The special meeting of the Central Military Commission that lasted for a day and a half was coming to an end. Many generals were quietly packing up documents and preparing to leave during Yang Jie's concluding speech. At this time, it was suddenly reported that six intelligence officers from the Central Party Investigation Bureau had arrived at the secret branch of the French Concession.
A mass murder. Chen Lifu reported in a secret message that it was initially determined that the time of the murder was around two o'clock in the morning. Moreover, the residence was ransacked, and the radio station, code books and some confidential documents were stolen.
Most of the participating generals immediately thought of the Communist Party. The reason is that in more than a month, under the identification of traitors who defected from the Communist Party, the Military Command Bureau and the Investigation Bureau have successively arrested more than 200 key Communist Party criminals, basically covering Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
The provincial party committee organization of the Communist Party of China was completely wiped out, and the possibility that the Communist Party, which had suffered heavy losses, would immediately retaliate would be very high.
What An Yi thought of was another important reason. The day before yesterday, April 24, also due to the secret report and identification of the Communist Party surrenderers, the Wuhan Military Police Headquarters accidentally captured the man who had just been killed in the Wuhan playground.
Gu Shunzhang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee and a top figure in the CCP intelligence agency, was performing magic on the stage. Gu Shunzhang was deeply afraid of being shot by the gendarmerie in a confused manner. In order to prove his worth, he quickly provided a batch of confidential information. The director of the Wuhan camp was shocked.
The intelligence department, political training department and military police headquarters were immediately dispatched to carry out arrests. In one fell swoop, they destroyed important departments such as the underground transportation terminal of the Communist Party of China in Wuhan, the Soviet government of Lian County in western Hubei and the office of the Second Red Army Corps in Wuhan. Key military and political prisoners of the Communist Party were captured during the operation.
More than 30 people were killed, 17 resisting Communists were killed, and radio stations, code books and a large number of confidential Communist documents were seized.
Shocked by this important victory, the Wuhan camp dared not neglect. After quickly reporting Xu Enzeng, director of the Central Party Investigation Bureau, for the sake of safety, he reported to Chiang Kai-shek again. Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed when he heard the news and ordered Gu Shunzhang to be sent back to Nanjing by plane, but
Xu Enzeng was secretly instructed to send someone to secretly send Gu Shunzhang aboard a warship and sail straight to Nanjing without stopping, arriving successfully at three o'clock in the morning today.
Xu Enzeng met Gu Shunzhang immediately and gained his trust. Based on the important confidential information provided by Gu Shunzhang, he immediately secretly ordered the Shanghai Bureau of Investigation branch to arrest the leading members of the Chinese Central Committee hidden in the concession. Dai Li was also in a state of emergency today.
Meng Mengliang flew to Shanghai and personally directed the Military Command Bureau to work closely with the Investigation Bureau to arrest important members of the Communist Party Central Committee.
However, he did not expect that the good news had not yet come, but the shocking news that a secret intelligence agent of the Central Party Committee was killed in the French Concession. An Yi, who had known yesterday that Gu Shunzhang was secretly escorted to Nanjing, immediately realized that the top-secret news of Gu Shunzhang's arrest and rebellion had been revealed.
When the Communist Party organizations learned of this, they thought that the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China might have fled long ago.
Chiang Kai-shek quickly announced the adjournment of the meeting. An Yi also walked out of the conference room with the unsuspecting generals. He said goodbye to several seniors at the gate and then rushed to the airport by car. He flew to Suzhou and then transferred to Songhu as planned.
At the frontline headquarters, Liu Jianqun, the Confidential Attendant Secretary and Lieutenant General Director of the General Political Training Department of the Military Commission, came in a hurry and grabbed An Yi to whisper a few words.
An Yi immediately handed the briefcase to Shen Fengdao and asked him to stay and wait. He followed Liu Jianqun upstairs and rushed to Chiang Kai-shek's office. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the sound of a tea cup smashing, followed by Chiang Kai-shek's almost hysterical shouting: "Give it to me right now."
I’ll investigate! Thoroughly identify the spies inside! If you can’t find out, you’re the only one asking!”
