The Spy

Chapter 402: Rob the Transport Team
"Boss Yang said he was happy to cooperate with us. He meant that this batch of goods could be handed over to us and would be in our hands in a few days, but Boss Yang required that the payment and goods be settled on the spot."

Xiao Fan reports to Xu Xiaoer the results of the negotiations with Boss Yang.

This task was assigned to Xiao Fan when he was still working under Xu Xiaoer. Now Xiao Fan has been promoted to the head of the Operations Department, but he still willingly follows Xu Xiaoer to work.

He was very clear that his benefits and promotions were all due to Xu Xiaoer's relationship.

"It's no problem to clear both sides. Good job. Thank you for your hard work."

Xu Xiaoer stood up, patted Xiao Fan on the shoulder to send him away, and leaned against the window.

Xu Xiaoer attaches great importance to this cooperation with the silk factory. Real silk is made from mulberry silk through complex processing. It is more luxurious and will have higher profits.

The Japanese have imposed an embargo on exports, but wealthy Chinese are unwilling to lower their quality of life and are not worried about sales. If all goes well, they will be able to make more money in the future.

The specific matters and time will be discussed with Boss Yang later. After Xu Xiaoer finished the remaining work in his hands, he drove home.

Seeing Bai Xu busy in the kitchen, Xu Xiaoer's face changed.

"Didn't we agree that you don't have to cook for yourself? Where's the chef? Why isn't he working?"

Xu Xiaoer walked gently behind Bai Xu, hugged her tightly, and pressed down her busy little hands.

"No, I asked the chef to cook. My man has been busy all day, so what's wrong with me making a delicious meal to reward him?"

Bai Xu said softly with a sweet smile.

"That won't do. The food you cook is so delicious. What if I become completely obsessed with it and wait for food at home every day instead of going to work?"

Bai Xu turned his head and the two looked at each other. Bai Xu blinked and said, "Then I will cook for you for the rest of my life."

Xu Xiaoer shook his head repeatedly and disagreed. Bai Xu gently pulled his hand away and said, "Okay, okay, we'll just do it once or twice. Husband, go and rest first. I'll call you when I'm done."

"No, I'll help you do it."

A warm feeling filled the air between the two of them until they had enough tea and food.

Xu Xiaoer thought of the silk factory and said to Bai Xu, "The temperature has dropped dramatically. These days, I am trying to get cooperation with Mr. Yang from the silk factory. We will get a batch of high-quality silk in a few days. I will have someone pick out the best ones and make you a thicker piece of clothing."

Bai Xu just felt happy. He seldom had the chance to wear such nice clothes at home before, but now he had everything he needed when he was with Xu Xiaoer.

When Xu Xiaoer saw Bai Xu's cute look, his mouth became dry and he pulled Bai Xu up.

Before Bai Xu could react, he had already entered the room.

Burned overnight.
French Concession, Yuanda Casino.

Scarface was in high spirits. Following Wang Wu's advice, he went to meet the boss, and this time he gained a lot that went into the boss's pocket.

With his boss backing him up, he doesn't have to worry about being blamed by Zhang Wanlin.

He has arranged for people to collect the money from those loan sharking IOUs.

Some people say that they didn't borrow money from him, but they got beaten up. It doesn't matter who they borrowed from, but they have to acknowledge the IOU since it was written by him.

Who are they?

To put it nicely, they are called Green Gang disciples, but to put it bluntly, they are local hooligans.

In troubled times, human life is worthless. If anyone dares to deny it, they will be killed and thrown into the Huangpu River. Scarface has killed people before.

More than one was killed.

Anyway, he had stolen the IOU and hadn't invested any capital. If he dared not to pay it back, he would make an example of him to scare the monkeys and see if others would dare to refuse.

If these IOUs fall into the hands of ordinary people, it may be difficult to recover the money.

But in the hands of gangsters, they have plenty of ways to get it back.

Even in times of peace and prosperity with strict laws, there are still people who dare to take risks. For the sake of profit, they will do anything.

"Fifth brother."

Inside the casino, everyone who saw Wang Wu would take the initiative to greet him. Although Wang Wu joined late, he became famous in one battle. Not only did he kill Gao Laosan with his own hands and gain the appreciation of Scarface, even the boss came to meet him in person.

Liu Ming went to the accounting office. The casino needed more than one accounting office. Scarface drove away the one he disliked and brought Liu Ming over.

From then on, he had his people in the accounting office.

Wang Wu responded with a smile. He had just arrived and needed to gain a foothold as soon as possible. The team leader did not give him much time, at most three months, and he had to build up a force that belonged entirely to him here.

By then, it will be the end of Scarface.

Scarface was feeling very proud at the moment, and had no idea that the person he brought was a soul-summoning flag, and everything was arranged against him.

"Big brother."

