The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

Qin Shi asked the captain of the direct brigade, Tang Xuesi, to lead people to find a very secret overseas Chinese liaison station. Through the station, they quickly contacted the remaining local underground personnel, learned about the movements of the surrounding Japanese troops, and the root causes of the current problems of the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Detachment.

During a crackdown in Lashio, the Japanese captured Chen Kun, the head of the overseas Chinese intelligence station there. Unable to withstand torture, he betrayed several secret contact points and intelligence stations in the surrounding area. Through traitors among these captured individuals, they spread false intelligence, luring guerrillas in the area to attack a Japanese transport convoy, which was ambushed instead. The increasing number of these traitors triggered a chain reaction, leading to the destruction of the intelligence network in the surrounding area centered on Lashio. This in turn lured the deputy commander of the guerrilla detachment, Liang Charlie, and his troops into a Japanese ambush.

Fortunately, the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Detachment had established an intelligence network with both open and covert lines. The covert intelligence network discovered the abnormality of the open network and urgently notified Liang Charlie that the troops had escaped from the Japanese ambush area, but their tracks had been discovered by the Japanese and they were finally trapped in the dense forest in the triangular area.

"Traitors, intelligence networks!" These were certainly not Qin Shi's strengths, Qin Shi thought to himself. It seemed like Zhou Hu and the others needed to be given more authority and tasks!

The person in charge of the secret contact point told Qin Shi that in order to save the besieged overseas Chinese guerrilla brigade, the most important thing was to get rid of the traitors as soon as possible! Qin Shi agreed with the person in charge's suggestion, but in the current situation, how to get rid of the traitors became a difficult matter.

Seeing his boss so distressed, Tang Xuesi took the initiative to say, "Commander, I'll take care of getting rid of the traitor!"

Qin asked, "What are you going to do? How? Do you know where the traitors are? How many are there?"

The person in charge took over and said, "Commander Qin, to eliminate the thieves, we must first eliminate the leader. Chen Kun is currently in Lashio City. The Japanese army has just appointed him as the chairman of the Lashio Overseas Chinese Co-Prosperity Association. Killing him will serve as a warning to others!"

"Oh, sir, do you have any way to find his hiding place and get close to him?" Tang Xuesi became interested and asked hurriedly.

The person in charge smiled calmly and said, "Our secret contact line in Lashio is still there, and we have people working as translators at the Japanese Lashio Garrison Headquarters. The president of the Lashio Business Association is also one of ours. Although the Japanese Lashio Garrison Headquarters and the Japanese Security Forces are not the same unit, all Japanese troops in Lashio need to be coordinated and commanded by the Garrison Headquarters, including the 121th Brigade of the Japanese 534st Division."

Qin Shi also became interested and asked softly, "Does this mean that our colleagues at the Japanese Army Security Command can contact Chen Kun?"

The person in charge nodded. "Actually, the so-called Lashio Overseas Chinese Co-Prosperity Association is under the jurisdiction of the Security Command. The so-called Co-Prosperity Association is actually the Chinese spy organization of the Japanese army in northeastern Myanmar. This organization has just been established. Most of its members were once local hooligans, and there are also some low-level traitors among them! Since our colleague is the translator of the headquarters, he must have had a lot of contact with them!"

After Qin Shi understood the initial situation, he also believed that the conditions were ripe for the anti-espionage operation, so he nodded and said, "That's it! Let's do it!"

After that, he instructed Tang Xuesi, "Leave this matter to your direct brigade." Then he turned and said to the person in charge with a smile, "Sir, please contact us for funding!"

The person in charge nodded in agreement and said, "Commander, in order to protect our colleagues in the secret intelligence network, you have never asked me my name or code name. I am very admirable. My last name is Li, Commander, you may call me Lao Li."

Qin Shi quickly shook Old Li's hands again and said warmly, "Mr. Li, thank you for your understanding and support!" Then, he introduced Tang Xuesi to Old Li and said, "Just call him Xiao Tang. This operation will be commanded by your secret intelligence line, and the specific implementation will be handed over to Xiao Tang and his team. By the way, we must stick to this approach. How Xiao Tang and his team enter Lashio, how they operate, and how they contact those secret line colleagues, during this process, they are not allowed to tell Xiao Tang and his team the names and code names of the secret line colleagues!"

Two days later, with the assistance of his colleagues in the secret intelligence line, Tang Xuesi led more than 20 soldiers into Lashio City in groups of three or two. They each found a hiding place and waited for instructions for action.

Liu Ruihui, formerly deputy squad leader of the 600st Squad, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, 2th Regiment, was now a second lieutenant squad leader in the direct-affiliated brigade. His squad was the primary officer on this mission. Liu Ruihui, along with two soldiers of overseas Chinese descent, was currently disguising themselves as rickshaw drivers at the entrance of a hotel called Yunxiang, lazily pretending to serve guests while actually waiting to rendezvous with colleagues from the covert intelligence service.

The rickshaws in Myanmar are different from the rickshaws in China. The rickshaws in China are completely pulled by people, while the rickshaws in Southeast Asia and Myanmar are three-wheeled bicycles. The only difference is that the passengers sit in the front and the person pedals the rickshaw in the back.

Translator Liang, a translator at the Japanese Army's Lashio Command, was proficient in Japanese, English, French and the local language, had extensive experience in handling affairs, and his family was a well-known Chinese businessman in Southeast Asia. Japanese Army Garrison Commander Matsui trusted Translator Liang very much, and Yamazaki handed over many non-military matters to Translator Liang. Translator Liang even received the temporary rank of captain in the Japanese Army, and the general lower-level Japanese Army respected him very much.

Lashio is an important town in northeastern Myanmar and a key artery guarding the China-Myanmar Highway. It is an important material transit center for the Japanese 56th Division fighting in southern Yunnan. At this moment, the main task of the Japanese army in Myanmar has changed from fighting to plundering resources. The Liang translator's family has been doing business in Myanmar for generations. Since the family pretended to flatter the Japanese army, the Japanese army has handed over many non-military business opportunities to the Liang family. The transportation company under the Liang family has become the largest transportation partner of the Japanese army except for necessary military supplies.

It was with the help of this identity that Translator Liang obtained a large amount of information about the Japanese army. The overseas Chinese guerrillas' frequent success in attacking Japanese transportation lines was closely related to the intelligence provided by Translator Liang.

Translator Liang received the online notification and quickly gathered the location and movements of Chen Kun and other members of the Overseas Chinese Co-Prosperity Association. He was meeting with the Lashio Chamber of Commerce at the Yunxiang Hotel to discuss the transportation of strategic materials for the Japanese army. He was also preparing to contact the anti-espionage team to pass on this intelligence.

Translator Liang's unique status as a key target of the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla's secret front meant he never came into contact with other intelligence personnel, and all intelligence transmissions were conducted independently and without fixed schedules. This time, however, he made an exception. To prevent the Japanese army from retaliating against the local Chinese population after Chen Kun and his companions were eliminated, Translator Liang decided to personally deliver the intelligence to the execution team. This way, he could protect himself while also minimizing the risk to his colleagues on the other front lines.