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

Chapter 89 Past History

In a secluded alley near Chaotian Palace, Ye Shaohong met Li Yunlong.

"Have you completed your mission?"

When setting up the hidden stakes yesterday, Ye Shaohong also gave Li Yunlong orders to integrate into the underworld within two days.

At the same time, we also need to help him find two hidden and suitable observation points.

This task would be difficult for others.

But Li Yunlong had been a street urchin since childhood, and as he grew up he acted recklessly and roamed the underworld, so this task was really not a difficult task for him.

That's why Ye Shaohong asked this question. "I'd say it's mostly done."

"The martial arts forces on the streets of Jinling City are complex and intertwined, with all sorts of powerful and influential groups gathered together. Although I have a Northern School identity, it will take some effort and skill to integrate into their circle in a short period of time."

"I specifically called you here today, Captain, because I want to assign you another task!"

As they were talking, Li Yunlong reached into his pocket, took out a folded piece of paper, and handed it to Ye Shaohong.

Clearly, Li Yunlong had already prepared this note.

We're just waiting for Ye Shaohong to come over.

“It’s quite efficient!”

"Well."

"Let me check first. If it's appropriate, I'll give you credit for now." After taking the note, Ye Shaohong glanced at it briefly, memorized its contents, and then returned the note to Li Yunlong.

She pointed at his mouth again.

Li Yunlong was clever; after taking the note back, he stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it.

Ye Shaohong was very satisfied with his performance. After nodding, he turned and left the alley, just as Li Yunlong looked on with delight.

They reintegrated into the crowd.

In the afternoon, Ye Shaohong strolled around Chaotian Palace and also took a close look at the surveillance location that Li Yunlong had found for him.

The result is not bad.

After all, the Swallow Gate is the representative of the Northern Flying Thieves, and they are indeed skilled at finding hidden locations.

Ye Shaohong was satisfied with both surveillance locations. He then found a phone booth and called the Operations Section.

Zheng Yaoxian answered the phone.

Upon hearing Ye Shaohong's request, Zheng Yaoxian didn't delay and immediately went to the training ground to find Zhao Jianzhi, asking him to send another small team to Chaotian Palace.

After setting up the two surveillance points, Ye Shaohong stopped.

He never wandered around again.

He stayed in a two-story building not far from Huiquan Teahouse, observing the situation on the street.

Ye Shaohong was surprised to discover that among the passersby, there were indeed quite a few government officials and military officers.

Especially the staff of the Jinling Court.

Perhaps it's because their offices are so close to here, but many court personnel pass by this area after get off work, and judging from their demeanor and actions, they are extremely familiar with the surroundings. Even the rouge shop that Yu Manli just took over has been noticed by quite a few people.

Seeing the stunningly beautiful young woman in the cheongsam, a few bolder court officials, who considered themselves to be of high status, found various excuses to go inside.

He had a brief conversation with Yu Manli.

Judging from the changes in their expressions when they came out, Yu Manli handled the situation quite well.

No one noticed or realized that something was wrong with her.

As for those stalls that had changed owners, not many people paid attention to them, which is normal, since the Republic of China had not yet established a Supreme Court in 1937.

To some extent, the Jinling Court also assumes some of the powers of the Supreme People's Court.

These officials from the Nanjing court can already be considered among the best in the current ranks of the Nationalist government officials.

It's a pity. They have talent but no sense of national crisis. In this tense situation, they can still act so recklessly, which Ye Shaohong has witnessed firsthand.

……

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The day for Tanaka Tsujin to confess and make contact was drawing ever closer.

By this time, Ye Shaohong no longer went to the action section's office; he spent most of his time hiding at the surveillance point next to Huiquan Tea House.

While observing the passersby, he organized the draft of the book "Wolf and Dog".

The intelligence gatherers arranged by his father have arrived in the past few days, bringing Ye Shaohong a lot of new information, which has been of great help to him.

One of the most crucial pieces of information sent a chill down Ye Shaohong's spine, almost causing him to faint on the spot.

This message describes the Nationalist government's defensive positions in the Suzhou-Hangzhou area. It states that the Nationalist government's defensive positions in the Suzhou-Shanghai area have been in disrepair for many years, and there is very little usable space left.

If a major war were to break out between China and Japan, this eastern front, which the Nationalist government had invested heavily in and built over several years, would be almost entirely useless.

What's most infuriating is that many of the bunkers and anti-aircraft installations along this defensive line are now locked up.

Those who held the locks were not in the military ranks.

Instead, it ended up in the hands of local sanitation workers.

If the two countries were to go to war, and the situation on the front lines were unfavorable, and the troops were to be withdrawn from the Shanghai-Nanjing area, then the positions that the Nationalist government had already built would become a pile of useless decorations.

Although Ye Shaohong had long known that the Nationalist government during the Republic of China era had many problems.

But he never expected that such a continuous line of positions, which was crucial to the life and death of the nation, would deteriorate to such a state in just a few years.

It's infuriating.

Ye Shaohong didn't hold back either; he wrote down every detail of the information in the book "Wolf and Dog".

Hopefully, once this book is printed and published, it will reach the hands of those high-ranking officials in the Nationalist government and serve as a wake-up call for them.

Speaking of this, Ye Shaohong recalled an extremely humiliating past experience.

When later generations mention the Battle of Shanghai, many people only know about that earth-shattering battle in 1937.

However, few people know that as early as 1932, China and Japan had a major battle in the Shanghai area, known as the First Battle of Shanghai.

In this battle, our soldiers demonstrated extremely tenacious fighting spirit.

In the end, they even won the great battle. But what was the result?

We won the battle, but during the subsequent negotiations, due to the intervention of Western powers such as Britain and the United States, and because of their own interests, although we won the war, we lost everything.

As a result of the post-war negotiations, the Japanese not only did not pay the price they deserved, but also further expanded their influence in the Suzhou-Shanghai area.

And what about us?

Due to the proposal of Western powers such as Britain and the United States, all troops stationed in the Shanghai area were withdrawn to the Suzhou-Hangzhou area after the end of the First Battle of Shanghai in 1932.

The vast city of Shanghai, the largest city in the East in the 19th century, was handed over to the foreign powers.

Who could imagine that in Shanghai today, within a radius of several hundred miles, there isn't a single fully-organized Nationalist army?

Shame.

It wasn't until 1937, when the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China in North China, that the Chinese army returned to the Shanghai area and re-established its presence on that land.

It was precisely because of the humiliating negotiations during the first Battle of Shanghai that there were not enough troops to resist the enemy when the second Battle of Shanghai began.

It was precisely because of the defeat in the first Battle of Shanghai that the Nationalist government built defensive positions in the Suzhou-Hangzhou area.

But this defensive position, on which so much hope was placed, has now become nothing more than a decoration.

As Ye Shaohong wrote down these words, his heart was heavy and filled with complex emotions.

Looking at the clouds drifting by outside the window, Ye Shaohong couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"What can save you, my motherland, my dear family..." "When writing this book, I consulted a lot of materials, and the more I consulted, the heavier my heart became."

It was a chaotic era. Aside from some artistic embellishments, much of the information described in my book is true and actually happened in history.

For example, this chapter describes the first Battle of Shanghai, the outcome of the negotiations, and the defensive positions in the Suzhou and Hangzhou area.

There were also locked bunkers and air defense facilities.

And... the key!

This is all fucking true! It's infuriating and infuriating!!!