After Lu Ming returned to Wanguo Apartment at night, he quickly went to find Mr. Dong and Anyi and told them the details of Hou Liang's rebellion.
What is incredible is that the main person in charge of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party and some grassroots cadres failed to evacuate in time, and most of them were arrested.
"How could this happen? Hasn't Hou Liang already withstood the test of torture? Why has he betrayed him again now?" Mr. Dong seemed to be hit hard by this sudden news and said in shock.
"The Fuxing Society sent people to seize his wife and son to threaten him, so he took action. You praised him as a steel warrior two days ago." Lu Ming said calmly.
"This traitor deserves to die!" An Yi cursed fiercely.
"I really don't understand. Are all your people fools? Hou Liang was arrested, and none of them ran away. Are they waiting to be caught?" Lu Ming said with resentment.
He felt angry and couldn't understand this behavior. Normally, everyone in Hou Liang's chain should evacuate or move to a more secluded place. How could he continue to guard there as if nothing was wrong?
"Lu Ming, you can't understand this. Our people are always ready to make sacrifices. There are bound to be sacrifices in the revolution, and we are not afraid of any sacrifices." Mr. Dong said.
"This is not a matter of fear or not, nor is it about sacrifice. This is a basic principle of intelligence work. Once an important figure in a chain is exposed, everyone in the chain should withdraw," Lu Ming said.
"It's easier said than done. If you strictly implement the principle you mentioned, no one will do the work, and the underground party will no longer exist. Many soldiers die every day on the battlefield, and the same is true on the underground front," Mr. Dong said.
"Lu Ming, you can't compare the Kuomintang agents with us. They are afraid of death, but we are not. If one person is exposed and the others hide, the revolutionary cause will never succeed." An Yi was a little excited.
typical.
Now it was Lu Ming's turn to be dumbfounded, he simply didn't know what to say.
You are not afraid of death because you have ideals and ambitions, but life is precious and everyone only has it once. Wouldn’t it be better to save your life and continue to work for the revolution?
However, despite this truth, the work of the underground party has extraordinary particularities, which are indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
But Lu Ming has done very detailed research on hidden fronts, especially the espionage work of various countries during World War I.
The conclusion drawn is that the work on the hidden front cannot be done quickly, but must take a long-term perspective. Advances and retreats, attack and defense are constantly changing, and the principle of "advance when you see what is possible, retreat when you see difficulties" must be followed according to the actual situation.
Lu Ming therefore thought that during the Three Kingdoms era, various forces were intertwined and intertwined. The opposing sides were sometimes evenly matched and evenly matched, struggling to advance or retreat, and worried about each other.
If the decision-makers are slightly careless and fall into a desperate situation, it will be difficult to extricate themselves. When advancing or retreating, it is like walking on thin ice or facing an abyss, with the gate of hell at their feet and raging fire following behind.
The tactics and strategies of the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony still have practical significance today: if you advance and retreat well-founded, you are sure of victory, and if you advance and retreat blindly, you will be defeated.
But is it useful to tell Mr. Dong and Anyi this?
Lu Ming paused and said, "Your idea is wrong. The task of underground work is to collect intelligence for the front. This is two different things from fighting on the battlefield. They are also two forms of war. Underground work should be more secretive and more...
Organization, discipline, and more observance of the objective laws of underground work."
Lu Ming was originally an outsider in intelligence work, but he became familiar with Peter and Andre. These two veteran Soviet agents taught him a lot of experience in training agents from the Soviet Military Intelligence Agency, so he could still do it on paper.
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"Lu Ming, what you said makes sense. Our people were already prepared to evacuate and temporarily hid themselves. Later, we learned that Hou Liang had withstood the test and returned to work. Unexpectedly, things turned out unexpectedly.
A reversal has occurred." Mr. Dong shook his head in pain.
"This traitor has personally withstood the test of life and death twice, but failed to withstand the test of human nature. For the sake of his woman and son, he betrayed the revolutionary cause and the party, and deserved his death." An Yi said, eyes wide.
Fire will burst out of it.
She couldn't help but hate that Hou Liang had caused too much damage to the Shanghai underground party this time.
