In Xia Deyan's memory, ever since the third Shadow sent Lu Ming's belongings to Qing Shi Tea House, all his contact with the organization was through him. Even the person in charge at the time, Qing Shan, never had any contact with the Shadow. Qing Shan had tried to establish two-way communication, but in the end, he never had the chance. His understanding of the Shadow was based on guesses and analyses of intelligence.
But now it seems that the previous judgments were too biased. Just how much power does the Shadow have? How strong is its intelligence capability? To what extent can it do? Now it has even found out the identity of the person in charge of the Nanjing underground party, which is completely beyond everyone's imagination.
Hearing Xia Deyan's words, Lin Hanwen felt deflated. He had been hoping to get an answer from Xia Deyan, but now it seemed his hopes had been dashed again.
"This matter must be explained. Although we all know that Shadow is absolutely reliable, this is our organizational discipline, and there can be no ambiguity. If we cannot give a clear answer, Nanjing will have to make huge adjustments, and even Kuquan will have to be secretly moved and given a new identity, which will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble and losses."
What Lin Hanwen said was not an exaggeration. The identity of the person in charge of the Nanjing underground party organization was inexplicably leaked. Without a reasonable explanation, he had to take contingency measures to prevent unexpected situations from occurring.
This was something even Ning Zhiheng, the instigator, hadn't anticipated. He was only trying to report the news in a timely manner, and in fact, his news was very timely. If it had been an hour later, the main cadres of the Nanjing underground party organization would have been exposed to the Special Higher Police. However, he never expected that the doctor Cheng Xingye he had chosen would actually be the main person in charge of the Nanjing underground party organization. Now, the problem was serious.
Xia Deyan was also aware of this, but he couldn't explain it either. He said helplessly, "Please believe me, I really didn't hide anything from the organization. You know Shadow's intelligence capabilities. Just how far can he go? How many secrets does he have? We can't be sure. We can only get the answers from him."
"It seems we'll only have a chance to get the answers when Shadow contacts us again."
Xia Deyan asked hesitantly, "How should we ask?"
Lin Hanwen had clearly considered this beforehand, and nodded, saying, "I came here today to discuss this matter. Establishing two-way communication with Shadow is urgent and cannot be delayed any longer. I have thought about it for a long time. Judging from Shadow's performance over the years, he must have sufficient status and strength to use a radio. I have decided to equip him with a complete set of dedicated call signs, wavelength channels, and codebooks so that we can contact him through the radio in times of emergency."
"A radio station?" Xia Deyan frowned. He was unwilling to do this because the Japanese had always been extremely strict in monitoring radio stations in Shanghai. In previous intelligence reports, Shadow had specifically emphasized that the Shanghai Special Higher Police Headquarters had a dedicated department responsible for listening in, with excellent equipment and technology. Currently, unless there were special circumstances, all anti-Japanese organizations were sending and receiving radio messages in the concessions.
He shook his head and said, "This is too dangerous. The Japanese monitor this very closely. Once the radio is used, it will be easy to be exposed. I don't agree with doing this!"
Lin Hanwen smiled slightly and explained, "Don't worry, the technical means of monitoring radio stations is actually to monitor the radio waves they send, while receiving radio waves will not be detected. When we send intelligence to Shadow, he only receives it and does not reply. His feedback is still through you. In this way, we can establish two-way communication."
Xia Deyan immediately understood that Lin Hanwen meant that Shadow should only copy telegrams and receive information unilaterally without sending back radio waves. This way, they could avoid Japanese monitoring and their intelligence channel could still be used so that Shadow could transmit intelligence or funds.
He pondered for a moment, then said, "This method is good, but it also has many difficulties. First of all, the Shadow needs a radio, even if it's just the part of the radio used to receive information."
Lin Hanwen waved his hand and said, "That shouldn't be a problem. With Shadow's financial resources and influence, getting a radio station shouldn't be an issue. In fact, I estimate that he already has a radio station on hand. Of course, if he doesn't, we can provide it to him."
Xia Deyan nodded. Judging from the huge amount of money that Shadow had transferred to the organization over the years, it was not difficult to do this.
Xia Deyan continued, "There's another point: the Shadow needs to understand certain telecommunications technology, at the very least, to be able to receive Morse code."
“That is indeed a problem,” Lin Hanwen said, also concerned about this. “We need to communicate with him to see if he has received any training in this area. However, as you said, Shadow was a professional intelligence agent who infiltrated the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong). Zhongtong’s telecommunications technology was popularized very early, several years earlier than the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Juntong). I think Shadow should have received training in this area, so there shouldn’t be a big problem.”
Lin Hanwen's words were not wrong. The predecessor of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), the Party Affairs Investigation Bureau, was the first intelligence department to establish its own radio communication network. In fact, in the early days of the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau, they still needed to borrow their telecommunications network. Director Lin felt deeply humiliated by this, so he later built his own telecommunications department without regard to investment, which is why he later surpassed the CBIS in terms of equipment, technology, and personnel.
"Okay, then there's only one last question: how can I contact Shadow and communicate the situation to him? This is just our idea, and we need his consent and cooperation in the end."
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