Chapter 849 Sparrow

 Taking off the hat.

 Because of itchy scalp.

 Hence scratching the scalp.

 It is spring and the flowers are blooming, and because you have been wearing a welcoming hat, it is normal for your scalp to feel itchy.

 The whole process is a relatively normal operation for ordinary people. It is very reasonable and not suspicious.

 Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and thought there was nothing wrong with it. He nodded, "Very good, as Xiaomi said, take off your hat and scratch your head as a signal."

With that said, he turned to look at Liu Yuchu again, "Zhixin, your spear shooting skills are very good. You will shoot Li Cuiqun this time. Is there any problem?"

 Zhixin is the character of Liu Yuchu.

"Report to the team leader, no problem." Liu Yuchu said firmly, "As long as Li Cuiqun appears, my subordinates will definitely kill him."

"Very good." Cheng Qianfan nodded happily. He took out a simple hand-drawn topographic map of the site from his briefcase. "This is the main entrance of the Licha Hotel. This is the Broadway Building. The oblique surface of the third floor on the east side of the building. Facing the main entrance, it is the best shooting point.”

He pointed at the little Taoist priest and said, "Little Taoist priest, take the letter to the scene in advance tomorrow and find a way to enter the Broadway Building. Survey the terrain in advance and adapt accordingly."

“Team leader, it’s not easy for people to sneak into Broadway, but you can give it a try. The most difficult thing is that it’s difficult to bring a spear in.” The little Taoist thought for a while and said.

Cheng Qianfan also frowned and nodded, "Weapons are indeed a tricky thing."

Shanghai Special Intelligence Team has no shortage of weapons, but it is not easy to bring rifles into the Broadway Building.

Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, mainly because the assassination mission came too suddenly.

He reported to Chongqing yesterday the news of Li Cuiqun's invitation to meet, mainly for reporting purposes, and also asked Dai Chunfeng about his views and requirements for contact with Li Cuiqun.

Unexpectedly, he received a secret message from Dai Chunfeng, asking the Shanghai Special Intelligence Team to wait for an opportunity to get rid of the traitor Li Cuiqun.

Jiang Mulezi’s special independent operations team is still in Pudong, so Cheng Qianfan hurriedly summoned the little Taoist’s action team to carry out the mission.

 The telegram was firm and the incident occurred suddenly, so the preparations for this assassination operation were quite hasty.

The little Taoist priest just said that people can try to sneak in. However, thinking of the current situation of the Broadway Building, Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought. He thought again and felt that the plan of using the Broadway Building as a shooting point was too risky.

From a topographic point of view, the Broadway Building is indeed the first choice as a shooting location. However, the current situation here is indeed very complicated.

 The vicinity of Broadway Road is one of the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of bars in Shanghai. Foreign sailors became “homeless” after landing at the pier, and a wide range of bars came into being.

In addition, Broadway Road is adjacent to the Huangpu River. When Shanghai was first opened as a port, foreign merchant wharves gathered there. This is not only a terminal operation area, but also the ocean shipping center of Shanghai.

 Broadway Building is a figure-eight-shaped apartment. The exterior walls on the ground floor are made of dark red high-grade granite, and the other floors are covered with brown Taishan bricks. It is one of the most famous buildings in Shanghai.

 The most important thing is that cars can circle up to the roof, where 100 cars can be parked, which is unique in Shanghai.

Because of this, the Broadway Building in Hongkou District has been coveted by Japan for a long time.

 After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Songhu, the Broadway Building was occupied by the Japanese army.

 After the fall of Shanghai, this place became a stronghold of the Japanese army.

 A month ago, the owner of the building, Yongguang Real Estate Company, repeatedly asked the Japanese army for the building, but to no avail, so it was forced to sell the building to Nippon Industrial Co., Ltd.

 The building was originally a hotel and apartment for foreigners coming to China. Its main reception targets were the bosses and senior staff of British and American banks.

 After the Japanese army withdrew and Hengsan Co., Ltd. took over, the building is currently being gradually opened to the public. It is said that the place is being built into a residence for Japanese military, political, and diplomatic personnel and important traitors.

 …

“Xiaomi, you are familiar with Broadway Building. Tell me what you think.” Cheng Qianfan looked at Bai Xiaoxia.

"Team leader, when the Japanese army occupied the Broadway Building, some buildings were damaged. Now the Co., Ltd. has taken over and they are renovating some of the buildings." Bai Xiaoxia thought for a while and said, "We may be able to use this to sneak in."

“Are there Japanese soldiers currently stationed in the building?” Cheng Qianfan asked.

“The door is guarded by two Japanese soldiers, but there is no one inside.” Bai Xiaoxia frowned and thought.

