Agents of the Republic of China

After the defeat of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government began to plan to move westward to Chongqing. With the publication of the "Declaration on the Nationalist Government's Relocation to Chongqing", the large-scale implementation of the westward move kicked off immediately. Cultural and military center.Along with the relocation of various agencies of the national government, the size of Chongqing's urban area has also continued to expand, and the population has soared from more than 50 to [-]. The consequences are housing difficulties, traffic congestion, lack of supplies and Prices soared.

Since the Battle of Wuhan, China and Japan have engaged in protracted contention and fierce battles around southern Hubei and Hunan. Due to the tenacious resistance of the Chinese army, the Japanese army has been unable to achieve fruitful victories, and has to rely on the dominant air power to start the war. Endless and indiscriminate bombing of Chongqing.

When the air raid siren sounded, Lin Xiaotang waited for Relian to distinguish between the southeast and the north, so he put down the half-eaten hot pot and followed the owner of the hot pot stall to an air-raid shelter not far from the pier. This air-raid shelter was excavated and reconstructed by the Chongqing municipal government. , the area is large, the facilities are perfect, and the sanitary conditions seem to be passable.The air-raid shelter was built against the mountain, and the top of the cave was pretended to be a five-foot-thick boulder. According to the owner of the hot pot stall, even if [-] pounds of explosives fell, the people inside the cave would not be harmed at all. There are thick round-diameter wooden piles on the top and the top, and two holes are left to prevent one end from being covered by pouring mud due to bombing.

When Lin Xiaotang and others came in, there were already about 200 people gathered in the cave, but they didn't feel crowded at all.People in Chongqing, regardless of civilians, soldiers, businessmen, students, etc., have become accustomed to this kind of bombing. When they go out, they will bring necessary daily necessities, books, newspapers, etc., to pass the boring time in the air-raid shelter.Lin Xiaotang even saw a few middle-aged people set up a mahjong booth in the cave.

Looking out from the entrance of the cave, gunpowder smoke and faint mist are mixed together, densely packed Japanese bombers are shuttling between them, pouring bombs down continuously, and the anti-aircraft artillery fire never stops, fighting back vigorously.

A bomb landed not far from the entrance of the cave, Lin Xiaotang only looked at the plane in the sky, but didn't pay attention.Thanks to an arm behind him, he was safe and sound.

Lin Xiaotang patted the dirt on his head, turned around to thank the man, but the man took off the straw hat on his head and smiled at Lin Xiaotang.

"Chang Bo!" Lin Xiaotang almost shouted in surprise.

Chang Yao hurriedly made a silent gesture, and nodded to a few men dressed as farmers not far away.Several men dispersed and got into the crowd.

"This is not a place to talk, follow me!" Chang Yao pouted at Lin Xiaotang, signaling him to follow him into the cave.

Lin Xiaotang greeted Guo Zhui and others, signaled them to pay attention to the movement around them, and followed Chang Yao into the cave.

There are basically no people in the depths of the air-raid shelter, the air circulation here is poor, and the lighting is not very good, so most people would rather stay outside, because they can run quickly in case of an accident in the air-raid shelter.

Chang Yao and Lin Xiaotang came to a corner to sit down, Chang Yao took off his straw hat, and looked at Lin Xiaotang with a smile, "The previous telegram has been received by Yugong, I guess you will arrive in Chongqing in a few days, let me arrange someone Waiting for you at the pier, today I got a report from my subordinates, so I rushed over to meet you, who knew that it was just in time for the Japanese bombing."

"How is Yugong?" Lin Xiaotang asked impatiently.

"Okay, don't worry, he's in good health. Yugong lives in a friend's house now. It's not convenient for him to show up in public. You'd better find time to meet in private. The situation in Chongqing is not peaceful either. It's not yet clear who is the enemy and who is the friend. , it’s better to be careful. I’m here to remind you on Yugong’s behalf, and to introduce you to the current situation in Chongqing.”

Since Yugong sneaked into Chongqing last year, he has spared no effort in investigating the relationship between the department and Pei Zhongyan, as well as Nie Shangyun's investigation of the lost gold.Among them, Yugong found a lot of evidence of Pei Zhongyan's collusion with the research department relying on the Second Office of the Ministry of National Defense, but he didn't know the purpose of Pei Zhongyan's doing these things.It wasn't until he and Lin Xiaotang exchanged information on the cooperation between the Kwantung Army and Pei Zhongyan that Yugong shifted his focus to this aspect.

According to the investigation, the cooperation between Pei Zhongyan and the Japanese is obviously not a day or two. Their contacts should have started when Pei Zhongyan was studying in the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy. From this, Yugong judged that Pei Zhongyan was very likely to have been at that time. After taking refuge in the Japanese, their cooperation is also multi-faceted, and it may even be a deeply hidden nail planted by the Japanese in the national government.

However, there is no solid evidence for all of this.

It has to be noted that during the investigation of Yugong, he accidentally discovered that the military command was also secretly investigating Nie Shangyun, and even found Pei Zhongyan, but Dai Li was obviously a stalker.The Second Office of the Ministry of National Defense is an intelligence department affiliated to the army. Pei Zhongyan himself is currently a hot figure in Chongqing. The Second Office of the Ministry of National Defense is a component department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Commission. It is responsible for strategic intelligence. Being able to occupy a high position in it proves that The strength of Pei Zhongyan himself and the backing behind him.A little carelessness may lead to an unimaginable political struggle. Yugong guessed that this is the biggest reason why Dai Li dare not investigate deeply.

