The western part of Shanghai, known as "bad land," is teeming with all sorts of shady businesses. Opium dens, brothels, and casinos are as numerous as the stars in the sky, and the people come from all walks of life, making it a complex place.
Around 8 p.m., a large number of gamblers gathered at the largest casino in western Shanghai, shoulder to shoulder, with a cacophony of noise everywhere.
Beside a gambling table on the east side, surrounded by many gamblers, Jiang Weicheng carefully rubbed the playing cards in his hand, and his expression immediately changed.
"unlucky!"
He couldn't help but curse under his breath, then slammed the cards onto the table with a "bang," turned around, and squeezed his way out of the crowd.
After leaving the gambling table, he looked around as if preparing to switch to another table. His gaze casually swept to his right, and a burly man sitting at the bar came into view.
When the burly man saw Jiang Weicheng looking at him, he quickly lowered his gaze, buried his head in the newspaper in his hand, and acted as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Weicheng's eyes narrowed, and he became secretly wary. He turned and walked in another direction, quickly passing through the hall and arriving at the bathroom door, where he pushed it open and entered.
After entering the restroom, he looked around at the interior, but the restroom was enclosed with no windows and only one entrance and exit, which made him somewhat disappointed.
Jiang Weicheng was the action captain of the Second Action Brigade of the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters. He was originally an action officer of the First Action Division of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Later, when the Military Intelligence Bureau formed the National Salvation Army, he was ordered to reinforce the front line and was transferred to the southern Jiangsu region to join the National Salvation Army. However, because Wang Hanmin was arrested and defected to the enemy, he sold the entire unit to the Japanese. In the Battle of Jingze, Jiang Weicheng and others were defeated and captured. These core officers followed Wei Minglang to the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters and became traitors and lackeys of the Nanjing government.
After a series of twists and turns, Jiang Weicheng found himself in this predicament against his will. As a former Kuomintang intelligence officer, he fundamentally disagreed with his current status as a traitor and deeply loathed it. He always wanted to find an opportunity to escape his predicament and return to the Kuomintang ranks, but he had many concerns. Li Zhiqun naturally had sufficient means to guard against people like him, including signing pledges of allegiance and publishing photos in newspapers. Although he wanted to defect, he was afraid that the strict rules of the Military Intelligence Bureau would make it difficult for him to be tolerated.
After struggling with this inner conflict for a long time, in the latter half of last year, Lu Jian, the head of the intelligence department of the Shanghai station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, came to him, intending to win him over. So Jiang Weicheng rejoined the Shanghai station almost without hesitation, becoming a Military Intelligence Bureau insider infiltrated into the headquarters of Agent No. 76.
Since his defection, the Shanghai station has been relatively cautious in its use of him, directly handing him over to the action team leader Yang Wenbo. Because the Shanghai station has not taken any major actions in the city, Jiang Weicheng has been in a state of dormancy.
It wasn't until the financial war began that Yang Wenbo prepared for a major retaliatory operation. The Second Action Team was responsible for protecting Zhang Yonggang, the head of the business department of China Reserve Bank, and other staff members. However, due to the tight security and difficulties in the mission, they used Jiang Weicheng.
So Jiang Weicheng took matters into his own hands, using his identity to enter the monitored ward area of Dahua Hospital. Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, he attacked and killed several guards and let the operatives from Shanghai Station in. Afterwards, Yang Wenbo also silenced all the targets in order to cover up Jiang Weicheng's presence.
Although there were some suspicious points in the operation, it was difficult to connect the matter to Jiang Weicheng because there were no survivors. After the operation, Jiang Weicheng did not have too many worries, and everything was relatively stable.
However, in the past few days, Jiang Weicheng quickly sensed something was wrong. Luo Xingchao, the number two person in the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters and the head of the First Division, personally came to the Second Action Brigade to investigate. He not only inquired in detail about the specific whereabouts of all the personnel on the day of the incident, but also subtly focused his attention on the officers who had defected from the National Salvation Army.
Although he had taken precautions that night, creating the illusion of gambling at a casino and even cleverly arranging for two operatives to vouch for him, for some reason, he still felt that Director Luo's gaze was full of suspicion.
As it turned out, his intuition was correct. In the following days, unfamiliar people kept appearing around him. As a highly trained intelligence officer, Jiang Weicheng quickly realized that he was being monitored.
Jiang Weicheng was secretly anxious. He didn't know what was wrong, but he knew that Luo Xingchao, the number two leader of the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, was a senior agent from the former Shanghai Station. He was naturally experienced and must have given himself away, which was why he was being watched.
Now he didn't know how far the other side had investigated him, or why they hadn't arrested him yet. Was it because they lacked solid evidence? Or were they playing the long game? Should he leave immediately, or wait and see? A barrage of questions came rushing in, and Jiang Weicheng hesitated for a moment.
Just as he was lingering in the restroom, another man in a short-sleeved shirt walked in. As soon as he entered, his eyes quickly scanned the area, and when he saw Jiang Weicheng, his expression relaxed. Clearly, Jiang Weicheng's prolonged stay in the restroom had aroused the suspicion of the surveillance personnel outside, and this man had come in to confirm his whereabouts.
The pretentious demeanor of the man in the short-sleeved shirt made Jiang Weicheng feel a little contemptuous.
Apart from a few core members who were former agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics who had received training, most of the operatives in the Seventy-Sixth Division were members of the Green Gang. These people had not received specialized training, so their actions were inevitably a bit rough when carrying out missions.
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