novelAbuy Chapter 1639 Project 'Octopus'
Chapter 1639 Project 'Octopus'
Chapter 1639 Project 'Octopus'
'Mu Haoqing' looked at Cheng Qianfan, he could truly feel the eager and surging excitement of this young old Bolshevik fighter.
Wasn't he very excited in his heart?
"You've gained a little weight." Mu Haoqing patted Cheng Qianfan on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Steak, milk, bread, wine, and very few activities I personally participated in. I gained three to five pounds." Cheng Qianfan said embarrassedly, "I am already trying my best to control this."
He looked at Peng Yuou with an excited smile on his face.
Yes, 'Mu Haoqing' is the 'cousin' Comrade Peng Yuou.
"Do you have any cigarettes?" Peng Yuou said with a smile, "I have no money in my pocket and no food."
"When did you return to Shanghai?" Cheng Qianfan handed a cigarette to Peng Yuou and lit it for him. Then he put a cigarette in his own mouth and stuffed the whole pack of cigarettes into Peng Yuou's hands.
"I've been back for two days." Peng Yuou said, taking a greedy puff of his cigarette.
"Are you leaving again this time?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"I'll leave tomorrow," Peng Yuou said. "I'm going to take a detour back to Shanghai this time to meet with the Shanghai Party organization on behalf of the Yanzhou headquarters."
Peng Yuou did not say where he was going after leaving Shanghai. Cheng Qianfan understood the organization's confidentiality rules and did not ask anything else.
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"Comrade Wang Jun is in trouble." Cheng Qianfan said in a heavy tone.
"I have met with Comrade Yi Jun and have learned about this matter." Peng Yuou said, "I want to thank you. It was you who acted in time and rescued Comrade Wang Jun and others."
"It's still too late." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "If we had acted earlier, Comrade Wang Jun's situation would be much better."
"It's very timely." Peng Yuou said, "Let's not talk about this. Comrade Wang Jun and another comrade are seriously injured and urgently need sulfa powder."
"I'll go back and get it now." Cheng Qianfan said.
He kept necessary oceans, yellow croakers, foreign currencies, guns and ammunition, medical equipment, and medicines, including the precious sulfa powder, in a safe house known only to him.
"Originally, the Enemy Work Department should have found a way to get sulfa powder through Comrade Chan Pupa." Peng Yuou said, "But the comrades' situation is very bad. The sooner they use the medicine, the greater their chances of survival. I also happened to meet with you, so I took the initiative to help Comrade Yi Jun solve this problem."
After flicking the ash off his cigarette, Peng Yuou said, "Don't worry about your safety. Comrade Yi Jun should have guessed long ago that I have other arrangements and connections in Shanghai. He is an old Bolshevik, he doesn't know anything else, and he won't ask too much."
Peng Yuou spoke in a low voice, and there was a hint of guilt in his eyes as he looked at Cheng Qianfan.
Cheng Qianfan understood that although Peng Yuou's actions did not violate organizational discipline, they were indeed slightly inappropriate in terms of safety and reliability.
He also understood that Comrade Peng Yuou acted in this way because he was worried about the safety of Comrade Wang Jun and other comrades.
Strictly speaking, if someone else did this, there might be problems, but the safety risks of what Peng Yuou did were almost non-existent, because of the unconditional trust between the two.
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"Find a place to hide nearby..." Cheng Qianfan looked at Peng Yuou with a slightly embarrassed expression, "I'll go get the sulfa powder."
"Haha." Peng Yuou laughed, "Go ahead, don't be embarrassed, this is the Comrade Huo Miao that I am familiar with and admire."
He understood why Comrade Huo Miao felt embarrassed, it was because Cheng Qianfan must be going to his personal safe house to get something and could not take him with him.
He certainly would not doubt Comrade Huo Miao's trust in him, and it was precisely because of this trust that Comrade Huo Miao could maintain the most important calmness and vigilance at the critical moment. Far from being angry, Peng Yuou would only feel relieved and happy.
Many of our comrades have suffered heavy losses because they occasionally lost their last bit of vigilance at certain times.
……
About three quarters of an hour later, Cheng Qianfan returned to the Grand Park of France to meet Peng Yuou again.
"This is four portions of sulfa powder. Two portions are for the comrades to use, and two portions are left for the comrades in the Shanghai Party organization in case of emergency." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Will there be any hidden dangers?" asked Peng Yuou.
"No, I keep these sulfa powders in private, so there won't be any leaks." Cheng Qianfan said, "However, for safety reasons, a small amount of sulfa powder will flow out on the black market."
