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Chapter 1337 Aftermath (1)

Harbin.

Angry rebukes were heard from the office of the Japanese adviser in the Fourth Military Region. The corridor outside the door was filled with traitors from the Special Agent Department. Section Chief Zhou and others stood there with their hands behind their backs, with different expressions on their faces.

"Damn it! Why didn't the Special Agents Department discover Su Qiwen's problem in time during the first screening?"

"Gao-san, you must give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will advise your emperor to thoroughly review the secret service department."

Listening to the Japanese consultant's threats, a traitor tilted his head and whispered to Section Chief Zhou: "Old Zhou, this is troublesome. I hope the section chief can help you plead for mercy, otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, the other traitors around him moved their feet and quietly moved away from Section Chief Zhou. After all, they were responsible for the first screening.

Section Chief Zhou looked helpless and sighed, "There must be a traitor among us."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" The traitor who spoke looked confused.

Section Chief Zhou replied: "The second screening used cross-reading, but the first one didn't. This is the proof."

The traitors nodded one after another. There is no coincidence in the intelligence business. The two screening results are so different. There is only one possibility: the cross-reading made the insider lose the opportunity to make moves.

At this time, a Japanese officer hurried over with a telegram in his hand, knocked on the door and entered the advisory office. Soon, angry roars were heard from inside the door again.

"What? The family of the defected pilot is missing. Maybe they have gone to Red Russia? Let the military police track them down immediately, immediately!"

Upon hearing this, all the agents present, including Section Chief Zhou, looked calm and had no emotion in their hearts.

Their opponent this time was no ordinary person. He acted carefully and his plan was one thing after another. It was normal that the gendarmerie could not catch anyone.

After a while, the Japanese advisor gave a cold order: "Gao Sang, the first group of pursuers has encountered some troubles. You take people to support them. The imperial army will provide you with the necessary assistance. Don't let me down again."

Gao Bin bowed and walked out of the office. He looked deeply at his subordinates and his gaze stayed on Section Chief Zhou for a few seconds without any expression on his face.

"Chief, I have something to say."

Section Chief Zhou stepped forward, reported again in a deep voice what he had just said, and took the initiative to request an investigation.

Gao Bin looked at him and suddenly laughed: "Old Zhou, tell me yourself, should I believe you?"

These words made the traitors feel cold all over. Everyone in the secret service department knew that if Deputy Section Chief Gao smiled, someone was going to die. Everyone looked at Section Chief Zhou with sympathy in their eyes.

As the person involved, Section Chief Zhou remained calm: "Trust needs to be tested, Chief, I am confident that I can pass the review."

Gao Bin's smile came to an abrupt end. Trust needs to be tested, or in other words, suspicion requires evidence. The other party has really tricked him.

However, Section Chief Zhou should not be a suspect. Those who are qualified to serve as Section Chief of the Special Agent Department have all undergone the most rigorous screening and have reliable backgrounds.

Furthermore, if there is a problem with the other party, they will not take the initiative to say that there is a mole among the first round of screening personnel. There is no need to bring trouble upon oneself in order to divert attention, which can easily backfire.

Gao Bin thought quickly and looked at the trembling crowd, and decided to trust Section Chief Zhou once, otherwise the morale of the secret service department would be dispersed.

He stopped talking, turned and walked towards the stairs. The traitors breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed him.

An hour later, Harbin's military police and Japanese troops came out in full force and joined the pursuit along the ruts and traces, but encountered trouble along the way.

The attackers who attacked the airport not only scattered a large number of triangular spikes, but also buried booby traps and landmines on the road, which caused heavy losses to the first pursuit team, and the subsequent support convoy was also bombed several times.

Gao Bin was sitting in the car, with vehicle wreckage, corpses and wailing wounded flashing outside the window from time to time, and the conversation inside the car gradually stopped.

"Chief, we can't go any further. Let's arrange for the engineering corps to clear the mines first." Someone suggested.

This way of pursuit is equivalent to using human lives to clear mines. No one knows how many explosive devices the murderer has placed. If this continues, their losses will be even greater.

Gao Bin remained unmoved and ordered his confidants to notify a part of the Independent Brigade of the Fourth Military Region to speed up the march. He didn't care how many people died, he just wanted to catch the murderer.

As the sound of explosions continued, the pursuit team arrived at the mountainous area in the southern suburbs. Looking at the several burned vehicles and the familiar scenes before him, Gao Bin seemed to have returned to a few years ago.

It was here that the Military Intelligence Bureau agents blew up the Beiyin River base a few years ago. Gao Bin shook his head to dispel the inappropriate emotions from his mind and ordered a search of the mountain.

In fact, everyone knew that with the tactical qualities shown by the murderer, entering the mountains would be like a dragon entering the sea. It would be difficult to catch him, but as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they could not give up. The Japanese would not listen to their explanations. The traitors walked into the snow, carefully stepped on the murderer's footprints, and followed the trail into the depths of the mountains and forests.

On a small hill more than ten kilometers away, Gui Youguang, Wu Jingzhong and Jin Dabanzi stopped. At this point, it was time for the two sides to go their separate ways.

