readx; Gong Jiu said with a wry smile: "There is money to be made from smuggling opium, and there are many people who are willing to cooperate, but what is the benefit of resisting myself?" We have no weapons and no foreign aid, but I can continue to send troops from the mainland* We are not a dead end in the end! ”

Gao Fei asked, "Didn't you think that the mainland would support you?" ”

Gong Jiu looked at Gao Fei and hesitated slightly, not knowing whether to say his true thoughts. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing this, Gao Fei said: "You can say your truest thoughts, I will not blame you, and I can not even investigate your opium trafficking, what I am most concerned about is the attitude of Taiwan residents towards the motherland and the motherland, not anything else." ”

Gong Jiu then said: "After the Qing political axe ceded Taiwan to Yueben, we Taiwanese set up a volunteer army to resist the Yueben army stationed on the island, and held out for nearly ten years, but we never received the support of a single soldier from the mainland!" Although it is said that the political axe has been changed several times, in the eyes of us Taiwanese, the political axe of the mainland is no different from the political axe of the Qing Dynasty, and even if we raise the banner of rebellion again, it will not help us! ”

After listening to Gong Jiu's heartfelt words, Gao Fei was silent, and the room suddenly fell into an unspeakable silence, Ah Cheng thought that his uncle's words had angered this big official, and his face showed a look of horror, and he looked at Gong Jiu and Gao Fei from time to time.

Gao Fei let out a long sigh and said earnestly: "In the past, the motherland did have a place where you couldn't live with it, but after all, China is your parents' country where blood is thicker than water, so don't worry about it anymore!" Now, this war between China and China is endless, one side must fall to end the war, and as the scale of the war increases, it will inevitably involve you in the end, so you must make a choice! ”

Gao Fei then carefully analyzed the situation on the battlefield to Gong Jiu, pointing out that Yue Ben was not sure of victory, so as to eliminate his concerns, and finally, Gao Fei said: "I can understand your disappointment with China's previous political axes, but if you are willing to go to Fujian, Gannan, and even Guangdong and other places to see, you will find that the people's lives are no worse than Taiwan, and what you can do, we Chinese can also do, and even do better, and the history of the past thousands of years is enough to prove this." He said that even if he won victory on the battlefield in China, he would not stop the war, but would instead push the battlefield south or be pushed forward to realize his ambition of conquering the world, and the Taiwanese people who were tied to the chariot could not avoid the fate of being cannon fodder after all! Therefore, only by working hand in hand with us to defeat the aggressors can the people of Taiwan usher in a peaceful life! ”

Gong Jiu nodded and said, "The impact of the war on the Taiwanese has already been shown. Tax revenues have risen sharply, prices are also rising, and Taiwan, as a grain producer, will have no grain to sell! That's why so many people are willing to partner with me in smuggling opium! ”

Then he said: "I often travel back and forth between the mainland and Taiwan, and I have a better understanding of the situation here, Fujian has indeed developed well under the management of the Ninth Army, and people are full of praise, but I am just an ordinary gang in Taiwan, I have no influence, and I can't do anything!" ”

Gong Jiu was afraid that Gao Fei would send him to Taiwan as a spy, so he told him to death first.

Gao Fei smiled and said without any hesitation: "I don't want you to spy on the intelligence of the Yue Army, in fact, with the strength of the Yue Army stationed in Taiwan, our Ninth Army can easily defeat them!" However, I cannot grasp the attitude of the Taiwan people, without their support, it is impossible for the army to hold on to the isolated island, after all, we do not have a strong navy and air force to contend with the Chinese army. ”

Seeing that Gong Jiu was not so nervous, Gao Fei said his thoughts: "I would like to ask you to visit various places in Fujian for a period of time, experience the life here, and then compare it with Taiwan." Then I will send someone to escort you back, and you will be responsible for telling the people on the island what you have seen and heard, and sending some people of high moral standing to Fujian for visits and exchanges. Taiwan's maritime air defense is weak, it should be very simple to do this, and in addition, as a payment, I will provide you with opium for free! ”

Gong Jiu thought for a while, his eyes began to show an eager light, and finally said loudly: "Okay, I promise you!" ”

After Gao Fei saw that he was moving with emotion and reason, he finally persuaded this Taiwanese who was not afraid of death, and he was very happy, and hurriedly took the hot iron: "In this case, it should be okay for you to bring a few intelligence officers to the island by the way every time you help me!" ”

Gong Jiuyi thought that the crime of colluding with the Fujian side alone was enough to be shot, and it didn't matter if there was one more, so he happily agreed.