"That's the best." Peng Yuou nodded.
"Here are one hundred dollars and ten small yellow croakers." Cheng Qianfan handed a small cloth bag to Peng Yuou.
Peng Yuou took the cloth bag and looked at it in the moonlight. It was a very ordinary cloth bag.
"If it was given to me by another comrade, I would not take it. You are a local tyrant, and I am going to beat you up this time." Peng Yuou said with a smile.
He knew Comrade Huo Miao. Comrade Huo Miao was very cautious and rarely offered large amounts of money to the organization on his own initiative. Of course, the organization would never ask for money from comrades on the hidden front.
Comrade "Huo Miao" had a large amount of money, much of which was kept privately and could not be verified. Therefore, Peng Yuou felt relieved to take the one hundred dollars and ten small yellow croakers.
"Okay, I'll take the money," Peng Yuou said. "I'll pay you back when the revolution is victorious."
"You owe me money?" Cheng Qianfan was slightly stunned, then he thought of something, "Comrade 'landlord'..."
"Yes, I took over the old house's debt." Peng Yuou sighed, "This old guy owed us two steamed bread when he was in the Soviet area. He is defaulting on his debt again."
Thinking of the sacrificed comrade "landlord", Cheng Qianfan's mood also became depressed.
Comrade Zhulin, Comrade Lao Liao, Comrade Baozugong, Comrade Kang Erniu, Comrade Maizi... so many familiar comrades have sacrificed their lives one after another and fallen on the road of revolution. They fell for the revolutionary cause and for the independent and self-reliant new China in their hearts!
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"What is this?" asked Peng Yuou.
"Old Mountain Ginseng, you said on the phone that you would give it to me." Cheng Qianfan said.
"As expected, you are still the cautious Comrade Huomiao that I remembered. You underestimated me this time. I really brought a gift." Peng Yuou smiled. He took out something wrapped in linen from his backpack and handed it to Cheng Qianfan. "Here you go. This is the spoils captured by Comrade Wangyong."
"Comrade Wang Yong gave it to me?" Cheng Qianfan was pleasantly surprised.
"Knowing that I'm going back to Shanghai, comrade Wang Yong asked me to bring this to you." Peng Yuou said, "He said that when you were a child, he owed you a candy man. Now he doesn't have the candy man, but Lao Shanshen has one."
Hearing this, Cheng Qianfan smiled happily, but then a feeling of sadness welled up in his heart.
At that time, his parents had not yet died. Comrade Wang Yong came to his home to hold a secret meeting, and he was keeping watch outside.
Comrade Wang Yong praised him as an excellent young soldier and asked him what reward he wanted. He blurted out that he wanted a candy man.
I didn't expect that after so many years, Comrade Wang Yong still remembered this incident.
"A candy man was exchanged for an old mountain ginseng. Comrade Wang Yong suffered a huge loss." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
"Yes, that's what he said." Peng Yuou nodded.
"Hahaha." The two smiled at each other.
……
"There is a mission." Peng Yuou said.
"What mission?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"I have already discussed this mission with Comrade Farmer. Comrade Farmer wants to ask for your opinion."
"I accept." Cheng Qianfan said without hesitation.
He knew that this mission must be extremely dangerous, so dangerous that even Comrade Farmer was hesitant.
……
Peng Yuou was silent for a long time.
"Comrade Huomiao, the organization has assigned you a task." Peng Yuou said with a serious expression.
"Resolutely complete the tasks assigned by the organization." Cheng Qianfan said seriously.
"Our comrade on the inside sent out intelligence that the enemy had launched an 'octopus' plan," Peng Yuou said. "Unfortunately, our comrade was exposed and committed suicide before the enemy could capture him."
Cheng Qianfan listened in silence.
"Now, we infer two possibilities."
"First, this 'Octopus' plan does not exist. It is a trap, a conspiracy to lure out our insider comrade." Peng Yuou said, "And the sacrifice of our insider comrade seems to confirm this point."
"Another possibility is that the 'Octopus' plan does exist, and it is a huge conspiracy, so the enemy is extremely vigilant. So when our comrades paid a little attention to this plan, it was accidentally exposed." Peng Yuou said, his expression was extremely serious.
"The current situation is that if this 'Octopus' plan really exists, we must find a way to figure it out and thwart the enemy's conspiracy." He looked at Cheng Qianfan and said, "However, if this plan itself is indeed a trap and bait of the enemy, it means that your mission may face huge dangers."
"I accept." Cheng Qianfan said firmly, "I will resolutely obey the organization's decision and complete the tasks assigned to me by the organization."
