Cicada Moving

Chapter 1211 Risky Letter Delivery

Hongyanzui in the urban area of ​​Shancheng City was originally the edge of the ancient Mediterranean Sea. Due to the gradual protrusion of crustal movement, the Mediterranean Sea retreated, leaving behind large tracts of red shale.

As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow shines on a small brick and wood building with two floors and one bottom, as if coated with a layer of red light. It shines brightly from a distance, and combined with the endless Jialing River flowing beside it, it forms a beautiful scene.

This is the Northwest Office in Shancheng, and it is also the secret office of the Southern Bureau of the underground party.

  The former is an open and plenipotentiary representative body of underground parties stationed in Kuomintang-controlled areas.

The latter is a secret agency, responsible for the bridge and link between the southern region and the northwest. It is responsible for transmitting important information, escorting personnel, and transporting important materials.

Using light to protect darkness and using light to hide darkness, the Southern Bureau carried out its work under the nose of the enemy. With its extraordinary courage, alert wisdom and flexible way of dealing with the enemy, it successfully completed various tasks.

Of course, the Kuomintang military police Xiante was not a vegetarian. Even though they did not know that the Southern Bureau was located in Hongyanzui, they still invested a lot of surveillance power in the Northwest Office in an attempt to completely cut off the office's communication with the outside world.

 Therefore, the area around Hongyanzui is densely populated by spies and sentry posts. Anyone entering or exiting this area will be closely monitored.

The Military Command, the Central Command, the Inspection Division of the Garrison Headquarters, the Detective Team of the Police Department, and all the Kuomintang intelligence agencies that could be named, without exception, all listed this place as a key target.

In order not to betray anyone, these spies and military police put on police uniforms and patrolled around in the name of "maintaining public order", interrogating passers-by.

Hours after the meeting at the Huangshan Official Residence, a pedestrian was stopped and taken away by the Kuomintang agents after he took one more glance at the small building. The other pedestrians were so frightened that they lowered their heads and left or stayed away from the office.

 In the office, a staff member saw this scene, his eyes were filled with anger, and he turned back to report to the leader of the office.

“Section Chief, the reactionaries are arresting people again. They are so unscrupulous!”

Hearing this, the section chief walked to the window and frowned as he looked at the people being taken away. After thinking for a moment, he answered the call from Bai Wenzhi, the director of the Shancheng Police Department, asking the other party to release the innocent citizens immediately.

Bai Wenzhi made a lot of excuses for this, saying that he was talking about strengthening public security and that Japanese spies were rampant. It was just the same idea, but it was impossible to let people go.

Hearing the sound of the phone hanging up on the phone, the section chief squinted his eyes, always feeling that something was wrong. In the past, although the Fruit Party agents often harassed pedestrians, they rarely took them away.

 Furthermore, Bai Wenzhi was an old slippery man who was very measured in doing things and would always leave a way out for himself. Why was he so tough today?

 Not good, the enemy may be making big moves!

 Long-term underground work gave the section chief an unusual sense of danger. He immediately realized that the Kuomintang might be about to take action, just like it did in the 16th year of the Republic of China.

 “Arrange documents and prepare them for destruction at any time.”

 After leaving an order, the section chief walked to the second floor, preparing to report the intelligence matter to the main person in charge of the office and persuade the other party to evacuate immediately.

 The documents he mentioned, including confidential telegram files, meeting minutes, visit records, confidential documents, etc., are very important and must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

In an office on the second floor of the office, a man with a Jianghuai accent was chatting in a low voice with the section chief who came to ask for instructions. Their voices passed through the wooden door and reached the dim corridor.

"There is no need to panic. Our decision here is made by the highest bodies of the two parties. The enemy will not arrest people with great fanfare, at least not recently. The Guo army in Shancheng has not mobilized on a large scale recently. I judge that the accident is outside, not inside."

“Shuji, if the party always fails to keep its word, we have to be on guard. You’d better evacuate as soon as possible.”

“The Guo Party can keep its word, but our underground party cannot. If I leave, it will just give the enemy an excuse to attack us, and there is no need to discuss this matter again.”

  “Yes, Shuji.”

“Well, you can find a way to contact the comrades on the underground front and see if you can figure out the Kuomintang’s intentions. I’m worried about changes in the southeast.”

 At this point, the conversation stopped abruptly. The last ray of sunlight shone into the building through the window, casting a golden light on the floor, and a clump of green plants swayed slightly in the wind.

 Gradually, the sun sank into the horizon from the west of the city, and a pair of eyes watched the outline of the small office building in the corner and then disappeared in an instant.

More than ten minutes later, a ball of fire rose up on a barren hill a few hundred meters away from the office, causing the nearby agents to panic as they were facing a formidable enemy.

Although the Japanese bombings have become less frequent recently, if the Japanese plane happens to be near the mountain city and sees the smoke column, they are the most dangerous people.

As a result, the agents no longer cared about the office. They picked up buckets and other fire-extinguishing tools and rushed towards the fire.