The purpose of Gao Fei's trip has been achieved, and he immediately instructed the guards of the door: "Please ask the two gentlemen to stay at the hotel, and then arrange for someone to accompany the visit!" Then he stretched out his right hand to this Gong Jiu, smiled and said, "Welcome back to Fujian!" ”

When Gong Jiu and Ah Cheng set foot on the way home again, it was already half a month later, and after looking around all over Fujian, the two of them were very surprised by the economic prosperity here, and the happy life of the people made them yearn for it very much, and they naturally had a cordial feeling for the mainland.

Gao Fei filled the barn of the fishing boat with opium as promised, and very generously gave 50,000 yuan in bills, which made Gong Jiu and Ah Cheng even more grateful, and naturally fulfilled their promise very happily to bring the intelligence officers of the Ninth Army to the island.

Liu Shiyuan was a native of Fujian, short and sturdy, and always had a humble smile on his face, which made it easy for people to feel cordial, and if he hadn't known his details in advance, Gong Jiu would not have connected him with the intelligence officer. In Gong Jiu's imagination, the intelligence officer should be the type with a serious expression and a taciturn expression. When Gong Jiu said his thoughts, Liu Shiyuan replied with a smile that he was a senior intelligence officer, so there was no need to be so serious.

After the fishing boat approached the Penghu Islands, it encountered the warship Yuben, and to Liu Shiyuan's surprise, the Yujun army was allowed to go without any inspection after seeing the Taiwan logo on the hull!

Gong Jiu looked at the incredulous expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Now from Guangdong in the south to the three eastern provinces and North Korea in the north, there is not even a single Chinese warship on the sea, where do they need to carefully inspect, otherwise, we will not have a chance to smuggle opium!" ”

Liu Shiyuan nodded, and then focused his attention on the nearby islands and waterways.

Gong Jiu asked, "Why don't you use a pen to draw it?" ”

Liu Shiyuan smiled and said: "I have never been here before, so I am a little curious, I am not looking at the terrain, in fact, the military department has long had an accurate map of this place, and there is no need to send someone to investigate." ”

Gong Jiu asked curiously, "Then what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Shiyuan replied: "I have a very important mission, but I can't tell you yet!" After that, he smiled slightly apologetically at Gong Jiu.

The fishing boat finally landed in a fishing village called "Aotou" near Chiayi, and as soon as the three of them came ashore, a dozen sturdy young fishermen ran to the boat quickly, moved out the opium inside, and then poured several boxes of live sea fish into the cabin.

"Ah Jiu, where did you kid run away?" After the old man jumped out of the car, he immediately said loudly in a questioning tone, and at first glance he looked like a man accustomed to giving orders.

Gong Jiu hurriedly pretended to be sincerely afraid, walked up to the old man, and said mournfully: "Chief Wang, my ship encountered a typhoon at sea and was blown to Hsinchu. With that, he shoved a bill into his pocket.

The old man coughed and said, "It's good to be back, Yamada from the provincial police station always comes to ask." At this time, his eyes suddenly saw Liu Shiyuan, and hurriedly asked: "Who is this, why is this so eye-catching, it's not from our village, right?" He looked up and down.

