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Chapter 788 Prelude
1937 8 Month 9 Day.

Zuo Zhong sat in the reception area of ​​Dai Chunfeng's office, looked at the words "sincerity and unity" on the wall, covered his mouth and yawned. He had just cleaned up the spy case in the past two days.

As a Chinese, Chen Shi was a Chinese traitor who was willing to help the tyrants and abuse them. He should have been executed on the spot, but he had a good attitude of pleading guilty and repentant.

Zuo Zhong didn't know if there was any help from the Deputy Director Wang. Anyway, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the government, just like the monsters who were killed in Journey to the West had no background.

Compared with Chen Shi, the "underground party" Zhang Yun's fate was much more tragic. After confessing 10,000+ words of information that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, this person was suffocated and died of blood clots blocking his airway. The next generation may consider writing novels .

His accomplice, the owner of Guzhou Bookstore, died on the operating table. Ling Sanping tried his best but failed to revive him. The body was handed over to the new forensic doctor. It was regarded as waste. After all, the rescue cost a lot of money .

no way,
These days, the landlord's family has no food left.

Zuo Zhong had finally finished wrangling with various personnel and divided up the properties of the two "underground parties". Before he had time to rest, he was called to the bureau headquarters by an order from Lao Dai.

As for the reason, he speculated that it might have something to do with the situation in Shanghai. According to the information given by Ryosuke Hase, the Japanese are likely to launch a war today, at least they will take some action.

After these days of military deployment, the two sides have deployed a large number of troops and technical equipment around the Huangpu River. It is not a small number for so many people to eat horse chews every day.

The national government can't afford it.
The Japanese can't afford it even more.

Therefore, the war between China and Japan is not only a military issue, but also a political issue, as well as an economic issue. If the confrontation continues for such a long time, the two countries will be completely bankrupt before the war begins.

Just as he was thinking, Dai Chunfeng opened the door and strode in. Zuo Zhong immediately stood up to greet him, bowed his head slightly and said hello, teacher, and hurried to the table to help him pull out the chair.

Old Dai, who had just come back from the outside, gave a soft compliment, put the briefcase on the desk casually, sat down with a tired face, raised his hand, rubbed his head, and waved his hand gently at him.

"Shen Mo, sit down, don't see outsiders when I'm here."

"Students obey, thank you teacher."

You can only listen to half of the leader's polite words, and whoever takes it seriously is either a fool or a stick. Zuo Zhong sat down respectfully, straightened his back and only sat on half of his buttocks.

Dai Chunfeng glanced at him, with a slight smile on his face: "Shen Mo, this time the underground party and spies were caught, and the threat inside and behind us was eliminated, the leader is very satisfied with this.

It is decided to award you the third-class Baoding Medal, and the other personnel to award the fourth- and fifth-class Yunhui Medals. Originally, the principal wanted to come in person, but there was an emergency military meeting that needed to be attended, so he entrusted me to award the honors on his behalf. "

"Thank you for the teacher's cultivation, the students are sincere and fearful."

Zuo Chong stood up suddenly, his face was full of excitement, but he was speechless in his heart, he had already taken a few of these things, it was useless at all, oh no, the sentence could be increased in the future.

There is also participation in the military meeting, forget it, if someone does not get involved, the fight in Shanghai may be smoother, once the other party focuses on the military, it basically means that the front line will be defeated.

Dai Chunfeng didn't know his rebellious thoughts, got up, straightened his collar, opened the briefcase, took out a small wooden box from it, and announced the official order of the military committee.

Then he hung the gaudy medal on Zuo Zhong's chest, and conveyed a few "oral instructions" from someone, which were nothing more than scene words such as making persistent efforts and making new achievements for the Guo party.

After finishing the procedure, Lao Dai signaled Zuo Zhong to sit down, then leaned on the back of the chair and said slowly: "The leader has already made arrangements for your next work, so you should stay in Shanghai.

