Just as Ning Zhiheng and his allies were having a friendly chat.
In an apartment in the southern part of Shanghai, Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin were assigning specific missions to Wei Xuehai, the action team leader of the Shanghai station.
"I have selected three targets from the banquet invitation list. You will be divided into three groups to carry out the assassinations."
The first target was Hiroshi Nishimura, the counselor at the Japanese consulate in China. This person was noted in our Military Intelligence Bureau's files; he was the intelligence chief in charge of intelligence gathering at the consulate.
Our second target is Xuan Jingyi, a Shanghai councilor. He was one of the first traitors to defect to the Japanese after the Battle of Shanghai, and we have wanted to get rid of him for a long time.
The reason we chose these two people, besides their identities, is that their residences are not far from the Suzhou Creek. After you successfully attack them on their way home, you can immediately reach the north bank of the Suzhou Creek, where we have hidden two boats. You can then cross the Suzhou Creek and enter the International Settlement immediately.
Now, our focus is on the third target: Fujiwara Tomohito, the president of the Fujiwara Association in Japan!
This person is a member of the Fujiwara family, a top noble family in Japan. He has a prominent status and a deep influence in the Japanese military. There are reports that he is also the mastermind behind Shanghai's largest smuggling group and secretly controls the discourse in Shanghai's business community. Therefore, I request that you concentrate your efforts on assassinating this person.
If this person is assassinated, the Japanese will definitely take action, and all eyes and attention will be focused on him. This will make the special operations team's offensive operation much smoother.
Moreover, this person is very low-key, rarely appears in public, and has only six or seven bodyguards. Our chances of success are quite high.
At this point, Duan Tiecheng drew a heavy "X" on the map with his pencil, emphasizing, "The attack position I've chosen is here, on his only route home, at the end of Tongyi Street. The end of this street is narrow, with many trees on both sides, which can provide you with cover. You block his way home here, and then launch a pincer attack to complete the assassination."
There's one thing that's difficult to control: his residence is in the heart of a Japanese-populated area, and there's a police station right near the attack location. After the gunfire, I can't predict the enemy's reaction speed, so after you complete the attack, you must evacuate as quickly as possible and absolutely avoid getting entangled.
Wei Xuehai nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Chief, I will dedicate half of my forces to assassinating Fujiwara Tomohito. I will definitely take this Japanese dog's life."
Duan Tiecheng risked assassinating Fujiwara Tomohito in the center of the Japanese-populated area because of his special status; once the attack started, all sectors of Japan would spare no effort to rescue him.
However, Wang Hanmin spoke up from the side: "Your goal is to attract the Japanese's attention and ensure the successful completion of the mission to destroy the legal tender. It's not necessarily about taking Fujiwara Tomohito's life. Don't put the cart before the horse. Killing him would be good, but if the assassination is too difficult or takes too long, you must abandon the assassination operation immediately and evacuate in time. According to my evacuation plan, only you can know the rendezvous point. You must completely abandon the French Concession area and absolutely cannot go back. Do you understand?"
Wei Xuehai glanced at Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin. As Wang Hanmin's old subordinate, he naturally knew whose orders he should take. So he bowed and said, "Yes, I will definitely act according to your orders!"
Meanwhile, the Japanese Special Higher Police had already received a report from Kohei Uemura, the leader of the undercover team.
"Section Chief, this afternoon we discovered that Chinese agents have begun to leave the French Concession one after another. However, there are too many of them, and they are leaving in batches. Our surveillance personnel are too few, making it too difficult to track them. We have not yet grasped their specific whereabouts. However, we are certain that they have all entered the urban area of Shanghai. So far, our surveillance personnel only know that a portion of them have entered the southern part of Shanghai."
After he finished speaking, he pointed to a spot on the map on the wall and continued, "Right here, in the area of South Fourth Street, they suddenly disappeared. We believe there is a hidden hiding place for them here."
Kohei Uemura's report disappointed Taro Sagawa. However, the Special Higher Police in the French Concession had too few people, only a handful of surveillance personnel, which was simply not enough to keep track of so many Chinese agents. Fortunately, Taro Sagawa knew that whatever the target was, they would eventually fall into his trap.
“Alright, you continue to monitor the situation in this area, but don’t alert them. I believe that tonight, these Chinese agents will definitely come out. I want to see what tricks they have up their sleeves,” Taro Sagawa said coldly, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Kohei Uemura bowed and withdrew. Taro Sagawa pondered for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed again.
"Asai-kun, this is Sagawa. Tonight, your patrol team needs to strengthen patrols along the Suzhou Creek. In case of any accident, you must act decisively and not let a single person escape back to the concession area."
As both sides were making troop deployments, time passed little by little, and the birthday banquet of Shanghai Mayor Su Yue gradually came to an end.
While Ning Zhiheng was talking with several officers around him, Su Yue, the host, came up to Ning Zhiheng and said with a smile, "Fujiwara-kun, please forgive me for not being a good host."
Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly and said, "Mayor Su, you are too kind. The number of guests today is impressive, which shows that your prestige among the citizens of Shanghai is well-known. Fujiwara also admires you greatly."
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