Deep in the dense forest, Staff Officer Liu pointed his gun at Jiang Zheng who came to join him, and asked suspiciously.
"Mr. Jin couldn't help himself. He probably left for Shanghai at this time. As for who I am, you'd better not know." Jiang Zheng glanced at the middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the New Fourth Army behind Staff Liu and asked,
"Is it him?"
"Yes, that's him! But this guy is usually taciturn and never takes the initiative to communicate with others. Even I only know his name is Lao Chen."
"Taciturn?" Jiang Zheng couldn't help but sneered after hearing this, "That's such a coincidence. What I'm best at is making people talk."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple."
"Oh? Why did Staff Liu say this?"
"I just saw it with my own eyes. When the leader of the underground party who came to rescue him asked him about the whereabouts of the blueprints of the cipher machine, this guy said nothing, let alone other people. This kind of person is simply
The stones in the latrine are smelly and hard, so ordinary methods may not be effective."
"That's it..." Jiang Zheng nodded clearly at first, then suddenly raised his hand and shot Officer Liu's vital part.
After Staff Liu was shot, his body shook violently, and then he widened his eyes and asked in disbelief: "You! Why...why?"
Jiang Zheng snorted and said coldly: "Don't blame me, if not blame you for knowing too much!"
Before he finished speaking, Staff Officer Liu died on the spot, and until the corpse fell to the ground, his eyes were still wide open, obviously unwilling to rest in peace.
At the same time, Mingtai and others who were searching for the whereabouts of Counselor Liu and Lao Chen also heard the gunshot clearly.
"What's going on? Why were there gunshots?" Yu Manli said.
"Nine times out of ten, he is in danger." Cheng Jinyun analyzed.
"Well, you're right. Follow me closely!" Mingtai said, bowing his belt and leading the two women quickly towards the direction where the gunfire came from.
After a short time, Mingtai suddenly made a gesture to stop moving forward, and the three of them stopped together.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Jinyun, eager to save people, asked quickly.
However, as soon as the words were spoken, Mingtai made a silent gesture, and then pointed forward. Cheng Jinyun quickly looked in the direction of Mingtai's finger, and saw at a glance the corpse of Staff Liu and the person next to the corpse.
Jiang Zheng and Lao Chen immediately covered their mouths with their hands to prevent them from screaming.
In contrast, Mingtai was much calmer. After quickly observing his surroundings, he quietly led the two of them around to a nearby high ground.
"Jinyun, did you see clearly just now? Is that man Lao Chen?"
"That's right, it's Lao Chen. I can see it clearly." Cheng Jinyun said with certainty.
As soon as he said this, Mingtai said in a very troubled manner: "Then this will be difficult to handle."
"Why?" Cheng Jinyun and Yu Manli asked in unison.
"I know the woman who held Lao Chen hostage. She seems to be Brother A Qiang's subordinate. If we kill her like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Brother A Qiang to explain."
"Then what should we do? We can't just watch her take Lao Xu away, right?"
"Don't worry, let me think about it." After briefly comforting Cheng Jinyun, Mingtai's brain began to work quickly, thinking about countermeasures.
But at this moment, Yu Manli, who was in charge of security, suddenly put down the telescope in her hand and said urgently: "It's not good, team leader! A group of Japanese soldiers were found in the northwest. They must have heard the gunshots and came looking for them!"
"
"How far is it from here?"
"There are still less than 800 meters."
"That is to say, we still have five minutes at most to rob people. Jinyun, do you see that little bumpkin below? You will go around behind it in a while, and prepare to shoot to attract the enemy's attention, while I will go around.
Go behind the tree and wait for the gunshot from your side. I will rush over to grab people as soon as possible. Manli, you stay here to provide support. When you hear the gunshot, shoot the woman immediately. Remember,
Be sure to avoid the vital points!”
"No!" He refused Mingtai's order without even thinking about it, not wanting to care about Manli. "How can a commander personally take part in such a thing? It's better that you stay behind to provide support, and I'll go grab the people!"
After saying that, regardless of Mingtai's objection, he resolutely bent over and touched the predetermined position.