It was the economic center of the Republic of China and the intelligence center of Asia and even the world. The Japanese have long coveted it. As the southeast barrier of Jinling, this place must not be lost. "

You have several tasks when you go back this time. One is to sanction assassinations, the other is to run schools, the third is to counter espionage, and the fourth is to collect intelligence on the Japanese military and political aspects. Each of these tasks is not easy.

The first thing, Chang Yuqing has heard of this person, the old boss of the Shanghai Cao Gang, who worked as a foreman in the Toyota Spinning Mill and Tongxing Spinning Mill of a Japanese company in his early years, and has a close relationship with the Japanese.

Later, he left the factory to run bathrooms and dance halls and joined the Youth Gang. During the 21th Campaign in the [-]st year of the Republic of China, with the support of the Japanese army, he organized the Shanghai North District Citizens Maintenance Association in Zhabei and served as the chairman.

After the incident was over, he was wanted by Jinling, fled to the so-called Kanto Prefecture, and took refuge in Japanese ronin to participate in the activities of the Puppet Manchukuo gang. He was a veteran traitor who devoted himself to working for the Japanese.

According to the intelligence team of the Northeast Region, this person revealed to the outside world some time ago that he would return to Shanghai, thereby attracting many gangsters, bandits, frustrated literati, former members of the Northeast Army and White Russian officers.

On August 8, he was seen on a cruise ship heading to Daocheng, Lu Province. After disembarking, he boarded a car of the Japanese garrison. His whereabouts are unknown, but he may have arrived in Shanghai.

For this kind of national scum, the leader instructed to make an example. Remember, this is not a secret sanction, but to be executed publicly. The louder the movement, the better, so as to deter some people with ulterior motives. "

Chang Yuqing.
The photo and basic information of the other party quickly flashed in Zuo Zhong's mind. He was born in Jingzhou, E Province, and was born in the Guangxu period of the previous dynasty.

Graduated from the Military Academy of Hubei Province, he went to Shanghai after his death in [-]. He served as the chairman of the Fifth Avenue Business Federation.

Then there is nothing to say, this traitor must be killed. Thinking of this, he stood up and raised his head and replied: "Yes, the students must find Chang Yuqing as soon as possible to punish, please rest assured, teacher."

"Well, okay, relax, you don't have to be so nervous between me and my teacher, I'm sure you can handle things." Dai Chunfeng laughed, and didn't pay attention to a leader of the Youth Gang.

It would be strange if the Secret Service couldn't even deal with a five or sixty-year-old man.

As for whether the other party will hide, this time it's not just the Jinling government who wants Chang's life.

Lao Dai took a sip from his water glass and said lightly: "If you need help from the local gang, you can go to Boss Du for help. Although he was born in a gangster, he is also a patriotic person.

A few days ago, he talked with me on the phone and said that he wanted to build an armed guerrilla force of about 1 people in Shanghai, based on gangs and workers, to cooperate with the military in combat, and to be responsible for suppressing espionage and anti-rape work.

I reported this matter to the leader, and the leader readily agreed and gave a signboard of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee, which belongs to the Military Commission. I will take the lead as the secretary-general, and Boss Du will be the director-general. The preparations will begin immediately. "

Oh, it turned out to be this thing.

Zuo Zhong had read the newspaper article by Boss Du calling on all walks of life to resist Japan. His words were very generous, and it was encouraging to see. The image of a hero who worried about the country and the people was vividly displayed on the paper. He must have spent a lot of money to hire gunmen. .

If he hadn't known that the other party was the largest importer and exporter of opium and white flour in the Republic of China, and his business involved all the provisions of the criminal law, he would have believed it. If this kind of person says patriotism, he is probably true to three percent and speculation on seven percent.

But regardless of his deeds, this person has made some contributions anyway. The arms and funds raised for the front line are not fake. From this point of view, Boss Du is better than many people.

On the other side, Dai Chunfeng handed over a document and continued talking.

"In the past two days, Boss Du has almost gathered his staff. He heard that he will deal with the Japanese. In addition to the Cao Gang personnel, many young students voluntarily signed up out of national indignation, and there are even many college students. This is the list.

