Chapter 1123 Shanghai Situation
In Xia Deyan's memory, since the third shadow sent Lu Ming's relics to Qingshi Tea House, all contacts with the organization were through his own channel. Even Qingshan, the person in charge at that time, had never been exposed to Shadow. Qingshan once tried to establish a two-way connection, but in the end there was no chance. Some of his understanding of Shadow was based on the guessing and analysis of the information.
But now it seems that the previous judgments are too biased. How powerful is the shadow? How strong is the intelligence ability? How far can it be? Now even the identity of the person in charge of the Nanjing underground party is clearly checked, which is completely beyond everyone's imagination.
When Lin Hanwen heard Xia Deyan say this, he couldn't help but feel angry. He was full of thought to get the answer from Xia Deyan. Now it seems that hope has failed again.
"This matter must be explained. Although we all know that shadow is absolutely reliable, this is our organizational discipline and there must be no ambiguity. If we cannot give a clear answer, Nanjing will have to make huge adjustments. Even Kuquan needs to be transferred secretly and replaced with a new identity, which will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble and losses."
What Lin Hanwen said is not an exaggeration. The identity of the person in charge of the Nanjing underground party organization is inexplicably leaked. If there is no reasonable explanation, then he must respond to it and prevent unexpected situations.
Ning Zhiheng, the initiator, did not expect that he was just to inform the news in time. In fact, his news was also very timely. If an hour later, the main cadres of the Nanjing underground party organization would be exposed to the sight of the special high school class. However, he never expected that the doctor Cheng Xingye he chose was the current main person in charge of the Nanjing underground party organization. This time, the problem was serious.
Xia Deyan also knew this, but he could not explain all this and said helplessly: "Please believe me, I really did not hide any information from the organization. You also know the Shadow's intelligence ability. How much secrets can he do? We cannot be sure of it, and everything can only be obtained from him."
"It seems that we will have the opportunity to ask clearly only when the shadow contacts again."
Xia Deyan asked hesitantly: "How do you ask?"
Lin Hanwen obviously had thought about it and nodded and said, "I came today to talk about this matter. It is urgent to establish a two-way connection with shadow. It cannot be delayed. I have been thinking about it for a long time. Judging from the performance of shadow over the years, he must have enough status and strength to use the radio station. I decided to equip him with a complete set of special call signs and wavelength channels, as well as a password book. We can contact him through the radio station in an emergency."
"Radio?" Xia Deyan frowned. He was unwilling to do so, because the Japanese have always been extremely strict in radio monitoring in downtown Shanghai. In previous information, Shadow also specifically emphasized that the Shanghai Special High School Textbook Department had a department specifically responsible for monitoring, and the equipment and technology were very good. Now, unless it was a special situation, all anti-Japanese organizations sent and received radio stations in the concession.
He shook his head and said, "This is too dangerous. The Japanese have strict surveillance in this regard. Once the radio is used, it will be easily exposed. I don't agree to do so!"
Lin Hanwen smiled slightly and explained: "Don't worry, the technical means of monitoring the radio station is actually to monitor the radio waves sent by the radio station, and the reception of the radio waves will not be monitored. We send information to the shadow, but he just accepts it and does not call back. He will still provide feedback through you. In this way, we can establish two-way contact."
Xia Deyan immediately understood that Lin Hanwen meant that the shadow only copied and received telegrams and unilaterally, without sending radio waves back, so that he could avoid the Japanese monitoring and still use this information channel so that the shadow could convey intelligence or funds.
He thought for a moment and said, "Although this method is good, there are many difficulties. First of all, Shadow needs a radio station, even if it is only used to receive information."
Lin Hanwen waved his hand and said, "This should be no problem. With the shadow's financial resources and energy, it is not a problem to get a radio. In fact, I guess he has a ready-made radio station. Of course, if not, we can provide it to him."
Xia Deyan nodded. Judging from the huge amount of funds that Shadow has sent to the organization over the years, it is not difficult to do this.
Xia Deyan continued: "There is another point, that is, shadows need to understand certain telecommunications technology, and at least they must be able to receive telecommunications codes."
"This is indeed a problem," Lin Hanwen was also worried about this. "This requires communication with him to see if he has received training in this area. However, you have also said that Shadow was a professional intelligence personnel lurking in the Central Commission for Discipline. The telecommunications technology of the Central Commission for Discipline was popularized very early, several years earlier than the Military Commission. I think Shadow should have received training in this area, and there should be no big problem."
Lin Hanwen's words were not wrong. The predecessor of the Central Commission for China, the Party Investigation Office, was the first intelligence department to establish its own radio communication network. Even in the early days of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Investigation Office, they still needed to borrow their telecommunications networks. The bureau was deeply humiliated by this, so that they later formed their own telecommunications department regardless of their investment, and then they came from behind, far surpassing the Central Commission for China in all aspects of equipment, technology, and personnel.
"Okay, then there's only one last question left. How can I contact Shadow and communicate with him? This is just our unilateral idea, and it will require his consent and cooperation in the end."
The most difficult point of the problem is that the contact time between shadow and farmers is never certain. Unless there is major intelligence to be transmitted, Xia Deyan cannot control it in advance.
Lin Hanwen said: "I have heard you describe your contact process. Every time Shadow passes the information, it must confirm whether you have received it. During this period of time, you have the opportunity to communicate. As long as you respond, you can pass the message to him."
Xia Deyan thought about it carefully. Every time he received information, he did have an action to confirm his identity, that is, stay under the light for a moment, and the shadow must observe himself in the dark at that time. At this time, it is feasible to send information by himself.
