The Bravest

"What's so urgent? Didn't you just come here the day before yesterday? And you asked to see me specifically." Ye Wulian didn't see Lao Zhou every time she came to the cafe. Even if she had information, she would leave it in a designated place in the cafe. It was not necessary to meet in person to communicate.

After entering the manager's office, Lao Zhou began to grind coffee beans skillfully, while asking questions to Ye Wulian who was pretending to be busy beside him. Ye Wulian also answered in a low voice. The expressions of the two people were so natural that even if they were seen by outsiders, they would only think that they were discussing the method of grinding coffee.

Not to mention, the shameless Lin Jie came up with a backup excuse that made Ye Wulian very angry. In case someone found out that Ye Wulian went in and out of the coffee shop too frequently and aroused suspicion, he would use this incredible excuse to excuse himself. Since Lin Jie was not good enough and could not satisfy Ye Wulian, Ye Wulian went outside to find comfort. Damn it, this is something that my husband could come up with. If it really comes to that, how can I, Ye Wulian, face people? But Lao Zhou thinks that Lin Jie is a fucking genius. Once a person is shameless, he is invincible. As for the age difference between Ye Wulian and Lao Zhou, haven't you seen Lao Zhou's elite outfit and knowledgeable appearance? Elites under 40 are definitely the dish of little girls.

"Old Zhou, Xiao Jie got some information out of Gangcun yesterday. After we analyzed it, we think the Japanese might join forces with No. 76 to make a big move in the next few days. The target should be the entire Shanghai Station hidden in the Concession, including Chen Gongshu. Moreover, Lin Jie analyzed that the Concession Municipal Council has already compromised with the Japanese, and the Japanese may even get support from the Municipal Council and the Concession Police. We must report this to Boss Dai immediately. Xiao Jie analyzed that the Military Control Commission Shanghai Station has been operating too smoothly recently, and may have become arrogant. We are worried that Chen Gongshu is not vigilant and prepared enough to deal with it." Ye Wulian reported to Old Zhou slowly, bit by bit.

“Is there an exact time?”

"No, Xiaojie said he would take the time to find out in the next few days."

"Well, go back and tell Xiaojie that it would be best if he could find out the time, but don't force it. Also, don't try to find out the specific actions. Such a large operation should have been planned long ago, and even the people who are carrying out the operation may not know all the details. Even if Xiaojie gets the details, it won't change anything. He can only warn Chen Gongshu and let them make preparations in advance."

Lao Zhou has always emphasized that Lin Jie is a non-action personnel. As long as he has the intelligence of the general direction and can give early warning, he has completed his mission. Don't expect Lin Jie to rescue the military agent, even if he is at the level of Chen Gongshu. This is an impossible task and should not be handled by Lin Jie. Intelligence work has its own division of labor and cannot be influenced by personal emotions.

"The coffee is ready. Miss Ye, please come to the sofa to taste it and give me some advice." Old Zhou, who was never done, ground the coffee, brewed it, and invited Ye Wulian to the sofa to appreciate his craftsmanship.

"Okay, thank you, Manager Zhou." Ye Wulian said politely. Even if there were no one around, as long as it was not about work, the two of them would act like ordinary people, so as to minimize the chance of being exposed. This is the basic quality of a professional agent, just in case someone suddenly breaks in at that moment.

Both of them sat facing the door, and their eyes were always keeping an eye on the door while they were talking.

"Teacher, based on the data Xiaojie has collected about the Japanese and the Wang Puppet Government over a long period of time, combined with the recent analysis of the Japanese army's mobilization data, Xiaojie believes that the Japanese army will move south in the near future, and may attack Southeast Asia along the coast, or even declare war on Britain and the United States. However, Xiaojie believes that if Britain and the United States join the war, it will reduce the pressure on China's war of resistance."

"Well, there are indeed such signs, but for now we should focus on the situation in Shanghai. Even if the Japanese launch the Pacific War, it will be beneficial to me. However, as allies in the same camp, I will report to my superiors, and leave the rest to the General Staff." Lao Zhou actually believed in Lin Jie's judgment, but his level was too far from the top. Even Boss Dai could only report to his superiors. The decision-makers would naturally summarize and analyze the intelligence from all parties. In addition, there were political considerations, which was not something an undercover agent should consider.

