The biggest culprit here is the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department.
Of course, this is also related to the problems of the Red Party's underground party itself. In the early stages, the Red Party's intelligence work was very crude, the confidentiality between organizations was not high, and there was a lack of methods and experience.
This allowed the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department to exploit a loophole. They gradually became familiar with the organizational structure and operation of the underground party, and often arresting one person would lead to the discovery of an entire network. This situation continued for a long time.
It wasn't until the underground party paid an extremely heavy price, learned through bloodshed, and changed its working methods, especially by adopting a series of methods such as single-line contact, that its organizational structure became more rational and covert, and this situation was finally brought under control!
"Underground Party? Whether they are or not, it has nothing to do with our mission," Ning Zhiheng curled his lip, showing a disdainful expression towards the so-called underground party. "Our mission today is to capture Ma Hong tonight!"
Rewind to half an hour earlier, in a private room of the restaurant across the street, a gaunt middle-aged man sat at the table, waiting anxiously.
Finally, the door was gently opened, and a person wearing a thick scarf pushed the door open and walked in.
The thin, middle-aged man stood up excitedly as soon as he saw someone enter, looking at the newcomer with longing.
The person wearing a thick scarf carefully closed the door, then turned around, removed the scarf from their face, and quietly looked at the thin man.
"Old Lu! It really is you! It really is you~?" The middle-aged man rushed forward excitedly and grabbed Lu Ming's hands tightly.
"Old Zhang, it's been so many years! How have you been?" Lu Ming said with emotion, his hands clasped tightly together.
Tears welled up in Zhang Pei's eyes, and she said in a choked voice, "Seven years! We haven't seen each other for seven years! Lao Lu, you have no idea how I've spent these past few years, hiding here and there, wandering from place to place, unable to find the organization, unable to find comrades. It's like being a child without a mother! Can you understand how I feel?"
Lu Ming gently patted Zhang Pei's shoulder and said, "Old Zhang, I understand how you feel. Don't get agitated. Let's sit down and talk it over."
Helping Zhang Pei to sit down, the two sighed and lamented the impermanence of life. Lu Ming asked, "Old Zhang, since we parted ways in Jiangbei in 1920, where have you been all these years?"
Upon hearing Lu Ming's question, Zhang Pei couldn't help but sigh and say, "It's a long story. Three days after that meeting, the organization was sabotaged by spies, and many members of the prefectural committee were arrested, including several leaders!"
I narrowly escaped the pursuing agents and fled with my life. Later, I fled back to my hometown of Beiping and hid for half a year. When I returned to Jiangbei to look for the organization, everything had changed. All my contacts had been lost, and I didn't know if any comrades were still alive. I searched everywhere for any trace of the organization. I searched all the liaison stations and safe houses, hoping to contact them. But in the end, I found nothing. I guessed the entire Jiangbei District Committee had been raided and wiped out.
"Yes, the situation was extremely urgent at the time. Some people were evacuated in an emergency, but many more were arrested, and some, like you, are all out of contact and cannot be reached to this day!" Lu Ming sighed deeply. The situation at the time was truly tragic. The Red Party had accumulated a large number of outstanding talents in the long struggle, but they were all wiped out and killed, so much so that they have not yet recovered their strength.
"Where did you go after that?" Lu Ming asked.
“I found a small mountain village in my hometown of Beiping, where a relative of mine lived. He helped me get a new identity and I’ve been hiding there for all these years.”
During that time, I went to Jiangbei, Shanghai and other places many times, hoping to find the organization again, but I was clueless and wandered around like a headless fly. In the end, I couldn't find it. In fact, even if I had, no one could verify my identity! I was about to give up completely!
I came to Nanjing this time hoping to try my luck again. I didn't expect to actually see you by chance a few days ago. But you walked too fast that day and I couldn't keep up with you. Later, I remembered to try to contact you using the way we used to. I posted a message in the newspaper every day with a code word to ask you to meet.
But I waited for you here for four whole days. I was almost about to give up. I thought you hadn't even seen the newspaper. Actually, I was just desperate and grasping at straws. Do you still remember my contact information from seven years ago? I never expected you to actually come! It's truly a miracle! After all these years, I've finally found my comrade!
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