Two days later, in the office of Nanwu Library, Ning Zhiheng was sitting opposite He Siming.

He Siming reported his work progress to Ning Zhiheng in detail during this period so that Ning Zhiheng could use it as a reference.

"Ryusei Eguchi has managed to persuade Taro Sagawa, who has finally agreed to form a telecommunications investigation team. He has called Colonel Katsuta, and two radio wave detection vehicles from the Military Police Headquarters have been lent to the Special Higher Police. Currently, there are a total of five radio wave detection vehicles operating simultaneously in Shanghai, distributed throughout the city. The Special Higher Police Headquarters has two high-powered receiving devices, both of which are already operational."

“When I had dinner with two intelligence officers from the Shanghai Investigation Section of the Asia Development Institute four days ago, they revealed that some of the Asia Development Institute’s personnel had been urgently transferred to Qingdao recently. They said that they would be carrying out a major operation in the Qingdao area, but they did not disclose any specific details.”

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"Two days ago, the Suzhou branch of the Special Higher Police transferred forty-two agents from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS). After staying at the Special Higher Police for a day, Taro Sagawa asked me to take them to the new government's Special Agent Headquarters, No. 76..."

As He Siming was reporting on the recent situation, Ning Zhiheng suddenly interrupted him, saying, "Wait, focus on this situation: these Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) agents were transferred from Suzhou?"

He Siming nodded and replied, "Yes, the specific situation is that twenty days ago, the local garrison commander of Suzhou, Hirayama Tokumoto, was assassinated in the street by an anti-Japanese organization. The local garrison, the Special Higher Police, and the military police used this as a pretext to carry out a large-scale and intensive operation in the Suzhou area. This operation lasted a long time and resulted in the arrest of a large number of suspicious individuals. The Special Higher Police had previously cracked down on two strongholds of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) in the Suzhou-Shanghai area and arrested some people. They used these people to identify and verify their identities and quickly found several real CBIS agents. Following the clues, they completely dismantled the CBIS's underground organization in the Suzhou-Shanghai area. As a result, except for District Chief Lu Yuannan, who escaped alone, nearly a hundred other personnel were arrested. The CBIS's intelligence organization in the Suzhou-Shanghai area has been completely wiped out. Ding Mo, the director of the Special Agent Headquarters, rushed to Suzhou and persuaded the arrested personnel to surrender. Apart from a portion of them staying in Suzhou to form a new special agent branch, he brought back forty-two CBIS agents. These people will now be under the jurisdiction of the Special Agent Headquarters of the new government."

The Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) in the Jiangsu and Shanghai regions was completely wiped out? Ning Zhiheng was taken aback!

Nearly a hundred agents of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) were arrested and defected to the enemy. The CBIS's forces in the Suzhou-Shanghai area were wiped out by the Japanese. This was no small matter! Most incredibly, the cause of this incident was the death of Hirayama Tokumoto.

Ning Zhiheng knew very well that the assassins of Hirayama Tokumoto were several bodyguards from the Fujiwara Company, but the consequences had unexpectedly spread to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' Shanghai-Suzhou area.

Ning Zhiheng spat lightly and said fiercely, "How could such a thing happen? These useless people from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics couldn't even escape the Japanese's pursuit while hiding in Suzhou, and they were all wiped out!"

He wasn't sorry for these Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) agents; what worried him was that these trained agents had joined the puppet government's intelligence headquarters, significantly boosting the overall strength of the headquarters. What was originally just a group of traitors mainly composed of gangsters and thugs had quickly transformed into an intelligence agency with strict organization and management and a wealth of experienced personnel in a very short time. The large number of CBIS agents who had defected to the enemy played a crucial role in this transformation.

Since the Special Agent Headquarters was transferred to the new government, the organization has expanded rapidly. The number of operatives alone has increased to five action brigades, with a total of over a thousand people. Of course, they are all disciples of the Green Gang. Therefore, Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun urgently need professional agents to strengthen the core team. They accept all surrendered agents from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics without reservation. Under the guise of the puppet government and the pretense of saving the country through indirect means, they recruit former Kuomintang agents on a large scale.

In particular, Ding Mo held a high position and had many former subordinates and connections within the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS). Some CBIS agents even volunteered to join him. Now, all four departments have been established, making the bureau strong and its strength greatly increased.

He Siming continued, "Seventy-Six has been making a lot of moves lately, clashing with the Shanghai station several times. I heard the Shanghai station suffered some losses!"

It is now July 1939, and the dramatic changes in Shanghai have caught everyone off guard.

The political situation in Shanghai was becoming increasingly tense. The formation of the puppet government was progressing rapidly, with personnel and supplies gradually arriving. Articles praising the new National Government began to appear in major Shanghai newspapers, creating momentum for the upcoming so-called Sixth National Congress of the Kuomintang.

Meanwhile, the Shanghai station and assassination team, which had been lying in wait for a long time, received new instructions from the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters and finally began to prepare for a new operation. Another round of attacks against the puppet government had begun.

Wang Hanmin and Wu Huarong plotted several assassination attempts against Wang Tianhai, but all failed due to the tight security measures of No. 76. The agents from both sides engaged in a fierce battle, resulting in numerous casualties.

Ning Zhiheng sighed and said, "Number 76 has the home advantage, outnumbered and powerful, and has the support of the Japanese. Of course, they have a huge advantage. Do you know exactly how many casualties there were at the Shanghai station?"

He Siming shook his head and replied, "I don't know the exact extent of the losses. After all, No. 76 has now been completely incorporated into the puppet government's system. They only need to report to the puppet government and the Tuyuan Agency. The Special Higher Police can't get involved now. However, as far as I know, at least a dozen Shanghai Station agents have been killed, and there are also captured personnel. I don't know the situation of these personnel. Do you need me to do some work on them?"

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