Chapter 107 The Moon of Yesteryear
The matter was finally contained. After the meeting, the leader specifically called Xie Ning aside to scold him, "Comrade Xie Ning, you really are... Why can't you report your thoughts to the organization? You pulled this 'cut off the supply line' move, and I almost broke my horse's legs running to clean up your mess!"
Not many people know about this. Our version of events is that it was a secret operation. Not many people know that you made this decision alone, but Comrade Xie Ning, you still have to face disciplinary action!
However, this punishment will not be made public, but will be secretly sealed in Xie Ning's file.
"Sigh... Comrade Xie Ning, I only have one question for you this time: have you lost faith in the organization?"
It has to be said that this was already a very lenient greeting; Xie Ning's thought was that he would be taken back for interrogation.
Therefore, Xie Ning's expression softened. "Chief, it's not that I don't trust the organization, but..." How could she say it? That she knew Nanjing would fall? That she knew Nanjing would become a living hell?
She dares to say it, but does anyone dare to believe her?
Xie Ning took a deep breath and began to fabricate a story, "I have an informant in the Japanese army, a former French classmate of mine. I can't go into details, but I'm sure he's reliable! I learned about the Japanese plans through him, but as you know, I'm of low rank and my words carry little weight..."
She wanted to look sad, but the tears just wouldn't come. So she lowered her head and pretended to be sad and helpless. Luckily, the two of them were about the same height. Otherwise, if they had looked at each other when she lowered her head, the calm emotions in her eyes would have been impossible to hide.
"Moreover, the situation was urgent at the time, and the Kuomintang was in a terrible state of collapse. The only person closest to Nanjing was Cai Huai, so I sent a telegram to him directly."
In fact, she had mentioned it before Shanghai fell, but no one paid attention. Even if the capital was moved, the city would still be defended, at least for one or two months. Moreover, official reports successively stated that Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Jianwen, and others expressed their determination to defend Nanjing to the end. However, no one expected the city to collapse so quickly.
The authorities' preparations for the war were limited, especially regarding how to resettle and protect the citizens after the fall of Nanjing, leaving the citizens stranded in Nanjing without basic self-protection and rescue awareness.
Even though Xie Ning published some articles in newspapers about self-protection and rescue after the Battle of Shanghai began, those articles had far less impact than those published by the authorities.
The situation of the war was very complicated. Xie Ning knew very well that she could not shake the decision made above by her own strength. In fact, not to mention the National Party, even her own Labour Party had its own tasks, and no one cared about her alarmist talk.
Cai Huai was also the last army she could find.
Cai Huai and Zhao Le went to Yanjing together, but only Zhao Le returned to the base. Cai Huai, on the other hand, led his men to join the Anti-Japanese United Army. No one knows how he did it, but in a short period of time, his force of only a few hundred men grew to ten thousand, and he rose to the position of division commander.
Xie Ning only met Cai Huai in early summer this year, and the two only had a brief encounter. Xie Ning secretly left his message.
She had previously set up a radio and a hand-cranked generator in her space when she had the chance, just so that it would be convenient to communicate.
Those two artillery pieces were not originally intended for Cai Huai's division, but as long as Xie Ning was willing to take the risk, he could secretly distribute the artillery pieces to Cai Huai's troops.
Did the leader believe these words? He didn't, but Xie Ning had at least found an excuse, and his intentions were good.
"Did you arrange those people in the city? They dug many air-raid shelters in advance, prepared a lot of food, donated a lot of food to the safety zone, and even acted as inside agents to bombard the Japanese garrison inside."
Xie Ning smiled slightly, "Does the commander still remember Ms. Chen Heyi, who donated supplies to us?"
The leader nodded. Of course he remembered. Although he was a man, he had sent people to receive the many women's products and children's clothes that Ms. Chen Heyi had donated. She was a very kind person.
“Back then, Ms. Chen Heyi opened a bank account and deposited a portion of money into it every month. I used this money to send people to various places to dig air-raid shelters and store food, hoping to save some of the Chinese people.”
Not to mention Jinling, she'd dug up quite a bit in Shanghai as well. Better safe than sorry. After parting ways with Blind Wang and his gang, she'd entrusted this matter to him. Because of Blind Wang's reputation for loyalty and chivalry, she trusted his character. As for running away with the money...
Xie Ning wasn't afraid, after all, she wasn't giving away all the money at once. If she really encountered a bad person, she would just consider it a lesson learned.
From the very beginning, she made multiple bets, so no matter what situation she was in or what choice she made, she always had a way out and people she could rely on.
"As for the artillery fire inside the city, I really don't know, but the Zhang family runs a weapons company overseas..." Xie Ning gave a knowing look, and the commander suddenly understood.
In fact, she did send out those specially designed mortars from here. It was indeed difficult to send them out without alerting the Kuomintang or mobilizing the Labour Party. However, the factory had complex factions, and she could get some benefits by promising favors to one faction.
However, in the end, she relied on Zhang Mingyuan's connections with his old subordinates. While interests are certainly tempting, the addition of personal relationships makes the relationship more secure.
Since it was unclear what weapons were being used in the city, everyone's attention was focused on the two high-range cannons and the special anti-aircraft weapons.
Xie Ning didn't favor either side with these weapons; they were all meant to be used to fight the Japanese. Whoever had an extra weapon on their side could kill an extra enemy soldier.
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