The Bravest

The three women in the family can live in harmony, and Lin Jie has fewer worries. The good life did not make Lin Jie indulge in it, but instead inspired Lin Jie to gather intelligence on the Japanese plan to clean up the countryside, and also sent Ye Wulian and Haitang to communicate with some wives of officials.

"Every word they say casually may contain a lot of information, especially the complaints of you women, such as your husband's back-to-back meetings, your husband's busy training, or your husband's sudden transfer. You can follow the topic to find out some information and then tell me. I will summarize and analyze it. This way, there is no risk and it can also confirm my judgment."

Lin Jie explained this to Liu Haitang and Ye Wulian. As for Sun Yuelan, Lin Jie didn't dare to tell her. In order to keep Sun Yuelan busy, except for some things that Sun Yuelan couldn't know, Lin Jie handed over all the family business to her. Now Sun Yuelan is very busy every day and enjoys it. She thinks that Lin Jie's giving her the financial power of the family is a manifestation of his love for her.

"Mr. Gangcun, the current situation of the Empire is not optimistic. The losses in the Battle of Midway were too great. If there is no replenishment, the situation will be even more difficult, right?" Lin Jie said this to Gangcun with a worried look. The Japanese fleet failed to raid the US Navy at Midway and was severely damaged by the US Navy. Although the US Navy also suffered heavy losses, with the industrial strength of the United States, it will be replenished in less than three months, or even stronger. The Japanese war potential has been almost exhausted. Whether it is manpower or warships, it is difficult to obtain replenishment. The whole of Japan has begun to go downhill. Of course, even ordinary Japanese do not know these facts, because the senior military officials concealed the news and continued to promote the victory of the Imperial Army, but for professional intelligence personnel, this is no longer a secret.

"Well, no one expected this situation. You must not tell anyone, it will shake the morale of the army. If the teacher pursues it, I can't save you! But you don't have to be pessimistic. These are all temporary. The initiative of the army is still in our hands. As for the navy, it should be replenished soon, and then we will definitely teach the Americans a severe lesson." Gangcun was half warning Lin Jie not to leak the news, and half boosting Lin Jie's confidence, and of course his own confidence. The Japanese would not be willing to fail, but the depressed expression on his face could not deceive anyone.

"Don't we have any practical actions? Just like the Europeans and Americans in the concession have a lot of wealth in their hands. It's been half a year, why haven't they taken any action yet? We have almost got the specific intelligence, there's no need to be too polite to them!" Lin Jie reminded Gangcun, actually he just wanted to find out the Japanese's next plan.

"Haha, Mr. Lin is getting anxious. Those Europeans and Americans who stayed in Shanghai and their assets are already in our pot and can't escape. The higher-ups are already making final preparations. At the same time, we will launch a plan to stabilize the rear and increase material supplies." Speaking of this, Gangcun lost his frustration at the topic and his expression became complacent.

"Oh, Gangcun-kun, is there really such a plan?" Lin Jie pretended to be very excited, with an expression as if he wanted to ask but was embarrassed to do so.

"Hahaha, you want to know, right? It's okay. I'll tell you about the plan, and you and I will also be involved in it, so it's okay to let you know earlier." Gangcun said that he wanted to let Lin Jie know, but he didn't say it directly. He just wanted to whet Lin Jie's appetite so that Lin Jie would chase him and ask, which would satisfy Gangcun's sense of superiority.

"Mr. Gangcun, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us quickly." Lin Jie was anxious, which made Gangcun very satisfied. After slowly drinking a cup of hot tea, he began to introduce to Lin Jie the clean-up plan that the Japanese and the Wang Puppet Government were going to implement.

"Okay, don't worry, Lin San. You just mentioned that the war situation is not optimistic, and it is not completely wrong. The consumption on the front line is indeed relatively large, and it does need to be replenished in the rear, so this is also the reason for formulating and launching this plan."

"Oh, so the purpose of this plan is to replenish supplies for the front line, right? Is there a specific action plan?" Lin Jie actually already knew that the Japanese plan to clear the countryside was to eliminate the resistance forces around the Japanese-occupied areas and strengthen the rule over the Japanese-occupied areas, so as to speed up the harvesting of China's materials and wealth to replenish Japan's increasingly depleted war potential. However, what Lin Jie needs now is to find out the specific plan of the Japanese to clear the countryside, so that the guerrilla areas that have been holding on to the anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines can better deal with the Japanese.

"Haha, we already have one. This time it's jointly carried out by the Nanjing government, our expeditionary forces, and various intelligence agencies. They've set up a Cleanup Committee, and the director of the Shanghai branch is Chen Gongbo. The Cleanup Committee is led by the Japanese Army Special Committee, and a special agency department has also been established in Shanghai, with Colonel Igarashi as the director. He's in charge of the leadership and liaison work of the Shanghai branch." Gangcun briefly introduced the organizational structure of the Cleanup Movement.

"Oh, the committee has been established. What direction of work should you and I be responsible for?" Lin Jie wanted a specific plan, so Gangcun's introduction was useless.

"We are part of the secret service. Oh, wait a minute, let me show you the document. It's not clear just by words." Gangcun stood up and went to the safe behind the desk and was about to open it.

"Wait a moment, Gangcun-kun, I'll step aside first." Lin Jie knew the rules very well, and there was no need to watch Gangcun open the safe. Even if he wrote down Gangcun's password, it would be useless. As an intelligence officer, Gangcun's safe password would definitely be changed after opening it once, not to mention that it also requires a key to open it. Even if Lin Jie met all these conditions, it would be useless. He had no chance to enter Gangcun's office alone, so Lin Jie stopped Gangcun's actions, got up and walked to the outer room of the office to wait.

At the moment when Lin Jie left the house, Gangcun showed a satisfied smile on his face. In fact, this was also a kind of temptation from Gangcun. Although it seemed very low-level, it was this kind of unintentional small temptation that happened all the time. Many latent agents who could not resist the temptation revealed clues and aroused unnecessary suspicion. As long as there is suspicion, it is inevitable that there will be a loophole and eventually the identity will be exposed.

"Found it. Lin Sang, please come in. Why are you trying to avoid suspicion in front of me? Even Yue Lan is your person, so what else can't I let you know? There's absolutely no need for that." Gangcun was clearly on guard everywhere. What he could tell Lin Jie were things he thought Lin Jie would know sooner or later, and he would not give Lin Jie the chance to access any more confidential matters.

"Rules are rules. This has nothing to do with the relationship between you and me. I will only understand things you let me know. I'm afraid to see secrets that are beyond my level, so as not to cause trouble, right?" Lin Jie reentered the inner room after hearing Gangcun's greeting and sat down on the sofa. "But if it's information about getting rich, Gangcun-kun, you can't hide it from me. As long as you can get rich, sometimes it's worth taking a risk."

"Hahaha, this is your character, Mr. Lin. You are okay at serious matters, but not proactive enough. When it comes to getting rich, you are full of adventurous spirit." Gangcun was almost laughed at by Lin Jie's words. After knowing each other for a few years, Lin Jie really never concealed his greedy and lustful character in front of him. Even his sister who was sent to monitor him was made real by Lin Jie. If his sister had not said that she was willing, Gangcun would have wanted to kill Lin Jie long ago.

I don't know what kind of magic potion Lin Jie has fed her, but her sister seems to be infatuated with him and keeps begging him to take care of Lin Jie. For her sister's sake and the fact that Lin Jie has made a lot of wealth for him in recent years, Gangcun thinks he has been very good to Lin Jie. Except for some confidential matters, he will discuss most things with Lin Jie.

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