1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Aren't there tiger benches and stuff like that?

Bo Gu, completely bewildered, didn't realize that not everyone shared his determination and courage.

A basin of water splashed on Lu Futan and he woke up. A cold male voice sounded behind him: "Party Affairs Investigation Section, Communist bandit Lu Futan, you are under arrest."

“..I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you everything!!”

? ? ?

I haven’t asked anything yet!!

060 How about cutting off the son's contact with his father?

"Bo Gu has always refused to surrender, Zhang Wentian has always refused to surrender, and Zhao Ziqi has always refused to surrender. The attitudes of these three people are very tough..."

"Chen Yun said he surrendered, but he was actually talking about other things and not telling the truth. Once I expose him, he won't surrender even if I torture him.

"Lu Futan had just woken up and surrendered immediately after revealing his identity. He answered every question and confessed many people and events. His account matched the historical records and the telegrams we intercepted..." "Kang Sheng also surrendered immediately after we revealed his identity and revealed his identity. He confessed some things, but other terms are still being discussed..."

"Li Zhusheng initially refused to surrender. 416 had just given him an electric shock and then used Gu Shunzhang to trick him. He immediately surrendered and confessed a lot of things..."

"Wang Yuncheng initially refused to surrender, even after being electrocuted. 45 pretended to be a Communist traitor and had a heart-to-heart with him, saying a few words like 'A man of insight is a hero,' and he finally confessed everything..."

"Huang Ping pretended to surrender at first, and after he failed to commit suicide by biting his tongue, he announced his surrender to us. He initially confessed only some minor matters. Later, we gave him two electric shocks.

I completely surrendered and said everything..."

Around ten o'clock the next morning, the agent reported the results of last night's interrogation to Mark, who had just woken up.

How should I put it? "Interrogation" is a bit imprecise. It should be described as "testing" these theoretically top leaders of the CPC Central Committee.

Generally speaking, the most "cruel" punishment is just to give them weak "electric shocks" produced by human bodies, and it is still controlled within a safe range.

But the result...

Honestly, even though he already knew the likely outcome from historical data, Mark still felt a bit like Zhangzidao issuing an announcement—the clams were gone. Damn, there were only nine people in total, and five of them were traitors.

What the hell is this...

Yes, I admit that humans have always had an extraordinary talent for torturing their own kind and causing pain. Therefore, from the first day that torture was invented, it was destined to be something that the frail human body could not endure.

Mark was certain he himself would never be able to endure the torture. If he were to become a Communist and be captured, he would most likely be labeled a traitor or try to ally himself with the enemy. From both a physiological and psychological perspective, submission was the norm. Those who could endure torture were considered incredibly strong, almost inhuman.

But, after all, you are the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party!

After using a few minor, pain-inflicting, harmless tactics, or even no tactics at all, five people surrendered and readily confessed everything. Isn't that a bit too much? Even if they followed the proper procedures?

Even if you can endure it a little longer?

Even if we resort to more brutal means?

He surrendered immediately after being caught. What kind of spy is this hiding within our party?

Some of them, in particular, would immediately start cursing the party you once joined and its ideals to win the favor of their "interrogators." Even a young man like Mark wouldn't do such a thing.

However, being able to catch these traitors was a way of changing history, protecting some comrades, and repaying the sacrifices of those who had shed their blood in his previous life. Although his life in his previous life was very stressful and boring, it was at least a million times better than the period when Chiang Kai-shek and others ruled the Republic of China.

At least, you won't have to worry about waking up in the morning and turning into a corpse for no apparent reason, right?

Having said that, the historical records are indeed correct.

As long as they participated in the Long March and survived, not a single one surrendered;

Even Bo Gu, who had made huge mistakes in history and was attacked crazily by many people, would have died in the Cultural Revolution if he had not died early; and those who had not participated in the Long March or had been arrested and surrendered in history, all surrendered decisively this time with just a little bit of trickery.

For example, Kang Sheng, who was never captured in recorded history but fled to the Soviet Union before the Long March, later returned when the situation improved, and ultimately became a national leader, surrendered immediately upon capture. It's no wonder that rumors arose—traitors like Li Zhusheng, Wang Yuncheng, and Lu Futan, who survived the founding of the People's Republic of China, claimed that Kang Sheng had, in fact, surrendered to the KMT but was lucky enough not to be caught red-handed. It seems likely that these individuals were executed on Kang Sheng's personal orders because they knew or said things they shouldn't have.

The Long March was indeed a great baptism for the Party and the army...

By the way, here's a little-known fact: the term "Long March" was actually first coined by Chiang Kai-shek.

In 1935, after basically completing the task of pursuing the Red Army, this guy made a public speech praising the pursuing troops:

"Throughout history, no army has ever carried out such a long march of more than 20,000 miles. Today, we set this record..." After all, from the perspective of the Kuomintang, theirs is called a "long-distance expedition", while the Communist Party can only be called a "long-distance run."

But no matter what, almost everyone who experienced this "escape" has proved their beliefs.

Now, after listening to the agent's report, Mark began to think.

