Chapter 37: Bloodless Formation

  Chang Huan cried and laughed, took off his hat and threw it to Lin Xiaotang: "A dog bites Lu Dongbin, I kindly picked up the hat for you, but instead was beaten by you!"

  "So you're saying I was targeted by you as soon as I arrived in Shanghai?" Lin Xiaotang asked alertly.

  Chang Huan smiled and said: "Don't worry, we're on the same boat. My boss promised Wan Mulin to let me help out!"

  Lin Xiaotang's eyes kept sizing up Chang Huan, knowing that this young man wouldn't reveal everything just after meeting, but he himself was under someone else's control as soon as he arrived in Shanghai, a feeling that wasn't very comfortable.

  "When the gun goes off? Are you going to force it for a while?" Lin Xiaotang sensitively grasped the key words in Chang Huan's words. Counterattack Republic's Agent 37

  "What else can be done?"

  "No, this is the Japanese territory. Either forcing our way in or using human lives to attract their attention and cover our retreat are not suitable methods. Firstly, the sacrifice would be too great, secondly, the risk is too high. When we came here, I investigated the situation around this area. There is a Kempeitai military camp just outside the four street corners. Once the gun fires, they can arrive within ten minutes!" Lin Xiaotang said resolutely.

  Chang Huan was stunned, he didn't expect that the method arranged by his landlord would be considered worthless by this person.

  "Order your brother to listen to my command, absolutely do not fire a shot unless it's absolutely necessary! The lives of our own people are worth a hundred times more than those of the Japanese and traitors!"

  One sentence made him feel a little warm in the head. Indeed, he and his brothers had long put life and death out of their minds since they took this path, especially for the two elderly people who were deeply kind to them. Chuanhuan was willing to risk his life at any time, but unexpectedly, the young man in front of him, who was about the same age as himself and even thinner, said such heart-warming words.

  "Could it be, could it be that the one responsible for firing the shot is from Chongqing?" Chang Huan stammered.

  Lin Xiaotang raised an eyebrow: "Shanghai Military Intelligence?"

  He often nodded in agreement.

  "Where is he?"

  Chang Huan pointed at the bar counter of the dance hall.

  Liu Chengfeng sipped a glass of whiskey, his eyes scanning the dance floor, taking in every face. He had long since memorized the appearances of Gao Tao and the others, and as soon as they stepped onto the dance floor with Lin Xiaotang, Liu knew that the time to make his move was approaching.

  Before that, he had already contacted Wang Tianmu's arranged reinforcements, namely Chang Huan and others. The initial plan was also set up on that side. Since the outside was being closely monitored by Duan Baohu's men, if estimated correctly, Duan Baohu and his troops would soon appear. At that time, Liu Chengfeng would lead the attack first, launching a full-scale attack on Duan Baohu, while Chang Huan led the target to retreat in the chaos. Of course, Liu Chengfeng also understood that with the few men he had, this move was undoubtedly a moth flying into the fire.

  As he thought of this, Liu Chengfeng's hand couldn't help but tremble. He suddenly thought of his family far away in the southwest, and his two children whom he had never met before. From tomorrow on, there would no longer be a person named Liu Chengfeng in this world, and it was uncertain whether his children could remember their father's appearance. All that his family could see was his ashes box and a farewell letter, perhaps not even the ashes could be seen.

  Liu Chengfeng drank up the wine in his cup in one gulp and ordered the waiter to bring another cup.

  "Two cups!" A voice sounded beside him.

  Liu Chengfeng turned his head, using the flashing lights in the ballroom to get a clear look at the face of the person beside him. This was a young man who didn't seem very old, with a slender build and two eyes that seemed to be smiling but not quite. He had been among the group that had just entered with Gao Tao.

  Lin Xiaotang pushed a cup of wine in front of Liu Chengfeng: "Have a drink!"

  Liu Chengfeng was taken aback.

  Lin Xiaotang watched the bartender walk to one side, unzipped his jacket and hid his left hand in his clothes, shaking the documents in his hand at Liu Chengfeng. Counterattack Republic's special agent 37

  Liu Chengfeng saw clearly that it was a black ID card from within the Military Commission.

  This was the document that Shen Zui had secretly helped Lin Xiaotang with at the beginning, the identity was fake, but the document was genuine. Originally, Shen Zui also did this to ensure that Lin Xiaotang would have a guarantee in Shanghai and not be harmed by his own people, so he privately helped him get this Military Commission special agent ID.

  Liu Chengfeng took it over, and on the name tag were the three characters "Lin Youzhong". He hastily handed it back: "Officer!"

  Lin Xiaotang waved her hand: "No need for polite words, tonight all actions will be directed by me!"

  Liu Chengfeng's face turned difficult: "Officer, I didn't receive any notice from above, this..."

  "Cut the crap! I'll take responsibility once we're out of here. Besides, are you happy only when a few brothers have to pay with their lives?"

  Liu Chengfeng looked at Lin Xiaotang's determined face and finally lowered his head.

  Lin Xiaotang patted his shoulder and pointed to the big valley in the dance pool who was entering a state of frenzy: "Don't worry, I have a Japanese officer here as a shield, listen to my orders, I guarantee that everyone will leave happily and return home safely!"

  At this time, Huo Yan came over: "Mr. Lin, Duan Baohu has arrived!"