Gong Jiu's face showed a look of grief, and there were crystal tears flickering in the corners of his eyes, and he choked up and said: "A-Qing stumbled and fell into the sea, and there is no way to find the corpse." There was one less person on our boat, and there was no way to drive back, so we temporarily hired someone from Hsinchu to help. Speaking of this, he pulled Liu Shiyuan in front of Wang Baochang and said loudly: "Amin, this is Wang Baochang, who usually takes the most care of us fishermen!" ”

Liu Shiyuan bent down awkwardly at Wang Baochang, with a sincere smile on his face, and said, "Good Baochang!" ”

Wang Baochang waved his hand in disgust, as if he was afraid of getting caught in his stupidity, turned around and was about to leave, Gong Jiu hurriedly grabbed his bicycle and said, "Baochang, I want to trouble you to give him half a temporary certificate." ”

Wang Baochang said in embarrassment: "You don't know that Yamada is very difficult to talk to!" ”

Gong Jiu immediately understood, took out another banknote and handed it over: "Isn't it your old man's words!" Who doesn't know your relationship with Mr. Yamada! ”

Wang Baochang said proudly: "Of course, no matter how I say it, I am also a security chief!" Then he instructed Gong Jiu: "Come to the village office at noon tomorrow to get it!" After saying that, he got into the car and ran away.

"Phew!" Ah Cheng spat at Wang Baochang's back: "The fox is a fake tiger and a powerful thing, and he always uses Yamada to scare us!" Who doesn't know that Yamada doesn't know anything except wine bottles, and he is not alone in the affairs of the police station! ”

Gong Jiu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Ah Cheng, don't underestimate him, in fact, he knows everything about the business we do, but he just doesn't want to debunk it!" ”

Liu Shiyuan said: "The money you gave him is enough to buy a boatload of fish, but he doesn't even ask, he is either a fool or pretending to be confused." ”

Gong Jiu hurriedly said to the young people around him: "You wait until it gets dark and send the goods to the old place!" Then he took Liu Shiyuan and Ah Cheng to his house.

At noon the next day, after Liu Shiyuan's temporary identity certificate was in hand, he immediately asked Gong Jiu to invite the respected old people in the village to his home for tea.

According to Liu Shiyuan's request, Gong Jiu first told what he had seen and heard in Fujian, and then repeated Gao Fei's proposal. After listening to his words, the old men were all skeptical, and one of them asked: "I have ruled Taiwan for so many years and spent a lot of effort to develop Taiwan to the current level, how can Fujian have undergone such great changes in less than ten years?" ”

Another old man chimed in: "Yes, yes." I remember that when a group of high-ranking officials came from the mainland in the past three or five years, when they visited our village, they repeatedly said that it was incredible, obviously because they did not expect Taiwan to develop so rapidly under the rule of Yue, and it can be seen from this that the situation on the mainland at that time was not much better. ”

Seeing that the old men all echoed the opinions of these two people, Liu Shiyuan quietly took out dozens of Fujian-published newspapers from the baggage he carried, handed them to them, and said: "These newspapers have been published in the past week, and the news in them covers all aspects of Fujian and China, so you can have a general understanding of the situation on the mainland, especially in Fujian Province, from here." ”

Gong Jiu originally thought that his baggage was carrying a weapon, but he didn't expect it to be a newspaper, so he picked up one casually and looked at it, only to see that the position on the front page was impressively printed: The township highway plan was successfully completed! The small print below details the start time and size of the plan, as well as the name of the last township to be connected to the road.

The old men felt the vigorous life on the other side of the strait through the newspapers that Liu Shiyuan carried, covering all kinds of news in Fujian, covering all aspects of social life, and at the same time found two unexpected places: first, there were a large number of remarks criticizing the political axe; Second, there are not many articles that report on the performance of the Ninth Army on the battlefield.

