He turned and went out the door. After walking a distance, he found a public phone and called Shen Xiang and Ji Hongyi, telling them the address of the rented room. Then he returned to the rented room. From now on, he would personally guard the phone and not leave it for a moment until he confirmed the whereabouts of the blueprints.
Around 8 p.m., all the subordinates arrived at the rented house. They had to report to Ning Zhiheng every day on the situation of the surveillance and tracking.
Everyone was puzzled as to why the Director had chosen a new residence. Only the observant Shen Xiang managed to guess some clues, but he naturally didn't say anything more.
Ji Hongyi reported first: "Chief, we made a major discovery today in our surveillance of Yue Mansion. We have found a new target."
"A new goal?" Ning Zhiheng's spirits lifted upon hearing this.
Ji Hongyi took out a file bag and handed it to Ning Zhiheng, continuing his report: "At 3 PM this afternoon, the same six people who appeared last time showed up again. They still traveled in two cars and, just like last time, performed several counter-tracking maneuvers. However, this time we were well-prepared and deployed enough surveillance personnel nearby. Finally, we tracked down their movements. These are photos we secretly took."
Ning Zhiheng opened the file bag and poured out a stack of photos. He examined them carefully and saw that they were all photos of people getting on and off vehicles. Due to the distance and angle, the images in some photos were not very clear. Obviously, his personnel were very careful when taking the photos, after all, the people being monitored were also experienced agents.
However, he quickly recognized the leader among them as Jiang Tianhe, the deputy director of the Second Intelligence Division, who was one of the high-ranking officials of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
"It's him? This person actually came to Hong Kong?" Ning Zhiheng said in surprise.
"Does the Chief know him?" Ji Hongyi asked quickly. "As per your instructions, these photos have been examined by the brothers who used to work at the Nanjing headquarters, but none of them recognized him, so we cannot confirm their identities yet."
"It's not your fault!" Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and picked out Jiang Tianhe's photo. "This is Jiang Tianhe, the deputy director of the Second Intelligence Division of our Military Intelligence Bureau. He was originally the station chief of Xi'an Station. Later, after the incident, he made contributions to the rescue of the leader, which is why he caught the eye of the Director and was promoted all the way. After the establishment of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he entered the central government and became the deputy director of the Second Intelligence Division."
He hadn't returned when you left headquarters, so it's not surprising you don't recognize him. The people around him also look unfamiliar to me; I don't recognize them. They must be his trusted confidants he brought back from Xi'an.”
Ning Zhiheng spent a long time in the central government of the Military Intelligence Bureau, especially during his time challenging experts in various departments. He came into contact with many people, and coupled with his photographic memory, he actually knew a lot of people in the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters.
Shen Xiang said from the side, "The Director actually sent him here, so he really attaches great importance to the blueprints!"
Ning Zhiheng nodded. He was about to say something when his gaze suddenly sharpened, his expression turned serious, and holding a photograph, he asked Ji Hongyi, "Where was this photograph taken?"
Seeing Ning Zhiheng's serious expression, Ji Hongyi quickly stepped forward, took the photo, and replied, "This is a street near Central. We followed Jiang Tianhe here. After they got out of the car, they entered a shop at the end of the street called Wanzhou Trading Company. Shortly after Jiang Tianhe entered, another group of people entered Wanzhou Trading Company. The two groups left separately around 6 p.m. Because it was already getting dark when they left, we only managed to take a photo of the group that entered in the afternoon."
After listening, Ning Zhiheng remained silent for a long time. He not only recognized the middle-aged man in the suit in the photo, but also recognized him as a very special person. This man was Major General Harada Takeo of the General Staff of the Japanese Expeditionary Army.
This was an extremely important figure in the Japanese Army's invasion of China, and a capable assistant to Chief of the General Staff Jiro Itagaki. He was known as a wise man and was responsible for overseeing the daily affairs of the General Staff Headquarters.
How could such an important figure come all the way from Nanjing to Hong Kong, thousands of miles away? And why did he end up with Jiang Tianhe? What exactly happened?
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