Two days later, at 3 p.m., in Luo Xingchao's office at the Special Agent Headquarters, he was pacing back and forth. According to the previously set plan, the operation was to be launched today. He carefully rehearsed each step in his mind, striving to ensure that no problems would arise.
At that moment, a knock sounded at the door. Cui Yuanfeng pushed the door open and entered. He walked a few steps to Luo Xingchao and whispered, "Director, Hu Yunhe has already gone in."
Luo Xingchao perked up, glanced at his watch, secretly calculated the time, and nodded, saying, "Let's wait five more minutes!"
Five minutes passed quickly. Luo Xingchao picked up the materials prepared on the desk, strode out of the office, went up the stairs, and arrived at the door of Li Zhiqun's office.
He knocked gently on the door, and Li Zhiqun's voice came from inside: "Come in!"
Luo Xingchao pushed open the door and entered. He saw Li Zhiqun and Hu Yunhe sitting opposite each other in the office. When Hu Yunhe saw that it was Luo Xingchao, he quickly stood up.
Luo Xingchao looked at Hu Yunhe with some surprise, nodded slightly, and then said to Li Zhiqun, "Director, I heard you're back. I happen to have some information to report to you."
It turns out that Li Zhiqun left Shanghai the day before yesterday to handle some business in Hangzhou. He just returned home at noon today, so all the department heads will come to report on their work over the past two days. Luo Xingchao wanted to take this opportunity to mobilize them.
"Xingchao!" Li Zhiqun straightened up from his chair when he saw Luo Xingchao enter, no longer appearing casual. "Is there any progress in the case?"
Luo Xingchao nodded and said, "There has been a major breakthrough! I've been wanting to report this to you."
"A major breakthrough?"
Luo Xingchao's words made the hearts of the two people in the room skip a beat, especially Li Zhiqun, whose eyes lit up. He knew that Luo Xingchao had been tracking the whereabouts of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station recently and was often on field missions. Given his calm and cautious personality, for him to say something like this, he must have found an important clue.
Li Zhiqun immediately turned to look at Hu Yunhe and said calmly, "Let's stop here for today. As I just said, don't rush things, understand?"
Hu Yunhe knew he needed to avoid suspicion, so he quickly bowed and accepted the order, saying, "Yes, Director, I will be careful!"
After speaking, he turned and bowed to Luo Xingchao, who returned the bow slightly. They passed each other and left the office.
Seeing Hu Yunhe leave, Li Zhiqun asked impatiently, "Xingchao, tell me, what major progress has been made?"
Luo Xingchao stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Director, just five days ago, one of my intelligence agents discovered the liaison point of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station."
"Where is it?" Li Zhiqun asked urgently.
"No. 32, East Fourth Street, in the eastern urban area, there is a department store. The owner of the store is named Xu Zhixing, but his real name is Huang Lihui, the former head of the intelligence group of the Kuomintang's Beiping Station."
"What? You've even verified their identities? You've already made arrests!"
Li Zhiqun frowned immediately, feeling that Luo Xingchao was being a bit too hasty. The most standard procedure after discovering a contact point is to monitor or track it for a period of time to find other accomplices as much as possible.
Of course, an arrest will only be carried out if none of the aforementioned conditions are met. After all, unexpected events may occur during the arrest and interrogation process. For example, the target may be injured or killed during the arrest, or the other party may refuse to speak during the interrogation, or the information provided may not be true. Naturally, the information obtained by oneself is more reliable.
Li Zhiqun has always been greedy for credit and always wanted to catch a big fish and thoroughly uncover all the enemy's forces and organizations. Of course, he has also tasted the benefits before, with Wang Hanmin being an example.
"Don't worry, Director. We've been monitoring them without alerting them."
Luo Xingchao didn't keep them in suspense and directly explained the situation when Feng Shinian returned to report. He concluded by saying, "After receiving Feng Shinian's message, I immediately set up two surveillance points near the department store, led by Bi Wenxiang, the head of the Investigation Section, to conduct surveillance day and night."
Li Zhiqun then understood the whole story, and was filled with a mixture of surprise and delight that such a thing could happen.
"Feng Shinian? I remember him. I didn't expect him to find such a valuable clue. Have you made any progress so far?"
Luo Xingchao replied, "It's still early. We've only investigated a few things. This department store opened two months ago, shortly after the major upheaval. Moreover, according to Feng Shinian, Huang Lihui was one of the confidants of Deputy Station Chief Chen Hongchi during the Beijing Station period. This matches the information we had previously gathered. Therefore, we conclude that this is a liaison point set up after the reorganization of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station."
Li Zhiqun immediately nodded and said, "That's right. According to the timeline, it was precisely after we wiped out the Shanghai Station that Chen Hongchi led his men from Beiping into Shanghai to rebuild the Shanghai Station. This Chen Hongchi didn't hide in the concessions as soon as he entered Shanghai; he set up contact points in the city center. He really has some guts!"
"Just two days ago, we also discovered a new target."
"who?"
Luo Xingchao handed a photograph to Li Zhiqun and explained, "This man is Lu Jian, the former head of the intelligence department of the Beiping station. According to our estimation, he must play an important role in the new Shanghai station, a high-ranking cadre. Unfortunately, after we followed him into the concession, he became very vigilant. Our men were too far away and lost him!"
In order to gain Li Zhiqun's trust, Luo Xingchao decided to report Lu Jian's appearance to him.
Li Zhiqun hurriedly took the photo. In the photo, a department store was used as the background, and a man wearing a top hat and a long robe was walking out of the store. However, only half of his face was visible, and his general features could be barely made out. This was normal, since it was a candid photo, and the distance and angle were not ideal.
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