I decided to set up 5 detachments and a special service brigade first, of which the first, second and third detachments are composed of educated youths, and the fourth, fifth and special service brigades are composed of personnel from us and Boss Du.

However, there are also problems. I think it is not worth the candle to let these students who have not received any military training go to the battlefield to fight directly.

Why don't you gather them together and conduct professional intelligence training, our career must have a successor, this is the second thing I asked you to do, to be in charge of opening a special technical training class.

Boss Du found two good places, one is Xixi Primary School in Qingpu County, which is big enough and the location is hidden, and the other is the silk reeling factory in Songjiang, which is his secret industry and few people know about it.

When you go to Shanghai, you take over these two places first, and prepare to build two training classes. For the sake of convenience and confidentiality, the class will be named after the place. I will personally be the head teacher, and you will be the deputy head teacher.

Considering that you have a lot of work, you can transfer Yu Xingle as the instructor of the Qingpu class and Li Qiwu as the instructor of the Songjiang class. The two of them will be responsible for the daily study and training. It is good that you have time to teach the students.

Old intelligence officers such as Gucci and Wu Jingzhong can also give lectures. Don’t practice self-preservation. The more capable the people below, the easier it will be for you officers.

Be careful, this matter should be done as soon as possible. Now we are fighting the enemy desperately. The purpose of training cadres is to train them not to be afraid of death. Only these three words can defeat the enemy and win victory.

For this reason, I have formulated three principles of action for the students: to act in the most dangerous places; to enter first when the military is in action, and to cover and destroy when the military is retreating; only talk about the results of the battle, regardless of sacrifice. "

After saying a lot of slogans that are enough to make the workers cry and the capitalists feel ashamed, Dai Chunfeng expressed his heart to his proud disciples meaningfully.

"Politics must be backed by force, otherwise it will be selling doggy plaster and being looked down upon by others. I will always let go of the Secret Service and the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. You must seriously understand this sentence.

When you take on more important responsibilities, you will understand what I mean. There is no strong force behind it, not to mention subordinates, even Shangfeng will not care about you. This is all from the experience of the teacher. "

What experience?
Do you have the experience of hitting a mountain?

Zuo Zhong really wants to ask Mr. Cheap, you, an intelligence leader, insist on touching the armed forces, do you think that someone's sword is not good, I don't want to smash the ground with you.

On the contrary, the Qingpu training class is interesting. It has cultivated a lot of talents. All of them are proficient in the principles of the Jade Throne Golden Buddha and the Steepunk formula. You must pay more attention to it. It doesn’t matter if it’s money or not. He mainly wants to recruit some students.

At that time, we will walk around the whole country...

Oh, it's beautiful, it's beautiful.

On the surface, Zuo Zhong took the document solemnly with both hands, his face was serious and his eyes were firm, and he showed with actions that he would strictly implement this order.

Seeing that he understood, Dai Chunfeng nodded and smiled in satisfaction, and stopped talking about such sensitive topics, and changed the subject to the third task.

"As early as a few months ago, Director Yu of the Shanghai Special City asked the leader and me for help, saying that he was accompanied by Japanese soldiers in civilian clothes every day, and the Japanese even sent threatening letters.

You send a few capable operatives to protect him and ensure his safety. Seeing that the war is imminent, as the chief executive of Shanghai, the other party must not have any accidents.

Furthermore, there is an intelligence office under the listed government in Shanghai, which is responsible for collecting intelligence from all walks of life and concessions. A few days ago, Commander Yu ordered people to transport the intelligence files out of the city center over the years to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy during the war.

As a result, the transportation personnel found that all the files had disappeared, replaced by sheets of blank paper. This incident made the leader very angry and ordered the Shanghai Police Station to do its best to investigate.

After investigation, Cao Chuncheng, the former director of intelligence, was lured by the spies and colluded with some staff members to commit this case of stealing files. After the incident, the bastard ran into Hongkou, and the police could not catch him.

