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After Lu Ming returned to Wanguo Apartment at night, he hurried to find Mr. Dong and An Yi, and told them the details of Hou Liang's rebellion.

It is unbelievable that the main person in charge of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party and some grassroots cadres failed to evacuate in time, and were basically arrested.

"How did this happen? Didn't Hou Liang have withstood the test of torture? Why is he betraying him now?" Mr. Dong said, as if he had been punched hard by the sudden news.

"The Fuxing Society sent people to capture his wife and son to threaten him, so he recruited. You guys praised him as a steel warrior two days ago." Lu Ming said calmly.

"This traitor, damn it!" An Yi cursed fiercely.

"I really don't understand. Are all of you idiots? After Hou Liang was arrested, everyone still didn't run away. Are they waiting to be arrested?" Lu Ming complained.

He felt angry and at the same time couldn't understand this kind of behavior. According to theory, all the people in the chain like Hou Liang should withdraw, or go to a more hidden place. How could he continue to guard there like nothing happened?

"Lu Ming, you can't understand this. Our people are ready to sacrifice at any time. There will inevitably be sacrifices in the revolution, and we are not afraid of any sacrifices." Mr. Dong said.

"It's not a matter of being afraid or not, and it has nothing to do with sacrifice. This is the basic principle of intelligence work. Once an important person in a chain is exposed, all people in the chain should withdraw." Lu Ming said.

"It's easier said than done. If you strictly implement the principle you mentioned, no one will do the work, and the underground party will no longer exist. Many soldiers die every day on the battlefield, and the same is true on the underground front," Mr. Dong said.

"Lu Ming, you can't compare the Kuomintang agents with us. They are afraid of death, but we are not. If one person is exposed, the others will all hide. The revolutionary cause will never succeed." An Yi was a little excited typical.

Now it was Lu Ming's turn to be dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say.

I am not afraid of death because I have ideals and aspirations, but life is precious, and each person only has one time. Isn't it good to save life and continue to make revolution?

However, even though this is true, the work of the underground party has an extraordinary particularity, which is indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

But Lu Ming has done a very detailed study on the hidden front, especially a detailed analysis of the espionage work of various countries during World War I.

The conclusion drawn is that the work on the hidden front cannot be rushed for a while, but must focus on the long-term, and the advance and retreat are changing rapidly.

Therefore, Lu Ming thought that in the Three Kingdoms era, various forces were intertwined and intertwined. Sometimes the opposing sides were evenly matched, evenly matched, struggling to advance and retreat, and left and right.

If decision makers are a little careless and fall into a desperate situation, it will be difficult to extricate themselves.When advancing and retreating, it is like walking on thin ice, like facing an abyss, the gate of hell is at your feet, and the raging fire follows you.

The tactical strategy of the Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony still has practical significance today: if you advance and retreat with evidence, you will win, and if you advance and retreat blindly, you will be defeated.

But is it useful to tell Mr. Dong and An Yi?

Lu Ming paused and said: "Your thinking is wrong. The task of underground work is to collect intelligence for the front. This is different from fighting on the battlefield. It is also two forms of war. Underground work should be more secretive and more Organized, disciplined, and should more abide by the objective laws of underground work.”

Lu Ming used to be a layman in intelligence work, but he got acquainted with Peter and Andrei. These two veteran Soviet agents taught him a lot of experience in training agents of the Soviet Military Intelligence Bureau, so he can still do it on paper. of.

"Lu Ming, what you said is also reasonable. Our people were already prepared to evacuate and temporarily hid themselves. Later, we learned that Hou Liang had withstood the test and returned to work. A reversal occurred." Mr. Dong shook his head in pain.

"This traitor, he personally withstood the test of life and death twice, but failed to withstand the test of humanity. For his own woman and son, he betrayed the cause of the revolution and the party. He deserves death." An Yi said, eyes There will be fire coming out.

She couldn't help but hate that Hou Liang had caused too much loss to the Shanghai underground party this time.

"Human nature is the most fragile thing. It can be said that 90.00% of people cannot stand the test." Lu Ming said.

