Even so, Ning Zhiheng still selected nearly sixty special agents to form six action groups, ready to carry out sabotage and harassment operations at any time. This manpower was still too small; thrown into Shanghai, it wouldn't even make a ripple.
The six action groups were naturally assigned to action team leader Sun Jiacheng and the two deputy team leaders, the Zuo brothers.
Huo Yueze, the head of the intelligence department, and Ji Hongyi, the deputy head, were specifically responsible for intelligence gathering and managing other working groups. Each group selected a group leader who was responsible to these two individuals.
In addition, Ning Zhiheng sent Shen Xiang to lead two working groups to set up a trading company in Hong Kong as soon as the Shanghai blockade was lifted. This would create a trade and logistics network with the two trading companies already established in Shanghai, allowing them to complement each other.
Importantly, Hong Kong is a major trading port and a large distribution center for goods. It can transport important goods directly to major cities in China, especially Wuhan and Chongqing, via air freight. This is an extremely important transportation route. Although the cost is higher, it is much safer and more discreet than transporting goods between Shanghai and the mainland by ground.
This was also the piece that Ning Zhiheng valued most. After careful consideration, he finally entrusted this important task to Shen Xiang.
Shen Xiang was a Baoding-affiliated officer personally selected by Huang Xianzheng when Ning Zhiheng formed the action team. He had always served as the deputy captain. He was cautious and meticulous, and was a subordinate that Ning Zhiheng valued highly. This time, he was taking on a major responsibility for the first time, which was also a good opportunity for him to take charge on his own.
As for the head of the general affairs department in charge of material distribution, Ning Zhiheng did not select a candidate. His ideal candidate should be Miao Yongyi, after all, he was the person Ning Zhiheng trusted the most, and this position was almost risk-free, making it the most suitable for Miao Yongyi. Besides, Miao Yongyi had not received any special agent training and had not cooperated with other special agents, so it was not suitable for him to carry out field work.
However, Miao Yongyi is still recovering and is staying in a safe house to recuperate, and is temporarily unable to return to work.
Zuo Qiang led an action team specifically responsible for the security and protection of the Tan Mansion, as well as the safety of the radio station.
Thus, the framework of a standard military intelligence station has been completed.
Everything at the intelligence station was proceeding smoothly. With the complete fall of Shanghai, the blockade that had lasted for more than three months was lifted, and Yue Sheng, the head of the Green Gang in Shanghai, left Shanghai immediately to settle in Hong Kong.
Shen Xiang, along with a large amount of funds and two teams of agents, went to Hong Kong. As instructed by Ning Zhiheng, he opened a trading company called "Fujiwara Company" in the name of Fujiwara Tomohito. Shen Xiang, using the alias Shen Zhengyang, served as the manager of Fujiwara Company.
Ning Zhiheng's subordinates were all shrewd and capable people, and all the work entered a tense but orderly state. Only then did Ning Zhiheng manage to extricate himself and secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Just then, the telephone on his desk rang. He picked it up and heard Sun Jiacheng's voice on the other end.
"Stationmaster, there are some things here that I'm not sure about, and I'd like to ask for your instructions," Sun Jiacheng said in a low voice.
Something's up? Ning Zhiheng frowned and said directly, "Don't say it over the phone, I'm coming right away!"
Ning Zhiheng quickly left the Tan Mansion, drove his car, and soon arrived at the outside of a small courtyard. He gently knocked on the gate, and Sun Jiacheng quickly came out of the house, opened the gate, and let Ning Zhiheng in.
The two men didn't speak, but went straight up to the second floor and came to a window in the backyard. Sun Jiacheng handed the binoculars to Ning Zhiheng, who took them and looked at the houses across the street. He could see the scene of the safe house across the street very clearly.
"Tell me the specifics," Ning Zhiheng said while observing the situation.
Sun Jiacheng nodded and said, "During the seventeen days that Miao Yongyi recuperated here, he did not leave this safe house except to take out the garbage. Everything was normal. But this morning, a beggar passed by the safe house and asked for some food. Miao Yongyi gave him some leftovers, and then the beggar left."
Ning Zhiheng remained silent, listening quietly. He knew that Sun Jiacheng must have discovered something, otherwise he wouldn't have brought it up specifically.
Sure enough, Sun Jiacheng continued, "In the past, some beggars and refugees would come to beg for food, but Miao Yongyi would never show his face or interact with anyone. When they saw that there was no one in the house, they would leave on their own."
But this time, after the beggar called out a few times outside the courtyard, Miao Yongyi came out of the house. I felt something was off, so I deliberately followed the beggar for a while, but the beggar managed to shake me off and I lost track of him!
As soon as he spoke, Ning Zhiheng immediately put down his binoculars, turned his head and stared intently at Sun Jiacheng, asking, "Are you sure?"
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