In November 1948, Wang Xinheng, director of the Second Division of the Military Control Bureau, and Chiang Ching-kuo
The acquisition of the reconnaissance brigade and the traffic police has sharply increased the workload and responsibilities of Shanghai Station, which has flourished under the strong leadership of the new district chief Wang Xinheng.Wang studied at Sun Yat-Sen University in Moscow, is from Ningbo, and has many relationships with Ningbo businessmen in Shanghai.He is also very close to Shanghai's underground society: he is both a close friend of Du Yuesheng and a welcome guest of the "Hengshe", a youth gang organization.
Because of these relationships, Wang Xinheng was able to attract many people to join the secret agents, including students who had studied in the Soviet Union, businessmen, leading figures of the working class, gang members, members of the Shanghai Postal Union, writers, and entertainers.New regional secret offices were established in Hongkou, Zhabei and Hunan. More than 10 independent "stations" have been hooked up with the military investigation team.A large radio station was erected and became a communications hub.In total, the Shanghai station has expanded fivefold, and the number of staff has increased from 100 to 500, who work full-time in the office or on the ground.
Dai Li's appointment of a Communist traitor like Wang Xinheng to the important post of Shanghai station chief reflected his belief that no one was better suited to deal with the Communist underground than a former Communist.From this point of view, Wang Xinheng is just one of the traitors of the Communist Party.Others include Liang Ganqiao, Xie Ligong, Ye Daoxin, Lu Haifang and Cheng Yiming who became senior agents of the Secret Service in the 1930s.They had the primary responsibility for infiltrating and crushing the enemy's underground apparatus, and they hoped to gain access to some of the fringe or front organizations of the Communist Party in the cities, since these were the only ones that were openly visible and could be detected.
This is not an easy task.Even with many savvy agents masquerading as progressives to attack government policy and the press, it's not easy.
One of the most capable spies in the second group, Su Yeguang from Hunan, was originally a member of the Communist Party and had actively participated in the activities of the "democratic parties".Although he often publicly criticized and ridiculed Chiang Kai-shek with extreme sharpness, and published many articles to expose the dark side of society, he still could not deceive any activists in the New Nationalist Party, and he could not infiltrate various front organizations of the Communist Party at all.
