Liu Zhenshan became interested when he saw Lin Mo chatting enthusiastically with the team members. He Changwen Balabala told the general situation of the conversation, while Shi Baocun added some details.
After listening to this, Liu Zhenshan smiled and said to Lin Mo: "Old Lin, I didn't expect that you are quite knowledgeable in economics!"
"Brother Liu, please don't laugh at me. I don't do any research. I just read a few related books. I understand a little and I'm just bragging!"
"Okay, don't be humble. It's not easy to know everything. It seems that I will have to read more books and understand more things in the future."
After hearing this, Lin Mo said that there were a lot of books there and he also liked reading. He asked Liu Zhenshan to spend time with him, and Liu Zhenshan readily agreed.
After chatting, several people arrived at the conference room. After sitting down, Zheng Junshan and Liu Zhenshan had both excitement and a little worry on their faces.
"Captain, Lao Zheng, what's going on? Looking at your expressions, why do you feel a little confused?"
Hearing this, Zheng Junshan explained: "Old Lin, during my investigation, I found that this group of spies is very different from usual. It is large in scale and has many people. It is not like the few to more than a dozen spies that we usually encounter.
group.
I studied the confessions of the people in the bank, made inquiries around the target, and made on-site observations. Based on the stronghold here in the restaurant, and the main members inside, upon closer inspection, they were basically suspected of being Japanese spies.
Of course, this inference has some limitations. This conclusion is mainly based on the family situation of these people, but it can also be seen from the fact that so many people were dispatched to greet the other party's director at the pier.
What's more important is that the restaurant does have private business on the river. It has about a dozen small steamers, all burning oil and having excellent performance.
Regarding Egami's business, I originally thought it was used by Japanese spies to make money, but after asking about it, I found it was not the case and it was very suspicious.
I haven't asked about the members of the fleet, but what I've heard the most is that this group of people sailed freely on the river, and their hands and eyes could reach the sky.
The business they do is relatively secretive. Some say they are gun dealers, smugglers, cigarette dealers, whatever. Although most of them are hearsay and there is no evidence, there is no smoke without smoke.
Anyway, when this fleet transports its own goods, it is basically strictly escorted, and the goods it usually receives from outsiders all come from formal channels.
This situation is very abnormal. I feel that all the jobs I take are used to provide cover, and this group of people is very powerful in combat. When they were unknown, they encountered a group of Jiang bandits, but in the end, this Jiang bandit was wiped out.
It was also after this incident that this fleet gained a reputation in the world, and many people in the world noticed them, and many rumors about these people spread.
But it was limited to rumors. This group of people rarely interacted with people in the world. At first, some people took notice of them, but then it was revealed that they were the cigarette peddler of a certain warlord, and the matter was settled."
After Zheng Junshan's introduction, Lin Mo thought carefully in his mind and said: "If the situation is true, then the focus of this group of spies should not be on the restaurant.
It's about the fleet on the river, or what they strictly escorted. The restaurant should be just the docking point with the fleet in the Nanjing area, and of course it could also be the command location of the fleet."
Zheng Junshan nodded and said with a smile: "The captain and I have the same idea. If it is as we guessed, then this matter will be solved. It will definitely be a major case."
"Hmm..." Lin Mo did not object, but asked: "Have you found out the scope of this fleet's activities?"
After Lin Mo asked, Liu Zhenshan took over and said: "I asked a friend in the Jianghu who is very well-informed about Jianghu, and I have roughly determined the scope of the other party's activities, which is very large.
From Sichuan to Chongqing, down to Shanghai and Hangzhou, they are all present in the main waterways of the Yangtze River trunk and tributaries. As for whether there are any activities in the coastal areas, it is still unknown."
"Hiss..." Lin Mo took a breath and said, "The scope is really wide. If other places have docking personnel like Nanjing, how many people would there be?"
"Yeah..." Liu Zhenshan nodded and said, "So it's not an exaggeration to say it's a big case. It's just that our manpower is limited and the scope involved is so large that we simply can't take care of it.
In normal times, it would be easy to say that we could ask other people in the department to cooperate, but the situation before us does not allow us to handle it this way.
Moreover, these people are likely to be connected with the people who came for revenge, so it is very difficult to postpone the processing of this clue."
After listening to this, Lin Mo also felt a headache. What was now in front of several people was whether to move or not. It was a dilemma.
"Captain, it's better to report this matter to the higher authorities and let them make a decision! It involves too much and is beyond our ability to make a decision."
