Chapter 115 Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee

There were undoubtedly Dai Li's men in General Cai's two regiments, especially in the investigation department of the Secret Service Corps.But the chief of the secret police focused his attention mainly on the network of Du Yuesheng's disciples in trade unions, business groups and underground society.It was apparently Dai Li who brought the insulted gang leader and his Qing gang entourage back on track at the end of September, and at the beginning of October who persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to form a "military Committee Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee". The Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee was chaired by Chiang Kai-shek himself, and its members included Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, Wang Xiaolai, Zhang Xiaolin, Yang Hu, Mei Guangpei, Xiang Songpo and Lu Jingshi.Dai Li was the chief secretary, and he set up an office on Shanzhong Road in the French Concession.The committee is divided into staff office, political training office, intelligence office, training office and general affairs office.The directors of the various departments are assumed by people from the Secret Service, such as Chen Xudong, Wang Zuhua, Xie Ligong, and Yu Lexing.

The immediate priority is to train cadres and recruit the militia.Therefore, special training courses for training detachment leaders were held in Songjiang and Qingpu. In early October, Dai Li used the power of the committee to organize a general headquarters for the General Detachment of the Ranger Army.The headquarters of this later known as the "Songhu Ranger Corps" was located at Shenjiazhai No. 1 near Fenglin Bridge in the south of the city.Although the organization was nominally led by Du Yuesheng, Dai Li was its real leader, and the police in the British Concession recognized him as the "leader of the Blue Shirts Society."Du Yuesheng's "diplomatic" assistant, Liu Zhilu, a veteran warlord of the Qing Gang from Shandong, is the nominal deputy commander of the Ranger Corps.But the key positions in each department were all held by Dai Li's people: Chen Xudong was the chief of staff, Fang Chao was the chief of the staff department, Zhou Weilong was in charge of political training, Zhou Jiali was the chief of the managerial department (later Tan Liangfu), and Zhou Jiwen was the chief of general affairs. , Yu Lexing Tube Technology Room.Yu is also in charge of the training sites in Songjiang and Qingpu together with Xie Ligong.