The Spy

Chapter 431: Xiaohuangshan Crisis

Wang Wu was sitting in Zheng Yujie's former office.

The Yuanda Casino now belongs completely to him. There is no complicated handover process, and the person sent by Zhang Wanlin only made a verbal announcement.

No documents are needed. The most important thing is Zhang Wanlin’s recognition.

In the early years, there were more people who made their living in Shanghai with their own hands. As long as you could grab or fight for it, these things were yours, except for those owned by foreigners.

Foreigners are the boss and their things cannot be touched.

So some people would seek cooperation with foreigners, but now is not the same as in the past, especially after the war with Japan, foreigners are wary of the Japanese.

As long as you don't target foreigners, or negotiate with them, you can still get what you want.

There are no foreign investors in the Yuanda Casino, and Zheng Yujie has been executed, so no one will openly oppose Wang Wu.

To do that is simply seeking death.

Everyone understood that even though Wang Wu came late, he was no pushover. After all, he had been on the battlefield and was decisive in killing. Otherwise, how could he have succeeded Zheng Yujie and become the owner of Yuanda Casino?
During this period, Wang Wu had gained enough prestige to take over everything safely.

This is also the reason why Zhang Wanlin chose him.

What Zhang Wanlin wants is money. It is enough for Wang Wu to be his in name. He does not support Wang Wu, so there is no need for him to care so much.

There are many people like Wang Wu who rely on him and work for him.

After Wang Wu took over, he quickly cleared out some of the old people left behind by Zheng Yujie. Except for the secretary, Wang Wu did not keep anyone else who had a relationship with Zheng Yujie.

There are not many people, most of them are relatives or fellow villagers.

The secretary is still useful, so Wang Wu won't touch him for the time being.

After Zheng Yujie left, the person most familiar with the casino business was his secretary.

Wang Wu had just taken office. He had previously worked in security and other jobs and was not familiar with casino business operations.

He needs a secretary to work for him for a while longer.

However, this man Wang Wu will not stay for long. The secretary is a rebellious person. If he dares to betray Zheng Yujie today, he may join forces with outsiders to target him, Wang Wu, tomorrow.

Wang Wu will not keep any trouble around him.

Wang Wu will leave the second seat in the casino to Liu Ming.

Liu Ming's disguised identity is an accountant, which makes him unsuitable to be the captain of the security team, and the people in the security team will not obey him.

But the entire financial aspect can be handed over to him, and he can also be given the position of deputy manager.

Everyone knows that they entered the casino together. Now that Wang Wu is successful, no one can object to his promoting Liu Ming.

From now on, Liu Ming will be in charge of the money and he will be in charge of the force. They work together perfectly and no one else in the casino can make any waves.

No matter where you are, whoever has guns and money is the boss, and the people below will just obey you.

If someone wants to target him and bribe Liu Ming, he doesn't have to worry at all. They are not gangsters at all. They are people who come with a mission.

Anyone who thinks that Liu Ming is a weakness that can be targeted will definitely regret it.

Now, although Wang Wu is impregnable in the casino, at least his control is no weaker than Zheng Yujie.

Now Wang Wu is considering the position of security captain.

He didn't have a suitable candidate, but he wouldn't just randomly pick a subordinate to take the position. He would take on the position himself first.

Several team leaders still took orders directly from Wang Wu.

His subordinates would definitely complain about this arrangement, but Wang Wu didn't care.

His purpose of sneaking into the casino was to get close to Zhang Wanlin. Now that his goal has been achieved, it is impossible for him to keep his eyes on a small casino.

Wang Wu will not stop here. His goal has always been to go undercover next to Zhang Wanlin and use Zhang Wanlin to expand his influence and obtain more important intelligence.

After quickly cleaning up the casino, Wang Wu and Liu Ming contacted Tang Hetong.

Tang Hetong conveyed the message to Wang Wu before the action, asking him to contact him at any time after the success.

Wang Wu proved his ability when he successfully became the security captain, and the higher-ups have been keeping an eye on him.

Xu Qingyun arranged so many groups of undercover agents, but only Wang Wu made the fastest progress and had already come into contact with the target of the undercover mission.

Most of the others are still working at the grassroots level.

Wang Wu told Tang Hetong the details of his meeting with Zhang Wanlin and his rectification of the casino.

Tang Hetong nodded slightly. He did not bring any new mission plan this time. He just asked Wang Wu not to act rashly for the time being.

Zhang Wanlin is a very smart person, and Zheng Yujie can't compare with him.

