Some tasks had to be handed over to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. From his observation, Tian Liqun was an extremely cautious person. The fact that he discovered his hideout had been burglarized, and despite losing two extremely important tokens—a jade jewel and a family crest seal—he still left without hesitation the very next day, demonstrates his exceptional caution.
Therefore, to deal with experienced spies, it is more reliable to use professional agents like Shao Wenguang.
Just like the last time we tracked the Snow Wolf, if we hadn't brought in Shao Wenguang, an assistant from Wei Liangbi, the subsequent tracking operation would most likely have been discovered by the Snow Wolf.
At the time, Shao Wenguang pointed out that the various flaws exposed by the lack of experience of several tracking personnel, including Ning Zhiheng, were very beneficial to them.
This time, the situation was almost the same. Discovering Tian Liqun was easy, but to monitor him closely and constantly, to monitor a trained agent, Ning Zhiheng felt that it would still be necessary to call upon Shao Wenguang.
He rushed back to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department and arrived at Wei Liangbi's office, but no one was there!
He did not go directly to Shao Wenguang, who was a confidant of his senior brother Wei Liangbi. To recruit him, he would need Wei Liangbi's approval.
He had no choice but to return to his office and wait patiently. Half an hour later, he heard the door to Wei Liangbi's office next door open.
He quickly got up and left his office, knocked on Wei Liangbi's office door and entered. Wei Liangbi didn't even look up and knew it was Ning Zhiheng who had come in. Only Ning Zhiheng could enter his office so casually these days.
"What do you want? Lately you've been either boxing or practicing shooting, and the intelligence department hasn't been handing in as many cases. Have you run out of things to do?" Wei Liangbi placed the document bag he was carrying on the table. "Should I find you some work to do?"
Ning Zhiheng glanced at the document bag on the table and said meaningfully, "What? Is there a mission?"
Wei Liangbi nodded, returned to his chair, and pointed to the document bag, saying helplessly, "During this period, the Chief has ordered an intensified purge of corrupt elements in the military, a large-scale crackdown is to be carried out. Our Action Section is responsible for the main execution work, so we will be very busy during this time!"
Ning Zhiheng was somewhat surprised. Investigating corruption within the military was indeed part of the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau's work, but in reality, the Bureau rarely dealt with such matters, given that corruption was widespread within the Kuomintang army. If they were to investigate thoroughly, the number of people to arrest would be overwhelming—too many to handle, too many to kill!
The military is rife with conflicting interests and complex relationships. Doing this would be a challenge to all the forces within the military, with unpredictable consequences. Even President Chiang Kai-shek couldn't make that decision. How could someone as shrewd as the Chief of Staff do something so thankless?
"They're really going to arrest them!" Ning Zhiheng asked, frowning. "How many people will they have to arrest? Aren't there enough people like that in the army? Can they even catch them all?"
Wei Liangbi took the document bag, took out a stack of materials, and said, "How can they really arrest people? It's just a purge of dissidents!"
Ning Zhiheng nodded, then stepped forward and said to Wei Liangbi, "Senior brother, can our Third Action Team not participate in this mission?"
Wei Liangbi was somewhat surprised by Ning Zhiheng's words. He looked up at Ning Zhiheng, pointed to the stack of documents, and asked curiously, "Not participating? Why? You're not really afraid of offending people, are you? These are all people who have chosen the wrong side. If we don't kill them, others will! You've always been decisive and ruthless! There must be a reason this time, right?"
Ning Zhiheng curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Just killing people! Isn't that what soldiers' guns are for? But I have no interest in these infighting tricks!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Liangbi immediately understood the implication. He glanced at him and said with a half-smile, "Just say what you want! Judging from your smug look, you've set your sights on a new target, haven't you?"
Ning Zhiheng chuckled and said with a hint of pride, "My outreach team has discovered some clues these past few days. After several days of investigation, they have preliminarily identified a suspect, who is now under close surveillance."
Wei Liangbi raised an eyebrow, a hint of joy appearing on his face. He had found a new clue. What kind of surprise would his junior brother bring him this time?
"Another one of your outsiders! Zhiheng, sometimes I really envy you! You have such a capable force under your command. Tell me, what do you need me to do?" Wei Liangbi said with great interest.
"Although we have the target under surveillance, he is very vigilant, and the men under my command are all ragtag troops. So, just like last time, I plan to bring in Shao Wenguang to help me."
Furthermore, I need to mobilize my Third Action Team to fully investigate this case, so you can delegate the cleanup task to the other two action teams, Senior Brother!
“No problem! Since an opportunity has come knocking, of course we can’t let it slip by! Don’t worry! I’ll give you my full support! I’ll assign the cleanup mission to the other two action teams. Your third action team will focus all its efforts on solving this case. I’ll arrange things for Lao Shao. Right now, besides his supervisory work, he doesn’t have anything important to do.” Wei Liangbi readily agreed.
How could a simple extermination operation compare to the allure of cracking a major espionage case? Besides, the former is routine work; even if you do it well, there's no reward. But the latter is different. If you do it well, you get results, you're recognized, and everyone benefits! Of course, he knows what to do!
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