Our operation may fail! We may even be caught by the Japanese!
At this time, Chen Zifeng's eyes finally turned to Mr. Lai's face and stared at him!
"Mr. Lai, are those people Xiao Jiang mentioned belong to you?"
"No!" Mr. Lai shook his head vigorously, "My people are near this hotel! They won't run that far!"
At this time, Chen Zifeng's mouth began to tilt up and down, and he stared at everyone gloomily, saying: "The situation Xiao Jiang mentioned is the same situation that Chief He told me before he left! Does anyone know?
Our actions! They have been observing us secretly! It seems that these people have no ill intentions towards us! But this situation is a bit scary! We must be more cautious in the future! No one can tell what will happen!"
At this time, Mr. Lai clicked his watch to Chen Zifeng, "Mr. Chen, it is now 1:15 in the afternoon, we should go! Get on the boat!"
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1:25 p.m., No. 60, Huanlong Road.
Now there are no Tao family members, only Han Jindong and two and a half-year-old children. There is also a young girl. She is wearing the bright yellow coat and a big red scarf.
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Han Jindong looked at them with a smile, took out three five-yuan bills, handed them to them one by one, and whispered: "You still go to school this afternoon, there are people over there to help you. At five o'clock in the afternoon, school is over, and you still
Come back here. I will give you five yuan each. After that, you will be fine. I will send you away quietly. Do you have any questions?"
The young girl had put the five yuan into her pocket and said, "No problem!"
However, the two children waved the bills in their hands towards Han Jindong and asked, "Do you still have five yuan when you come back?"
Han Jindong smiled and said: "That's right, I still have five yuan when I come back!"
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At almost 1:30 in the afternoon, the special agents at the surveillance point saw that first the girl who was burning like a torch walked out of the door and walked directly into the alley. Then, two children still wearing masks rushed out.
They waved branches and ran toward the Fa Tong School while playing rough and ready.
There were two agents with the eldest daughter, and only one agent with the two children. They went out one after another to track their targets! They have been doing this every day for a long time!
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At 1:35 in the afternoon, the passenger ship that Chen Zifeng and others were going to take was the "President Adams" of the American President Steamship Company. At this time, they were scattered in a queue preparing to board the ship.
Xiao Ancheng and Qiao Yanfang are like a couple. Qiao Yanfang leads six-year-old Jinsheng, while Xiao Ancheng holds four-year-old Fansheng in his arms. It would be different if they wanted to bring older Tai Lai and Hengsheng.
This was Qiao Yanfang's happiest time. She led Jin Sheng and glanced at Xiao Ancheng beside her from time to time.
Mrs. Tao led the two older children. She actually held them tightly, fearing that they would run away at once.
Leng Yue held Tao Qinxun's arm and whispered to her from time to time. They followed closely behind Tao Xisheng.
Chen Zifeng followed behind Gao Zongwu and his wife, carefully observing the surrounding situation.
With his two hands in his coat pockets, one hand was holding the gun, and the other hand was holding the vital film!
Walking at the end was Mr. Lai, who was like a big boss. Behind him were several subordinates. Everyone in the steamship company knew him, and they only glanced at the ticket in his hand and waved to invite him over.
After a few minutes, they all boarded the ship and entered different cabins.
Before boarding the ship, Chen Zifeng repeatedly told them not to talk to others and to close their eyes when they got to the cabin!
He walked around the entire ship to confirm that there was nothing abnormal on the ship!
At two o'clock sharp, the "President Adams" blew its whistle and set sail. First it left the Huangpu River, then Wusongkou, and finally sailed into the sea!
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January 4, 1940, eight o'clock in the morning.
The special agents guarding the surveillance point at No. 60 Huanlong Road found that the door of Tao's house was closed and no one came out.
The leading agent was quite surprised. He took two of his men to the door of Tao's house and knocked on the door, but no one answered. As soon as he pushed it, the door opened. He entered the door and walked around in a circle, but there was no answer from Tao's house.
Alone! He knew something was wrong!
He immediately returned to the surveillance point and called Captain Takahashi of the Military Police to report that there was no one in the Tao family!
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At this time, Mr. Sato was sitting in Captain Takahashi's office, checking what happened yesterday.
As soon as Takahashi heard that there was no one in the Tao family, he immediately asked: "When was the last time you saw anyone from the Tao family!"
The surveillance agent replied: "It was about five o'clock yesterday afternoon! The three eldest children of the Tao family came back from school. After entering the house, no one came out again! Sir, there is no one in the Tao family now!"
Mr. Sato asked calmly: "Were there any ships leaving Shanghai last night?"
Takahashi said: "There are ships leaving Shanghai all the time! But where can they go! The coast is all under our control!"
"There should be a ship that can reach Hong Kong!" Mr. Sato said.
