He looked at Geng Xingwei lying on the ground, waved for two team members to carry him out, and then said to the somewhat panicked grain shop owner, "Do you know what to say?"
The grain store manager quickly nodded and said, "I know, I know, this is the person who knocked me unconscious, and then I don't remember anything!"
Zhou Hao nodded and reminded him again, "Keep your mouth shut and don't say anything more, or you won't escape the consequences either."
"Understood! Understood!"
Without further delay, Zhou Hao waved his hand and struck the shopkeeper Liang on the neck, knocking him unconscious. Only then did he quickly leave.
Soon, a car sped away from the back door of the grain store and disappeared from sight.
At 6 p.m. that day, in a safe house in downtown Shanghai, Ning Zhiheng was listening to Zuo Gang's report.
"Chief, I personally interrogated Geng Xingwei. He was very cooperative and immediately confessed the information. This is the interrogation record."
After he finished speaking, he handed a document to Ning Zhiheng. Ning Zhiheng took it and examined it carefully before he understood the whole story.
The National Salvation Army troops stationed in the Taihu Lake area of southern Jiangsu had been extremely short of supplies since they began their resistance behind enemy lines. The Military Intelligence Bureau had always tried to replenish their military supplies through specific channels. They had no shortage of weapons, as the Kuomintang government itself had its own military factories and there was no problem supplying guns and ammunition. However, other supplies were very scarce.
Medicines, in particular, are the most critical necessities for the military and have always been in extremely short supply. This is because Western medicines cannot be produced domestically and rely entirely on smuggling channels. They are expensive and often unavailable. Therefore, the Military Intelligence Bureau has no ability to transport such precious Western medicines to the distant southern Jiangsu region in East China. Even if they are transported in, it is only a very small amount and cannot be supplied at all.
So the National Salvation Army headquarters tried to purchase Western medicine from enemy-occupied areas, but it was a drop in the ocean and could hardly meet the needs of long-term combat. This situation has been troubling the National Salvation Army.
Later, when they were dealing with the Japanese sweep, they carried out several joint operations with the New Fourth Army entrenched in the Maoshan area. During their contact, they quickly discovered a strange phenomenon.
Despite their outdated weaponry, the New Fourth Army was not as lacking in some necessities as they had imagined.
In particular, there was a great supply of medicine. The wounded soldiers in the New Fourth Army's wartime hospitals were able to receive excellent treatment. They were also able to treat some wounded soldiers from the National Salvation Army, which greatly surprised the National Salvation Army headquarters.
After several contacts, the two sides reached a certain consensus: the National Salvation Army would exchange its weapons for the New Fourth Army's medicines, thus exchanging supplies and complementing each other's needs. This would be a win-win situation for everyone.
So in the spring of this year, the two sides completed several exchanges. Geng Xingwei, who was a quartermaster at the time, personally participated in two of them and had frequent contact with the officers sent by the New Fourth Army, so he got to know several New Fourth Army officers.
Later that summer, Geng Xingwei entered Nanjing to purchase some non-military supplies. By chance, he unexpectedly met a New Fourth Army officer he had known before.
However, at this time, the New Fourth Army officer had changed his clothes and looked like a businessman. Out of curiosity, Geng Xingwei asked the people around him and learned that this man was now Chang Chengye, the manager of Maoyuan Trading Company, a large local trading company.
Both the New Fourth Army and the National Salvation Army had their own procurement channels in Nanjing, so it was not surprising that Chang Chengye transformed into a businessman to supply materials to the New Fourth Army.
Geng Xingwei only recognized Chang Chengye by chance, but he did not make contact with him. Afterwards, they went their separate ways and did not take it to heart.
However, after his capture, he quickly surrendered to Zhang Jingyao under a combination of persuasion and coercion. Under Zhang Jingyao's questioning, he revealed a lot of information, especially regarding the supply channels for the military.
At this time, because of the complete annihilation of the Nanjing Station, the National Salvation Army's strongholds in Nanjing were destroyed, and the information that Geng Xingwei knew was outdated, so it did not cause any harm.
However, Zhang Jingyao immediately began to focus on the situation of Chang Chengye, the manager of Maoyuan Trading Company.
For a long time, due to the tight organization and rich experience of the underground party, Zhang Jingyao's Third Division had been unable to collect any intelligence about the New Fourth Army and the underground party. However, this time, such an unexpected discovery made Zhang Jingyao overjoyed.
Based on his years of experience dealing with the underground Communist Party, he keenly sensed that Maoyuan Trading Company must be an important stronghold of the New Fourth Army and the Nanjing underground Communist Party in Nanjing.
If this line could be followed, the entire Nanjing underground party could be uncovered, and even the source of the New Fourth Army's medicines could be traced back. He believed that this must be an extremely important transportation channel, which would be a very heavy blow to the New Fourth Army and the Nanjing underground party.
Therefore, he dared not take it lightly and immediately reported this important situation to Li Zhiqun. Li Zhiqun also attached great importance to it, but at this time the conflict between Ding and Li was rapidly escalating, and Li Zhiqun could not get away for the time being.
Furthermore, Chang Chengye is far away in Nanjing, and Li Zhiqun is unwilling to let Wen Hao benefit from this again. He wants to keep all the credit for himself, so he decides to take matters into his own hands. However, his influence is not yet able to reach Nanjing, so he asks Zhang Jingyao to formulate a detailed investigation plan and then send capable personnel to Nanjing to carry it out. This task is quite difficult and has not yet been implemented.
However, things didn't go as planned, and Luo Xingchao eventually realized something was wrong, which led him to report it to Ning Zhiheng.
Upon seeing this, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but gasp, secretly relieved!
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