You were allowed to marry into No. 76 family, and you were promoted to director?

Chapter 341 Join forces
Lu Mingwei could only manage a wry smile as he quickly explained:
"Chief, officers, I want to capture them alive, but these people won't give me the chance. If I insist on capturing them alive, the losses for the brothers will be very heavy."

Lu Jianping gave Lu Mingwei a cold look, walked up and kicked Luo Dalin, who had just been saved but was now back in the afterlife. He then scanned the people in the room and their weapons, finally fixing his gaze on a box of hand grenades.

As Lu Mingwei said, if they insist on capturing these people alive, the damage will be incalculable.

However, with this hideout destroyed, the pangolins will inevitably suffer a severe blow, and the objective of tonight's operation can be considered achieved.

This was the first time Zhou Xiaoman had seen so many dead people, but she wasn't particularly moved.

Shen Xing had taken her to the execution ground before, and let her personally execute criminals several times.

After confirming that no one had survived, Zhou Xiaoman glanced at Lu Mingwei without saying anything more, then turned to look at Shen Xing and Lu Jianping:
"Teacher, Uncle Lu, I'm sorry, it was my mistake in giving instructions."

A smile appeared on Lu Jianping's cold face:
"Xiaoman, don't get stuck on that. There was nothing wrong with your command tonight."

"Even if it were us, this would be the best outcome."

After looking around carefully, Shen Xing also said:
"It seems that the enemy was prepared to die together with them. Luo Dalin was killed by their own people, shot in the back, which is enough to prove it."

"Moreover, these people kept moving towards the location where the grenades were stored. If we don't act decisively, our losses will be heavy."

"Furthermore, the objective of tonight's operation has been achieved. The pangolin will surely be severely weakened this time and will not be able to cause any trouble in the short term."

Zhou Xiaoman felt a little better. Then, under Song Rong's arrangement, the Military Intelligence Bureau people moved all the documents and materials away, and even the radio was taken away.

"After bringing the items back, we'll quickly study and categorize them to see if we can find the codebook used by the pangolin."

Mountain City, the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

In the Director's office.

Zhou Xiaoman and Song Rong have already reported on tonight's operation.

After listening, Boss Dai could only sigh.

Pangolins are indeed a formidable opponent, but I never expected that even their henchmen would act like madmen.

Given the situation tonight, no matter who was in charge, the outcome wouldn't be any better.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work. Conductor, Xiaoman, you two go and rest first. As for the things you brought back, I will arrange for someone to sort and classify them as soon as possible. You can continue to check them for me later."

"The pangolin has suffered a major blow this time, which is when it is most panicked and most helpless."

"Yes, Chief!"

Song Rong and Zhou Xiaoman saluted Boss Dai and turned to leave the office.

In the Red Party base area, Xia Gong, who had already gone to sleep, was woken up by his guard Gao Wanyou.

Looking at the secret telegram sent by Liu Qinghuan, Xia Gong found it somewhat amusing.

This telegram was sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it was sent by Boss Dai himself.

As the top intelligence officials of their respective parties, Xia Gong and Dai Boss naturally had their own set of dedicated codebooks.

After reading the translation, Xia Gong took a sip of tea, while Gao Wanyou and Liu Qinghuan, who were standing to the side, looked at each other in bewilderment.

What's with that expression on Xia Gong's face?
I wanted to laugh, but I tried hard to hold it in!

"Ahem, alright, I know what happened. Xiao Liu, you should go back now. It's almost time for your shift to change. Don't stay up late, and change your shift when it's time."

Liu Qinghuan smiled brightly, responded, and then left Xia Gong's hut with Gao Wanyou.

After the two left, Xia Gong finally smiled, but the smile was quite complicated.

Let Chenguang and Youhu join forces to seize the female Ai stored in Citibank!

When I first saw this translation, I almost couldn't help but laugh.

It seems that only he knows that Zhao Xuan is not only a young tiger, but also the dawn!
In a residential building on the second floor of an apartment three streets away from the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in the mountain city, Lu Mingwei, who had been on the run all night, returned home and sat blankly on the sofa.