"That's not the case. Our comrades are being tested by humanity and party spirit every day. If a person can withstand the test of party spirit, he will definitely be able to withstand the test of humanity." An Yi said firmly, biting her lip.

Lu Ming didn't know what the party spirit test An Yi was talking about, and he couldn't figure out what it meant. What he was most concerned about now was whether Mr. Dong and An Yi were in danger of being exposed.

"Hou Liang shouldn't know the identities of the two of you, right?" Lu Ming asked nervously.

"I don't know, I basically don't know the comrades in Shanghai." Mr. Dong said.

"It stands to reason that he wouldn't know of my existence either." An Yi shook her head.

"Then what about the others, members of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party, does anyone know your identities, or have met you?" Lu Ming asked again.

The two thought for a while, looked at each other again, and shook their heads respectively.

Lu Ming finally heaved a sigh of relief, feeling more at ease.

After An Yi arrived in Shanghai, she always wanted to connect with the comrades of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party, but she always made mistakes and failed to complete the task smoothly.

For this reason, she lost her temper with Mr. Dong many times and asked Mr. Dong to send a telegram to the headquarters to reschedule her work in Shanghai.

Out of the consideration of protecting the absolute safety of the radio station, Mr. Dong politely rejected An Yi's request.

Facts have proved that Mr. Dong's practice of adhering to the principle of confidentiality is correct. While protecting the safety of the radio station, he also protected the safety of Anyi incidentally.

"How are the other comrades who were arrested now?" Mr. Dong asked.

"What else can we do? Tried one by one and tortured one by one. But it seems that two unimportant people confessed yesterday, and it seems that there is no important information from the confession." Lu Ming said.

"Two more confessions?" Mr. Dong asked in surprise.

"Yes, I confessed immediately after I was caught, and there was no punishment." Lu Ming smiled wryly.

Mr. Dong and An Yi both looked gloomy and remained silent.

"It's nothing unusual. No matter what you call the test of party spirit or human nature, there will always be people who can't pass this test." Lu Ming said lightly.

In the past few years, the Fuxing Society has arrested many underground members of the CCP all over the country. Some of them betrayed and confessed, and even more underground members were arrested.

In Shanghai, this is the first major breakthrough in the past two years, so even Dai Li is very happy, as if walking with a gust of wind.

Neither Hou Liang nor the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee knew about the existence of Mr. Dong and An Yi. This was the best news Lu Ming got today, and he finally felt relieved.

These two people are also Lu Ming's weakness. They both know about the several times he helped the Communist Party. If these two people are caught, according to the principle of intelligence work, he can only prepare to flee to the United States.

"Lu Ming, you are also the main person in Shanghai station, can you help us with some work?" Mr. Dong asked tentatively.

Lu Ming knew that they would definitely make a similar request, but this time he couldn't help, so he shook his head and said, "This time, Dai Li is in charge of the arrest and interrogation, and no one else can intervene."

Although Dai Li respected Lu Ming verbally and took every word to Chief Lu, he blocked him in this matter. This was already a tacit agreement between the two parties.

Lu Ming didn't even think about intervening. If it was at the beginning of the incident, he might still be able to do something, but now that the deal is done, he can't do anything.

"As for that Hou Liang, how will Shanghai Station plan to arrange it?" An Yi asked.

"Probably transfer to a hotel first, and then buy him a house and equip some security guards. Hou Liang still needs a few months of treatment, but in the end it is not optimistic, he will suffer from multiple disabilities." Lu Ming sighed tone way.

"Then after he transfers to the hotel, can you tell us the details?" An Yi said.

"You won't rush to assassinate him, will you?" Lu Ming said in surprise.

"Of course not now, this matter has to be decided organizationally, but we have to make all preparations in advance." An Yi said.

"It's not necessary. He has already confessed in full. His value has been drained by the Fuxing Society. Even if he is allowed to live, he is just a useless person. He can only linger on in the future. There is no need for you to keep an eye on him." Lu Ming said.

"This is impossible. We will never let go of a person who has caused great losses to our organization, and he should not continue to live in this world." An Yi said coldly.