Not long after the Spring Festival of 1941, Li Yunsheng finally returned to Tianjin with his military reunification agents.
The journey was relatively smooth. After all, they were all excellent operatives and were not in a hurry, so they did not encounter any trouble.
Although Tianjin had just celebrated the New Year at this time, there was no liveliness at all, and the urban area was even deserted. If it weren't for people walking around on the streets from time to time, it would have felt like a dead city.
After entering the concession, the situation became somewhat better, but the situation inside the concession was not as lively as before.
In addition, in the streets and alleys in the concession, there are often strong men wearing black clothes and black hats walking around.
These men in black don't do anything else but hang out on the streets, occasionally bullying people, or taking something from small stalls, but never giving them any money.
The police in the concession had no intention of controlling this situation. Even if the man in black did this in front of the police, they turned a blind eye. There was quite a tacit understanding between them.
After returning to his residence, Zhang Hao was the first to speak: "District Chief, the situation in Tianjin is too chaotic. Look at the traitors from the Black Clothes Society who have openly entered the concession and caused mischief. Do we want to teach them a lesson?"
What he saw along the way made Zhang Hao very angry, but he just came back and didn't know the specific situation yet, so he endured it.
However, Zhang Hao had a tendency to regard the public concession as his own territory, so when he saw how arrogant the traitors were, he wanted to teach them a lesson.
"Don't you see the current situation? The police in the concession are turning a blind eye to the traitors. This shows that the situation has changed a lot. We must not act rashly!"
Li Yunsheng immediately rejected this suggestion. After all, the current situation was very bad. Even if he didn't know the specific situation, what he saw along the way could prove what agreement those foreigners should have reached with the Japanese.
Otherwise, the traitors from the Black Clothes Society would not have appeared in the concession with such arrogance, and they would have been so rampant that even when faced with the police in the concession, they would not have had the slightest intention of evading them.
"If we hadn't left and done nothing during this period, these traitors wouldn't be so rampant!"
Zhang Hao spoke bitterly, his tone full of anger.
"Even if we had been in Tianjin, the situation might not have been much better!"
Li Yunsheng didn't think so. The reason why he had the upper hand against the Japanese before was because of the overt and covert help of the concession authorities.
At least the concession caused a lot of trouble for the Japanese, and they turned a blind eye to various behaviors of the military commanders.
But now the situation has obviously changed. Foreigners may not stand on the side of the Japanese, but they will definitely not set up obstacles for the Japanese. This can be proved by the fact that traitors can openly enter the concession.
Moreover, Li Yunsheng is also worried that during this period, the Japanese will definitely infiltrate the concession, and their influence may become much greater.
Hearing Li Yunsheng's words, Zhang Hao frowned and asked: "District Chief, why do you say that? We have never suffered a loss against the Japanese!"
Although Zhang Hao is cautious and does not look down on the Japanese, he has always maintained the upper hand in the long-term battle with the Japanese. He naturally has a kind of arrogance, so he does not agree with Li Yunsheng's statement.
"We have never suffered a loss, but this is also the result of the concession authorities' help, overt and covert. Now that the situation has changed, things will not go so smoothly."
Li Yunsheng's tone was full of caution. He didn't particularly care about the help from the concession authorities, but it would be much easier to do things with the help of foreigners.
At least in many cases, foreigners will set up obstacles for Japanese intelligence agencies. No matter how big the action is, as long as we enter the concession and hide our tracks, we will not encounter trouble.
Under the current circumstances, it would be inconvenient if the military commander took any action. At least the traitors in the streets would be an obstacle.
"Then what are we going to do?"
Zhang Hao was not a fool. After listening to Li Yunsheng's introduction, he immediately put away his arrogance and became more cautious.
"The current situation is getting more and more dangerous. We must focus on safety, and let our intelligence agents take action to understand the current situation in Tianjin first!"
Li Yunsheng made a decision immediately. After all, ensuring his own safety is the most important thing at all times, especially when the situation is unclear, he must be cautious.
As soon as Li Yunsheng finished speaking, Zhang Hao nodded, and then the two of them said a few more words and then went their separate ways.
Although he had left Tianjin for a while and all military intelligence personnel were lurking, this intelligence network had always existed, so all kinds of news from Tianjin were quickly passed on.
All kinds of information were very comprehensive, especially the movements of the Japanese and traitors, and it was in the hands of Xu Bing. She sorted it out and came to report to Li Yunsheng.
"District Chief, the situation in Tianjin has been very bad during this period. The Japanese have become more and more powerful, and many double-dealers have openly become traitors.
What is most worrying is that the traitors from the Black Clothes Society have expanded their power several times, and with the support of the Japanese, they are constantly infiltrating into the concession.
Many people in the gang have taken refuge with them, and many are even working for them secretly."
Xu Bing's expression was very solemn, and he introduced the current situation simply and clearly, but there was a hint of worry in his tone.
As Xu Bing slowly spoke, Li Yunsheng also frowned. Although he thought the situation would be bad, he didn't expect it to be this bad.
But after thinking about it, Li Yunsheng was not surprised. After all, the situation in Europe had deteriorated to the point of being beyond control, so these foreigners would definitely compromise with the Japanese, so it was normal for this situation to occur.
What's more, it's already 1941. Even if the situation is more stable now, at the end of the year, when the Pacific War breaks out, the concession will be occupied by the Japanese. This situation will still happen, and it will even be worse.
Thinking of this, Li Yunsheng sighed, and then said calmly: "The Japanese are getting stronger and stronger. This situation will happen sooner or later. We don't have to worry too much. The worst thing is that we will take less actions in the future and be more cautious. Don't go head-to-head with the Japanese."
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"District Chief, we have to be more cautious, but if we don't take too many actions, I'm afraid..."
After saying this, Xu Bing no longer spoke, but glanced at Li Yunsheng, with a somewhat profound look in his eyes.
Looking at Xu Bing's eyes, Li Yunsheng said without hesitation: "We have been working together for a long time. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Xu Bing did not hesitate this time, and said very simply: "District Chief, if there is less action, it will be difficult for the headquarters to explain, and they will definitely put pressure on me.
Besides, the headquarters will not make it easy for us, and will definitely issue arduous tasks from time to time, so your idea may not work."