While drinking, An Gonggen drew up a list of fifty people to join the special operations brigade.
After Lu Ming read it, he asked him to check off twenty people. These twenty people will form a secret operations team. These people will only be used when black secret operations are needed.
He plans to establish a secret fund to pay salaries and bonuses specifically to these people.
The main task of these people is to carry out assassinations, kidnappings, poisonings and other activities against the Japanese. In addition, they are to carry out explosions on some important targets, so these people are required to be loyal and reliable, as well as have outstanding professional skills.
An Gonggen thought for a while and divided the list into two parts, one for those who were preparing to join the action brigade, and the other for the twenty-member secret operations team. Of course, he himself was the leader of these two teams.
An Gonggen listed Yin Bongji as the leader of the secret operation team because Yin Bongji not only had revolutionary experience, but also had a special status. He had officially become sworn friends with Comrade Jin Jiu and was the most trustworthy comrade in the revolutionary ranks.
"In addition, you have to develop a group of reliable informants. Your mission is to keep an eye on all the Japanese in Shanghai. Whether they are spies, ronin or civilians, I will keep an eye on them. I will know about any disturbance in the Japanese Concession.
" Lu Ming said.
"Master Lu, will this consume too much manpower and financial resources?" An Gonggen said in surprise.
"You don't have to worry about money. Even if you develop 500 informants for me, I can still afford it. And as long as the information is valuable, there will be additional bonuses, but I also have requirements." Lu Ming picked up his wine glass and drank.
A big mouthful.
"Tell me, what are the requirements?" An Gonggen opened his eyes and listened carefully.
"First of all, the selected informants must be useful and cannot be fake. After that, we will conduct informant management and assessment on a regular basis. Secondly, the personnel must be reliable and there must be no traitors. A mouse dropping will ruin the whole pot of porridge." Lu Ming said seriously.
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"Master Lu, don't worry, our organization has just conducted a strict screening and training, and there will never be any more traitors," An Gonggen said.
Lu Ming took out a five thousand yuan banknote and handed it to An Gonggen and said:
"This is a down payment. You don't have to hide here and there in the future. You can live openly in the sun. With the money, you first find a suitable location to buy a house to use as a dormitory for the action brigade. The remaining money will be given to the brothers.
We are paying for settlement expenses, and this money will be deducted from the funds later."
An Gonggen accepted the bank note excitedly. They needed the money so much. They had not had much income recently. He and his brothers had been living as an ascetic and had not eaten meat for many days.
"Don't worry, Master Lu. If there is any movement from the Japanese in the concession in the future, I guarantee you will know about it right away." An Gonggen said excitedly.
"Now that we have reached an agreement, after you have eaten, go back and gather the brothers, study the plan for lurking and observation, and start work as soon as possible." Lu Ming said.
"Okay, from today on, the Korean martyrs in Shanghai, including me, will all obey your command and fight the Japanese to the end." An Gonggen said excitedly, waving his fist.
After the two of them finished eating, there was still a lot left. An Gonggen simply packed up everything and wanted to take it back to his brothers to improve the food. Lu Ming naturally did not object and let him take away the remaining half jar of wine.
He looked at the time, it was just past two o'clock, and he looked at the calendar on the wall. Today was January 16, 1932, but in his heart he could vaguely hear that the war was already approaching Shanghai.
He thought about it and found that he had basically done what he needed to do, but he didn't want to rest yet, nor did he want to go to the Blue Club, let alone the Press Club.
He suddenly thought of something, walked out, then went upstairs and knocked on the door of Andre's room.
He knew that under normal circumstances, Peter would be in Andre's room, not because of any special relationship between the two, but because there was a radio station in Peter's room.
Peter opened the door and saw that the person coming was Lu Ming. He couldn't help showing a surprised expression. Apparently he didn't expect Lu Ming to come to visit on his own initiative.
Lu Ming has been busy with the affairs of the Blue Clothes Club recently. Even when he met them in the corridor, he only exchanged a few words, said hello and left in a hurry.
Peter didn't say please come in, he just let the door open and stared at Lu Ming with strange eyes, not knowing why he suddenly came to visit.
Lu Ming walked in and saw Andre lying on the table studying a drawing. When he came in, he put the drawing away.
"Lu, why are you free today? I heard that you have been promoted, Comrade President." Andre made a gesture of applause and said with a smile.
"It's not like you don't understand me, do you think I care about my status in that community organization?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Yes, we are still confused until now. We don't know whether we don't understand you, or you changed too quickly, from a Bolshevik leaning to a Nazi comrade." Peter said bluntly.
"Aren't you engaged in intelligence work? How come the news is so delayed?" Lu Ming wondered.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked unhappy.
"Don't you know that the Blue Clothes Club sells dog meat? It's just an intelligence agency dressed up as a Nazi." Lu Ming said he didn't understand.
This matter is indeed a secret to ordinary people, but as Soviet agents, Peter and Andrei can't figure out such a thing, so it's really better to go back to selling sweet potatoes.
Peter and Andre couldn't help but blush. They two professional agents had obviously missed the mark and were despised by a layman like Lu Ming.
However, they really don't understand the Blue Clothes Society. It's not that they are incompetent, but that the government authorities keep a close eye on them. They don't dare to contact anyone or start any work.
"Then tell us about this Blue Clothes Club and what's going on." Andre said.
"Didn't I tell you? Is it because I can't understand Chinese anymore, or something?" Lu Ming raised his eyebrows and said.
"What did you say? Oh, you mean the Blue Shirt Club is actually an intelligence agency, and the Nazi style is just a protective color." Peter understood and his eyes widened.
"That's what's going on. Ordinarily, even if you don't understand it personally, you can probably guess it. Can this little trick of deceiving passers-by also confuse you? I don't believe it even if I kill you." Lu Ming
smiled.
"You can't rely on guesswork for this kind of thing. Intelligence work is all about evidence. We don't have any sources of information and it's hard to make random guesses. I always thought you would tell us the specific situation. We are comrades." Ander.
Lie was a little embarrassed and said.
"Are the people from the Blue Clothes Club considered gay to you? Haha." Lu Ming deliberately teased.
"Lu, can you tell us about the internal organizational structure of the Blue Clothes Club?" Peter stopped laughing and asked seriously.
"I can't tell you this. Lan Yi Club also has its own system, but I can provide you with an opportunity to learn more about Lan Yi Club. How about it?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"An opportunity to learn more about the Blue Clothes Club?" A big question mark appeared in Peter's mind. He felt that Lu Ming was setting up a trap, waiting for him to get in.
"What opportunity? Tell me about it." Andre became a little out of breath.
"I would like to ask you to send a few special agent experts over to help us train a group of people. In the future, some resources can be shared." Lu Ming said.
This was the purpose of Lu Ming's visit. He felt that the people brought in by laymen like Zeng Zhi and He Zhonghan were just laymen. Although people like An Gonggen had stronger professional skills, they could only engage in tracking and kidnapping.
Assassination and demolition, these actions are still far from truly becoming an agent.
Strictly speaking, China still has no professional agents, let alone an agent organization. Even if the Blue Shirt Club reaches its peak, it will be nothing more than a half-baked counterintelligence organization at best.
But whether it is now or in the future, we must be prepared to fight the Japanese for a long time. China really needs professional agents, agents who can lurk into the heart of the enemy.
The Japanese have worked hard in this regard. They have trained a large number of professional agents and have been lurking among the Chinese. Some have been for decades. The damage these people have done to China is worthy of a secret army.