Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's question, Liu Tongfang quickly replied, "The guards consist of a small squad of sixty soldiers. They take turns on duty and guard the area. From our observation, they are divided into three shifts, changing shifts every four hours. The guards are very tight, making it very difficult to infiltrate."
Over the past month, Liu Tongfang has gained a very detailed understanding of the defense situation of the Japanese consulate.
Ning Zhiheng picked up the map, examined the consulate's layout, and carefully considered the situation before speaking: "There's a considerable distance between the wall and the two buildings. With proper planning, a small number of people could easily monitor the consulate's interior. It seems a direct infiltration would be very difficult; we need to find a way to sneak in. By the way, what kinds of vehicles usually enter and exit the consulate?"
Liu Tongfang thought for a moment and then answered, "There are many, such as the special cars of several key figures, the cars that travel between the consulate and the Japanese concession, the garbage collection vehicles, the work vehicles that they use to handle miscellaneous tasks, and finally the vehicles that they use to go out to purchase vegetables and grains."
After listening, Ning Zhiheng asked again, "Which one is the most regular?"
Liu Tongfang thought for a moment and replied, "It should be a garbage truck that collects garbage and a purchasing truck that buys vegetables and grains. The garbage truck leaves at eight o'clock every day and returns around nine o'clock."
The purchasing vehicle was also very punctual. The consulate has over a hundred staff members, and they consume a lot of food every day. They leave home at 6:30 every morning, arrive at the nearby market around 6:50 to buy the day's ingredients, and return to the consulate around 9:30.
Ning Zhiheng pondered for a moment and said, "We will not consider the official cars of the consulate's key figures. These people have strict protection measures when they come and go, and there are many guards. It is difficult for us to get close and we cannot blend in."
Garbage trucks won't work either; they leave too late in the morning. If I complete the assassination mission and someone discovers that Kawamoto Kuraji is dead in the morning, it will definitely alert the enemy, and they will likely conduct a thorough search of the consulate. If I am still staying in the consulate at that time, it will be difficult for me to escape unscathed.
Only the procurement vehicle meets my requirements: it enters and exits regularly, once a day, and leaves early in the morning, allowing me to leave promptly after completing the assassination mission.
"Zhiheng!"
When Ning Zhiheng was speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Tongfang. He stopped talking and looked up at Liu Tongfang.
Liu Tongfang looked at him with surprise, and then asked hesitantly, "Zhiheng, do you intend to carry out this assassination yourself?"
“Yes, this matter is of great importance, and it was a task personally assigned by the director. I don’t trust anyone else to carry it out; I must do it myself!” Ning Zhiheng answered firmly.
In fact, Ning Zhiheng had hesitated before and had considered sending someone else to carry out the mission, but in the end he decided to do it himself.
Because Kawamoto Kuraji's identity was too important. He had previously served as the head of the Special Higher Police in Shanghai, which was one of the highest-ranking intelligence officers in Japan's intelligence agencies stationed in China. The intelligence he had access to was all top secret. It could be said that any image in his mind was extremely valuable and precious!
These are all extremely tempting treasures for Ning Zhiheng, and he absolutely cannot let them slip by easily. Therefore, he must not entrust them to others. The potential gains are enough to make him decide to take this risk.
Liu Tongfang never expected that such a dangerous mission—to infiltrate the Japanese consulate and assassinate Kawamoto Kuraji, the head of the spy network—would be undertaken personally by Ning Zhiheng, who was already in a high position at a young age. This was something that the intelligence station chief, who was used to commanding from the rear, could not imagine.
At this moment, a deep sense of guilt welled up in his heart for no apparent reason. It seemed that the years he had wasted in Hangzhou had worn away too much of his sense of responsibility and passion.
Even someone as high-ranking and powerful as Ning Zhiheng, after accepting a task from his superiors, did not shirk responsibility or evade it. He did everything he could to overcome difficulties and ultimately risked his life to complete this important mission.
Ning Zhiheng's actions in Hangzhou made Liu Tongfang feel extremely ashamed of his previous cowardice and shirking of responsibility.
At that moment, he felt his face burning red, and he mumbled something for a long time without knowing what he was saying.
Ning Zhiheng didn't pay much attention to Liu Tongfang's feelings. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "In the list of consulate staff you showed me last time, there was a Chinese person who used to work as a Chinese chef there!"
“Peng Asi,” Liu Tongfang interjected, “he quit last year, and now the consulate is full of Japanese people.”
Ning Zhiheng then asked, "Can we find him? I need to ask him some specific questions."
Ning Zhiheng felt that Peng Asi, who had once worked as a chef at the Japanese consulate, should know some details. As the saying goes, details determine success or failure. Many things have gone wrong because of problems with details, causing all the previous efforts to be in vain and resulting in heavy losses.
Liu Tongfang quickly replied, "We can find him. I'll arrange for my men to bring him over right away."
"Okay, bring him here after you find him. I will stay here for the time being," Ning Zhiheng instructed.
At this moment, Mu Zhengyi walked in from outside. Ning Zhiheng saw him and asked, "How is it? Have you thought of any good methods?"
Mu Zhengyi nodded, sat down on the sofa, and said thoughtfully, "I've thought about it for a long time, and finally I've found a way."
Upon hearing that a method had been found, Ning Zhiheng was overjoyed and quickly asked, "What method is it? Tell me quickly."
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