In the past few days, a lot has happened at the Shanghai military intelligence station, which is headed by Zheng Hongbo. Ever since the chief ordered them to find important targets to assassinate, Zheng Hongbo has ordered all personnel to focus their attention on valuable targets and try to catch a big fish.
In addition, the Japanese were very vigilant, and there were almost no assassination cases in the entire Shanghai city area during this period, and the public security improved significantly.
However, this also caused some of the Special Higher Police's plans to fail. After all, the entire city of Shanghai is too big. With the limited manpower of the Special Higher Police, setting up an ambush in such a large area was a matter of luck. In addition, the incident at the Fukuoka warehouse caused the intelligence station to temporarily stop the assassination, so they just happened to escape this disaster, leaving the Special Higher Police, who had been planning for a long time, with no results.
But just four days ago, on a night when the four team members were lying in wait in downtown Shanghai, they finally discovered a valuable target.
A Japanese military lieutenant colonel, accompanied by two guards, came into the sight of the operatives. This was the highest-ranking Japanese officer they had seen during their long stakeout.
This is a rare opportunity, don't miss it!
The four operatives then launched a sudden attack, but the three Japanese soldiers reacted quickly and, after being wounded, drew their guns and fought back.
After a brief exchange of fire, the four operatives acted decisively, and seeing that they could not defeat their opponents in a short time, they promptly withdrew.
The final result was that the lieutenant colonel, being the primary target, was the focus of the agents' attack from the beginning. He was shot multiple times and died on the spot. The other two guards were killed and wounded, one dead and the other wounded.
However, one of the four action team members was shot during the firefight and was eventually sent back to the concession on the south bank overnight, where he was given emergency surgery by a doctor he had previously contacted.
Although Dr. Zhou Huian ran a small clinic, his medical skills were superb. He successfully completed the surgery and saved team member Chu Wenkang.
After resting for a few days, it was time for Chu Wenkang to change his dressing. Accompanied by his companion, he went to the Huian Clinic in Wangjia Alley to have his dressing changed.
With his companion's help, Chu Wenkang pushed open the door and entered. When Zhou Huian saw that it was Chu Wenkang who had entered the clinic, he immediately gestured for them to go into the ward at the back. After finishing with the patient he was dealing with, he quickly went into the ward himself.
When he saw Chu Wenkang, he said in a low voice, "Yesterday, the Green Gang was looking everywhere for patients with gunshot wounds. I wonder if they were looking for you? After I change your dressing today, take some more medicine back with you and don't show your face for a while."
Upon hearing this, Chu Wenkang was taken aback. Could it be that the Japanese were investigating him? But this was the French Concession!
Unexpectedly, the Japanese have even extended their reach into the French Concession. Better safe than sorry. As a secret agent, one cannot afford to be careless. Regardless of whether the target is oneself or not, if one has been shot and discovered by the Green Gang, it will be a huge problem, potentially exposing one's identity and even implicating the organization.
Chu Wenkang quickly asked, "We'll be careful and won't be coming over for a while. What about you? Will you leave with me and lay low for a bit?"
This Dr. Zhou Huian was not a member of the intelligence station. He only offered his help voluntarily because he knew that the other party was a soldier fighting against the Japanese. After the intelligence station went into hiding, they had contact with him several times and received his help. They trusted each other.
Zhou Huian shook his head and said in a low voice, "I have no connections here. I can send them away with just a few words. It's just that there are Green Gang members everywhere in the French Concession. You can't show your faces anymore."
As they spoke, Zhou Huian skillfully changed Chu Wenkang's dressing. He looked at the wound on Chu Wenkang's shoulder, nodded, and said, "The wound is fine. After this dressing change, you can change it again in six days. If there is any redness, swelling, or low-grade fever, come over immediately. Don't delay!"
After changing the dressing and re-bandaging him, Zhou Huian took out some medicine from the medicine cabinet next to him and handed it to another team member.
They wished each other well, shook hands and parted ways. Chu Wenkang and his companion left Huian Clinic.
Once they left Wangjia Alley, they hailed two rickshaws and quickly left.
However, they did not notice that two rickshaws were following them at a distance. Yan Xing's eyes never left their backs until Chu Wenkang and his companion got off the rickshaws and turned into an alley.
Yan Xing followed them to the entrance of the alley. He looked up but didn't get off the rickshaw. Instead, he asked the driver, "Where does this alley lead?"
The rickshaw driver was originally a member of the Green Gang under his command; he was a local and very familiar with the terrain.
The rickshaw driver replied in a low voice, "It's just a passageway, there are no residents inside, but we can wait for them at another exit."
Yan Xing nodded, then instructed his companion in a rickshaw behind him, "I'll wait at the other exit. You wait here. If they come back out, follow them!"
Chu Wenkang and his companions knew that the Green Gang members outside were looking for the person who had been shot, so they were very careful on their way back, and took several counter-surveillance actions before finally returning to their hideout.
However, the Green Gang members had a significant advantage in the French Concession, being familiar with the terrain and having informants everywhere. In the end, Chu Wenkang and his companions were still unable to shake off Yan Xing's pursuit.
Watching Chu Wenkang and his companion enter a house, Yan Xing looked at the house number; it was number seventeen in Thumb Lane.
Having finally located the other party's whereabouts, he immediately arranged for his men to investigate the residents of the house.
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