The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 561 Postscript ()

8 month 14 day.

On the second day of the August 8th Battle of Shanghai, Zhang's mansion on Huagenei Road in the French Concession was decorated with lights and colors, as if something happy was about to happen.

Suddenly, a gunshot was heard.

The entire Zhang Mansion was suddenly in chaos and panic.

The owner of the mansion, Zhang Xiaolin, one of the three tycoons of the Green Gang, was assassinated by his close bodyguard Lin Huaibu and died on the spot.

Lin Huai Bu was controlled by other bodyguards in the mansion.

He then called the police, but the call was not made to the police station, but to the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters.

However, within a few minutes, the police rushed into Zhang Mansion and took away the murderer Lin Huaibu in a tough manner.

The Zhang family had no way out. This was the French Concession. Even though Japan was now an ally of France, the Municipal Council did not recognize the current pseudo-reform government.

Therefore, once a person is taken away by the police station, it will be very difficult to get him out again.

When the news of Zhang Xiaolin's assassination came, the whole of Shanghai was shocked, and major newspapers competed to publish special editions of the news.

The people within the Qing Gang were even more unsettled.

Huang Jinrong retired, Du Yuesheng left, and now only Zhang Xiaolin is left among the three tycoons, who has become a traitor. Is there still someone in the Green Gang of Shanghai who can raise his arm and get a hundred responses?
Who can take on this great task?

Gu Zhuxuan?
No, although he has a group of people, they represent the Jiangbei group and cannot convince the masses.

The others either lacked the qualifications or had no skills. Gao Xinbao, one of the "small eight-part essayists", just looked at his own little piece of land and was unwilling to get involved in the muddy water.

Besides, he knew that he was at most a general, and he still lacked some skills if he wanted to command a group.

Once Zhang Xiaolin dies, the power under his command will inevitably fall apart, and his wealth will inevitably be divided up and eaten up by some people.

If anyone who doesn't have the ability gets involved, they will be crushed to pieces.

What's more, although Huang Jinrong has retreated, his disciples are still there. He just retreated, he didn't leave, and he didn't die.

But Huang Jinrong did not want to show up. He seemed to understand that no one can be perfect forever, and no flower can be red forever. Being able to retire gracefully and live a peaceful old age was already the best outcome for someone like him. If he still wanted to make some trouble at the last minute.

I'm afraid that by then I'll be reduced to ashes.

You are already seventy years old, why are you still getting involved?
……

On the third day after Lin Huaibu was arrested, at the French Police Detention Center, under the leadership of Xue Rugeng, Inspector General of the Political Department, Cheng Mo, Inspector General of the Political Section of the International Settlement, met with Lin Huaibu.

After coming out of the meeting room.

"Brother Cheng Mo, don't worry. I will fully cooperate with you from now on." Xue Rugeng shook hands with Cheng Mo solemnly.

"Thank you, Brother Xue. With our solidarity, we can definitely create a new situation." Cheng Mo nodded.

Xue Rugeng, the Inspector General of the French Concession, officially joined the "change of power" plan and became one of the key executors.

With Xue Rugeng's care, Lin Huaibu would not suffer much in the detention center in the French Concession.

Later, guided by the intelligence information provided by Lin Huaibu's confession, Cheng Mo successfully solved the assassination case of Zhang Xiaolin and arrested dozens of people from the Second Action Brigade of the Military Control Commission's Shanghai District 1, including the captain Chen Mo. During the arrest, they encountered resistance, and many people were injured or killed. This news shocked Shanghai.

Cheng Mo suddenly became the most dazzling star in the concession, but he was not the kind that everyone praised. Instead, he was half hated and half praised.

The Wang Puppet regime wanted to extradite Chen Mo and others to the Japanese gendarmerie for trial, but Cheng Mo refused. He could not hand these people over to the Japanese, let alone to No. 76.

These people are his future team, how can he give them to Japan and No. 76?
These people were sent to him by Dai Yunong in this way, firstly so that he could gain merit in front of the Japanese, and secondly to provide him with talents.

Just absorb and transform it.

Naturally, I became a member of his team.

With his achievements, the support of the Japanese and the British's willingness to create opportunities for him, Cheng Mo's promotion speed was like a rocket.

Soon, Cheng Mo was promoted from Chinese Inspector General of the Political Section and Head of the Chinese Group to Assistant Commissioner of Police.

As the assistant director, he was directly in charge of the political section and even became Pride's boss.

The British did not care about this. They worked in the concession for gilding their skills. Generally, they would leave after two years, or at most three years, and would be promoted and given a salary increase when they returned. However, based on the current situation in Europe and the UK, Pride, who could have left long ago, continued to serve the concession because staying in Shanghai seemed to be safer than returning to the UK, life here was more enjoyable, and he could make money.

In the blink of an eye, it was October. Chongqin secretly contacted Japan in Hong Kong and showed great intention of peace talks. However, Cheng Mo knew that it was the Military Control Commission that was behind this. The Kuomintang wanted to delay and wait for changes, and also take the opportunity to create friction.

In early December, Cheng Mo received inside information from the Mermaid that No. 12 wanted to take action against Wan Molin.

So Cheng Mo took advantage of the situation and kidnapped Wan Molin before No. 76 sent people to arrest him secretly.

The charge is simple.

That is, Lin Huaibu, who assassinated Zhang Xiaolin, was introduced to him by Wan Molin. The Concession Police Department suspected that he was involved in the murder of Zhang Xiaolin. Although he was not the mastermind, he was definitely an insider. They asked him to explain the situation, otherwise he would be brought to justice.

It has been several months since Zhang Xiaolin's case, and all the criminals who should be arrested have been arrested. Although Lin Huaibu was the executor of the murder, he was not the main culprit, and he confessed truthfully. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison on the charge of murder due to personal grudges and resentment.

The Japanese wanted to extradite him, but was directly rejected by the French police.

The mastermind Chen Mo and others, who belonged to the Military Control Commission, signed a letter of repentance after being arrested and became operatives of the Special Investigation Section of the International Settlement Police Department. They were not punished and were able to act freely.

This is such a great irony.

Anyway, kidnapping Wan Molin was the beginning of Cheng Mo's competition with No. 76.

Lin Shiqun went to Yingzuo to complain, saying that Cheng Mo's hands were too long. What right did he, the International Settlement, have to interfere in the affairs of the French Concession?
Cheng Mo didn't indulge him. Although the French Concession and the International Settlement had different jurisdictions, there was an agreement signed, so there was nothing wrong with what he did legally.

The war of words began.

Of course Cheng Mo would not give No. 76 the person he wanted. Compared with the backstage, Lin Shiqun had the Ume Agency, Yingzuo and Haruki Keitsugu, while Cheng Mo not only had the intelligence agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also the Intelligence Office of the Expeditionary Force Commander, whose direct person in charge was Colonel Takeda Takeo.

He even colluded with the Japanese military attaché office in Shanghai, and the Japanese Navy did not intercept the drugs imported from the United States.

These medicines are also needed by the Japanese Navy. If you block their import, they won't be able to use them. Anyway, it's beneficial to both sides, so just turn a blind eye.

Anyway, the war hasn't started yet. Even if it has, the war will still be fought and business will still be done.

(End of this chapter)