Spy War: I am the Living King of Hell

Chapter 261 Idiots and Conflict

"Mr. Xu, this is my fault. I should have come to you for help earlier." Chen Gongpeng said with a little modesty.

Hearing this, Mr. Xu raised his hand and said, "Mr. Chen, it doesn't matter. I am willing to help you, but this kind of help is limited to behind the scenes.

If word gets out that I'm involved in your affairs, it will be very bad news for me, I hope you can help me keep it a secret."

Upon hearing this, Chen Gongpeng immediately said, "Mr. Xu, I understand this. I will never expose your existence."

"That's good. The information you want to know is easy for me to find out. I will go and find out for you right away."

After hearing what Mr. Xu said, Chen Gongpeng thanked him repeatedly. Not being able to find Wang Tianhai's address in the past few days has become his biggest worry. If Mr. Xu could help him find out where Wang Tianhai lives, it would be a great help to him.

Who would have thought that the difficult matter mentioned by Chen Gongpeng was actually very simple in the eyes of Mr. Xu. After only a few hours, Mr. Xu sent someone to bring a message in the afternoon.

“Wang Tianhai lives at No. 27 Gaolang Street, and Mr. Xu also gave Chen Gongpeng a message that Wang Tianhai seems to be planning to leave Hanoi recently.

However, as of now, Wang Tianhai himself has not decided where to go, but he has a general goal. Wang Tianhai may return to Hong Kong, or he may go to Japan and Europe. "

After receiving the information from Mr. Xu, Chen Gongpeng personally verified the accuracy of the information. When he found out that the information Mr. Xu gave him was accurate, Chen Gongpeng immediately sent a telegram to Dai Chunfeng.

After receiving Chen Gongpeng's telegram, Dai Chunfeng was not surprised, because the information Chen Gongpeng obtained was the same as his.

This is related to the regulations of the Hanoi authorities. According to the regulations, the activities of the Wang faction in Hanoi must be reported to the local competent authorities. Therefore, the Hanoi competent authorities are very clear about the whereabouts of the Wang faction. Even who Wang Tianhai has had contact with, the local competent authorities are also very clear. However, no one knows what they talked about specifically. But this is exactly what Dai Chunfeng is interested in, and it is also what Dai Chunfeng wants Chen Gongpeng to find out.

After receiving accurate intelligence, Dai Chunfeng reported Wang Tianhai's situation to the Chairman. Seeing that Wang Tianhai was going further and further on the road of surrendering to Japan and treason, the Chairman still did not give up. He decided to send someone to Hanoi to contact Wang Tianhai and persuade Wang Tianhai to stop.

The person sent by the Chairman to contact Wang Tianhai was called Gu Zhengding. This person had a good relationship with the Wang faction, but he was not a member of the Wang faction. In order to prevent Wang Tianhai from going to Japan, the Chairman also ordered people to apply for visas to Europe for several people from the Wang faction. If Wang Tianhai went to Europe and Hong Kong, the Chairman would accept it. In other words, as long as Wang Tianhai did not surrender to Japan, everything would be fine.

After meeting Wang Tianhai, Gu Zhengding conveyed the chairman's intention to Wang Tianhai: "If Mr. Wang wants to express his views on state affairs, send telegrams, or complain, it doesn't matter, and the chairman even welcomes it.

If Wang Tianhai was sick and wanted to recuperate, or wanted to travel around, the government would cover all of Wang Tianhai's expenses.

But I hope Wang Tianhai will not set up another organization in other places, so as not to be used by the Japanese and cause serious consequences. "

It is not difficult to see from the Chairman's words that the Chairman has great tolerance for Wang Tianhai. As long as Wang Tianhai does not surrender to Japan, everything can be discussed.

Although Wang Tianhai accepted the visa sent by Gu Zhengding, he did not express any attitude.

In fact, Wang Tianhai was already in trouble at this time and he didn't know what to choose.

Originally, Wang Tianhai thought that after he sent out the "erotic telegram", he would receive a lot of responses, but to his disappointment, not only were the powerful parties indifferent, but even most of his own Wang faction members did not respond to his "erotic telegram".

And because he published the "erotic telegram", he was denounced as a traitor by people all over the country, like a rat crossing the street, and everyone wanted to beat him up.

What was even more difficult for Wang Tianhai to accept was that the Japanese Prime Minister Konoe, with whom he had a tacit understanding, actually stepped down. This caught him off guard. Wang Tianhai felt like he was trapped on a cliff, with no way out.

At this time, the Chairman sent a visa and passport, which was definitely a good step for Wang Tianhai. If Wang Tianhai had just given up and gone to Europe for recuperation, he would still be the second-in-command of the National Government, and at most there would be some controversy.

