Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 130 The Launch of Project Dark Cloud

Who the hell said this was the ultimate mission! But it seems fine, let the two of them do their own thing, surprises will come one after another.

But if that's the case, is it still appropriate to use Lao Liu for my plan? But besides Lao Liu, is there anyone else I can use?
"Old Liu, with your current status, are you allowed to reside in China long-term?"

"Sure, why not? I'm part of Colt's management! Our Asian sales company has many sales representatives. I can arrange for them to handle the specific negotiations and transportation. I only need to be there when signing the contract."

"Aoki, does your plan require me to live here long-term? Can you still operate the cannon? This telegram from you has really excited me, you know? I thought I could only dream about it, but I never imagined I could actually operate the cannon myself!"

"Haha, it seems you've gotten smarter after spending so much time in America, Lao Liu! Yes, my plan, the big plan, requires your artillery skills, and I mean, I really need you to operate the artillery yourself!"

"Tell me quickly, how do I do it!"

"My plan is called Project Dark Cloud. The first step is to arrange for you to be trained and studied at the East Asia Tongwen Academy as a Japanese citizen. Your class will have internship assignments almost every day. In reality, it's about being a spy, combining military and commercial roles, with each having its own division of labor."

"Your main task is to find the opium warehouses of the Japanese and the Kuomintang at various docks in Shanghai. You need to personally and secretly mark the locations and calculate the distances, without letting anyone find out."

"Aoki, wait a minute! You're not planning to blow them up, are you? No, you definitely are, otherwise you wouldn't go through all this trouble. The key question is how to blow them up! Using explosives on the ground, you wouldn't need me at all. You want me to go aboard the gunboat and operate the guns to blow them up?!"

"A scholar should be viewed with new respect after three days of separation!"

"Hehe, Old Zhou said so. We must study hard and make progress to keep up with you, otherwise we would be letting you down for risking your life to save us back then."

"Let's not talk about what happened back then. We're compatriots now, good brothers!"

"Yes! Good brother, let's keep going! But you've risen too fast, becoming a rear admiral in both the navy and the army, and the fleet commander-in-chief. When I received the news, Lao Zhou threw the telegram away and said it was fake, definitely a smokescreen. He only reluctantly believed it when your telegram arrived."

"It was all a coincidence. I didn't want to be promoted so quickly! It's too flashy, but I had no choice; they pushed me to do it!"

You're fucking asking for a beating! I'd give you 99 points for your swagger! I deducted one point to keep you from continuing to act tough! I really want to slap your face, but Liu Junze can only think about it in his heart.

Is that even human language you're using?

Liu Junze really didn't want to look at Chen Jiehua's smug face anymore. "You should continue talking about Project Dark Cloud."

"Old Liu is not bad, you've improved. You even saw through my pretentious act!"

He was met with a glare.

"Sigh, I'm always on edge, afraid of making a single wrong step. It's only in front of you and Lao Zhou that I can be so unrestrained."

"Aoki, I understand..."

"Alright, enough with the pretense, I'll continue. You guessed exactly right. After the first step of the plan is completed, I'll arrange for you to join the Marine Corps. Then I'll create an opportunity to transfer you to the flagship of the First Overseas Fleet as a main gunner. The flagship is the Izumo."

"The Izumo! That armored cruiser built with our silver!" "Yes, that's it! Don't worry, I'll make good use of it. I'll tell you the flagship's usual anchorage location. The third step of your mission is to find precise angles to strike these warehouses from these locations. At the appropriate time, I'll issue an order for the flagship's main guns to fire randomly, deterring Shanghai!"

"I understand! My mission is to blow up these warehouses with seemingly random, accidental shells!"

"That's exactly what I mean. We can't bomb civilians, and I don't want these harmful opiums to continue to plague our people, but we can't deliberately bomb them either. We can't leave this to others! After all, it's an important source of income for the Japanese army."

"But the fact that every single shell you fire hits an opium warehouse is just too unbelievable!"

"So I asked you to take the KMT along, interspersed with the KMT's warehouses, as well as their intelligence agencies, especially the secret interrogation rooms and prisons of the Party Affairs Investigation Department."

"Bombing the prison and interrogation room will at least create some chaos and give our arrested comrades a chance to escape."

"Neither Japan nor the Republic of China has declared war, and Shanghai has British and French concessions! When do you plan to open fire? Can you just fire randomly like that?"

"Just follow the plan step by step, and you don't need to worry about anything else. Japan will not be content with the status quo; their ambitions will never be satisfied! The Kwantung Army in Northeast China is already stirring."

“I understand. You’re already a major general, so you have access to more classified inside information. It seems like only I can do this kind of dirty work, and I’m more than happy to do it! Damn, bombarding their army warehouses with Japanese naval guns, just thinking about it is exciting!”

"This is my Dark Cloud Plan! If I can't withstand the army's investigation afterward, I might shift the blame to the flagship's artillery, so find an opportunity to withdraw immediately after you complete the plan."

"I understand!"

From December 28 to December 30, 1930 (the 19th year of the Republic of China), the East Asia Tongwen Academy held a three-day special admissions exam for Japanese expatriates in Shanghai. Kondo Kita from the HK district passed the exam and was admitted to the special class.

On the night of December 31, 1930, the eve of New Year's Day, a series of thunderclaps over Shanghai foreshadowed an eventful year ahead.

Chen Jiehua stood in the courtyard of the villa, looking up at the sky. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, but there were hardly any raindrops.

"What should I do? Hongluan, can you give me guidance?"

The response he received was from Mio upstairs, "What are you doing standing there in the yard like an idiot?"

Yes, why am I foolishly asking the heavens? Asking the heavens is not as good as asking my own heart.

Since I know that this matter is about to happen and will inevitably happen, even if I have no evidence and cannot convince the organization to believe it, I can use the intelligence network at hand to gradually unravel the mystery and reveal the inevitability of its exposure!
Back upstairs, Chen Jiehua thought that since that guy wasn't a good person, he should first check if the intelligence gathering in Shanghai had reached him.

"Mio, today is the last day of the old year. Are there any new changes in the organization?"

"No major changes, except that some of the shop owners were originally from the navy. After the navy was withdrawn, I replaced them with comrades from the organization. Now, the shops that these people are affiliated with are all from the gangs of the Republic of China era."

"Which stores? Mark them down so I can take a look." Chen Jiehua casually pulled out a map of Shanghai. After Meixu marked the locations one by one, the stores weren't anything special; they were in almost every district.

(End of this chapter)