Ji Hongyi continued to report: "The webmaster, Lao Liu, who had been hiding in the countryside of Pudong, has now seen the situation stable and has returned to the Nanshi area. He has always wanted to see you, saying that he is willing to continue to serve us. Look..."

Ning Zhiheng used extremely violent means to eliminate Lu Tianqiao this time. Now, the effect has finally been revealed. Several bigwigs from the Qing Gang are content with their own affairs and the situation is becoming more and more stable. You Laoliu finally dared to take the opportunity to return. The first thing he did when he came back was to contact Ji Hongyi and expressed his willingness to do things for the Wuhan government.

After hearing this, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but ponder for a moment. Although You Laoliu had worked with him before and transported important materials and medicines to fight against the Japanese, his motives were not simple. Ning Zhiheng had always distrustful of him and even arranged for Ji Hongyi to buy his subordinates and monitor him.

Although they are also from the Qing Gang, You Laoliu is different from those of Xu Yongchang. Xu Yongchang proves with practical actions that they are loyal soldiers who are willing to give their blood and lives to the country and nation.

Ning Zhiheng's first requirement for his subordinates is loyalty. He would rather be short than excessive, and would never allow any unstable factors in his team.

However, You Laoliu helped him and saved the life of his brother Miao Yongyi who grew up with him. Besides, this is also a force for anti-Japanese war. If you use it well, it may be a good material.

Ning Zhiheng weighed the pros and cons again and finally said, "I will not see him. You can tell him that it is natural for us to serve the country. He can serve as an external organization of our intelligence station and will also hand it over to you a single-line leader in the future. We can provide him with some help, but we will never allow him to use our banner to the outside world. We are an intelligence station, not the Qinggang Hall, and we must hide in the dark. Once exposed, it will be a disaster!"

Ji Hongyi felt relieved when he heard the webmaster agreeing. You Laoliu was his sworn brother, but the webmaster was always suspicious of this person, worried that he would leak information from the intelligence station. Not to mention anything else, You Laoliu knew his identity and, with the webmaster's character, he was afraid that he would attack him sooner or later to prevent future troubles.

Now the webmaster can nod and agree to accept him as his subordinate. This is also a disguised way. He nodded and replied: "Yes, Bei Zhi understands that Lao Liu is actually a patriotic person and knows the importance of it. He has now submitted a message to Chen Ting, the veteran of the Qing Gang, and is devoted to his subordinates, so he can do things for us secretly!"

"Very good, this means his heart is available. I hope he can have a beginning and an end. In the future, I will make a future for him and tell him my original words!"

This was the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the people's patriotism in anti-Japanese war was still very high. However, in the middle and late stages, many people developed pessimism, could not see the hope of victory, did not grasp the position, and defected to the Japanese. There were many Qing Gang figures here. Ning Zhiheng also made a promise to You Laoliu to strengthen his confidence in resisting Japan.

"Yes, webmaster, I will tell him the original words! He has always respected you very much." Ji Hongyi said respectfully.

"Very good, there is another thing. Hongyi, you are responsible for gang affairs. Although the original downtown Shanghai has become a Japanese territory now, we cannot hide in the concession and go out. Our strength in the downtown area must be strengthened. Lao Sun's operation team and your intelligence team must gradually infiltrate in. You will do this work well during this period," Ning Zhiheng ordered.

"Yes, webmaster, we have actually discussed this matter before. After the war, many citizens returned to the city, and even the Qing Gang disciples have begun to re-dividate the territory there. I will start preparing some goals in the city!" Ji Hongyi said.

"The staff must be reliable, and we cannot blindly develop members!" Ning Zhiheng carefully reminded that safety has always been the first priority.

"Don't worry, it's all my brothers who died before!" Ji Hongyi replied confidently.

Ning Zhiheng nodded. He knew that Ji Hongyi had many reliable subordinates in the past, and he had contributed to his anti-traitor mission. These people were covered with Japanese blood, so they could naturally trust them.

"Just know what you know. Is there anything else?" Ning Zhiheng nodded with satisfaction and said.

"There is one more thing," Huo Yueze said again. He took out a document from the file bag and submitted it to Ning Zhiheng. "This is a piece of intelligence we just purchased. It was purchased from the British. The content is that the Japanese intelligence agencies have begun to contact the garrison in Guangzhou. The target of contact is Li Jiangguan, the Major General of the 12th Army, and the rebellion work has begun."

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, he quickly took the information and watched it carefully. He knew that the Battle of Xuzhou, which was launched in Shandong, was about to end, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses in this battle and did not take advantage.

The failure of North China made the Japanese's previous combat plan bankrupt, so they turned their attention to Central China and South China, which would concentrate on attacking Wuhan, the location of the Chinese government. This would be an arduous battle.

South China is concentrated in Guangzhou, because in the past six months, the Japanese have become increasingly strict in Shanghai, and all kinds of military supplies needed by the Chinese government have been cut off.

The Chinese government needs a large amount of military supplies such as weapons, gasoline, medicines, and electricity that need to be imported from overseas.