"Okay... Lao Zheng and I have the same idea. Since the three of us agree, I will arrange to submit the situation to Team Zhang and let him hand it over to Section Chief Xu."
"Well..." Lin Mo nodded and continued: "Captain, no matter what the opinions above are, we can't stop doing what we need to do, we must continue to investigate.
We don't have the manpower to do it because it's far away, but the restaurant under our noses needs to be investigated in depth, and since the restaurant is in the city, the fleet should have a foothold outside the city or around Nanjing, and we need to find out."
"That's right..." Liu Zhenshan nodded and said seriously: "We can ask the superiors to give us ideas, but what needs to be done must be done, otherwise it will be considered as passing the buck.
In this way, at the restaurant, Junshan, you and Lin Mo will hand over the manpower arrangement to Lin Mo, and Lin Mo will be responsible for the investigation.
Junshan, you are responsible for investigating the fleet affairs, detecting the situation in other places, recording it and leaving it alone, but try to find out as much as possible outside Nanjing."
"yes……"
Liu Zhenshan arranged a few more words, took the information and left, going to report, leaving Lin Mo and Zheng Junshan to continue discussing.
Zheng Junshan informed Lin Mo of the layout around the restaurant. Needless to say, Zheng Junshan had been a lot more cautious during this period and the layout was very secretive.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Old Lin, here at the restaurant, what are you going to do next to investigate? I don't know if it's because we have been doing a lot of things recently, or because something happened to Liu Kuipeng, or because of the actions of the bank, I feel like these people in the restaurant
Alertness is high.”
After hearing this, Lin Mo thought carefully and replied: "Old Zheng, you have arranged the surveillance outside the restaurant perfectly, I will definitely continue to use it.
The perimeter will continue to send people to investigate the situation of the restaurant personnel, monitor the other party's residence, and identify those who are spies as soon as possible.
However, there is no need to go into detail in this aspect. After all, the organizational form of this group of spies is different from the past. It is obvious that restaurants are the core activity, so we must focus on restaurants.
So I plan to arrange for people to pretend to be customers, stay in the restaurant, observe the situation inside the restaurant, and prepare for the attack."
"Hmm..." Zheng Junshan pondered for a while and replied: "It is a bold method to arrange for people to go in, but it is also very feasible.
I have observed and inquired that the restaurant's business has always been very good. If you go in as a normal customer, you won't arouse much suspicion, as long as you don't behave abnormally.
By the way, you said you were preparing for action, when do you think you will do it? I can't make up my mind on this, so tell me so I can have a countermeasure during my investigation."
"Okay..." Lin Mo nodded, organized his speech, and said: "I have a guess that this group of espionage groups may serve other espionage groups in China and deliver funds and equipment to these espionage groups.
etc.
Just like in the Commercial Bank case, the large sum of money from Qingmao Commercial Bank was sent by someone. Unfortunately, it was not traced at the time. Now that I think about it, there is an 80% chance that it was sent by this group of people.
If the speculation is true, this group of spies must have more or less intersection with many lurking spies in the country, especially those within their scope of activities. If the investigation continues, it will not be as simple as a major case.
But it is a pity that on the one hand, the primary enemy we face at this time is the Japanese spies who came for revenge. This group of people is so extraordinary that it not only makes us uneasy, but also makes the higher-ups feel uncomfortable.
After all, there is a group of people secretly poking around and staring at you. You don't know when they will suddenly come out and give you a severe blow. Everyone wants to get rid of this hidden worry first.
On the other hand, the military intelligence department's manpower and material resources are not enough to launch such a large-scale operation on such a large scale. It really has no intention but no power.
Even if there are no Japanese spies coming to retaliate, it will be difficult to make such a big move. After all, a large-scale and in-depth investigation requires a strong enough team, otherwise it will be more troublesome to expose or leak the information.
For this reason, I speculated that the higher-ups would choose to take action directly and remove the spies inside and outside Nanjing first, so I chose to arrange for the team members to stay there first, explore the situation in the restaurant, and prepare for the action.
However, the higher-ups will not let go of this clue so easily. It will definitely trigger a big operation, and we may be asked to conduct a secret arrest, so we can't make any big noise."
"It makes sense..." Zheng Junshan nodded and said, "Old Lin, what about my side? Can you help me see what else needs to be done besides investigating the fleet's location and personnel situation?"
"Hmm..." Lin Mo thought about it carefully, and finally said: "Old Zheng, that's enough for the fleet to investigate. At most, we can figure out the structure of the foothold. We may not have the time to find out more.
