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Chapter 82 Night Owl Appearance
The full name of the Blue Army Fourth Area Army mentioned by Fujita Tsuyoshi is the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

The predecessor of this unit was the Southern Anti-Japanese United Guerrilla Force, also known as the Southern Eight Provinces Anti-Japanese United Army.

After the July 7 Incident, the Blue Army was severely short of troops. After deliberation, the Blue Army leadership issued a new strategy for the war of resistance.

That is, to put aside all hatred, unite all forces that can be united, and fight against Japan together.
Under these circumstances, Chen Cixiu personally named the Anti-Japanese United Army of the eight southern provinces the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

It is hoped that this unit can become an elite force in the War of Resistance, just like the Fourth Army did back then.

After several rounds of consultations, the Red and Blue forces decided that then-Commander Ye would take over as commander of the newly formed Fourth Army.

However, the actual person in charge of this unit is still Secretary Xiang.

Of course, the process of establishing this Fourth Army was also quite difficult.

At that time, the red and blue armies were no longer fighting each other on the surface, but their grudges had been brewing for a long time.

In an effort to persuade the guerrillas to come down from the mountains and accept reorganization, the Shaanxi authorities sent a large number of key personnel to lobby them.

It is hoped that the anti-Japanese forces in the eight southern provinces can put aside their past hatred, come down from the mountains, and accept reorganization.

At that time, two extremes emerged. For example, in the Zhangpu Incident, after the guerrillas came down from the mountain and surrendered, they were taken over by the Blue Army, which led to the murder of the guerrilla leaders.

Others refused to accept reorganization no matter what. For example, the guerrillas in Moganshan refused to accept reorganization and even killed the Red Army comrades who went to persuade them.
Furthermore, Liu Weisi's guerrilla force also refused to accept reorganization and killed Red Army comrades who went to persuade them.
These two teams had, in a sense, become bandits and were eventually wiped out by the Blue Army.

Although the process was quite arduous, the reorganization was successfully completed in October of the 26th year of the Republic of China.
When the newly reorganized Fourth Army was completed, it consisted of four detachments, with a total of over 10,300 men and only over 6,000 guns.

Although they had very few weapons, their equipment was only slightly better than that of bandits.

However, it cannot be denied that these people were all elites, soldiers who had been tempered on the battlefield, and the source of most of the mid-level officers in the East China Field Army later on.

In April of this year, in response to the call for resistance against Japan in Central China, and to support the Xuzhou battlefield and contain the movements of the Japanese army in Central China.

The Fourth Army was ordered to move towards the Jiangsu-Anhui region, with its target being central Anhui.

In early May, the Fourth Army faced its first battle, the Battle of Jiangjiahekou.

In this battle, the 9th Regiment of the 4th Detachment of the 4th Army engaged in firefights with the Japanese troops and some puppet troops stationed at Jiangjiahekou.

They wiped out a Japanese platoon and a local security squad of puppet troops, and seized a batch of ammunition.

But what followed was the retaliation of the Japanese devils.

Due to the disparity in weapons and equipment between the two sides, the Red team decisively adopted a strategy of retreating when the enemy advances.

Abandon some areas and break out of the encirclement.

Although the main force completed its transfer, many revolutionary comrades were wounded in the battle.

Due to the severe shortage of medicines during the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to save the lives of more comrades, the Red Army sent special envoys to Nanjing to request assistance from the Red Army organization in Nanjing to purchase medicines.

However, the message was intercepted by the Special Higher Police in Nanjing as soon as it was sent out.

The special envoy's original destination was Nanjing, because Nanjing is the closest major city to central Anhui, and there is enough supply of goods there.

However, when the train carrying the special envoy passed through Jinling Station, it suddenly received intelligence from a Red Army agent who risked his life to transmit the message: "We have been exposed. Do not get off the train. Go directly to Shanghai."

That's why the Jinling Special Higher Police Department came up empty-handed.

However, being a professional intelligence agency, they immediately deduced that the special envoy's failure to disembark in Nanjing must have meant that the intelligence had been leaked.

Besides Nanjing, if they wanted to purchase large quantities of medicines, there was only one other place: Shanghai.

Therefore, the Investigation Section of the Jinling Special Higher Police immediately forwarded this information to the Shanghai Special Higher Police.

