Chapter 167: You Deserve To End Up Fleeing In Defeat
“Withdraw!”
Seeing that the assassination target had already been successfully killed, this commotion meant that no banquet could proceed.
With both objectives achieved, Xu Jin’ge made a snap decision and issued the retreat order.
But just as they were about to rush out of the hotel, the roar of a heavy machine gun came from the rooftop across the street.
Dudududu~~
The distinctive dull roar of the heavy machine gun exploded.
Blood flowers instantly splashed on the two team members at the front, and they fell to the ground.
“Heavy machine gun on the rooftop! Careful!”
The next moment, the distinctive shooting sound of a sniper rifle rang out.
“Bang~”
The heavy machine gun on the rooftop instantly fell silent.
Three hundred meters away, Wu Jingzhong calmly ejected the spent shell and chambered a new round, expressionless as he aimed and pulled the trigger again.
Bang!
The deputy machine gunner wanted to take over, but before he could fire, a hole was shot through his head.
Seeing the heavy machine gun suppressed, Xu Jin’ge swapped magazines. “Retreat! Hurry!”
From the strong assault to mission complete, five minutes had already passed. They had to withdraw quickly, or once the little devils reacted, they would be blocked here.
The ones carrying out the mission were all experienced action personnel. Once the retreat order was given, the team members immediately provided alternating cover and rushed out again.
In the distance, a military police squad of over ten men hurried over but was pinned down by two sniper rifles, unable to advance an inch.
The truck’s wheels crushed corpses and rubble, speeding away into the darkness. The Tokyo Hotel behind them no longer blazed with lights; only the wreckage from the bombing and the firelight illuminating half the sky remained.
Covered in filth and reeking of gunpowder, Wu Jingzhong hurriedly withdrew to the safe house, rubbing his hands excitedly as he instructed the radioman:
“Hurry, set up the antenna, send the telegram.”
Seeing Wu Jingzhong return, the radioman knew the operation had succeeded!
The radioman, thrilled, immediately got to work.
Once ready, Wu Jingzhong declared firmly: “Subordinate successfully carried out assassination at Tokyo Hotel around 20:00 today, killing the target and destroying Tokyo Hotel.”
“This full success was due to team members’ fearless bravery, and Boss’s recommendation was paramount! Regrettably, six heroic men from Tianjin Station and Beiping’s Military Statistics Bureau personnel were lost. Always remember, fulfill duties diligently, loyalty to the country!”
“Didi didi didi didi. Di di”
The exceptionally long telegram kept them busy for nearly five minutes. After the last character was sent, Wu Jingzhong immediately ordered: “Everyone move, radio silence, prepare to withdraw!”
Meanwhile, in Shancheng, Telecommunications Section, a telegrapher printed the telegram. The translator translated it and immediately took the translated document to knock on the section chief’s office door.
“Come in.”
“Section Chief Gu, telegram from Tianjin Station, blah blah blah, blah blah.”
Telecommunications Section Chief Gu Yufei abruptly stood up, took the telegram and translation, carefully compared them, then excitedly carried the telegram to the director’s office.
Three minutes later, the telegram reached Boss Dai’s desk.
Upon seeing it, Boss Dai was overjoyed, unable to suppress a smile of delight as he slapped the table:
“Good! Good, excellent! Fuchen did not disappoint me! Jizhe did well too! I must reward them handsomely! Absolutely reward them generously!”
“Someone, prepare the car!”
Late at night, Boss Dai returned to his residence by car, face flushed, refreshed as if he had drunk sweet dew—clearly he had been praised by the old man.
What is a special agent?
In ancient times, there were many similar names.
Like the famous Embroidered Uniform Guard, Embroidered Envoy, School Affairs, Bad People.
No matter the name, their work was extremely similar: collecting intelligence.
And they all shared one trait: dependence on power.
The aforementioned depended on imperial power, while their Military Statistics Bureau depended on the old man—essentially the same nature.
To gain power, they must earn recognition and trust from the core power figures!
Bluntly put, all Military Statistics Bureau privileges rely entirely on the old man’s trust and authority.
Don’t think the Military Statistics Bureau is at its peak now; without the old man’s trust, it would disintegrate the next moment.
So how to earn the old man’s trust?
Naturally, loyalty and capability both!
This telegram was clearly another endorsement of their Military Statistics Bureau’s capabilities!
“Jizhe… interesting.” Looking at the telegram in hand, Boss Dai suddenly smiled.
Back at his residence, he called his secretary. “Send this telegram: my commendation is as follows.”
The next day.
“Brother Cao, you quietly pulled off a earth-shattering feat!” Xu Jin’ge said enviously:
“Superior specially sent a telegram praising you, applied for you the Fifth Class Yunhui Medal, five hundred US Dollars reward, two-level promotion—you’re now a captain! One more step, and you’re a colonel!”
