549 Prepare for a rainy day and take the long-term view
Seeing everyone's eyes gathering, Kong Jie said:
"When it comes to how to secretly establish an intelligence organization, publicity, activities, confrontation with enemies, development, etc. in a difficult and dangerous environment surrounded by enemies on all sides, Lao Zhou, your environment is more complicated, and unlike us, at least
We also have the headquarters base as backing support, and I am afraid that our experience in this area is even richer than ours."
"I'll just say one thing. In fact, the most difficult thing about carrying out intelligence work in the enemy's territory is to penetrate the enemy's interior."
Zhou Jianren deeply agreed: "Commander Kong is absolutely right. The establishment of our underground organization and its secret development are relatively easy to carry out.
After all, these will not directly touch the enemy, and the risk of exposure will be much smaller.
The most difficult thing is that in the process of infiltrating the enemy's interior, if you reveal your flaws even a little bit, you may be taken advantage of by cunning enemies, leading to the exposure of the entire intelligence line."
Kong Jie said: "So, if we can thoroughly study how to penetrate into the enemy's interior, then this intelligence work will be much easier to do."
"What should be done specifically? According to our experience in establishing an intelligence system around base areas behind enemy lines, there are nothing more than three."
"First, coercion. This is actually one of the common methods used by our independent regiment to establish an intelligence system behind enemy lines when developing base areas."
"The method is very simple. We all know that compared to the Japanese army, which has higher internal cohesion, the puppet troops are better able to penetrate.
Then let’s attack its weak points and look for flaws. As a persimmon, pick out the weak ones first, that’s what it means.
Through force and coercion, we can seize the leverage of some puppet troops, and even achieve greater victory in the battle in the base area itself, and generally form an invisible oppression against the Japanese and puppet troops."
Having said this, Kong Jie looked at the wood.
Mumu added: "What we do is very simple. There are comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry inside the enemy, and in some villages in the guerrilla zone, there are also armed engineering teams behind enemy lines built by the regiment commander."
"For those hardcore traitors, we will resolutely punish them and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. We will even send military workers behind enemy lines to hang the notorious traitors from the beams of their homes."
"Other traitors will record red and black accounts for them. Every bad thing the traitors have done will be recorded in red and black accounts by our Eighth Route Army."
"As long as the bad things they do touch the bottom line of our Eighth Route Army, the comrades of the Armed Work Team behind enemy lines will secretly launch an anti-corruption operation. This is like a sharp sword always hanging over the heads of the puppet soldiers, making them always on guard."<
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"As for those puppet soldiers who have not done any bad things, we can win them over, and in addition, we can control some of the traitors' handles so that they will not dare to defect to the Japanese."
"Also, what the regiment leader said is that after our independent regiment won a great victory and gained a reputation, the intelligence work behind enemy lines went more smoothly."
Ye Min said with a smile: "There are even some stories here. After the big sweep, our independent group gained a reputation. Later, the Japanese created puppet regimes and maintained associations in some towns.
The traitors all retreated, and no one dared to do anything for the Japanese.
We all know that it is easy to lose your head.
Are our Eighth Route Army easy to mess with?
Later, the Japanese forcibly captured some traitors and served in the Maintenance Association.
As a result, these traitors were so frightened that they quickly found some common people who had contact with the armed workers behind enemy lines. When they met, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously, begging their grandfathers to tell their grandmothers, emphasizing that they had never done any bad things."
After Ye Min said this, experts, professors, and representatives of overseas Chinese, including Zhou Jianren and other underground party comrades, all marveled at what he heard.
"With our back to the headquarters, we are so strong that even traitors are afraid of us." Zhou Jianren said with emotion.
Kong Jie continued: "The second one is also very simple. Use inducement to lure some puppet troops through some benefits, thereby controlling them and making them carry out intelligence work for us."
"Old Zhou, for us comrades of the underground party in Tianjin, we may try to have private business dealings with some traitors and puppet soldiers. When the progress reaches a certain level, we can seize their handles and control the other party, and then
Penetration."
Zhou Jianren nodded thoughtfully, "What Commander Kong is saying is that it just so happens that Commander Kong gave us a generous amount of activity funds this time, which may come in handy."
Kong Jie said: "Old Zhou, this is also something I am going to discuss with you."
"After this mission is completed, I will return to Shanxi."
"But this time when I came here, I did some business with the Americans. I can't take care of it here. I thought that if you have businessmen with clean information on your side, you can help me do business with American businessmen.
The funds obtained can also continue to help the development of your underground party in Tianjin."
This is to give away a great deal for free.
Zhou Jianren said in surprise: "Commander Kong, are you serious?"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "How can this be false?"
Zhou Jianren said: "Commander Kong, thank you so much. In fact, what our underground party in Tianjin has always been short of is funds.
Now with the help of Commander Kong, the problem has finally been solved. I have to thank Commander Kong on behalf of all our underground party members."
Kong Jie waved his hand, "Old Zhou, look at what you said, it's all your own comrades. All this is too foreign."
"Yes, yes, that's what Commander Kong taught you." Zhou Jianren said quickly.
