Chapter 623: Shark, Bloody Smell

Yang Lichu also arrived.

She is the nominal director of the Third Intelligence Department.

Although she doesn't do anything, a vase must appear in situations where it is expected.

Han Li stood aside and took notes.

'You speak,'

'I went out and played with Alisher,'

'No one else?'

'No. Just the two of us.'

'Good, continue.'

'We just drank in the club. We didn't do anything else. But then...'

'What time was it exactly?'

'We didn't look at our watches. It was probably a little after nine. Yes. Around nine. The club had a raffle at nine o'clock in the evening. It was just after the raffle ended.'

'What was strange?'

'From time to time, we felt like someone was spying on us. But when we looked over, we didn't see anything. Maybe we were just imagining things.'

'Were there any people you knew in the bar?'

'No. There were very few people in the bar last night. No Chinese. They've all gone back to celebrate the New Year.'

'All foreigners? Which ones specifically?'

'Spanish, Italian, Russian... Some we didn't know where from.'

'Go on.'

'We didn't really talk to anyone. No one came to say hello...'

Manuel went on and on.

The strangest thing was the illusion he had experienced the night before.

Alisher was a French immigrant like him. Before that, they had both come from North Africa.

At Curtiss, they were both responsible for the lowest-level technical maintenance. Mainly related to engines.

This resulted in their social activities being actually very poor. They had no friends.

What's more, they were both of African descent. They had black blood. Inevitably, others discriminated against them.

'What did you talk about?'

'We just talked about our hometowns. He said that there were often big thunderstorms in his hometown...'

'Big thunderstorms?

'Yes. He said that there were often big thunderstorms in his hometown...'

'Wait a minute.'

Zhang Yong needed to confirm something.

What exactly was the pronunciation of 'big thunderstorm' in French, English, Russian and German?

Vaguely, he felt that this matter might be related to the words 'big thunderstorm'.

Perhaps Alisher had triggered some key words, which had then been overheard. And that had caused the trouble.

Otherwise, how could two maintenance staff, who didn't know anything confidential, have been targeted? Even if they were targeted, the main method would be bribery, so why kill them?

Moreover, the body was left at the entrance to the Sea Devil Club. Clearly there had been some strange behaviour.

Murder. And the body was left in the most conspicuous place.

Was it a warning?

The question was, a warning to whom? Who had issued the warning? And what did the warning mean?

It's intriguing.

But one thing's for sure: this wasn't just any ordinary murder.

'And then what happened?'

'Then. I left first.'

'Alisher was left alone?'

'Yes. I told him to come back with me. But he said he hadn't drunk enough. He wanted some more brandy.'

'Did you encounter anything strange on your way back?'

'No. Apart from the lack of street lamps. It was dark. Nothing out of the ordinary.'

'By strange things, you mean that you were spied on inside the bar?'

'Sir, I can tell you unequivocally that the feeling was very obvious at the time. That is why I said it was strange.'

'Okay. You can go back. Thank you.'

Zhang Yong sent the man away.

Then he waved his hand to dismiss the others for the time being.

Yang Lichu frowned, 'What did you find out?'

'A severe thunderstorm,' Zhang Yong said slowly, 'Someone is paying attention to severe thunderstorm information.'

'That's a bit far-fetched, isn't it?' Yang Lichu felt incredulous, 'Just because they mentioned words like thunderstorm, they were targeted?'

'I don't know how much attention the Thunderstorm Project has attracted from the intelligence community. But I'm sure that Alisher's death is related to Thunderstorm.'

'You think someone forced Alisher to give up information about Thunderstorm?'

'Yes.'

'But Alisher definitely didn't know!'

'So the other party needed to kill him to silence him. He was afraid that Alisher would talk.'

'Then why wasn't the body hidden?'

'So I need to find the first assassination scene. Do you have any professional recommendations?'

'Some of your cadets also know this.'

'Okay. Let's try it!'

Zhang Yong thought about it. He felt that the other person's suggestion was not bad.

The 125 new police academy graduates were actually very specialised. Some were indeed good at investigating scenes.

Since there were such talents, of course they should be put to good use!

So he called Yu Linsheng.

'We need to find the first scene.'

'The scene of the murder,'

Zhang Yong said simply.

All the police academy graduates immediately got to work.

Soon, the scene was found. It was at the corner of an alley.

There was congealed blood on the earthen wall. It was in a splatter pattern. A perfect match for the cause of death. It was basically certain.

