usatvline Chapter 2085 July
Chapter 2085 July
Chapter 2085 December
"Brother Cao, no, I should now call you Commander Cao," the chubby man said with a smile after reading the commendation order.
"I am deeply grateful for Commander Xue's kindness," Cao Yu said excitedly.
Xue Yingzhen's commendation order not only praised his meritorious service in infiltrating the enemy camp, but also encouraged him to continue his efforts and make new contributions to the party and the country.
He was appointed as the head of the Shanghai Special Operations Group of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and the deputy head was Bai Pang, who had just returned to Shanghai.
In addition, Cao Yu's military rank was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel, and his civil service rank was also promoted one level to captain.
Don't think that the rank of captain is low. When the full-scale war of resistance against Japan broke out, only those with the rank of major general and division commander in the Central Army were considered captains.
“Commander Cao,” the chubby man said.
"Brother Bai, there's no need for such formalities between us brothers," Cao Yu said with a smile.
“Alright, I’ll call you team leader then,” the chubby guy readily agreed.
Cao Yu smiled and nodded.
“The Japanese are like grasshoppers in autumn, they can’t grow any longer,” the chubby man said. “Commander Xue instructed, and Commander Zhao gave orders, that the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) must have a voice in Shanghai.”
“Well said.” Cao Yu nodded. “Shanghai needs the voice of our Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Well said.”
The chubby guy looked at him and asked, "Team leader, what's our next step?"
"Stay hidden and lie low." Cao Yu's expression was serious. "And then, it's about surviving."
The chubby guy was stunned.
"Brother Bai," Cao Yu patted the chubby man's shoulder, "this is Shanghai."
……
After seeing Bai Pang off and agreeing on a meeting place and code word, Cao Yu returned home, his expression very serious.
When Bai Pang arrived, his first thought was about the potential danger he might face.
Compared to the Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB), which had long been engaged in combat operations in occupied territories, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBIS) personnel were clearly less experienced in covert operations.
Cao Yu even pessimistically doubted how long these agents from Chongqing could survive in Shanghai.
Therefore, his first order to the chubby man was to hide and survive.
The only thing that comforted him was that he knew Bai Pang quite well. He was a cautious and intelligent guy, and judging from this 'long-awaited reunion,' Bai Pang was still willing to follow his orders.
This relieved him, since all the members of this so-called Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics Shanghai Special Operations Group were brought by Bai Pang. If Bai Pang did not obey orders, there was nothing he could do.
However, a lingering worry still remained in my heart.
……
"The Japanese have squeezed every last bit of value out of Wang Tianhai," Lu Dazhang said with a sneer after taking a sip of tea.
Cheng Qianfan nodded with a cold smile.
According to intelligence from Nanjing, Wang Tianhai's body was cremated by the Japanese after his death in Japan.
The woman surnamed Wang went to Japan and asked the Japanese side for Wang Tianhai's ashes. The grand ceremony to welcome his remains in Nanjing was also being prepared in full swing.
However, the Japanese side refused to release Wang Tianhai's ashes and forced him to sign the "Guarantee for the Recruitment of Chinese Laborers," promising to send 50,000 laborers to Japan in the short term. Only then did they agree to allow Wang's wife to collect Wang Tianhai's ashes.
"Is your ship going to Nanjing this afternoon?" Old Huang asked.
“Yes.” Cheng Qianfan nodded and smiled. “Nanjing is going to give Wang a state funeral. It’s such a grand event, I have to attend.”
"It's been quite lively around Gaoyou Lake lately," Lu Dazhang said happily.
Just a few days ago, the New Fourth Army launched a night battle in the water-rich area and engaged in the battle for Gaoyou Lake with the Japanese army.
The New Fourth Army mobilized over a thousand fishing boats to transport troops and used fire to destroy the Japanese army's motorboat fleet, thus gaining control of the Gaoyou Lake.
After this battle, the New Fourth Army had controlled 90 percent of the waterways in central Jiangsu and opened up the Huainan transportation line.
"Our forces are growing rapidly, and the situation in the War of Resistance is encouraging!" Old Huang said happily.
The New Fourth Army currently has a total strength of nearly 240,000 men, while the Japanese troops in Central China have been frequently transferred to the Pacific theater, leaving only 230,000 Japanese troops in Central China.
In terms of troop numbers alone, the New Fourth Army surpassed the Japanese army for the first time.
This directly led to immense pressure on the puppet troops. The New Fourth Army's Enemy Work Department had recently achieved remarkable results, with news of puppet troops revolting or surrendering coming from time to time.
As Lao Huang said, the situation is quite encouraging.
……
November 23, 1944.
The Nanjing puppet regime held a grand state funeral for Wang Tianhai.
Around 7 a.m., Wang's ashes arrived at Nanjing Ming Palace Airport.
Chen Nanhai led officials of the Wang Jingwei regime to kneel and receive the ashes, while the Japanese advisors present only bowed slightly.
