Chapter Thirty-Six: Encountering Old Acquaintances in a Foreign Land
PS: Chapter 35 has been revised.
Although his short hair was changed to a back head, his tunic was changed to a long shirt, and Swenwen wore glasses, Geng Chaozhong still recognized the person in front of him at a glance.
Qu Leheng!
Before Geng Chaozhong joined the Island City Party Investigation Department, the captain of the Island City Action Team and the personal deputy of Liu Yi's class, also graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, Qu Leheng!
Geng Chaozhong didn't expect that Qu Leheng would join the Fuxing Society and become one of the leaders of this operation!
And Qu Leheng didn't expect that Geng Chaozhong would actually come to the Northeast!
It was so unexpected!
"You're not dead?!"
"Aren't you going back to the army?!"
The two lowered their voices, opened their mouths at the same time, closed their mouths at the same time, and then looked at each other with burning eyes!
After the initial shock, they came to their senses at the same time.
Yes, this encounter, not an accident, not a coincidence!
It's clear that both are part of Project Stinger!
After a nervous gaze, a smile gradually melted from the corners of Geng Chaozhong's eyes and mouth, as if an agreement had been made, and a friendly smile appeared on Qu Leheng's face like a spring breeze thawing.
Immediately afterwards, both of them looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that no one was paying attention, they stretched out their hands under the table at the same time and held them tightly together!
"Brother Qu, I didn't expect us to end up on the same path!"
Geng Chaozhong just wanted to sit down, but Qu Leheng suddenly commanded:
"You sit inside, don't let others see us eating together."
Geng nodded, and then sat down in a back-to-back seat next to each otherβso that it didn't interfere with the conversation and wouldn't be perceived as sitting at a table.
Geng Chaozhong instructed the men to serve the food, and Qu Leheng turned his back and said:
"I really didn't expect it. After I went to Nanjing, I was soon called up by the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense for three months of training. I am a Whampoa soldier, and I have spent another year in the Party Investigation Section, so I am familiar with intelligence operations, so I am here again. What about you, how did you get here? β
"I'm cannon fodder, and I'm responsible for covering you." Geng Chaozhong smiled.
Qu Leheng's face showed a look of embarrassment.
He knew very well that on the surface of the Stinger Project, there was still a layer of protective color, and under this layer of protective color was the Renaissance Society, a brand-new organization!
"Brother Geng, thank you for your hard work! I really didn't know that you were the one who came on this mission, or I wouldn't have agreed to let you come! Qu Leheng said sincerely.
He knows this very well, but this is work, and some jobs are destined to die, and no matter whether the executor knows it or not, it can't change the outcome.
"Hehe, get used to it. Besides, I'm not the most dangerous, the most dangerous is Section Chief Xi, as long as the Japanese turn their faces and stop acting, he will be the first to kill! β
Geng Chaozhong smiled indifferently.
"Hmm." Qu Leheng sighed lightly, looked at Geng Chaozhong a few more times, and asked:
"But I still don't understand, I didn't see you when I was training in Zhenjiang. How did you get involved in this mission? To put it mildly, I'm also a talker in this plan, and you, as a bright line, shouldn't know this contact code?! β
"I saved one of your subordinates, he told me." Geng Chaozhong replied.
"Who?!" Qu Leheng's face showed a hint of anger.
The Fuxing Society came to carry out the mission this time, it has absolutely strict discipline, if it is not successful, it will become a benevolent, and it will never allow any leakage, let alone such a big secret as the contact code!
In other words, if Geng Chaozhong was a decoy sent by the Japanese, Qu Leheng would be finished today!
Geng Chaozhong looked at Qu Leheng's face, knew what he was thinking, and didn't want him to vent his anger on Zou Zheng, so he hurriedly said:
"Brother Qu, his name is Zou Zheng, but don't blame him, I know that this incident is purely coincidental. Besides, I killed three Japanese people on the spot to save him, and he trusted me for a reason. β
Qu Leheng nodded, and his anger eased slightly.
Now the Japanese will never use the bitter meat trick, because the value of a Japanese special high school agent is much more than that of a half-hung Chinese agent, that is, one for two, in the eyes of the Japanese, it is a loss.
Next, Geng Chaozhong did not hide it, and accidentally faked his death when he was on a mission in Jinan, and was revealed by Director Xu's execution of the Stinger plan.
"You're just going to tell me all about that?"
Seeing Geng Chaozhong talking so endlessly and without reservation, Qu Leheng was also stunned!
