hotmtlnovel Chapter 24 Training Base
Chapter 24 Training Base
Yan Shuo assigned the Yellow Dog Team to deal with Sugiyama Koichi and Otsuka Yutaro, and to track and record the people Otsuka Yutaro contacted for later processing.
They secretly dealt with Kosuke Torii, Shuichi Saeki, Kazuko Noda, Yukiko Shimizu, and others.
Both the Black Blade Team and the Lone Wolf Team were assigned to work as security guards at the West American Trading Company.
The Bluebird Team is responsible for all informants and intelligence; they do not take action but only process information.
The Red Bean Group consists of only Yan Shuo and Li Zhiyao, and their four informants have been handed over to the Bluebird Group.
Li Zhiyao joined Ximei Trading Company as Yan Shuo's lover, obtained a German residency permit, and assisted Yan Shuo in his work by passing on messages. On the surface, she was a salesperson.
West American Trading Company owns several warehouses, all of which are incredibly large. Although Lucas is a duke with little real power, he is very shrewd in business and his assets are astonishing.
Just the warehouses Yan Shuo knew about had millions of dollars worth of goods stored there. He wondered how the old man would sell them all. In a few years, the Japanese would deal with the Germans. He hoped the warehouses wouldn't be completely ransacked, giving the Japanese an easy advantage. He had to remind the old man to check the situation in Germany and empty the warehouses as soon as possible. Otherwise, the old man would be in trouble. After all, the old man had sheltered him and treated him like a son. Yan Shuo felt he should have a conscience and keep an eye on the old man.
These warehouses were located in different places: two in the French Concession, one near the Huangpu River and the other near a foreign firm; and two in the International Settlement, each with a branch store. One of the two warehouses was larger than the other, and it was used to temporarily store goods for pre-sale at the branch store.
There's also a huge warehouse in the Chinese-controlled area, surrounded by dense forests and mountain mists. I don't know how that guy found it. Wasn't he afraid of being taken advantage of by bad guys? He just arranged for a few unarmed people to wander around. He's really carefree.
Do you really think all Chinese people are honest and law-abiding? A desperate idiot doesn't care if you're a foreigner or a German!
Yan Shuo knew about that huge warehouse. It didn't contain a lot of goods; they were all smuggled goods to the Nationalist army for easy transport. The bulk commodities were there, including very heavy steel that even bandits probably couldn't move. Without equipment, no one could move it.
Yan Shuo thought this place was suitable for setting up a special agent training class. It was a large place, and the old man had booked dozens of acres of land around it. No one came here on a regular basis. Even if he fired shots into the air, no one would be bothered. Apart from a few people who went into the mountains to hunt, chop wood, or gather herbs, the basic safety could be guaranteed. The only thing to do was to be careful about fire prevention, since it was close to a dense forest area and there was a small river.
Assigning Blackblade and the Lone Wolf team here allows for daily training. With the coaching equipment provided by the system's Xiao Zhi, the noise level is reduced by 8%, so it won't affect training. They can also send and receive signals using the solar-powered equipment provided by Xiao Zhi. By removing the antenna and turning off the transmitting equipment, they can train the transceivers' proficiency and signal resolution.
We'll set aside an area in the warehouse for CBQ training, focusing on indoor shooting and obstacle course shooting, and another area in the dense forest and mountains for physical training and sniping.
Ah Kun introduced more than a dozen young men, all of whom Yan Shuo had met. Each of them spoke of the Japanese army and spies with a burning hatred, howling and shouting. Hmm, passionate young men, not bad, not bad.
Other groups also introduced dozens of people, and Yan Shuo was still screening them one by one. He would accept the suitable ones and introduce them to Lucas. There was also a salary to be received. Not bad at all.
The daily tasks included carrying bags, unloading, and loading goods. After get off work, there was special training, and it took about a few months to complete the training.
Dai Li, the military intelligence chief in Chongqing, knew of Yan Shuo's arrangements and promoted him to major—the kind of major within the Military Intelligence Bureau that nobody outside of it would recognize. Yan Shuo readily accepted, but he didn't answer Dai Li's question about the location, only saying it was in the mountains. Dai Li was a little angry, but considering Yan Shuo was working behind enemy lines, he suppressed his emotions and didn't pursue the matter further. However, he assigned him several assassination targets, which were tough nuts to crack, and asked Yan Shuo to arrange people to do the work, which was a warning to Yan Shuo.
According to Dai Li, since you're so stubborn, fine, I'll test your mettle. I'll give you a few tough nuts to crack. If you can crack them, I won't hold it against you. If you can't, then you'll be in for a beating. Subsequently, Dai Li granted Yan Shuo the authority to use the money and resources he had collected, but for a year, Yan Shuo's squad would not receive any salary or ammunition supplies. Yan Shuo agreed, replying that he obeyed orders. However, Yan Shuo made a request: if he could crack these tough nuts, could his rank be promoted to a civil service rank? Dai Li replied with a single word: Get lost!
"Damn!" Yan Shuo muttered as he looked at the telegram, which contained only one word, and handed it to Li Zhiyao.
Li Zhiyao lit the fire, watched the telegram burn, and laughed, "You've really angered the boss this time. Just wait, he'll probably drag you down and make things difficult for you later. Even if you actually finish these assassination jobs well, he probably still won't be appeased."
"Yeah, it's fine. It's better than us all being exposed, right? People will die!" Yan Shuo took a few sips of coffee, put down his cup, lit a cigarette, and continued, "That place is like a sieve. Anyone can sneak in. If we tell everyone everything, we'll definitely be unable to get anything done in the end. The Japanese special forces will definitely surround our base with a large force. In that case, everything will be lost, not a single thing will be left! Isn't it better to just live?"
"Yeah, sigh, I even suspect that the exposure of Lao Zhou and his team at the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station might be related to headquarters. There are probably enemy agents there." Li Zhiyao was very depressed.
"Brother Jie, stop chatting and let's eat!" Wang Xiaohong set out the dishes and bowls, calling the two of them over to eat.
"Hmm!" Yan Shuo and Li Zhiyao got up and came over to eat. "Oh, you made fish today!"
"Yes, the fish in the pond in the yard got a bit too big and were crowding each other. A few jumped out this morning, and when I went to check, two of them were dead. I threw the live fish back in, and since the dead fish was still fresh, I quickly disposed of it. Let's eat it; we'll have another one this afternoon," Wang Xiaohong said with a smile.
"We bought too many fish, and the pond is a bit small. We've only been feeding them for a short time, and they're already jumping out of the pond," Li Zhiyao said with a smile.
"It's originally intended as a restorative measure in case of injuries or other accidents. How about we expand the fishpond after we eat?"
"No!" Li Zhiyao immediately stopped Yan Shuo's wild ideas. "There are too many fish. If the spies come to patrol, they'll probably try to steal some. Just a few is enough, reduce it to about 20. There's no need for more. We can buy them on the street. Those fish are just for emergencies. If we really have injuries that need healing, we should buy fish from the street first. We can only eat fish from the pond when there's a risk of exposure. Having that pond makes sense for raising fish, but too many doesn't make sense. Do you think the enemy spies are all idiots?"
"Alright, I'll listen to you. You're so thoughtful!" Yan Shuo said, conceding as he ate the rice.
After dinner, Yan Shuo instructed Li Zhiyao to go out and send the mission information to the lower groups. He was going to the location where the secure telephone line of No. 76 was being tapped to receive new information.