The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 502: Arrangement for Evacuation
"Boss Wu, this is one of our safe houses. You can stay here for one night, and someone will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Brother, I'm grateful for your kindness. Could you please tell me your name so that I can repay you someday?" Wu Geng said with emotion, holding Wu Jianfeng's arm.

"All people with the surname Wu are one family. There's no need to repay them." Wu Jianfeng laughed and pushed Wu Geng down.

"Brother, your surname is also Wu?" Wu Geng exclaimed in surprise.

"Boss Wu, I have to go now. According to the rules, I shouldn't tell you this." After saying that, Wu Jianfeng drove away.

Wu Geng couldn't help but feel emotional. If all the Military Control Commission members were such talented people, why would they have to worry about not being able to defeat No. 76 in Shanghai?
Who betrayed him?
Mao Sen, impossible!

Xu Caicheng, it can't be him, Lu Jingshi, that's impossible...

These were the only people the Military Control Commission knew about his visit to Shanghai, but these people also didn't know his alias or hiding place.

How did you expose yourself?
Wu Geng couldn't figure out the reason no matter how hard he tried.

Since it is a safe house, the conditions are relatively simple. However, it has everything it needs. It's just that no one lives there permanently, so it has a bit of a smell.

He could endure all of this. After all, he had encountered all kinds of harsh environments as an agent.

Even so, he did not dare to relax, but lay on the bed with his clothes on, holding the pistol tightly in his hand to maintain a posture ready to fight at any time.

On the brink of life and death, you cannot be careless at all.

The next morning, Xu Baichuan, disguised as an old man, came with the breakfast he had bought. However, there was no stove in the safe house, and no place to start a fire.

Wu Geng, who was half asleep, was awakened by a knock on the door. He sat up from the bed, walked over with a gun in hand, and shouted, "Who is it?"

"Boss Wu, it's me."

Wu Geng recognized it as Xu Baichuan's voice. Although he had not seen it many times, he recognized it immediately.

"Brother Xu, it's you, come in quickly." Wu Geng opened the door and pulled Xu Baichuan in.

"Director Wu, I know you didn't have breakfast, so I brought you some. Just eat it." Xu Baichuan bought some buns for Wu Geng.

"Thank you." After a night of tossing and turning, Wu Geng was really hungry, so he grabbed a bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

Looking at Wu Geng who was eating voraciously, Xu Baichuan couldn't help but sigh. The thorn in the side was a false proposition. If Wang really died, would it change the current situation of the war?
To put it bluntly, as long as the Wang Puppet Regime was established, the importance of the Wang family would not be that great, and whoever sat in that position would be a puppet of the Japanese.

Being a puppet of the Japanese, what difference does that make?
However, everyone in the Military Control Commission, from the headquarters to the Shanghai area, was thinking about assassinating Wang, achieving this unprecedented feat and becoming famous.

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

Not to mention that the Wang family is protected like an iron barrel, and ordinary people have no way to get close to them. Even if they can get close, they won't find a chance to attack.

A man who comes from an assassination background has seen all kinds of tricks, so it is very difficult to kill him.

What's more, it is impossible to succeed in assassinating Wang through bribery or threats. Those who can be bribed and threatened are all spineless. Letting such people carry out the assassination is tantamount to handing yourself over.

Since Wang fled to Hanoi, the Military Control Commission has recorded and carried out dozens of assassinations, some of which failed, some hit the wrong target, some were aborted, and some were exposed due to poor planning. Has there been any successful attempt to hurt Wang?
Not even once!

When we were in Hanoi, there was no Japanese protection, so there was nothing we could do. But now under the strict protection of the Japanese and No. 76, assassination is simply an act of suicide.

Not to mention, he was reported and arrested before the plan even started.

"Brother Xu, how did I get exposed?" Wu Geng asked after eating two buns. "Sorry, I don't know at the moment." Xu Baichuan said.

"You didn't know, so you told someone to evacuate?"

"After you left, Ma Xiaotian, director of the Second Division of No. 76, and the Japanese military police, together with Cheng Haitao from the Political Section of the French Concession Police Station, raided your residence. It can be said that if you had left a few minutes later, you might not have been able to leave," Xu Baichuan explained.

"I already know this."

"How did you know?"

"I was sitting in the evacuation vehicle and passed by people from No. 76 and the police station. Although I wasn't sure, I had a hunch about the direction they were going," Wu Geng explained.

"Director Wu, your identity has been exposed. I have reported this to the bureau headquarters. Boss Dai thinks it is not appropriate for you to stay in Shanghai any longer. You must leave as soon as possible." Xu Baichuan said, "You can only stay in this safe house for two days. Once I arrange a route for you to leave Shanghai, you must leave immediately."

"Do we have to go?" Wu Geng asked reluctantly.

"You must go. If you don't go, not only will you be in danger, but I will also be at risk of being exposed." Xu Baichuan nodded affirmatively.

"Are you afraid that I will betray you after being arrested?"

"Director Wu, many of us have not been able to withstand the torture of the Military Control Commission. I don't dare to take the risk, and neither does Boss Dai." Xu Baichuan said bluntly.

"I understand. I'll follow your arrangements!" Wu Geng nodded. He knew that if he didn't leave, if he was arrested, he couldn't guarantee that he would not be able to withstand No. 76's torture and betray.

"Director Wu, just stay in this safe house. Don't go out during the day. Eat, drink, defecate and urinate in this room. Try to keep the noise down. Generally, no one will come here. If you feel too bored, there are some novels on the table that can help you relieve your boredom." Xu Baichuan said.

"I understand. Don't worry, I won't joke with my life." Wu Geng nodded and agreed.

……

"He agreed to leave?" Xu Baichuan met Cheng Mo. It was his intention to send Wu Geng away. Such a person could not stay in Shanghai.

The longer he stayed, the more danger he would put them in.

"Well, but Boss Dai hasn't given us any orders yet. If we do this, wouldn't that be a bit presumptuous?"

"When a general is away from home, he may not obey the orders of the emperor." Cheng Mo said, "We must be responsible for our own tasks. Don't you understand what is important and what is not?"

"You dare to say that, but I don't." Xu Baichuan laughed.

"Has the evacuation route been arranged?" Cheng Mo asked.

"No problem. No. 76 and the Japanese will never imagine that we will leave right under their noses. We will take the train to Jinling tomorrow morning and get off in Changshu. Someone will pick up Boss Wu and go to Jiangbei. After that, it will be all up to us on the sea and in the sky." Xu Baichuan said.

"We must master this line. Perhaps we can use it in the future." Cheng Mo reminded.

"Don't worry, the people on this line are all carefully selected by me. Some of them don't even know my exact identity." Xu Baichuan said.

"How is the construction of the transportation station in Jinling going? Do you want me to arrange some staff for you?" Cheng Mo asked.

"No problem, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)