  Duan Baihu rushed to the outside of the dance hall, only to find out that Yuan Jianfeng had slipped away. In anger, he slapped the leader of the group several times, but fortunately, they had already confirmed that their target was indeed inside. The only tricky part was that they were with Japanese people.

  "Damn it, never mind, just catch the person first and talk later, let the higher-ups deal with the Japanese officer!"

  A crowd of people pushed open the service staff in front of the ballroom door and rushed into the ballroom.

  The manager of the dance hall saw Duan Baohu lead a group of people in with an air of fury, and immediately knew that something was wrong. He hastily squeezed out a smile to welcome them, but before he could speak, he was slapped by Duan Baohu and his face was covered in blood.

  A servant came running over, panting: "Master Tiger!"

  "What about him?"

  "After dancing for a while, we went into the private room, and our brothers were waiting there!"

  The corridor of the private room is dark and narrow, no wonder, this place was not a high-end venue to begin with, these private rooms were set up to provide for some impatient guests and adulterous couples, naturally the more inconspicuous the better.

  Seeing Duan Baohu and a group of fierce-looking men bursting in, three dancers who had just walked out of the room shrank back in fear, hiding by the corridor. One of Duan Baohu's henchmen couldn't resist pinching one of the dancers' cheeks, causing her to tremble with fear. The henchman burst into laughter at this.

  Duan Baihu turned his head and glared fiercely at his subordinate, who immediately shut up.

  Arriving at the entrance of the private room, Duan Baohu asked the several subordinates who had been waiting here: "Is he still inside?"

  He patted his chest: "Don't worry, Tiger. They're all here. Just a few of the dancing girls went to the restroom, and I heard that someone inside wants to take them out."

  Duan Ba Hu nodded, turned around to look at the leader, and signaled him to kick in the door. The leader took a few steps back: "Tiger Lord, there are Japanese inside!"

  "Good-for-nothing!"

  Duan Ba Hu gritted his teeth and kicked open the door, leading his men in a charge.

  The room suddenly fell into chaos, several half-naked dancing girls rushed to hide on the sofa, while two men looked at everyone with a bewildered expression.

  For a moment, almost everyone was drawn to the dancer's body that couldn't be hidden under her white dress, only Duan Baohu kept searching for something on the faces of the people in the room.

  "Why are there only two men, Gao Zhongwu and Tao Xisheng?" Duan Baohu checked the number of people and was shocked.

  The henchman at the door also looked suspicious: "That's right! The five men who just came in, I counted them clearly."

  At this time, the subordinate who had just eaten the tofu of the dancing girl exclaimed: "Could it be that the three dancing girls who just went out were actually men in disguise? No wonder I said that the face of the dancing girl was so fat."

  Duan Baohu also came to his senses at this time and immediately ordered his men to find the three dancing girls who had just left.

  Duan Baihu walked to Lin Xiaotang's side with a gloomy face: "You little brat, you're really good at plotting! But don't be too pleased with yourself, those few can't escape, the surroundings of this dance hall are all our people, I..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Duan Beitou's face was slapped with a loud crack, and five finger marks immediately appeared on his face.

  Ota finished beating Bai Hu, and with one foot on the tea table, he started scolding loudly.

  Duan Baohu was enraged, having been in Shanghai for so long without anyone ever daring to humiliate him like this. In a fit of anger, he forgot the identity of the person in front of him and kicked out with one foot.

  One kick landed squarely on Otani's abdomen, instantly sending him flying onto the sofa.

  His foot kicked out and Duan Baohu finally came to his senses, listening to the miserable cries of Ota mixed with unclear Japanese words, filled with regret in his heart.

  At this time, a commotion was heard at the door, followed by more than a dozen Japanese gendarmes with live ammunition rushing in, and finally, a lieutenant entered.

  ōtani saw the arrival of the gendarme, spat out bloody saliva and was about to stand up. Lin Xiaotang hastily supported him and came before the captain.

  Duan Baohu took one look at the situation and knew it wasn't good, but unfortunately he didn't understand Japanese, so he could only let Otani and Lin Xiaotang add fuel to the fire as they retold the whole story.

  The captain, although not welcoming the officers of the Fourth Division, after all, Ota's military rank was higher than his, and he was also a compatriot, so he had to give him some face. Besides, having slept well at night, being summoned here by a phone call, saying that a Japanese officer had been beaten up, originally having a belly full of anger, plus the two people in front of him crying and complaining one after another. At this time, it was just right to take out his anger on this Chinese man who didn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth.

  The captain glared at Duan Baohu, barked a few orders to his subordinates, and more than a dozen fierce-looking constables charged forward, swinging their rifle butts and beating Duan Baohu and the others mercilessly.

  After a big fuss, Duan Baohu's nose was blue and his face was swollen as he apologized to the Grand Valley. At this time, the searchers outside came back to report that they couldn't find those few dancing girls anywhere, only finding a few discarded cheongsam dresses and wigs.

  The captain, having received a few bottles of good wine from Lin Xiaotang, was also delighted and forgot his earlier unpleasantness. He scolded Duan Baohu a few more times before leaving with his men, beaming with joy.

  Duan Baihu glared fiercely at Lin Xiaotang, but had no choice but to lead his men in retreat.

  Lin Xiaotang ordered someone to change the room, and again brought up a full table of wine and water. He faced Da Gu and gave him a flattering speech. Da Gu had originally sobered up a bit, but after Lin Xiaotang's bewitching words, he suddenly felt dizzy. With several scantily-clad beauties surrounding him, he was even more at a loss as to where he was.