Xu Chengyan was originally from Xia County, Shanxi. His family was a well-known local gentry. He went to Shanghai to study five years ago. In college, under the influence of his teacher Yin Tonghe, he was exposed to new communist ideas. Under the influence, he gradually became a communist.

A loyal follower of communism.

But at this time, the Sino-Japanese all-out war suddenly broke out. The Japanese brazenly raised their troops to attack Shanghai, and the world-famous Battle of Songhu began.

This is a major battle related to the fate of the country and the survival of the nation. Under the strong pressure of the Japanese army, the Chinese military and civilians, the whole country, and all parties and factions abandoned their past prejudices and hatreds, worked together, and devoted all their efforts to support and participate in the war of resistance.

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In the early days of the battle, the Kuomintang's powerful intelligence department, the Military Intelligence Investigation Office, in order to cooperate with the frontal army's operations, quickly formed a special team composed of agents from the Military Intelligence Office as the backbone, members of the Shanghai Youth Gang, young students, and workers as the grassroots.

The army is the so-called Jiangsu and Zhejiang Rangers.

At that time, under the call of the whole people to resist the war, the Red Party naturally joined the war and sent its own combatants to join this special team, including Xu Chengyan and his classmates.

However, because young students are full of patriotic enthusiasm, knowledgeable and educated talents, the senior management of the Military Intelligence Office is unwilling to use these people as cannon fodder. Considering the long-term development, they decided to transfer these students to form a special training class to teach combat.

, blasting, reconnaissance and other military skills as reserve talents for later use.

So Xu Chengyan and his three classmates formed a latent group and successfully joined this special training class and became students of the special training class.

Because the special training class is located in Qingpu City in the western suburbs of Shanghai, this special training class is called the "Qingpu Special Training Class". It was also the earliest and oldest training class established by the Military Intelligence Department during the Anti-Japanese War.

However, the development of the war that followed was far beyond everyone's expectations. Although the Chinese army marched forward and fought without fear of sacrifice and paid an extremely heavy price, they were still overwhelmed by the Japanese heavy aircraft and artillery and retreated step by step.

Withdrew from downtown Shanghai.

Under such circumstances, because the regular troops suffered heavy casualties and their forces were gradually depleted, the students from the Qingpu special training class were also put into use in the later stages of the war.

However, these student soldiers had just learned to pick up weapons, and their combat effectiveness could be imagined. They soon suffered unbearable and huge losses in this unprecedentedly tragic battle.

In several extremely cruel defensive battles, three members of Xu Chengyan's sleeper team died one after another. His senior and top line, team leader Guan Zhenmin, finally fell into his arms. There was no time to explain clearly, leaving only this

He passed away in a hurry with just a pocket watch.

Afterwards, the situation took a turn for the worse. The Japanese mainland massively increased its troops in Shanghai and attacked the Chinese army in front and back. The top brass of the military government finally ordered the army to retreat, ending the three-month-long Battle of Songhu.

Xu Chengyan's troops, mixed in with the defeated army, retreated all the way, passing through Suzhou, Lishui, Fanchang, and Jiujiang, and finally reached Anhui, where they finally settled down temporarily.

Soon after, the remaining members of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Rangers were integrated into the Loyalty and Righteous National Salvation Army, and the trainees from the Qingpu special training class were ordered to return to join the National Salvation Army again.

In the next two years, Xu Chengyan served in the National Salvation Army, became an officer of the National Army, and fought long and arduous battles with the Japanese army in southern Jiangsu.

During this period, he also found an opportunity to return to Shanghai once, looking for his teacher Yin Tonghe, trying to find the party organization and restore organizational relations.

However, the battle was too fierce at the time, and the former campus had been bombed into ruins by Japanese planes. People, students and teachers in the nearby urban areas fled one after another and disappeared without a trace.

He searched everywhere, but there was no news about the teacher in the vast sea of ​​people. With all kinds of helplessness, he could only return disappointed. After that, because the war continued, the troops moved around guerrillas in order to cope with the Japanese encirclement and suppression.

Maybe, he will never have the chance to return to Shanghai.

At this point, Xu Chengyan became a kite with its string cut off, losing the last trace of contact with the organization.

Just over two months ago, he received an emergency transfer order from the Military Command Headquarters, asking him to rush to Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province. Also transferred were his comrades and classmate Ji from the Qingpu special training class.

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They were ordered to join the Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the Military Command, which was about to be rebuilt, and the new head of the intelligence station was none other than their teacher, the intelligence instructor Chu Guangji of the Qingpu Special Training Class.

So they traveled non-stop, day and night, and finally arrived in Taiyuan within the specified time and reported to Chu Guangji.

After questioning, they learned that not long ago, the military intelligence organizations in Shanxi and Suiyuan were destroyed by Japanese intelligence agencies, and the entire intelligence network suffered an unprecedented blow.

