"The Green Gang!"
"The Green Gang!"
The two spoke almost simultaneously! They looked at each other and saw a glimmer of hope in each other's eyes.
Li Zhiqun quickly said, "In other words, it was the Green Gang who took Gao Zhiwu and Tao Chengyuan away. Yes, that must be it!"
He excitedly clapped his hands together and paced back and forth in the room, his mind racing as he kept saying, "The Green Gang forces in downtown Shanghai are all under my control. The ones who made the move must be the Green Gang forces in the concession, just those old guys. It seems I need to investigate them thoroughly."
Li Zhiqun had a very clear understanding of the Green Gang forces distributed throughout the concession. Since Yue Sheng left, the Green Gang in the concession had been controlled by a few veterans. The person who dared to do this big thing must be one of these people, or at least one of their subordinates.
Wang Hanmin continued his analysis: "Then we must act as soon as possible. If we are lucky, perhaps Gao and Tao have not yet left Shanghai, but have been sent to the concession by the Green Gang to hide. In that case, we still have a chance to capture these two people."
But if we act too late, things will get complicated. If we let them send the person across the Huangpu River, it will be like searching for a needle in a haystack—they'll never be found again.
Upon hearing this, Li Zhiqun immediately realized that Wang Hanmin was right. Things might not be as bad as they seemed, and Gao Tao and the other man still had hope of getting their money back.
Moreover, even if Gao and Tao escaped from Shanghai, as long as we act quickly enough, there is still hope of catching them back. After all, the Central China region is still occupied by the Japanese, and even if they went to sea, the current sea area is still under the control of the Japanese Navy, so there is still a possibility of catching them back. The most urgent task now is to find out their exact whereabouts and specific destination so that we can take targeted action and quickly send people to intercept them!
"Brother Hanmin, you've thought this through so well! Your words have been a wake-up call. I'll investigate the Green Gang's influence in the concession right away, and we should have results soon!"
Li Zhiqun controlled the Green Gang members in Shanghai's urban area, and these people had intricate connections with the Green Gang members in the foreign concessions. Li Zhiqun believed that as long as he put in some effort, he could still find the real target.
He was genuinely relieved at that moment. Winning over Wang Hanmin was the most successful achievement of his intelligence career. As it turned out, this veteran agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau could indeed provide him with great assistance in his work.
In just a few words, he found the loopholes in the operation and identified the suspects in the shortest time. This provided him with a direction for action to catch up with Gao Tao and the other two, saving him extremely valuable time.
Wang Hanmin smiled slightly and said modestly, "Director, you flatter me. I just spent a long time in the Military Intelligence Bureau and have a clearer understanding of their way of doing things."
Li Zhiqun laughed heartily. He was in a much better mood and was even more satisfied with Wang Hanmin. He patted his chest and said, "Brother Hanmin, if we brothers join hands, creating something new will be no problem. I will need your continued support in the future. We will share wealth and prosperity in the future, and I will definitely not treat you unfairly!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Hanmin repeatedly said he dared not, and after exchanging a few more words, Wang Hanmin took his leave.
Li Zhiqun wasted no more time; everything needed to be done quickly. So he summoned Wu Shicai and mobilized his Green Gang members' network of connections to rapidly gather information about the Green Gang in the concession.
Meanwhile, in Luo Xingchao's office, Cui Yuanfeng, the head of the intelligence section, arrived immediately to report the news to Luo Xingchao.
"Chief, something's happened! Hu Yunhe, the chief of the Second Division, has been detained by Li Zhiqun!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Xingchao was immediately shocked. He was not familiar with Hu Yunhe, but he knew very well that Hu Yunhe was Li Zhiqun's confidant and had just been promoted to the head of the Second Division. How could he have been arrested so quickly?
Cui Yuanfeng had informants in the interrogation department. He received the news the moment Hu Yunhe was detained and, after careful investigation, quickly obtained accurate intelligence.
"Hu Yunhe was detained without being interrogated. He was simply imprisoned. I have found out that it was because Foreign Minister Gao Zhiwu and Information Minister Tao Chengyuan escaped last night. Hu Yunhe was not properly monitored and caused a big problem, which is why he was imprisoned by Li Zhiqun."
"What?" Luo Xingchao's eyes narrowed, and he quickly asked, "Tell me the specifics!"
So Cui Yuanfeng recounted what he had learned. Although he didn't know the details, the general situation was still quite accurate.
Upon hearing this, Luo Xingchao couldn't help but excitedly say, "Good, well done! Two high-ranking officials defecting together has really humiliated the puppet government. Quick, go and find out what they're going to do next. I need to report back immediately."
Just then, Bi Wenxiang knocked on the door and entered. As the head of the Criminal Investigation Section, he had his own team of people and different sources of information. He quickly reported further information.
"Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin talked in the office for a long time. As soon as they came out, they called Wu Shicai over. After that, Wu Shicai sent out a lot of people. My people found out that these people were going to the concession. We don't know what specific actions they are taking yet. However, these people were sent out in batches, not in a centralized operation. It doesn't seem like they are going to carry out an arrest operation. It seems more like they are going to gather information. What do you think they are trying to do?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Xingchao immediately understood. Combining this with the information Cui Yuanfeng had previously reported, he quickly deduced the situation and decisively stated, "Li Zhiqun suspects that Gao and Tao are hiding in the concession, and he has sent people to gather information!"
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