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Zhang Anping is going to play a big game.

This time the chessboard is not in Shanghai, but in the six divisions currently controlled by the Reform Government.

The reason why Zhang Anping did this was entirely because he took advantage of the conflicts among a group of traitors.

On March 3, the Wang Puppet Nanjing Government will be officially established, and the current Nanjing Reform Government and the North China Provisional Government will be incorporated into this puppet regime.

However, the treatment of the two is completely different.

According to the information obtained by Zhang Anping, although the pseudo-provisional government of North China will be incorporated into the Wang Puppet Government, it will itself be reorganized into the [North China Political Affairs Committee].

But the pseudo-Reform Government was different. It was dissolved on the spot - it was said that the Reform Government prepared a declaration of dissolution. After the pseudo-regime was dissolved, its members would be incorporated into the Wang Puppet Regime.

It will not be reorganized into the North China Administrative Committee like the North China Pseudo-Provisional Government.

The former still maintains sufficient independence, while the latter is equivalent to integration into it.

Once integrated, the past glory will naturally be gone, so in recent days the Reform Government has been using the puppet troops in its hands as bargaining chips, intending to increase its voice in the newly formed Wang Puppet Regime.

The Reformist Government used puppet troops as bargaining chips, but didn’t the Wang Puppet Government also covet these puppet troops?

There are more than 100,000 puppet troops in North China. These are not militia-style puppet troops, but a proper military organization. However, North China will not let go, and the Japanese will not allow this force to be completely controlled by the Wang Puppet Government. But how could Mr. Wang, who has lived through the late Qing Dynasty, not know the importance of military power?
Therefore, he was also trying to win over the six divisions controlled by the Reform Government, making all kinds of promises for free. The Reform Government regarded this group of puppet troops as a life-saving straw and invested heavily in it. The commanders of the six divisions were either treated to banquets by the Wang Puppet Government or the Reform Government in recent days. This was also the reason why the commanders of the Fourth Division were not there.

This is true for the four divisions, and it is also true for the other divisions.

The traitors at the division level were eager to seize this rare opportunity to grow bigger and stronger, and the people below them were also looking for new backers when this puppet government was established, waiting for the opportunity to grow bigger and stronger.

Moreover, on the day of its establishment, these division-level officers who were affiliated with the former Restoration Government will attend the bullshit ceremony.

At a time when people's hearts were in turmoil, if Zhang Anping did not give the Japanese and puppet troops a five-whip blow, God would scold him for not cherishing the opportunity!

How does Zhang Anping plan to play this game of chess?
To put it bluntly, it is very simple. It is to take advantage of the Japanese distrust of the puppet army and muddy the water at a critical moment. The puppet Fourth Division, as a force trusted by the Japanese, is groping for the "whale" in the muddy water.

That's why he took the risk of revealing his identity to the spies of the pseudo Fourth Division.

It turned out that his adventure was necessary. After the six people who made up the special committee learned of Zhang Anping's identity, all their concerns disappeared.

In the next few days, they cooperated with Xu Tian and arrested the stubborn elements one by one on suspicion of "communicating with resistance elements".

According to their opinion, since these stubborn elements had been captured, they should be beaten to death - on the day when Shang Zhensheng started the uprising, these people slaughtered many of his fellow rebels.

Now is the time to take revenge and complain!
But Xu Tian warned them not to punish these stubborn elements, but to treat them with good wine and good food, and asked them to give the Japanese some advice:

We arrest people as soon as we hear the news. It is very likely that some of them are our own people who are regarded as thorns in the eyes and hands of the resistance elements, and there are definitely some who have been wrongly accused. For the sake of safety, we should not embarrass these detained people for the time being, but treat them first. After the current situation is over, we will arrest people if we have evidence, and release them if we don’t have evidence.

With just one sentence "to be on the safe side", these Japanese spies were instantly "conquered". They had been worried that these people from the special committee would secretly eliminate dissidents, but they didn't expect that they thought so much. After hearing the compliment, they were completely relieved.

The Japanese spies felt relieved, and the six members of the special committee became even more confident in detaining people.

Their attitude when detaining people was very good. They used all kinds of tricks and promises to make the detainees lose their minds. One by one, they entered the prepared "detention room" without resistance and enjoyed the high treatment there with peace of mind. They were waiting to regain their freedom after March 3 and express their loyalty to the Japanese.

They were completely unaware that in just a few days, the special committee had completed the cleansing of the pseudo Fourth Division, and all core positions were taken over by their people.

……

While the puppet Fourth Division was working in full swing, other units of the puppet army were also being attacked by the Military Control Commission.

The Fourth Division could easily deceive its superiors and eliminate dissidents because it had the foundation laid by Shang Zhensheng with his life, but the other divisions did not have this condition. Even if Li Xingyu, who had once been a puppet army commander, was specially transferred to incite rebellion, there was not much progress.