"Teacher, Xiaojie also heard Gangcun mention a special date. The Japanese may attack an important target of the US military in the Pacific around mid-December, and then the Japanese army will take the opportunity to occupy the concession." Ye Wulian said a rather embarrassing date. After December, Lin Jie will no longer belong to him alone. Although Sun Yuelan and Lin Jie's marriage is fake, who can tell what will happen in the future? Just like himself, it was also required by the Military Control Commission at the beginning. What about now?

"Is it true? Is it just Gangcun's casual remark, or is there intelligence to support it?" Lao Zhou is very sensitive to this kind of intelligence with a relatively small date range, because apart from obtaining documents, most strategic intelligence only has a relatively vague time period.

"There is no basis, it is just our own judgment. Gangcun has decided that Sun Yuelan and Xiaojie will get married on New Year's Day. Minus the time Gangcun proposed to send out wedding invitations ten days in advance, it is estimated to be in the middle of the month. Xiaojie also made the judgment based on the Japanese military mobilization data mentioned above and the information revealed in Gangcun's words. Xiaojie also saw a map in Gangcun's office, on which the location of Pearl Harbor, the base of the US Pacific Fleet, was marked. I hope you can report it as well."

"Okay, I'll report this to the higher-ups after I sort it out. Is there anything else?"

"No more, that's all." After finishing her work, Ye Wulian drank her coffee elegantly, her eyes beginning to look out the window at the Huangpu River, not knowing what she was thinking.

Old Zhou looked at his student silently, thinking that he had finally found a good home for this proud disciple who was still before him. However, he did not expect that fate would play tricks on him and the young man he had high hopes for turned out to be an incompetent man. Xiao Ye had a hard time. Not only that, but now he had to marry a female spy who was arranged by the Japanese to monitor him and bring her home. His life became even more difficult and his situation became more dangerous.

"Xiao Ye, is Xiao Jie's condition getting better? And after Sun Yuelan comes in, how are you and Xiao Jie going to deal with it?" Old Zhou couldn't help but show concern for his students and asked questions that Ye Wulian was not sure about but had to face.

"Teacher, there is something I have been hiding from you. I want to tell you but I don't know how to say it." Ye Wulian put down the empty cup in her hand, still looking out the window, tears streaming down her pale face, which frightened Old Zhou, who thought Ye Wulian was sad about Lin Jie and Sun Yuelan. After all, marrying a bad man is already unfortunate, and she has to share it with others, not to mention that the woman is her enemy. Which woman would not be sad?

"What's the matter? If you don't want to talk about it, just don't talk about it. Just let it go." Old Zhou tried weakly to comfort Ye Wulian who was crying.

"Teacher, please listen to me. If you don't tell me, I really can't stand it. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Xiaojie's body. The problem is me. When the teacher started to misunderstand, Xiaojie didn't want to embarrass me, so he acquiesced."

"Ah, why is that? You should have told the truth at that time. There will always be a way. Now that there is a Japanese spy, it will be troublesome. What if Xiaojie is discovered by that woman and seduces Xiaojie?" Old Zhou was furious. Why didn't this young man consider the consequences? He was so willful in such an environment. As for what happened to Ye Wulian's body, Old Zhou didn't dare to ask. The key is how to deal with the Japanese spy that Lin Jie will marry next.

"Teacher, Xiao Jie won't do that. He treats me very well." A woman who is deeply in love is emotional, even if she is a professional agent. Ye Wulian is willing to deceive herself, believing that Lin Jie will not do anything to hurt herself for a Japanese female spy.

"Xiao Ye, it's not that I don't believe Xiao Jie. You have learned some things yourself. No normal man can resist the temptation of a beautiful woman who lives with him every day, let alone a woman who has received professional training in this area." Lao Zhou knew that a person's resistance is limited. It's okay for a short time, but as time goes on, the fortress will be breached one day.

"Teacher, it should be fine, as long as that woman doesn't find out about Xiaojie. I will try my best not to let her get close to Xiaojie. It's just a fight for a man, so it's how I should behave." After Ye Wulian told her problem, she felt relieved and immediately came up with a strategy to deal with it.

"Well, this is not wrong. It is more realistic. You should fight for what you should fight for and cooperate with Xiaojie. If it doesn't work, I will create an accident to get rid of that woman. If the arrangement is good, it should be able to cover it up. At most, Xiaojie's relationship in Gangcun will be lost. I will think of a way later."

"Teacher, not yet. The more you do, the more flaws there will be. Let's wait and see."

"Teacher knows, it's just a contingency plan in advance. It won't be done unless it's absolutely necessary. Time is almost up, you should go back first, and you can also find time to go to the hospital. There is always a way."