Even though Wang Wu is now a big boss, Zhang Wanlin cannot let him find out that he has any connection with the Military Control Commission. Otherwise, given Zhang Wanlin's temperament, he will definitely take action against Wang Wu.

Zhang Wanlin would not allow any spies to be around him.

Besides, at this point, he needed more luck. A good opportunity was more useful than anything Wang Wu could do.

Tang Hetong patted Wang Wu on the shoulder and assured him that the district and the intelligence department would find time to create opportunities for him. For now, he should just settle down first.

"District Chief."

Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office to report on Wang Wu's progress.

Wang Wu is good. He is not the most eye-catching person in the training class, but among the undercover personnel, he is the one who has made the fastest progress.

There were seventy people lurking at the beginning, and three of them have left now.

One of them was purely an accident. He was accidentally killed in a gunfight. Xu Qingyun had no way to deal with this situation. This team member didn't even have any connection with those two groups.

When an accident happens, all he can do is give more compensation so that their family won't have too much hardship in life.

The other two had their own problems.

They accidentally exposed their guns while hiding, so for safety reasons, Xu Qingyun evacuated them.

At that time, their team leader suggested killing the person to silence him, but was rejected by Xu Qingyun.

More than one person saw their guns, including their neighbors, a family, and several other people.

His neighbors are just ordinary people. Even if they might secretly complain, that would be a matter for the future. At least nothing has been done for now.

Xu Qingyun is not Boss Dai. He is not so cruel as to kill an entire family just because of safety risks.

But these two people violated discipline and must not be used any longer. They must be evacuated first and left outside the city to be used as operatives.

Strictly speaking, the fault this time is not entirely theirs.

They were at home at the time, doing routine maintenance on their guns. They were lurking behind enemy lines and their work was somewhat dangerous, so they carried guns with them.

However, the gun is usually kept in a secret compartment and is only taken out for maintenance.

As a result, there was a fire in the neighbor's house. The fire was not big, but it was very chaotic outside. They had many wooden houses and everyone was afraid that the fire would spread to their own home.

One of the two men went out to help put out the fire, while the other tried to put the gun away.

As a result, the neighbor ran in. They lived in the same yard as this neighbor, and they shared the same gate. The neighbor rushed in and saw the gun in his hand.

Without orders from superiors, the team member did not dare to kill to silence the witness, especially since the neighbor had a child with him.

It was only because the neighbor remembered that he had that kind of big bucket at home, and the situation was critical, so he ran over to borrow the bucket so that he could silence the witness, and also because the team member who had just gone out failed to lock the door.

Just be seen like this.

The two were not responsible, but they had some responsibility. Xu Qingyun did not drive them out of Shanghai completely, but only arranged for them to work outside the city first.
Before leaving, they threatened a neighbor's family.

Warn them not to talk nonsense to outsiders, otherwise their entire family will be killed.

This is not simple intimidation.

If they really went to inform on others, it would be equivalent to treason, and the Shanghai District could impose sanctions on traitors at any time, not to mention traitors who threatened them.

Xu Qingyun didn't want this to happen, because those who reported him were either gangsters or spies.

Criminals are under the jurisdiction of the police, but they also need to be reported.

Eventually the Special High Police or the Detective Department will know about this.

If they knew, it would be equivalent to Xu Qingyun knowing.

They will definitely be punished when the time comes.

Just because the Special Higher Police don't care about them now doesn't mean they will never care about them. In Tsuchihara's mind, his threat is always at a high level. If there is a chance to find him, Tsuchihara will never let him go.

If the Special Higher Police really finds out, even if they can't catch the person, they can still conduct an investigation using covert methods.

Xu Qingyun must make changes.

To deal with such security risks, they can only use thundering measures to severely punish traitors to prevent others from reporting for the sake of small benefits in the future.

Simply put, it is forcing them to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

……

Wuhan Station.

He Rongtang put down the intelligence in his hand. He did not feel bad about being in Wuhan. Even if his people could not infiltrate the Japanese, he could still bribe the Japanese and puppet troops with money.

Especially the puppet army, they are very easy to bribe.

He Rongtang was a cautious person. No matter who he was dealing with, he would try not to show up and he also arranged security guards. Apart from the last incident with the traitor, no other incidents had occurred at Wuhan Station.

This time, he bought the information with money.

Wuhan Garrison Command, the new commander has arrived.

I heard that he was originally the chief of staff of another security command with the rank of colonel, and was recently promoted to general for his meritorious service.

This time he was sent to take over Wuhan.

He was lucky. As soon as he was promoted, a real job vacancy appeared, which was equivalent to a step forward.

However, there was also a difficult problem before him, that was Xiaohuangshan Mountain.

