Rong Ziheng graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. After returning to China, he first served as an instructor in a martial arts hall in Northeast China. He performed well in the Central Plains War and became Zhang Xueliang's guard captain.

After the September 18th Incident, most of the Northeastern Army withdrew into the pass. Song Ziheng followed Zhang Xueliang's order and led the troops to withdraw from Shenyang to Peiping.

Due to his father's influence and Zhang Xueliang's trust, Rong Ziheng was promoted to battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander after entering the customs, becoming a leader among the younger generation of the Northeast Army.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Rong Ziheng led his troops in bloody battles in Jiangyin and Nanjing. At that time, he still had the heart to serve the country with fists and fists.

But no matter what, he has an extremely unreliable biological father.

When Rong Ziheng fought a bloody battle with the Japanese, Rong Zhen surrendered in Peiping and became the Japanese's number one lackluster. Rong Zhen also used his influence to help Japan establish a puppet government and puppet army in North China.

After that, Rong Zhen sent people again and again to persuade Rong Ziheng to surrender.

Between country and family, Rong Ziheng chose the latter.

He was once a high-spirited Chinese soldier with lofty ideals, but after surrendering to the Japanese, his ideals of galloping on the battlefield and defending his country completely dissipated.

A general with a bright future thinks about how to make more money, expand more troops, and save himself and his family all day long.

Song Ziheng, who was put on the trial stand, had sunken eyes and unkempt hair. His eyelids were drooped, and he seemed to have resigned himself to his fate.

"Beat the traitor to death!"

"Kill him!"

"If you betray your ancestors, you will not die a good death. You must have your bones stabbed and ashes thrown away!"

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The people were agitated, their fists were waving, and their voices were loud.

Hearing the louder calls, Rong Ziheng's expression finally changed.

He did not listen to the people from the Political Bureau pronouncing his crime. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the more than 20,000 compatriots in the audience who wanted to eat him alive.

"kill!"

"kill!"

…

This word kept lingering in his mind, driving away all the sounds around him.

Rong Ziheng raised his eyes and looked at the sun hanging high in the sky. He didn't know what he thought of, and the corners of his mouth gradually curved.

"...the traitor Rong Ziheng is sentenced to death and will be executed immediately!"

Rong Ziheng finally heard these last few words clearly. He lowered his head again and allowed the soldiers of the 39th Legion to drag him down to the trial platform.

"Bang bang bang..."

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out from behind the square.

Fu Yue, who was hanging on the shelf, shivered, and yellow water flowed out uncontrollably again.

Compared with Rong Ziheng, he was lucky. Although he suffered a lot of humiliation, he still managed to survive.

As long as life exists, everything is possible.

Rong Ziheng was shot, but the Rong family's affairs were far from over.

In the next week, Jincheng Military Newspaper and several newspapers closer to Jiangdong will continuously disclose what the Rong family has done for the Japanese over the years and place them one by one. In front of the eyes of the people across the country.

Let everyone see clearly the dirty face of the Rong family, creating a situation where everyone denounces it, and making it impossible for the Rong family to turn over.

Set an "example" for the senior officials of the Nanjing Puppet National Government.

The Chinese people attach great importance to their lives and reputation. For all those who betray the nation and the country, Jiangdong will not only kill them, but will also forever engrave them on the pillar of shame in history.

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In the headquarters of the 39th Army Corps, Song Li was carefully reporting the results of his trip to Jiangdong.

"The 80,000 yuan used in the transaction, not a cent of it, was all seized by us. The silver coins and gold taken out of the Rongjia shops in Wu'an, Xingtai, Shijiazhuang, Handan and other places totaled about 200,000, and some jewelry items were not appraised.

The total harvest from this operation will probably be between 300,000 and 400,000 silver dollars."

What Song Li said was the real number, and he did not dare to conceal it.

"Three to four hundred thousand is not much. The Rong family's property in Peking and Nanjing should be about ten times that amount." Jiang Dong did not attach any particular importance to this amount of money. He asked casually:

"From now on, the finance of southeastern Shanxi will be in charge of the Administrative Office. All the army's seizures on the battlefield will be handed over to the Administrative Office. The cash will be confiscated and the supplies will be sold off. Have you handed over this harvest from the Military Intelligence Office?"