I was careless this time.

They shouldn't have saved Luo Dalin at all.

Lu Mingwei had always thought that Chen Chuyin and Zhou Xiaoman were two formidable opponents, but it wasn't until the conductor stepped in that he realized how big the gap was between himself and the conductor.

That's right, Lu Mingwei was an undercover agent trained by Ding Moqun long ago and infiltrated into the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters, codenamed Pangolin.

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Dalin was someone he had painstakingly cultivated and that he was a very strong pawn in his hands, Lu Mingwei wouldn't have thought of saving Luo Dalin after he was exposed.

Despite this seemingly flawless arrangement, the conductor still managed to spot the flaw.

And then there's Zhou Xiaoman. As expected of Shen Xing's student, although she doesn't seem as troublesome as Youhu, she's no pushover either.

Most importantly, this operation resulted in a huge loss.

Just as Song Rong had predicted, with the stronghold destroyed, he had basically played all his cards.

Even if he obtained crucial intelligence in a short period of time, he would be unable to pass it on.

And most importantly, the way Song Rong and Zhou Xiaoman looked at me at the base tonight clearly showed that they were suspicious of me.

After carefully reviewing the events, Lu Mingwei broke out in a cold sweat.

At the stronghold, Zhou Xiaoman said that her mistake in commanding the night was the reason they failed to capture anyone alive. Shen Xing and Lu Jianping seemed to be comforting her, but in reality, they were cooperating with Zhou Xiaoman. What was their purpose?
Now that he has figured it out, Lu Mingwei feels only horror.

Their goal is to lower their guard.

Therefore, now that he is under suspicion, it is very likely that Zhou Xiaoman and Song Rong will keep a close watch on him in the days to come.

Once the key evidence is found, I'm finished.

Thinking about the documents and materials that Song Rong had people move back from the base tonight, as well as the two radios, Lu Mingwei felt a headache coming on.

Tonight's operation was too sudden; if it weren't for a stroke of luck, he wouldn't have been able to get involved at all.

Therefore, much of the crucial intelligence stored in the base probably hasn't been destroyed yet.

Damn!

Lu Mingwei clenched his fist. He had spent his life hunting wild geese, but now a goose had stolen his eye!

He abruptly stood up from the sofa and paced anxiously in the small apartment.

The moonlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains, casting dappled shadows on the floor, but it couldn't penetrate the darkness in his heart.

The intelligence he hadn't had time to destroy contained secrets he had painstakingly cultivated over the years. If these secrets were deciphered by the Military Intelligence Bureau, not only would he be doomed, but he might also implicate his accomplices who were lurking at a deeper level.

He was indeed a pangolin, and Ding Moqun's trump card, but his true identity was Mr. Wang's man.

But Mr. Wang's trump card was not him.
Once that person's identity is exposed due to their own actions, their hidden family and children will definitely not have a good ending.

He had to find a way to prevent the worst from happening before those documents were fully deciphered.

Looking out the window at the darkness of the street, Lu Mingwei instinctively felt that he was being watched.

His every move could be under surveillance, and any rash action would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

He stopped in his tracks, his eyes sharp as knives, his mind racing as he considered countermeasures, the veins on his forehead throbbing slightly with tension and anger.

After lying in wait for so long, Lu Mingwei was still so nervous and uneasy tonight, even thinking of assassinating Zhou Xiaoman.

Quickly suppressing this crazy thought, Lu Mingwei gazed at the dark night and sighed deeply.

Perhaps things haven't gotten to the worst point yet.

At the home of Song Rong in Hulukou, a mountain town.

After leaving the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters, Zhou Xiaoman did not go home, but came here with Song Rong.

After handing Zhou Xiaoman a cup of hot water, Song Rong smiled and said:

"He performed well tonight. If Lu Mingwei really is a pangolin, then he should have figured it out by now."

Zhou Xiaoman took a sip of hot water and nodded slightly with a solemn expression.