An Yi and Liu Jianqun looked at each other and forced themselves to announce their entry loudly. At a glance, they saw Xu Enzeng standing in the center of the room with sweat on his face. Chiang Kai-shek still held a fist in the air with one hand, and his face was twisted with anger.
It was extremely scary. Wang Shihe, Feng Ti and others stood aside with pale faces and panic, but they did not dare to move at all.
Chiang Kai-shek's face improved when he saw An Yi come back. He pointed at the door and ordered everyone to get out. Then he returned to the desk and sat down slumped: "Stop picking up broken things on the ground. I didn't ask you to come back to be an orderly."
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An Yi threw a few pieces of glass into the rattan paper basket beside the wall, walked quickly to Chiang Kai-shek, and whispered comfort: "The principal calmed down, and when the students arrived in Shanghai in the afternoon, he immediately ordered the intelligence personnel of our fourth hall to assist Senior Brother Dai Che
Investigate this matter. Students believe that Communist Party agents are inherently suspicious, and the motives of the all-pervasive Japanese intelligence agencies cannot be ignored. For a long time, Japanese agents and traitor organizations have been persecuting our anti-Japanese people, secretly blowing up roads and bridges, burning national enterprises, and committing crimes.
He committed a heinous crime, and the students will definitely settle this debt with the enemy!"
"You know what the heck! What I'm angry about is not this matter, but the serious leak of secrets by my internal high-level officials. It took less than three days for Wuhan Xingying to secretly capture Gu Shunzhang, an important member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Moreover, this news was released only to a handful of people in Wuhan Xingying.
Apart from individuals, only Xu Enzeng and I knew about this matter. Even you, the head of the Fourth Department, were not notified by me. How could the Communist Party organization in Shanghai be informed of this matter and run away?
The moment I left the meeting just now, I received this terrible news. I suppressed my anger and came back and within ten minutes of sitting down, news came that the entire team of the Shanghai Investigation Bureau branch had been massacred. Do you think I still
Can you bear it?" Chiang Kai-shek spoke louder and louder, almost losing control again.
An Yi was extremely shocked. After a while, he walked to the low cabinet by the wall and took out a new empty water cup. He quickly poured half a cup of hot water for Chiang Kai-shek and placed it respectfully in front of Chiang Kai-shek:
"Principal, this incident is indeed shocking, but it has already happened. We can only look forward to the results of Director Xu's investigation. Principal, please don't get anxious."
Chiang Kai-shek let out a long sigh, leaned heavily on the back of his chair, and stared at An Yi's face: "When you arrive in Shanghai, immediately activate your intelligence network and assist Dai Yunong and Zu Yan to investigate and arrest the important Communist criminals on the list. In addition, I
Asking your Fourth Department to conduct a secret investigation into the murder of six party intelligence officers in an independent manner is probably not an easy matter, and it is likely to lead to a breakthrough. There is no need to alarm the Military Control Bureau and the Military Command Bureau for the time being.
Investigation Bureau, if you have any clues, report them to me immediately and secretly. If necessary, within your scope of authority, you can mobilize the political training department, intelligence department or military police headquarters of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai garrison to assist. No matter what the identity of the suspect is, you
Don’t have any scruples. Those who resist can be killed first and then punished later. They will never be tolerated. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Yes! Students understand." An Yi stood upright with a stern face.
"Okay, okay! You go to the confidential room next door and wait. Within ten minutes, I will have someone hand over the copy of the top-secret information to you. Then you immediately rush to Shanghai and start a secret investigation as soon as possible. Remember, no matter what it involves,
No matter how old or qualified the person is, you can secretly arrest him with sufficient evidence and escort him back to Nanjing as quickly as possible." Chiang Kai-shek whispered.
An Yi held up his chest and replied: "Students should keep it in mind!"
"Go ahead."
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At 4:50 in the afternoon, An Yi, who had arrived in Shanghai after a long journey, had just entered his former enemy headquarters and saw Dai Li already sitting there waiting. Although he was well-dressed, his face was tired and anxious.
Dai Li stood up immediately when he saw An Yi, took An Yi's hand and walked out of the headquarters, coming to the empty tree: "Brother, do you know the whole story?"