However, due to our swift action and the tight checks at the checkpoints in Shanghai recently, he has no way to take those files away. They should be hiding somewhere in the urban area at present, and are going to take them away after the Japanese army occupies Shanghai.

Your task is to retrieve the files and get rid of Cao Chuncheng. He is a member of the old Party Affairs Investigation Section and knows many secrets of our intelligence system and intelligence personnel.

In the end, Chief Yu was tirelessly followed by the Japanese, and on August 8 he took sixteen of his cronies and eight guards to handle official business in a villa on Bai Saizhong Road in the French Concession.

As a result, they started working in the morning, and in the afternoon, the Japan League sent someone to deliver a mimeographed document to the door, and it turned out to be the declassified message from the highest authority in Jinling to Chief Yu.

What's more, several Japanese newspapers that day all reported the secret relocation of the Shanghai-listed government, including the address, phone number, and background check of the secret office.

For a while, the people in Shanghai panicked. Many people believed that the government did not have the confidence to defeat the Japanese, and they helped the old and the young to go to the concession. The British and French authorities protested to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Japanese deceived others so much that they disturbed the morale of our army and the people. We must find out who disclosed this information to the enemy and punish them severely. We must let them understand that Shanghai belongs to the Chinese. "

"Yes, Chief."

Zuo Zhong saluted and pretended he didn't hear the last sentence. It doesn't matter how tough you say, it depends on your actions. The concession doesn't exist for a day or two. Since the former dynasty, it has become a country within a country, a place outside the law.

During the Northern Expedition that year, the armed pickets led by the underground party took down the urban area. As long as we work harder, we may be able to recover several concessions through negotiations, or at least part of the concession governance.

As a result, as soon as the imperialists spoke, someone immediately betrayed Guming, and the good situation was ruined. When the workers and citizens were fighting bloody battles, the elite troops of the national government stopped in the suburbs and stood by.

Keeping these thoughts deep in his heart, Zuo Zhong decided to go back and start the training class first. This is a long-term job that takes time, and the sooner it starts, the sooner it will produce results.

Sanctioning Chang Yuqing and Cao Chuncheng was placed in the second step, and the third step was to find the stolen files and the spies in the Shanghai special city government. There are priorities, and some things cannot be rushed.

Next, Dai Chunfeng also gave specific instructions on the task of collecting Japanese military and political intelligence. It was related to the national war. The two dared not be careless.

"Beep!"

"Director, Deputy Director Zuo, let's fight!"

After five o'clock, just as they were about to end the conversation, secretary Li Wei knocked on the door and hurried into the office, anxiously reporting.

"Shanghai authorities reported that 10 minutes ago, a lieutenant and sailor of the Marine Corps of the Japanese army stationed at Toyota Spinning Mill, wearing uniform, drove a Ford military vehicle with a No. 56 test license plate, and drove east to west along the Hongqiao Road. He forcibly entered Hongqiao Airport and was stopped by the security team guarding the airport.

A dispute ensued between the two sides. Due to language barriers and communication difficulties, the dispute quickly escalated into a physical conflict. The two Japanese soldiers ignored the dissuasion at all, and their attitude became more and more arrogant. They drew out their pistols and threatened the guards.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the security regiment at the scene fired shots at Tian Tian as a warning. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other party fled in a car in a panic.

The nearby high-alert officers on duty heard the gunshots and didn't know what happened. They immediately fired at the fleeing Japanese military vehicles, and the machine guns hidden inside the airport also fired at the same time.

150 meters to the north of the airport gate, the tires of the Japanese military vehicle were damaged. The vehicle lost control and rushed into the vegetable field on the roadside. Two Japanese soldiers abandoned the vehicle and fled.

A cook who was working in the airport kitchen heard a series of gunshots and quickly climbed up to the wall to observe. When he saw that the Japanese lieutenant was waving a pistol and was trying to escape, he threw a grenade, and the man was killed on the spot.

