Chapter 1 Capturing Japanese Spies
In early 1936, the willow trees had just sprouted, and the land of central China was full of spring. In the office of the Military Intelligence Department on Pingyue Road in Wuhan, two people were sitting on the sofa and talking.
"Lingyun, how is your recovery going?" Sitting on the right side of the sofa was a man in his thirties, wearing a serious military uniform and with the rank of lieutenant colonel, but his tone was very gentle.
The plainclothes man sitting next to him, Chu Lingyun, looked young and immature but still masculine. Hearing the question, he respectfully replied, "Stationmaster, I have fully recovered and can work at any time."
"Young people are full of energy. You are very motivated. I am well aware of this strength of yours."
Wang Yuemin smiled and nodded, then continued, "I picked you out from among the thousands of soldiers in the army. Your strength is unquestionable, but you must be sensible in what you do. Don't be so reckless in the future."
"It's Lingyun's fault. I've disappointed the stationmaster." Chu Lingyun immediately stood up and saluted straight.
His humble attitude, standard military salute and resolute expression made Wang Yuemin even more satisfied.
Wang Yuemin waved his hand, signaling Chu Lingyun to sit down: "Sit down, sit down, I'm not blaming you. Besides, you are wholeheartedly serving the public and want to make meritorious contributions, which is not wrong."
After he finished speaking, he stood up, took a file bag from the desk, and placed it in front of Chu Lingyun.
"Tomorrow the intelligence team will have an operation to capture Japanese spies. I helped you secure this operation. Go back and take a good look at it, prepare it, and make it a great success."
The file bag was not thick, so Chu Lingyun did not open it in front of Wang Yuemin. Instead, he stood up and saluted again before leaving with the file bag.
As he walked out of the office, a look of confusion immediately appeared on Chu Lingyun's face.
Chu Lingyun is only 22 years old this year and is from Zhejiang Province. After graduating from high school, he lamented the dire situation of the country. Despite his family's opposition, he resolutely applied for the Nanjing Central Military Academy, which was later known as the Whampoa Military Academy.
He graduated with honors last year and was assigned to the army as a second lieutenant platoon leader.
Chu Lingyun, who always wanted to make achievements on the battlefield, only received training after arriving at the army and had no fighting experience for several months.
At the end of last year, he was spotted by Wang Yuemin, deputy director of the Wuhan Station of the Military Intelligence Department. With a transfer order, he was transferred to the Wuhan Station of the Military Intelligence Department and served as the captain of the third team of the action group.
The Military Intelligence Department was established in 1932. In addition to ensuring the intelligence security of military organizations such as the army, police, and the military, it was also responsible for collecting foreign intelligence and cracking down on foreign spies. During this period, the Military Intelligence Department's main enemy was the Japanese.
Chu Lingyun was eager to make a contribution. Five days ago, he accidentally discovered that a young Japanese expatriate was different from the others, so he followed this Japanese expatriate alone. When he followed him to the suburbs outside the city, he was discovered by this Japanese expatriate and a fight broke out between the two.
As a result, Chu Lingyun was slightly injured, and the Japanese expatriate was shot dead by Chu Lingyun.
After calming his mind, Chu Lingyun strode towards his office.
Chu Lingyun was just a team leader of the Military Intelligence Department's Wuhan Station Operations Group. He didn't have his own office. He was in a large office with fourteen other team members besides him.
"Captain, you're back."
As soon as he entered the office, Loach, a member of the third team of the action group, came to greet him immediately. After Chu Lingyun sat down, he immediately filled his cup with tea.
Chu Lingyun waved his hand, signaling Niu Qiu to go about his own business, while he opened the file bag.
His eyes were on the documents, but his mind was drifting to the distant future.
In his previous life, he was an inconspicuous makeup artist who relied on his superb makeup skills to imitate celebrities and accumulated more than one million fans on the short video platform. Unexpectedly, when he woke up, he found himself in the 25th year of the Republic of China and possessed the body of a soldier named Chu Lingyun. He also became a famous member of the Military Control Commission in later generations.
Knowing history, he knew very well that the future would be dominated by the Red Party.
Fortunately, the owner of this body has not participated in the war against the Red Party since graduation. Being familiar with history, he can give himself a reliable position in the future.
He has completely absorbed Chu Lingyun's memory in the past few days. In addition to being physically strong and having strong combat capabilities, Chu Lingyun's greatest strength is his extraordinary memory.
It was precisely because of this specialty that he was valued by Wang Yuemin and directly recruited to the Wuhan Station of the Military Intelligence Department.
The stationmaster of Wuhan Station was an old man from the former Nanchang Headquarters, and the deputy stationmaster Wang Yuemin was a direct descendant of the director of the headquarters and had great influence in Wuhan Station.
In the entire Wuhan Station, except for the telecommunications group, general affairs group, and operations group whose leaders are Liao Wenwu's men, everyone else is Wang Yuemin's confidant.
The leader of the interrogation team was previously Wang Yuemin's secretary. Although the leader of the action team was not his man, all the team leaders of the three teams under the action team were appointed by Wang Yuemin. It can be said that the entire action team was under Wang Yuemin's control.
The most important intelligence team leader, Wang Jialiang, is Wang Yuemin’s cousin.
