Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 135 Second Meeting with the Section Chief (Part 2)
"Most importantly, all of this, including the identity I mentioned earlier, must never be known to Gu! And don't ask why. I'll talk about his affairs last."

"I haven't finished talking about the second thing yet. In Shanghai, the Japanese are becoming increasingly ambitious, and their sphere of influence will also expand. There are some things that I have to do given my current status and position, but I have already made preparations in advance. So no matter what the news or public opinion says in the future, please believe me, I will not do anything immoral or heinous!"

"I understand! It's difficult to have both for the greater good, so don't put too much pressure on yourself. But since you've said that, do you have a plan? Can you reveal a little bit?"

"I can reveal the details, but the timing is uncertain. This matter is related to the Kwantung Army. According to the Japanese General Headquarters' plan, when the Kwantung Army takes action, the naval fleet needs to cooperate in Shanghai and bombard Shanghai!"

"This is no small matter. How are you going to handle it?"

"I brought back Liu Junze from Beifeng to deal with this plan. He graduated from the artillery department of the Army Sergeant School and served as the Young Marshal's artillery instructor for a period of time after graduation. He is very accurate in aiming artillery."

"I arranged for him to find the opium warehouses in Shanghai, as well as the prison interrogation rooms of the Kuomintang and the British and French concessions, to calculate the distance. The main guns were mainly used to hit these places, but the auxiliary guns could not be controlled and could only be left to fate."

"That's a good idea. According to you, we can take advantage of the chaos during the shelling to rescue our comrades in the prisons?"

"Section Chief is truly brilliant and insightful, grasping the key point so quickly! But there's still one more thing: I need to organize and guide the Shanghai news media as much as possible to focus the attack on the Japanese Army and the Kwantung Army."

I understand your thinking.

"In Shanghai, Major General Aoki and Commander Aoki still have some influence. If you really need help and have no other choice, you can come to the general pharmacy next to Hardoon Garden to find me, or come to No. 13 Qian'ai Lane, Shigaota Road tonight to find me and Meixu. The code is to knock on the north wall three times and then one time."

“You can also go to 713 Beitang Road to find Liu Junze from Beifeng. If you take this razor blade with you, he will understand.”

"If, and I mean if, anyone is in danger and needs my help, you must come to me. The fastest way is to find the nearest Qingmu Pharmacy. Any manager of a Qingmu Pharmacy has the authority to contact the head office directly, and the head office will contact me directly."

"Do you know something? Or have you already sensed something? I get the feeling you're making your final arrangements."

"Section Chief, don't talk nonsense! I've just not talked to my own people in a long time, so I'm being a bit long-winded!"

"Stop interrupting me, let me finish quickly. My profession is a doctor! I am a highly skilled doctor, the kind who can perform surgery to save lives, a Western doctor, understand?"

The section chief finally understood. He meant that if someone needed his medical skills to save a life, they could go to him. Hmm, I can do that too, right?

"If you want to buy guns, Comrade North Wind is the chief sales representative of Colt Corporation in America. Just take a razor blade to him. Silver Fox has already bought out Colt Corporation in America." In the pitch-black room, the section chief didn't speak, so Chen Jiehua assumed the section chief knew and moved on to the next topic. There was too much to report to the organization.

This is another surprise!

"you..."

"Don't ask anything else, there's no time. We can talk about the gun production line later, it's not important now."

"The third thing is about Gu. Although he's the head of the Red Team, I call him by his first name, not 'comrade.' Do you understand what that means? He uses his Red Party identity to be on friendly terms with the Green Gang, occupies merchants' properties, misappropriates organizational funds for renovations, and even names it 'Gu Mansion'!" "What a damn 'Gu Mansion'! I'm the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Navy Fleet, and I haven't even named my house 'So-and-so Mansion'!"

"The key issue is that he also privately mobilized Red Team members to help the Green Gang seize territory! It's utterly lawless! The first time I met him, I said I felt uncomfortable just looking at him; he had too much of a gangster vibe and didn't seem like a member of an organization!"

"You expect someone like that to keep the organization's secrets? I think he'll get into trouble sooner or later! I suggest the organization sever ties with him as soon as possible, lest he betray the organization and, given the secrets he knows, cause the entire system to collapse!"

"Alas, regarding Comrade Gu..."

"Comrade, I don't like what you're saying, so it's Gu Moumou."

"Comrade, don't hold so many grievances. He was an early leader of the workers' movement, and the leaders know about these things. He was criticized at the last meeting. We are now educating him slowly, based on the principle of curing the disease and saving the patient."

“I’m not being prejudiced. I’m just worried! Can you just think I’m afraid of dying? Mio came from the Red Team, and he’s the Red Team’s section chief. He must know Mio’s identity. He can probably guess my identity from the slightest clues. So, just think of me as being afraid that he will betray me and Mio.”

"Section Chief, please consider this: compared to my and Meixu's identities, and the identities of Old Cat, North Wind, and Silver Fox behind us, which is more important?"

"Let me think about it again."

"Section Chief, bro, my intuition is spot on. This guy is unreliable!"

"Okay, I trust you. I'll report back to Number Five as soon as I get back, okay?"

"Alright, that's all. I need to get back now. Take care. Sigh, after saying all that, you didn't even offer me a sip of water..."

"Hey, comrade, didn't you say you wouldn't let me turn on the lights or move around?"

Before leaving home, Chen Jiehua listened to the sounds and looked at his shadow. After confirming that it was safe, he quietly went out. After leaving home, he did not rush to leave. He found a place where he could see the small building and hid for a while. Only after confirming that he did not feel palpitations did he retreat home and climb over the wall to enter the building.

After Chen Jiehua left, it was already past 3 a.m. The section chief returned to the small building alone, went up to the second floor, entered the secret room, lit a kerosene lamp, and quickly wrote down everything.

This kid talked on and on for three hours, absorbing so much information that if I didn't have a good memory, I might have forgotten one or two things.

When writing about the issues raised by Chen Jiehua regarding Gu Moumou and his resentment towards Gu, the section chief thought to himself, "That's what I think too."

The organization's leadership had repeatedly criticized him for "his private life and corruption completely violating communist moral principles," and had even transferred Mr. Li to politically restrain the Central Special Branch and control Gu's dissolute behavior. However, he paid lip service to these criticisms and repeatedly refused to change his ways. (This section is excerpted from Chapter 4 of "Li Kenong—An Outstanding Leader of the CCP's Hidden Front")

The leadership, anticipating potential problems, had already begun designing a "chain-breaking plan," but due to organizational discipline, they couldn't tell Chen Jiehua. In fact, this meeting didn't even comply with organizational principles; it was only approved by the leadership.

(End of this chapter)