Cheng Qianfan's expression was solemn. Although there were only two Japanese soldiers guarding it, Hongkou District was a Japanese-occupied area. Even if Liu Yuchu could enter the Broadway Building with a gun, once the gun was fired, nearby Japanese troops would quickly reinforce and gather around. Especially in the initial stage, these two Japanese guards will be the key to blocking Liu Yuchu's successful evacuation.

Not only that, Cheng Qianfan suddenly thought of something. Some traitors and Japanese military and political personnel have already moved in. These people are accompanied by followers and guards, and will become a blocking force immediately after the gun is fired.

 Cheng Qianfan shook his head. This was a typical example of someone who moved his mouth on top but grew gray on his head below.

Dai Chunfeng suddenly ordered to take action against Li Cuiqun. Cheng Qianfan pointed out that the matter was too hasty and might be difficult to act.

However, I don’t know what Li Cuiqun did to stimulate Dai Chunfeng. Dai Chunfeng expressed that he understood the difficulties of the frontline soldiers, but this was a military order and must be strictly obeyed.

 And the bureau leader believes that there are good reasons for the sudden action:

The so-called assassination mainly relies on surprise. Of course, temporary actions are poorly prepared, but so is the enemy.

 In a word, Mr. Li is afraid of death and extremely cunning. This is an excellent opportunity to assassinate Li Cuiqun and should not be missed.

 …

"Team leader, as long as I can sneak into Broadway with a gun, I promise to kill Li Cuiqun." Liu Yuchu suddenly gritted his teeth and said with firm eyes, "This subordinate must report that he will never return."

As he said this, the man with a military background showed a smile on his face, "Even if I go out on the road, I can kill more Japanese and traitors, so I can do my job."

“Nonsense.” Cheng Qianfan took a deep look at Liu Yuchu and suddenly changed his expression, “You want to die, do I agree?”

He had known that his capable subordinate with accurate marksmanship was determined to die, but Liu Yuchu was from Nanjing.

 “Yes!” Liu Yuchu was silent.

 Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette, took two puffs in succession, and asked Bai Xiaoxia, "Xiaomi, how is the situation over at Licha Hotel? What's the situation with the Japanese?"

Because the initial plan was to shoot Li Cuiqun from a distance when he arrived at the Licha Hotel, he did not consider the situation in the Licha Hotel in depth. However, after careful consideration, Cheng Qianfan felt that it was not appropriate. .

He has a very cautious character. He often makes plans for actions three times. He is not hesitant, but based on the original action plan, he refines it more deeply each time, striving to eliminate flaws in the details and become closer to foolproof.

Similar to the fate of Broadway Building, after the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Hongkou District fell under the Japanese sphere of influence. This area was different from other areas in the British and American Public Settlement. This area was not classified as a wartime neutral zone.

 Western expatriates living in Hongkou quickly left and moved to the safer Central and Western Districts of the Shanghai Public Concession and its cross-border road construction areas, as well as the Shanghai French Concession.

 After the Western expatriates evacuated from Hongkou, the Licha Hotel lost its service customers and could no longer operate. So the British transferred the hotel to the Japanese for management.

 Therefore, the Recha Hotel is actually a Japanese-owned hotel.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Li Cuiqun felt confident and chose to meet him at the Licha Hotel.

“There are no Japanese soldiers guarding the hotel.” Bai Xiaoxia said, “However, the hotel has organized a security patrol.”

He thought for a while and continued, "Team leader, if Li Cuiqun is shot from a long distance, the hotel guards will not have much impact."

Cheng Qianfan's cigarette ashes fell on the table between his fingers. He shook his head slowly, because he was originally scheduled to kill Li Cuiqun from a long distance. On the surface, the guards at the Licha Hotel had little direct impact on this operation. However, There is an indirect impact.

 The most important indirect effects are:

 Safe evacuation of operational personnel!

Whether he can successfully shoot Li Cuiqun is only the first step.

 Evacuate safely, this is the second step.

Perhaps when other military commanders are considering a certain action, more importantly, they consider whether the assassination can be successful, and they don't pay much attention to safe evacuation. However, Cheng Qianfan is not like that.

In fact, he learned from the inside information exchanged with the Chongqing headquarters through cables, as well as from other channels, such as some information obtained by the Special High School Course, that Chongqing, especially the will to fight on the Japanese spy front, As far as resolute military control is concerned, many military control organizations have been cracked and captured in various places, and many of them were not caused by failures in the operational stage of a certain operation.

On the contrary, the success rate of the military commander's operations to eradicate traitors is not low, and most of the targets can be successfully killed. However, the evacuation stage after completing the assassination of the target is often extremely neglected, resulting in frequent arrests of personnel, and those arrested may not survive. They tortured people into confessing. In this way, the Japanese followed the clues and were often able to destroy most of the military organizations in a certain place.

