My spy diary

Chapter 232 Kidnapping (asking for monthly ticket)

As night falls, under the lanterns, the French Concession in Hankou seems to be shrouded in a mysterious veil. The ancient buildings outline graceful contours under the soft light, like a quiet historical picture scroll.

The shadows of the plane trees on both sides of the street swayed, rustling in the breeze, and the faint glow of the street lamps added a bit of hazy beauty to this quiet night.

Okada Yoshi was coming out of the Paris Hotel accompanied by Takayama Shuichi and his bodyguards. He breathed in the fresh air greedily and said with high spirits: "It's beautiful. Everything here will soon belong to the Great Japanese Empire."

Gao Shanxiuyi's eyes also flashed with greed. He took over the words of Okada Yoshimasa and said, "Thank you, senior. It is my great honor to conquer this place with you."

Hearing Gao Shan's compliment, Okada Yoshimasa showed a hint of pride on his face. He stared at him for a moment and asked, "Did you call him?"

"Yes, I called from the hotel room phone. Even if someone suspected something, there would be no way to check."

Okada Yoshimasa nodded in appreciation and said, "Well done. People in our line of work must always be vigilant, because if we relax even a little, we will fall into an abyss."

"The bait has been cast out, and it depends on whether the big fish will take the bait."

Okada Yoshimasa clenched his fists lightly, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he waved his hand and said, "Takayama-kun, let's go, take your people with you, and make tonight's fireworks more brilliant."

"Senior, you've been drinking, shall I take you home first?"

"It's just a casual act. I'm not drunk." Okada waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. You won't be able to leave the French Concession any later. I'm waiting for the good news of your triumphant return. I have a bottle of Kobe Kiku Masamune in my collection. Tonight is just the right time to celebrate for you."

"Ha Yi." Gao Shan stopped admonishing, bowed slightly, gave a few instructions to the two bodyguards, then turned and left.

"The venomous snake has appeared."

Viper is the code name given to Okada Yoshimasa in this operation.

Tonight's action is to catch snakes.

On the road not far from the Paris Hotel, Zhang Yi was watching Okada and his men's every move in his car. Seeing Gao Shan stop a rickshaw and quickly disappear, Zhang Yi said to Zheng Huhe beside him, "Old Zheng, Gao Shan is in your hands. From the intelligence reported by Wang Fagang, they will definitely take action tonight. No matter what he does, we must contact our people to catch them all in one fell swoop."

"I'll let Yang Wenxuan and Liu Kui's action team follow your command. Except for Gao Shan, the lives of others won't matter."

"Yes." Zheng Huhe nodded solemnly and got out of the car and left immediately.

Zhang Yi also got out of the car, walked to a car lying not far away, knocked on the car window, and said, "Girls, it's your turn to come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, two women in cheongsam got out of the car.

The so-called girl was naturally a female agent borrowed from the Intelligence Department.

Wu Kuiyuan is in his early twenties, with a pretty face, tall and slender figure, straight nose, and rosy lips. His slightly upturned lips give people a feeling of confidence and coolness.

Wu Yilian, who is a little older, is a beauty with the temperament of a Jiangnan woman. She has a dignified and beautiful appearance and fair skin. She has a petite figure, but an elegant temperament.

"Chief Zhang, don't worry." Wu Yilian threw a wink and smiled seductively.

Wu Kuiyuan didn't say anything, but just nodded coldly, and the two of them walked towards the direction where Okada was.

Zhang Yi nodded indifferently. Although these two people looked weak, they were well-trained agents. They had assisted in kidnapping missions countless times, so he had great confidence in them. All he needed to do was to arrange people to get rid of the two bodyguards around Okada.

Okada was about to get into the car when he saw two charming beauties swaying their moving figures towards him and couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

A hint of coldness appeared on the corners of his mouth. When the empire occupied this place, the land, cities, treasures, beauties, all the good things would be theirs. He was just fighting for it now. By then, wouldn't be able to recruit beauties like this?
Suppressing the greed in his heart, Okada walked towards the car door, but at this moment he saw a beautiful woman walking towards him.

Okada paused slightly. Although he was confused and wary, he believed in his skills, so he waved away the bodyguards who came forward to intercept him and a charming smile appeared on his face.

But before he could say anything, Wu Kuiyuan had already rushed over. She grabbed Okada's sleeve, pointed at the hotel and asked, "Boss, what are you doing in the hotel? Are you going to get a room with that vixen again?"

Okada raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully: "Miss, did you recognize the wrong person?"

"You recognized the wrong person? You have no conscience. You were clearly out having fun with a vixen and I caught you red-handed. Now you pretend not to know me. Woohoo, I won't live any longer."