"Boss, thanks to the help of our brothers, we were able to complete the task this time. I won't say anything else. Please accept this little gift." Gui Youguang said, pointing to a pile of property.

When attacking the airport, the operatives collected some valuables. The Military Intelligence Bureau agents were about to return to the mountain city and had no need for these things, but the gangs did.

The head shopkeeper clasped his hands together and replied in a bandit-like tone, "Well, we are all brothers, so I won't be polite. When you come to the Northeast next time, just mention my name and it will work!"

Wu Jingzhong also exchanged greetings with Ruilin who caught up with him later. Facing the Kuomintang spies who were smiling on the outside but not on the inside, Ruilin was always on guard and concealed a lot of information.

For example, Ruilin did not mention where the gang would go or where they would settle in the future, only saying that they would go to Lesser Khingan Mountains.

The two sides bowed to each other and said goodbye again. The Military Control Commission, airport staff and gang members separated, the latter heading north and the former moving east.

After walking for a distance, the Military Control Commission team split into two teams. One team, composed of a small number of personnel, continued to move eastward to lead away the pursuers, while the main force turned around and headed southwest, eliminating all footprints.

Like Ruilin, Gui Youguang also had a trick up his sleeve, so that even if his gang members were captured by the Japanese and puppet forces, the safety of the Military Control Commission's operatives would not be endangered.

In the afternoon, the Japanese and puppet military and police tracked the murderers to a small hill. The investigators from the Special Agent Department were very professional and quickly found out that the murderers were divided into two groups. They even analyzed the traces and concluded that the group heading north was a gang, while the group heading east had a military background.

Gao Bin did not hesitate and immediately sent a small force to pursue the gang, while the rest of the people focused on tracking down the murderer with a military background. These talents were their target.

He judged that the other party wanted to cross the border to Red Russia, so he used the radio he carried with him to notify the border guards to step up their vigilance.

After determining the murderer's escape route, the Japanese and puppet pursuit team chased him eastward for several miles until a landmine hidden under the snow exploded.

This landmine not only killed two traitors, but also destroyed the surrounding surface environment, and all traces of the Military Control Commission's troop division were completely eliminated.

In the Special Agents team, Section Chief Zhou frowned silently. Although there was no evidence, he had a feeling that the murderer would not be caught so easily.

The fact turned out to be just as he expected. Two days later, the pursuit team lost the trace of the murderer. Gao Bin was furious and ordered them to return to the original route and search again.
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On the other hand, half an hour after Wanggang Airport was attacked, the news of the loss of the new aircraft reached Tokyo. Tianhuang, Tokyo Headquarters and the Navy attached great importance to this matter, especially the Japanese Navy.

Currently, the naval forces of Japan and the United States are in a standoff, and a war that will determine the ownership of the Pacific Ocean is about to break out. At this time, the navy's secret weapon has disappeared. How can the naval leaders not be anxious?

Investigators learned from questioning witnesses around the airport that after the incident, a plane flew southwest, toward the Kuomintang-controlled area.

Now the Japanese were even more anxious. If the new aircraft fell into the hands of the National Government, it would be no different from if it fell into the hands of the Americans. The combat plan of the Combined Fleet would inevitably be affected.

After reaching this conclusion, the Kwantung Army and the Navy's air force took off at the risk of crashing. Hundreds of planes patrolled back and forth along the line of Harbin, Xinjing, Fengtian, Huanghai, Jishi, and Zhengshi. This was the shortest air route from Harbin to the Kuomintang-controlled area.

The Japanese pilots on the mission were ordered to shoot down the missing new aircraft immediately without asking for permission if they spotted it.

Unfortunately, until sunrise, the Japanese Air Force did not find any new aircraft. Instead, the expeditionary force in the Greater Khingan Range area reported that someone had set fire to the mountains and forests last night.

The staff of the Navy Department suddenly woke up as if from a dream. They realized that the new planes flying to the southwest were just a feint, and the enemy's real destination was Montenegro.

Some people have concluded that the perpetrators of the sneak attack on Wanggang Airport were not Kuomintang agents, but Red Russian intelligence personnel.

After finding the "real culprit", the Japanese protested to Moscow through various channels, while withdrawing their air power and using ground forces to put pressure on Montenegro and Red Russia.

Because according to the flight range, the new aircraft had probably already entered a secret hangar in Monte, so there was no need to waste precious aviation fuel.

Just when the Red Russians were confused, six planes appeared in the sky over Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. On one of the planes, Colonel Gao stuck his head out to observe the ground, looking for a temporary airport.

Five minutes later, Colonel Gao caught a glimpse of several flashes in the distance. He pressed the joystick and the plane lowered its altitude and flew towards the direction of the flashes. The other five planes followed closely behind.

On the ground, Zuo Zhong and Mr. Du were holding telescopes. A few small black dots in the lenses were getting closer and closer, and both of them smiled.

"finally reached."

"Yeah, it's finally here."

Zuo Zhong and Mr. Du said one after another that the most dangerous stage of flight is landing. As long as the plane lands safely, the plan will be half successful.

But what you fear will come true. Six planes landed at the end of the runway one after another. Before everyone could cheer, the nose of the last plane tilted and crashed straight into a big tree beside the runway.