novelhk Chapter 27 The Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station Was Not Useless
Chapter 27 The Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station Was Not Useless
Tsukamoto Kameichi was taken aback at first, then burst into wildly happy laughter. He patted Inukai Gakufu on the shoulder enthusiastically and praised, "Inukai-kun, you truly deserve to be called the number one strategist of our Black Dragon Society! You've grasped the crux of the problem right away! Haha..........................."
With a hint of joy at being affirmed, Inukai Manabu continued, "Does the section chief also think this is the reason?"
"No, Inukai-kun, whether that's really the reason or not isn't important for now. What's important is that the higher-ups will believe the direction you're pointing out, haha... At least we have this explanation, so our position is temporarily secure!"
So now we can spare the manpower and energy to first suppress the arrogance of the intelligence stations of the Chinese Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in Shanghai, and let them know who the real master is on this land!
"I hereby issue this order: the Special Higher Police and the Military Police, starting today, shall launch a full-scale crackdown on Chinese influence in Shanghai's political, military, business, and intelligence circles. The methods shall not be simplistic or brutal; rather, we shall exploit the Chinese people's greed for power, wealth, and sex, primarily through inducing defection, supplemented by violent strikes, to completely destroy the remaining Chinese influence in Shanghai in the shortest possible time..."
With the Special Higher Police shifting its focus, the number of people with "weak wills" in various political, military, business, and even intelligence circles began to increase significantly, making life difficult for Wang Tianmu, the new station chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station.
Upon taking office, he felt immense pressure for the first time.
"Station Chief, this is a list of traitors who have recently defected to the Japanese and their activity patterns." Deputy Station Chief Fu Jingnian placed a document on Wang Tian's wooden table, his face grave. "After Tsukamoto Kameichi came to power, he used high-ranking positions and generous salaries to lure those with weak wills, and several of our peripheral organizations have been destroyed by them."
Wang Tianmu looked at the list, a cold glint in his eyes: "The Chairman often instructed, 'To resist foreign aggression, we must first pacify the internal situation.'"
These traitors are more hateful than the Japanese! Their deaths are necessary to appease public anger and establish military authority! Over the years, select a few who have incurred the utmost public resentment and have had the most negative impact, formulate a plan to eliminate them, and execute it flawlessly, ensuring that all traitors and lackeys cannot sleep at night!
"Yes!" Fu Jingnian accepted the order. He was an expert in action and was well-prepared for this.
Soon, a precise strike against traitors quietly unfolded.
The first target was Li Yunqing, the former vice president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, who later became the president of the "Shanghai Local Maintenance Association" after defecting to the enemy. This man not only raised supplies for the Japanese army, but also personally led people to seize the property of anti-Japanese activists, his hands stained with the blood of his compatriots.
Fu Jingnian personally led the team and meticulously planned the operation. Taking advantage of Li Yunqing's lecherous nature and his weekly visits to a high-class brothel in the French Concession to meet his mistress, they bribed the brothel's servants in advance to obtain information about the specific room and the arrangement of bodyguards.
On the night of the operation, Fu Jingnian, along with two skilled team members, disguised themselves as waiters delivering drinks and infiltrated the private room where Li Yunqing was.
Inside the private room, Li Yunqing was flirting with his mistress, while two bodyguards stood outside the door. Fu Jingnian acted with lightning speed, accurately killing the two bodyguards with a silenced pistol, and then burst into the private room.
Li Yunqing was terrified. Just as she was about to scream, a team member covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief soaked in sleeping pills, and she instantly lost consciousness.
Fu Jingnian calmly fired another shot into his temple, creating the illusion of a robbery and murder. He then deliberately took his wallet and his mistress's jewelry before quickly making his escape. The entire process took less than three minutes, clean and efficient.
The next day, the news of Li Yunqing's sudden death in a brothel shocked Shanghai, and the traitors were all on edge.