Everyone laughed.
After that, Kong Jie discussed some specific details with Zhou Jianren, and Zhou Jianren sent some businessmen with clean information on their side, and then followed Kong Jie, John and others to make the handover.
This was actually Kong Jie’s plan early in the morning.
After all, Tianjin is not our territory. It is most suitable to leave it to the comrades of the underground party.
In the future, when Kong Jie is away, in order to maintain business relations between the base area and the American Concession, we need to have trustworthy comrades here to take charge.
After the discussion, Zhou Jianren smiled and said: "Commander Kong just interrupted, you haven't mentioned the third method of infiltrating the enemy's interior!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "The third one is even simpler. In fact, it is to use the internal contradictions of the enemy to find opportunities."
"For example, in our independent regiment, we used the contradiction between the Japanese army and a certain Imperial Army officer to find a loophole and infiltrate it. The more internal contradictions the enemy has and the more violent the trouble, the more opportunities we have."
"So, sometimes if you really can't find a way to infiltrate, it's better to do intelligence work on some of the enemy's characters, their social relationships, etc., and you may be able to find new opportunities."
Zhou Jianren was suddenly enlightened and praised: "No wonder the intelligence work around the independent regiment's base area can be so outstanding. Commander Kong, what you summarized in these three points is really practical."
"I will report these three methods to my superiors when I get back, hoping that there will be further breakthroughs in underground work in Tianjin."
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Finally, after everyone discussed some matters, in order to avoid a long night and many dreams, they each left secretly.
The next day, two clean businessmen promoted by the Tianjin underground party, Gao Qiang, Zhu Xuming, and Kong Jie met.
These two are also businessmen in Tianjin and have never been suspected by the Japanese army. They are the most suitable for this job.
After the two parties met, Kong Jie introduced the two to John and told John that these two people would be his future representatives in Tianjin.
"The war situation is urgent now, and we may not have much time left. Money and other things in our hands are just currency and cannot be used for practical purposes, so what is more important is materials. Please remember, two comrades, that we have plenty of money, and the important thing is
Find a way to transport supplies from the Yankee production plants to our anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines."
Afterwards, Kong Jie gave advice to Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming.
Gao Qiang responded: "Commander Kong, please rest assured, we promise to complete the task."
Kong Jie nodded and continued: "Lao Gao, Lao Zhu, you have been doing business in Tianjin for many years, do you know some Soviet businessmen?"
Gao Qiang nodded: "I know a few of them."
Kong Jie smiled, "Remember, communicate with them more often. Even if we suffer some losses, we must first establish a relationship as business partners."
Seeing the confusion on the faces of Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming, Kong Jie explained: "Now that the war between China and Japan is intensifying, how long can the British, American and French businessmen in the concession be guaranteed to be safe? Once the Japanese army goes to war with their country, this will be a piece of fat in the eyes of the Japanese army.
The concession will soon be occupied by the Japanese army, and sooner or later the major factories will fall into the pockets of the Japanese army."
"In mid-April this year, the Soviet Union and Japan signed a four-year Soviet-Japanese neutrality treaty."
"Perhaps the Soviet businessmen's signs will be more effective than the Yankees' signs next."
"If we want to do business under the noses of the Japanese and move funds secretly, we have to borrow a tiger skin, right?"
"In case the Yankees fall, it will be safe for us to continue to rely on the Soviet businessmen's brands to maintain our business chain."
Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming suddenly realized it and nodded quickly, sighing in their hearts that Captain Kong was taking too long-term view.
On the way to leave after discussing with Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming, Ye Min, who followed Kong Jie, asked: "Captain, is this American really unreliable in the future?"
Kong Jie said: "Who knows? It's always better to be prepared."
"As for whether we are reliable or not, let me tell you, we are the only ones who are reliable in this world. If China wants to be prosperous, strong and independent, the only thing we can rely on is the continuous struggle of the Chinese people."
"That's right. We rely on everyone to support us. The most reliable thing is to rely on ourselves." Ye Min said.
Then, Ye Min cursed the Soviet Union for its betrayal.
"When the Anti-Japanese War first broke out, they helped us fight the Japanese. This year was good, because we suddenly signed a neutrality treaty with the Japanese army."
Kong Jie sneered and said: "It's all for their own benefit. Again, no one will really want to help us."
"Captain, then we still have to cooperate with Soviet businessmen and let them make money? I can't swallow this breath." Ye Min said unhappily.
Kong Jie said with a smile: "It's just a use, using the Soviet Union as a sign to stabilize the little devils."
"If you can't stand it, the Soviet businessman who cooperates with us will make enough money. If you lead a commando team and seize his cash flow with arms a few times, you will come back."
"In this way, we get supplies, borrow signboards, and get their money back, so we won't suffer any loss at all."
Ye Min was startled, then slapped his thigh... "Yes, no wonder you are the leader! Our hearts are not black enough."
Kong Jie said: "You kid, are you hurting me?"
Ye Min hurriedly said: "How can it be possible, leader, I really admire you, really, I swear."