Black Flag Army

Chapter 190 Lushun Intelligence Group

A trace of determination and firmness flashed in Di Xiong's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "You guessed right, no matter what, I am determined to get rid of him. Although the task is arduous, even if I need to try countless times, even if I face huge risks, I will never back down. The sacrifices of Bai Xiuling and Li Laoshi must not be in vain, and their blood debt must be repaid! Once, many people felt that it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to recover the lost land in the north, but we finally succeeded in achieving our goal. First, send a smart and capable intelligence team to Lushun to thoroughly investigate his office and residence. Once key information is obtained, immediately dispatch a well-trained action team. Bai Xiuling entrusted us to avenge her before her death. This is not only a heavy responsibility, but also a solemn promise to the deceased heroes! What's the point of killing a few unknown agents? Only by killing the commander of the Kwantung Army can we comfort the heroes and give them an explanation!"

Tian Mengxue said: "Since the Port Arthur Massacre in 1894, there have been very few Chinese living there. After the Russo-Japanese War ended in 1905, the Japanese army reoccupied Port Arthur from the Tsarist Russians and built it as the headquarters of the Japanese army in Northeast China. It was built into an extremely solid fortress, with not only tens of thousands of well-equipped Japanese troops, but also most of the residents were Japanese immigrants. It was too difficult for Chinese to sneak in, unless they were Japanese."

Di Xiong said: "We do have two Japanese here, but Cha Jingfeng has been exposed and was almost sent to the Lushun Bacteria Laboratory. She absolutely cannot go."

Cha Jingfeng said, "Then only Dong Xuechun went. She brought a few intelligence agents who are fluent in Japanese and asked them to pretend to be Japanese."

Dong Xuechun is now the director of the school and an instructor. The school has expanded to 16 classes per term, with four classes each for English, Japanese, and Russian, and one class each for German and French. There are more than 400 students in each class, and there are three classes of students currently being trained at the school, with a total of more than 1,200 students. The reason for having so many students is that the loss rate of intelligence officers is too high, with people being sacrificed or arrested almost every day.

Tian Mengxue said: "Then let Dong Xuechun select a few outstanding students from the four Japanese classes and go with her."

Di Xiong sighed heavily, his tone full of helplessness and worry: "There are too few Japanese among our intelligence officers! Dong Xuechun has become the director of teaching now, but she still has to go into battle herself. Look at this intelligence officer school now. There are more than a hundred Russian students alone, and there are dozens of American, British, French, and German students combined, but there is not a single Japanese."

Wu Chunfeng analyzed: "The reason why there are so many Russian students is mainly because the number of Russian refugees who fled to the three northern provinces is huge, more than one million. It is relatively easy to pick out some boys and girls from these people, brainwash them, and then send them to school for training. As for the students from the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, they are all children abducted from poor families by Sean and his team."

Di Xiong thought for a moment and said, "In fact, there are many Japanese immigrants living in poverty in the Japanese concessions in Shanghai and Tianjin and the three provinces of Northeast China. They are also dissatisfied with the Japanese government. If we can win these people over, our intelligence work will be able to proceed more smoothly."

When he said this, he glanced at Cha Jingfeng.

Cha Jingfeng raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and said softly: "Oh, so that's how it is, I finally understand. Your idea is quite shrewd, you want to lure a group of Japanese teenagers here, and then let me and Dong Xuechun brainwash them. Di Juzi, your wishful thinking is really loud!"

Di Xiong responded calmly: "You also know that our main opponent, whether now or in the future, is the Japanese. Therefore, we must have a group of Japanese intelligence agents of our own. Moreover, it is imperative to set up an intelligence station in Tokyo in the future."

Lan Jinping interrupted, "From this phenomenon, we can see that the poor have always been the natural enemies of governments of various countries. No wonder Di Juzi always spends a lot of money to help those poor refugees." There was a hint of emotion and helplessness in her tone.

Di Xiong said solemnly: "We must work to reduce the size of the poor population in the three northern provinces. After all, every poor person may become our potential enemy. In addition, as a member of the Justice Party, we must never show off our wealth, because the consequence of such behavior will be to stimulate the poor to commit crimes." His voice was low and firm, as if he was announcing an unshakable mission to everyone.