"Ahem..." Song Li scratched his right cheek and deliberately lowered his voice and said:

"Regiment Commander, the Military Intelligence Department is an intelligence unit. As you know, the expenditures of the Military Intelligence Department involve some intelligence lines, and it is impossible to report every payment to the Administrative Office.

All that can be reported is the apparent expenditure, which accounts for a very small proportion of all funds.

If the Administrative Office allocates funds to the Military Intelligence Department according to the stated expenditures, many operations of the Military Intelligence Department will be affected.

You see..."

Jiang Dong understood what Song Li meant, and he raised his head in surprise,

"So, you have opened up the military intelligence office."

"Uh...yeah."

"Tell me and listen."

Song Li was still thinking about the funding issue, so without too much hesitation, he explained the current situation of the Military Intelligence Department in detail.

“The general direction is mainly divided into three aspects.

The first is regarding the Japanese. In recent months, the Military Intelligence Office has placed or instigated some personnel within the North China Front.

Of course, the vast majority of these personnel are translators and puppet army leaders, and only a few people have access to core intelligence."

"Well, this is already pretty good, keep up the hard work." Jiang Dong nodded in affirmation.

"The second is to our own military.

What you can tell us is that we should do a good job in counterintelligence work without affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Work in this area is progressing relatively smoothly, and most of the identity checks on officers and soldiers have been carried out. At the same time, there are relatively complete regulations on the identity checks on recruits and other battlefield prisoners.

If the Japanese or other forces want to add sand to our army, they must first go through the Military Intelligence Department.

Military Intelligence is confident in safeguarding the purity of the military!"

"Okay, the military is our foundation. Being able to single out this aspect of work shows that you have also seen this." Jiang Dong's admiring tone turned into an instruction:

"But you must remember that the Military Intelligence Office is not the commander-in-chief of the Central Committee or the military. Your existence is to provide assistance to the military, not to hinder it.

You must be careful when dealing with the military, and don't let the soldiers become resistant to you."

"Understood, I am personally handling this work, so don't worry."

"Well, what else?"

"In addition, intelligence networks targeting other domestic forces and international forces in Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places are gradually being developed, and several people from the Military Intelligence Department of some national army units have been placed.

We are also reaching out as much as possible to the embassies of various countries in China, foreign trade companies and other foreign-related units.

By the end of this year, the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Office will be no weaker than those of the Military Command."

"Not bad...not bad..." Jiang Dong stood up and patted Song Li's shoulder affectionately,

"This is what a real intelligence unit should look like. You have done a great job. I will ask the General Staff and the Political Department to record merit for all the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department. As a mark of great merit, everyone's military salary will be doubled this month."

Jiangdong was indeed very happy.

Now the General Staff and the Political Department have established a relatively complete military merit system. All personnel in the Military Intelligence Department will record a great merit. This merit will always be in their files and will be of great help to future promotions and benefits.

"By the way, the information of the agents must be recorded comprehensively. The brothers on the hidden front have more difficulties than us. Try to do everything we can for them and do it well!"

"yes!"

Hearing what Jiang Dong said, Song Li was very moved and performed a standard military salute.

After feeling happy, Jiang Dong paced around the headquarters with his hands behind his back.

Seeing him thinking, Song Li stood aside and waited quietly.

After a while, Jiang Dong stopped, looked at Song Li and said:

"This is what I think about the funding issue of the Military Intelligence Agency. Please listen to it."

Hearing that this was the case, Song Li suddenly became excited.

"The operations of the Military Intelligence Department must involve a lot of funds. The three or four hundred thousand this time is only a small amount in comparison." Jiang Dong pondered,

"This is what you will do in the future... If the seized funds are less than 500,000, the Military Intelligence Office will keep 70% and hand over 30% to the Administrative Office. If the amount exceeds 500,000, then you can only keep half.

Do you think this will allow the Military Intelligence Office to have enough operational funds?"

Song Li's face was full of joy,

"Enough...enough..."

"How much have you gained from each operation? You must let me know the specific amount.
To be continued...