Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 139 What's meant to happen will happen.

"Hehe, here's how I see it. Now that we're here, and with such a large spy organization at our disposal, wouldn't it be unreasonable not to send agents to China's two major powers? So we have to!"

"But those sent to the core of the organization must be people I can control! There are too few such people. The Japanese army and navy cannot be trusted at the moment. It just so happened that the prince wanted to kill these nine maids to silence them, and I rescued them on the spot, so that I could use them here."

After finishing their discussion and wishing each other well, Chen Jiehua left behind a box of US dollars and quietly returned home under the cover of darkness.
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The building is on the second floor.

"Boss, how are you feeling?"

"Luckily, it's one of our own."

"Yes, you're absolutely right. Luckily, they're our own people, and they have to be our own people. If they were enemies, it would be terrifying. You don't know until you make contact, and once you do, you're shocked."

"Given his ability to plan three steps ahead, his ability to manipulate events at will, and his effortless and unpredictable planning, it's impossible for him to take Gu Shunzhang, whom he's only met once, seriously."

"But he took it very seriously, reminding Gu Shunzhang several times not to reveal his existence. There were many secrets that Gu Shunzhang couldn't know. What does that mean?"

"This means he knew or could have foreseen that Gu Shunzhang would inevitably betray us. We must take this seriously and develop a contingency plan no matter how difficult it may be."

"The Chain Breaking Plan continues, as does the Red Sparrow Plan, which I will personally oversee."

"Yes!"
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Meanwhile, back home, Chen Jiehua lay in bed unable to sleep. He had already laid out his plan to Number Five, who neither expressed support nor strongly opposed it.

However, I must take Gu Shunzhang's matter seriously. I only know that he will be arrested and betray us in 1931, but I don't know the exact month or where he was arrested.

This man came from the Green Gang and served as the head of the Central Special Branch Red Team for a long time. He was very successful in Shanghai, so the probability of him being arrested and defecting in Shanghai was very low. All we had to do was keep an eye on when he would leave Shanghai.

The next day at noon, after getting enough sleep, Chen Jiehua got up, washed up, ate breakfast, and drove out. He first went to the Aoki office at Nishi Honganji Temple to inform Higuchi Keishiro and tell each checkpoint that if they encountered anyone leaving the city with a pass that they had signed, they should not stop them, but they must remember their appearance and number of people and report it immediately!

There was no other way; I could just take advantage of the section chief a little, it wouldn't hurt.

In fact, that year, because the Comintern representative Mif was too powerful, No. 5 was also in a difficult situation in Shanghai and was somewhat powerless to deal with Gu Shunzhang's matter, and had no time to attend to it.

In late February, all six maids of the Aoto Group completed their desensitization procedures and returned safely. It seems I overestimated other organizations within Japan; they didn't even send spies to Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu's residence.

Chen Jiehua officially dispatched Qing Teng San and Qing Teng Si to Jinling, with the goal of gradually infiltrating the core organs of the Kuomintang. Their positions and timeframes were not limited, meaning it depended on their own abilities; they could go wherever they could. That's how laid-back I am.

Qing Tengyi and Qing Tengwu secretly infiltrated the Red Party's central organs in Shanghai. They did not collect intelligence or cause sabotage, but worked hard to gain the Red Party's trust. They remained in hiding for a long time, waiting for their tokens to awaken them. They only recognized the tokens and not the people.

Qing Teng Hachi and Qing Teng Jiu secretly traveled to Beiping in North China to collect military intelligence from various sources and regularly reported to Mei Xu and themselves via radio.
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In early April 1931 (the 20th year of the Republic of China), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China dispatched Gu Shunzhang, an alternate member of the Politburo and a member of the Central Special Committee, to escort Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao, then leaders of the Communist Party, from Shanghai to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area via Wuhan. On the 5th, Gu Shunzhang was repeatedly instructed to return immediately upon completion of the mission.