After the meeting, Di Xiong, Tian Mengxue and Cha Jingfeng went to the Intelligence Officer School together and found Dong Xuechun in the teaching office. When the others saw the Justice Party leader and the two Mohists coming, they knew that something important had happened, so they all left the office and even left the office area to avoid overhearing the conversation.

Di Xiong explained the task in detail to Dong Xuechun, and then said apologetically: "I'm so sorry to trouble you to make another trip."

Dong Xuechun sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Last time when we went to recapture Khabarovsk, I was held hostage by the enemy and almost lost my life. This time we have to go deep into the heavily guarded Lushun by the Japanese army. I think it will be difficult for me to come back alive this time."

Di Xiong was very surprised when he heard her words, and quickly said, "If you really don't want to go, I won't force you. You can find someone else to carry out this mission."

Dong Xuechun smiled and said lightly, "Haha, I was just joking with you! You are the leader of our Justice Party, how come you don't have a sense of humor? As an important member of the Justice Party, how can I refuse to carry out the mission? No matter how many difficulties I encounter, I will do my best to complete the mission!"

Tian Mengxue looked at Dong Xuechun, her eyes flashing with determination. She said in a deep voice: "The selection of members of the intelligence team is entirely up to you. Whether they are from the Intelligence Department, various intelligence stations or the intelligence school, you can choose them. As long as you think it is suitable, even if the person you choose in the end is me, I will follow you without hesitation."

Dong Xuechun smiled and said jokingly, "I dare not choose Director Tian, ​​otherwise Director Feng will definitely fight me to death. However, I think my former assistant Li Jinxi and the student of the Intelligence Officer School Cao Feiyan can go with me. In addition, we also need to find two more male students with strong martial arts skills, so a group of four should be enough."

Di Xiong asked doubtfully, "Is this Cao Feiyan very powerful? I don't think I've ever heard of her before?"

Tian Mengxue explained: "Cao Feiyan is actually the transfer student Wang Zhuer whom we rescued from Xinjiang before. She changed her name later. Don't underestimate her. She ranked first among the third batch of students, leaving Tang Tingxuan, who ranked second, far behind. I really have to say that she is a natural intelligence agent!"

Dong Xuechun said seriously: "I am leading the intelligence team to Lushun and we are indeed facing many difficulties, but we should be able to successfully infiltrate. But how can the action team get in? Don't count on airdrops, because the Japanese air defense in Lushun is also very tight. Airdrops will only make us sitting ducks for the Japanese."

After thinking for a moment, Cha Jingfeng responded: "Since the air attack doesn't work, let's break through from the sea! After all, Lushun is a port city, surrounded by the sea on three sides."

Dong Xuechun frowned and retorted: "Having said that, the strength of the Japanese navy should not be underestimated! There are dozens of warships entering and leaving Port Arthur every day. How easy is it to get there by sea?" She knew that the task was arduous and she had to come up with a foolproof plan.

Di Xiong paused for a moment and said, "Fortunately, we have submarines as backup, otherwise the situation would be quite tricky. We can let the submarines sneak into the Lushun beach quietly from underwater, and then surface to safely deliver the personnel to the shore."

When Dong Xuechun heard this, she couldn't help but show joy on her face and exclaimed: "We actually already have submarines! Di Juzi, you are really amazing. You can think so far and carefully." Her eyes were shining with admiration and surprise.

Di Xiong smiled slightly and asked in a calm and confident tone: "So, do you have any other questions or problems that need to be solved?" His eyes fell on Dong Xuechun, as if waiting for her response, while also showing his control and confidence in the entire plan.

Dong Xuechun looked at Di Xiong and said in a deep voice, "I have one last question. Who recommended me to you?"

Di Xiong opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Cha Jingfeng on the side rushed to say: "I recommended you. If you want to hate me, then hate me! We really have no choice. Apart from you, we really have no better choice. As long as you can successfully complete this difficult task and return safely, Juzi personally promised to give you 50,000 yuan as a reward, plus a luxurious villa, and directly promote you to become a respected Mozhe!"

