1937 became a thing of the past, and 1938 came quietly.
This is the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China.
On New Year's Day, the Shanghai Public Settlement was still bustling with activity. People seemed not to be greatly affected by the war in China.
The Japanese Consulate in Shanghai also invited consuls from Western countries to a specially held dinner and promoted to them Japan's great "efforts" to maintain Shanghai's stability and restore Shanghai's order and economy after occupying Shanghai. .
Moreover, they also solemnly invited the consuls to visit the current situation in some Japanese-controlled areas in Shanghai.
It’s just that the consuls were not particularly interested. At the dinner, some consuls even raised the topic. According to rumors, some tragic massacres occurred in Nanjing. What is the Japanese explanation for this?
Of course, the Japanese side categorically denied it, believing that it was someone with ulterior motives and a slander against the Japanese Empire.
The Japanese certainly want to cover up their crimes, especially in the current situation.
Although the progress on the battlefield was relatively smooth, Japan occupied China's richest areas and controlled China's important political and economic centers. 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 Japan are still active on the battlefield. Japan's dream of completely conquering China through quick victory is becoming increasingly dim.
Therefore, a group of forces in Japan, with the purpose of ensuring the occupation of Northeast China, North China, Shanghai and the enemy-occupied areas along the coastal areas, came forward in an attempt to use soft means, bribery and inducements, recruit traitors, and cultivate traitors to force China to surrender.
Developing a large number of traitors has become the current focus of Japanese intelligence agencies.
Shanghai has become the headquarters of Japanese special organizations.
There are rumors that Japan may establish a new agency in order to completely resolve the conflicts between the Japanese Army, Navy, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
If Meng Shaoyuan were here, he would definitely know that this rumor is true. This is the "Doihara Agency" that will soon appear and gradually change the chaotic situation of Shanghai's Japanese special agencies.
Large numbers of traitors have appeared, and the puppet regime is also planning intensively. The Japanese even formulated a plan of "Southern Tang and North Wu".
The puppet regime in the south was in charge of Tang Shaoyi, who lived in Shanghai; the puppet regime in the north was in charge of Wu Peifu.
Tang Shaoyi's influence was too great. From the Qing Dynasty to Yuan Shikai, and then to the Republic of China, he always held important positions and even served as one of the seven presidents of the National Government.
Once he is instigated by the Japanese, he will have a great influence on the War of Resistance.
The Japanese are doing his work, and the Chinese are also fighting for him.
At this time, the Special Office of the Military Command's Shanghai Latent Area also held an emergency meeting.
Yuan Zhonghe, Ji Shuang, and Zhao Changle, all the military reunification agents who stayed in Shanghai to lurk and continue the struggle against the enemy, were present.
The meeting was chaired by Wu Jingyi.
Without any pleasantries, Wu Jingyi explained the current serious situation in Shanghai, and focused on the traitors who had openly come to the forefront or were preparing to make a move.
Especially some of the more famous and influential people: Lu Zhengfang, Chen Zhongfu, Wen Zongyao and others.
"When we came to Shanghai, especially after the Anti-Japanese War broke out, we killed so many traitors that the blood almost turned Shanghai red. Why are there still so many traitors?" Yuan Zhonghe's voice was filled with anger.
"Kill one, and five will appear. Kill five, and ten or a hundred will appear." At this time, Zhao Changle was no longer the technician in Nanjing. He was the backbone of the special office. He sneered:
"Our mission is to find and kill as many traitors as possible. Assistant Wu, kill them, and make Shanghai a bloody mess!"
During the period when Meng Shaoyuan was not in Shanghai, Wu Jingyi acted as the acting commander-in-chief of the former enemy. However, Zhao Changle still called him "Assistant Wu" out of habit.
Wu Jingyi glanced at him: "The battle between assassination and counter-assassination, revenge and counter-retaliation between us and the Japanese special agencies has been going on for some time, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. We have killed many people on the Japanese special side. , we also sacrificed a lot of comrades. We replaced six squadron leaders alone.
In terms of the public concession, they have expressed serious dissatisfaction and believe that the continuous assassinations have seriously affected the security of the concession and caused panic. They have issued warnings to both parties and demanded that such bloody assassinations immediately stop and the order of the concession be quickly restored. Therefore, in After careful consideration, I decided to reduce the number of assassinations. "
"What?" The young and energetic Ji Shuang shouted when he heard this: "Reduce the number of assassinations? Let us show weakness to Japan? In the past, Grandpa Yue went on the Northern Expedition and was about to go straight to Huanglong, but he was recalled by the evil and evil king with twelve gold medals. , resulting in the failure of the Northern Expedition."
He is a theater fan and sings and sings in the theater.
