Ning Zhiheng's eyes narrowed, and his tone revealed a cold killing intent as he said fiercely, "Selling out one's country for personal gain deserves to die! How can such a person be tolerated!"
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!" Huo Yueze quickly responded and accepted the order. "Station Chief, do you have any special requirements? Assassination or assassination? Do you just want to kill him alone? Or do you want to eliminate the Japanese as well?"
Ning Zhiheng tapped his fingers on the table incessantly. After thinking carefully for a moment, he finally spoke: "Fu Yaozu's evil deeds of collaborating with the Japanese have not yet been revealed. If we kill him just like that, wouldn't that be too easy on him? It wouldn't serve as a warning to others either. We still need to do some preparatory work."
First, hire a few reporters to create public opinion in the newspapers, saying that someone in the business community of the concession was colluding with the Japanese, betraying his country, and willingly becoming a henchman of the Japanese. This subtly points the finger at Fu Yaozu. Then, gradually build momentum, and finally expose the truth. The point is to make everyone know that this person is a traitor, and then assassinate him in public. Everyone should know that anyone who dares to betray their country and nation and serve the Japanese will suffer the same fate as Fu Yaozu!
This was during the early stages of the War of Resistance against Japan, just after the Battle of Shanghai had ended. The call for resistance against Japan was rising in China, and the people were deeply disgusted by the actions of traitors. In particular, the Chinese in the foreign concessions hated traitors who worked for the Japanese. If they had known that Fu Yaozu had defected to the enemy and worked for the Japanese, they would have been ashamed of his behavior.
Even Fu Yaozu himself didn't dare to openly collaborate with the Japanese, so he contacted them in private. Ning Zhiheng wanted everyone to know his true colors, and then make an example of him to deter others from following suit, thus serving as a warning to people!
"The station chief is brilliant. It's too easy to let him die like this. This kind of traitor deserves to be condemned by everyone. We should take further action!" Huo Yueze nodded and said.
"It would be best to kill him while he's in contact with the Japanese, and don't let that Japanese person go either. After they're dead, we can create a public spectacle and let everyone know about his evil deeds of colluding with the Japanese," Ning Zhiheng ordered. Then, suddenly remembering something, he added, "But we can't harm his family. We can't hurt the innocent!"
"Yes, we will not harm the innocent. I will immediately arrange for several reporters to create a buzz in the newspapers, and at the same time begin to investigate his whereabouts. We will deal with this traitor as soon as possible."
Just as Ning Zhiheng was preparing to deal with the traitors, Zheng Hongbo, the station chief of the Shanghai station, was also preparing for another attack. He sat in his chair, looking intently at Hou Weizhao, the intelligence chief, and Cui Guangqi, the action team leader.
"The first priority of Section Chief Bian's visit to Shanghai this time is to reward Ning Zhiheng's troops for their successful demolition of the Fukuoka warehouse. It is said that the General Headquarters has given them great praise, awarding them medals and promotions in large quantities, which is the envy of many!"
The second priority was to supervise our work. The Chief expressed dissatisfaction that we had only assassinated some Japanese stragglers recently, believing that this was insignificant and could not seriously harm the Japanese. He instructed us to assassinate important Japanese targets next.
On one hand, there's praise, and on the other hand, there's pressure—it puts a lot of pressure on us!
Upon hearing Zheng Hongbo's helpless words, the action team leader, Cui Guangqi, smiled wryly and said, "Station Chief, since we received the sabotage order, our brothers have done their utmost, unafraid of sacrifice. Over this long period, they've assassinated dozens of Japanese soldiers. They deserve some credit, don't they? Besides, even if they haven't achieved great merit, they've still put in the hard work. Chief, you're not treating everyone equally, are you?"
"You scoundrel, what are you saying!" Zheng Hongbo's face darkened when he heard Cui Guangqi's reckless words and his audacity in questioning the director. He slammed his hand on the table and shouted at him to stop.
Hou Weizhao, who was standing nearby, also said in a low voice, "Guangqi, you should be careful what you say!"
"You absolutely mustn't say these things to your team members. If such resentful words reach the Director's ears, we'll all be dead!" Zheng Hongbo glared angrily at Cui Guangqi, carefully instructing him. Cui Guangqi was so arrogant and presumptuous, daring to speak ill of the Director in Shanghai. Zheng Hongbo hoped he wouldn't be implicated.
"I misspoke!" Seeing the stationmaster's furious outburst, Cui Guangqi realized he had misspoke and quickly nodded in apology.
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