There is a Shikumen house in the alley, with two floors and two bottoms. It is independent and quiet. This is Liao Ruolan's home.
At this time, she was sitting in the small living room downstairs, chatting in a low voice with a Japanese man about forty years old named Asakura. She spoke pure Japanese with a slight Kyoto accent, fluently and pleasantly.
Liao Ruolan was born in Suzhou in 1916. Her father was a translator at the National Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consulate in Kyoto, Japan.
When Liao Ruolan was six years old, she went to Japan with her mother, met her father, and lived in Kyoto.
My mother never left Kyoto again. My father traveled back and forth between Kyoto, Tokyo, Peking and Nanjing.
In 1931, his father secretly joined the Communist Party of China in Peiping. Liao Ruolan's political philosophy was deeply influenced by his father.
When she was seventeen years old, her father quietly suggested that she return to China to join the revolution and asked her to go to Shanghai to find a man named Huang Hanhui. Two years later, Liao Ruolan joined the party organization in Shanghai.
The task she undertook seemed simple but extremely special, which was to secretly receive people from the Japanese Anti-War Alliance in Shanghai and listen to their introductions in detail.
Huang Hanhui's request to her was that she could not record it in words, but could only use her brain to remember it.
After that, she would verbally report the summarized situation to Huang Hanhui.
At two o'clock in the morning, the conversation between Liao Ruolan and Mr. Asakura finally ended.
Liao Ruolan arranged a place for him in the guest room downstairs.
During the conversation, Mr. Asakura has been carefully observing this young and beautiful Chinese girl.
He was surprised by her fluent Japanese, and even more surprised by her quietness and stability. In his eyes, this was the embodiment of intelligence and wisdom.
Asakura asked: "Liao Sang, do you remember everything I said?"
Liao Ruolan looked back at him with a gentle smile on her face, "Yes, I have remembered it all. Mr. Asakura, this is my job. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, I will take you to Zhabei Station. After you arrive in Peking, you will also
Someone will receive you and discuss your future work. Now, please rest."
When Liao Ruolan returned upstairs, she knew that there was another reason for sending Mr. Asakura to Peking. The leading comrades sent to Shanghai by the superiors had not yet arrived. Therefore, how to cooperate with the Japanese Anti-War Alliance in the future, the only way
Only the comrades in Peking know this.
As she lay down on the bed, she thought again about the various situations Mr. Asakura had said.
She could only use her brain to memorize, so she had to cut out the complicated and simplify it, sort out the key points, and then report it to Lao Huang.
Mr. Asakura mainly said the following points:
1. Within the Japanese Navy, there are three people who oppose the current war against China. They are: Admiral Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Minister of the Japanese Navy; Lieutenant General Isoroku Yamamoto, Deputy Minister of the Japanese Navy; and Rear Admiral Shigemi Inoue, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Navy.
2. In the Japanese cabinet, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of the Sea, and the Tibetan Prime Minister are collectively called the Five Prime Ministers. The meeting of the Five Prime Ministers can decide Japan's military and national affairs. But one thing is that the Japanese Army and Navy are in sharp opposition and are almost irreconcilable.
The highest leadership agency of the Japanese Army is the Army Ministry, also called the Army General Staff Headquarters. The highest officer is the Minister of the Army, also known as the Prime Minister or the Chief of Staff. The highest leadership agency of the Japanese Navy is the Naval Command, and the highest officer is the Minister of the Navy, also known as the Marine Minister.
It is these two departments that control Japan's political situation.
Third, the Japanese Communist Party is currently underground and is in a very difficult situation.
4. The special role of non-governmental organizations such as the Manchuria Railway Investigation Headquarters, Black Dragon Society, and Inoue Mansion in China.
5. In addition to the Japanese Communist Party, the anti-war alliance in Japan also includes the Japanese Proletarian Party, the National Council of Trade Unions, the National Farmers' Union, etc. In addition, there are also some members of the Socialist People's Party, the Socialist Popular Party and other parties.
The Japanese Anti-War League is loosely organized, but its core members have certain capabilities.