“Honestly, superior’s favor toward you makes me a bit jealous.”
With that, he handed over a check for three hundred fifty.
“Got it, skimmed off again, huh.”
“Be content; this is what I fought hard to preserve for you.”
Cao Weida was nearly speechless, thinking, damn it, took my money and still expect me to thank him?
Damn, so greedy—serves you right to end up fleeing in defeat.
“You know me, I don’t care about the money—mainly feel it’s unfair for the comrades shedding blood on the front lines. We live in constant fear, heads on our belts, while those bastards sit in offices.”
“Stop, if you keep going, I’ll get so mad I’ll want to fight them.” Xu Jin’ge helplessly cut off Cao Weida’s bellyful of complaints with a wry smile. “This time brother benefited from your light; merit recorded, indirectly saved brother’s life—this favor I remember.”
“You participated in this operation too?”
“Of course, brother manages the action team and happens to know mortars. Without your weapons and equipment, brother might’ve been left there.”
“Hey, that’s too distant— I didn’t help much; you earned it with your lives.”
“No need for modesty; I’ll skip more thanks—this favor, I remember. Oh right, Station Chief Wu asked me to relay before leaving: he owes you a life, the kind he’ll acknowledge to death!”
“What, Station Chief Wu isn’t here?”
“He already left the city overnight via secret route; feared it’d be harder if delayed.”
Cao Weida nodded in understanding—this incident was huge; little devils’ higher-ups must be furious!
At least short-term, Beiping would not be peaceful.
As Cao Weida thought, the little devils searched everywhere like mad, many grabbed by frenzied little devils.
Die-hard traitors jumped around like rabid dogs, biting whoever they caught.
The most aggressive was Sergeant Dong Xiaozhen. Previously, when Cao Weida refused Ono Shiota’s perimeter alert task, this Dong Xiaozhen shamelessly went to Ono Shiota’s office and took it.
Interestingly, Ono Shiota and Fujita Sosuke also attended the banquet; both survived against the odds.
But not unscathed: Ono Shiota had bomb shrapnel in his butt, Fujita Sosuke shot in the thigh—both laid up in hospital.
After many arrests, Cao Weida immediately visited the hospital to “mediate,” but Ono Shiota said meaningfully:
“Cao Sang, it’s not that I won’t help—this incident is too severe, plus so many Beiping events lately. Without giving superiors an account, we’ll all be punished.”
With words like that, Cao Weida knew it was non-negotiable; he could only give up helplessly.
After leaving the hospital, Cao Weida hurried straight to Tangzi Hutong.
“You finally came; thought you’d abandoned me.” Liu Rusi’s tone held resentment and coquetry.
But after initial coquetry, she stopped complaining and asked with concern: “Something big happen last night? Seemed to hear guns and cannons?”
“Indeed a big event—someone attacked Tokyo Hotel last night, many dead; now little devils search madly everywhere.”
“I reckon this is too big; little devils won’t let it go short-term. Come, get up and eat first.”
Attacked Tokyo Restaurant?
Military Statistics Bureau’s doing?
Why no prior intelligence?
Liu Rusi was puzzled; such tasks usually prepared in advance.
Beiping’s Military Statistics Bureau agents organization severely disrupted, short on manpower—last night’s commotion so big, clearly meticulously planned, not few people; shouldn’t exclude her.
Yet she received no signal before—shouldn’t be.
“Enough, don’t think about it—eat quickly.”
He shifted her up a bit, added a pillow behind her back; Liu Rusi enjoyed the meticulous care, smiling genuinely.
Though they hadn’t known each other long, she felt deep inner dependence on Cao Weida, fascinating her.
Cao Weida took out packed dishes from the cloth bag one by one; Liu Rusi’s pretty nose twitched, surprised: “Braised quail, roasted lamb, crispy small fish, pigeon soup? This is Zhengyang Tower’s fare?”
“Yo, sharp nose—smelled it all?”
“Of course, I frequent it—one sniff and I know.” Military Statistics Bureau agents weren’t as strapped as Communist Party underground party, especially someone like Liu Rusi—no money worries.
Her safe house showed that much.
“I love their braised quail most, yum~~ so delicious~~”
“Eat more if good—you lost blood; got red date pigeon soup specially for you, for blood replenishment.” Cao Weida indulgently ruffled her hair; though scummy, though promiscuous, he was very tolerant and doting toward his women.
This care touched Liu Rusi deeply, heart sweet; unwittingly overate.
Ten minutes later, Liu Rusi licked her glossy lips, couldn’t help burping—immediately blushing shyly.
