On March 7, the 25th year of the Republic of China, that is, on March 7, 1936, the German Hitler government took advantage of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia to provide assistance to Italy, and obtained the support of the Italian side for entering the Rhine demilitarized zone, and under the pretext of signing the "Franco-Soviet Mutual Assistance Treaty" between France and the Soviet Union, it declared that it would absolve the "Locarno Convention", and at the same time decided to stop abiding by the provisions of the "Versailles Treaty" prohibiting the garrison of troops, and sent three battalions of troops into the Rhine demilitarized zone.

Later, even Hitler himself admitted that it was a risky gamble: the 48 hours after the march on the Rhineland were the most nervous moments of my life. If the French had also marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to retreat with our tails between our legs, for the little military force at our disposal would not be sufficient even for a little resistance.

Britain and France strongly condemned Germany's violation of the Locarno Convention and the Treaty of Versailles and its march into the Rhine demilitarized zone.

Han Lin got the news quickly, Bratton and Smith called him separately, the US government was indifferent to European affairs, and the Germans were in a carnival for this, Bratton even invited Han Lin to attend a small reception at the German consulate in Shanghai in the evening.

Houses around Jinan University.

A young man on a bicycle came to a car and stopped, the right rear door of the car opened, a middle-aged man got out of the car, and the two walked around the corner to talk. More than a hundred meters from here, two trucks were parked.

"This time, it was a leader of the Shanghai underground party organization in charge of student work, named Qian Yamin, who held a meeting with the progressive student backbone of Jinan University today to arrange the next stage of the anti-Japanese propaganda activities, and I, as the propaganda officer, were sent to assist him in his work." The young man said.

"Fifteen minutes after you enter, we will rush in and arrest people, and then put you in a cell, you and he do not have the status of students or teachers, others will be released on bail soon, and you two will be taken care of as suspects of the underground party, for two to three days, your uncle will bail you and this Qian Yamin, you should know what to do, right?" The middle-aged man said.

"Don't worry, I know how to behave, after such a common tribulation, Qian Yamin trusts me very much, and I am not far from coming into contact with the core secrets." The young man said.

The two of them were unaware that they were being watched, but there were two groups of people watching them, and two cameras took pictures of their contact and conversation from different angles, so that there was conclusive evidence of the young man's identity.

Under the watchful eyes of Xu Yinzheng and others, plainclothes policemen from the Detective Corps of the Shanghai Police Department arrived at a house in a truck, and more than 20 people swarmed in with guns and arrested the people inside, six male and female students, three middle-aged people, and then a young man.

Escorted people to trucks and all the way to the detention center of the Shanghai Police Department.

"Team leader, I think this matter is very strange, it stands to reason that the people of the detective team have discovered the underground party, and they should dig out the entire organization along the way, so they will arrest people with such fanfare, and the underground party in Shanghai will soon get the news, isn't this just a scareless snake?" Xia Zhaohui, one of the members of the office, from the senior special police training class of the Zhejiang Provincial Police School, asked.

"You're making a lot of progress! That's right, since the behavior is not in line with common sense, then they are deliberate, and the moles we monitor are also in this group of people, and the reason why they do this must be some conspiracy, you guys are here first, and I'll call the boss. Xu Yinzheng said.

Han Lin, who received the call, just said simply, this is a traitor acting for the top level of the underground party, the purpose is to make meritorious service and gain greater trust, so he hung up the phone.

It's not that he has a clever plan, but that the authorities are obsessed with bystanders for such things, and for the underground party organization in Shanghai, they don't know that their organization has infiltrated an enemy's spy to come in, and he can guess how this spy should perform next.

The appetite of one place is very large, and it is not enough to catch an underground party or a group of progressive teachers and students to satisfy it, since you know their goals, you can analyze the purpose of this operation, and it is a bitter plan!

Shanghai Police Department Detention Center.

A group of teachers and students watched Qian Yamin and Xiu Chuanxin being beaten all over their bodies, and their whole bodies were covered with shocking whip marks, and they also admired their unyielding spirit.

On the day of the incident, Jinan University, which got the news, approached the police station to dredge up the relationship, and the arrested teachers and students were not tortured this time, and they could be released if they found a guarantor.

But Qian Yamin and Xiu Chuanxin were tortured, and leather whips, tiger chairs, and other things were used, so they were sent to electric chairs.

Although Qian Yamin was scarred, in his opinion, Comrade Xiu Chuanxin did not shout for the torture he received, resolutely protected his identity without confession, and was a good comrade worth cultivating.

The day after they were arrested and taken to the detention center, the teachers and students were released on bail, and the only two of them were left in the cell, and they spoke more casually, after all, the student organization belonged to the peripheral organization of the Shanghai underground party.

"Secretary Qian, we are going out soon, this time I was arraigned, I was not sentenced, and the interrogation police secretly told me the news." Xiu Chuanxin said in a low voice.

"You have suffered in the past few days, and judging from the intensity of the interrogation and the questioning, they have no conclusive evidence that we are an underground party, it is just a speculation. Since December 9 last year, the anti-Japanese struggle to save the country has been huge, and all walks of life and students have been carrying out activities. ”

"But I want to explain to you one thing, according to the organizational procedures, we were arrested and taken to the police station, although we know that there is no mutiny, but there must be a screening process in the organization, and we need to wait for a period of time before rearranging the work, don't be emotional in your heart." Qian Yamin said.

According to discipline, comrades who have been captured by the enemy and have returned to the organization must be screened for a period of time, explain their situation during the arrest, and be questioned by the comrades concerned.

"Ever since I made up my mind to devote myself to the revolutionary cause and joined the party organization, I have put life and death aside, and the severe torture of the enemy has not made me lose my fighting spirit, and I will not be emotional about organizational discipline." Xiu Chuanxin said very calmly.

The ideological consciousness is very high, Qian Yamin is very happy that he has found a good seedling, but he never expected that this is a vicious wolf lurking around him, and he wants to dig out the secrets of the entire underground party organization in Shanghai through him and wipe out the comrades!

(End of chapter)