Thinking of this, he became excited. It has been almost four years since the first time he contacted Shadow single line. He also wanted to have real interaction with Shadow.
He immediately agreed, "Okay, I think this method is good! Next time the shadow comes to the joint, I will try to touch it."
In Shanghai, in the morgue of the police chief in the public concession, Luo Xingchao, director of the First Division of the Special Agents headquarters, was looking at the three corpses in front of him, shook his head helplessly, turned around and asked Cha Yutang, the chief in the police chief in the side, and said, "Inspector, is this military commander who assassinated the target in the street in broad daylight? Are you having any valuable discoveries?"
Today, Luo Xingchao came to the police station in the public concession to handle an assassination case. During the period after Li Zhiqun left, the Shanghai Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau was frightened because the whereabouts of the contact point were exposed and temporarily stopped activities. Their troops hid in the concession dormant, so the public security in the city was quite good.
However, although Chen Hongchi did not move in the city, he was not idle in the concession. Recently, he began to look for targets as the wind passed. Just this morning, he organized another assassination operation. Sheng Zhiyuan, chairman of the Shanghai West District Business Federation, was killed in the street by a Shanghai station agent in the public concession, and two bodyguards were also killed on the spot.
Cha Yutang, the police station inspector of the public concession, just inspected the scene and knew it was related to the military command personnel. So he notified the secret service headquarters. After hearing the news, Luo Xingchao had to lead a team to investigate. After the investigation, the scene was completed, and the handover was carried out in the police station.
Cha Yutang shook his head and said, "The assassination was carried out quickly and it was completed in a flash. We finally found two witnesses, but we only said that seven or eight strong men attacked at the same time. As soon as the gunshots sounded, they all fled in all directions. No one has been found yet."
Luo Xingchao knew that unless the senior management of the consulate and the Ministry of Industry put pressure on the police station, the case would probably be left unresolved with the efficiency of the police station.
Luo Xingchao sighed and complained: "This Sheng Zhiyuan, if he doesn't stay in the city, he has to go to the public concession. This concession is full of fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of people. It is a place where anti-Japanese elements occupy it. Is this here to be a target for living?"
Sheng Zhiyuan is also a well-known figure in the city. He was originally a big merchant. Later, he defected to the Nanjing pseudo-government and gave him a position as chairman of the Shanghai West Business Federation. He was assassinated by the Military Control Commission for less than a year, which was considered unlucky.
Cha Yutang also did some work before and collected a lot of information. When he heard Luo Xingchao say this, he explained on the side: "We have asked that in the past six months, Sheng Zhiyuan has often entered the public concession and stayed on the Financial Street of Erma Road."
"Did he also trade stocks?" Luo Xingchao immediately understood that the merchants with wealth in Shanghai are now very keen on this. It seems that Sheng Zhiyuan is also in this situation.
Shanghai's stock trading has a long history. The earliest stock exchange was a stock exchange organized by foreign merchants in Shanghai. It was named "Shanghai Zhongye Office". It was established in 1905. Its main business scope is foreign merchants' stocks and corporate bonds in the Far East, Nanyang stocks and rubber stocks.
Then in 1914, Shanghai Huashang established its own Shanghai Huashang Stock Exchange, which mainly operated by public debt, and its business scale even exceeded that of the Shanghai Zhongye Office, a foreign merchant.
Since then, Shanghai's business community has emulated and has emerged, with the so-called "trust and communication trend". At its peak, there were more than 110 exchanges of various types in Shanghai, of which about half of them operated securities trading business.
However, this trend lasted only for one winter. By 1922, the speculation trend reached its peak, the market bubble began to burst, and the exchanges went bankrupt one after another, and the credibility of various securities began to depreciate. The once prosperous securities trading almost fell into trouble overnight and fell into a trough. Despite this, Shanghai's position as the national and even the Far East stock trading center has been established.
Later, the Shanghai War triggered a full-scale war, which led to chaos in the market order and the development of various industries stagnated. After the fall of Shanghai, the Huashang Stock Exchange closed down and there was no more stock exchange in the downtown area of Shanghai.
Only Shanghai Zhongye Office is located in the public concession, because it mainly deals with the business of foreign companies, it has suffered a small impact. In addition, various countries have devoted their efforts to maintain it and maintain its business status.
Later, the concession became the only refuge port in Shanghai. A large number of citizens and wealthy people from all over the country hid in the Shanghai concession with funds, which instead led to rapid development of various industries in the concession and prosperity of all industries. There were nearly 2,000 newly established factories alone, more than 20 times that of before the war.
Later, the transportation route was restored, and Shanghai immediately restored its status as a national trade center, thus forming the Shanghai Concession, which was called the "isolated island prosperity" period by historians.
The rapid development of business has led to a rapid recovery in the securities market, especially when the European war broke out last year, hot money bought foreign stocks, and transactions were very strong. Half a year has passed, and the stocks have been rising steadily, so it attracted many merchants to flock to it and devoted themselves to it.
However, because the only stock exchange in Shanghai is Shanghai Zhongye Office, it is located on the second road of the Public Concession, known as "China Wall Street", and it is the location where foreign banks and foreign banks from all over the world gather.
Therefore, many wealthy business speculators in the city have to enter the public concession if they want to trade securities and stocks, which gives Shanghai station agents a great opportunity.
Chen Hongchi saw the opportunity and selected some targets that were known as traitors to start, and Sheng Zhiyuan became the first unlucky person!
Chapter completed!