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Chapter 108 Xiong Baitao's Madness, One Person

Liu San'er's face was flushed, clearly indicating that he had drunk quite a bit of wine.

He was originally just a petty hoodlum, but later he was spotted by Captain Xiong of the Secret Service and recruited as an informant.

Using the gang's connections, they gathered a lot of clues.

Xiong Baitao also made many contributions as a result, and was promoted from deputy captain to captain.

Over the past three years, Liu San'er has provided many important clues and arrested many underground party members, which has contributed a great deal of effort to his cause.

As time went on, everyone realized that Liu San'er was Captain Xiong's informant in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, so they simply recruited him into the action team.

For the action team leader who holds real power, adding another person is just a matter of a word.

Moreover, due to several years of cooperation, I have developed sufficient trust in this former petty thug.

Recruiting him into the action team would allow him to keep an eye on the people in the team for me.

In addition to preventing underground party members from lurking, they also guarded against traitors who betrayed their own side.

The two have developed a good relationship over the years, and in private they don't call each other "captain" but rather "big brother," a more intimate term.

Liu San'er was a trusted confidant, which is why he dared to speak so frankly.

If it were anyone else, they wouldn't dare to talk about the stationmaster behind his back.

He was just curious why, while everyone else was thinking about how to evacuate, his elder brother was working even harder than before to arrest Communists.

Why is that?

Liu San'er picked up the wine bottle and carefully filled it for his elder brother.

He asked疑惑地问道, "Even the station manager is selling off his assets and desperately trying to make money to leave Shanghai, why are you still working so hard? What are you after?"

This was a question that had been troubling him for a long time.

In the current chaotic situation, shouldn't we also prepare for an escape?

Xiong Baitao picked up his wine glass, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Ha~!" The fiery liquor slid down his throat, causing him to grimace and grimace.

I picked up a slice of beef and suppressed the spiciness in my mouth.

He said, "How could I not know that the current situation is turbulent and that the upper echelons are filled with anxiety!"

I also know that the higher-ups have secretly transported important supplies to the island.

They wanted to use the advantages of Taiwan to resist the Communist army's attack.

Those important figures have all retreated to Guangzhou.

If the situation turns unfavorable, they can immediately take a boat to retreat to Taiwan.

Nanjing had no will to resist and would be occupied by the Communist army within two months!

Northern Jiangsu is now occupied by the Communist army.

Once Nanjing is captured, Shanghai will be able to be encircled.

Shanghai cannot be defended!

Xiong Baitao frowned, his voice revealing his disappointment with the Party and the State.

Because they were professionals in intelligence work, they actually knew more than some high-ranking officials in the Nationalist government.

They have completely lost confidence in the current battle situation.

Don't be fooled by the frequent reports of victories on the radio, such as recapturing lost territory today or annihilating countless Communist troops tomorrow.

That sounds quite inspiring.

However, the information he received was completely different from what he had learned.

Those messages are all fake!

The daily broadcasts are merely to reassure people.

The Nanjing leadership had already fled, showing no resolute determination to resist, and many troops were issuing telegrams announcing their defection.

According to the intelligence he received, the People's Liberation Army would cross the river within two months.

Although the highest command issued the strictest order that anyone who dared to desert would be executed on the spot.

If such orders were truly effective, how could the three major battles have ended in defeat, resulting in the loss of all elite troops?

If orders were truly effective, why would so many troops revolt?

The Nationalist government is doomed!

Liu San'er hurriedly filled the wine glass to the brim and asked in confusion, "Since you already know, then why did you still—?"

Xiong Baitao lit a cigar and leaned back on the soft sofa.

He glanced at her sideways, his face full of helplessness.

"Are you asking why we're still arresting underground party members and why we're not preparing to flee?"

Haha, running away, where are you running to this time?

The stationmaster has powerful connections; with a little money, he can get favored by influential people and transferred to Guangzhou, escaping this dangerous place.

I rose through the ranks step by step through military merit.

Without a powerful backer, even if you want to give gifts, you have no way to do so.

If you leave without receiving a transfer order, that's desertion, and you'll be executed!

I've worked so hard for so many years, and it wasn't easy for me to become the action team leader. I was just about to become the deputy station chief.

I can't give up everything, everything I've worked so hard for!

Therefore, the only way to gain the attention of superiors right now is to arrest more Communists and strive to make more contributions.

Perhaps with a little more effort, he can be transferred to Guangzhou.

Even if I'm no longer the captain, having a sinecure means I won't be bullied, right?

As long as you retain your position, you have a chance to make a comeback!

If I run away on my own, then everything will truly be over!

Xiong Baitao exhaled a puff of smoke, his face filled with despair and helplessness.

You know everything, you understand everything, but so what?

In the grand scheme of things, he was just an insignificant nobody.

If you don't want to lose everything and go from a powerful captain to a wanted fugitive, you have no choice but to work hard to earn merit.

Only by receiving praise from superiors can one have a glimmer of hope.

Liu San'er opened his mouth wide, never expecting to hear such words.

But upon closer reflection, it does seem to be true.

Even if he were to leave the action team now, abandon the power he currently wields, and return to being a lowly thug who is bullied by others, it would be a different story.

He couldn't accept it either.

Putting himself in his shoes, he would also choose to make a final, desperate gamble!

But Liu San'er glanced around and lowered his voice:

"Brother, what if we can't get to Guangzhou when the city falls? Or what about the Communists? We'll have to deal with them too—"

The words were not finished, but the meaning was already clear.

For those in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, they were very familiar with the puppet government's strategy of hedging its bets on both sides back then!

However, my heart was in my throat when I said those words.

After all, such treasonous words could cost someone their life if they got out.

If the elder brother is no longer loyal in the future, he may not see the sun rise tomorrow.

Fortunately, Xiong Baitao took a puff of his cigar, his expression remained calm, and he did not get angry.

"To defect to the Communists?"

Haha, do you think I still have a chance?

I was able to sit in the position of captain because I don't know how much blood of underground party members and democrats was on my hands.

Do you think the Communist Party will let me off the hook?

When the city falls, they will definitely arrest me and execute me!

I have no way out; I can only go down this path to the bitter end.

Only by capturing more underground party members can I earn merit and perhaps have a chance to be transferred back to the South!

Xiong Baitao's eyes were bloodshot, and his twisted face revealed an almost insane grin.

As he said, his hands were stained with the blood of our Party's martyrs, and even if he surrendered, he would never be spared.

All that awaited him was trial and death.

This is also why he's been arresting people like crazy lately.

It looked more like a trapped beast struggling before it died.

They've gone completely mad for that sliver of hope.

Xiong Baitao's gaze sharpened, and he gritted his teeth, saying in a deep voice, "The Nanjing branch will send an arrested high-ranking underground party member in four days. I've already found a safe place for him. Find a few trustworthy brothers to protect him. This matter must not be known to the station!"

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