After Song Xiao An left with profuse gratitude, Chen Han Wen closed his own door.
He poured himself a glass of Black Label whiskey, picked up the 1924 edition of A Universal History published by the Commercial Press, which had been lying on the table, sat down in a chair, turned on the radio, and began to drink and read.
Soon, a series of numbers came out of the radio: 1124, 5367, 1896...
This series of numbers conjured a sentence in Chen Han Wen's mind:
Thank you for your contribution, Comrade Old Ghost!
Old Ghost, the undercover intelligence worker of our Party who was lurking in the higher ranks of the Kuomintang.
Real name: Chen Han Wen.
This Chen Han Wen was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he had followed his family to Shanghai to make a living. He had secretly joined the Communist Party in March 1927.
In fact, Chen Han Wen was a dead pawn. He had no superiors. No one knew his identity except Comrade Xiang Yu.
There was only one thing he could do: from a strategic point of view, he would do his best to provide assistance to the Party's layout.
For example, why was he thanking Comrade 'Old Ghost' this time?
The reason was simple: Chen Han Wen had blown up the 76th Bureau, giving our Party plenty of time to make military arrangements.
The Japanese were about to lose the war, and the troops led by the Party were also starting to fight everywhere, vying for spoils of war while also vying for popular opinion in a wider range of areas.
Especially in the New Fourth Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, they had even infiltrated Shanghai, making it impossible for the Japanese to move an inch. To avoid being occupied by the New Fourth Army, the Japanese withdrew a large number of troops from the fighting against the Kuomintang and were preparing to attack the New Fourth Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai in the spring.
With Chen Han Wen's actions, the relationship between the Japanese and the Kuomintang immediately became tense. To guard against the Kuomintang, the Japanese could only redeploy the troops they had withdrawn from the front line to face the Kuomintang, which led to the failure of their plan to encircle the New Fourth Army before it even began.
Even if the Japanese and the Kuomintang reached an agreement, this back and forth would have already wasted a lot of time. There would be no point in trying to besiege the New Fourth Army again.
This was the strategic help that Chen Han Wen, this dead pawn, brought.
One might wonder why Chen Han Wen was still allowed to run wild in the Kuomintang without any consequences. To understand this, we need to look at his past.
Chen Han Wen entered the Whampoa Military Academy. He used his emotional intelligence and sharp mind, both of which he had honed in his past life, to navigate the complexities of the academy. He made many close friends, and he excelled in everything from martial arts and firearms to artillery operation and battle command. In addition, he shared a hometown with Chiang Kai-shek, which helped him stand out in the sixth term.
During the Northern Expedition against the Fengtian Army, he rescued Chiang Kai-shek from danger. After the Northern Expedition ended, Chiang Kai-shek stepped down, and Chen Han Wen resigned as the commander of the First Division's independent regiment and went to Shanghai to engage in business. Within three years, he became one of the most prominent businessmen in Shanghai. Later, when Chiang Kai-shek became president again, he followed orders and became Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguard.
During the Xi'an Incident, Chen Han Wen again protected Chiang Kai-shek from the encirclement of the Fengtian Army and fought his way out. Although the outcome was the same, Chen Han Wen went from Xi'an to Nanjing to persuade Dai Li to firmly support Soong Mei-ling. He went alone to the Nanjing garrison camp and, using the threat of suicide, forced He Yingqin, who had declared himself the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Rebellion Army, and the brothers Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu of the Blue Shirts Society, to revoke their order to attack Shaanxi.
Chen Han Wen remained in He Yingqin's headquarters for three days and nights without eating or drinking. He successfully waited for Soong Mei-ling, who had returned to Nanjing from Shanghai to take charge of the situation.
These two incidents made Chen Han Wen Chiang Kai-shek's absolute confidant. However, Chen Han Wen did not become arrogant. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the fall of Nanjing, Chen Han Wen volunteered to go to Shanghai to infiltrate the heart of the Japanese and assassinate high-ranking Japanese officials.
Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy; Tsukada Gorō, commander of the Eleventh Army; and Yanagawa Heisuke, commander of the Tenth Army ... all became victims of Chen Han Wen's gun. High-ranking Japanese officials in Shanghai were terrified of Chen Han Wen. Even a huge reward was not enough to catch him.
Later, Japanese officials were too scared of Chen Han Wen and had to send negotiators to talk to Chiang Kai-shek. They made huge concessions before they could finally escort Chen Han Wen out of Shanghai with respect.
Fearing that Chen Han Wen would cause trouble again, Chiang Kai-shek assigned him a sinecure in the Military Intelligence Agency and no longer let him carry out missions.
This was exactly what Chen Han Wen wanted.
After the radio broadcast ended, Chen Han Wen turned off the radio and sat in his seat lost in thought.
It was March 1945. The War of Resistance Against Japan would be over in about six months. At that time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would enter a full-scale war. Zheng Yao Xian, Zeng Mo Yi, Lu Han Qing, and the Communist Party members who were lurking in Chongqing would all become active.
Not only them, but also Shen Ming Zheng, Liu Xin Jie, Lü Zong Fang ... and Yu Ze Cheng, who was still an inconspicuous small clerk in the Telecommunications Department.
What should he do to help them avoid exposure as much as possible?
These people would be the backbone of the Party in the future.
Chen Han Wen knew very well that from now on, it was the most important time for him to play his role.
But he could not tell anyone his identity.
While Chen Han Wen was thinking, a sound of a key turning in the lock came from the door. Chen Han Wen's eyebrows shot up, and he immediately closed the book. With a flip of his hand, the whole book disappeared.
This was the cheat code that suddenly appeared on Chen Han Wen when he crossed over to this world, a personal space.
One of the functions of the personal space was storage. Chen Han Wen usually kept important things in the personal space, including things he used for killing, as well as the wealth he had accumulated.
Moreover, the personal space had another function, which was that within the range of the space, Chen Han Wen could appear anywhere instantly.
For example, now that Chen Han Wen was in the room, he could instantly appear on the street outside as long as he used the function of the personal space.
When Chen Han Wen used the personal space to move, it appeared to others as a speed that exceeded human limits. They could only see his afterimage. If he concealed himself well, others would not see how he moved at all.
This was one of the reasons why Chen Han Wen left the battlefield and joined the Military Intelligence Agency.
The moving function of the personal space was tailor-made for being an assassin.
When Chen Han Wen first discovered the cheat code, it was only about ten cubic meters in size. However, as Chen Han Wen's physical fitness became stronger, the personal space gradually expanded. Now it was the size of a basketball court.
Chen Han Wen didn't know why the size of his personal space increased. His body becoming stronger would cause the space to expand. Winning battles would also cause it to expand. Making money, killing Japanese devils ... all of these would cause the size of the personal space to expand.
The personal space was the size of a basketball court, and five years had passed. In these five years, Chen Han Wen had been holding a sinecure in the Military Intelligence Agency headquarters in Chongqing. He had basically no opportunities to earn merit, so the size of the personal space had not changed much.