When he arrived at the office, Wang Wu greeted Scarface. He was even happier to see Wang Wu.

Wang Wu is not only a warrior, but also a wise man. He will definitely become his most capable assistant in the future.

"Come on, sit down, I'll make you some tea."

Scarface laughed, and Wang Wu took the kettle on his own initiative without letting Scarface move.

"Brother, I can do it myself."

"Starting today, Ma Zi and the others will follow you. Don't worry, I have explained everything to them. They will listen to you from now on."

After Wang Wu made the tea, Scarface took the initiative to say that Mazi and the others were all Scarface's subordinates.

Where there are many people, groups will form and need to be managed at all levels.

The Military Control Commission is very clear, and each level has its own responsibilities.

At the bottom are the team members, above them are the team leaders, above the team leaders are the group leaders, and above the group leaders are the section chiefs.

Above them are directors and bureau chiefs.

Gangsters don’t have so many titles, they are just small leaders or something like that, just call them big brother.

Scarface gave Wang Wu-12 people.

Not too little.

According to the size of the Military Control Commission, Scarface is just a team leader, and a small one at that. Wang Wu is now equivalent to the team captain.

There is no deputy team leader between the team leader and the team leader.

"Thank you for your cultivation, big brother."

Wang Wu thanked him immediately, and Scarface was even happier. He shook his head and said, "It's okay. This place is not like the soldiers you were in before. There are not so many rules. We only value loyalty. We share the hardship and happiness together."

Wang Wu previously served in a warlord army where military discipline was lax.

Such troops are almost indistinguishable in the eyes of ordinary people and are usually called ruffians.

They also robbed the people of their things, harmed decent women, and even killed people.

The bad things they did were no less than those of bandits, or even more.

Some bandits have their own code of conduct. They become bandits in order to survive, and they are nice to the people around them. At this time, outside the city of Wuhan, there was a group of bandits lying in the grass.

"Military advisor, here we come."

A little bandit came up to Niu Yuanxiang and whispered.

"Brothers, get ready. Wait until they step on a landmine and then strike them. Rob them and we can celebrate the New Year in advance."

Niu Yuanxiang shouted softly. He had been in Xiaohuangshan for two years. After the fall of Wuhan, he received an order from the organization to lead the people of Xiaohuangshan to fight guerrilla warfare and make life difficult for the Japanese in Wuhan.

Niu Yuanxiang is now the military strategist of Xiaohuangshan, and he has developed several comrades in Xiaohuangshan.

Although this group of bandits has not yet joined the organization, they have a close relationship with the organization and have received help from the organization many times.

It is only a matter of time before they all become part of the organization.

"Okay, we'll listen to the military advisor."

Everyone laughed and said that Niu Yuanxiang has now become the de facto second in command of Xiaohuangshan, and everyone has faith and respect for him.

His identity as a member of the Red Party was no longer a secret. Everyone knew he was a member of the Red Party, but they did not dislike him. Moreover, because of Niu Yuanxiang, the Red Party had helped them many times, and even saved them all once.

This time, Niu Yuanxiang was going to attack a Japanese transport convoy.

It is said that the transport team carried a large amount of food to be given to the Wuhan garrison for the New Year.

Since it is Chinese New Year, it must be a sumptuous feast.

The transport team was quite large and was escorted by a squadron of Japanese soldiers.

However, Xiaohuangshan is no longer what it used to be. After Niu Yuanxiang arrived at Xiaohuangshan, he not only cared for and helped them in their lives, but also invited professional military officers to train them.

He even helped them buy guns and cannons.

Today, Xiaohuangshan has a strong military force, with more than 800 people, more than 600 rifles and various homemade cannons, and even two captured mortars and six heavy machine guns.

There are also quite a few bullets.

All the troops of Xiaohuangshan are mobilized this time, and they are fully confident that they can defeat this group of more than one hundred Japanese devils.

"Ready to fight."

Noticing that the Japanese transport convoy was approaching, Niu Yuanxiang gestured and the convoy, which had dozens of vehicles, was not moving fast.

As long as the front and the back are blocked, this transport team will be trapped.

The biggest threat to them was the two tanks in the convoy and some machine guns on the roofs. Niu Yuanxiang arranged people with good marksmanship to deal with the machine guns. As for the two tanks, he had a way to deal with them.

The terrain here is very good. They are in a commanding position and it is the best ambush location.

The Japanese in Wuhan City have been living very comfortably recently. After taking Wuhan, they basically encountered no resistance, and the scattered guerrilla warfare did not cause much harm to them.

This time I want to let them know what pain is.

Niu Yuanxiang arranged for people to build catapults, but they threw bombs instead of stones.

They had a lot of explosives, enough to blow up the two tanks and render them incapable of combat.

This way, they won't suffer too much loss when they charge.