Or the Loyal and Patriotic Army, the Wuhan Independent Regiment.

The Japanese suffered a lot of losses at the hands of Xiaohuangshan. As the new military commander, he had to start one of the three things he had to do upon taking office.

That is Xiaohuangshan.

Only by taking down Xiaohuangshan can he establish his prestige and fully control the Wuhan Garrison Command.

The battle at Xiaohuangshan is inevitable.

This is a test for Xiaohuangshan.

"Six planes. The Japanese are really generous when they take office. When the time comes, send a telegram to Xiao Huangshan and tell Jiang Zheng about this."

He Rongtang instructed his subordinates that there was no electricity in Xiaohuangshan and the power needed to be turned on at fixed times to avoid wasting electricity.

The radio's battery cannot be used for a long time.

The new commander of the Wuhan Garrison Command is named An Jing, who once served as a wing commander.

He came from the front-line troops and is very experienced in fighting.

He knew that he could not rely solely on the army to capture Xiaohuangshan. He had no conflicts with the Wuhan Aviation Corps, so he asked the Aviation Corps for help after arriving.

This time the aviation group promised them to provide six aircraft assistance.

At present, He Rongtang has not obtained detailed information about the aircraft, but no matter whether they are bombers or fighter jets, the six aircraft are a big threat to Xiaohuangshan.

After all, Xiaohuangshan is not a big place.

In addition, Yasui dispatched a full regiment of soldiers.

To deal with a regiment, An Jing used a regiment. This was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. It also proved that he wanted to completely defeat Xiaohuangshan once and for all.

The existence of Xiaohuangshan has indeed brought them many adverse effects.

Xiao Huangshan confirmed to others that the Japanese were not as scary as they thought. It turned out that they were just bandits and could defeat the Japanese just the same.

In recent times, there has indeed been a lot more resistance around Wuhan.

Some bandits also followed suit and attacked their artillery towers and checkpoints.

There were even people keeping an eye on their transport team.

Although these people did not have as strong fighting power as Xiao Huangshan, they still caused a lot of trouble to the empire.

When he first took office, Yasui was given a death order from his superiors.

The problem of Xiaohuangshan must be solved within one month at most.

Since there was a deadline, An Jing would not be polite and directly arranged a wing of nearly 4,000 people, with the assistance of an aviation regiment, and he was determined to completely flatten Xiaohuangshan.

As for the puppet troops, Yasui had no intention of using them again.

The previous battles proved that the puppet troops had very weak combat effectiveness and could provide limited help, and would instead become an obstacle for them.

These people can harass Xiaohuangshan and attract Xiaohuangshan's firepower.

But if they are in chaos, it will be troublesome for the Japanese.

There are enough brave imperial warriors, and there is no need for these bad guys. This time he wants to kill everyone in Xiaohuangshan, leaving no one alive.

Eliminating Xiaohuangshan would also deter other guerrillas and bandits around Wuhan.

His work will be easier then.

The Japanese came with greater force this time, with more people than last time, and they had six planes providing air support.

He Rongtang rubbed his eyebrows in annoyance. The gap in hard power between the two sides was too big.

The last victory was achieved by relying on the terrain advantage and the puppet army's fear of death.

But now the terrain advantage will be destroyed by aircraft.

The Japanese army's morale will also be boosted as they have aircraft to cover their attack.

He Rongtang couldn't think of a way for Xiaohuangshan to win.

He made a big bet in Xiaohuangshan. Not only did he send out ten elites, he also asked Xu Qingyun to borrow people in order to gain command of this independent regiment in the future.

If Xiaohuangshan was really wiped out by the Japanese this time, not only would he not gain any benefit, but Boss Dai would also not give him a good face.

But He Rongtang was helpless. He could do nothing at this moment.

With the intelligence about the Japanese army, the only thing he could do was to send a message to Jiang Zheng immediately.

On Xiaohuangshan Mountain, Jiang Zheng turned on his phone at normal time and soon received a telegram from Wuhan Station.

One wing, six planes?

Jiang Zheng did not dare to delay and went to see Niu Yuanxiang immediately. The Japanese had not attacked yet, but since the Wuhan Station had received the news, their attack would definitely be in the next few days.

It is possible that the Japanese will arrive within three days, as Xiaohuangshan is not far from Wuhan.

"so many people?"

Niu Yuanxiang was also stunned after reading the intelligence. He did not expect that the new Wuhan garrison commander thought so highly of them.

They have only more than a thousand people now, not even a full regiment, and we are using a regiment to fight them?
Normally, they would send out a brigade, which was considered a large number of people.

(End of this chapter)