Mingtai had no choice but to give Cheng Jinyun a few more instructions, then took a deep breath, slowly leaned down, and raised the gun in his hand.
A minute later, Cheng Jinyun and Yu Manli successfully arrived at the predetermined location.
Immediately afterwards, with the sound of a gunshot, Jiang Zheng's attention was immediately attracted, and almost at the same time, Yu Manli also jumped out from behind the tree with a "whoosh"
, and went straight to Jiang Zheng and Lao Chen.
That Jiang Zheng was worthy of being a senior agent of the Black Dragon Society. After being subconsciously attracted his attention, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He immediately came back to his senses and happened to notice Yu Manli who was rushing towards him.
With amazing reflexes, Jiang Zheng twisted her body to an incredible degree in the blink of an eye, narrowly dodging Yu Manli's inevitable blow, and then used the gun handle in her hand to
Knocking away the dagger that was so close at hand, Yu Manli also briefly lost her balance.
However, just when she stepped forward, twisted her waist and raised her leg, ready to sweep Manli to the ground, she was directly knocked to the ground by Mingtai's amazing shot.
All this sounds slow, but in fact it is completed in the blink of an eye.
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the Japanese soldiers who heard the gunshots had already rushed over. After everyone gathered together, they had no time to rest and immediately began to evacuate.
However, it was only then that Mingtai discovered that Jiang Zheng had cut off Lao Chen's hamstring with a knife in order to prevent him from escaping!
"I didn't expect this woman to be so vicious! If I had known, I should have shot her just now!" Mingtai said bitterly as he retreated behind Lao Chen's back.
But Yu Manli on the side suddenly stopped as if she had made up her mind, turned around and started shooting at the pursuers behind her.
Upon seeing this, Mingtai quickly shouted, "Manli, what are you doing?"
But Yu Manli said without even looking back: "Team leader, if this continues, none of us can leave. I'm here to help lead them away. You should leave quickly!"
"What are you talking about? If we die together, I will never leave you here alone!"
Hearing this, Yu Manli's body trembled, and then she turned around and gave Mingtai a sweet smile, "I don't want you to die, I want you to live!"
After saying that, Yu Manli was about to turn around and leave, but Mingtai grabbed her arm firmly.
"Procrastination is the main thing, don't force yourself! I will come back to you when Lao Chen is safe!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you!" After saying that, Yu Manli jumped up, fired and ran towards the depths of the jungle...
Even Cheng Jinyun couldn't help but be moved by this scene. He wanted to come forward to comfort him but didn't know how to speak. In the end, he could only say softly, "Mingtai..."
However, before he finished speaking, Mingtai shook his head and said resolutely: "Let's go!"
…
"Click!"
As a harsh jamming sound sounded, Yu Manli couldn't help but frown, and then threw the long gun in her hand to the ground, and then took out the last pistol from her waist.
After a short rest, she felt that the pursuers behind her were catching up. Yu Manli stood up and fired three times. But just when she was about to continue leading the pursuers deeper into the jungle, a bullet struck her.
It suddenly passed through her left shoulder, and the huge inertia actually made her fly up, and she was thrown heavily to the ground. Even the gun in her hand flew to nowhere.
But even so, Yu Manli didn't know where she got the strength, and she gritted her teeth and climbed up from the ground despite the injury. After briefly treating the wound, she continued to stagger into the forest.
After running like this for who knows how long, Yu Manli finally fell heavily again due to her shoulder injury, even cutting her lip.
"Mingtai and the others should be safe, right?" In a daze, all Yu Manli could think about was Mingtai, and the corner of her mouth unconsciously curled up with a nice smile, "Maybe this way you will never forget me for the rest of your life.
Right? Actually, this is quite good..."
Just before Yu Manli was about to lose consciousness, a fierce exchange of fire suddenly sounded behind her, and then she saw a bloody figure appearing in front of her.
"Ming... Mingtai? Is... really you? I... I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"Of course not! I said I would come to find you, so how could I break my promise?"