Regarding the matter of Lin Xiaotang's elder brother Lin Xiaojun, now there is a general context.

At that time, Lin Xiaojun was appointed by the "Officer's Club" to take a post in Nanjing, and planned with Zhou Chaojian to raise funds for the army's anti-Japanese war in the future.But after the fall of Peiping, the officers' club and the personnel of the 29th Army scattered everywhere.Lin Xiaojun and Zhou Chaojian had to hide temporarily for the sake of aftereffect.

After that, the Japanese army approached Nanjing, and the central treasury transported the stored gold to the rear in batches.At this time, Lin Xiaojun and Zhou Chaojian had contacted the former Ministry, intending to take advantage of the chaos to rob a batch of gold as funds for the establishment of anti-Japanese armed forces behind enemy lines.But at this time, the Japanese Golden Lily Special Gendarmerie, Pei Zhongyan, Nie Shangyun and others also focused on this batch of gold.

After the gold was shipped out of Nanjing, the escorts and the gold disappeared without a trace.Nie Shangyun failed to win over Zhou Chaojian, so he assassinated him on the street.Then, the Japanese army attacked Nanjing, and the special gendarmerie and Nie Shangyun found Lin Xiaotang at the same time, hoping to find out the whereabouts of gold from him.

After that, Lin Xiaojun and his wife died in the bombing, the Japanese fled, and Nie Shangyun escaped from Nanjing by chance.Only one person seems to know the secret of gold, and that is Ergou.

After Chang Yao and Lin Xiaotang finished talking, they were relatively embarrassed.

Chang Huan patted Lin Xiaotang's arm, "Xiao Qi, don't be sad, the dead are gone, we who are still alive, we have to fulfill their wishes and let them rest in peace!"

Lin Xiaotang nodded with red eyes.

At this time, the bombing had gradually stopped, and the people in the air-raid shelter were also slowly walking out. Chang Yao looked around and said to Lin Xiaotang: "You must know the hidden meaning of Dai Li's national conference this time. I won’t say any more, Yu Gong asked me to tell you a word: stay the same to meet all changes, and he will be there when everything is done. Dai Li can’t do anything to you.”

Lin Xiaotang's heart warmed up, and just as he was about to speak, someone suddenly shouted from the air-raid shelter: "Is there Mr. Lin from Shanghai?"

Chang Yao looked at the people at the entrance of the cave, put on his straw hat again, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid someone from the military commander is here to pick you up, so be careful." Then he stood up and was caught in the crowd under the protection of several men. in and out.

Lin Xiaotang and others walked to the entrance of the cave, and Lin Xiaotang nodded to the leader, "My surname is Lin, what can I do for you!"

The man hurried over, glanced at the ID in Huoyan's hand beside him, hurriedly led Lin Xiaotang and others outside the cave, and at the same time whispered: "Sir, please follow me!"

After paying the bill at the hot pot stall, the man led Lin Xiaotang and his party to turn two corners, and walked to the slope of a dirt road, where six black cars were parked.

Shen Zui was looking this way with a few people, and when he saw Lin Xiaotang appearing in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, "Youzhong, here!"

Lin Xiaotang smiled and shook hands with him, "Brother Junxi, how dare you bother me!"

Shen Zui urged Lin Xiaotang to get in the car quickly. After getting in the car, he said, "You Zhong, you don't know. You have a special status. Boss Dai told you that you must be picked up secretly. Now Chongqing is flooding in every day. There are tens of thousands of people, many of whom are Japanese eyeliners, you have a heavy responsibility, once your identity is exposed, it will be a big disaster!"

"That means I don't have to attend the meeting. It would be nice to just take me to visit places of interest near Chongqing!" Lin Xiaotang instantly understood Dai Li's intentions. There are too many intersections of various forces, so as not to encounter unnecessary resistance when dealing with him. This also proves that Dai Li is indeed thoughtful, and this time he will spare no effort to reduce or even eliminate himself.

Shen Zui's smile faltered, and then he laughed loudly, "You are worrying too much, Boss Dai definitely didn't mean that." Then, he blinked at Lin Xiaotang.

Lin Xiaotang understood, and didn't say anything more.Shen Zui is a well-rounded person, although he also has ambitions, but at this moment, he knows how to cover up his sharpness and purpose. From this point of view, he is much better than the solicitation he made in the training class.

The road was very bumpy, and the aftermath of the bombing was the houses on fire beside the road and the large and small bomb craters on the road.

"Have the people from Beiping, Nanjing and Qingdao arrived?" Lin Xiaotang asked casually.

"Stationmaster Beiping and Tianjin Stationmaster Liu have already arrived. Shanghai and Qingdao came all the way. As for Nanjing, why did you send a little girl here?" Shen Zui joked, but stretched out a hand and grabbed Lin Xiaotang started to write on the palm of his hand.

"Little girl, do you know? Shangzhi is now the acting director of the Shanghai Telecommunications Office, a student of Brother Suzhang, and is currently my confidential secretary. Nanjing Shanghuaishi's stationmaster really can't get out of the office, no There is no other way, I can only bring her along, regardless of her young age, she is the one who is most familiar with Nanjing Station."

While talking, Lin Xiaotang peeked at the driver in front of him, and at the same time understood Shen Zui's handwriting - "Pay attention to the one whose surname is Pei!"