When Yuan Zhonghe heard this, he coughed a few times and signaled Ji Shuang to shut up.
It's a bit outrageous to compare it to Grandpa Yue. Twelve gold medal recalls? Doesn't this mean that Wu Jingyi is the "unprincipled and ignorant king"?
Sure enough, Wu Jingyi's face showed displeasure.
Ji Shuang didn't care either. He was from the "Youth Department" of Meng Shaoyuan's group and came from Nanjing. The "Youth Department" was specially taken care of by Meng Shaoyuan's direct descendant "Bingzi Department". After arriving in Shanghai, he participated in countless battles and had already Become the backbone of Meng Shaoyuan Group.
Therefore, he really didn't take people from the "internal service department" like Wu Jingyi seriously.
When Meng Shaoyuan was here, he acted dictatorially and said exactly what he said. No matter which faction you belonged to, Meng Shaoyuan said what he said, and no one would raise any objections.
However, after Meng Shaoyuan went to Chongqing, Wu Jingyi, who was born in the internal service department, came to serve as the acting commander-in-chief, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among these young factions.
Especially, a woman.
Meng Shaoyuan also took this into consideration, so he specially left Yuan Zhonghe in Shanghai to mediate the conflict.
"Commander Wu." Yuan Zhonghe still called him this according to the rules: "Ji Shuang is young and careless in what he says. Don't take it to heart. However, rashly reducing assassinations will only make the Japanese more arrogant. I am on the front line." The agents fought bloody battles. At this time, their morale was high. Even though they suffered sacrifices, they did not hesitate.
We do need to carefully consider our attitude towards the public settlement, but while we are under pressure, the Japanese are also under pressure from the Ministry of Industry and Industry. In this extraordinary period, it depends on who can withstand it. Let us take a step back and the Japanese Further, the arrogance of the enemy and ourselves will wax and wane, which I think is not good for us. "
Wu Jingyi still paid more attention to Yuan Zhonghe's attitude and listened carefully: "Old Yuan, I have also considered what you said. What I mean is not to stop the assassination, but to assassinate the Japanese and focus on assassinating the traitors instead." Warning effect. Change indiscriminate assassinations to focused assassinations and selective assassinations."
Zhao Changle said: "The indiscriminate assassination was a plan made by Director Meng before he left. I'm afraid it would be bad to modify it now. I think it's better to continue to implement his plan before Director Meng comes back."
"The situation has changed now." Wu Jingyi was still patient when dealing with Meng Shaoyuan's subordinates: "Especially the indiscriminate assassinations. As the protection against Japanese special forces and traitors became tighter, the assassinations became more and more difficult. Last time, We assassinated the traitor Gao Jiwen. Due to insufficient preparation, we lost four agents before injuring him.
This mission actually failed. Afterwards, I carefully reviewed it. At that time, we had a total of seven teams carrying out assassination missions at the same time, and our strength was severely dispersed. If we could concentrate our strength and make a fist, we would not have caused such a situation. This is my responsibility. When Director Meng comes back, I will report to him and request for punishment. "
Wu Jingyi is a woman, careful and considers things carefully.
In this matter, she took the initiative to take the responsibility, but made it difficult for Zhao Changle and others to deal with it.
Immediately, Wu Jingyi continued: "I am the acting commander-in-chief of the former enemy. Any problems with the re-formulated plan will be borne by me. Now, I order to shrink the front line. Ji Shuang and Zhao Changle's squadron focus on assassinating the traitor Lu Zhengfang. Yuan Zhonghe is under the unified coordination and command. This is the final decision and must not be mistaken."
"clear."
Although they were still seriously dissatisfied, several people quickly accepted the order.
After accepting the mission and going out, Ji Shuang couldn't help but muttered: "I have no objection to assassinating Lu Zhengfang, but what about my current mission? I've been keeping an eye on Nomoto Sukezhi's line for a long time."
"Don't blame you, I've been watching the Xishan Club for half a month." Zhao Changle sneered: "Just give up now? What does the acting commander-in-chief think?"
At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice: "Do you think Wu Jingyi has any 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 said with a straight face: "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 would definitely not believe it, but that is what I saw with my own eyes. The Japanese name is Kano Hirokazu, and he is affiliated with Rite." 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 are determined to follow Director Meng and fight to the death with the Japanese. But what about Wu Jingyi? Her husband and children have all been sent to Shanghai. As a woman, her willpower may not be as strong as ours. If Director Meng comes back, who will be responsible for the chaos in Shanghai? "
Yuan Zhonghe's brows were knitted tightly together, and he thought for a long time before saying:
"For the time being, do as she said. Xiao Zhao, you send two people out and stare at Wu Jingyi. You are right. There must be no chaos in Shanghai before Director Meng comes back!"