After listening to the questions of the old people, Liu Shiyuan explained: "General Gao Fei, commander of our Ninth Army Corps, and Mr. Cai Yuyan, director of the Department of Finance, are the souls of Fujian's local political axe, and both of them believe that the political axe can only progress under the supervision of the people and public opinion, so they single-handedly established the system of the parliamentary assembly in Fujian to supervise the operation of the political axe, including the two of them. Of course, since we are still under the unified jurisdiction of the national government, some rules and regulations cannot be implemented for the time being, for example, the appeasement director of our army commander is not something that can be removed by the parliamentary assembly, but it is already very advanced compared to other places. As for the second question, the majority of newspapers are privately owned, and it is certainly necessary to consider the sales of newspapers, because after the war has been protracted, the people have gradually become accustomed to it, and their attention has shifted to their own side again, so the newspapers have changed the focus of their reports according to their preferences. ”

Gong Jiu said: "It seems that the people of Fujian are very confident in their army, otherwise how dare they turn a blind eye to the imminent war?" ”

Liu Shiyuan nodded and said, "The army has not yet taken advantage of the Ninth Army Corps on the Chinese battlefield, and the people of Fujian are naturally confident. ”

Seeing that the attitude of the old people had been relaxed, Liu Shiyuan said: "We very much welcome all the old people to come to Fujian to have a look, to experience the new look of the motherland, and then to compare it with the life on the island, which is good and which is bad, it is naturally clear at a glance." Then he provoked: "I will soon ask the Taiwanese to change their original name, and the excesses and miscellaneous taxes are gradually increasing, if they really regard the Taiwanese as their own nationals, how can they do this?" Why do you say that you have the right to vote, but the Taiwanese do not? ”

The old people were instigated by his words, and they began to denounce the high-pressure policy and discrimination against the Taiwanese by the rulers of this country, and unconsciously brought their own position closer to the mainland.

Liu Shiyuan spent three days to do a good job of the work of a few old people in the fishing village, and then asked Gong Jiu to take him to a nearby village to carry out activities, Gong Jiu only then knew the role of an intelligence officer like him, but he was still a little puzzled: "According to your approach, when will you be able to carry out activities in the whole of Taiwan?" ”

Liu Shiyuan said with a smile: "This plan started several months ago, and more than 100 intelligence officers have been sent to the island before me, in addition, we also have special reconnaissance personnel to collect military intelligence, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg!" ”

When Gong Jiu heard him say this, he realized that the Ninth Army had already done enough work, and when the time was ripe, he would definitely send troops to Taiwan without hesitation! He was secretly glad that he was not on the wrong side, otherwise, after the landing of the army, history would definitely be reckoned

Taking advantage of the fact that the political axe and the military department were concentrating all their attention on the "Nomenkan" front, Gao Fei did not hesitate to dispatch a large number of spies to various parts of Taiwan, and while spying on economic and military intelligence, he spared no effort to stir up anti-Japanese sentiment among the people on the island and pave the way for the upcoming military operation.

In the beginning, the Fujian side used smugglers, fishermen, and some patriots who took the initiative to come to the mainland to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance to carry out underground work, but with the gradual increase in the number of people coming and going, they began to infiltrate all strata of society, and the campaign to change the name of the person he vigorously launched at this time played a role in fueling the flames, pushing many wavering centrists to the mainland.

In the face of such a gratifying situation, Gao Fei immediately began to make military arrangements for landing on Taiwan: First, he sent a large number of capable detachments deep into the island to lurk in the areas where the Chinese army was heavily deployed, preparing for the landing of the army; Second, he ordered the spies to use counterfeit currency to purchase grain, and set up a secret warehouse in the Alishan area to reserve it as a strategic material.

In order to enhance the officers and men's understanding of Taiwan, Gao Fei deliberately asked the engineer unit to build a model of the beachhead of the landing site at the training base in a 5:1 ratio, and the attacking troops repeatedly practiced it until they were familiar with it.

Finally, several decommissioned landing craft purchased from the United States were completely refurbished to serve as a means of transporting heavy equipment and soldiers.

In order to compensate for the shortcomings of the lack of capacity, the speedboats produced by the Mawei shipyard were also completely refitted, with the addition of armor and weapons, and in addition, in the name of safety inspections, the merchant ships and freighters in the coastal ports were carefully evaluated, and some of the available ships were requisitioned in wartime!

(To be continued)