Okada didn't expect that the beautiful woman who was so charming just now suddenly turned into a shrew, grabbing him and crying and making a fuss. He wanted to break free, but his arm was held tightly, and he couldn't attack a woman in public, so he looked to the bodyguard for help.

The two bodyguards looked at each other in bewilderment. After receiving Gang Tian's signal, they were about to step forward when Wu Yilian, who was standing by, suddenly opened her mouth and cursed, "Everyone, come and see. Chen Shimei loves the new and hates the old. He abandons his wife and children. What a man..."

Wu Yilian's shout immediately attracted the attention of the people inside and outside the hotel, and they all came forward to watch.

In those days, men had three wives and four concubines, and relationships between men and women were chaotic. The Secret Service used this as a cover for training in kidnapping, which was most effective against people who were well-dressed and lavish, because it would not arouse suspicion.

Seeing that they had attracted the attention of a large number of passers-by, Wu Yilian had already stepped forward to help Wu Kuiyuan hold Gang Tian, ​​persuading him to go home. Their goal had been achieved. Zhang Yi waved his hand, and a dozen plainclothes officers from the Secret Service who had been mixed in the crowd immediately squeezed in and separated Gang Tian's bodyguards without any explanation.

When the two men saw so many strong men surrounding them at once, they immediately realized that something was wrong, but before they could resist, they were knocked unconscious by lightning and thrown out of the crowd.

After dealing with the bodyguard, Zhang Yi stepped out from the crowd and looked at Okada and the others and said, "Cousin, why are you guys arguing again? It's too indecent to be in the street like this, isn't it? If you have anything to say, let's go back and discuss it slowly."

As he said this, he winked at Monkey and Qian Xiaosan, and without saying a word, stepped forward to help push Okada into the car.

Okada had already realized that something was wrong at this moment, especially after seeing the bodyguards disappear from the crowd. This was obviously a conspiracy against him. A trace of panic appeared on his face and he struggled hard.

Unexpectedly, Wu Yilian turned her back to the crowd, shook her sleeves, and a syringe appeared in her hand. She pretended to struggle with him and stabbed him without hesitation.

Soon Okada felt dizzy and his vision blurred, and then he was dragged into the car by Zhang Yi and others.

Then Zhang Yi and others quickly got into the car and drove away.

The onlookers had no idea that this was a kidnapping case. When they saw the victim left, they dispersed. At most, they had more topic of conversation in their daily lives.

The car drove out of Paris Street and sped all the way, soon arriving at the checkpoint.

Under the street lights, uniformed French soldiers and patrolmen from the Concession Police Station were checking passers-by, vehicles and goods.

Pedestrians need to queue up and pass through the checkpoint in turn, show their identification and relevant documents, and report their destination and reason for entry and exit. Once any suspicion is found, further inquiries and inspections will be carried out immediately.

Not only do the vehicles have to have their documents verified, but the cargo on board must also be checked. If any prohibited items are found, they will be detained immediately.

Faced with the armed guards who were eyeing them eagerly, Wu Yilian and Wu Kuiyuan felt a little nervous and uneasy, and they all looked at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi smiled calmly, and the moment the car stopped, he waved to a fat man who was sitting and drinking tea.

The man stood up tremblingly and walked over in confusion. Zhang Yi said, "Inspector Chi sends his regards."

The fat man smiled, showing his yellow teeth, then glanced into the car.

Seeing Zhang Yi frowning, he pointed at the French soldier who was looking over and said, "Brother, it's my duty. I'm just pretending. Don't mind it. Since he is someone that Inspector Chi has taken care of, I can talk to him."

As he said this, he waved his hand, and two patrolmen with pistols on their waists came up and said, "ID, open the car windows and trunk, we want to see if there is any contraband."

Zhang Yi looked at the fat man deeply, opened the car window curtain, and asked Monkey to get out of the car and open the trunk.

The two patrolmen simply glanced at the few people and then walked towards the trunk.

When the fat man saw the beauties of Wu Yilian and Wu Kuiyuan, a trace of undisguised greed appeared in his eyes, and then his gaze fell on the sleeping Okada.

"This is?"

The Secret Service had long established a system for escorting prisoners. Except for a few who were transported by car, most prisoners were transported by train.

During the escort process, handcuffs and shackles are rarely used. Usually simple makeup is used to cover up the prisoner's original appearance, making it unrecognizable at first glance.

So at this moment Okada had already changed his appearance. Even if the fat man and the other man had known each other before, Zhang Yi didn't believe that he could still recognize him now.

"A relative of mine got drunk." Zhang Yi said lightly.

"Oh." The fat man nodded. Seeing the two patrolmen checking the trunk nodded, indicating that everything was normal, he asked Zhang Yi and others to show their ID cards.

Naturally, there were no flaws in the documents of the few people, until Okada.