Yes, the two are old acquaintances, and they had a good relationship when they were in the party investigation department. But now after all, they are not in the same system, what Geng Chaozhong is doing now is, at worst, not rigorous, and at worst, violating organizational discipline!
"Hey, Brother Qu, you don't know the Party Investigation Department, the discipline regulations are on your lips every day, and the implementation is not a firewood room with straw, leaking everywhere! Our island city is pretty good, don't you know that Liu Zhennian in Yantai pulls people into the party, and he doesn't even need to introduce people, as long as his classmates and fellow villagers say a word, dozens of people in a class join the party at the same time, what kind of rigor can there be in such an organization? !
Therefore, it can also be seen from the above that sending our party dispatch department to carry out the task is to send it to death, and my cannon fodder deserves it! If I hadn't kept an eye on it and sneaked up three months late, maybe the grass on the grave would be three feet tall by now! β
As soon as Geng Chaozhong said this, Qu Leheng suddenly cried and laughed, but after thinking about it, what Geng Chaozhong said was also true.
The organizational discipline of the Kuomintang has always been very nonsense, from the earliest alliance meeting, the constitution of joining the party is like child's play, and later there was a set of handprints on the door of the guild to be loyal to Sun Guofu.
To be honest, without a solid political concept and core concept, the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Chinese nationalist concept are doomed to be unable to last long.
Therefore, there were several reshuffles of the Kuomintang in the future, until the final "taking Russia as a teacher", the goal was to accommodate and absorb the Communist Party and establish a Leninist iron-blooded party.
However, there is no doubt that the "four-one-two" shows that the reorganization has failed again.
This contradiction is an irreconcilable contradiction between the upper propertied class and the lower clay-legged proletariat!
Facts have proved that the Three People's Principles and Communism cannot coexist, and the Three People's Principles are essentially conciliatorism, and the purpose is to resolve domestic problems through dialogue and consultation and relatively gentle means. But in fact, the seriousness of the domestic problem has long reached the point where it cannot be broken or established, and it must end with the defeat of one side by the other, and it must be resolved with the strongest revolutionary will!
"So what do you do? I think you're living a pretty nourishing life, don't you look like you're suffering? Qu Leheng squinted his eyes and looked at Geng Chaozhong a few times.
That's right, Geng Chaozhong rested for a while, and he actually gained a little weight, and it didn't seem that he was in a very dangerous and tense environment.
When Geng Chaozhong saw Qu Leheng's expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Brother Qu, you don't know, I thought at the time, coming to the Northeast with such a black eye is like child's play, Zhang Xueliang and us are not of the same mind, the Japanese are our enemies, and the Soviet Union doesn't need to say it, it's good if you don't kill us, just this kind of environment, lurking? It's just looking for death! So I figured out that if you want to be safe, you have to do your homework first. So I got a few children, spent a few small dollars, and ran around the city to deliver food and sell newspapers, so that I could feel more secure. β
As soon as he heard Geng Chaozhong's words, Qu Leheng's eyes couldn't help but widen.
"The little guy who has been delivering newspapers all over the street lately, you made it all up?"
"That's right! Brother Qu, don't underestimate these little ghosts, they are very clever, what happened on which street, or I wouldn't be able to save your subordinates. β
"Yes, yes, Shibei was impressed in March, I knew you could do it when I was in the party investigation department, but I didn't expect to have more ideas now! Your method is good, it won't take long to set up your own intelligence network single-handedly, amazing! β
Qu Leheng raised his glass and toasted Geng Chaozhong.
"I can't help it!" Geng Chaozhong took a sip of the wine and drank it down, "The local Qing Gang has a close relationship with the Northeast Army, and I am afraid that it will be very unsafe for me to contact them!" β
Qu Leheng didn't answer, turning the wine glass in his hand, as if he was pondering something.
After a moment, he seemed to have finally made up his mind and spoke:
"In this way, Xiao Geng, I am very relieved that Zou is in your hands, I will not go to see him, if you want to find me, use your little guys who deliver newspapers to contact."
Qu Leheng lowered his head and whispered to Geng Chaozhong.
"Also, if there is any news, you can notify me as soon as possible, and we will contact each other on a one-way basis, how about it?"
Geng Chaozhong nodded in agreement.
"However, Brother Qu, I don't want to work in the Party Investigation Department, if it goes on like this, I will be killed by them sooner or later. Can you tell me about it and find me a way out? β
Qu Leheng groaned.
He understood what Geng Chaozhong meant, and he also understood Geng Chaozhong, indeed, the big dye vat in the Party Investigation Department was really not a place for promising young people to stay.
