"Yes!" Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's order, Yu Cheng dared not delay and quickly responded to accept the command. He was pressed for time and had many things to do.

Ning Zhiheng put down the phone, glanced at his watch, and couldn't help but worry about whether he would have enough time. Every minute of delay could allow Silver Fox and the Camel Hump team to slip through his fingers. As the saying goes, even a lion will fight a rabbit with all its might, and he absolutely could not afford to be complacent or take any chances.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the phone again and called Wei Yong, the head of the First Action Section, at his home.

Wei Yong, who was still asleep, heard the phone ringing by his bedside and reluctantly picked it up.

"I am Ning Zhiheng!"

Ning Zhiheng's voice rang out, instantly snapping Wei Yong back to reality and clearing his mind.

"Chief, what are your orders?"

"Assemble all members of the First Operations Division immediately. We have a major operation today!"

"Yes, I'll assemble the personnel immediately!" Wei Yong replied loudly.

He put down the phone, barely managed to calm himself, then quickly got up, put on his military uniform, grabbed his sidearm from the bedside table, and hurried out the door.

The task of the First Operations Section during this period was to carry out the clearing operation and be ready to obey Ning Zhiheng's orders at any time. The specific reason was very clear to everyone: two of the three action team leaders in the First Operations Section were Ning Zhiheng's trusted subordinates.

This time, it's clear that the section chief is paving the way for his own cronies. After the cleanup mission, Zhao Jiang and Nie Tianming's promotions are a foregone conclusion.

Just as everyone expected, the director took over the crackdown operation in just two days, and the leak case, this major case that reached the highest levels, was solved so easily.

Nie Tianming and Zhao Jiang, as the meritorious personnel who captured the important Japanese spy Yoshida Ryusuke and seized the radio and codebook, will soon be promoted.

Wei Yong, the section chief, was in a rather awkward position. Although he was supposed to cooperate with the operation, the director always only assigned Nie Tianming and Zhao Jiang's action teams. In the past two days, he had personally witnessed the intelligence section and his two action teams working non-stop, day and night. He knew that the upcoming crackdown would become increasingly large-scale, and many great opportunities to make merit were right in front of him, but they were out of his reach. He was extremely anxious and uneasy.

But he dared not say much, not even a single complaint. He knew that Director Ning was infamous in the Military Intelligence Bureau, and his patron, Deputy Director Huang, had repeatedly emphasized that Director Ning's orders must not be disobeyed. This showed Director Ning's status in the Baoding clique, and Wei Yong was well aware of the danger involved.

But tonight the section chief called and asked him to urgently mobilize personnel. This is a rare opportunity, a crucial chance for him to participate in the crackdown. Whether he can get a share of the credit in this feast depends on his performance today.

As the department with the strictest military discipline in the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Second Action Division was absolutely capable of obeying orders without question. Soon, all the personnel of the First Action Section were fully equipped and ready to go, and officers of the rank of squad leader and above gathered in the conference room.

The door was pushed open, and Ning Zhiheng walked into the conference room first, followed by Zhao Jiang and other guard officers.

"Whoosh!"

All officers stood at attention, eyes fixed straight ahead, awaiting Ning Zhiheng's instructions.

Ning Zhiheng's expression was serious. He looked at the officers in the room. Apart from Nie Tianming, who had rushed to Yichang yesterday morning, and his action team, all the other officers of the First Action Section were here.

There were eleven officers in the room, including Wei Yong, the head of the operations section, two operations team leaders, and eight operations captains.

Ning Zhiheng sat in the main seat, waved his hand, and made a downward pressing gesture with both hands. Only then did the officers sit down in unison.

"Let me explain the situation. Just yesterday, the operation achieved a major breakthrough. We cracked two major espionage cases in succession, and several Japanese spies were arrested. We also obtained a list of some important Japanese spies, which we plan to arrest today. So everyone, stay alert and do your best to complete this arrest operation."

Ning Zhiheng's words astonished everyone in the room, especially the officers who hadn't yet participated in the crackdown. They couldn't help but look at each other, filled with regret. The cracking of this major spy case would have been enough to earn them, these mid- to low-ranking officers, a great deal of merit and seniority. They desperately needed these as a means of promotion, but in the blink of an eye, the credit had slipped away. This left every officer with a deep sense of regret, thinking to themselves that they had joined too late.

Ning Zhiheng placed a document on the table and then said in a deep voice, "The target of this arrest is a member of a Japanese spy group, a total of nine members. We have already secretly arrested two. The list of the remaining seven is here. The document contains their identities and addresses. Each action team will be responsible for one person. Zhao Jiang will lead an action team under my command, and they will have other tasks."

"yes!"

"Let me emphasize that for now you are just monitoring them to prevent them from escaping. If they try to run away, arrest them immediately. Keep the noise as low as possible. If there is no unusual activity, do not act on your own. Wait for my instructions to make the arrests."

You all know our operational discipline: you must not reveal the identities of your respective targets to each other. From now on, all personnel must operate in groups of three or more, monitoring each other. Anyone attempting to leave or act alone will be treated as a mole and arrested immediately. No slackening is permitted.

"Yes, sir!" all the officers shouted in unison.

Ning Zhiheng's main task today is to lure and capture Silver Fox, and then capture the other members of the Camel Hump Group.

But once he knew the identities of these members, he had to make sure they were under his surveillance and that he wouldn't let them slip away. So he had to start monitoring them now.

After distributing the materials and identifying the targets, Ning Zhiheng said to Wei Yong, "You will be in charge of the arrest of these seven spies. I have to go arrest another important figure and can't attend to this matter now."

Wei Yong is also very capable, otherwise he would not have won Huang Xianzheng's appreciation. Ning Zhiheng trusts him. Besides, the action department has the home advantage, controls a lot of resources, has enough manpower, and the targets are all clear, so he believes there will be no problems.

When Wei Yong saw that the section chief had entrusted him with the task of arresting the members of the spy team, he was overjoyed. This showed that the section chief trusted him. He quickly stood at attention, saluted, and said loudly, "Please rest assured, Section Chief, I will not let a single one escape. Otherwise, I am willing to be court-martialed!"

Ning Zhiheng nodded in satisfaction, turned and left the conference room, then instructed Zhao Jiang behind him: "Go to the interrogation department immediately and bring Ji Anmin to my office."

"Yes!" Zhao Jiang turned and quickly left.