Zheng Hongbo ordered Hou Weizhao: "Weizhao, this is Ning Zhiheng, the team leader in charge of this anti-traitor mission. You must cooperate fully. You must do your best to complete any request made by Team Leader Ning, and you must not slack off in any way!"
Zheng Hongbo earnestly explained to Hou Weizhao that he didn't know why Ning Zhiheng wanted to check everyone's files, but he didn't want to ask. He just wanted to try his best to satisfy them! Everyone at the Shanghai station was going through a critical period, and they couldn't let anyone from headquarters find fault with them.
Hou Weizhao readily agreed to the station chief's order, saying, "Rest assured, station chief, I will definitely cooperate with Team Leader Ning!"
At this point, he quickly smiled at Ning Zhiheng and said, "Team Leader Ning, please feel free to ask if you need anything. There are no problems with the files. I'll take you to check them right away."
Ning Zhiheng smiled and said, "I'll leave everything to Director Hou. I'd like to first understand the specific details of this rescue operation, then review the files of those who sacrificed their lives, and finally, review the files of all the personnel at the military intelligence station. Is that alright with you?"
"Of course, no problem, I'll arrange it right away." Hou Weizhao nodded in agreement.
Then he gestured for Ning Zhiheng to enter, and the two of them went out together to an office next door. He smiled and said, "These are some of the best offices specially arranged to welcome Section Chief Bian. This is for you, and it's arranged together with the section chief's office. Are you satisfied?"
Ning Zhiheng looked around at the office layout. The lighting was excellent, the room was spacious and bright, and the desks, chairs, and supplies were all brand new and high-end. He nodded to himself, thinking that the preparations for the Shanghai station this time were very thorough and that a lot of effort had been put in.
He nodded in satisfaction and said, "I'm very satisfied. Director Hou is very thoughtful."
In fact, he doesn't need this office at all. After finding the hidden mole, he will leave to arrange assassination missions in the French Concession. He won't come back unless something major happens here, but he can't tell Hou Weizhao any of this.
Hou Weizhao continued, "Team Leader Ning, as for the specific details of this rescue operation that you want to know, I will arrange for the rescued personnel to come to see you immediately. Please wait a moment."
Ning Zhiheng didn't want to waste any more time, so he said, "Then I'll have to trouble you. Please make the arrangements as soon as possible!"
Hou Weizhao nodded and left. Only then did Ning Zhiheng sit down in his office chair, take out the materials for the five people, and carefully review them.
He carefully examined Yu Li's file and pondered deeply. This time, the difficulty level was quite high. The target of the assassination was not only Yu Li; if nothing unexpected happened, there would be at least two or three more targets.
It wasn't that he was pessimistic; if two out of four people could be loyal to their country, that would be good enough. If they didn't have the conviction to die on the spot, they would either be tortured to death or betray their country and defect to the enemy.
He arrested so many Japanese spies, and even among those who had been brainwashed by communist ideology since childhood, only two of them could truly remain silent until death when they fell into his hands.
Of course, the specific number of targets to assassinate needs to be provided by the intelligence personnel at the Shanghai station. Our own people can only carry out the assassinations; otherwise, they are unfamiliar with the area and have no way to gather information.
Soon, Hou Weizhao brought a young man to Ning Zhiheng's office. He introduced him with a smile, saying, "This is Luo Xingchao, my most capable intelligence officer. During this rescue operation, if he hadn't discovered the anomaly in advance and prevented the rescuers from going deeper, I'm afraid none of the rescuers would have made it back. In the end, we managed to bring the rest of them back, which was truly remarkable!"
Luo Xingchao quickly said from the side, "It's all my duty, but it's a pity that we found out too late. So many brothers couldn't come back. They all fell in front of me. It still hurts to think about it now."
At this point, Hou Weizhao's eyes welled up with tears. He sighed, patted Hou Weizhao on the shoulder, and said, "In Xingchao, soldiers inevitably die on the battlefield. We should try to think more positively."
He then gestured to Ning Zhiheng and said, "This is Team Leader Ning from the Nanjing headquarters. He wants to ask you some specific questions about this operation. You must answer them in detail and truthfully."
"Yes," Luo Xingchao nodded in agreement, then saluted Ning Zhiheng, "This subordinate will certainly report the truth!"
From the moment Luo Xingchao entered Ning Zhiheng's office, Ning Zhiheng raised an eyebrow. It was truly effortless; this pretentious intelligence officer was his real target for this visit to the military intelligence station—the man in the portrait!
Watching the other party's excellent performance, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but chuckle to himself. What an outstanding actor! If he hadn't already confirmed that the other party was the mole, it would have been hard for anyone to believe that the person in front of him was actually a Japanese informant.
“It’s Captain Luo. Please have a seat. Don’t be nervous. I just want to get a detailed understanding of this rescue operation,” Ning Zhiheng said with a smile, gesturing for the other man to sit down.
Hou Weizhao naturally knew that he should leave at this time. He nodded to Ning Zhiheng and said, "Team Leader Ning, I'll go get the files of the fallen personnel for you."
Ning Zhiheng nodded in agreement, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble Director Hou."
Hou Weizhao nodded and left the office. In fact, at this point, Ning Zhiheng no longer needed to look at any files. The reason he wanted to look at the files of the fallen personnel was to consider whether this inside man might have died in the melee during the rescue operation.
Now that the target has been found, reviewing the files will just be a cover-up. We'll go through the motions, find an excuse to raise suspicions about Luo Xingchao, and leave the rest to the veteran agent Bian Ze.
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