However, this was also within Zhang Anping's expectations. He just wanted to let the Japanese know that the Military Control Commission was taking action, otherwise the Fourth Division would appear to be too independent. Moreover, the Fourth Division was also a model. He needed other pseudo-military divisions to "carry forward" the style of the Fourth Division, and for the sake of safety, a large number of military chiefs were detained.

What's more, because of the example of the pseudo Fourth Division, after the other pseudo military divisions learned the news, they followed suit in the face of the "increasingly rampant" rebellion of the Military Control Commission. Starting from the 27th, they learned the detention mechanism of the pseudo Fourth Division and detained the suspicious officers one by one to avoid any complications on the 30th.

……

Qu Yuanmu was a nail that Zhang Anping had prepared a long time ago.

His career in hiding was also quite bizarre - in the repeated changes and purges of the power structure at No. 76, he experienced several falls and a career full of ups and downs.

The last big rise was when he burned out the "cold stove" of Ding Mo-cun in advance. Finally, with Ding Mo-cun taking over No. 76, he "rose" again in No. 76 after burning out the cold stove in advance.

And then, he hit rock bottom again.

Because he joined the counterintelligence team, and with Li Weiguang's withdrawal and "death in action", the counterintelligence team became the biggest joke. Others might have escaped unscathed, but he was put into cold storage again.

So much so that it is evaluated by superstitious people as:
This person is unlucky. Even if wealth falls on his head, it will be blown away by the wind.

Because he works loyally, but his luck is always bad, something always happens to the people who follow him.

The reason why no one thought there was something wrong with him was because everyone could see that Qu Yuanmu was working very hard!
Look, Qu Yuanmu has worked hard to do something again.

Sweating profusely, he ran to Room 76 and quickly ran into the office of Yi Mocheng, Director of the Operations Department.

Yi Mocheng looked at the unlucky guy calmly and asked, "Are you in a hurry to find me? Is there something wrong?"

"Deputy, I found some information!"

"Go ahead--" Yi Mocheng waited for Qu Yuanmu to speak, but found that Qu Yuanmu was standing there without saying a word. He immediately understood what Qu Yuanmu meant, and thought that this unlucky guy was really trying hard to get up, so he said:

"I am short of a section chief in the Operations Department."

Qu Yuanmu then spoke: "I found someone secretly meeting with He Zuobin. They were very alert. I followed them but didn't hear what they were saying, but judging from their level of alertness, I suspect they were from the Military Control Commission!"

"He Zuobin? I remember him - during the Sixth Congress last year, someone tried to incite him to rebel, but he refused and killed the other person himself."

Yi Mocheng frowned and said, "He has a criminal record. He shouldn't be involved with the Military Control Commission at this time, right?"

Qu Yuanmu remained silent. He was a smart man and would not interfere with Yi Mocheng's judgment at this time.

Yi Mocheng is a traitor after all. As a traitorous spy, he habitually thinks the worst of people.

So he changed his words: "Not necessarily. Maybe he regretted it and got back in touch with the Military Control Commission, hoping to redeem himself for meritorious service. Where did you see him?"

"A cafe on Laoer East Road in the French Concession."

"Are you still there now?"

"I don't know, but I have someone watching me!"

Yi Mocheng looked at Qu Yuanmu in surprise - after the counter-espionage group was disbanded, Qu Yuanmu was left on the bench again. Although he was at the level of section chief, he had no soldiers under his command.

Seeing this, Qu Yuanmu explained, "I found the informant myself."

"You are thoughtful..." Yi Mocheng praised, opened the drawer, took out an envelope and threw it to Qu Yuanmu: "Since you are an informant, I can't let you spend money in vain. Take it as funding. Here, you lead a group of people to capture people. After catching them, don't forget to take No. 76 to this place. This is the secret base I prepared. Do you understand?"

"My subordinate understands!"

Qu Yuanmu took advantage of the situation and immediately called himself a subordinate. After Qu Yuanmu left, Yi Mocheng couldn't help but sigh and said to himself:
"This guy's luck is really weird! He's quite smart, why does he have such bad luck?"

……

As for Qu Yuanmu, he selected a group of people from the Operations Department and immediately rushed towards the French Concession.

When he arrived, his spy outside the cafe said that the person had left, but a brother had followed.

Qu Yuanmu's so-called spy was a member of the Green Gang. He knew what these words meant and immediately handed the informant fee to the other party. The other party then led the way and followed the marks left by their companions.

Finally, they found the person in a small hotel. A group of people opened the door of the room under the pretext of checking the water meter - bah, under the pretext of changing the water, and then rushed in and caught the unprepared "guest" inside on the spot.

Qu Yuanmu arranged two more people to keep an eye on He Zuobin, and the captured member of the Military Control Commission was sent to the secret base prepared by Yi Mocheng.

At first the other party refused to confess, but after Qu Yuanmu personally tortured him, the other party could no longer bear it and finally confessed.

After Qu Yuanmu got the confession, he immediately called Yi Mocheng to report:

"Director, we have investigated clearly - the other party is Cai Jierong, a member of the Military Control Commission. He was not ordered to incite He Zuobin to rebel, but to avenge his brother. He took action privately and deliberately persuaded He Zuobin to surrender, intending to use us to avenge his brother!"