But Wang Tianhai was unwilling to give in. He felt that if he went to Europe like this, his "peace movement" would be completely declared a failure, which would mean that he had completely surrendered to the Chairman. For a politician like Wang Tianhai, this was absolutely unacceptable.

When Wang Tianhai was hesitant, his wife Chen Bijun came forward. This woman had a great influence on Wang Tianhai, and Chen Bijun played a key role in Wang Tianhai's decision to turn to the Japanese.

She felt that "once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back". Since they had left the mountain city, they had to persist in the "peace movement" to the end. If they gave up, they would be a complete failure and everything they had done would be in vain.

Wang Tianhai was originally unwilling to go to Europe, and with Chen Bijun's persuasion, Wang Tianhai reaffirmed his determination to surrender to the Japanese.

However, due to the fall of the Konoe Cabinet, the Japanese who were previously responsible for "negotiating peace" with Wang Tianhai also withdrew their troops. At this time, if they wanted to "negotiate peace" with the Japanese again, they could only go to Japan to "negotiate peace".

Given Wang Tianhai's identity, it was obviously not suitable for him to go to Japan in person to "negotiate peace", and his target was too big. If he went there in person, it would mean that the news would be exposed soon.

Under such circumstances, the Wang faction, after several days of discussion, came up with their "peace negotiation" plan with Japan.

The plan stated: "Wang Tianhai will come forward to rebuild the "National Government" in Nanjing, but now Wang Tianhai needs to stay in Hanoi. He will go to Nanjing only after the Japanese have established the "National Government" in Nanjing."

Since it was inconvenient for Wang Tianhai to go to Japan, the Wang faction finally decided to let Gao Zongwu go to Japan for negotiations instead of Wang Tianhai. Neither the Hanoi working group nor the Military Control Commission headquarters in Shancheng knew anything about Gao Zongwu's trip to Japan.

There are too many reasons for this. Of course, the main reason is that the Hanoi working group could not get close to Wang Tianhai. Although they knew where Wang Tianhai lived, Wang Tianhai's residence was guarded by the Hanoi authorities. They did not even understand the language, let alone investigate the intelligence in depth.

Although Chen Gongpeng sent people to keep an eye on Wang Tianhai's residence, the idiot Chen Gongpeng focused all his attention on Wang Tianhai, thinking that as long as Wang Tianhai was in Hanoi, everything would be easy.

Little did he know that it was Chen Gongpeng's stupid behavior that put Wang Tianhai in touch with the Japanese again, leading to a series of subsequent failures.

In this situation, Chen Gongpeng did two things. The first thing was to keep the people he could use in the base and drive the people he could not use to live outside the base, including Yang Xuewu. Chen Gongpeng also said that it was for better work considerations, and he wanted Yang Xuewu and other operatives to have a good rest, not be disturbed by others, and be able to stay in full condition when sanctions were needed.

Seeing what Chen Gongpeng did, Yang Xuewu almost laughed out of anger. At this moment, he was really disappointed with Chen Gongpeng. Since Chen Gongpeng insisted on doing this stupidly, Yang Xuewu didn't mind watching Chen Gongpeng fall into the abyss.

Chen Gongpeng's approach is actually easy to understand. Although the Hanoi working group is under his command, he is not comfortable using people like Yang Xuewu, Yu Qin, Tang Yingjie and others, and Yang Xuewu and others will not completely obey his orders. This makes Chen Gongpeng feel that Yang Xuewu and others are very annoying, so Chen Gongpeng would rather let Yang Xuewu and others leave the base than see them being an eyesore in front of him.

At this time, Yang Xuewu's attitude towards coming to Hanoi changed completely. He decided to be a spectator in the next period of time and watch how Chen Gongpeng directed this drama that was doomed to fail. As for helping a fool like Chen Gongpeng, unless Yang Xuewu was stupid, what he wanted to see most now was this fool Chen Gongpeng sliding step by step into the abyss.

The second thing Chen Gongpeng did was to meet Mr. Xu again. Since the first time he met Mr. Xu and successfully obtained Wang Tianhai's address, Chen Gongpeng was more convinced of Mr. Xu's abilities.

Now that he encountered difficulties again, he did not think about solving them by himself, but directly asked Mr. Xu for help. From a choice point of view, Chen Gongpeng was right to do so, because Mr. Xu could indeed help him, but on the other hand, this just proved Chen Gongpeng's incompetence.

When Mr. Xu heard about Chen Gongpeng's predicament, he helped Chen Gongpeng find someone named Wei Jun. The name Wei Jun sounds very tough, but in fact Wei Jun is a big boy in his early 20s, with a thin build and delicate looks.

Wei Jun was born in China but grew up in Hanoi. He not only knows French, but can also speak the authentic local dialect and is very familiar with the local customs and culture.