Perhaps seeing Mingtai again made her tense nerves finally relax, so Yu Manli passed out directly in Mingtai's arms.
I don't know how long it took for Youyou to wake up, only to find that she was lying on a hospital bed, and the pain in her shoulders from time to time reminded her that she was still alive.
Then Mingtai's concerned voice came to my ears, "Thank God, you finally woke up, but you scared me to death!"
"Where am I?"
"Sino-French Pharmacy. Don't worry, Dr. Yang just told me that your injuries are not serious. Fortunately, the bullet passed through and did not stay in the body, otherwise it would have been troublesome."
Hearing this, Yu Manli nodded weakly, and then quickly asked: "How...how did you find me so quickly? Mission..."
"Don't worry, this mission was a success. We met Uncle Li who came to meet us on the way. I handed Lao Chen over to them and came back to you as soon as possible. But in the end we were able to break through, thanks to
Brother Acheng brought people to support him in time, otherwise the two of us might have to deal with it."
Yu Manli couldn't help but be moved after hearing this, but she couldn't help but blame herself and said: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I had delayed it longer..."
"Don't say that, you've already done a good job."
"No, if I wasn't injured..."
"Okay, don't say such things again, otherwise I will be really angry!" Mingtai deliberately kept a straight face and said pretending to be angry.
Yu Manli nodded gently, and a sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her lips again...
…
Government Office, in front of the office building.
Ah Cheng came out and walked quickly to Liang Zhongchun who was waiting outside and asked, "Why are you so anxious that you can't go in to talk about it?"
Liang Zhongchun said nervously: "Did you know something happened at the labor camp? Did Chief Ming come to see me?"
As soon as these words came out, Cheng couldn't help but feel a little funny, "Why are we looking for you? What does the attack on the labor camp have to do with you?"
Hearing this, Liang Zhongchun breathed a long sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good! That's right, what does it have to do with me? Aren't there just hundreds of labor prisoners of war who escaped? It's the Japanese who are watching.
Yes, no one can find me! Okay, I'm leaving!"
"Come back!" Liang Zhongchun was just about to go home when he was called back by Acheng, "If he doesn't come to you, do you think it's okay?"
Hearing this, Liang Zhongchun couldn't help being stunned, and then gritted his teeth and stared, saying: "Can you finish what you said in one go? Are you trying to scare me to death?"
Cheng curled his lips, "Do I need to scare you about this? Don't you have any idea in your own mind? Don't you know that this matter is two different things, openly and secretly?"
"Two...two things? Which two things?"
Seeing that Liang Zhongchun was still pretending to be stupid in front of him, Acheng was not angry. Instead, he made it clear and said: "Let me ask you, how did the Red Party and the military commander know that those laborers and prisoners of war were going to be transported away today?"
"No! I don't like hearing what you are saying. Does this business have anything to do with me alone? Why should I be held accountable if something goes wrong?"
"Who would I look for if I didn't look for you? Is it possible that I can look for the Japanese?"
"According to what you say, Commander Ming really plans to operate on me?"
"That's not true, but I'm sure I'll take the opportunity to catch you. But if I were you, I would turn my passiveness into my initiative and find a scapegoat. This would not only block Commander Ming's mouth, but also the Japanese side.
It’s an explanation.”
"Well, this is not a bad idea, but who will be the scapegoat?"
"Your driver."
"Laoyu?"
"right."
"He has been with me for several years, and he has always been loyal. You ask me...how can I do it?"
I didn't want Acheng to chuckle after hearing this, "Loyal? If I told you that he was the spy arranged by Li Shiqun to be around you, would you still think so?"
"What are you talking about? Is Mr. Li Shiqun's spy? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not, but if you don't make a decision quickly, Commander Ming will blame me when the time comes, but don't blame me for not saving him!"
"This... okay!" Liang Zhongchun couldn't help but sigh heavily when he said this, "What do you think this is? If you follow me, I will give you a share of real money. If I follow you, I will
What did you get?"
After hearing this, Acheng put his hands behind his back and said word by word: "You have got the opportunity to serve the country! Why, isn't this enough?"