After a while, Qu Leheng finally spoke:
"I'm a soldier, and I can't decide my own fate, unless, unless you join us, in this way, I still have a certain right to speak. However, our task is even more dangerous than that of the Party Investigation Section! We are not facing the Communists, but the Japanese! β
"I'd rather face the Japanese!" Geng Chaozhong replied.
"The two bombings two days ago were grenades pulled by our people." Qu Leheng added.
"I have one of these grenades too." Geng Chaozhong suddenly took out a grenade from his arms and placed it on the table.
"Are you crazy?! Get it back! β
Qu Leheng looked around nervously.
Geng Chaozhong smiled and stuffed the grenade back.
Qu Leheng breathed a sigh of relief and continued:
"If you want to join us, it's still difficult at this stage. When I was at the Whampoa Military Academy, Qiu Kaiji was my senior, and he introduced me to the Renaissance Society. I'll look for a chance to talk to him when I go back, but don't get your hopes up for the time being, most of our Fuxing Society are Huangpu students, and besides, if you are from the Party Investigation Department, it will be even more difficult. Just like me, I've only been on secondment for less than a year, and I've met with a lot of criticism when I joined, not to mention you. You have to be mentally prepared. β
Qiu Kaiji sounds very familiar, it is estimated that eighty percent is also one of the thirteen Taibao of the Fuxing Society, if Qu Leheng has this relationship, it is a lot more certain. Geng Chaozhong nodded and said sincerely:
"Brother Qu, you do your best, and I do my best, isn't this the end? Big deal, after I go back this time, I'll go to Huangpu to study for a year, how about it?! β
"Okay!" Qu Leheng smiled very happily, Geng Chaozhong is a younger brother in his eyes, besides, he is extremely smart in dealing with people, if he can join the Fuxing Society, it will definitely be of great benefit to the Fuxing Society and the party-state!
"You lurk well and try to complete the task as soon as possible. As long as we take root in the Northeast, we have made a great contribution, and besides, you have made a lot of contributions to the killing of two members of the Japanese special high school this time. But to you, the Medal of the Treasure Medalist, it's nothing. What we need is intelligence, preferably Japanese, but at this stage, the movements of the Northeast Army are just as important, you have to pay attention, understand? β
Geng Chaozhong nodded.
Now that the Central Plains War has entered a white-hot stage, with the support of Britain and the United States, Chairman Chiang has gradually reversed the decline on the battlefield, but he still has a huge hidden worry, that is, Zhang Xueliang!
If Zhang Xueliang enters the customs and leads troops south, it will be a situation where Ming and Shun compete and the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs!
In other words, Zhang Xueliang's attitude determines the victory or defeat of the Central Plains War, and to put it seriously, this is a critical survival for both sides of the Central Plains War!
"One more thing, my current identity is a fur merchant, and my name is Serious One. Recently, though, I may have to move. I suspected that I was being targeted, but during this time, the other party seemed to have given up on tracking again, so I found a chance to come out. However, in the future, we will try not to meet directly. I'll let you know if I've identified a new address. Qu Leheng said.
The two discussed for a while, and then switched back to the years in the island city. As the saying goes, when you meet an old acquaintance in a foreign country, there are fewer drinks for a thousand glasses of wine with a confidant, although they are not on the same table, the two still drink behind their backs for a while before they reluctantly disperse.
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"That guy went to the Four Seasons Restaurant today?"
Hayakawa Chiyoshi was listening to the report of his subordinates.
"Yes, after he ordered food at the Four Seasons Restaurant last time, he went over to eat it himself this time. We followed your instructions and did not follow up, and we did not follow up on it, and we did not find anything suspicious from a distance. I wondered, are we looking for a mistake? β
The subordinate said with a little hesitation.
"It may or may not be."
Hayakawa Chiyoshi nodded noncommittally.
Mr. Tsuchihara made him believe in his own judgment, but after the investigation of the remaining two targets, the other one was finally ruled out, and only this guy named "Serious One" remained.
This person's identity is a merchant, and he came to Mukden to buy and sell leather clothes.
It's the beginning of spring, and taking advantage of the change of season, many businessmen come to the Northeast to buy the skins that have not yet been taken off in the hands of Orion at a low price, and there are many such people, and it doesn't look strange.
However, there seems to be some kind of connection and intersection between this guy and the places of residence of several people who escaped and committed suicide, and some time ago, there seemed to be some kind of possibility of meeting between them - but whether this connection was a coincidence or really some kind of connection, Hayakawa Chiyoshi could not be sure.
"Follow along! If he doesn't move yet, we'll give up. β
Hayakawa decided to hold on for a little longer.
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