After a lot of deliberation, the temperature finally dropped slowly, and the clouds floating in the sky gradually became thicker and larger, changing into shapes like mountains and mountains.
Today, a bit of coolness passed across my face, and patches of thick white clouds rolled by, and gradually the clouds were mixed with bits of darkness.
The scorching sun and high temperatures have been raging for several months. I don't know how much smoke has come out of my throat, but I can feel the slightest moisture in the air. Everyone looks into the sky in anticipation, having a premonition that rain is really coming.
"What? They will be redeemed by us tonight?" Upon hearing Tanino's report, Takeuchi was a little surprised and frowned again.
"Yes, the Shanghai Station contacted me and the redemption will be carried out tonight so that we can be prepared. They will notify us of the specific time and place at the appropriate time."
After hearing this, Takeuchi frowned deeply and said, "I thought they would delay as much time as possible and make adequate preparations. Unexpectedly, on the third night, they would hand over someone early."
"Could it be that they deliberately went in advance to catch us off guard? Or are they worried about what we might do before and after the redemption? After all, they didn't even dare to state the time and place in advance!"
"...It's not that simple..." Takeuchi shook his head in denial and said: "Now they are not afraid of fighting with us. They even hope that we can take the initiative so that they can seize the opportunity and give us a bigger blow."
"Then why do you want to advance? It can't be without a reason, right?"
Tan Ye also reacted, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure out why the other party wanted to hand over the person so early. Without this person, they could act freely. This was not good for the other party, and it was impossible for the other party to be unclear.
After some consideration, Takeuchi said: "Either the other party has made sufficient preparations early in the morning and it will not hurt them sooner or later, or there has been some change in the situation that we are not yet aware of, or there is something special today that causes them to choose this time."
"...September 3rd, Monday..." After Takeuchi finished speaking, he looked at the calendar hanging on the side of the table, his brows slightly raised.
Tanano also noticed Takeuchi's actions. He pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Sir, is there any problem with the timing? In my opinion, it should be the most impossible situation, right?"
"...No..." Takeuchi raised his hand, and after careful consideration, he said: "You forgot, what they informed Shanghai Station before was not a definite time. This is probably the other party, waiting for an opportunity. If so,
…”
Takeuchi frowned deeply. If this is the case, it means that the opponent has been fully prepared and is only waiting for the final move, but they may not be aware of this and are too passive.
"It's also possible that the other party did it deliberately and wanted to mislead and disturb us. After all, they should know very well that there is no big difference between the news reaching the Shanghai station and the news being delivered to us. After all, they did use this information to dig out the information in one fell swoop.
There are a lot of people lurking among them."
"...It's possible..." Takeuchi nodded slightly, but his frown was not relieved much by Suzuki's analysis.
"The opponent we face is an extremely cunning and difficult character. Any information that can be put in front of us should be treated with caution to avoid making the same mistakes again.
Eh! Our understanding of this opponent is still too little and too superficial. We have many concerns and have our hands tied tightly. The situation is not optimistic!"
Gu Ye nodded and asked: "Should we negotiate with them and delay the time on the grounds that the time has not yet come? This will buy us time and also disrupt the other party's deployment?"
"...No..." Although he was a little moved, he finally shook his head and said: "We can't continue to delay this matter, otherwise we won't be able to explain it.
Moreover, if the other party is really waiting for an opportunity to launch some action, it will not necessarily be disrupted, but it may continue to execute it, putting us in an even more embarrassing situation."
Takeuchi shook his head helplessly, not saying that he was restrained. Although he was also worried about what the other party would do, internally, sometimes it could make you lose your temper.
"...Okay...don't mention these, please ask Suzuki-kun and Matsushita-kun to come to my office." Takeuchi did not continue the conversation with Tanino.
"...Sir (Sir)..." After entering the door, Suzuki and the two were respectful. Takeuchi turned around from the calendar after a moment and nodded slightly to the two of them.
"The other party agreed to hand over the person tonight. Do you have any new information so far?"
Hearing this, both Suzuki and Suzuki were also shocked and made eye contact. Panasonic was the first to stand up.
"...Currently, only a few traces of the other party's activities have been found in the city, and they are mainly concentrated in the gang-ridden area of the French Concession, which is the area where we fought against them before.
In that area, our peripheral forces had suffered severe blows before. In addition, the local forces were extremely repulsive to our actions, and the Westerners were also secretly obstructing us. The work was carried out with many obstacles and was extremely unsatisfactory.
Moreover, the opponent is extremely cunning, and the outside gang members who have taken refuge are simply unable to deal with it. Even if we secretly send personnel to guide them, it will be difficult to track the opponent's whereabouts.
The other party is extremely cautious and vigilant, and seems to be very good at disguise and makeup. Unless we directly track the other party, the information we have obtained during the investigation will be of little use.
There has been less progress in other aspects of the city, mainly because there are too many false information and false clues. In addition to the gang forces headed by Du, in the past few days, Westerners have also secretly released various false news to interfere with us.