 Out of his own cautious character, and in view of this, Cheng Qianfan attaches great importance to whether his unit's operations can achieve the goals, and at the same time, he attaches even more importance to the safe evacuation of his men.

This is also the most fundamental reason why the Juntong Shanghai Station frequently has troubles, but important members of his Shanghai Special Intelligence Team have never been detected by the enemy:

Yang Changnian was the only one captured by the Japanese. This incident was also an accident, and Yang Changnian himself pretended to be a Central Unification agent and did not reveal his identity as a Shanghai special agent.

 …

 Evacuate safely!

 Cheng Qianfan thought intently.

 Put out the cigarette **** in the ashtray.

He looked at the three of them and said, "Little Taoist priest, you go to the old place to meet Sparrow tomorrow morning, and he will provide you with a car."

 ‘Sparrow’ is Li Hao’s code name within the special situation group.

Cheng Qianfan said while thinking, a new, safer and more feasible action plan was formed in his mind, "There are many Japanese checkpoints in Hongkou District, and you don't need to carry weapons by yourself, they will be ready in the car. "

He picked up a pencil and wrote on the sketch, "Park the car nearby, or drive around in the car, you can act accordingly."

“In order to avoid questioning by the Japanese military police Xian Te, unless there is a situation that endangers your own safety, do not get out of the car easily. This operation will be completed in the car.”

"Once Li Cuiqun appears and receives Xiaomi's signal, he will immediately complete the shooting." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "Even if you miss the first shot, you must not fire a second shot. You must evacuate immediately and ensure safe evacuation." As the first priority.”

Liu Yuchu opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

"This is a military order. Anyone who violates it will be punished by military law and family law!" Cheng Qianfan said with a stern voice, "Did you hear that?"

"yes!"

"clear!"

 “I obey my orders!”

 The three people quickly stood at attention and saluted.

Team leader ‘Xiao Mian’ glanced at the three of them with scrutinizing and serious eyes, and nodded.

Then, he took out a photo and said, "This is Li Cuiqun, the target of this operation. I remember it all."

The three of them passed the photos around one after another, secretly keeping Li Cuiqun’s appearance in mind. The final photo was saved by Zhuo Yun, the leader of the action team.

“The photos must be destroyed in time and must not be kept.” Cheng Qianfan solemnly entrusted the young Taoist priest with his instructions, “The photos must not be left at the scene.”

 “I understand.” The little Taoist priest naturally knew that the stakes were high and expressed his position quickly.

“What should we do if our evacuation by car is blocked?” Cheng Qianfan suddenly asked.

 He first looked at Liu Yuchu, deputy leader of the action team.

"If things are serious, I will never let myself fall into the hands of my slaves, let alone live an ignoble life and bring shame to my ancestors." Liu Yuchu said with emotion, "I must sacrifice my life to be benevolent and live up to the Chinese soul in this life!"

Cheng Qianfan was impressed and said nothing, just patted Liu Yuchu on the shoulder.

Unless he was cold-blooded, if he really got to that point, for Liu Yuchu, committing suicide would be the best outcome.

 He looked at Zhuo Yun, the leader of the action team.

"The area is not far from the pier. You can try to break out towards the pier, or try to cross the border into the British-American controlled area." The little Taoist thought for a while and said, with a touch of indifference and determination in his eyes, "If all else fails, we will not hesitate to do so. How can I live alone!"

"Ala, too." Bai Xiaoxia also said with a serious expression, as if he was afraid that if he spoke too slowly, the two eldest brothers would be far away and could not go on the road together.

“Fart.” Cheng Qianfan immediately cursed, “You were not exposed immediately, how could you sacrifice yourself so easily?”

He looked around at the crowd and said, "At this time of national crisis and China's survival, if we, the party-state soldiers, can survive, we should remain useful. If we are about to die, we can die with courage."

Team leader ‘Xiao Mian’ had a serious expression with a hint of heaviness, and was even more agitated, “We soldiers are loyal to the leader, loyal to the party and the country, and die for the country. As the saying goes, a corpse is shrouded in horse leather, and it is as expected!”

 “The corpse is wrapped in horse leather, as you wish!” the three of them shouted excitedly.

Cheng Qianfan analyzed and discussed the details of the action plan with three of his capable men and confirmed that there were no more dangerous flaws. He told his men to clean up the scene, especially cigarette ashes, cigarette butts, paper and other objects, and be sure to clean them carefully to ensure that no traces were left behind. omission.

 Then ‘Team Leader Xiao’ left first.

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