The three of them, carrying the passes given to them by Section Chief Wang Yong, left Shanghai through the Japanese-controlled checkpoints. After avoiding the Kuomintang military and police, they boarded a train at Zhenru Railway Station outside Shanghai and headed to Hankou Station.

On the same day, unfortunately, Mio received a telegram from Tokyo that her mother was critically ill and that she should return home immediately. Fujiwara Mio and Aoto Nana took the fastest ship back home.

Chen Jiehua, who was about to go to bed after taking a shower, received a call from the Aoki Agency and immediately stood up. "What was bound to happen has finally happened!"

In the secret room, Chen Jiehua sent four words to Section Chief Wang Yong via a secret frequency: Danger is approaching.

After that, Chen Jiehua followed the established plan and stayed by the radio at home every day, waiting for the organization's telegram for help.
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On April 8, a courier from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area led the way. Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao left with the courier, but Gu Shunzhang stayed in Wuhan under the pretext of working on the transportation line because he had discovered his old lover, Huan Yuan Hua, in the square of Hankou Railway Station.

After that, Gu Shunzhang had several trysts with Huan Yuanhua, spending all his travel money. So he decided to go out and perform magic tricks on the street under the alias Hua Guangqi to earn money.

On April 24, Gu Shunzhang was spotted on the streets of Hankou by You Chongxin, a traitor who recognized him (a former member of the CCP HUB Provincial Committee who was arrested and defected at the end of 1930). Gu Shunzhang, who was already immersed in the pleasures of the world, lost the instincts of a secret agent and failed to notice the ordinary people following him. He was eventually arrested at the World Hotel where he was staying.

Yang Qingshan, the head of the Kuomintang Wuhan Headquarters' Investigation Department, and Cai Mengjian, the deputy head, interrogated Gu Shunzhang on the same day. Without any torture, Gu Shunzhang betrayed them.

Gu Shunzhang's arrest was somewhat bizarre, but the events that followed his arrest were even more bizarre. After the Wuhan Military Headquarters discovered that he was a super big fish, He Chengjun, the head of the Wuhan Military Headquarters, and Cai Mengjian, the deputy director of the Investigation Department, competed to take credit. On the 25th, they sent telegrams to Xu Enzeng and Chen Lifu of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, respectively.

The 25th was a Saturday, and Xu Enzeng, as was his custom, went to Shanghai to spend the weekend meeting his mistress. The telegraph operator sent a telegram to Xu Enzeng's secretary, Qian Zhuangfei.

When Qian Zhuangfei saw that the telegram was from Wuhan, marked as top secret, and personally translated by Xu Enzeng, his professional instincts alerted him. He immediately locked the door, took out the high-level coded telegram he had already copied, and began to translate it.

Telegram 1: Li Ming has been arrested and has surrendered. If he can be quickly transferred to Nanjing, the entire CCP Central Committee can be purged within three days.

Telegram 2: It is proposed to use warships to escort Li Ming to Nanjing.

Telegram 3: Li Ming confessed that Xu Enzeng had Communist Party members on his side, and this information must not be revealed to them, otherwise the plan to wipe out the entire CCP Central Committee in Shanghai will completely fail. The warship is slow; please send an aircraft to pick them up immediately.

In late April in Nanjing, it was nighttime and the weather wasn't hot, but Qian Zhuangfei became increasingly nervous as he translated the telegram, sweating profusely—it was completely unexpected!

My boss, Gu Shunzhang, has betrayed me!
Gu Shunzhang betrayed all three people who had infiltrated the Party Affairs Investigation Department!

The CCP Central Committee is in a very dangerous situation. What should be done?
Qian Zhuangfei remained calm and composed, and responded quickly. He first sealed the original telegram and temporarily suppressed it. He then drove home and arranged for his son-in-law, Liu Qifu, to take the train to Shanghai overnight to deliver the message.

(End of this chapter)