Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's question, Uehara Junpei did not hide anything. Given his relationship with Ning Zhiheng, he did not consider it too much and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, the General Staff Headquarters is already drafting the battle plan, which is expected to be implemented soon."
This is another crucial piece of information! Ning Zhiheng secretly noted it down, then changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Uncle, when we were in Shanghai, Vice Minister Shimizu expressed a desire to meet with you privately. What do you think..."
“That would be great!” Uehara Junpei readily agreed. “I’ve had the same idea for a while now, and this is the perfect opportunity. You can arrange this!”
Uehara Junpei had his own connections within the army and was not in the same faction as Army Minister Tojo, so the army was not united.
Furthermore, Japan has a strict class system, and after thousands of years of accumulated power, the Japanese people naturally hold these noble classes in high esteem. Of course, he would be more than happy to establish a relationship with the House of Nobles.
"Understood. Tomorrow's welcome banquet will be a great opportunity. I'll make arrangements for you and find a time to have a proper talk!" Ning Zhiheng immediately nodded in agreement.
After sending Uehara Junpei back first, Ning Zhiheng and his group returned to their residence in Nanjing.
Having not been to Nanjing for so long, this villa has been entrusted to the Nanjing branch manager, Yoshitomo Kamo, for management. The entire house is very well maintained, and every part is kept extremely clean and tidy.
After arranging the trivial matters, Ning Zhiheng gave Kamo Yoshitomo a few simple instructions and sent him away. Then he called Yi Hua'an to his study and instructed him, "Tomorrow, you will contact Xuezhi and arrange a time for me to hear their report in person."
"Yes!" Yi Hua'an nodded and accepted the order.
In the dead of night, in a small room in downtown Nanjing, two middle-aged men are gathered around an old table under the dim light.
Several side dishes and two wine glasses were laid out on the table, but neither of them was in the mood to drink. They sat with gloomy faces and remained silent.
One of them was Shang Zhenyun, the head of the Nanjing station of the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, he looked much older and more haggard than before, with a thin face and wearing a coarse cloth jacket with pudding on it. He looked almost no different from an old man picking up coal cinders on the street.
Since last year, when the Shanghai station was ordered to sabotage the Japanese poison gas factory, Shang Zhenyun had been planning and designing for a long time, and had gone to great lengths to sneak into the Qingshui Research Institute in Xiaguan, which was the Japanese army's poison gas factory. In the end, although some facilities were destroyed, the team suffered heavy losses. Almost all the team members who participated in the operation were killed, and only a few managed to escape.
What followed was a massive manhunt by the Japanese army. Even though they hid in the western mountains, they could not escape the crisis and paid a heavy price before Shang Zhenyun and others managed to escape. However, the Nanjing Station had been completely destroyed.
Since then, although headquarters has added some personnel to Nanjing Station, the station has been severely weakened. In addition, the Japanese control over the Nanjing area has become increasingly tight, and Nanjing Station has been unable to carry out any major operations. For the past year, it has been operating in the suburbs.
This time, they risked entering Nanjing city because they received orders from headquarters that a high-level Japanese delegation had entered China, landing in Shanghai and heading to Nanjing. The main members of the delegation were prominent figures with high positions and great power in Japanese politics. The opportunity was rare, and headquarters ordered them to seize the chance to assassinate several key members of the Japanese delegation and make a big fuss.
After a long silence, Shang Zhenyun finally broke the silence and said, "I just received a report that things went wrong in Zhenjiang. Fortunately, the evacuation was timely, and several brothers escaped back. The Japanese delegation has arrived safely in Nanjing, so now it's up to us!"
The unexpected incident that the delegation encountered obstacles halfway was, of course, arranged by Shang Zhenyun. Zhenjiang is not far from Nanjing. He painstakingly planned and calculated the timing, sending a small team to Zhenjiang to sabotage the railway. However, because the railway was heavily guarded, there was a near-mishap during the evacuation. Several team members did not even have time to return to Nanjing, but instead fled across the Yangtze River and hid in the Jiangbei area.
By the time the news reached Shang Zhenyun, the delegation had already arrived safely in Nanjing. The commotion at the train station naturally caught Shang Zhenyun's attention.
The person opposite him was Jin Guoyuan, the head of the intelligence department of the Nanjing station. After thinking for a moment, he finally spoke: "Station Chief, then make up your mind. This opportunity is too rare! It's worth it no matter what the cost!"
Shang Zhenyun suddenly looked up at Jin Guoyuan, his eyes narrowing, and said slowly, "When the Nanjing station was completely wiped out, only these few intelligence agents remained, especially this 'Hunter,' who has been infiltrating the longest and is our most important mole. When Gu Jinlong handed him over to me, he repeatedly told me to use him with extreme caution. If we use him this time, his identity will definitely be exposed. This decision is not easy to make!"
It turns out that Shang Zhenyun still had a few trump cards up his sleeve, namely the intelligence network that the Military Intelligence Bureau had been secretly operating in Nanjing. The last time the Nanjing station was cracked by the 21st, it was because a spy in the intelligence network risked his life to cover for him that the station chief, Gu Jinlong, was able to escape by chance. Later, this force was handed over to Shang Zhenyun, and one of them, codenamed "Hunter," was the most important intelligence agent.
Jin Guoyuan advised, "Station Chief, since the failed operation to sabotage the Qingshui Research Institute, we've been lying in wait in the suburbs for so long without achieving anything. You know the Director's temper. If we still fail to make a move this time, I'm afraid the consequences will be dire..."
The rest was self-evident. Both of them were well aware of the strict rules of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Shang Zhenyun couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since he took over the Nanjing station, the complex and harsh environment had resulted in heavy losses in several operations. He had watched his situation gradually deteriorate to its current state. Needless to say, in the eyes of the Director General at headquarters, he had long been associated with the names of a fool and a mediocre person. If he didn't produce some results soon, he was afraid he would not have a good ending!
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