Wei Jun was exactly the kind of person Chen Gongpeng needed. After learning about Wei Jun's identity, Chen Gongpeng immediately recruited Wei Jun into the Hanoi working group and personally took Wei Jun to investigate at No. 27 Gaolang Street. However, after going there several times, he did not find any valuable information.

Although Wei Jun was able to overcome the language difficulties, he was unable to infiltrate the Wang faction deeply and obtain the information that Chen Gongpeng wanted to know.

Just when Chen Gongpeng was getting anxious, Wei Jun took the initiative to say, "Mr. Chen, I know someone who might be able to get some information."

Hearing Wei Jun's words, Chen Gongpeng immediately became excited and hurriedly asked who Wei Jun recommended.

"Mr. Chen, the man I'm talking about is my girlfriend's cousin. He is a plainclothes policeman in Hanoi and happens to be in charge of the Gaolang Street area."

"That's great, Xiao Wei, can you convince him to help us?" Chen Gongpeng asked excitedly.

After hearing this, Wei Jun thought for a moment and said, "I can't guarantee this, I can only try it."

"Xiao Wei, it doesn't matter if you can't convince him. We can bribe him with money. Money makes the world go round. I don't believe he won't be tempted." Chen Gongpeng said confidently. This was also his previous style of doing things. But you know what, in this era, his method is always effective.

Just as Chen Gongpeng said, he quickly bribed Wei Jun's girlfriend's cousin with money, but it was of no use at all.

Wei Jun’s girlfriend’s cousin is just a low-level plainclothes policeman. His understanding of the situation is limited to the scope of his duties. Although he can help Chen Gongpeng keep an eye on the Wang Mansion, that’s all he can do.

Later, Chen Gongpeng used the same method to bribe a detective, but his investigation into the Wang faction was only superficial and he did not obtain any substantial intelligence.

Although Chen Gongpeng made no progress in Hanoi, Dai Chunfeng's plan to transport weapons to Hanoi was not delayed.

It may be that Dai Chunfeng understood Wang Tianhai and knew that he would rebel sooner or later, so he has been pushing forward the "sanctions" plan unswervingly.

In order to guard against Vietnamese resistance, the French conducted very strict checks on weapons and equipment in Hanoi. Once private individuals were found in possession of weapons, they would be severely punished.

But Dai Chunfeng figured out the key to this problem in just two days after arriving in Hanoi, which makes you have to admire Dai Chunfeng's ability.

Not long after, Dai Chunfeng sent someone to deliver 8 Mauser pistols, each with 20 rounds of bullets.

After getting the gun, Chen Gongpeng was very happy. Without a weapon, he would feel uneasy staying in Hanoi. Now that he had a gun, he felt more confident.

But Dai Chunfeng's delivery of the weapons in advance was a bad move, because after Chen Gongpeng got the weapons, he felt that there was no need for them to continue to gather intelligence on Wang Tianhai. As long as they were prepared and kept a close eye on Wang Tianhai's residence, they would just wait for Dai Chunfeng to issue a sanction order, and then they would kill Wang Tianhai and be done with it.

Because no matter what Wang Tianhai wants to do, as long as he dies, everything will disappear. Chen Gongpeng has a good idea, but is it really so?

After that, Chen Gongpeng's bad habits began to show up one after another. During the day, he played cards in the Hanoi working group's base with a few men he thought were useful. At night, under the leadership of Wei Jun, he went back and forth to the brothel, as if he had completely forgotten the existence of the mission.

Dai Chunfeng made sufficient preparations for this mission. He not only invested a lot of material, human, financial and other resources, but also did a lot of work personally. However, he entrusted his tasks to the wrong person. Not only did Chen Gongpeng fail to make good use of these resources, but he also acted arbitrarily and spent most of his time on fun and entertainment.

On the other hand, Yang Xuewu was very calm. He no longer wanted to get involved in anything in Hanoi. He then hired a local who knew Chinese and traveled around Hanoi. This move made Chen Gongpeng very dissatisfied. He felt that Yang Xuewu should obey his orders and stay in the residence instead of running around all day.

That night, after Yang Xuewu came back, Chen Gongpeng came to his residence with a gloomy face and asked with resentment, "Where have you been?"

Hearing this, Yang Xuewu replied sarcastically: "Where I go is none of your business?"

Ever since Chen Gongpeng drove Yang Xuewu and others out of the base, Yang Xuewu was completely disappointed with Chen Gongpeng. In other words, Chen Gongpeng was already a passerby in his mind. Since he was a passerby, Yang Xuewu had no reason to be polite to him.

Yang Xuewu's words made Chen Gongpeng furious. He roared, "I am the leader of the Hanoi working group. Why can't I control you?"

"Haha, Chen Gongpeng, do you still know that you are the leader of the Hanoi working group? I thought you forgot it?" Yang Xuewu said sarcastically.

(End of this chapter)