Inside the house, Zhou Xiaoman saw that Luo Dalin had been shot dead from behind, and her first suspect was Lu Mingwei.

After all, they had gone to great lengths to rescue Luo Dalin, and now that they were surrounded and had nowhere to go, the enemy still had the time to kill Luo Dalin, which completely contradicted their logic of rescuing him.

If they hadn't received a hint at the last minute, they had no reason to damage their own fighting strength under those circumstances.

This was the thought that flashed through Zhou Xiaoman's mind the moment she saw Luo Dalin, who had been shot and killed.

"If he really is a pangolin, he should be the one in a hurry now. Our operation tonight was so sudden that we didn't even have time to destroy the intelligence in the enemy's stronghold."

"Once we sort out the intelligence, the pangolin will have nowhere to escape. Of course, if he is not the pangolin, as long as we have all the intelligence that was brought back, it will not be so difficult to find the pangolin."

"Shen Congwen has already sent people to monitor Lu Mingwei, hopefully they will get some results."

Song Rong sat back on the sofa with her arms crossed, looking at Zhou Xiaoman with a somewhat insincere smile:
"Perhaps there's another possibility!"

Zhou Xiaoman raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at Song Rong with a puzzled expression.

"Lu Mingwei deliberately revealed a flaw to draw our suspicions to him, but his real purpose was to cover up for someone else."

“Think about it, given his performance at the base tonight, knowing that he might be exposed but still participating in the operation, and even leading the charge, if it was just to protect himself, he could have easily made an excuse to get away with it.”

"His reckless actions may be a diversionary tactic to shift attention to a more crucial figure, making us mistakenly believe that he is the ultimate target, thus obscuring the real threat lurking in the shadows."

Zhou Xiaoman frowned slightly, fell into deep thought, and after a moment said:
"Sister Rong, you're right. If that's the case, then this pangolin is really meticulous. However, based on the current clues, we don't know who he's protecting."

Song Rong slowly rose, walked to the window, and gazed at the night outside. Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze becoming deep, and she slowly said:
“It’s still unclear, but we can’t be fooled by appearances. Going forward, we not only mustn’t relax our surveillance of Lu Mingwei, but we also need to broaden our scope and re-examine the team members, especially those who are marginalized but occasionally have access to important information.” Zhou Xiaoman nodded. “Okay, Sister Rong, I’ll go and re-examine the team members’ movements and personnel relationships tomorrow.”

Song Rong shook her head:

"I feel like something's missing."

The two fell silent. After a long while, Zhou Xiaoman and Song Rong looked at each other simultaneously.

"Luo Dalin's family!"

After they all said those words in unison, Song Rong laughed:

"It seems we did overlook some subtle details. After we determined that Luo Dalin was an enemy agent, we launched an investigation into his family."

“Through our interviews, we learned that Luo Dalin is very attentive to his wife and children, but this time, his behavior is completely inconsistent with the persona we know him to be.”

"Unless his concern for his wife and children has been a facade all along, which is unlikely to have lasted for five or six years."

"If that were the case, Luo Dalin wouldn't have been able to be found out so easily."

For someone as reserved as him, it's highly unlikely he would even bother to look at that fishing file in a place like the archives.

Therefore, Luo Dalin is not such a patient person.

Following Song Rong's words, Zhou Xiaoman's thoughts also opened up completely:
“That’s right, so his concern for his wife and children is genuine, otherwise his neighbors wouldn’t all agree.”

"Then his behavior tonight was illogical; he did it without considering the safety of his wife and children at all."

"Even if he manages to escape tonight, his wife and children will inevitably be captured by us, unless..."

Song Rong chuckled coldly, looked at Zhou Xiaoman, and continued her sentence:
"Unless the wife and children are fake, Luo Dalin's real wife and daughters have probably been moved elsewhere long ago, most likely to Nanjing."

Zhou Xiaoman also laughed at this moment:

"If that's the case, does Lu Mingwei also have a family? Were they also moved to Nanjing by him a long time ago?"