What Lao Zhou didn't know was that Lin Jie had actually been going to the Army Hospital to see the psychologist, who prescribed a lot of medicine based on Ye Wulian's description of her symptoms. Ye Wulian had been taking it, and with Lin Jie's company, it had a certain effect. They had further intimate behavior when they were together at night, but Ye Wulian had not yet accepted the last step. However, Lin Jie couldn't stand it anymore, and he touched her more often at night.

If Sun Yuelan hadn't appeared, Ye Wulian felt that the problem would be solved in no time. That's why she dared to tell her teacher about her distress today.

But Lao Zhou was also considering another possibility. He didn't know if the Japanese honey trap would work. Given Lin Jie's cunningness, was there a possibility that Lin Jie could persuade Sun Yuelan to rebel? After all, Sun Yuelan was still Chinese. The Military Control Commission had persuaded even the Japanese in the middle to rebel. Nothing was impossible in this world. It just depended on who had better means. Of course, this was just a hypothesis, and there was no need to let Ye Wulian know.

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By October, Lin Jie's working hours at No. 1939 had become normal. He no longer slacked off as usual. Every day, apart from sending his subordinates out to gather information, he spent most of his time in the office checking various materials. He discovered that as early as , when the previous station chief of the Military Control Commission, Wang Tianmu, defected, No. had already planted many spies in the concession. These spies did not belong to No. , but were directly managed by the Military Police Headquarters.

In 1940, a large-scale arrest operation was carried out, which was also guided by these spies. Fortunately, there was an insider of the Military Control Commission among the high-ranking officials of the Concession Police Station. He delayed the time in the name of handling formalities, giving the Military Control Commission hundreds of agents from more than a dozen strongholds time to evacuate. This kind of record would not have appeared originally, but the operation failed. Li Shiqun suspected that Wang Tianmu, who had already defected to No. , was faking his surrender, so he locked Wang Tianmu up again and interrogated him, which led to this record.

Although this record is of no use now, it can prove that the Japanese and the Concession Municipal Council did have a connection, at least it provided convenience for the Japanese at that time. The current situation is even more serious, because the current concessions do not even have the strength to resist the Japanese. The entire concession is just the last face of the British and American countries. The Japanese can do whatever they want in the concessions at any time. The last barrier of the Military Control Commission has been torn open by the Japanese. Danger is imminent, but Lin Jie is powerless.

That night, Lin Jie made his final effort and once again sent the confirmed information to Lao Zhou, asking him to immediately inform Boss Dai by telegram.

In fact, when Boss Dai first received the report from the Xishi Intelligence Group, he had already strictly ordered Chen Gongshu to make a response plan immediately. Although Chen Gongshu did not dare to disobey Boss Dai's order, he made a contingency plan, which was to transfer all of the more than 500 agents who were likely to be exposed to the guerrilla zone outside Shanghai for concealment. In addition, he would draw thousands of elite forces from the guerrilla zone to reintegrate the power of the Military Control Commission in the concession.

Boss Dai agreed to this plan, and originally there should have been enough time to complete it, but due to funding issues and Chen Gongshu's arrogance during the past six months, he did not pay enough attention to the execution of the plan, so the plan progressed slowly.

When Boss Dai gave another strict order, many personnel had not yet evacuated, while the advance part of the replacement personnel had already arrived. In order to avoid causing chaos, Chen Gongshu made a wrong decision: he suspended the evacuation operation and first resettled the replacement personnel who had already arrived. The only right thing he did was to suspend the replacement personnel from entering downtown Shanghai at the same time.

Starting from mid-October, when Chen Gongshu thought he had enough time and everything was under his control, the Japanese Military Police Headquarters directly mobilized part of the dispatched troops to begin blocking the main entrances and exits of the immediate surrounding areas, and the Military Police and the agents of No. 76 began to close the net. Every day, many military personnel who did not have time to evacuate were captured. Although Chen Gongshu was not exposed, he was trapped in the concession and had no way to get out, because due to the betrayal of the former station chief Wang Tianmu, a large number of spies and Japanese military police had his photos.

In 1941, Chen Gongshu, one of the four assassins under the Military Intelligence Bureau boss Dai, was betrayed and captured by a traitor after sending an urgent telegram to Boss Dai.

Then, under the coercion of Li Shiqun and in order to save his life, he betrayed a large number of military bases and personnel that had not been exposed in the concession after a little torture, resulting in more than 100 people being captured. As a result, the Military Shanghai Station was completely destroyed.