"Deng Zhengming?" Wu Shicai murmured, looking up at Li Zhiqun. "Understood, I'll go arrange it right away!"
But Li Zhiqun raised his hand and said, "Don't really kill him, just scare him a little. This person is very important to Ding Mo. If we really anger Ding Mo, it will be difficult to handle the situation!"
The headquarters of Agent 76 was at this time complex, with the main internal factions being the Ding and Li factions. Luo Xingchao's influence was too small to be considered significant.
The agency has a total of six departments, the first of which is mainly responsible for dealing with the Military Intelligence Bureau, and its director is Zhang Mingshi.
The second division was mainly responsible for dealing with the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtongju), and its director was Sun Xiangde.
The third division was mainly responsible for dealing with the New Fourth Army and the National Salvation Army in southern Jiangsu, and its director was Zhang Jingyao.
The fourth department was mainly responsible for all affairs in the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession, headed by Panda.
The Confidential Affairs Department manages personnel, documents, archives, and mail handling. The department head is Fu Hengwen, who is also Li Zhiqun's brother-in-law.
The Telecommunications Department was responsible for managing radio stations, codebooks, telegram transmission and reception, etc., and its director was Jin Huixian.
These six major departments basically form the framework of the current Special Agent 76 headquarters. Of course, there are some smaller departments, but they have less power and fewer personnel and are not included in the major departments, such as the so-called General Affairs Department, Supervision Department, Interrogation Department, etc.
As for the armed forces, they were divided into five battalions, with Wu Shicai serving as the chief commander and the action captain of the first battalion, stationed at the Special Agent Headquarters at No. 76 Jessfield Road, Shanghai.
The Second Action Brigade, led by Captain Wu Zhenming, was stationed at Kangjiaqiao.
The Third Action Team, led by Captain Yang Jie, is stationed on Dingpan Road.
The Fourth Action Brigade, led by Captain Pan Gongya, was stationed in Qianjia Lane.
The Fifth Action Brigade, led by Captain Guo Xiong, is stationed on Yuyuan Road.
Of course, there are also many affiliated brigades, which are arranged in branches in various parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In short, the current headquarters of Special Agent No. 76 is well-organized and powerful, far superior to the makeshift team it was when it was first established!
Within this organization, Li Zhiqun's power was the majority. Of the six major divisions, the second, third, and confidential divisions were all his men. As for the action team, they were all his men. This was because Li Zhiqun had used the influence of his master, the Green Gang boss Li Yunqing, to build this team. They were all Green Gang disciples, and Ding Mo had no say in it.
Ding Mo only had the First Division, the Fourth Division, and the Telecommunications Division under his command. Although he was on par with Li Zhiqun in terms of organizational strength, he was completely at a disadvantage in terms of operational strength.
Faced with such an unfavorable situation, Ding Mo was naturally unwilling to back down. As the director of the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, he had to control an armed force that obeyed his orders.
So he took a different approach and sought the support of his superior, Zhou Fushan, the Finance Minister of the puppet government and a member of the Special Affairs Committee. He opened a spy training class in the neighborhood near the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, which was called "Juchuan Academy". This academy was open to the Shanghai police department and recruited more than 400 armed police officers to train in spy skills. The instructors of the school were all experienced agents of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Ding Mo served as the principal, but he rarely managed the school affairs. The main work was handled by the Director of Education, Deng Zhengming.
Unlike Zhang Mingshi, who was merely a former Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) agent who defected halfway through his career, betraying his organization and subordinates to obtain this position.
However, Deng Zhengming was Ding Mo's absolute confidant. He was an old subordinate who had followed Ding Mo since Ding Mo's time working at the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Later, when Ding Mo became the director of the 76th Special Agent Headquarters, he was the first old subordinate he recalled. He was completely devoted to Ding Mo and loyal to him, which is why Ding Mo entrusted him with the management of the only armed force he had.
Therefore, although Li Zhiqun chose Deng Zhengming, his intention was only to use him to intimidate Ding Mo. After all, if Deng Zhengming was touched, Ding Mo would definitely be nervous. However, Li Zhiqun really didn't dare to take Deng Zhengming's life, otherwise Ding Mo would probably lose his temper and fight him to the death.
Wu Shicai turned to arrange the follow-up work, but Ding Mo, the director of the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, was examining the body of the deceased in the morgue.
He was wearing white gloves as he carefully examined the gun muzzle on Zhang Mingshi's body. The forensic doctor beside him explained the situation: "The gunshot wounds were to the head and the heart. There was one shot to the head and two shots to the heart. Director Zhang died on the spot. The bullets removed were all 11mm standard bullets, which are the standard issue Browning large-caliber pistols used by Chongqing special agents. This is exactly the same as those used by Chongqing special agents to assassinate people before."
While listening to the forensic doctor's introduction, Ding Mo carefully examined the body. After a while, he stood up, his face tense and his eyes terrifyingly sinister. He took off his white gloves one finger at a time and gently threw them aside.
He had some doubts about the interrogation conclusions of the action team. In the past two months, the main targets of the Chongqing special agents' assassination attempts were important figures in the puppet government. Zhang Mingshi was just a minor section chief of the No. 76 Division, not a big shot, but now he was being assassinated, which was very unusual.
Moreover, although he did not handle specific affairs, he was still the director of the Special Agent Headquarters and was well-informed in No. 76, knowing that the Shanghai station had been chased by Li Zhiqun and had to hide everywhere these past few days.
Moreover, Jin Huixian, the head of the Telegraph Department, was also his man. Li Zhiqun's telegrams could not be hidden from him. He knew very well that even the Nanjing Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau had been uprooted and wiped out by Li Zhiqun. It could be said that the Shanghai Station was too busy to take care of itself, so why would it assassinate the unknown Zhang Mingshi? Could it be that the Shanghai Station planned to turn its attention to the internal personnel of the 76th Bureau?
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