The two largest and most important departments of Wuhan Station were under Wang Yuemin's control, which gave him great ambition. He was determined to achieve some results to bring honor to his director in Nanjing.
Unfortunately, although the Military Intelligence Department had indeed made many achievements in the previous warlord civil war and received praise and appreciation from Principal Chang, it has not achieved any remarkable results in external affairs, especially against Japanese spies, until now.
Even the Japanese intelligence organization's code book, which the headquarters' telecommunications department has always coveted, has not been seized so far.
The superiors wanted to achieve results, and as a subordinate, Chu Lingyun was no exception, so he followed the Japanese expatriate he suspected alone. As a result, after being injured, his body was taken over by a makeup artist from the future.
Chu Lingyun withdrew his thoughts and looked carefully at the document in front of him.
The intelligence team has found a Japanese spy and has confirmed his identity. The spy works for the Beixi Company in the French Concession, and tomorrow will be the day he will meet with his superior.
The mission of Chu Lingyun's third team is to assist the intelligence team and make arrests when they meet.
The mission was not complicated. It could be seen that this was a special care given to him by Wang Yuemin. Such a mission was easy to complete. Capturing the real Japanese spy was definitely a significant achievement.
If he could follow the clues and gain greater results, Chu Lingyun's rank of second lieutenant might even be promoted further.
The intelligence is very detailed. The meeting tomorrow will not be within the concession, so the arrest will not be difficult. For Chu Lingyun, he just needs to protect himself.
This is also what Wang Yuemin told him.
The next morning, Chu Lingyun came to the office, gathered all his men, checked guns and ammunition, and prepared for today's operation.
The Military Intelligence Department was established not long ago, but because they are the principal's direct subordinates, they are treated very well. All members of their Wuhan station action team are equipped with Browning pistols, and they are all new guns.
"Team Leader Wang."
As soon as the third team finished gathering, Chu Lingyun saw Wang Jialiang coming hurriedly. Wang Jialiang was three years younger than Wang Yuemin and was 31 years old.
He was able to become the major intelligence team leader of the Wuhan station because Wang Yuemin put a lot of effort into him.
"Lingyun, today's operation depends on you. You must work hard. Let's show off together this time."
When Wang Jialiang saw Chu Lingyun, he immediately smiled.
At the Wuhan station, Wang Jialiang was Wang Yuemin's undisputed first confidant, and the second was Chu Lingyun.
Even though Chu Lingyun arrived the latest, Wang Yuemin valued him very much.
The reason is very simple. Chu Lingyun has a good family background. He is a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy and a native of Zhejiang. He is a fellow villager of theirs.
Although the other two team leaders of the action team were also Wang Yuemin's men, their status in Wang Yuemin's heart was slightly lower because they were not Huangpu graduates.
"Please rest assured, Team Leader Wang, Ling Yun is sure to complete the mission."
Chu Lingyun suddenly stood up straight. This body had always been in the army and he had long been accustomed to this.
Even though he has a new soul now, Chu Lingyun still tries his best to maintain his previous habits.
"I trust you to do things, let's go."
Wang Jialiang responded with a smile and got into a car directly. Chu Lingyun sat in the passenger seat of the truck next to him. His team members were all in the truck, and the two cars drove out quickly.
The car stopped outside Taikoo Street, and everyone got off and walked from Taikoo Street to Changtang Street not far away.
Chu Lingyun arranged his men and went to the second floor of a teahouse on Changtang Street with Wang Jialiang. There was a room there, and a noodle shop was directly opposite. From this room, one could clearly see everything in front of the noodle shop.
The time now is eight o'clock in the morning.
"Team leader, you're here."
There were two intelligence team members in the room. When they saw Wang Jialiang, they immediately stood up and greeted him, and just nodded to Chu Lingyun who was behind Wang Jialiang.
"How's it going?"
After Wang Jialiang entered the room, he occupied the best observation position, looked out the window, and asked his men around him.
"Everything is normal. Team Two has been following the target. He will come to the noodle shop to meet up with his superior in an hour. I just received a call that the target has already left the French Concession."
The subordinate reported quickly, and Wang Jialiang did not ask any more questions. He took Chu Lingyun to the table next to him to drink tea.
"Team Leader Wang, since we're certain they're spies, why don't we follow them for a few more days to find more of their accomplices before closing in?"
Holding the teacup, Chu Lingyun asked the doubts in his mind. Japanese spies are not so easy to catch. Once you find a Japanese spy, you naturally want to catch all their superiors in one fell swoop to avoid future troubles.
"I wanted to do that, but Qian Cang Xiaoye has been active in the French Concession. The best our people can do there is to keep an eye on him, and sometimes we can't even keep an eye on him. To prevent him from escaping the network, the stationmaster and I decided to act quickly, catch him, interrogate him, and then crack down on his other intelligence networks."
After Wang Jialiang explained, Chu Lingyun stopped asking questions. Compared to getting off the Internet, the key now is to get the meat into his mouth.
Besides, the intelligence team had obtained the information, and the action team was only responsible for assisting. It was already very good that Wang Jialiang could explain it to him. They just had to follow Wang Jialiang's instructions. After all, as long as the operation was successful, even if the intelligence team ate the meat, they, the action team, would also be able to drink soup.