything about it?"
"Yes, Comrade Chen Meng has made contributions to our medical cause in the past. If we save her, she can develop even more drugs. Isn't that valuable?"
When a country sends its elite personnel to risk their lives to rescue hostages in an enemy country, it should not only rely on sentiment, but more importantly, on whether the person is worth rescuing.
If it has no value, then there's no need to exchange someone else's life for hers.
After some research, the issue was ultimately handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They wanted the embassy to investigate the situation first. If Chen Meng was indeed imprisoned in the island nation, the embassy was to negotiate with the island nation's government. However, they didn't have much hope for the negotiations. After all, given the nature of the island nation, they probably wouldn't admit that they had captured Chen Meng, much less hand her over.
A week later, the embassy responded, stating that according to information provided by their undercover agent, Chen Meng had indeed been imprisoned by the Japanese on a small island for over a decade, not in a laboratory. In other words, Chen Meng had not performed any service for the Japanese.
Immediately, everyone was moved by Chen Meng's unwavering integrity.
You should know that Xiao Rizi is capable of all sorts of evil deeds and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
They wanted Chen Meng to develop drugs for them, and if Chen Meng refused, they would use every means to force her.
When the Japanese invaded our country, they used every despicable and cruel method they could against our people. It can be said that they were inhuman and committed atrocities beyond description.
"Comrade Chen Meng has been imprisoned by them for nearly twenty years. She must have suffered countless severe tortures, both mentally and physically. We must rescue her as soon as possible."
No one is now suggesting that embassy personnel negotiate with the other side.
Because if negotiations were to take place, the other side would either deny that Chen Meng was abducted, or even if they admitted that Chen Meng was in their country, they would, for the sake of saving face, accuse Chen Meng of smuggling herself in and label her a spy, which would make the situation even more troublesome.
They might not return the person, and even if they agree to return her, they will certainly put forward conditions for exchanging Chen Meng, and these conditions will inevitably be extremely harsh.
Furthermore, to prevent us from launching a secret rescue operation, they will inevitably tighten their guard over Chen Meng's place of imprisonment or change her location, which will greatly increase the difficulty of the rescue operation.
Finally, key personnel from several departments discussed the matter and voted on rescuing Chen Meng. Ultimately, the number of votes in favor of rescuing Chen Meng exceeded the number of votes against, and the rescue decision was passed by a narrow margin.
Those who disagreed with rescuing Chen Meng were mostly people unrelated to the pharmaceutical industry. They felt that if the rescue failed, the losses would be too great, and they did not want to take the risk.
But ultimately their suggestions were not adopted.
Next, they will select the personnel capable of carrying out this mission, mainly choosing elite individuals from the military and public security departments to ensure the mission's 100% success.
This is an extremely secret mission, and all personnel involved must maintain strict confidentiality.
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