"The only ship that can go to Hong Kong is the American Steamship Company's ship, which left at two o'clock yesterday afternoon!"
“One flight every day!”
"Yes! Every day at two o'clock in the afternoon!"
Mr. Sato said: "Takahashi-kun, you first check the boat at two o'clock this afternoon! I have always suspected that they will escape! I believe they have already escaped!"
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Shiliupu Pier.
The passenger ship "President Jefferson" sounded its whistle and was about to set sail. A large number of Japanese military police rushed to the dock and stopped the passenger ship! After that, the military police boarded the ship to inspect every passenger!
Every passenger's ticket, especially their appearance, was checked one by one! But they didn't find anyone suspicious! Not to mention Gao Zongwu, Tao Xisheng and their families! And no one found Chen Zifeng!
Mr. Sato said to Takahashi: "Go and check the ship yesterday afternoon! I guess they used some kind of deception!"
Captain Takahashi checked the itinerary of the "President Adams" yesterday. Tomorrow afternoon, this passenger ship will arrive in Xiamen!
He immediately called the Japanese Military Police in Xiamen and asked them to help find these people, Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng, and their families!
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At three o'clock in the afternoon on January 5, Captain Takahashi received a call from the Xiamen gendarmerie, saying that the "President Adams" from Shanghai on the afternoon of the 3rd arrived in Xiamen at two o'clock this afternoon. The gendarmerie boarded the ship and conducted inspections on everyone.
We checked, but we didn’t find the people mentioned by the Shanghai Gendarmerie! There was no one who matched the characteristics!
Captain Takahashi said: "It seems that those people have not left Shanghai!"
Mr. Sato nodded, "But they will definitely leave Shanghai! From now on, you have to check every ship! Don't let them escape! Especially you can't let Chen Zifeng and those people go! The escape of Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng must be related to Chen Zifeng and those people!
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Captain Takahashi also agreed with Mr. Sato's statement. He took two measures. First, he searched for Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng and their families throughout the city! Second, he conducted inspections every day when the passenger ship set sail! The same was done to search for these people.
Two people and their families!
However, after many days of searching and searching, there was no result!
Such a situation surprised both Captain Takahashi and Mr. Sato! These people would never go underground!
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Go back in time a little.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on January 3, the "President Adams" set sail and left Shiliupu Pier.
At three o'clock in the morning on January 4th, the ship arrived at the first stop, Ningbo Port!
People going from Shanghai to Ningbo will never take such a luxurious passenger ship! Because there are countless small passenger ships to take!
But it was three o'clock in the morning, and all the passengers had fallen asleep. No one noticed that Chen Zifeng and his group of more than a dozen people quietly disembarked from the ship!
As soon as we got off the boat, Mr. Lai collected everyone's tickets and gave them to his subordinates.
The man walked into the shadows and distributed the tickets to a dozen other people. Those people took the tickets, boarded the ship quietly and lay down in their respective cabins!
Therefore, the Japanese military police in Xiamen did not find anyone suspicious on this boat!
Mr. Lai led these dozen people out of the pier quietly and quickly checked into a small hotel.
Mr. Lai told everyone not to leave the room during the day and not to talk loudly. You can only come out for a walk at night!
These people stayed in this small hotel for three days as if they were in prison!
At three o'clock in the morning on January 8, under the arrangement of Mr. Lai, they boarded the passenger ship "President Hoover"!
On January 11, the "President Hoover" arrived safely at Victoria Pier in Hong Kong.
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When these people got off the boat, they all had uncontrollable smiles on their faces. They shook hands and hugged each other, as if they had just escaped from hell!
Mr. Lai arranged everything! They stayed at the nearby Kowloon Peninsula Hotel! Living here, they can be protected by Mr. Du!
They took a bath, ate, and slept, and then began to think about their next step!
Chen Zifeng, Xiao Ancheng, Qiao Yanfang and Leng Yue were all sitting in Xiao Ancheng's room, discussing the next move!
The most important thing is for Chen Zifeng and Leng Yue to return to Chongqing with the films and documents. These films and documents must be handed over to the technical department of the headquarters for strict inspection to confirm whether they are authentic!
Any intelligence must go through this level! If this is false intelligence, it will be a big joke!
Xiao Ancheng and Qiao Yanfang used the Military Hong Kong Station to understand the situation of various newspapers in Hong Kong. In fact, they wanted to find out their political attitudes! If what you are looking for is a Wang newspaper, it will be even worse!
At this moment, Gao Zongwu suddenly came in and looked at them quite unexpectedly.
Chen Zifeng stared at him carefully, "Mr. Gao, what's going on?"
Gao Zongwu curled his lips, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally said: "I just went out to buy some things for daily use!" He stopped here, still staring at Chen Zifeng!