Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 1048 Schemes

After leaving the bald-headed chairman's residence, Dai Yunong and Ye Shaohong rode in the same car, both remaining silent.

Clearly, both of them were pondering the deeper meaning behind the bald-headed chairman's arrangement.

There are also subsequent impacts.

And how the two of them would get along in the future.

Seriously.

Although Dai Yunong valued Ye Shaohong highly, he was also somewhat wary of Ye Shaohong's powerful background.

But Ye Shaohong was not Dai Yunong's absolute confidant.

It can only be said that Ye Shaohong is quite capable and has won Dai Yunong's favor. The two of them are simply in a superior-subordinate relationship.

But what about Ye Shaohong now?

As the seventh brother of the Military Intelligence Bureau, his sworn brothers, Wang Tianfeng and Xu Baichuan, were the heads of one of the six offices of the tenth department of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Zheng Yaoxian was also the deputy director of the Action Division, one of the three major departments of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Ye Shaohong was the director of the external office.

They controlled all the stations in the occupied areas of the country and held the power of the spies who had fought wits and courage against the Japanese invaders in the occupied areas.

It also boasts a powerful combination of jellyfish assassination squads.

Whether it's personnel, influence, or connections, Ye Shaohong has already established a dominant position within the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Although it is still far behind the Zhejiang Provincial Police Academy graduates directly controlled by Dai Yunong, and the Jiangshan faction secretly controlled by him, it is already a force that cannot be ignored.

While abroad, Ye Shaohong also established a covert force in Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Republic of China and the Far East intelligence center.

Zhuang Yifan and Xu Tian.

Zhuang Yifan is currently one of the top three leaders in the Shanghai Green Gang.

With the help of Xu Tian, ​​an associate of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhuang Yifan has gradually gained the power and status of one of the three tycoons in Shanghai.

Adding to the connections of the Ye family patriarch, Ye Shaohong's relationship with the military and the junior chairman Chen Cheng, Dai Yunong suddenly realized that Ye Shaohong had unknowingly become too powerful to control.

Even with his current status and control within the Military Intelligence Bureau, Dai Yunong had to treat Ye Shaohong with caution.

They dared not disregard Ye Shaohong's opinions and attitudes.

But that's not even the scariest part.

The most terrifying thing is that Ye Shaohong is only in his early twenties. He has only been with the Military Intelligence Bureau for a little over three years.

Youth is an asset.

If Ye Shaohong were given a few more years to grow, given his current momentum, he truly has the opportunity and hope to become the next Dai Yunong.

He will become the next king of espionage during the Republic of China era, following in the footsteps of Dai Yunong.

Upon reaching this point in the analysis, Dai Yunong's expression grew even more serious.

He suddenly felt that the bald-headed chairman's arrangement today, and his promotion of Ye Shaohong, might have other deeper meanings behind it.

Besides maintaining balance, it's also possible that the bald-headed chairman is grooming Dai Yunong as his successor.

Could it be that his recent actions have displeased the bald-headed chairman?

But where did things go wrong?

Was he interfering in military affairs as a secret agent? Or was it the rapidly growing Loyal and Patriotic Army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region that made the bald-headed Chiang Kai-shek wary?

But to this day, the Loyal and Patriotic Army only numbers a mere hundred thousand.

With such a small force, and being a ragtag bunch, it shouldn't arouse any fear from the bald-headed chairman.

Why?

Dai Yunong couldn't understand it, and in the end he could only attribute it to the unpredictability of fate.

Isn't this how it has always been?

The only thing that gave Dai Yunong some comfort was that the current bald-headed chairman had not yet shown any intention of letting Ye Shaohong succeed him.

It's just an initial setup.

At least for now, Dai Yunong is safe.

This further fueled Dai Yunong's ambition to develop his own power and his desire to protect himself.

He wanted to take advantage of the Japanese invasion of China to secretly develop and expand his power, and eventually become a true local tyrant.

However, Dai Yunong would certainly not reveal these thoughts.

He also wouldn't tell Ye Shaohong, who had already begun to fear him.

Instead, he had to change his attitude and get along well with Ye Shaohong.

"Shao Hong."

"The Chairman values ​​you highly; such favor is unique among the people of Zhejiang Province."

"You can't let him down."

As they were talking, Dai Yunong reached out and gently patted Ye Shaohong's arm, as a sign of closeness.

"You flatter me, General."

"Shao Hong is self-aware. No matter what, I will always be your soldier."

"That's something that can't be changed."

Ye Shaohong was also pondering his day's events. Upon hearing Dai Yunong's words, he immediately snapped out of his reverie and expressed his own opinion.

Others are unaware of Dai Yunong's abilities, his cold-hearted nature, and his cunning.

But Ye Shaohong knew that.

As a time traveler from later generations, Ye Shaohong knew very well how powerful Dai Yunong was.

How large did the Military Intelligence Bureau become after liberation?

There are nearly 30,000 registered secret agents.

There are nearly 100,000 unregistered peripheral members. The number of troops scattered throughout the country, directly or indirectly, who are willing to obey Dai Yunong's command, is as high as 800,000.

Eight hundred thousand.

How many troops did the Nationalist government have after the end of the War of Resistance against Japan?

Five million six hundred thousand.

Of these 5.6 million, many more were troops controlled by local warlords.

The New Guangxi Clique, the Sichuan Army, the Northwest Army, the Three Mas, etc...

These troops are only nominally under the control and command of the bald-headed chairman; they are not actually his direct subordinates.

From this perspective, after the War of Resistance against Japan, Dai Yunong had become a warlord in the Republic of China era who was no less powerful than Bai Juyi and Li Hongzhang of the New Guangxi Clique, Yan Xishan of the Northwest, Liu Jia of the Sichuan Army, and the Three Mas of the Northwest.

It's no wonder that after the war ended, Dai Yunong dared to form a small group in private.

He was openly and covertly fighting with Chiang Kai-shek. No wonder Dai Yunong dared to secretly contact and collude with people from the US after the war, intending to leave the intelligence system and seize the position of Admiral of the Navy.

Honestly, Dai Yunong in his later years was truly terrifying.

It was terrifying enough that even the bald-headed chairman felt apprehensive, and perhaps even...

They wanted to get rid of it.

How did Dai Yunong die in the end?

There are many different interpretations from later generations.

Some people say that he was lacking water in his destiny, so he changed his name to Dai Yunong, and even changed his formal name.

Even his aliases all contain the character for water.

On one occasion, he changed his alias to one with the fire radical and set off from Beiping to return to Jinling. However, he encountered continuous heavy rain on the way, and the plane could not land. In the end, he crashed into a mountain and died.

Some say that during his time in Beiping, he expressed a desire to kill the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau's North China region, and was subsequently killed after his subordinates planted a bomb on his plane.

Some people say that Dai Yunong was eliminated by someone arranged by the bald-headed chairman.

Some even say that Zheng Yaoxian sensed the change in the bald-headed chairman's mindset and cleverly took advantage of the situation to finally eliminate Dai Yunong.

Ye Shaohong couldn't determine whether it was true or false.

But one thing he was very clear about was that, before the Japanese devils were completely eliminated, Dai Yunong now possessed a fortune as overwhelming as that of the traitor Wang Jingwei.

He cannot resist it for the time being.

For at least the next few years, Ye Shaohong will have to work and live obediently within the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Continue to play the role of a good subordinate.

As for the future, let's see what fate and the general trend bring. Perhaps one day, Ye Shaohong will be able to sit in the same chair as Dai Yunong? Who can say for sure?

To be honest, upon closer reflection, Ye Shaohong was actually quite looking forward to it.