The other panicked and ran to the woods with a gun to avoid being chased. It happened that the first battalion of the second regiment of the Second Division Supplementary Brigade was secretly building fortifications in the woods. kill.

Now the people from the Shanghai Police Headquarters have controlled the scene to prevent the news from leaking out, and Qilu will inform the bureau to attend the meeting of the Military Committee to discuss how to deal with this matter. "

Japanese soldiers stormed into the airport,

Ran to the supplementary brigade defense area,

And all died.

Dai Chunfeng and Zuo Zhong looked at each other, feeling a little heavy. Hase Ryosuke said that the Japanese Navy requested that all the nationals in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River be evacuated before August 8th. As expected, something happened today.

Could this be the opponent's plan to use the life of a lieutenant and a soldier as an excuse to start a war? This style of behavior is indeed very Japanese, and it seems that it is not far from a full-scale war.

"At the end of the day, reorganizing the supplementary brigade into a security regiment stationed in Shanghai is a dangerous move. Some people think this approach is too radical, and he is worried about conflicts with the Japanese army. He also told others that this is going to cause trouble. This word has become a prophecy."

Dai Chunfeng looked solemn, and sighed with his hands behind his back: "Go back and prepare, and go to Shanghai to preside over the overall situation as soon as possible. No matter whether there will be a war or not, the intelligence work must not be delayed."

"Understood, teacher, the students will leave tonight or tomorrow morning."

After hesitating for a while, Zuo Zhong expressed his worries: "Shanghai Garrison Command, you should pay more attention, Commander Yang is an old soldier, and he has a close relationship with people from the Cao Gang, and he is used to doing things as he pleases.

The students were afraid that he would play tricks on this matter in order to evade responsibility. You know, the Japanese have always been scheming. "

Old Dai knew who he was talking about, first the president's guard captain and favorite general, someone's old-fashioned brother, but no matter how old-fashioned he was, he couldn't offend him, so he nodded perfunctorily, and quickly left the investigation and statistics Bureau.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Zhong was a little helpless, and it was hard to persuade the damn ghost, he did what he had to do, said what he needed to say, and hoped that the Shanghai Security Command would not engage in any slapstick operations, otherwise those who intentionally create conflicts will be the national government.

After thinking about it, he felt that he had to do something. After saying goodbye to Li Wei, he returned to the Secret Service and sent a telegram to He Yijun, asking the personnel in Shanghai to pay close attention to Hongqiao Airport, especially pay attention to the movements of Commander Yang's subordinates.

The Secret Service has no authority to monitor the high-ranking security commander. It is no problem to monitor Commander Yang's cronies. He doesn't believe that the other party does everything by himself.

When Zuo Zhong's order was conveyed to many operatives, the morgue of Shanghai No. [-] Hospital was surrounded by a group of soldiers, and soon after, a corpse truck drove towards Hongqiao Airport at high speed.

In the car, several military officers sat next to a dead body, casually removed the clothes from the dead body, put on an airport security regiment uniform, and wiped the dead man's face, hands and feet with a towel along the way.

These people were doing work with their hands, chatting with each other.

"I said, can this work? The Japanese are not fools, or forget it."

"This is Commander Yang's order. If you don't dare to carry it out, stop talking nonsense and put on your military boots quickly."

"Damn, this guy just died for a long time, why is it so smelly, no, no, you guys do it first, I will open the car window."

"Go ahead, it stinks."

With the sound of the conversation, the side windows of the van were opened, and the warm summer air rushed into the compartment in an instant, and the stench became more intense. The people in the van were blinded by the smoke, and one by one squeezed to the window to breathe fresh. Air.

At this time, a brand-new American car drove up from behind, and a modern girl with various styles was sitting in the driver's seat. Seeing such a beautiful opposite sex, the officers immediately whistled like punks on the street.

What made them even happier was that the other party didn't mind at all. Instead, they put their hands in front of their mouths and blew a kiss. Then they stepped on the gas pedal with a charming smile, quickly passed the corpse truck, and quickly disappeared into the bustling streets of Shanghai.

(End of this chapter)