Just when the Military Intelligence Bureau's "anti-traitor operations" were succeeding one after another, Tsukamoto Kameichi, the head of the Special Higher Police Section, was no ordinary person. He took advantage of the defection of Li Qiyan, the newly appointed deputy captain of the Military Intelligence Bureau's action team, to wipe out 37 people from six Military Intelligence Bureau action groups in one fell swoop. He also orchestrated the defection of Liu Danzhong, a member of the telecommunications group. Not only did he lose two radios, but even his codebook was seized by the Special Higher Police Section!
With both sides attacking each other back and forth, the Shanghai station, originally staffed with 108 people (the Military Intelligence Bureau's Class A large station had 108 people, Class B medium station had 72 people, and Class C small station had 36 people), lost more than half of its personnel in less than a month!
The recruitment of professional agents is not like that of the military, where "recruiting a local security regiment, police, or even a strong man" can "form combat capability" under the leadership of veterans. Personnel who have not undergone professional and rigorous training are not only unable to play a role, but also increase the risk of exposure!
The overwhelmed stationmaster, Wang Tianmu, suffered huge losses and was not only berated by Boss Dai, but even his backers in Baoding felt ashamed!
At this moment, Wang Tianmu felt that he had been incredibly unlucky. Zhao Lijun had made two major merits in two months to obtain important strategic intelligence, but he had been the station chief for more than a month. Although he dared not say that he had "not made any achievements", the losses were unimaginable!
The difference between his two months as station chief and Zhao Lijun's two months as station chief was like heaven and earth. After more than a month, he looked haggard and had blisters all over his mouth!
Just as Wang Tianmu was still doubting whether he was capable of being the leader, the phone rang beside him!
"Hello, Rongchang Trading Company, I am General Manager Zheng Shisong (Wang Tianmu's pseudonym). May I ask who you are?" Although Wang Tianmu was in a very bad mood, his years of professional intelligence training allowed him to keep his emotions in check and ask in a calm tone!
But when he heard the first word, he immediately jumped up from the sofa. Because of his "unforgettable memory", he knew immediately after hearing just the word "hello" that this was the call he had been longing to receive since becoming the station manager!
Ever since Crow transmitted intelligence by phone last time, the Shanghai station knew that the other party was likely to use the same method to transmit important intelligence again. Therefore, they spent a lot of money and used many connections to arrange for an agent to be the No. 9 operator at the telephone exchange!
Operator number 9 is the operator who is specifically responsible for their designated area!
Before the other party could finish speaking, he abandoned his usual composure and said impatiently, "Crow, you finally called! This is Wang Tianmu, the new station manager of the Shanghai station. Don't hang up yet. I can recognize you because I have a talent for remembering things I've heard before!"
Listen to me first. As per your request, the Bird's Nest has been moved back to the rear, and the original station chief, Zhao Lijun, has been transferred to the position of senior advisor in the Second Department of the National Defense Station. Now I am your new contact person!
Boss Dai values you highly, requiring a top-secret file to be created for you, with direct command from his own side. Furthermore, based on your two previous outstanding contributions, headquarters has awarded you the rank of Major, appointed you as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Intelligence Department at the Shanghai Station, and awarded you 2000 RMB. I think it's necessary for us to meet!
Han Zhenhua on the other end of the phone was first startled, then stunned!
It's true that "a great reputation is never undeserved."
Unforgettable memory? This talent, which only exists in novels, actually exists in real life?
Wang Tianmu memorized my voice perfectly based on that brief phone call, and two months later he accurately recognized me just by saying "Hello"?
This is terrifying! It means that his voice has become a potential threat, and once Wang Tianmu is arrested and betrays him according to the original plot, the risk of his exposure will increase exponentially.
But since things had come to this, he could only say helplessly, "Station Chief Wang, it's a pleasure to meet you. Your abilities are astonishing. But my previous rules remain unchanged: I will not meet with anyone directly. Intelligence will be delivered through secure means. Trust needs to be verified time and again, not established face-to-face."