Xiaohuangshan is also an anti-Japanese team and they are Chinese.

Niu Yuanxiang didn't want to lose a companion.

"boom."

The car in front had run over a landmine, and the loud noise instantly alerted the Japanese soldiers behind.

At the same time, Niu Yuanxiang and his men fired gunshots.

Four catapults threw bomb bags at the same time. The Japanese transport team wanted to retreat, but the last car had been destroyed. Even if it had not been blown up, they could not escape. Niu Yuanxiang prepared a backup plan.

This time we must completely wipe out this group of people.

The gunfire continued and the battle lasted for two hours before it ended. Niu Yuanxiang led his men to the convoy and opened several boxes.

"I'm getting rich."

Someone laughed. There were indeed a lot of good things on the bus, including a busload of canned beef, which smelled delicious when opened.

There are also grain, wine and various pickled meats.

Seasonings such as salt are also essential, as well as sugar.

In addition, there were two trucks of ammunition, but unfortunately one of them was blown up by the Japanese.

Even if there was an explosion, Niu Yuanxiang would take away the broken things and see if he could repair the broken guns so that nothing would be wasted.

For Niu Yuanxiang, the greatest treasures are the two radios in the car.

It was a pleasant surprise that the radio station was not destroyed.

Niu Yuanxiang knew better than anyone how important radio was. He had always wanted a radio so that he could keep in touch with his family, but the organization had no extra radios to give him.

Even if there are, they are close to the troops or important places.

This time he seized the radio station, so he could not only keep one but also hand in another.

They don't drive cars, mainly because there aren't that many people who can drive.

Apart from Niu Yuanxiang, few people in this bandit group can drive.

The cars nowadays are not like the automatic transmission cars of later generations. It takes a long time to become proficient in coordinating the accelerator and clutch. Otherwise, the cars will stop and go all the time, making them worse than horse-drawn carriages.

They took away all their belongings, not even leaving the military uniforms on the bodies.

Niu Yuanxiang quickly led his men to retreat.

"idiot."

In the city of Wuhan, Commander Oda received the news that the transport team was attacked and was so angry that he slammed the table.

This batch of supplies is very important to Xiao Huangshan, but it is nothing to him. He is angry because the imperial transport team was attacked, and this gap cannot be opened, otherwise it will cost more to transport things in the future.

Or more supplies will be looted.

"Immediately find out who did this and destroy them."

Oda gave a quick order. More than a hundred imperial warriors had died, and he wanted to avenge these warriors.

In Shanghai, Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office.

"District Chief, this is the intelligence we have collected recently."

Yan Ming has been responsible for bribing the moles among the Japanese. If anyone wants to be promoted, Xu Qingyun will help him.

There are now more than 20 such Japanese in the Shanghai district, spread across this department.

In addition to the seventy professional agents who have successfully lurked and will have the opportunity to infiltrate their ranks in the future, it means that Xu Qingyun will have at least hundreds of specialized intelligence agents at his disposal in the future.

These people are not sent out randomly, but are people among the enemies with suitable identities, or even prominent identities.

For example, Xu Xiaoer, he is now the number one figure in the detective brigade.

"Put it here. I'll take a look at it later."

Xu Qingyun asked Yan Ming to put it down, as this was not urgent or important information, otherwise Yan Ming would have reported it separately instead of giving it to him.

Since there is no rush, there is no need to go and see it right away, just do other things first.

Two hours later, Xu Qingyun stretched, picked up the intelligence and began to look through it.

The first one came from Liu Ming and Wang Wu, saying that Zhang Wanlin had taken a new concubine and a wedding banquet would be held the day after tomorrow.

Taking a concubine is not like getting married, so it won't be that grand. Rich families usually hold a banquet to make the concubine happy.

This old guy Zhang Wanlin dares to hold a banquet. Doesn’t he know that there are many people who want to kill him?

After Zhang Wanlin defected to the Japanese and became a traitor, many people wanted to kill him, including the Military Control Commission.

Wang Wu and his team's mission is not to assassinate Zhang Wanlin, but if Zhang Wanlin really does something that angers the people, the two of them will most likely receive this mission and evacuate immediately after killing him.

Xu Qingyun doesn't need them to be his death squad. Even when carrying out a mission, he will consider their safety first.

"This Yan Ming."

Xu Qingyun smiled and shook his head. Yan Ming deliberately put this information at the top. Zhang Wanlin taking a concubine was indeed not an important matter, but it was information.

For example, if there is a need for a banquet, or if the banquet is for someone, arrangements can be made.

Unfortunately, we don’t have it right now, so this information is not of much value.

However, these are the results of the two of them, and the Shanghai District will record them first.

The next few pieces of information were not very important.

Soon a piece of information caught Xu Qingyun's attention.

(End of this chapter)