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Chapter 837 Pulling the Clouds (2)

"The guests have arrived in Jiangcheng."

Guo Bin looked at the six words in the letter, and his face became extremely ugly. He immediately got up and came to the side of the window, leaning against the wall and slightly tilting his head to look out from the corner of his eye.

Everything outside the Party Headquarters in Jiang City was normal. The guards at the gate were as lazy as ever, the traffic of surrounding shops did not suddenly increase, and the stalls on the street did not suddenly change people.

With a slightly relaxed expression, he turned around, came to the desk and squatted down, groped the back of the desk carefully, and carefully opened the phone after not finding it.

This is a standard anti-eavesdropping operation. Obviously, Guo Bin's identity is not as simple as that introduced by the chief accountant of the Jinling Party Headquarters. He looks like a professionally trained professional intelligence officer.

It took him less than 5 minutes to check the electrified equipment such as electric lights, phonographs, and radios. He was very skilled in his actions and showed a very high professionalism.

Guo Bin was relieved by the results of the inspection. There were no surveillance personnel or eavesdropping equipment around him, indicating that the situation was not at its worst, and perhaps there was no need to rush to retreat.

Sitting back on the chair again, he immediately lit the letter together with the envelope and put them in the ashtray with the lighter, quietly watching them turn into a ball of ashes and pour it into the spittoon with water.

After finishing all this, he unhurriedly opened a gap in the window, waited for a while for the smell of smoke to dissipate completely, then organized the documents, changed into casual clothes, left the office and walked out.

Along the way, staff stopped to say hello from time to time, Guo Bin, who was serious and unsmiling, nodded his head as a response, and kept walking to the side of the road to stop a rickshaw and sat in it.

"Go to Shuilu Street."

"Okay, sit tight sir."

He reported the place name directly to the driver, then leaned on the seat and closed his eyes, not caring whether there were stalkers behind him, let alone anti-stalking actions.

An ordinary official should not behave like this. The most important thing for potential personnel to pay attention to is to do things that conform to their status in the right place.

Half an hour later, the rickshaw drove into a busy street. This is Shuilu Street, which is located at the intersection of Wenchangmen, Wangshanmen and Baoanmen, the traffic hub in the south of Wuchang. There are many restaurants around it, and it is one of the most prosperous areas in the city. one.

Because there were too many pedestrians, the driver had no choice but to park the car on the side of the road, and asked Guo Bin to get off the car with a smile on his face. Guo Bin didn't care. After handing over the fare, he quickly got into the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye. without a trace.

More than ten minutes later, at the riverside pier not far from Shuilu Street, a man in a coarse coat hurriedly squeezed onto a ferry to Hanyang. It was Guo Bin who had done a face-disguise.

After many days of investigation, there were great opinions from the top and bottom of Changcheng. Under pressure, the Secret Service stopped the large-scale search.

"woooooooo~"

With more and more passengers, seeing that the waterline reached the highest point, the ferry whistled a few times, and slowly left the pier to the opposite bank amidst the sound of rumbling engines.

With the biting cold wind blowing, Guo Bin at the bow of the boat leaned against the fence, lost in thought as he watched the boats of all sizes coming and going on the river, and began to think about his own situation.

"The guests have arrived in Jiangcheng."

This sentence means that the alarm he set in advance was triggered, and the Jiangcheng intelligence network was exposed. It also means that Gu Zhongya has fallen into the hands of the national intelligence agency.

The other party has not received anti-interrogation training at all, and his family is in the territory of the national government. He will not last long in the face of cruel interrogation, and his betrayal is within his expectations.

But in the face of the charge of treason, Gu Zhongya will definitely try his best to delay the time, conceal or deny the fact of participating in espionage activities, because once he admits it, he will be beheaded.

The most important thing for him now is to find out when Gu Zhongya was arrested and by whom. Only by clarifying these two issues can he determine the next step.

If Gu Zhongya had been arrested a long time ago, it meant that the strength of his opponent was no more than that. Gu Zhongya could not stand the torture and chose to spit out, and he just watched the performance of the state intelligence agencies.