Peng Yuou did not speak. He looked deeply at Comrade "Huomiao", the young old Bolshevik fighter.
“This operation is dangerous.”
"I know."
"It may lead to your exposure and sacrifice."
"Ready at all the time."
Peng Yuou took a deep puff of his cigarette. He didn't say much, but just patted Comrade Huomiao on the shoulder.
"Okay." Peng Yuou said, "The organization knows very little about the enemy's 'Octopus' plan."
He said, "I will tell you what I know, and you can use it as a reference."
"Okay." Cheng Qianfan nodded.
……
A Shikumen residence on Laobosheng Road.
Cao Yu was sitting on the sofa, studying the archival files attentively.
Cao Yu flicked the ash off his cigarette and sat up straight abruptly.
What he held in his hand was a file from the 24th year of the Republic of China.
At that time, the National Government's Party Affairs Investigation Office and the Police Station launched a large-scale manhunt in the French Concession. A Red Party member was discovered during the manhunt and was eventually shot dead during the pursuit.
Cao Yu thought about it carefully and he had some impression of this matter.
The comrade who died was the liaison officer of Comrade Luo Yannian, then member of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Anti-Japanese and Anti-Enemy Work Department. His name was Huo Xingqian.
The files show that Huo Xingqian could have evacuated successfully, but he was discovered by Cheng Qianfan, a patrol officer who was involved in the arrest operation. The two men fought, and then Huo Xingqian was shot to death by the spies from the Party Affairs Investigation Office who rushed over.
Although this comrade did not die at the hands of Cheng Qianfan's gun, he could have escaped safely if Cheng Qianfan had not entangled and struggled with him.
Therefore, the culprit who killed Huo Xingqian was Cheng Qianfan.
After putting it away, Cao Yu looked at the pile of files on the coffee table and fell into deep thought.
……
Cao Yu compiled four files.
In addition to the bloody case in which Comrade Huo Xingqian was killed by Cheng Qianfan, there were three other cases.
One of them was a surprise attack by the police on a transportation station in the French Concession. Cheng Qianfan, who was just a small policeman at the time, shot and wounded Comrade Fan Xiaoqing who was surrounded by policemen. As a result, Fan Xiaoqing was unable to break out after being injured and fell into the hands of the police.
Although the organization later hired a famous barrister from the French Concession to defend Comrade Fan Xiaoqing, and successfully reduced Comrade Fan Xiaoqing's sentence, and the organization used connections to prompt the French Concession to resolutely refuse to extradite Comrade Fan Xiaoqing, and later paid to bail Comrade Fan Xiaoqing out.
Although no greater losses were caused this time, it was Cheng Qianfan who was the culprit who led to Comrade Fan Xiaoqing's arrest and disaster.
There was another case. At that time, Cheng Qianfan was already the deputy chief inspector of the Central Police Station in the French Concession. He ordered his men to arrest Comrade Fei Ni, an insider of our party lurking in the Xiafei Road Police Station. Comrade Fei Ni was eventually arrested and brought to Cheng Qianfan. Cheng Qianfan was overjoyed and ordered an immediate interrogation. Comrade Fei Ni was determined to die at that time, and he used a hidden iron nail to poke and pull open his neck, and died heroically.
There was another case that happened earlier. At that time, Cheng Qianfan had just joined the police station. During an arrest of our party comrades, Cheng Qianfan wrestled with our party comrade He Lan. When other policemen arrived, Cheng Qianfan was holding a pistol tightly in both hands, and the body of Comrade He Lan was lying on the ground. Because he shot Comrade He Lan, Cheng Qianfan, who had just joined the police station, was commended for his "bravery and decisiveness".
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In these four cases alone, Cheng Qianfan was responsible for the lives of three of our party members.
In addition, Cao Yu also knew that Cheng Qianfan had personally shot and killed an underground comrade of our party in the Special High Section.
Looking at these files and thinking about the bloody crimes committed by Cheng Qianfan against his revolutionary comrades, Cao Yu clenched his fists tightly.
He fixed his attention on the bloody case of Cheng Qianfan killing Comrade Huo Xingqian.
Because there is a traitor of our party in Room 76, his name is Duan Wuyang, he had met Comrade Luo Yannian before, and it was his testimony that led to Comrade Luo Yannian being exposed and forced to evacuate urgently.
The traitor Duan Wuyang had participated in the revolution for quite some time. He should know something about the deceased comrade Huo Xingqian. Cao Yu thought that he could get some clues he wanted to hear from Duan Wuyang.
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