At 7 p.m., the two teams set off simultaneously. Yuan Ye led Li Hong and others to the Xinxin Clothing Store to arrest the Japanese spy chief, while Yue Haishan led a group of men to the Officers' Club to arrest Li Lili and the rickshaw driver. Yuan Ye had already given him sketches of the two men.

Less than twenty minutes later, Yuan Ye, Li Hong, and the others drove to the street where the Xinzhan Clothing Store was located. They got out of the car a few dozen meters away from the store. Yuan Ye, Li Hong, and a team member disguised themselves as customers and entered the store one after another. They had already divided the tasks beforehand: Yuan Ye would arrest the man, and Li Hong and the team member would arrest the woman.

Yuan Ye made this arrangement because he felt that three people were enough. He was more than capable of dealing with the Japanese spy chief, and Li Hong and the other man could handle the female spy without much trouble. Moreover, fewer people would be less likely to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese spies, and would be more likely to achieve a surprise effect.

The two Japanese spies were sitting behind the counter when they saw three customers come in. The one in the lead had a refined demeanor, wore glasses, and looked like a cultured person. He also had a very imposing presence and should be someone of status. Judging from his attire and demeanor, the two people next to him were probably his entourage.

They stood up from behind the counter, assuming a big customer had arrived. The man said:

"Sir, what would you like to order?"

Yuan Ye smiled and said:

"I want to buy a trench coat, made of good material. Can you help me pick one out?"

He then pointed at Li Hong and the other man and said:

"Also, pick out a suit for each of them, made of good material."

He needs to lure them out from behind the counter so he can catch them off guard.

"Okay. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

The two men immediately emerged from behind the counter, completely unprepared. The man instructed the woman to attend to the two servants, then said to Yuan Ye:

"Sir, this way please."

Then he led the way, while the woman guided Li Hong and the other man forward.

Seeing that the time was right, Yuan Ye winked at Li Hong, signaling him that they could begin their operation.

Li Hong understood and immediately pounced on the woman from behind, one on each side, with his teammates.

At the same time, Yuan Ye stepped forward, stretched out his arm, and hugged the man around the waist. Caught off guard, the man had no chance to react and was slammed to the ground by Yuan Ye.

Without saying a word, Yuan Ye punched him in the chin. The man didn't even have time to groan before he was knocked unconscious. Then Yuan Ye bent down, grabbed his arms, and twisted them hard. With a crack, both arms were dislocated. Even if he woke up, he would have no ability to resist.

Li Hong and his teammates tackled the woman to the ground, pinning her hands behind her back and stepping on her neck with one foot. The woman could only scream and couldn't move at all.

At this moment, several team members rushed in from outside the store, quickly tied up the two Japanese spies, gagged them with cloth strips, and searched them from head to toe. Sure enough, they found potassium cyanide pills in the collar of their outer garments. Thanks to Yuan Ye's well-planned strategy, they had no time to commit suicide.

Then they began searching the shop. Yuan Ye found the secret door in a room on the second floor. The team members crawled into the secret room and took out a radio, a codebook, several pistols, and several grenades. The operation was a great success.

At this moment, Yue Haishan arrived at the officers' club with seven or eight team members. To conceal their identities, everyone was dressed in officer uniforms. When they parked at the gate, Chu Yuntian immediately spotted the rickshaw driver standing guard outside the gate, with his rickshaw parked next to him.

According to the plan, he divided the people into two groups of four. The first group was to arrest the rickshaw driver at the entrance, while he personally led the second group to the club to arrest Zhang Lili.

He had the first group stay in the car to monitor the rickshaw driver, and then get out of the car and begin their operation a few minutes after he led the second group into the club.

Yue Haishan got out of the car with three people and swaggered into the officers' club. Inside, there were quite a few people, with couples dancing in the dance floor.

The four of them found a table and sat down. Yue Haishan's eyes began to search for Zhang Lili. Before long, he saw a dancer in the dance floor who looked a lot like Zhang Lili.

To confirm if he was Zhang Lili, he called over a waiter, and while the dancer turned away, he pointed at her and asked the waiter:

"Was that dancer named Zhang Lili?"

The waiter glanced in the direction she was pointing and recognized her from behind; after all, they worked together every day and were very familiar with each other.

"Yes, that is Zhang Lili."

"That's what the waiter said."

Yue Haishan nodded, took out a banknote, and handed it to the waiter.

"I'd like to dance with him. Could you please call her over later?"

The waiter happily accepted the banknotes, bowed, and said:

"It would be my pleasure to serve you. I'll call him over once this dance is over."

The dance ended quickly, and as Zhang Lili stepped off the dance floor, the male waiter went up to her, said a few words to her, and then pointed to Chu Yuntian.

Zhang Lili immediately walked over. When she came to Yue Haishan, she saw that this middle-aged man was unfamiliar. Although he was wearing an officer's uniform, she had never seen him before. She guessed that this was his first time here and he wanted to get to know her. She was very confident in her appearance.

She was eager to get to know more military officers, especially those in important positions. That's how she met Li Zhengxian, and she successfully turned him to their side. That was also her purpose in infiltrating here.

I just don't know what this officer does? I'll ask him when we're dancing later.

She asked with grace and composure:

"Sir, did you call me here?"

After saying that, she gave Yue Haishan a seductive smile. But her smile quickly froze. The middle-aged officer in front of her waved his hand, and the three young officers sitting at the same table immediately rushed forward. It was too late for her to escape. Her arms were immediately grabbed by several strong hands and quickly twisted behind her back, making her unable to move.

She gritted her teeth and steeled her resolve, immediately lowering her head to bite her collar. Yue Haishan was prepared, grabbing her neck and stuffing the strip of cloth in his hand into her mouth. With her mouth gagged, Zhang Lili could only make muffled sounds of resentment.

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