On the contrary, it will be a big trouble, which shows that their opponents this time are not simple, they probably have the relevant evidence, and pried Gu Zhongya's mouth open in one fell swoop with irrefutable facts.

It also proves that the purpose of the national government intelligence agency to arrest people is very clear, that is to dig out himself, and even the Jiangcheng intelligence network behind him, so the alarm will be triggered so quickly.

More importantly, the Jiangcheng intelligence network, including Gu Zhongya, is top secret and only accepts the guidance of the Army Headquarters. The Chinese should not know. Could it be that there is an internal problem?
It seems that this speculation needs to be reported to the Tokyo side. They are lurking under the eyes of the Chinese, and they may die at any time. All risks must be ruled out.

At this time, the ferry slowly stopped, and with the help of inertia, it hit the tires hanging on the outside of the pier. Guo Bin, who was in deep thought, swayed, and before the boat stopped, he jumped onto the bank and left quickly.

As the industrial center of Jiangcheng, Hanyang has a completely different architectural style from the other two towns. The roads are spacious and straight, and the black smoke is constantly emitting from the chimneys.

The streets were full of workers in blue overalls. When Guo Bin appeared again, he also changed into this outfit and continued walking to the depths of the factory area.

Following the potholed cinder road, he walked into a residential building with the style of the industrial siege period, greeted the residents who came in and out familiarly, and went to the door of the room at the top of the first floor to unlock the door.

"crunch~"

There was an ear-piercing rubbing sound from the door, Guo Bin glanced at the hair falling to the ground, walked into the room and locked the door, quickly closed the curtains and pulled down the light cord.

What appeared in front of him was a small hut with simple furnishings, only a wooden bed, a table, chairs and a cabinet, and a brand new Chinese typewriter on the table.

This is Guo Bin's safe house. Compared with Wuchang, which is constantly cut off, and Hankou and the French Concession, which are concerned by many forces, the power supply here is stable and the environment is safer.

The above-mentioned advantages are convenient for him to carry out telegraph communication. After all, the battery of the radio station has a service life, and it is difficult to buy a new replacement in the latent state, so try to use it as much as possible.

Under the dim light, he pushed open the cabinet in the corner, took out a miniature radio from the hidden compartment on the wall, and skillfully assembled it. Then he took out the code book and wrote the secret message.

Gu Zhongya was arrested, the siren was triggered, and there may be traitors inside. These three pieces of news are very important. Guo Bin decided to report them as quickly as possible so as not to affect the security of the intelligence network.

However, the state government's electric surveillance vehicles have been frequently active recently, and they must send reports in the appropriate time window, otherwise it is easy to be locked by the other party.

Fortunately, as the inspector Wei of the Jiangcheng Party Headquarters, it was not difficult for him to get the patrol route map and timetable of the electric reconnaissance vehicle.

As long as the electric reconnaissance vehicle drives to the farthest place from the safe house, there will be sufficient time for sending the report.

Guo Bin sat motionless on the stool, staring intently at the watch on his wrist.

More than an hour later, at the moment when he put his finger on the key and was about to press it, he seemed to hear something, immediately took off the earphone, and stretched his right hand towards Browning next to the radio.

"Bang~"

There was a gunshot and shouts from far outside the window, Guo Bin's face remained unchanged, and immediately put the documents and codebooks in the dark compartment into the brazier, poured some kerosene into it, lit the matches and threw them in.

The flames rose with a bang, illuminating the room and Guo Bin's hideous face. He picked up the alarm clock on the table, turned the timer and placed it next to the radio station, then pulled the sleeve to load the gun and pushed open the window and jumped out.

At this moment, the outside has become a mess. Pedestrians ran away when they heard gunshots. In the chaotic crowd, two groups were confronting each other with guns, yelling at each other to put down their weapons.

Seeing this, Guo Bin, who was hiding in the green belt, was a little confused. He didn't know what happened. Then he rolled his eyes and pulled the trigger.

After a gunshot, countless gunshots rang out, and the already chaotic streets were completely turned into a battlefield where bullets flew everywhere. From time to time, people on both sides of the confrontation were shot and fell down.