How to deal with it... Well... Just leave it like this... Don't think too much... If you're going to do it, do it fully.

After instructing those people to continue writing "confessions," "surrenders," and "declarations of withdrawal from the Party," Mark squatted on the ground, looking at the other "trophies" with interest: "Is this all the radio stations of the Shanghai Central Committee?"

"Yes, Commander, and I have cracked them all."

Tactical humanoid UMP40, who had been staying by Wu Jiu's side as a guard and relay point, and who appeared to be a cheerful and cheerful young lady, replied:

"Two high-powered longwave radios for communicating with Moscow, three shortwave radios for communicating with the country, and all the accessories and translation books..."

UMP40, a tactical figure designed specifically for electronic warfare.

Even after more than a hundred years, she is still at the top of the industry in terms of electronic (counter) reconnaissance, electronic (counter) jamming, electronic (counter) deception, electronic (counter) stealth, and electronic (counter) destruction, let alone now?

So, let alone the radio stations of the Chinese Communist Party, in fact all the radio stations in Shanghai are under her surveillance, and she can control them however she wants.

Of course, the UMP40's prowess in electronic warfare doesn't necessarily mean it's inferior in physical combat. Like the UMP45, it can easily snap the necks of dozens of strong men. "...In conjunction with the intelligence, we confirmed that nothing was missing... Furthermore, we also discovered a large amount of cash, bankbooks, documents, and more..."

UMP40 finished her report and asked:

"Commander, what are you doing with these people and the radio?" "For fun."

"what?"

"Haha, it's okay. I'm just doing an experiment. I want to see if severing the connection between father and son will actually change the situation."

The members of Team 404 didn't quite understand, but the agent who had been looking up CCP-related historical materials in the cloud map suddenly had a flash of light and quickly shared the information with UMP45. At this moment, UMP45, who was supervising Kang Sheng writing his "Declaration of Withdrawal from the Party," smiled.

So that's how it is?

October 5, 1934 in history, French Concession, Shanghai.

The Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Concession Police worked together to capture all the CCP radio stations in one fell swoop, arresting all the radio operators, decryptors, and radio maintenance technicians, and completely destroying the CCP's entire secret radio system in Shanghai.

Many in the Kuomintang at the time viewed the destruction of a few CCP radio stations and the arrest of a few personnel as insignificant achievements. Consequently, neither the operatives nor Chiang Kai-shek, who was supervising the "Fifth Encirclement and Suppression Campaign" in Nanchang, took the incident seriously. The Kuomintang gave the operation a cursory, half-hearted assessment, calling it "a successful blow to the Communist Party's Shanghai organization." In reality, this seemingly insignificant "incident" completely severed the CCP's ties with the Comintern and Moscow.

Because the power of all radio stations in the Soviet area was too small, they had to be transferred through the radio station in Shanghai before they could establish communication with Moscow.

Now, all the radio stations in Shanghai were out of service, and some people in the Soviet area could not contact the Communist International even if they wanted to - the "father" could not contact the "son". This loss of contact deprived Bo Gu and others of their "imperial sword", resulting in the group of Russians far away in the north no longer being able to remotely command and interfere with the actions of the Communist Party of China through the radio. Li De, the "emperor" who almost ruined the entire Red Army, commented on this, "(At that time) the central government was completely isolated from the outside world, which had an unpredictable impact on the development of the situation.

Estimated impact".

Well, it is indeed immeasurable.

It's no exaggeration to say that the loss of contact, to a certain extent, contributed to the teacher's rise to power, allowing the Chinese Communist Party to (temporarily) escape its fate of being controlled by others and put it on the right track. So, Mark was eager to try: what impact would it have had on the CCP's historical trajectory if all these radio stations and personnel had been eliminated two years earlier?

Anyway, things can't get any worse.

At the very least, it would alleviate the pressure on the teachers, encourage some to speak out in support of him, and amplify the voices of those who already supported him. Wasn't it that Wang Ming, hiding far away in Moscow, always liked to use these radio stations to remotely direct the Central Committee, putting pressure on the Soviet areas and the teachers?

Now I see how you play.

"40, all the radio stations in Shanghai are now under your control, right?"

"Yes."

"How far can you go?"

"If you wish, I can even use overload to instantly destroy them with the cooperation of 45."

"Every one?"

"Every one."

"So, intercepting intelligence, sending false intelligence, and so on are all possible, right?" "Yes, Commander."

"In this case..."

Better to make things happen, right?

061 Fuck you, you’re hitting friendly forces!

Other leading cadres of the CPC Central Committee in Shanghai realized almost immediately that something big had happened.

The reason was simple: the telegraph operators and comrades from the Central Special Branch who had been knocked unconscious had already woken up. He himself had been knocked unconscious, the radio station had disappeared, and the leaders he was protecting had vanished...

If this isn't an accident, then what is?

Soon, they discovered to their horror that not only was something wrong on their side, but all the Politburo leaders had disappeared!

Although there were still many doubts (such as why the operators were not killed or arrested), the remaining few mid-level members of the Communist Party of China met with each other and decided to evacuate Shanghai quickly and immediately send people to the Soviet area to report the news! Yes, after losing the radio station, if the central government wanted to contact the Soviet area, the only option left was the ridiculously inefficient method of "human delivery".