Zhang Yi naturally couldn't take out Okada's ID, so he said, "Maybe he lost it when he was drinking. Please make some concessions."

As he spoke, his sleeves flashed and a small yellow croaker appeared in his hand.

The fat man turned a blind eye, licked his yellow teeth, smiled playfully, and raised his entire palm.

His meaning was very clear: without five small yellow croakers, there was no chance of passing.

Zhang Yi's face showed no emotion, but he was sneering in his heart. He thought that he had given prior notice and would have a smooth journey home, but he never expected that a man with such a guts who only cared about money and not his life would suddenly appear. He thought that he would not dare to do anything to the French as their master.
"Wait a moment!" Zhang Yi pretended to take out money, winked at the people in the car, and the moment he put his hand on the gun, he shouted:
"Do it."

As he spoke, he pulled the trigger at the fat man outside the car window.

The fat man was caught off guard and was shot down by Zhang Yi.

As Zhang Yi opened fire, there was a burst of gunfire. Monkey stepped on the accelerator frantically and the car rushed towards the checkpoint.

They were all well-trained agents. They kept themselves in the dark while the enemy was exposed to the light. Naturally, their bullets hit their targets accurately. Several Indians who surrounded them fell to the ground immediately.

The car rumbled through the checkpoint fence, dropped several grenades, and went straight into the Kuomintang-controlled area.

"Yun Yi, well done."

Just as Okada was escorted to the interrogation room, Dai Chunfeng, wearing a major general's woolen coat, walked in with a red face.

Following behind him was Mao Qiwu, who had a warm smile on his face, and Yang Rong, the head of the Intelligence Department, who had a complicated expression on his face.

"He is the head of the Matsu Agency, Yoshimasa Okada?" Boss Dai looked at Okada, who was still unconscious in the interrogation room, through the coated glass wall with a smug look on his face.

"Yes, Director, it is this person."

Boss Dai stared at Okada with sharp eyes, then looked at Zhang Yi and said teasingly: "You did a good job of keeping it secret. If it weren't for Chief Yang's report, I wouldn't have known that Okada was arrested."

Zhang Yi glanced at Yang Rong, realizing that he must have gotten the information from Wu Yilian and Wu Kuiyuan. He looked at him deeply and said, "We were able to capture Okada this time thanks to the help of Section Chief Yang's men."

"Deputy Section Chief Zhang, you're welcome. You're all colleagues, so we should work together. Haha, if you need any help in the future, just let me know."

Yang Rong laughed, then looked at Boss Dai and asked, "Director, the Song Agency should have a lot of spies in Wuhan. Now that Okada has been arrested, they are leaderless. It's a good time to catch them all. The Intelligence Department hopes to participate."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Yi:

"Your Excellency, last time there was a leak, I was not careful at all to prevent the news from leaking out. There is also an action team that is trying to capture Okada's assistant Takayama Shuichi and his accomplices. I wanted to wait until they succeeded before reporting to you."

"There's another group?" Dai Chunfeng glanced at Yang Rong and asked Zhang Yi, "No news yet?"

"It should be soon."

As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, they heard a noisy sound of footsteps outside. When they turned around, they saw Yang Wenxuan, Liu Kui and others escorting three blood-stained but still ferocious men in.

The leader, with a bruised nose and eyes and a bullet in the leg, was Shuichi Takayama.

Several people escorted the prisoners in and saw Boss Dai was also present. They quickly stood up and saluted.

"Reporting to the Director, we were ordered by Section Chief Zhang to arrest the Japanese spy Takayama Shuichi and his gang. A total of 8 spies were found, 10 were killed in the exchange of fire, 20 were arrested, and pistols, grenades, detonators, explosives, etc. were seized."

"Are you injured?"

"Two of our men were injured and two were killed in action"

"What a pity! They are all heroes of the Party and the country." Dai Chunfeng sighed, "The pension will be doubled. If there are widows or family members, they will be given living expenses or subsidies every year or every month, and their children's schooling will also be borne by the department."

This is the rule that Dai Chunfeng set for the Secret Service. Although it is to win people's hearts, he said it and did it, which would naturally make his subordinates feel that the boss cares about and loves them, and it is worth it even if it means risking their lives.

But after Boss Dai died, Zheng, Mao and Tang did not have Boss Dai's ability to "make money". They only paid a pension to the families of the dead spies and were no longer responsible for their lives. Their combat effectiveness and loyalty were also greatly reduced.

After dealing with the casualties, Boss Dai pointed at Okada and asked Zhang Yi, "Tell me how you plan to conduct the trial?"

Zhang Yi saw Mao Qiwu winking at him and understood what he meant, so he said:

"I haven't come up with a good solution yet. For such an important prisoner, it's better for the director to interrogate him personally."

Boss Dai smiled when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)