Then the question arose.

This place was supposed to be very mysterious.

Why not hide the body here, but instead place it by the entrance?

Yang Lichu looked at Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong was like a god's gift today. He actually thought of it.

'The murder was committed by a group of people.'

'The disposal of the body was done by another group of people.'

'The murderers wanted to silence the victim,'

'But the second group wanted to let outsiders know.'

Zhang Yong speculated boldly.

It's not illegal to say the wrong thing anyway. It's just brainstorming!

What if that's really the case?

It can be said for sure that the murderer chose to kill here in order to throw people off the scent. Therefore, it is impossible to dump the body at the entrance of the Sea Devil Club.

Only the second group of people may have had a conflict with the first group. So the body was moved. Placed in the most conspicuous position. So that the murder could be discovered at the first opportunity. And indeed it was. The patrol from the police headquarters soon discovered it.

According to the forensic conclusion. From the time the victim was killed to the time it was discovered, it was about two hours. It was discovered at 6am. The killing was at 4am. But Enur went back to the camp at around 11pm. So there was a five-hour window in the middle.

Apart from the fatal wound, the deceased had no other injuries. This indicates that he was not tortured. He was not tortured. The Sea Devil Club also closed at 2am. Where did Alisher go for the remaining two hours?

There are many unanswered questions. But there is no rush.

He just needs to send these questions out. He can let those police academy students go and implement them one by one.

Many hands make light work.

More than 100 people, all out. There must be results.

Sure enough, news came back quickly. Someone had seen Alisher leave with Wang Tie Tou, the leader of the Axe Gang.

'Axe Gang?'

'Wang Tie Tou?'

Zhang Yong was suspicious. Could the answer be so easy?

So he immediately sent someone to arrest Wang Tie Tou. It turned out that the person was no longer there. When he asked the others, they all said they hadn't seen Wang Tie Tou.

Okay. Wang Tie Tou's suspicion had risen sharply. Immediately deploy to arrest people.

Zhang Yong didn't need to go.

These were trivial matters. Others could handle them.

He now needed to quietly ponder one thing. It seemed that the plan for the big thunderstorm had taken off.

For the sake of this plan, spies had actually started killing people.

There was no doubt that the killers were definitely in the spy business.

Only they cared about this plan.

Ordinary people, if they heard about it, might not even know what was going on.

So, this was a spy who knew the inside story. The method of killing was also very professional. Very skilled.

Originally, he had just made it up. He never expected that

Now it seems like all the sharks have arrived.

And there's a bloody smell. More sharks may be on the way.

It's both a surprise and a delight.

It's an eye-opener.

The surprise is that he seems to have caught a fish.

The pressure is high because all the people who have arrived are professionals and experts. He doesn't know if he can hold out...

It feels like he has to move his base.

It's no longer safe to stay at the Huaqiao Hotel. It's easy to be caught off guard.

It would be better to move inside the airbase. After all, it is a military base, with a guard battalion stationed there. It is somewhat safer.

Oh yes, there is also the infantry company led by Guo Qiyun. The fighting power is not bad...

Since Xuan Tiewu sent it over, then make good use of it.

Use the tactic of overwhelming numbers to pile up and kill the best of the spies...

In his rambling thoughts, Zhang Yong returned to the airbase with Qin Lishan and the others. It can be considered a formal understanding of the place.

The appearance of mortars means that the Japanese invaders have already set their sights on this place.

Since they have, they will definitely not give up easily. He still needs to scan the entire airport...

A red dot appears at the edge of the map.

Huh?

Is there really a Japanese spy?

He immediately walks over. He raises his binoculars.

He discovers that it is a middle-aged man working. He is about thirty years old. He looks unremarkable.

Checking.

Yes, it is him.

The Japanese spy really has infiltrated the labourers.

'Arrest him!'

'Yes!'

Zhang Yong led his team to the middle of the workers.

Without saying a word, he charged directly at the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man immediately realised that something was wrong.

He threw the basket on his shoulder and ran into the crowd.

The unprepared crowd was pushed and shoved by him, falling over one another. Blocking Qin Lishan and the others in their pursuit.

Zhang Yong's expression did not change.

The other party cannot escape.

Where can he run to in such a big airport?

Sure enough, the veterans, including Qin Lishan, surrounded the Japanese spy from multiple directions and quickly stopped him. Then they surrounded him.

The Japanese spy suddenly pulled a short knife from inside his belt.