The culprit, Guo Bin, sneaked away among the people crying for their fathers and mothers. One of them tried to catch up, but was suppressed by the other with intensive firepower.

"Xu Enzeng! You bastard!"

In a small three-story building not far from the scene of the firefight, Gu Qi, who has always been elegant, with red eyes, jumped and cursed loudly, looking like he was going to eat people.

Zuo Zhong next to him also had a dark face, clenched his hands into fists, gritted his teeth and looked at the secret service headquarters staff who were beaten back by the secret service.

He turned his head to look at Gui Youguang, who was eager to try, and said word by word: "Get Xu out~, I'm going to cut this bastard alive!"

"Yes!"

With a wave of his hand, the big bald head rushed out of the command post with the elite of the intelligence department's operation team, searched the nearby buildings, and vowed to find Xu Enzeng.

Looking at his subordinates going away, Zuo Zhong was so angry that he patted the table vigorously, panting heavily, his eyes were full of anger and annoyance.

Time went back to 10 minutes ago.

Still in this small building, Zuo Zhong, Gu Qi, Song Minghao, Wu Chunyang and others all looked at the target's safe house through the observation port, smiling and discussing where to go to celebrate the victory after the operation.

"Deputy Director, I'm really convinced. How did you know that the flaws in Gu Zhongya's two letters were deliberately left by the spies?"

After confirming the place for the dinner, Gu Qi walked up to Zuo Zhong, and calmly offered him a flattery, which was also what he had in mind.

Zuo Chong shook his head, and explained calmly: "It's not been a day or two since we dealt with the Japanese, when have you seen such careless spies.

Although this loophole is very hidden, professional agents are not ordinary people, and they can be found with a little attention. The other party has no reason to leave such obvious clues.

Besides, using the typewriter in the office to print the secret letter has certain risks. Judging from the cautious performance of the spy leader, the probability of him doing so is not high.

Besides, Chinese typewriters are not controlled commodities, and they do not need to be registered for purchase and distribution. Why don’t the other party simply buy a new or second-hand machine.

So there is only one possibility, the word "three" is a trap, one is to mislead us in the direction of detection, and the other is that the enemy wants to use this as an alarm.

As long as the Japanese intelligence organization puts a few eyeliners on the periphery, once they find out that we are collecting information on typewriters, they will know that Gu Zhongya has been exposed and arrested. "

Gu Qi suddenly realized, and nodded: "So that's the case. No wonder you asked Wu Chunyang and the others to investigate the old and new printers recently sold in Jiangcheng, so as to find the trace of the target."

"Well, yes, typewriters are not common items, and the price is not cheap. The seller must have an impression of the buyer. Even if the target is disguised, there is no way to hide such a large machine."

Zuo Zhong turned his head and put his hips on his hips to praise Wu Chunyang, Gui Youguang and Shen Dongxin: "The three of you performed well this time, and through a lot of investigations and visits, you successfully traced back the target's whereabouts.

I will ask for credit from the committee and bureau for you guys. Okay, let’s not talk about the topic. Later, Wu Chunyang, Shen Dongxin, Song Minghao, and Wu Jingzhong will lead people to surround each other from four directions.

Gui Youguang is the backup for the operation and is on standby at the command post. If something unexpected happens, you will be responsible for the support. Section Chief Gu and I will be in the middle to communicate and direct. Everyone, let’s get ready.

This operation is only allowed to succeed, not to fail, I will deal with anyone who loses the chain, and I will not give it to the king of heaven and my father..."

He was talking harsh words when a small agent ran in to report bad news: "We found people from Secret Service Headquarters, and the brothers captured one, and the other party told them that they were arresting dissidents nearby."

"what?!"

The complexions of the people present changed drastically, and they asked a question in unison, Zuo Zhong cursed secretly in his heart, it was really weird, he no longer hesitated and asked for arrest immediately.

But before Wu Chunyang and the others left the house, a gunshot sounded from a distance, and they were immediately stopped by a group of thugs.

The leader of the other party, wearing a duckbill cap askew, yelled: "What are you doing, the Secret Service Headquarters is working, let the idlers make way!"

(End of this chapter)