After hearing this, Dong Xuechun's mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile, and then she responded calmly: "If I am not able to survive in the end, then please remember to collect the pension for me. Of course, please also hand over all the savings I have accumulated over the years to Zhu Zhuyuan." Her tone was firm and resolute, as if she had already put life and death aside.

Cha Jingfeng said: "Don't worry, I will definitely do it."

When leaving the Intelligence Officer School, Tian Mengxue finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked Cha Jingfeng, "Who is Zhu Zhuyuan?"

Cha Jingfeng replied, "He was an engineer at the Beihai Automobile Factory and Zhu Zhuquan's younger brother. Dong Xuechun felt that she owed Zhu Zhuquan something, so she often went to Zhu Zhuquan's grave to pay her respects. One time, she met Zhu Zhuyuan who also came to pay her respects. After the two had a meal together, Zhu Zhuyuan began to pursue Dong Xuechun passionately. Dong Xuechun, who had a desire to atone for her sins, did not reject his pursuit, and he won her over."

The next morning, Tian Mengxue reported to Di Xiong, "Dong Xuechun has already selected four assistants: Li Jinxi, Cao Feiyan, Tang Tingxuan, and Chen Tingwang. In addition to Li Jinxi, the other three are the top three students in the third batch of intelligence officers. She will save trouble by not taking the assessment and directly taking the top three away."

Di Xiong said, "Since we agreed that she would choose the candidates, I can't break my promise. The top three are the top three. I am also going to Vladivostok. The submarine manufacturing plant is about to start construction. Two submarines have just returned from Yingzhou Island. I will definitely go to visit them."

At night, in the dormitory building for senior employees of Beihai Group Corporation, Zhu Zhuyuan's residence, Zhu Zhuyuan indulged himself in bed before getting off Dong Xuechun exhaustedly. He took the quilt and carefully covered her white body with it.

Dong Xuechun wiped the sweat off her face and asked with a smile, "Do you feel good?"

Zhu Zhuyuan said: "Of course I am very happy. You are very strange today. You can do the actions that you were not allowed to do before."

Dong Xuechun sighed deeply, her eyes revealing a hint of helplessness and determination, and she said softly: "Because I have to leave tomorrow. My superiors have issued an important mission, requiring me to leave Beitang City, go deep behind enemy lines, and collect key intelligence."

Zhu Zhuyuan's face suddenly turned gloomy, and his voice was filled with anger, "Why you again? You have already experienced two dangerous operations in Tianjin and Boli, and you came back alive after going through untold hardships. Now that you have achieved success and become the director of teaching and an instructor, you should stay in the rear and enjoy peace like Cha Jingfeng and Bian Zhimei. Why are you being sent to the dangerous front line as an intelligence agent? This is simply too unfair! I'm going to find Tian Mengxue to discuss this matter clearly!"

There was uncontrollable indignation in his words.

Just as he raised his leg to leave, Dong Xuechun grabbed his arm and said anxiously, "You can't go! This time it's not Director Tian who gave the order, but Di Juzi himself! How can I refuse Di Juzi's order? Besides, the loss rate of intelligence agents is too high now. If I don't go, then there will be no one to carry out this mission. So this time, even the three students who haven't graduated yet have to be brought along!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyuan sat down dejectedly, his eyes reddened, and he shed tears, saying, "I can't bear to let you take risks!"

Dong Xuechun wiped his tears with a handkerchief and smiled, "How can a man cry? It seems that you have fallen in love with me. We agreed beforehand that this is just for fun and that we can't fall in love. I told you about my past. I was abused countless times by the leaders of the Japanese Black Dragon Society in Tianjin. I am not worthy of being your wife. It's not worth it for you to cry for me!"

Zhu Zhuyuan said: "What happened before was the sin of those Japanese beasts, how can you be blamed? You were so good to me, how could I not be sincere to you?"

Dong Xuechun said: "You are as stupid as your brother. If I can't come back this time, Cha Jingfeng will give you my savings. You can use this money to marry a good woman as your wife. She must be prettier than me."

When Zhu Zhuyuan heard this, tears started flowing again.

Dong Xuechun said: "Men don't shed tears easily!"

Zhu Zhuyuan replied: "It's just that I haven't reached the point of being sad yet!"