Bright Sword: Technology is the primary productive force in war

Chapter 221 Street Kid

A few days later, Wang Shuxin and Wang Hu came to visit. The two agreed to discuss the next plan together today.

"Commander Chen, time is tight, so let's not exchange pleasantries. Let me first introduce the situation on my side."

Wang Shuxin came up and got straight to the point.

"These are the photos of the three suspects we have identified so far. Please take a look.

We analyzed it and found that only the three of them had the time to commit the crime.

The first person is Wang Lei, an old comrade of our party. He joined the organization during the Shanghai Strike and is also the backbone of our Shanghai side.

The second person is Mu Yun, a female comrade who is also very careful in her work. She is responsible for liaison work with workers' organizations and has been a member of the organization for three years.

The third person is called Song Fei. He has just joined the organization for a year. He comes from a working class family and is relatively reliable. He was introduced to the organization by Wang Hu. He is flexible in his work and the organization is planning to let him join the party in the near future.

These three comrades usually perform very well and have relatively clean backgrounds. We don’t have any way to identify them at the moment. After much thought, we still think your method is the best."

Chen Yan looked at the photo carefully, then asked Li San to put it away.

"This information is still too little. Please write down their occupations, addresses, and family background. I will do some preliminary investigation and then determine a detailed action plan."

Wang Shuxin looked at Chen Yan with gratitude, "Commander Chen, I'll leave this matter to you.

I will go back to the railway to make arrangements and try to resolve it as soon as possible."

After Wang Shuxin left, Chen Yan called a meeting with Li Yunlong and Li San.

"San'er, you have to work hard these two days and find a few brothers to conduct a follow-up investigation on these three people. Understand their work and rest patterns in detail to see if there are any loopholes."

“Okay, big brother.

"By the way, go to the railway again to take a look at the situation and try to find a brother to infiltrate."

Li San frowned and said, "Brother, shouldn't this matter be handled by Shanghai?

Don’t you trust them?”

Chen Yan thought about it again and again, and slowly said: "I still trust them.

However, I, Chen Yan, will never do anything that I am not sure of, and I feel more at ease when I have my own people in it."

"Lao Li, come with me to Charles Trading Company to settle the payment, then you can take people to transport this batch of equipment to Tang Caiying's warehouse in the countryside and quickly organize people to unload and dismantle it.

We have stayed in Shanghai for too long and this matter cannot be delayed any longer."

The three of them planned their next work plan and set off immediately.

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Two days later at six o'clock in the evening, in front of Shanghai Tongdemihao, a middle-aged man in his 40s was putting up the door panels, preparing to close the shop.

At the cigarette stand diagonally opposite, two men in sunglasses were glancing at the rice shop from time to time.

"Little brat, two boxes of Hardman."

Li San stuffed a crumpled paper bill into the box and looked around as if nothing had happened.

"Brother, the owner of the rice shop is Wang Lei, 42 years old, who usually lives in the rice shop. There is another clerk in the shop, and Wang Shuxin has confirmed that he is also one of their people.

I sent someone to monitor it for two days, but found nothing unusual. Since the incident in Shanghai, they urgently notified all lines to keep silent.

I haven’t noticed anything abnormal with Wang Lei yet.”

Chen Yan picked up a box of matches from the cigarette stand.

"1 French franc," the child stretched out his hand eagerly.

Upon hearing this, Li San laughed and said, "You little brat, you are quite evil. You charged me one French franc for a box of matches."

Li San said this, but still threw the money to the little boy.

"San'er, stop showing off here," Chen Yan extinguished the match in his hand, "go over and try your luck."

"Okay, big brother."

Li San put out his cigarette and was about to leave when Chen Yan's eyes accidentally caught sight of a car on the street and he quickly grabbed him.

"etc!".

Chen Yan fixed his gaze on the car again and muttered, "This position is not right."

"What's wrong, brother? Is there any problem?" Li San also noticed something strange about Chen Yan.

"There were three people in the car, and they seemed to be looking at the rice shop. The location they chose was very special. People in the store couldn't see them, but they could see everything going on in the store clearly, which made it very suitable for surveillance."

"Brother, are you too sensitive? This may just be a coincidence. What does it mean?"

Ever since he discovered the car, Chen Yan's nerves have been on edge. He always felt that things were not that simple.

"The car has been there all afternoon and hasn't moved. And even when the patrol police came, it seemed like they couldn't do anything about it."

Suddenly, a childish voice came from behind the two of them. After hearing it, Chen Yan was stunned for a moment.

The little boy smiled happily, "Is one French franc still expensive?"

Li San also looked nervous and ready to take action.

Chen Yan patted his shoulder and signaled him not to do anything.

Chen Yan took out five silver dollars and threw them in front of the little boy, "Do you dare to sell cigarettes to the people in the car?"

The little boy smiled slyly and ran towards the car with his cigarette in hand.

Looking at his back, Li San felt a little uneasy, "Brother, what's wrong with this kid?

He has such keen observation skills, could he have received any training?"

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and said, "It's hard to say, but people like them who are struggling at the bottom of society can indeed develop skills that ordinary people don't have. It's all for survival. Let's wait and see."

The two watched as the man in the car took two packs of cigarettes from the boy, and then the boy seemed to have an argument with them and reached into the car. As a result, two people got out of the car and beat the boy, and the boy couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran back.

Coming back to the two men, the boy with a bruised face and nose put his cigarette holder on the ground and skillfully wiped the blood from his nose with his ragged sleeve.

"After I finished the work, I sold them cigarettes, but they didn't pay me and beat me up."

Hearing this, Chen Yan couldn't help but be shocked. He found that the boy had already thought of the purpose of asking him to do this, and the boy's words were more like a work report.

This kid is only in his early teens, is he so mature mentally?

The boy's shoes were already tattered, and the soles were even broken off after being beaten. He put his shoes inside his shirt and prepared to leave barefoot.

"I've made enough money today, I'm leaving."

The boy left this sentence and was about to leave, but Chen Yan gave him a look and Li San picked him up.

At this moment, the boy's eyes revealed a trace of fear and uneasiness, but he still said stubbornly:

"Hey, what are you doing? Let me go, or I'll report you to the police station. Don't think I'm easy to mess with. I have a close relationship with the patrolman on this street, Lao Fang."

"Puchi~", Li San looked at the boy's funny appearance and laughed.

"Little boy, I advise you to be honest, or I'll throw you into the Huangpu River to feed the fish."