After Gu Zhengqi and Zhao Ziliang decided to cooperate sincerely, they each went back to arrange the search for Gu Wenshi.
Zhao Ziliang said to Ning Zhiheng, "Gu Zhengqi is in an awkward position this time. It's rare for him to bow his head to me like this. We must handle this matter well. From now on, the intelligence section should speak more softly in front of us!"
At this point, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile smugly, and Ning Zhiheng naturally echoed his sentiments.
After a few words of casual conversation, Ning Zhiheng asked, "Section Chief, the success or failure of this case depends mainly on whether Gu Wenshi has left Nanjing. Moreover, we cannot conduct a large-scale search for him, lest we attract the attention of the Japanese intelligence headquarters."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, his smile slowly fading, and asked, "So, Zhiheng, what are your plans?"
He is now increasingly satisfied with Ning Zhiheng. This young man always handles things perfectly, repeatedly saving face for him in front of the department head. Ning Zhiheng has made great contributions to the current situation of the Action Department, so he attaches great importance to Ning Zhiheng's opinions.
Ning Zhiheng pondered for a moment and then said, "Actually, I have been looking for Gu Wenshi all along, but we have searched all the places where he might appear."
Huo Yueze even sent people to stake out his hometown and the places his friends frequented, but they couldn't find him anywhere.
Now we can only resort to the brute force method: search the entire city of Nanjing, set up roadblocks on major roads, and carefully examine the area to see if we can find anything!
Zhao Ziliang asked curiously, "You just said we shouldn't make a big fuss, but now you want to conduct a city-wide search?"
Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly and explained, "Of course we can't let people know our true intentions. Geng Boming, the assistant manager of Yong'an Bank, just escaped. He's definitely still in Nanjing."
Actually, Geng Boming isn't very valuable anymore. Even if we catch him, we won't gain much, but we should still conduct a search.
Let's make a big show of it, posting arrest notices everywhere, and launch a city-wide manhunt under the guise of arresting him. Our real target, however, is Gu Wenshi. Wouldn't that be perfect for both of us?
Zhao Ziliang clapped his hands lightly and said with a smile, "We'll do it your way!"
Ning Zhiheng then added, "But this workload is a bit too much. Our fourth action team definitely doesn't have enough manpower. Could you give me some more personnel?"
“The intelligence department is definitely more anxious about this than we are. Since we agreed to cooperate, they should naturally contribute to such a large-scale search operation. I will discuss with Gu Zhengqi and ask them to provide some capable personnel!” Zhao Ziliang said.
“That would be great, but we can’t reduce the number of personnel in our operations section, otherwise they’ll steal the show!” Ning Zhiheng continued.
“No problem. This is the most important thing right now, and the Action Section will naturally give its full support. How many people do you need?” Zhao Ziliang agreed without any objection.
"I've done a rough calculation. Even with the cooperation of the police stations below, we'll need at least two action teams to set up a search and control operation in Nanjing. I'm thinking of asking my senior brother for help. Besides, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep anyone in line with my qualifications!"
Ning Zhiheng had his reasons for saying this. Wei Liangbi was currently busy killing people, and those he was killing were all dissidents in the military. He was afraid that if he did too much of this, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble!
Ning Zhiheng simply found an excuse to temporarily remove him from these tasks. After a while, once their behind-the-scenes operations were completed and Wei Liangbi was transferred to Chongqing, the problem would naturally be solved.
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment. As the head of the action section, he naturally knew that Wei Liangbi had a lot of work to do. However, the top priority of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department was to search for Gu Wenshi. Everything else could wait. He nodded and said, "Alright, you brothers working together will naturally be a good match. I'll go and inform him in a bit."
With the work arrangements finalized, Ning Zhiheng rushed back to his office. Shortly after, Wei Liangbi also arrived after receiving a notification from Zhao Ziliang.
Wei Liangbi was very happy to know the ins and outs of this matter. He had already discussed it with Deputy Director Huang, who had begun to work on his behalf. He estimated that he could be transferred to Chongqing in a while.
Now that he could get rid of those dirty jobs, it was exactly what he wanted. He and Ning Zhiheng discussed it carefully and immediately mobilized manpower, assigned personnel, and the search work was launched quickly!
As a result, Geng Boming's wanted poster was posted on every street and alley in Nanjing. Checkpoints were set up on every street for searches, and the police station actively cooperated. Under the leadership of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, they began to conduct door-to-door searches in different areas. Personnel from the Intelligence Section and the Action Section were deployed among them, but they were holding Gu Wenshi's photo and carefully checking every suspicious person.
Ning Zhiheng and Wei Liangbi personally oversaw the operation, which was extremely costly. Every day, many people who looked like Geng Boming and Gu Wenshi appeared, but unfortunately, after being verified by people who knew them, they were all confirmed to be unsuitable.
Fortunately, it wasn't entirely without effect. On the third day of the citywide search, Sun Jiacheng, who was conducting the manhunt in the south of the city, called.
"Team leader, another citizen has reported that he has seen Geng Boming," Sun Jiacheng reported.
"Take the bank staff to confirm this first, without alerting the target. Report the results to me!" Ning Zhiheng instructed.
During this period, because of the high reward notices posted, many citizens reported all sorts of clues. However, after a lot of trouble, they were all confirmed to be unrelated to Geng Boming. Ning Zhiheng was exhausted from running around, so he simply stopped personally going out and handed the confirmation work over to his subordinates, otherwise he would be too busy.
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