Because Hong Kong and Macau belong to the British and Portugal, the Japanese blockade efforts were not too strict. Therefore, the anti-Japanese war materials needed in the past six months were transported from Hong Kong and Macao to Guangzhou, and then transferred to mainland provinces through the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. Guangzhou has become the only gateway for China's overseas transportation and the economic artery of China's current material transportation.

It was expected that the Japanese were preparing to attack Guangzhou now, but because of their special geographical location, the Japanese had never used forceful attacks against Guangzhou because they were concerned about the interference of Britain and France.

Judging from this information, the Japanese are preparing to use internal rebellion to achieve military goals, causing internal strife in Guangzhou's garrison, and secretly supporting new local warlords, so as to cut off Guangzhou's transportation artery without bloodshed, and achieve the goal of blocking China's foreign economic and trade lifeline.

This intelligence is so important! It seems that the British have been paying close attention to what happened in Guangzhou. Their intelligence officers discovered this situation in time, hoping to transfer the information to the Wuhan government through the Shanghai intelligence center.

In the past six months, on the Shanghai intelligence network, the intelligence station led by Ning Zhiheng has become the largest buyer in the Chinese intelligence market.

As long as it is about the Japanese, whether it is military, political, or even economic information, Ning Zhiheng will refuse everyone, which greatly encourages the enthusiasm of intelligence dealers from all walks of life to collect intelligence.

Now, every gathering of the intelligence network, Huo Yueze or Ji Hongyi must be invited to the event, otherwise the transaction volume will inevitably plummet. To a certain extent, Ning Zhiheng's intelligence station has already controlled the buyer's market, so Ning Zhiheng can continuously transmit various extremely valuable information to the Wuhan headquarters.

However, the funds spent are also very huge. These important information are expensive, and they are often tens of thousands of dollars and pounds. But Ning Zhiheng is not stingy about it. He knows that these information is valuable now, but it can save the lives of countless frontline soldiers. That is priceless, and it is worth spending much money!

So the intelligence station threw in a large amount of funds. It can be said that Ning Zhiheng invested all his financial resources and almost spent all the profits earned by all industries under his control. It has to be said that the intelligence station's activities have been underpaid.

This is another important reason why he opened up a smuggling route, that is, he opened up another way of wealth, digging out financial resources, and achieving the real purpose of earning high profits through smuggling and supporting wars with private means to provide more activity funds for intelligence stations.

Ning Zhiheng carefully read the documents and finally confirmed the authenticity of the documents. There are even records of conversations between Li Jiangguan and Japanese agents.

Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but feel a little surprised and said in surprise: "Even the identity of the Japanese agent was found. It's so surprising that the British's intelligence capabilities in Guangzhou are so outstanding!"

Due to historical reasons, the British and French were in great influence in Guangzhou, but the fact that British intelligence personnel were able to do intelligence work to this extent still shocked Ning Zhiheng.

"This information is so important, even if it costs a lot, Yueze, do well, once the Japanese succeed, our military supplies transportation will be cut off. This is the lifeline of our Chinese army. The enemy's troops will definitely point to Wuhan next. Whether we can win this defense battle depends entirely on this transportation line!"

Ning Zhiheng was very satisfied with Huo Yueze's performance. This was one of the most valuable pieces of information he had purchased in the past few months. This piece of information alone was worth the combat value of the three divisions, which was not an exaggeration at all!

Huo Yueze was naturally happy and encouraged when he heard Ning Zhiheng's praise. He smiled and said, "I don't have any contribution to it. It's just spending money. If you throw these big money out, you can hear it even if you throw it into the water."

Ning Zhiheng and Ji Hongyi both laughed. Ning Zhiheng said with a smile: "This information sent back to the headquarters will definitely satisfy the attendees. He can perform again in front of the commander and the leader!"

Huo Yueze also looked excited, but then he said with some concern: "Webmaster, our activity funds have been used up again. During this period, we have only spent money to purchase intelligence. Just by passing my hands, we have spent as much as 100,000 US dollars. I also purchased a batch of arms two days ago. I have applied for funding from Director Zuo twice. Director Zuo said that the funds are a little unable to keep up."

Ning Zhiheng frowned. The investment in intelligence is the top priority. We must not miss any important information because of funding issues.

However, insufficient funds are indeed a big problem. I applied to the headquarters many times, but the funds allocated each time are too different. Now, they are basically self-raised by intelligence stations.

However, the situation will soon improve. With the opening of smuggling channels, the profits of each controlled materials will be several times after transactions, and the profits will be extremely abundant, which will completely solve the problem of insufficient funds for intelligence station activities.

"This situation will improve soon. I will ask Director Zuo to allocate funds to you as soon as possible. You don't have to consider the money!" Ning Zhiheng comforted.

After the two people finished reporting and said goodbye and left, Ning Zhiheng then came to the telecommunications room and handed over the information in his hand to Zuo Rou who was on duty, and said, "Top secret! Translate it into a telegram immediately and send it out according to the agreed time!"
Chapter completed!