Reporters from the Wang Jingwei regime's official newspaper attempted to capture the sorrowful scenes of citizens spontaneously welcoming the spirit, but instead found the citizens watching coldly with no one shedding a tear.
At 9:30 a.m., the public memorial ceremony of the puppet National Government began.
At the scene, Madam Wang was surprised to find a funeral couplet sent by Chiang Kai-shek from Chongqing. She was so angry that she tore it up in public and denounced Chiang Kai-shek as hypocritical.
Students who were arranged to attend the memorial service outside the venue burst into laughter. The police immediately shouted, "Who's laughing?" Then the scene fell silent, which was quite embarrassing.
Later, when Zhou Liang read the eulogy at the scene, he seemed to have forgotten the words or couldn't recognize the characters, pausing for about ten seconds, which drew another round of laughter.
After the public memorial ceremony ended hastily, the funeral procession headed to Plum Blossom Mountain.
"These people are so disrespectful to Mr. Wang," Cheng Qianfan said, shaking his head and sighing.
Following the orders of the Wang Jingwei regime, residents along the route were required to display five-colored flags. Some shops even hung the flags upside down, and some merchants, despite displaying the flags, clearly had something wrong with them.
The flag was soaked in excrement to ward off evil spirits.
The Japanese side strictly limits funeral processions, allowing only a maximum of 300 people to participate.
As a pillar of the Party and the State, personally praised by Wang Tianhai, Cheng Qianfan was "honored" to be a member of the funeral procession.
"When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out." Liu Xia shook her head. "Mr. Wang would probably feel very heartbroken and disappointed if he saw this scene."
"People's hearts have changed." Cheng Qianfan shook his head.
Liu Xia glanced at Cheng Qianfan but said nothing.
Wang Tianhai's ashes were buried at the foot of Plum Blossom Mountain.
During the burial ceremony, the Japanese side banned the playing of funeral music and instead used the Japanese military song "Camping Song," which displeased Mrs. Wang, but she was powerless to do anything about it.
"This is too shabby," Cheng Qianfan murmured to himself.
Wang's tomb is made of concrete, and the tombstone is only inscribed with "Tomb of Wang Tianhai" without any other titles.
"In accordance with Mr. Wang's last wishes, everything should be kept simple so as not to burden the people," Liu Xia said, wiping her slightly red eyes.
"Mr. Wang is truly the most respectable leader in the history of China," Cheng Qianfan exclaimed. "Even in his final affairs, he considered the people's welfare."
He scoffed inwardly, already knowing some of the inside details of Wang Tianhai's death from Imamura Heitaro.
This person's final days in Japan can only be described in one sentence:
He brought this on himself; he deserved it.
He glanced at it from afar, and among the countless wreaths, the one from Japanese Prime Minister Tojo, commemorating his comrade-in-arms Wang Jun, seemed particularly jarring.
……
Wang's state funeral ended in a chaotic mess.
The accident happened the very next day.
Police on patrol discovered that someone had secretly hung a banner at the Wang family tomb last night.
Traitor's grave, kicked by ten thousand!
It is said that when Madam Wang learned of this, she was so angry that she fainted.
Upon waking up, he first berated Chiang Kai-shek for being an unfilial son and disrespectful to the dead.
He also angrily denounced Zhou Liang for his inadequate protection, which caused Wang Tianhai's spirit in heaven to suffer such a great humiliation.
Subsequently, the Wang Jingwei regime issued an emergency announcement to severely crack down on illegal and violent acts that vandalized and insulted Mr. Wang's mausoleum.
This announcement, instead of becoming a laughing stock, has become a source of ridicule.
The fact that the death of a dignified head of state is met with such treatment from the citizens of the capital is itself the greatest irony.
……
On December 5, 1944, Nanjing saw its first snowfall of the winter.
Amidst the wind and snow, Cheng Qianfan boarded a train back to Shanghai.
When the train passed through Danyang, it stopped on the tracks.
"Brother Fan, I've found out. It was the New Fourth Army that tore down the railway tracks in front of us, and they're currently working on emergency repairs," Li Hao said to Cheng Qianfan.
"These Red bandits, all they do all day is steal chickens and other petty thievery," Cheng Qianfan said with a cold snort.
He was overjoyed.
According to Japanese statistics, the New Fourth Army has sabotaged the Jinpu Railway more than 1,400 times in the past year.
Just last month, the railway guerrillas in Pengcheng sabotaged the railway, causing the entire Jinpu Railway to be interrupted for as long as eighteen days, which effectively supported the counter-sweeping campaign of the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu and the counter-sweeping campaign of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area.
……
"Why are you back so late? Didn't you say you'd be here by noon?" Bai Ruolan took the briefcase from her husband and handed him a warm towel, saying.
"Something came up on the way and we were delayed a bit," Cheng Qianfan said. "Is Nannan asleep?"
