Lost and Spy

Chapter 497 Internal Contradiction
1937 became the past, and 1938 came quietly.

This is the 27th year of the Republic of China.

On New Year's Day, the Shanghai International Settlement was still very lively, and people seemed not to be affected much by the war in China.

In the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, consuls from Western countries were also invited to a dinner specially held by them, and they publicized to them the great "efforts" that Japan made to maintain Shanghai's stability and restore Shanghai's order and economy after occupying Shanghai .

Moreover, they also solemnly invited the consuls to visit some of the current situation in the Japanese-controlled areas of Shanghai.

It's just that the consuls were not particularly interested. Even at the dinner, some consuls raised the rumor that some horrific massacres took place in Nanjing. What explanation does the Japanese side have for this?
Of course, the Japanese side categorically denied it, thinking that it was someone with ulterior motives who slandered the Great Japanese Empire.

The Japanese certainly want to cover up their crimes, especially in the current situation.

Although progress on the battlefield was relatively smooth, Japan thus occupied the most affluent area in China and controlled China's important political and economic center.But they failed to conquer the hearts of the Chinese people, let alone completely defeat China.

Even the main forces of the Chinese army fighting against Japan are still active on the battlefield.Japan's dream of completely conquering China by means of a quick victory is becoming more and more elusive.

Therefore, for the purpose of ensuring the occupation of China's Northeast, North China, Shanghai and the occupied areas along the coast, a group of forces in Japan stepped forward, trying to use soft means to train traitors and force China to surrender.

The development of a large number of traitors has become the current focus of Japanese intelligence agencies.

Shanghai, on the other hand, has become the base camp of Japan Special Agency.

There are rumors that in order to completely resolve the contradictions between the Japanese Army, Navy, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Japanese side may establish a new agency.

If Meng Shaoyuan was there, he would know that this rumor is true. This is the "Doihara Organization" that will appear soon and gradually change the chaotic situation of Shanghai's Japanese special organization.

A large number of traitors have appeared in large numbers, and the puppet regime is also planning intensively.The Japanese even worked out a plan for "Southern Tang and Northern Wu".

The puppet regime in the south is in charge of Tang Shaoyi who lives in Shanghai; the puppet regime in the north is in charge of Wu Peifu.

Tang Shaoyi's influence is too great. From the Qing Dynasty to Yuan Shikai, and then to the Republic of China, he has always held important positions, and even served as one of the seven presidents of the National Government.

Once he is instigated by the Japanese, it will bring great influence to the War of Resistance.

The Japanese are doing his job, and the Chinese are also fighting for him.

At this time, the Special Office of the Military Command Shanghai Latent Area also held an emergency meeting.

Yuan Zhonghe, Ji Shuang, and Zhao Changle, who stayed in Shanghai to lurk and continue to fight against the enemy, were all present.

The meeting was chaired by Wu Jingyi.

Without any pleasantries, as soon as she came up, Wu Jingyi explained the current serious situation in Shanghai, and focused on those traitors who had blatantly come to the fore or were about to move.

Especially those who are well-known and influential: Lu Zhengfang, Chen Zhongfu, Wen Zongyao, etc.

"When we came to Shanghai, especially after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we killed many traitors. The blood almost dyed Shanghai red. Why are there still so many traitors?" Yuan Zhonghe's voice was a little annoyed.

"If you kill one, five will emerge. If you kill five, ten or a hundred will emerge." At this time, Zhao Changle was no longer the technician in Nanjing, but the backbone of the special office. He sneered:
"Our task is to find and kill as many traitors as possible. Assistant Wu, kill them, and kill them to the fullest!"

During Meng Shaoyuan's absence in Shanghai, Wu Jingyi's identity was acting as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, but Zhao Changle still habitually called him "Assistant Wu".

Wu Jingyi glanced at him: "The assassination and anti-assassination, revenge and anti-retaliation contest between us and the Japanese special agency has been going on for a while, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. We have killed a lot of people on the Japanese special side. , We also sacrificed a lot of comrades, just the squadron leader, we changed six.

The public concession has expressed serious dissatisfaction, believing that the continuous assassination has seriously affected the security of the concession, causing panic, and issued a warning to both sides, demanding that such bloody assassinations be stopped immediately and order in the concession quickly restored. After careful consideration, I decided to reduce the number of assassinations. "

"What?" The young and vigorous Ji Shuang yelled as soon as he heard it: "Reduce the number of assassinations? Let us show weakness to Rite? In the past, Grandpa Yue was about to attack Huanglong in the Northern Expedition, but he was recalled by the Twelve Dao Gold Medals of Wudao Hunjun , leading to the failure of the Northern Expedition."

He is a fan of operas, and he sang in the operas when he spoke and shut up.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhonghe quickly coughed a few times and signaled Ji Shuang to shut up.

