Li Zhiqun's heart sank immediately. Wang Hanmin's guess was correct. When the Military Intelligence Bureau notified the Qingdao Station of their arrival in advance, they must have also informed the Qingdao Station about the tripartite talks. That's why Fu Shengyuan and his wife knew about it. In other words, the Military Intelligence Bureau knew about the tripartite talks in Qingdao in advance, and they really might have sent people into Qingdao.
Wang Hanmin spoke up from the side: "Madam Fu, we have also received some information that the Military Intelligence Bureau sent people to Qingdao ahead of time to disrupt the tripartite meeting. Your Qingdao station must have been involved. Now you and your husband are still refusing to cooperate and unwilling to tell the truth, which puts us in a difficult position. Don't think that you can get away with it by just handing over the Qingdao station."
Although Wang Hanmin's words were a deliberate trap, they did hit the nail on the head regarding Fu Shengyuan and his wife's plans. Fu Shengyuan had no choice but to bow down to Li Zhiqun because of the safety of his wife and family. However, this operation to disrupt the tripartite talks was of great significance, and if successful, it would change the development trend of the entire anti-Japanese war.
After much deliberation, Fu Shengyuan decided to persist a little longer. He could reveal all the members of the Qingdao station to Li Zhiqun and the Japanese as a delaying tactic to lull them into a false sense of security and buy them time.
The demolition operation is about to succeed. In just over ten hours, the explosion will turn the Huiying Hotel into ruins.
He thought that he could claim he didn't know about the bombing operation and even deny that it was the work of the Military Intelligence Bureau, which might cover it up. So he and Ding Mingzhen discussed it for a long time and tried their best to persuade her. When Ding Mingzhen saw that her husband insisted on not doing so, she had no choice but to agree to give it a try. However, she was no match for these veteran agents. As soon as she opened her mouth, Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin saw through her.
Li Zhiqun's face darkened, and he said in a more stern tone, "Madam Fu, it seems you still have a glimmer of hope. Here's what we'll do: I'll send someone to bring the entire Ding family here so you can be reunited and at least see each other one last time. After that, I'll have to leave everything to the Japanese. You know what kind of people they are!"
At this point, Li Zhiqun snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Upon hearing this, Ding Mingzhen panicked. She had never agreed to Fu Shengyuan taking such a risk in the first place, and now that her plan had been exposed, she dared not involve her family. She quickly stepped forward and asked urgently, "I'll tell you everything!"
At this moment, Wang Hanmin also spoke up to persuade her, "Director, Madam Fu is just an ordinary intelligence agent. There are some things that are confidential and she may not know them very well. Please don't be anxious. Let's talk things over!"
“Yes, yes, things are negotiable…” Ding Mingzhen had long lost her composure and hurriedly said.
Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin worked in tandem, one playing the bad cop and the other the good cop. Ding Mingzhen was no match for them and soon, under their questioning, she revealed the truth.
Ding Mingzhen was in charge of the radio station in Qingdao. All the telegrams from headquarters and Qingdao station passed through her hands, so she knew a lot of things, and she told them all.
Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin then understood the whole story and were greatly surprised!
According to Ding Mingzhen, the Kuomintang special operations team that carried out the sabotage mission had entered Qingdao twenty days earlier, nearly half a month before they arrived in Qingdao.
How is that possible? If we also take into account the time the special operations team wasted on the road, the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters would have received the intelligence about the tripartite meeting even earlier.
It should be noted that even an intelligence chief like Li Zhiqun only obtained this information from Ren Manshan before volunteering to come to Qingdao with Yingzuo Yushu. This was only about ten days ago.
But how did the Military Intelligence Bureau know so early? Needless to say, the Military Intelligence Bureau had other, higher-level intelligence channels and obtained this information a long time ago.
"Shanghai Intelligence Section!"
"Intelligence Section!"
Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin exchanged glances, both seeing terror in each other's eyes, and couldn't help but gasp!
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