The Bravest

Chapter 147 Boss Dai's Secret Order

Ever since Ye Wulian got pregnant, she has had less contact with the Military Control Commission.

After Lin Jie was transferred back to Shanghai and joined the police station, he would often pass by Lao Zhou's coffee shop. If he needed to contact Lao Zhou, he would use code words and mark them on the billboard of the coffee shop.

At the end of December, Lin Jie passed by as usual and saw Lao Zhou's signal for a meeting.

"Song Qi, wait a moment, I'll go in and have a cup of coffee." Lin Jie yawned.

"Brother, was my nephew making trouble again last night?" Song Qi teased. Ever since Ye Wulian gave birth to a son, Lin Jie has often been like this.

"Well, you haven't been behaving yourself at all tonight. Do you want to go in for a drink?" Lin Jie said casually.

"I don't drink that stuff. Liu Sheng, you go in with big brother, I'll park the car over here and wait." Song Qi shook his head and said.

"Forget it, I'll go in by myself. Liu Sheng took a sip last time and almost sprayed it on me."

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Lin Jie walked into the coffee shop and ordered a cup of coffee and some pastries. After a while, Lao Zhou came over with the coffee himself.

"Director Lin, you haven't been here for a while." Lao Zhou looked respectful.

"Well, Boss Zhou's place is expensive. I can't afford it."

"Xiao Jie, Boss Dai sent a message that after Li Shiqun's death, the Japanese have tightened their control over Mao Sen. The guards they bribed have become wavering. Mao Sen has decided to escape from prison. Boss Dai requires you to fully cooperate with him."

Old Zhou told Lin Jie about Boss Dai's order with embarrassment. The Shanghai station was not sure, so it asked Boss Dai for help, which led to the current order.

"Old Zhou, there is no problem with the pick-up, but can Mao Sen escape from the place guarded by the military police? And I can't contact the Shanghai station directly, so how can the two sides cooperate?"

Lin Jie felt that this order was a bit strange. The Shanghai Station did not have the ability to storm, and even if it was captured, there was no guarantee that the Japanese would not kill Mao Sen before that.

"I got the plan from Shanghai Station. Mao Sen has bribed another guard and plans to secretly release Mao Sen out of the back door after 9 pm on New Year's Day, when the Japanese will not be there. The guard has a way to do it. What Shanghai Station is afraid of now is how Mao Sen will leave Shanghai after he is released."

"I see. As long as Mao Sen can get out of the surveillance area, I will find a way to get him out of the blockade. That's no problem. How can I make Mao Sen believe that I am the contact person?"

Mao Sen is a big shot, and he really escaped in this way in history, so Lin Jie also wanted to do him a favor, maybe it would be useful in the future.

"This is really a difficult problem. You can't reveal your identity to the Shanghai station. Let's use a code word. Under that situation, Mao Sen can't just approach anyone casually. You have to think about it carefully."

Old Zhou frowned, but then he stood up. It was really his negligence that he made the appointment with Lin Jie without thinking it through.

"Well, Lao Zhou, you ask the people at the Shanghai station to find a way to tell Mao Sen that he would surrender to Han but not Cao. Then Mao Sen will know me."

Lin Jie recalled what Gangcun had said when he took him to persuade Mao Sen to surrender. Mao Sen had seized on this sentence and tried to alienate him from Gangcun. A man like Mao Sen would not forget this.

"Is it okay? This matter was personally entrusted by Boss Dai. Mao Sen is very important to the Military Control Commission and the areas surrounding Shanghai."

This is also the reason why Lao Zhou did not reject the request from above and why Lin Jie was asked to go in person.

"Absolutely no problem. I told Mao Sen this myself, and he even tried to alienate Gangcun and me in person. He won't forget it."

Lin Jie was absolutely sure. As a person in this line of work, it was not easy for him to forget the words of a man who had captured him and persuaded him to surrender.

"Okay, that's it. We still have a few days, so it's no problem to pass on a message. You should go back first. It's not good to wait too long."

"Okay, that's it. I'll hand over my plan to you tomorrow. I'll be leaving now."

The next day, Lin Jie met Lao Zhou again, and this time they chose a teahouse to meet.

Lin Jie and Lao Zhou stayed in the teahouse for half a day, studying the details of the reception and evacuation in detail.

"Old Zhou, report to Boss Dai and tell the Shanghai station to launch a feint attack on the blockade line in the early morning to divert the Japanese's attention." Lin Jie made a request.

"Well, it's okay. There's no problem with the feint. Are you sure about this?"

"I'm sure. Just leave the rest to me."

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At noon on New Year's Day in 1944, Lin Jie and Liu Sheng drove an ordinary vehicle and took a tour around the place where Mao Sen was imprisoned, but they did not find anything unusual.

"Liu Sheng, I'm going to pick someone up tonight and pass by here. When you see my car passing by, if there are pursuers behind, you should stop them. You only need three minutes to retreat and rush back to the police station. Remember to transfer personnel from the outside team, and don't use public personnel."

Lin Jie picked a place and pointed it out to Liu Sheng for instructions.

"Brother, is it someone from over there?" Liu Sheng looked around and said in a low voice.

"What people over there? Don't talk nonsense." Lin Jie looked at Liu Sheng seriously.

"Hey, big brother, I know I can't say anything. We don't have anyone else. Didn't you tell me to make preparations? You have to give me a direction."

Lin Jie did talk to Liu Sheng about where their group would go after the Japanese left, and he also asked Liu Sheng to find an opportunity to talk to his brothers in private, but everyone had their own ideas, but they all said one thing, which was to follow the big brother.

"Don't worry, wait and see. I'll find a chance to tell you that this person is very important and is related to our escape route. Do you understand?"

Lin Jie said ambiguously that Liu Sheng had followed Lin Jie for many years, and when he heard this, he knew what was going on.

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At 8:30 in the evening, Lin Jie drove a police car to the vicinity. Taking advantage of the night, Lin Jie did not turn on the car lights and drove around. The surroundings were very quiet.

At nine o'clock, Lin Jie parked the car behind the compound where Mao Sen was imprisoned, in a dark place opposite, his eyes fixed on the back door.

After about half an hour, Lin Jie's eyes were sore, but there was still no movement. Lin Jie looked at his watch frequently. Time passed by little by little, and it was already ten o'clock.

Suddenly, Lin Jie saw some movement on the opposite side and a figure slipped out from a small door.

Lin Jie blinked desperately. The figure looked around, stood up straight, hid in the shadows of the buildings and trees on the roadside, and moved forward quickly.

Lin Jie immediately recognized that the man was Mao Sen, but Lin Jie did not drive away immediately. His eyes were still fixed on the place where Mao Sen came out.

Why didn't Lin Jie wait at the rendezvous point? This was also Lin Jie's caution, for fear that the guards bribed by Mao Sen deliberately let Mao Sen go and used Mao Sen to fish.

So, Lin Jie waited for a minute, and when he found no one following him, he started the car and chased after Mao Sen...

The agreed location was less than one kilometer away from the yard where Mao Sen was under house arrest. After Mao Sen came out, he moved cautiously and quickly along the shadows of the trees on the roadside.

Soon, Mao Sen arrived at his destination, where there was a crooked tree that was obviously shorter and there was a collapsed shack behind the tree.

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