The Bravest

"Take a look. This is the plan for clearing the countryside. However, this is only the implementation plan for the first phase. The second and third phases will have to be revised based on actual conditions. So these are just preliminary ideas and have not yet been documented. I'll talk to you about it when I have time. Now you should familiarize yourself with this. Training will be arranged soon. I'll add your name at that time, which means my Special Intelligence Investigation Office will be involved. Of course, there will be other people too. Don't worry about them. Just do your own job well." Gangcun handed Lin Jie a file bag. It looked very thick, and there must be a lot of information in it.

"Is my current level acceptable?" Lin Jie did not take it, but asked Gangcun for confirmation again.

"They've all been taken out, so you must be able to see them. Would I set a trap for you? Don't think that I'm the same as you, setting traps for others. You've used this trick many times in the concession, right?" Gangcun smiled and revealed Lin Jie's past.

"Haha, that's for the infiltration plan, but now it's been given to others, and the teacher doesn't allow us to continue contacting, so what else can we do?" Lin Jie was still dissatisfied with handing over the concession infiltration plan, and would complain in front of Gangcun from time to time.

"Ahem, let's not talk about that. The teacher has no other choice. But didn't I tell you that we can stay out of the details of the implementation plan, but we can still maintain the established connections. No one can control this." Gangcun was unwilling to give in. There was too much money involved.

"I'm not that stupid. Of course I'm still maintaining my network and continuing to do business. Yuelan is following up on it all. Don't worry." Lin Jie deliberately mentioned the business to Yuelan in front of Gangcun, and sure enough, Gangcun showed a satisfied smile.

"It seems that Yue Lan is not following the wrong person. Okay, let's not talk about those bad things. Take a good look at these documents. You can't take them away. You can only read them here. Just keep it in mind."

"Okay, I'll take a look first, you go do your own thing." Lin Jie then took the file bag. Although he was excited in his heart, he looked as steady as an old dog. He opened it leisurely and pulled out a stack of documents. There were really quite a lot of them. This should be the detailed plan.

"Take your time to watch it. If you have time, I have nothing to do, so I'll stay here with you." Gangcun said, and then he started his proud tea ceremony performance. This is what he likes to do most.

Lin Jie didn't say anything else. He couldn't take the documents with him, and he had to concentrate on remembering the key points.

The first phase of the Shanghai rural cleanup was in Nanhui, Fengxian, and Beiqiao districts from September 1942 to March 9. The second phase was in Chongming, Jiading, and Baoshan districts, tentatively scheduled for April to October 1943. The third phase was in Chuansha, Pudong South, and Pudong North districts. Lin Jie read it three times. He pretended to be relaxed and picked up a cup of tea prepared by Gangcun. He took a sip and tasted it. In fact, he was giving himself time to remember this critical time and rural cleanup scope.

"Gangcun's tea art is getting better and better. Even a layman like me can taste the difference." Lin Jie wrote down the above information, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and offered a worthless flattery. However, Gangcun was obviously very pleased and poured another cup for Lin Jie.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Lin. Come, try the second one. It tastes the best. And the tea you just drank is a little cold. Tea must be drunk while it is hot to make it more fragrant. Please."

"Okay, I'll try." Lin Jie picked up the steaming teacup, took a sip, savored it, and took another sip. He had to admit that Gangcun was really good at making tea. It was indeed more fragrant than the first one. Lin Jie drank the rest of the sip before putting down the cup and praising sincerely: "Mr. Gangcun, it is just as you said. This second cup of hot tea has less bitterness and is indeed more fragrant than the first one. I have to learn from Mr. Gangcun when I have time. I think those big shots all know this skill. If you don't learn it well, you will be laughed at in the future."

"Hahaha, Mr. Lin, that's right. I'll discuss tea art with you when I have time."

"Thank you, Mr. Gangcun, but I'd better take a closer look at the information so as not to waste too much of your time." Lin Jie picked up the information again and continued to read the details below.

"It's okay, you can watch and drink tea at the same time, which can help you calm down." How can Gangcun's tea art not be shared? That would be so boring.

The Shanghai Cleanup Command was located in Zhoupu Town, Nanhui County. It planned to adopt a policy of three parts military and seven parts politics. The military would be directly commanded by the Japanese army, which was equipped with seven squadrons. The puppet government also dispatched about 6,000 military and police to cooperate in the mopping-up operation. When Lin Jie saw this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. The Japanese were really putting in the effort, not just for show.

Looking further down at the political plan, there are three aspects: first, to strengthen the political security and secret service organizations. Second, to organize the baojia system and implement the cruel policy of joint guarantee and joint responsibility. Third, to strengthen the promotion of propaganda and education, beautify the presence of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and beautify the policies of the Wang Puppet Government.

The specific implementation was to first blockade the area for clearing the countryside, then divide the area into blocks with blockade lines, build bamboo fences as isolation walls, and build bunkers and sentry boxes in major markets and traffic arteries in towns and villages, turning the area into cages. After the cages were built, they would concentrate their forces to sweep each isolated small cage separately, which would be fatal to the anti-Japanese guerrillas who had lost their space for movement.

What is even more deadly is that the Japanese will control the flow of all kinds of materials in and out of the blockade zone, ranging from weapons and medicines to daily necessities such as food, oil, salt, needles and thread. The Japanese want to reap every bit of Chinese wealth while attacking the anti-Japanese forces and turn it into capital to launch a war.

Lin Jie sipped the tea that Gangcun had brewed, trying to remember every word he saw. These were vital information. In order to deepen his memory, he occasionally pointed at some of them and asked Gangcun questions.

"Gangcun-kun, is this propaganda and education work the responsibility of the education department or our intelligence agency? It's not easy to handle here, please don't assign me to this."

"Then which part do you think is appropriate, Mr. Lin? You have Section Chief Michiko, who represents my investigation office, and you must make some achievements. I won't let you get away with it."

"Mr. Gangcun, I think it's easier to achieve results in controlling materials, and there will definitely be considerable gains. What do you think?" Lin Jie whispered mysteriously in Gangcun's ear, reminding Gangcun that there is a lot of money to be made in controlling materials.

"Mr. Lin, specific tasks are all centrally dispatched. You can't always be picky. But I also think that the control of materials is very important. It must be done with the participation of trustworthy people. I will consider your suggestion."

Lin Jie did not refute Xiaoxiao. Gangcun already understood what he meant. Lin Jie continued to look at the more detailed implementation details below, including the proportional deployment of various key points.

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Finally, before getting off work, Lin Jie finished reading the detailed plan and tried hard to make himself remember it. Then he chatted with Gangcun casually for a while, and left on the pretext that he was about to get off work and didn't want to disturb him any more.

After leaving the Military Police Headquarters, Lin Jie asked Liu Sheng to drive while he leaned back in the back seat with his eyes closed, recalling every detail of the plan for clearing the countryside, fearing that he would forget the key points. As soon as he returned to the office, he ordered Liu Sheng to guard the door and no one should disturb him unless it was urgent.

It took Lin Jie a whole afternoon to rewrite the plan based on his memory. Of course, there would be some omissions, but Lin Jie had tried his best to write down the key points. Some small details would not have much impact, and the original process of implementing the plan would not change completely. As long as the key points were written down, the intelligence would be perfect.

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