"It's not difficult to verify this. We didn't interrogate Luo Dalin's wife and daughters before because we didn't want to make a big fuss and cause dissatisfaction among our colleagues. But now there are no more worries. Tomorrow morning, you go and check the intelligence brought back from the enemy's stronghold. I'll go and meet Luo Dalin's 'wife and children'!"

After saying this, Song Rong looked at Zhou Xiaoman:
"Should you stay here for the night, or go back?"

"If it's convenient for you, Sister Rong, I'll stay here tonight."

"Excuse me, it's inconvenient. What I mean is, you should go back now."

A few minutes later, Zhou Xiaoman stood at Song Rong's door with a face full of black lines. This conductor's personality was really hard to fathom.

Guanghua Bookstore on Hankou Road, Shanghai.

Sun Jianzhong, who returned home late at night, was almost furious.

Wang Shuyu, who had been waiting until now, saw Sun Jianzhong's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and her heart skipped a beat. She quickly asked:

"Uncle Sun, what's going on? Why are you back so late?"

Sun Jianzhong paced back and forth in the small room, while Wang Shuyu watched quietly. After a few minutes, Sun Jianzhong finally stopped.

"Shuyu, the situation is getting complicated. The intelligence on that newbie was intercepted by the Japanese Navy and then sent to the Special Higher Police."

"The most troublesome thing is that the Special Higher Police seem to be very interested in that new thing."

"One more thing, the virus samples that Kurumizawa brought were also seized by the Navy and sent to the Special Higher Police."

Wang Shuyu looked at Sun Jianzhong with a subtle expression:
"Uncle Sun, when did the Japanese Navy and the Special Higher Police (Tokkō) become so close?"

Sun Jianzhong's face was so dark it could drip water, and he let out a heavy snort:
"It's not just good, it's downright colluding! In the past, although the Navy and the Special Higher Police were both under the Japanese military, they always kept to themselves and even secretly guarded against each other. After all, the Navy was a self-contained system, and the Special Higher Police, relying on its direct command of the General Headquarters, didn't take anyone seriously."

"But this time, the Navy actually shared the prize they had just acquired with the Special Higher Police, and even sent virus samples along with it. There must be a deeper scheme behind this."

Wang Shuyu's lips twitched slightly as she looked at Sun Jianzhong with a wry smile:
"Uncle Sun, are you overthinking this? If the Japanese high command could really mediate the conflict between the navy and the army, they wouldn't have waited until now."

"However, the Navy's performance today was quite unexpected. After thinking it over, I'm afraid only certain interests can temporarily bring them together."

"Perhaps what happened today is just an isolated case."

"However, we still need to find a way to get those new comrades' things back."

At this point, Wang Shuyu paused, her beautiful eyes gleaming, and she couldn't help but smile to herself:
"Uncle Sun, do you think the Japanese navy might not even know what they stole? I mean the intelligence that the new comrade has."

"Furthermore, ever since the incident that the original agency caused, everyone in Shanghai, big and small, knows that the Special Higher Police have the technology to process and seal viruses. So, the Navy may have received some intelligence and intercepted the virus sample from Kurumizawa Masashi and sent it to the Special Higher Police just so that the Special Higher Police could seal it up?"

Sun Jianzhong was speechless after Wang Shuyu's guess. To be honest, Wang Shuyu's statement was novel, but it made a lot of sense!

"After all, if that new comrade's identity had been exposed, he would have been arrested long ago. How could he still be in contact with our comrades?"

Today's new meeting place is the sushi restaurant that the original organization used as a cover.

If that new identity is exposed, how could Tu Feiyuan possibly allow that new person to move freely?

After thinking about it carefully, Sun Jianzhong also laughed:
"Shuyu, you're so smart. I think that's how it should be."

“We now know that the female Ai plan is hidden in a safe at Citibank, but one key to the safe is kept by the chairman of the Zhenxingqi Society, and the other is in the hands of that newcomer. But the key in the newcomer's hands is now in the hands of the Special Higher Police.”

"And even if we obtain the Female Ai Project, without the codebook, we have no way to crack it."

Sorrow!