"Human nature is the most fragile thing. It can be said that 99% of people cannot withstand the test." Lu Ming said.
"That's not the case. Our comrades accept the test of human nature and party spirit every day. If a person can even withstand the test of party spirit, he will definitely be able to withstand the test of human nature." An Yi bit her lip and said firmly.
Lu Ming didn't know what the party spirit test An Yi mentioned was, and he couldn't figure out its meaning. What he was most concerned about now was whether Mr. Dong and An Yi were in danger of being exposed.
"Hou Liang shouldn't know your identities, right?" Lu Ming asked nervously.
"I don't know, basically I don't know any of the comrades in Shanghai," Mr. Dong said.
"Logically speaking, he wouldn't know my existence." An Yi shook his head.
"What about the others, people from the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the Underground Party? Does anyone know your identities or have met you?" Lu Ming asked again.
The two thought for a while, looked at each other again, and shook their heads respectively.
Lu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.
After An Yi arrived in Shanghai, she always wanted to contact the comrades of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party, but there were always mistakes and she was unable to successfully complete the task.
She lost her temper with Mr. Dong many times and asked Mr. Dong to send a telegram to the headquarters to rearrange her work in Shanghai.
For the sake of protecting the absolute safety of the radio station, Mr. Dong politely declined An Yi's request.
Facts have proved that Mr. Dong's insistence on observing the principle of confidentiality was correct. While protecting the safety of the radio station, he also protected An Yi's safety.
"How are the other comrades who were arrested now?" Mr. Dong asked.
"What else can we do? We will try them one by one and torture them one by one. However, it seems that two less important people confessed yesterday. It seems that no important information has been revealed yet." Lu Ming said.
"Two more people confessed?" Mr. Dong asked in surprise.
"Yes, I confessed immediately after I was caught, and there was no punishment." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
Both Mr. Dong and An Yi looked gloomy and remained silent.
"There's nothing strange about this. No matter what the test of party spirit and humanity you call is, there will always be people who can't pass this test anyway." Lu Ming said calmly.
In the past few years, the Fuxing Society has arrested many underground members of the Chinese Communist Party across the country. Some of them rebelled and confessed, which led to the arrest of more underground members.
In Shanghai, this was the first major breakthrough in the past two years, so even Dai Li was beaming with joy and seemed to be carrying a breeze when he walked.
Neither Hou Liang nor the people in the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee knew about the existence of Mr. Dong and An Yi. This was the best news Lu Ming got today, and he was finally relieved.
These two people are also Lu Ming's weaknesses. They all know about the several times he helped the Communist Party. If these two people are caught, according to the principles of intelligence work, he can only prepare to flee to the United States.
"Lu Ming, you are also a major figure in Shanghai Station, can you help us do some work?" Mr. Dong asked tentatively.
Lu Ming knew that they would definitely make similar requests, but this time he could not help, so he shook his head and said: "This time it is Dai Li who is in charge of the arrest and interrogation. No one else can get involved."
Although Dai Li verbally respected Lu Ming and treated him like an officer, he blocked him out in this matter. This was a tacit understanding between both parties.
Lu Ming didn't think about intervening. If it had been at the beginning of the incident, he might have been able to do something, but now it was a done deal and he couldn't do anything.
"How will Shanghai Station arrange arrangements for Hou Liang?" An Yi asked.
"I'll probably move him to a hotel first, and then buy him a house and provide him with some security guards. Hou Liang still needs several months of treatment, but in the end he's not optimistic. He will suffer from multiple disabilities." Lu Ming sighed.
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"Then after he is transferred to the hotel, can you tell us the details?" An Yi said.
"You're not in a hurry to assassinate him, are you?" Lu Ming said in surprise.
"Of course not now, this matter has to be decided organizationally, but we must make all preparations in advance." An Yi said.
"That's not necessary. He has fully confessed. His value has been drained by the Fuxing Society. Even if he is allowed to live, he will be nothing more than a useless person who will only be able to survive in the future. There is no need for you to keep an eye on him."
Lu Ming said.
"This is impossible. We will never let go of a person who has caused heavy losses to our organization, and he should not continue to live in this world." An Yi said coldly.