During the Republic of China, there were five provinces in North China, namely Hebei Province, Shandong Province, Shanxi Province, Suiyuan Province, and Chahar Province.

Because of its vast territory and large population, the military commander arranged two large regions in North China, namely Beiping District and Shanxi-Suicha District, to facilitate work.

The Beiping District is mainly responsible for the intelligence work of Hebei and Shandong provinces, while the Shanxi-Suicha District is responsible for the intelligence work of the other three provinces.

The headquarters of Beiping District is located in the ancient capital of Beiping City, and has jurisdiction over Beiping Station, Tianjin Station and Qingdao Station.

The headquarters of Shanxi-Suicha District is located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, and has three stations, namely the provincial capitals of the three provinces, Taiyuan Station, Guisui Station, and Wanquan Station.

Under the major intelligence stations, there are intelligence groups in major cities. Generally speaking, the military command is quite strong in North China, second only to East China and Central China.

At this time, the situation in Shanxi was also very serious. From the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, after the Japanese occupied Pingjin, they immediately raised their troops to march westward without stopping, and devoted all their efforts to capture Shanxi Province, which was rich in resources and people's livelihood, in order to achieve the purpose of supporting war with war.

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Although the Chinese army put up very resolute resistance and organized a series of large-scale battles such as the Xinkou and Taiyuan Defense Wars, it was still difficult to resist the Japanese aircraft and artillery. At the end of that year, most areas of Shanxi, including Taiyuan, were

All major cities in the country fell one after another.

At present, this land of Sanjin has become the main battlefield of the entire North China Anti-Japanese War. The Japanese army and the Chinese armies are facing each other and the fierce fighting is going on. As the capital city of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan has also become an important military base in the rear of the Japanese army.

Intelligence work is particularly important.

But just at this time, a major change occurred. This time the problem lay in the Shanxi-Suicha District of the Military Command Bureau.

The Japanese Army Special High School in North China made a major breakthrough and discovered the intelligence system of the Guisui Station of the Military Command. After a massive manhunt, all the personnel of the Guisui Intelligence Station were arrested and sacrificed overnight, resulting in heavy losses.

But this is not the worst. The worst thing is that this bad situation spread rapidly and even affected Taiyuan Station.

The Japanese Super High School took advantage of this rare opportunity to launch attacks one after another. As a result, Ji Xinghuai, the head of Shanxi-Suicha District and the director of Taiyuan Station, died. Important cadres under his command were arrested one after another, and the intelligence personnel of Taiyuan Station suffered heavy losses.

This series of actions was like knocking down dominoes, and the situation was getting worse and worse. In this way, Taiyuan Station suffered an unprecedented heavy blow. Except for a small number of agency personnel who escaped by chance, the entire Taiyuan Station was almost wiped out, and the losses were huge.

, shocked the entire military leadership.

You must know that Taiyuan Station is the headquarters of the entire Shanxi-Suicha District, and its status is far beyond that of the other two intelligence stations. This incident directly led to the total loss of the intelligence power of the military command in the three provinces of Shanxi-Suiyuan-Chacha, and the intelligence work was also at a loss.

Trapped in paralysis.

It was against this background that Chu Guangji was ordered to deal with the crisis and was sent to Taiyuan to handle the crisis, rebuild Taiyuan Station, eliminate traitors, and resume intelligence work.

Chu Guangji knew very well that if he wanted to save the crisis and reopen the situation in Shanxi, he must have capable personnel whom he could trust. However, because he had worked at the bureau headquarters for a long time and had never had real power, he did not have many old departments that he could use.

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Fortunately, he had been an intelligence instructor in the special military training class and trained many outstanding intelligence personnel, so after careful consideration and screening, he selected some students, and Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun were among them.

So he applied to the headquarters. At this critical time, the headquarters of course gave full support. With a transfer order, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun, who were thousands of miles away, were transferred to Taiyuan.

After Xu Chengyan joined the Taiyuan Intelligence Station, he found that the situation was far worse than he imagined. Not only was the fighting environment here very harsh, but there were also many problems within the intelligence station.

Because Taiyuan station can only be regarded as a B-type station among the major military intelligence stations, there are not many positions that can be assigned, and most of these positions are occupied by Chu Guangji's old department.

Because Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun could not compare with these people in terms of military rank and seniority, they could only serve as ordinary members of the intelligence team. This was also the reason for their dissatisfaction.

At this time, Xu Chengyan looked at the pocket watch in his hand and his mood calmed down. He knew that this pocket watch was the beloved thing of his teacher Yin Tonghe. When he was leaving, he gave it to his most special student Guan Zhenmin as a memorial. After Guan Zhenmin died,

, the pocket watch fell into his hands.
Chapter completed!