After Sun Jianzhong finished speaking, only these two words remained in his mind.

Wang Shuyu was completely stunned when she heard this:

"Uncle Sun, what do you mean by that? The key to the safe deposit box at Citibank where the Female Ai Project is stored is in the hands of the Special Higher Police?"

Sun Jianzhong nodded:
"Shuyu, if Lao Bai hadn't met that new comrade, no one would have guessed that the key was actually two watches."

"One watch has the safe's serial number engraved on the back, and another watch has a communication code engraved on the back."

"The watch that the new comrade received was engraved with the safe number, which is why the Zhenxingqi Society didn't know about the Female Ai Project."

Wang Shuyu opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.

The key to this safe is really ingenious.

"Never mind, it's too late today. I'll call a meeting tomorrow to discuss how to resolve this."

"Shuyu, let me push you to rest."

Sitting in her wheelchair, Wang Shuyu smiled and nodded; there was really no other way now.

The item is in the hands of the Special Higher Police, and it seems the Special Higher Police are taking it very seriously. If the Special Higher Police discover the secret of the watch, Citibank is probably already in a trap waiting for them.

Just as Sun Jianzhong walked behind the wheelchair to push Wang Shuyu out of the secret room, the door to the secret room was knocked on.

Thump thump~ thump~ thump thump thump~
Upon hearing the rhythmic knocking, Sun Jianzhong stopped in his tracks, glanced at Wang Shuyu, and quickly stepped forward to open the door.

"Old Bai, what brings you here?"

Ren Bin, codenamed Lao Bai, is an underground party member who uses his identity as a doctor at Peking Union Medical College Hospital as a cover. He is now responsible for liaising with the organization.

After all, with the 76th Division and the Special Higher Police patrolling the streets in radio trucks every day, it's no longer suitable for Guanghua Bookstore to continue sending telegrams to liaise with the organization.

Ren Bin entered the secret room, nodded at Wang Shuyu, and then spoke:
"I just received the urgent coded telegram from the organization and came over immediately. It's extremely urgent."

Sun Jianzhong's face darkened. He took the telegram from Ren Bin, quickly sat back down at the wooden table, grabbed some banknotes, and pulled out his notebook to begin translating.

After a short while, Sun Jianzhong looked at the translation with a somewhat strange expression.

"Uncle Sun, is there any mission from the organization?"

Wang Shuyu was curious, and Ren Bin was also quite curious, especially since Sun Jianzhong's changing expressions were so fascinating that it was hard for the two of them not to be curious.

"See for yourselves!"

Sun Jianzhong handed the translation to Wang Shuyu, and Ren Bin, who was standing to the side, also walked to Wang Shuyu's wheelchair. After bending down, the two of them carefully read it.

"Aha?"

After the two finished reading, Sun Jianzhong stroked his chin thoughtfully and said:

"Comrade Chenguang is going to join forces with the Military Intelligence Bureau's Young Tiger to steal the Female Ai Plan, but the organization has told us not to interfere."

After saying that, Sun Jianzhong gave a wry smile:

"We were just worrying about this, but we didn't expect Chenguang to step in."

Ren Bin smiled upon hearing this; he was the one who went to make contact with the new comrade today.

To be honest, when Ren Bin received the intelligence from that new comrade, he felt that the matter was quite troublesome.

Unexpectedly, the organization directly sent Comrade Chenguang to take action. Since Chenguang was the one to do it, what were they still researching?

“Secretary Sun, I think it’s a good idea. We’re at our wits’ end right now, but I believe Comrade Chenguang can definitely do it.”

The Military Intelligence Bureau has its Young Tigers, and their underground party also has its Morning Light!
According to the organization, now that the two legendary agents in the intelligence community have joined forces, what is there to worry about?

Wang Shuyu's feelings were somewhat complicated. She wasn't worried about Chenguang and Youhu joining forces; the Female Ai Plan was practically a done deal at this point.

Wang Shuyu really hoped that this time she would join forces with Chenguang.

Wang Shuyu glanced down at her legs and felt a pang of sadness.

(End of this chapter)