The next day, when Ning Zhiheng was at work as usual, the phone rang. It was a call to summon mid-level and above officers of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department to a meeting.

Upon receiving this news, Ning Zhiheng knew that the section chief had rushed back. Such large-scale meetings were rarely held in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, so something big must have happened.

Upon arriving at the conference hall, it was already filled with officers of the rank of colonel and above. The headquarters of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department had grown increasingly large, expanding to eleven departments, and the number of officers of the rank of colonel was also considerable. Everyone sat down according to their departments and positions, waiting for the Director's arrival.

As the first department, the Action Section naturally sits at the top. Although Ning Zhiheng is only a major, he holds a high position as a military commander and an important figure in the Action Section. Therefore, he naturally sits next to the section chief Zhao Ziliang and the deputy section chief Xiang Yan.

Shortly after, the conference room door opened, and the director stepped into the conference room first, followed by Deputy Director Huang Xianzheng.

But what surprised everyone even more was that a major general walked in behind Huang Xianzheng and sat down in the main seat, with Huang Xianzheng and the major general sitting on either side.

At this moment, many people in the conference room looked at each other in surprise. They were all veterans of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department and naturally recognized that the major general was none other than Shen Xun, the deputy director who had not shown his face until now.

Shen Xun is the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, but he has hardly appeared in the department in the past two years.

The reason was that he was unwilling to accept the strong position of the Chief and wanted to make his own way in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. Relying on his background, he began to have conflicts of interest with the Chief. However, the Chief, who was deeply trusted by the leader, quickly gained the upper hand and forcefully transferred several of Shen Xun's key subordinates, completely sidelining him. In the end, Shen Xun had no choice but to end this power struggle in defeat.

However, due to his powerful background, the director was unable to pursue him relentlessly. In the end, Shen Xun retained his position as deputy director, but he no longer made public appearances. It is said that he had already taken control of other personnel and had his own power, but these are all just rumors.

This was the first time Ning Zhiheng had met this deputy director. With his keen senses, he quickly learned the identity of this deputy director from the whispers of the surrounding officers. He couldn't help but be surprised, wondering what major event had happened that would bring this important figure, who hadn't shown his face in a long time, to the conference room.

Military meetings are always concise and to the point, and the chief quickly informed everyone of the meeting's theme.

It turns out that this time, with the outbreak of a major battle in Shanghai, the leader mobilized the entire nation's military force, determined to eliminate the Japanese ground forces and remove this major threat that was lodged in his heartland.

Not only were the most elite German-equipped divisions and Whampoa Military Academy direct troops transferred from all over the country, but also elite troops from various factions were also instructed that the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau, as the highest department responsible for military intelligence, should also organize military forces to carry out special missions such as reconnaissance and sabotage in the Shanghai area to assist the main forces in combat.

As the saying goes, war breaks out and the army rises! The Director has long wanted to control a force belonging to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, and this time his wish has finally come true.

The Director and Yue Sheng, the head of the Shanghai Green Gang, hit it off immediately. The Green Gang was willing to provide manpower and resources, while the Director provided weapons and key officers. He was also responsible for transferring some personnel from the military to urgently form a force of up to 20,000 men, which became the exclusive force of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.

The establishment of this unit marked the transformation of the Military Intelligence Investigation Service from a simple intelligence agency into a powerful military group with its own armed forces, a military force led by Military Intelligence agents.

This was naturally a huge deal for the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. The department head's purpose in returning this time was to mobilize all the officers and soldiers in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department to be transferred to Shanghai to form this unit.

Faced with such a rare opportunity to expand their power, Huang Xianzheng, representing the Baoding faction, and Shen Xun, representing the Dongshan faction, both acted swiftly and joined in.

This was also a distribution method approved by the leader, because the Director himself has great power, in charge of the country's military intelligence and in charge of the three major departments of the military, police and gendarmerie. It would be extremely inappropriate to put such a military force completely in the hands of the Director.