"She's asleep," Bai Ruolan said. "She kept asking for her father, but Xiaozhima put her to sleep."
"Brother Fan!" Xiao Bao poked his head out from the stairs. Seeing Cheng Qianfan return, he ran downstairs and asked excitedly, "Did you bring me a present?"
“Your brother went to Nanjing for Mr. Wang’s funeral, not for sightseeing. He wouldn’t have time to buy you a gift,” Bai Ruolan said, tapping Xiaobao on the head.
"Next time," Cheng Qianfan said, looking at the now graceful young woman in front of him with eyes full of affection. "I'm too busy to go shopping this time."
"Oh." Xiao Bao nodded sullenly.
……
The next day.
"Brother Fan," Li Hao reported to Cheng Qianfan.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
“A Mao secretly reported a situation,” Li Hao said. “A secret gathering was discovered in the Grande de France, where people were promoting resistance against Japan.”
He glanced at Cheng Qianfan and said, "Xiao Bao has been going to the big park a lot lately."
"Is there any evidence that Xiaobao participated in the rally?" Cheng Qianfan asked, his face darkening.
“The secret organizer of the gathering is named Shao Yimin, and he is Xiao Bao’s classmate,” Li Hao said.
"Is it the Red Party?" Cheng Qianfan asked with a somewhat cold look in his eyes.
“It’s hard to say,” Li Hao said. “However, based on the analysis, it doesn’t seem like the Red Party. The Red Party is a tightly organized group and wouldn’t be so careless. It’s more like a group of patriotic teenagers who organized themselves.”
He said to Cheng Qianfan, "Brother Fan, since this group of people caught A Mao's attention, it means they might also be being watched by others. I'm worried about Xiao Bao..."
"I'll tell your sister-in-law to keep an eye on Xiaobao," Cheng Qianfan said.
His expression was serious. "We have already seen the dawn of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It is precisely at times like these that we must be more careful."
“You go and investigate this Chasing Light Drama Club yourself,” Cheng Qianfan said coldly. “I want to see if the Red Party is behind this.”
"Understood." Li Hao nodded seriously.
……
"What's the deal with this 'Chasing the Light Anti-Japanese Drama Club'?" Xiu Yuman asked, frowning.
Yang Qide frowned as he looked at the list in Xiu Yuman's hand. "This was not formed by the Party group."
Then he saw a name near the top of the list. "I know, Zhao Huai is an active member of the Youth Anti-Japanese Propaganda Society. It must have been created by this young man on his own initiative."
"Don't mess around!" Xiu Yuman said with an extremely serious expression. "It's not that we don't allow the development and establishment of anti-Japanese groups, but they must be organized, disciplined, and planned. Most importantly, we must do a good job of concealment and protection."
"In the fight against Japan, the first thing to do is to protect yourself. This is not only a responsibility to the cause of resisting Japan, but also a responsibility to the safety of all comrades in the fight against Japan," she said to Yang Qide.
"This Chasing Light Drama Troupe is brazenly promoting anti-Japanese sentiment in the park. What are they trying to do? Why don't they hold up this sign and go to the entrance of the Third Political Security Bureau on Tel Aviv Road and shout 'Down with the traitor Cheng Qianfan!' That way, getting arrested would be much more dramatic." Xiu Yuman said angrily.
“I’ll take care of this right away.” Yang Qide’s expression was also extremely serious. “I failed to notice this in time, and the responsibility lies with me.”
"Also, whose idea was it to recruit this young girl, Cheng Bao'er, into the Chasing Light Drama Club?" Xiu Yuman asked.
Her expression was no longer just serious, but also filled with anger.
"Who is this Cheng Bao'er?" Yang Qide immediately realized that this little girl's identity was unusual.
“She is Cheng Qianfan’s sister,” Xiu Yuman said.
"Cheng Qianfan's sister?" Yang Qide was taken aback at first, then became interested. "To be able to recruit Cheng Qianfan's sister to fight against the Japanese, that's..."
"But what?" Xiu Yuman coldly questioned, "What could it be?"
“As far as I know, Cheng Qianfan dotes on this younger sister,” Xiu Yuman said in a deep voice. “Moreover, he is extremely hostile to the Communist Party. If Cheng Qianfan finds out that our Party is trying to cultivate his sister, do you know what that means?”
"Cheng Qianfan will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife!" Xiu Yuman said angrily. "Not to mention that the organization will be targeted by Cheng Qianfan and may suffer losses, Cheng Qianfan will not hesitate to kill these dozen or so young people."
“I understand.” Yang Qide’s expression was more serious than ever before. “I will go and investigate now, and I will handle it personally.”
“Remember this, family is Cheng Qianfan’s Achilles’ heel,” Xiu Yuman said. “This big traitor is extremely hostile to our party and the anti-Japanese forces. Any action that provokes him may incur Cheng Qianfan’s wrath and even harm innocent civilians.”
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