The wildfire also attracted the attention of the office staff. Just as everyone was discussing whether to go out to help, a bicycle rushed past the interception of several police officers staying behind and broke directly into the office door.

 “My own people, stop the spies outside!”

Joanna’s husband Pan Mingzhi threw his bicycle aside, ran into the building in three steps at a time, and whispered to the security guards who came after hearing the sound, looking extremely anxious. The guards did not believe what he said. While searching him, they sent people to the door to block the frustrated agents. The two sides immediately fell into a confrontation.

“Tell the chief that ‘Mr. Li’ has an important report. If the chief is not here, you can verify my identity with my hometown.”

Pan Mingzhi raised his hands high to accept the search and said his code name. Since his superiors lost contact, this was the only evidence that could prove his identity.

A guard winked at his colleague to keep an eye on him, then quickly walked to the second floor and knocked on the door of the office just now.

Just a few dozen seconds later, the section chief who went to report strode downstairs and took Pan Mingzhi into the office to meet with the bookkeeper. What the two sides discussed subsequently became a secret forever.

 A few minutes later, a top-secret message was sent from the telegraph room on the top of the building.

Immediately afterwards, the office staff were summoned to the lobby on the first floor. The bookkeeper who had met Zuo Zhong in Chang'an stood on the stairs and spoke to everyone with a solemn expression.

“We do not want the cooperation between the two parties to completely break down, but we must be prepared for the worst. If the diehards launch a surprise attack, we must resist, destroy passwords and documents, and be prepared to be arrested.

Don’t be afraid. If you are going to jail, we will sit together. If the enemy wants to ask you if you are an underground party member, male comrades can admit it because we are an open organization. Female comrades only admit that they are family members and do not know anything else.

If the other party asks about the party's organizational situation, you can say that our superiors are in the northwest, this is the branch, and I am the secretary. Let them come to me if they have any questions. Comrades, we must learn to use wisdom to deal with the enemy. "

Everyone wanted to object when they heard this. In their hearts, they could have trouble, but the chief's safety must not go into trouble.

Seeing this, Shuji raised his right hand to stop the staff member who wanted to speak. His eyes were clear, his expression was calm and unhurried, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

"I was invited by Guodang and someone. They don't dare to do anything to me. If we have to sacrifice, then we will sacrifice together. This is an order!"

The plenary meeting has ended. The office staff are doing their work according to the emergency plan. More and more spies are outside the door, and they are trying to force their way in.

The heads of the secret service agencies in charge of Hongyanzui also received the news of an intruder at this time, and all rushed over with their people. However, they were forced by the overall situation of cooperation between the two parties and did not dare to take any real action. All they could do was to layer up the situation. Report to the next level.

 Besides, Shuji returned to the office after the meeting and looked at Pan Mingzhi on the sofa. He pondered for a while and slowly spoke.

"Your identity is very important, and your wife's identity is also very important. It cannot be exposed for the time being. I will find a way to send you out. Are you confident that you can escape the enemy's pursuit?"

Pan Mingzhi nodded, thought for a while and then replied: "Shuji, can you give me a grenade? I can't let the enemy find Anna."

 Obviously, Pan Mingzhi planned to die with the spy. The grenade explosion would destroy his appearance and physical features, minimizing the possibility of Joanna being exposed.

The bookkeeper shook hands with him solemnly, turned around and went out to arrange the evacuation. Unlike the sloppiness in later movies and TV dramas, real intelligence work does not have so much time.

Twenty minutes after Pan Mingzhi broke into the office, the three cars in the office started at the same time. They roared and roared and rushed towards the secret agent at the door.

 “The underground party hit someone!”

The agents were so frightened that they fled in all directions, shouting randomly. If they didn't run away on the spot, they were already worthy of the monthly salary they received.

Three cars dispersed the crowd and drove in three different directions. When a spy leader saw that the cars were full of people, he quickly ordered a pursuit.

 “Hurry! Hurry! Get in the car! The rebels are going to run!”

If the party had been prepared for this situation, several police cars full of gas rushed onto the road with their sirens blaring, and followed the underground party vehicles separately, and the distance between the two parties became closer and closer.

The office's funds are limited, and the vehicles are all old cars donated by patriots. The models are old and in poor condition, so naturally they cannot compare with the new cars of the special agents.

Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, one of the underground party cars suddenly stopped. Two people jumped out of the car and got into the crowd. Seeing this, several secret agents also jumped out of the underground party vehicle.

Before the spy leader could give the order, the underground party car in front started up again and continued to drive forward. After driving for a few blocks, it stopped again and left two people behind.

 “TMD, these gangsters are going to play tricks.”

The spy leader was so angry that he smashed the dashboard. If he didn't know the plan of the underground party at this moment, he would have spent so many years as a spy. The other party wanted to disperse their forces.

This operation was too hasty. Their manpower and vehicles were limited. If what just happened happened again, he would have no one available!

 (End of this chapter)