An Yi nodded: "Before leaving, the principal told me to cooperate with my eldest brother's Military Control Bureau and Brother Zu Yan's Investigation Bureau to quickly carry out the investigation and arrest of key Communist Party criminals."
Dai Li nodded and asked again: "Do you know about Gu Shunzhang?"
An Yi answered truthfully: "I know one thing. I only found out after the principal got angry. But this is not the responsibility of the younger brother, but the responsibility of the elder brother and Zu Yan, Director Xu."
Dai Li said loudly: "Brother Yu has found out clearly that the six people who were killed by the Party Investigation Bureau were not committed by the Communist Party, but by the Japanese.
The Communist Party did not know where it got the news. Starting from 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, they suddenly disappeared on the beach in Shanghai. Fortunately, Brother Yu had ordered his men to secretly monitor two of them based on the original investigation clues. After Brother Yu arrived in Shanghai, he immediately ordered the secret arrest.
Two of the eleven people arrested were generals of the Chinese Communist Party's Special Branch. They were originally members of Gu Shunzhang's Third Section of the Chinese Special Branch. Seeing that there was no end of the road, the two men recruited them all without waiting for Brother Yu's threat.
Analyzing from the intelligence repeatedly confirmed in separate interrogations, they only learned that Gu Shunzhang had joined us yesterday afternoon. He was hiding in Tibet and had too much time to take care of himself. How could he have the energy to kill people for revenge? This is consistent with the intelligence reported by my gang friends. It is certain.
The murder of six people was not done by them, but by the Japanese intelligence agency with ulterior motives and a crazy mind."
An Yi breathed a sigh of relief: "Has the elder brother reported it to the principal?"
"Report it. The principal will call you back and ask Brother Yu to come to you and report the case. Otherwise, how could Brother Yu leave the French Concession at this time?" Dai Li replied.
An Yi nodded: "Should our joint action begin?"
Dai Li smiled bitterly: "We should have started long ago, otherwise the Japanese would be too arrogant! I rushed to Brother Du's house at noon and found out that the Huai Gang sent out more than a hundred troops last night, carrying axes and machetes, to suddenly attack the Shanghai Textile Chamber of Commerce. Youth
The Liaison Office of the Anti-Japanese Federation, the residence of Mr. Li Jinhuai, who had donated generously to the 19th Route Army, and other 13 places, spread blood all over the French Concession, the Public Concession and Zhabei, killing 17 people and injuring more than 60 people.
massacre.
People in Shanghai are panicked and are surrounded by dangers. Everyone in the Qinghong Clan is shocked. They have issued secret orders to guard and pay close attention. At the same time, they have sent people from all walks of life to find out the whereabouts of the hidden main hall and branch halls of the Huai Clan. It is expected that news will come soon.
Brother Yu doesn’t have enough manpower, so he can only ask his younger brother to send two groups of good men to help. First, cut off the largest lackey force of the Japanese, so that other hidden traitor organizations can be deterred, and then we can work together to bring bad luck to the Japanese."
"That's all we can do." An Yi nodded: "Brother, go to Yiyuan. Yang Fei and the others are still there. He can still mobilize one or two groups of people. The younger brother will be in the army soon."
Pick out two more detachments and try to sneak into Zhabei before dawn tomorrow. My eldest brother will just send people to find a few places to settle them."
Dai Li said happily: "It's simple. Brother Yu, just do it when you get back. Then rush to the French Concession to see Yang Fei. I'll let you know any news at any time."
"I'll give it to you, little brother."
An Yi followed Dai Li striding towards the car under the tree, nodded to Dai Li's guard who saluted him, watched Dai Li leave in the car, then returned to the headquarters and issued an order to Zhan Dao, director of the Political Department:
"Prepared telegram: As a warning from the principal, according to Brother Yu Nong's report, the murder case of a party member stationed in Shanghai has been solved. The man behind the scenes is the Japanese intelligence agency in Shanghai. The students respectfully request the principal's instruction. Should the independent investigation continue? An Yi.
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Fifteen minutes later, Zhan Zhi came in a hurry with a reply. An Yi took the message and read it, slowly put it down, picked up the cup and fell into deep thought.