Sixth, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters is considering expanding the war against China. The direction of the war is North China. However, the Japanese Navy Command advocates the direction of East China. The so-called East China direction refers to Shanghai. The Japanese Navy may attack Shanghai!
7. Mr. Asakura received inaccurate information. The Japanese Navy has an action plan in Shanghai called the "Demon Sword Plan", but the content is unknown. Mr. Asakura judged that this plan may be related to the Japanese Navy's combat operations in Shanghai. Or
As for that question, no one knows the specific content of this "Demon Sword Plan".
After Liao Ruolan considered these situations carefully, she turned over and prepared to fall asleep.
At this time, almost every night, she would think of her college classmate Xiao Ancheng who left without saying goodbye.
In her young life experience, Xiao Ancheng was the only man who made her attracted.
She liked his intelligence, his voice and smile, and his calm and affectionate eyes.
She really wanted to confide her love to him. However, he left without saying goodbye.
She clearly guessed that Xiao Ancheng and Chen Zifeng must have joined the army to fight the war. She had long seen that they were concerned about the country and the people, and had the desire to fight and save the country. However, they left without saying goodbye.
Every time Liao Ruolan thinks about this, she will secretly feel sad. I am your good friend! Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Would I dissuade you?
Ancheng, do you know that what I hope most is that you and I have the same goals and work together in the future of life! However, you left without saying goodbye. Don’t you know how sad I am?
Every time at this time, she would think, Ancheng, will I see you again? What will you say to me when I see you again?
She imagined all kinds of things Anjo might say to her, but none of them were what she wanted to hear most.
She thought, Ancheng, you don’t have to say a lot, just say one word, love! Can you say it?
When it was almost dawn, Liao Ruolan finally fell asleep.
3-16
It was also at dawn that Kawakami Takesuke drove the roaring motorboat and finally sailed out of Wusongkou and into the darker sea before dawn, just like sailing into an abyss or simply hell.
Sato Takuto leaned back on a pile of broken fishing nets, swaying comfortably and comfortably. When the sea breeze blew away the messy hair on his face, you could see his proud and proud smile, as well as his sharp eyes that shone like stars.
The sea he was staring at was dark and turbulent. A little further away, against the dim night sky, he could see the silhouettes of several giant ships, as well as the faintly flickering lights on the ships.
It was really a huge ship, like a behemoth. The most conspicuous thing on it were the three thick and tall chimneys, which highlighted its shadow in the dim morning light.
When the motorboat approached the giant ship, the ship's searchlight turned on and shined in this direction.
Kawakami took out a flashlight and sent a signal to the ship.
Ten minutes later, the motorboat gradually approached the giant ship.
Kawakami was a naval officer after all, and recognized it as the heavy battleship "Izumo", the flagship of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet.
At this time, there was a clang of iron ropes on the ship, and the gangway was lowered. Two sailors also got off the gangway, shining their flashlights on the dilapidated fishing boat and the people on board.
A sailor asked: "Who are you?"
Kawakami loudly said: "Asshole! Don't be verbose! This is the Japanese naval officer, Colonel Sato! You two, help Colonel Sato and go to see your commander! Hurry up! Be decent! Idiot!"
The two sailors were stunned for a moment, and finally walked down the gangway.
They were surprised when they saw Sato leaning on the fishing net, wearing dirty and tattered clothes and exuding a stinking odor.
However, Sato's arrogant demeanor convinced them that the beggar must be a senior officer with the rank of colonel. They bent down, carefully lifted him up, and asked him to walk up the gangway.
However, the stench from Sato's body was too overwhelming. When they helped Sato up the gangway, they had to turn their faces away, not to mention letting their snow-white military uniforms touch his dirty clothes.
After some twists and turns inside the giant ship, going up and down the stairs, two sailors who were about to faint from the smoke finally sent Sato Takuto into the dedicated office of the commander of Japan's Third Combined Fleet.
As soon as Sato saw Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Hasegawa sitting at the table, he immediately opened his arms, laughed loudly, and shouted: "General! General! Do you still know me, a bastard! Ah! You are talking!"
Takuto Sato and Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Hasegawa are old acquaintances.
They met in 1926 when Hasegawa was serving as military attache counselor at the Japanese Embassy in the United States.