"Revenge?" Yi Mocheng was stunned and asked in a serious tone, "What revenge?"

"His brother is Mi Wenjie, a member of the Military Control Commission who was killed by He Zuobin last year after he failed to persuade He Zuobin to defect."

"You are indeed very loyal." Yi Mocheng suddenly realized and asked, "What else did you gain?"

"The other party revealed a base outside the city, saying that this base is the base of the subversion team. Do you want me to take people there?"

"Rebellion team?"

Yi Mocheng had been unable to sleep peacefully these past few days because of the military control's instigation. How could he not be excited when he heard the news? He immediately said:
"Keep squeezing the oil and see if you can squeeze out any other information! Leave the base matters to me! Chief Qu, you are the first to do this! I will never forget you."

……

Just as Yi Mocheng was gathering people to make the arrest, Zhang Anping went to Li Xingyu's subversion team to inspect their work.

Li Xingyu's current position is the chief of staff of the Songhu Command. He was temporarily transferred by Zhang Anping to serve as the leader of the counter-revolutionary team. After seeing Zhang Anping, Li Xingyu immediately said:
"Sir, I'm sorry. I'm incompetent and I let you down!"

His subversion team's work has been very unsuccessful in the past few days. So far, three puppet army officers have confirmed their positions and expressed their determination to cooperate. However, unexpectedly, news came this afternoon that these three puppet army officers were all detained.

According to Li Xingyu's understanding, even if nothing is found out, the person can only be released after the 30th.

This means that these people have lost their value, and it also means that his rebellion team's time in the past few days has been wasted.

He thought that Zhang Anping had come to call him to task, so naturally he had to admit his mistake first as a sign of respect.

Zhang Anping waved his hand, glanced at the anxious people in the room, and said:

"Go in and talk."

The two entered the suite, and Zhang Anping handed a stack of documents to Li Xingyu and said, "Put these folders in the confidential files on your side."

Li Xingyu took it and glanced at it, her eyes widened instantly:

"District seat, what is this?"

The document he glanced at was a plan to subvert the chief of staff of the puppet Second Division, which contained detailed information about this person's family.

With this document in hand, he was confident that he could force the other party to surrender.

Zhang Anping saw what Li Xingyu meant, frowned and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Li Xingyu didn't notice Zhang Anping's expression. After hearing what Zhang Anping said, he read the document carefully. As he was reading, he suddenly said:

"District Chief, here is detailed information about his family. I want to try it!"

"Use his family?"

Li Xingyu nodded, and only then noticed that Zhang Anping looked quite unhappy, and hurriedly said: "I'm just threatening him, I won't do anything to his family!"

This kind of thing is common in the Military Control Commission, and some of their own people will also be told when they are performing tasks:

Your position/identity is very important. If something goes wrong, you must kill yourself, otherwise your family...

But what's funny is that this way of bringing harm to the family is only aimed at the middle and low-level levels. When the top leaders rebel, there is almost no case of harming the family members.

Zhang Anping shook his head, patted Li Xingyu on the shoulder, and said in a serious tone:
"Xingyu, you and I are both soldiers."

"As a soldier, you must have a bottom line to abide by."

"There are some things that the Japanese can do, and the traitors can do, but we can't do them! Even if others are doing it, we absolutely can't do it!"

"I can honestly say that since the fall of Shanghai, if we had used all means possible, we would have achieved more than this. But if that were the case, would we still be soldiers?"

"For a just goal, I can accept unjust means, but some bottom lines cannot be abandoned. Once abandoned, we who are walking on the edge of darkness may sink completely."

"Understand?"

Li Xingyu didn't take it seriously at first, but when she heard "We who are walking on the edge of darkness may be completely destroyed", she couldn't help but be moved.

Because only people who are in this industry can understand and empathize with this sentence.

When you are used to using any means necessary and having no bottom line, when you encounter a difficult problem, your instinctive reaction is to use the most despicable means to achieve your goal.

For example, it may bring disaster to one’s wife and children.

But are you still the same person at that time?
"I understand!"

Li Xingyu nodded solemnly.

Even though war means using any means necessary, and those in the war are all the invaded parties, if they have no bottom line even for themselves, then what is the difference between them and the enemy?
Zhang Anping patted Li Xingyu's shoulder again and said self-deprecatingly:

"Some people may laugh at my principles, but we... are human beings after all!"

"District Chief, I understand your painstaking efforts!"

Zhang Anping waved his hand, ending the topic, and pointed at the information in Li Xingyu's hand:
"To control a traitor, you don't have to resort to such despicable means. There are other ways, for example...let the Japanese control these things?"

Li Xingyu thought of a possibility: "You want to?"

Zhang Anping raised his wrist to adjust his watch and checked the time: "We probably have about fifteen minutes left, let's get ready to burn the documents!"

"Yes!"

(I was planning to have sex last night, but I woke up the next day and it was already the next day, so I still had to wait until about 1am.) (End of this chapter)