Zhang Yong's eyebrows rose.

Oh? A knife? Haha. What a show-off!

This shows that there are loopholes in the airport's security checks. Immediately, he thought of the Japanese spy who had delivered the food.

If he had cooperated and brought the short knife in, the security checks would probably not have been able to detect it.

But...

What's the point of having a knife!

We have guns!

'Baka!'

'!@#¥%#@...'

The Japanese spy suddenly shouted in Japanese. Zhang Yong didn't understand.

Then he saw the other person stab himself in the chest with a knife. The action was very decisive. It was actually suicide. Not resistance?

This...

Qin Lishan and the others were slow to react.

By the time they reacted and tried to rush up and stop the other person from committing suicide, it was already too late.

The tip of the knife pierced his heart, and the Japanese spy died quickly.

'Captain...'

'It's fine. If he's dead, he's dead.'

Zhang Yong didn't care.

These Japanese spies were so fanatical that they wouldn't easily give up even if they were captured.

They were worthless anyway. It was better that they were dead. No need to waste food.

However, a problem could be inferred from this. It was clear that the Japanese spies had stepped up their infiltration of the airport. And they were doing it with great intensity.

Why did this Japanese spy commit suicide? It was because he was worried that he couldn't withstand the torture.

In other words, the secrets the Japanese spies possessed could never be revealed. To be on the safe side, they would rather commit suicide decisively.

If that's the case, other Japanese spies will surely follow suit.

They may be willing to go to any lengths to complete this mission.

That's a problem...

I'm afraid of desperate people!

'Shaolong, what's going on?' Gao Yuanhang and Lao Pan came over.

'Nothing much. A Japanese spy infiltrated. Afraid of being captured alive. Committed suicide,' Zhang Yong said lightly.

'Anything else?' Gao Yuanhang was very worried.

There were so many civilian workers, and it was not known how many Japanese spies were hiding.

If they cause sabotage in secret...

'No more,' Zhang Yong replied with certainty.

He was standing in the middle of the airport. The radius of the map was 450 metres. The coverage was extensive.

If there were any Japanese spies, the map would show them.

'I'll check every corner!' Zhang Yong added.

'That's good,' Gao Yuanhang said, hoping for just that.

Zhang Yong then circled the airport once, convinced that there were no Japanese spies nearby.

Apart from the grocer who had been arrested, there were no red dots. There were also no suspicious weapons signs. It was peaceful and quiet all around.

Perhaps it could be described as the calm before the storm.

With the arrival of the Eagle, Jieqiao Airport would definitely become the focus of attention of the Japanese spies.

Pressure was coming...

'By the way,' Zhang Yong thought of something and said, 'I have a question for you.'

'What is it? Tell me,' Gao Yuanhang readily agreed.

'Help me look at this.'

'Contour lines?'

'Yes. You help me see if it's somewhere nearby.'

'Let me see...'

Gao Yuanhang took the map.

Although he was a pilot, he could certainly read contour line maps.

Because he flew so often, he could look down on the land. He was very familiar with the surrounding mountains and rivers.

Seriously, no one who has never flown can fully appreciate the feeling of looking down from high up in the sky and seeing all the mountains and rivers below. It is a completely different experience to observe the world from the air. Suddenly, Zhang Yong once again felt a little bit like learning to fly.

Unfortunately, this thought only lasted for three seconds before it vanished.

It's too dangerous. I'd better think about it some more...

After pondering for a while, Gao Yuanhang slowly said, 'It doesn't seem to be somewhere nearby. It's more like Hutou Mountain near Jinshanwei.'

'Jinshanwei? That far away?' Zhang Yong's heart leapt, and he hurriedly asked.

Damn. It's actually on the Jinshanwei side?

In the future, the Japanese invaders landed at Jinshanwei, causing the National Army to suffer a major defeat...

Could it be that the Japanese invaders are starting preparations now?

Shit. Do you have to be so ruthless.

'It's not far. It's about 100 kilometers. That's the 47th Division's base. Hutoushan. There's artillery stationed there.'

'47th Division? Artillery?'

'Yes. The division commander is Sun Dingyuan. He's from Guangdong. The army he leads, which is called a division, actually only has 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers. The weapons are also very poor. The so-called artillery is just two 75mm mountain guns. It's not clear if they have any shells.'

'Really?'

Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully.

Hutoushan...

artillery...

Jinshanwei...

What does this jumbled information have to do with the Japanese invaders?