But what they didn't know was that at this time, the Soviet Central Bureau had already received news that a group of members of the Shanghai Central Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee had been in trouble:

"All nine people in Central Bogu have been arrested. The radio station has been destroyed, the code has been exposed, the situation is urgent, do not contact us anymore!"

Finally, he added:

"Long live communism!"

After receiving the telegram, the leaders of the Central Soviet Area were shocked that the Shanghai Party organization had been taken down again and suffered such severe losses. They were all moved and even shed tears. This was because this was a strange radio station, sending messages in clear text, and there was not even any code to hide the content of the message!

Last April, when Comrade Qian Zhuangfei dispatched someone from Nanjing to Shanghai to deliver a message urgently due to Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, thus preventing the annihilation of the entire Party Central Committee, he wasn't so "blatant"! Even in such a critical situation, the message he delivered was simply, "It's already dawn, my mother is critically ill, please transfer to another hospital immediately!" But this time...

(Tianliang: Gu Shunzhang's pseudonym "Dawn", Yizuo: refers to having defected)

There was no doubt that the sender was an intelligence officer lurking within the Kuomintang, but loyal to the Communist Party. He had suddenly discovered this terrifying news, so he rushed to report it to the Soviet area, regardless of his own life! And the fact that he had sent the message in plain text, and sent such a message, meant that he would definitely be exposed, so he left behind the farewell message "Long live communism!"

In other words, by the time the Soviet area received this news, this brave comrade might have already been captured or even sacrificed!

"...It is precisely because of so many comrades like us that we are able to escape danger time and time again..."

Recalling what happened in April last year, Wu Hao sighed with red eyes.

Wang Zheng, the captain of the radio brigade of the General Staff of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, who was the first to receive the plaintext telegram, also said with tears in his eyes: "Comrade Secretary, I request that a plaintext telegram be sent to this comrade to express our respect!"

After receiving the intelligence, they sent several telegrams to several radio stations of the Central Secretariat in Shanghai, but as expected, they received no response.

As a result, the Central Committee of the Soviet Area was convinced that the intelligence was true and that something had really happened to the Central Committee.

...

After thinking for a while, Wu Hao agreed:

"Yes! Let the enemy know that the Communists cannot be killed off!"

Soon after, the Central Committee of the Soviet Area made a decision to urgently dispatch personnel to Shanghai to gather information and reunite the remaining forces there in an effort to rescue the arrested comrades. Comrades Li Kelong, Qian Zhuangfei, and Hu Di, whose betrayal by Gu Shunzhang had been exposed the previous year, volunteered but were rejected.

The Central Bureau of the Soviet Area was deeply worried, not knowing how many comrades had sacrificed this time.

Shanghai on the other side.

"boom!!"

The door of an ordinary house was kicked open, and a dozen ferocious-looking gunmen rushed in, roaring: "This is the Fuxing Society, everyone, put your hands on your head and squat!"

“! ! ! ”

Inside the room, a group of people from the Party Affairs Investigation Section of the Kuomintang Central Organization Department were all confused.

Renaissance Society?

What it is?

Even though they had never heard of this "Fuxing Society" (actually the predecessor of the Military Control Commission), facing the black muzzles of guns, everyone still squatted on the ground obediently;

After all, while they were intelligence officers, they were assigned to the Party Affairs Investigation Section's Literary Language Group. Their primary responsibility was collecting and organizing newspapers, magazines, and other publications, and they generally didn't carry guns. Even if they had a gun, they wouldn't engage in a fight. Losing their lives wouldn't be worth it...

There is only one exception.

That was Bao Shanfu, the special commissioner who was fully responsible for the Shanghai affairs of the Party Affairs Investigation Section.

He happened to be directing the work of the Classical Chinese Language Group today, and he had also heard about the "Fuxing Society Special Service Bureau," a new spy organization that Chairman Chiang had been planning for several months. So, faced with the rude intrusion of his "competitor," Bao Shanfu, a close confidant of Xu Enzeng, the director of the Party Affairs Investigation Section, was immediately furious. He was the first to draw his gun and point it at the other party. "You little scoundrels! What are you doing here in our Party Affairs Investigation Section's territory! Damn it! Do you have any manners?"

They're so arrogant before they've even officially been established. If they were to be officially established, they'd be so arrogant!

Suppression!

This evil trend must be suppressed!

"We're arresting you, the traitors from the Party Affairs Investigation Section!"

The leader of the Renaissance Society operatives threw an intercepted telegram over and said triumphantly:

"By order of the Director, search all the houses around the intelligence transmission point. No matter who you are, we, the Renaissance Society, will arrest you!"

Although they said "around", everyone knew that there was only one telegraph sending point nearby, so the telegram was not leaked by their Party Affairs Investigation Section. It is not an exaggeration to say that because of the war, ordinary people have all fled. In this area, there is no one who is not from the Party Affairs Investigation Section!

In other words, everyone is a suspect! Everyone can be arrested!