The next morning, the cold, damp wind made pedestrians hurry along the street. On a street in southern Nanjing, a young man wearing a trench coat and a top hat was walking quickly. He soon turned into an alley and arrived at the door of an apartment building.
He glanced around subconsciously, then reached out and knocked rhythmically on the door. A short while later, a man dressed as a waiter opened the door, and the young man strode in.
He quickly entered the living room, where a refined-looking elderly man in his fifties was reading a newspaper. Upon seeing the young man, he quickly put down the newspaper and asked, "Is there something urgent?"
This refined-looking old man is Cheng Xingye, the current head of the Nanjing underground organization, codenamed Bitter Spring.
Since the Nanjing underground organization suffered a major blow at the end of last year, losing many comrades, the entire organization was reorganized. Cheng Xingye, one of the members of the Nanjing underground party municipal committee, was appointed to take over as the person in charge in a time of crisis.
Later, the Party organization gathered resources from all sides and re-established the Nanjing Party organization. Among them was the young man opposite, Lü Chengfeng, an intelligence agent transferred from Shanghai to Nanjing. His current cover identity was a reporter for the China United News Agency, an official newspaper controlled by the Japanese. Lü Chengfeng used this identity as a cover to collect a lot of important intelligence for the organization.
Meanwhile, due to the strict control of radio information in Nanjing and the tight monitoring of radio stations, the underground party organization's radio station was in danger several times. Therefore, Lü Chengfeng also used his identity as a reporter to set up the organization's secret radio station in the newspaper office, becoming the carrier pigeon of the Nanjing underground organization.
Therefore, he was one of the few high-ranking members who possessed organizational secrets, and also one of the eight members of the Nanjing underground secret front.
Lu Chengfeng nodded, took a few steps forward, and reported in a low voice: "Urgent telegram from Shanghai, signed by Xiucai, the identity of Chang Chengye, manager of Maoyuan Trading Company, has been exposed. Maoyuan Trading Company may be completely exposed and needs to be evacuated immediately!"
With just one sentence, Cheng Xingye's expression changed drastically, but he quickly calmed down, steadied himself, and asked, "Have you explained the specific reasons?"
"They received intelligence that Chang Chengye had likely dealt with the National Salvation Army when he was in the military, and has now been recognized by Kuomintang traitors. However, the specific reasons are unclear. The case has now been taken over by the 76th Special Agent Headquarters. But the traitors have been eliminated during the operation. Fearing a reaction from the other side, they told us to evacuate as soon as possible!"
Cheng Xingye sighed softly and could only nod, saying, "I'll arrange it right away. It's just such a pity that we've spent so many resources to build this up, and now we're just giving it up like this."
Maoyuan Trading Company is a special organization that the organization has put a lot of effort into setting up. For security reasons, all the staff inside are carefully selected and given reliable identities. It has always been operating well and has provided great material assistance to the organization and the troops. If it is forced to withdraw, the supplies for the troops on the mountain will be interrupted, many tasks will be impossible to carry out, and the losses will be huge.
Lu Chengfeng said, "The scholar also told us to be careful and to be wary of the 21st in Nanjing making a move ahead of time. Although we know that there are many conflicts between the 76th and the 21st, there is always a chance of something going wrong."
Moreover, Wen Hao is a formidable opponent. In just six months, he brought down the entire Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) and Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (MBIS) in Nanjing. He's a veteran CBIS agent with a deep understanding of our organizational structure.
Since arriving in Nanjing, Wen Hao has changed his low profile from when he was in Shanghai. In a short period of time, he has taken frequent actions and destroyed the intelligence organization that was lurking in Nanjing. The underground party organization has always regarded Wen Hao as a major enemy.
Cheng Xingye also said with deep feeling, "You're right. We must act quickly and covertly, and get ahead of the 21st. So many people need to be evacuated, so we must do a good job. I'll make the arrangements right away. By the way, the base has agreed to our request and has transferred six comrades who are fluent in Japanese. They are the only special talents in our unit. I'll leave their arrangements to you."
Nanjing has now been designated as the center of Japanese influence in Central China, with more and more Japanese government agencies settling in and beginning to recruit Chinese to serve them. Cheng Xingye planned to take this opportunity to infiltrate a group of people, so he had previously applied to the base for a group of people fluent in Japanese. However, because such people were hard to find, it had been delayed until now, and only six reliable people had been gathered and sent into Nanjing.
Upon hearing this, Lü Chengfeng quickly nodded in agreement, saying, "That's great! Now is the best time to infiltrate. I'll make the arrangements."
After exchanging a few more words, Lü Chengfeng got up and left. Cheng Xingye checked the time and quickly began to deal with the matters concerning Maoyuan Trading Company.
In a villa in the Shanghai International Settlement, Chen Tingzheng, a leader of the Green Gang, was chatting and laughing with a fat man in his fifties.
Chen Ting said with a smile, "Mulin, you didn't even give me a heads-up this time. If A Si hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you were back. So, tonight I'll treat everyone to a meal. You've been away from Shanghai for so long, it's been a long time since we old folks have seen each other, haha!"
It turned out that the man opposite was named Wan Mulin. He was the head steward of Yue Sheng, the former leader of the Green Gang, and also Yue Sheng's cousin. He was also the person Yue Sheng trusted the most and was a very influential figure in Shanghai.
Wan Mulin was a legendary figure in his life. In his early years, he followed Yue Sheng to build his empire. Later, he became the head steward of Yue's mansion, managing accounts and serving as the manager, as well as the general manager of the company under his control. He also once handled gang affairs on behalf of Yue Sheng, and held a very high position in the entire Green Gang.
After the Battle of Shanghai, Yue Sheng fled Shanghai to Hong Kong to avoid trouble. Wan Mulin remained by his side, loyal and devoted. However, because Yue Sheng had too many businesses in Shanghai and left in a hurry, some of his businesses were not properly disposed of.
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