This led to Fujita Tsuyoshi ordering Matsui Yokoji to drop everything and go on a mission to gather information on the special envoy.

Inside the office, Matsui Yokoji took the documents handed to him by Fujita Tsuyoshi, quickly glanced through them, and his expression grew increasingly serious.

"I don't know what they look like, what their gender is, or what time it is. All I know is that they came to buy medicine."

"Lord Fujita, is there not a single piece of usable information?"

Fujita Tsuyoshi pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "There's another document, but it's unverified, and we don't know whether to believe it or not." Matsui Yokoji asked doubtfully, "Is it related to this Red Team special envoy?"

Fujita nodded and said, "After receiving the intelligence, the Nanjing Special Higher Police immediately activated the Central China Information Group, which was hidden in the central Anhui region, to gather detailed intelligence."

"They secretly discovered some information that this special envoy might be a medical expert."

"But specific information is still unconfirmed. However, someone mentioned a code name: Night Owl."

Matsui Yokoji's pupils contracted slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Does Mr. Fujita mean that this special envoy is Night Owl?"

Fujita shook his head again: "I can only say maybe. The information has not been confirmed, and I cannot mislead you in the direction of your investigation."

“This special envoy has such an important mission on his shoulders, he must be no ordinary person. I think Matsui-kun should be fully prepared and make sure he doesn’t get away.”

"By the way, Nanjing has established a new intelligence agency, the Nanjing Special Service Committee,"

"Someone will come to Shanghai in the next few days to announce a new appointment."

"I think they might be able to help."

"Rely on them?" Matsui Yokoji said disdainfully, "I think even a pig is more reliable than these people."

"The establishment of a special committee by the Nanjing government is just a way to make money."

"I'm sure they're not very good at investigating the Red Party, but they're quite adept at dealing with these wealthy businessmen from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Nanjing."

Fujita frowned and said, "Matsui-kun, have you heard something?"

Matsui Yokoji said in a deep voice, "Lord Fujita, Yokokawa from the Nanjing Special Higher Police sent a message a while ago."

"As soon as the Nanjing Special Service Committee was established, its agents began to openly access information on members of the chambers of commerce in Shanghai and Nanjing."

"This action is clearly an attempt to find fault and extort money from me."

"Do you think they can be trusted?"

"If you want to place your hopes on them, I think you don't need to."

Fujita rubbed his temples in frustration. "Alright, Matsui-kun, we still need to be mindful of unity. After all, the Nanjing Special Service Committee is led by the local General Staff Headquarters and was personally established by Kagesa-kun. You may look down on them, but don't get into conflicts with them."

Matsui Yokoji bowed slightly and said, "Lord Fujita, I know what to do. If there's nothing else, I'll go and make the arrangements."

Fujita nodded and said, "Alright, be careful."

"Hi"

Meanwhile, the office of the Director of the Economic Department of the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Chen Yang frowned as he looked at the young spy who claimed to be from Nanjing.

"What did you say your name was?"

"Sir, my name is Zhang Zixian. Zuo Mingquan, the director of the First Division of the Jinling Special Service Committee, is my distant fourth uncle."

“Okay, okay,” Chen Yang waved his hand and said, “I don’t know any Zuo Mingquan or You Mingquan.”

"What exactly do you want by coming to the Economic Department to see me?"

Zhang Zixian looked around and carefully took something out of his pocket and handed it to Chen Yang.

"Sir, I am here on the orders of Advisor Kagesa to deliver your letter of appointment."

"Appointment letter? What appointment letter? I've never heard of it before." Chen Yang asked, puzzled, as he unwrapped the wax seal.

The next second, Chen Yang's eyes widened as he saw a familiar appointment document issued by Nanjing inside the envelope.

He had already received one of these documents when he accepted the appointment as the Director of the Economic Affairs Department, so he was naturally familiar with it.

What shocked him was the job title written on it.
It was none other than: Deputy Director of the Nanjing Special Service Committee
Wait a minute, the deputy director of the Nanjing Special Affairs Committee, the newly appointed director of the Economic Department, a Kuomintang agent plus a Red Party agent.

I think I must have switched to the wrong channel. Wait, could my original surname be Ming?
(End of this chapter)