It’s not clear whether it was instigation or conspiracy, or it may be that they took the initiative, because they seemed to be investigating the inside. It may be that our move to insert personnel inside them caused them to retaliate.
In addition, due to the failure of previous actions, after some recent news leaked out, some people have also improvised and deliberately made some suspicious behaviors to mislead us. Although only a very small part, it has spread.
At present, this matter has become an extremely difficult problem. Just distinguishing between true and false news consumes a lot of energy, and it is even more difficult to find useful information from these news."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The storm is coming!" After hearing the end, Takeuchi only had this feeling. These situations certainly cannot appear without reason. The things behind them made him sit up and down.
Uneasy.
Seeing that Takeuchi didn't say anything more, Suzuki also stood up and said: "A lot of progress has been made in the investigation outside the city. We have found clues and it is possible to trace the opponent to a certain stronghold or even a place of stay.
However, in order to avoid letting the other party find out, we have been very restrained in communicating with people outside. Today's situation has not been reported yet. It is not yet clear whether it is smooth and what progress is made..."
After listening to Baomu's detailed report, Takeuchi frowned slightly and said: "Let them send the news back as soon as possible and speed up the progress. I need to know the latest progress as soon as possible."
Suzuki nodded. This matter is a little troublesome. It's not in the city outside. There are telephones and the like that can be used for contact notifications. Even before the operation is over and the rendezvous is over, the person may not be found anywhere.
Despite this, Suzuki also knows that this must be done, because this is the only clue they have that may lead to discovery.
"By the way, you mentioned before that you found something weird? Is there no progress yet?" Takeuchi remembered something and asked Suzuki.
Suzuki thought for a moment and said: "During the investigation, we found that someone was purchasing a large ship. It was suspected to be someone from over there. It has been basically confirmed that it should be them purchasing it.
A large ship, that is, a ship that requires sailing or at least three to five or seven or eight people to drive it, is obviously not used for normal commuting.
We continued to investigate and found out that many large ships were suspected to have been purchased recently. There were five confirmed and suspicious transactions, and there may be more that have not been found.
Judging from the current situation, I suspect that the other party may have chosen to settle on the ship, or use the ship to move around the waters, but this is only a reasonable speculation. What I am more worried about is what plans they will use these ships for."
Suzuki didn't know what he said before, so Takeuchi thought it was something serious. However, although he was a little disappointed, it still made Takeuchi frown.
"Are you sure that the boat purchased by the other party requires three to five or even seven or eight people to use it?"
"...Yes..." Suzuki nodded to confirm and explained: "I have specifically told people that even if the waterway is currently flat, at least this number of people will be needed to use it normally.
Even if the number is reduced, there will still be a few people, not to mention those people are not that familiar with the ship, so it is reasonable to suspect that the other party used the ship as a hiding place."
"What about the boatmen? Have you found anyone employed by the other party, or suspected of being employed by the other party?"
Suzuki shook his head and said: "There is no way to check this. This kind of people are very mobile and there are many of them. In addition, due to the disasters in the surrounding areas, these people can more or less sail, and they can even hire people further away. Our
Our manpower is really limited and there is no way to check it.”
Takeuchi was a little disappointed, but he also knew that there was no better way. They were playing away games outside, and they needed to be alert at all times to be discovered, but they also had to take the initiative to search for the opponent's traces. This was an even more difficult task.
It’s already good to gain something.
"...Well...I want to know something from you. Will anything big happen in Shanghai today or tomorrow morning? It's not limited to them. You can talk about anything."
Takeuchi pondered for a moment and then asked. Unfortunately, the two of them looked at each other and mentioned it, but most of them were articles about the quarrels and noises related to them in the newspapers.
It's not that it's useless, it's not that it's useless, but it's far removed from Takeuchi's inquiry about the reason. Finally, he explained the previous discussion with Yano Yan to the two of them.
"I also tend to think that they are waiting for an opportunity. Is it waiting for the weather to change? If there is any major event happening in Shanghai in the past two days, it should be that the weather in Shanghai has changed and it may rain."
"Weather? Three days ago, could it be expected that it would rain in Shanghai these two days?" After listening to Panasonic's words, Takeuchi asked.
"It should be possible. During this period, Shanghai is gradually cooling down and there are more clouds. There are signs of this."
"...Will it rain..." Takeuchi asked himself softly, and the three of them continued to discuss for a while, but unfortunately there was no other result.
"What's going on with the others these days?" When he didn't get an answer, Takeuchi didn't hold on and continued to ask.
"...The Navy and that person have made some moves, but people in the Navy have reported back that they are not prepared to intervene before handing over the person..."
Suzuki replied, and Takeuchi felt a little relieved. As for the arrangements for the redemption, Suzuki and Matsushita led the team together and led many people there.
Although I guess they won’t make a fuss about the redemption, but what if? What happens after the redemption? If something goes wrong, they can’t afford the consequences.