However, you may have to go to some places to check, that is, the agencies that can inspect law enforcement on the river. This group of people has been able to travel unimpeded on the river for so many years, so there is no way there is something fishy inside.
Most of these agencies are staffed by weak people, and the top management often changes frequently due to political gains and losses, so you need to pay more attention to the people working underneath, especially those who have always been victorious.
If there are people in the middle and high-level positions who have served in the agency for a long time, they must also focus on the investigation, because someone may have defected to the enemy, so you cannot judge based on family circumstances alone."
"Okay... I will handle this matter, but as you said, there may be people who have defected to the enemy, which will be difficult to identify. I don't know how many can be found."
Lin Mo nodded and continued: "How many can we find out? We will figure out how to solve it when the time comes, but we still have to pay attention and try to find out as many as possible.
I would like to bring up another idea. First, use the method of screening Japanese spies to screen them first, mainly targeting the middle levels of the agency. Maybe there will be discoveries."
"Thank you..." Zheng Junshan bowed his hand to Lin Mo, and the two chatted for a while before leaving to arrange their own work.
Early the next morning, Liu Zhenshan received news that he, Lin Mo and Zheng Junshan were asked to leave the city for a trip to the training ground in the evening. Needless to say, he knew that he would meet other people again.
Liu Zhenshan informed Lin Mo and Zheng Junshan of the news, which surprised the two of them. They didn't expect that the superiors would move so quickly. They didn't dare to delay and hurriedly left the yard to arrange the arrangements.
Yang Haicheng was placed under surveillance outside the restaurant by Zheng Junshan. Lin Mo brought Shi Baocun, He Changwen and Wang Yinglong to join him.
As for Yi Wenbin and Liu Daxiang, because they have fought with people here, they may have become "acquaintances" in front of these people, and are not suitable to participate in the operations here.
Lin Mo discussed with Zheng Junshan and decided to give the two of them to Xiao Rui and replace some of the team members from Xiao Rui to participate in the operation.
Xiao Rui is responsible for the clue provided by Shiro Oiwa, but there has been no progress so far. At this time, he should have put it aside and devoted all his efforts to investigating this major case.
It's a pity that Xiao Rui is really competing with the opponent. Even if his manpower has been deployed and he is really a bare-bones commander, he still wants to persist. There is no other way but to let him continue.
"Haicheng, how are you? Is there anything going on? Has the other party discovered anything?"
"Brother, you're here, but you haven't made any progress, and the other party didn't notice. Yesterday, I wanted to follow you, but unfortunately Captain Zheng didn't let me, saying that the other party was very vigilant and was afraid of alerting the enemy."
"Captain Zheng is right, it's really not the right time to follow him now, and depending on the situation, there's not much need to follow him."
After saying that, Lin Mo called Yang Haicheng and the three people who followed him, entered a room, and said: "I need someone now to pretend to be a customer and stay in the restaurant. After thinking about it all night last night, I decided to ask Haicheng to go there."
no problem?"
"Okay, no problem, but what do I do when I go in? Who do I want to spy on?"
"No..." Lin Mo shook his head and explained: "Your mission is to observe the internal layout of the restaurant.
Inside the restaurant, we only have a rough idea. The first floor is mainly a place for leisure and entertainment, the second floor is ordinary guest rooms, the third floor is high-end guest rooms, and the fourth floor is an office area.
All you need to do is move to the second floor and take a look at the layout of the first and second floors. You can also go to the fourth floor. Depending on the situation, you can find an excuse to go up and have a look.
Remember, your identity is just that of an ordinary tenant. You cannot bring guns or any other items that may reveal your identity. Just bring some clothes and daily necessities.
You and I have stayed in a restaurant of this size many times, so just act as you did in those days. Except when you come out during the day to talk to us about the situation, don't do anything extra, and just treat yourself as a normal tenant.
Remember, you only have two purposes for going in, one is to check the layout inside, and the other is to explore the way for us, do you understand?"
"Brother, is it that simple?" Yang Haicheng was a little dumbfounded. It turned out that after talking for a long time, it was just such a simple thing?
Lin Mo heard this and reminded: "The task is not complicated. The difficult thing is to prevent the other party from noticing. After all, we don't understand the situation inside. I remind you to remember these things and never act without authorization."
"Understood..." Yang Haicheng responded. Lin Mo reminded some details and arranged for Yang Haicheng to go down and prepare.
