Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

A floor plan was spread out on the table in front of everyone, clearly showing the locations of the Commercial Printing Factory's various buildings, sentry posts, and patrol routes.

"This was drawn by our comrades after they infiltrated the area at great risk to their lives! Furthermore, the Commercial Press has been printing counterfeit French currency since the day before yesterday, producing one block every three seconds, with each block containing 36 3-yuan French currency notes."

“一天24小时，除去机器设备停机降温、检修和人员休息、换班、换纸张以及添加油墨的时间4个钟头，一天20个钟头全力开工，可以印制出8千6百40万面值的假钞！”

“只一个月的时间，就可以印制出25亿9千2百万面值的假钞，你们知道开战之前政府才印制了多少法币吗？才14亿！而现在的总发行量增长到开战前的10倍”

"If they were allowed to print counterfeit banknotes for three consecutive months, and the counterfeit banknotes were allowed to flow into the hands of ordinary people and merchants, the French currency would lose half its value again, or even more, under the impact of these counterfeit banknotes that are almost indistinguishable from the real ones!"

"Therefore, we must quickly destroy all the printing equipment and the crucial template in this printing factory. We must not allow the Japanese to use various methods to release the already printed French currency into the market!"

Lao Cui's words made the district leaders present at the meeting feel like a huge stone was pressing on their hearts.

"Swish—" A match was struck and someone lit a cigarette.

After a few seconds, someone asked, "Secretary Cui, since our comrades were able to sneak in once, they should be able to sneak in a second time. Judging from the defense strength inside, we can only outsmart them. So, let's send someone in with a bomb and try to destroy the printing equipment and templates!"

Lao Cui thought for a moment and said, "This idea should be correct, but there are Japanese soldiers standing guard outside the printing equipment factory. The workers operating the equipment must be searched every time they enter or leave. Even if they sneak in with a bomb, they won't be able to enter the factory!"

Obviously this approach doesn't seem to work.

The head of another district said, "Can we find the worker who delivers paper to the printing workshop? After all, the printing volume is so large, and paper needs to be delivered to the workshop several times a day!"

"If we can get this paper transport worker to cooperate with us, we can hide the bomb inside thick sheets of paper, transport it into the printing workshop, activate it while no one is paying attention, and then install it under the printing equipment."

Someone immediately objected to this method: "No, we don't have much time left. How can we get this worker to cooperate with us willingly? This is a matter of life and death. Without a certain level of awareness and ideological realm, it's simply impossible!"

"Even if he agrees, do you think someone without any training can remain undetected under the Japs' body searches and observations? Even the slightest weakness in mental toughness could expose one's true identity. Once the Japs notice something's wrong, all our efforts will be wasted!"

"Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense, but do we have any other better options now?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door: "Knock, knock, knock, knock"

The nearest person stood up to open the door. He stood at the door and whispered, "Who is it?"

"It's me, Gangzi!" The waiter's voice came from outside the door.

The door opened, and the waiter Gangzi walked in, breathlessly saying to Lao Cui, "Secretary Cui, something happened. The Commercial Press was raided, but the raid failed. Two of the attackers died, and the others escaped!"

Everyone looked at each other.

A few seconds later, Lao Cui said, "It seems someone is more anxious than us and has taken action first!"

"It should be someone from Jiangzhou. It's either the Blue Shirts Society or CC's people who did it."

Someone asked Gangzi, "Did he die in the printing factory or outside?"

"They died inside the printing factory. They avoided the Japanese sentries and patrols and sneaked in. They were quite capable!" Gangzi said.

The wrinkles on Lao Cui's face deepened. He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "It seems that our plan to send someone with a bomb to sneak in again will not work. With such a big incident, the Japanese will definitely be more vigilant and increase the number of sentries and patrols!"

The person in charge who had just proposed convincing the printing factory staff to cooperate said, "The only method I just mentioned is the one that works now. One person might not be able to do it, but what if there are two people? We can persuade the food purveyor to come over, and then hide the bomb among the purchased ingredients and bring it into the printing factory!"

"After all, there are more than a hundred people in the printing factory, and the daily consumption of food is not small!"

After much discussion, no one could come up with a good solution. Currently, this is the only method that seems somewhat reliable.

Finally, Lao Cui said, "This method is the most feasible one we can think of at the moment, but it's too difficult to convince two workers at the same time. Plus, with so many people involved, if they don't coordinate well, it's easy for something to go wrong!"

"How about this? Let's secretly observe the two workers who are delivering paper and purchasing ingredients to see if they meet the requirements. If they really don't meet the requirements, we can only think of other ways!"

The raid on the Commercial Printing Factory was indeed carried out by people sent by the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station. They had conducted sufficient reconnaissance and preparation beforehand, but the Japanese were not to be trifled with. The few Blue Shirts Society personnel who had infiltrated were eventually discovered by the Japanese patrolling inside the printing factory.

After a fierce battle, several Japanese soldiers were killed. There were a total of five Blue Shirts Society operatives who had sneaked in. After two of them were killed, the remaining three had to decisively choose to retreat, and they retreated quickly. If they had delayed for another ten seconds, they would not have been able to leave.

This happened at night, making it easier to hide and escape. If they had acted during the day, these five people probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

The Blue Shirts Society’s secret base at Songhu Station.

Liu Wanxiong scowled at the three operatives who had escaped. "Good-for-nothings, useless bastards! This has alerted the enemy. The Japanese will definitely raise their alert level. What are we going to do next?"

The three operatives who escaped were scolded so much that they lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

Chen Gongde, who was standing nearby, tried to smooth things over: "Stationmaster, calm down. The failure of this operation cannot be entirely blamed on them. It's a blessing in disguise that they managed to escape back. If the Japs were so easy to deal with, we wouldn't be hiding everywhere now!"

"We all knew beforehand that the Japanese were heavily guarded, and the operation plan was perfectly executed. However, accidents can occur during an operation that are beyond human control. This time, we can say it was just bad luck. A patrol happened to appear from behind and saw us. The incident has already happened, and assigning responsibility to someone else won't solve the problem!"

"Now we want to send more people to sneak in to destroy the printing equipment and take the template. It's no longer feasible. The Japanese will definitely increase the alert level again and the defense will be even stricter!"