It's a bit outrageous to compare it with Grandpa Yue.Twelve gold medals recalled?Isn't that saying that Wu Jingyi is the "innocent and stupid king"?
Sure enough, Wu Jingyi showed displeasure.

Ji Shuang didn't care either. He was from the "Youth Department" of Meng Shaoyuan's group. Become the backbone of Meng Shaoyuan Group.

Therefore, he really didn't pay attention to the "internal affairs department" like Wu Jingyi.

When Meng Shaoyuan was here, he acted arbitrarily and said what he said. No matter which faction you belong to, what Meng Shaoyuan said was what he said, and no one would raise any objections.

But after Meng Shaoyuan went to Chongqing, Wu Jingyi, who was from the internal affairs department, came to act as the acting commander-in-chief, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of these young men.

Especially, a woman.

Meng Shaoyuan also considered this point, so he specially left Yuan Zhonghe in Shanghai to mediate the conflict.

"Commander Wu." Yuan Zhonghe called him according to the rules: "Ji Shuangnian is young, don't pay attention to what you say, don't take it to heart. However, reducing the assassination rashly will only make the Japanese more arrogant. The agents fought bloody battles, and their morale was high at this time. Although they suffered sacrifices, they would not hesitate.

We really need to carefully consider the attitude of the public concession, but while we are under pressure, the Japanese are also under pressure from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. In this extraordinary period, it depends on who can withstand it. Let’s take a step back, the Japanese Furthermore, the arrogance of the enemy and ourselves ebbs and flows, I think, it is not good for us. "

Wu Jingyi paid more attention to Yuan Zhonghe's attitude, and listened carefully: "Old Yuan, I have considered everything you said. What I mean is not to stop the assassination, but to change the assassination against Japan to focus on the assassination of traitors. Warning effect. Change the indiscriminate assassination to a focused and selective assassination."

Zhao Changle interjected: "The indiscriminate assassination was Director Meng's plan before he left. I'm afraid it's not good to revise it rashly now? I think we should continue to implement his plan before Director Meng returns."

"The situation has changed now." Wu Jingyi was patient with Meng Shaoyuan's subordinates: "Especially the indiscriminate assassination, as the precautions against Japanese special and traitors have become stricter, the assassination has become more and more difficult. Last time, When we assassinated the traitor Gao Jiwen, we wounded him only after we lost four agents due to insufficient preparation.

The mission actually failed.Afterwards, I reviewed it carefully. At that time, we had a total of seven teams carrying out the assassination mission at the same time, and our forces were severely dispersed. If we could concentrate our forces and clench them into one fist, such a situation would not have occurred.This is my responsibility, and I will report to Director Meng for punishment when he returns. "

Wu Jingyi is a woman, careful and considerate.

In this matter, she took the initiative to take the responsibility first, but it made Zhao Changle and the others difficult to talk about.

Immediately, Wu Jingyi went on to say: "I am acting as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. I will take responsibility for any problems that arise in the newly formulated plan. Now, I order to shrink the front. Ji Shuang and Zhao Changle Squadron will focus on assassinating the traitor Lu Zhengfang, Under Yuan Zhonghe's unified coordination and command, this is the final decision and there must be no mistakes."

"clear."

Although there was still serious dissatisfaction in their hearts, several people quickly accepted the order.

After accepting the task and going out, Ji Shuang couldn't help muttering: "I have no objection to assassinating Lu Zhengfang, but what about my current task? I've been staring at Nomoto's line for a long time."

"Let's not talk about you, I've been staring at Xishan Club for half a month." Zhao Changle sneered: "If you say give up now, give up? What does this acting commander-in-chief think?"

Speaking of this, she suddenly lowered her voice: "Do you think Wu Jingyi has other problems? I saw with my own eyes that she had secret contact with a Japanese a few days ago."

"Don't talk nonsense." Yuan Zhonghe's face was serious: "She is the acting commander-in-chief personally appointed by Director Meng."

"Old Yuan, I'm not talking nonsense." Zhao Changle said seriously: "If someone else reported it to me, I definitely wouldn't believe it, but I saw it with my own eyes. The Japanese is Kano Hirokazu, who belongs to Japan Special The Shanghai Research Office is a spy of the Japanese Navy, why did Wu Jingyi go to see him? Especially now that she has proposed a plan to focus on dealing with traitors.

Director Meng has been away from Shanghai for a while, and those of us have made up our minds to follow Director Meng and fight the Japanese to the end.But what about Wu Jingyi?Her husband and children have all been sent to Shanghai. As a woman, she may not have as strong a will as we do.If Director Meng returns, who will bear the responsibility for the chaos in Shanghai? "

Yuan Zhonghe's brows were tightly locked together, and he thought for a while before saying:

"According to what she said for the time being, Xiao Zhao, you send two people out to stare at Wu Jingyi, what you said is correct, Shanghai must not be chaotic before Director Meng comes back!"

(End of this chapter)