Frankly speaking, the Kuomintang leadership was not optimistic about the future of the Sino-Japanese War at this time. The Battle of Shanghai, launched with the full strength of the nation, ended in a disastrous defeat. Now everyone knew that fighting the Japanese army on the main battlefield would be too costly. It was not that the soldiers were not brave, but that the military strength and equipment were too poor. It was too costly to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers.
Therefore, the commander did not expect to stop the Japanese army's attack by sabotaging the rear. At most, he just wanted to cause some trouble for the Japanese and delay the attack. After all, he had to make some noise, otherwise how could he explain it to the General Headquarters?
Therefore, Ning Zhiheng still has a lot of room for maneuver in terms of time.
Zheng Hongbo, being an experienced veteran agent, naturally understood the difficulties involved. He nodded and said, "Zhiheng, you still need to be careful. Our strength is limited, and we cannot afford to lose any more easily."
"Yes, I will be careful." Ning Zhiheng quickly nodded in agreement. He still had to listen to Zheng Hongbo's words, even if it was just for show, since he was the station chief and his superior.
Ning Zhiheng thought for a moment and felt that there were some things he should ask about. So, after careful consideration, he asked again, "Station Chief, I wonder how Luo Xingchao is doing now? After all, in the eyes of the Japanese, he is still a spy that the Japanese have planted in the Shanghai station. I wonder how you are dealing with him!"
In fact, Zheng Hongbo and Ning Zhiheng each led their own group of men, and they shouldn't be asking each other about each other's secrets. However, since Luo Xingchao was a spy personally identified by Ning Zhiheng, it wouldn't hurt to ask about Luo Xingchao's arrangements.
Zheng Hongbo had no intention of hiding anything and answered directly: "Since you asked, I will inform you of the situation. Right after you finished your mission to eliminate traitors and left Shanghai, we finally identified the Japanese spy who had infiltrated our Shanghai station through a photo of Taro Sagawa, the head of the Japanese Special Higher Police, and one of his assistants. This person is Pang Yingcai, a cadre in the General Affairs Department, and Taro Sagawa's assistant is Pang Yingcai's superior."
Later, Section Chief Bian decided to play the long game, using Pang Yingcai as bait to lure out the high-ranking spy behind him. Twenty days later, just as the major battle was about to begin, the big fish finally appeared. Unfortunately, at the crucial moment, things fell apart. Pang Yingcai discovered our movements and raised the alarm. In the end, we killed Pang Yingcai and two Japanese agents, but the main target still escaped.
At this point, Zheng Hongbo couldn't help but slam his fist on the table with regret, making a loud thud. "What a pity! It was so close. But we also seriously injured this person. I just don't know if he survived."
However, after that, the Japanese never contacted Luo Xingchao again. I estimate there are two possibilities. One is that this important target was also the senior agent in charge of directing Luo Xingchao. His sudden attack made the Japanese suspect that there was something wrong with Luo Xingchao. However, his contact, the owner of the grocery store, was as usual, without any abnormalities, and did not run away, so this possibility is unlikely.
Another possibility is that the senior spy died from his injuries, leaving Luo Xingchao without an online contact and temporarily in a period of inactivity, thus putting the matter on hold.
Then the Battle of Shanghai began, and the Japanese all withdrew. The owner of that grocery store also left. I didn't arrest him; I let him go. After all, Luo Xingchao's double agent status was still useful. After that, all contact was cut off, and the Japanese haven't contacted him since.
"I guess they haven't found our hiding place yet, can't contact Luo Xingchao, or maybe his superior has run into trouble and can't look after Luo Xingchao right now. In any case, he's currently out of contact with the Japanese. I'm also keeping a close eye on things and seeing how the Japanese react."
Ning Zhiheng was quite surprised to learn that there was such a situation. The two photos Zheng Hongbo mentioned should be the ones he gave to Bian Ze: photos of Sagawa Taro and his assistant. Zheng Hongbo used them to find the lurking spies.
Later, they also severely damaged that senior spy, leaving Luo Xingchao in a vacant position. It seems that his previous actions were correct. There are too many problems in the Shanghai station. He cannot have too much contact with them now, otherwise it would be easy to ruin his own team.
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