Yan Yichun still held onto a sliver of hope, thinking that maybe he could get away with it.
Today, the Action Department came to question him about Li Wenlin's death, and he knew things weren't so simple. The Action Department had clearly ruled out the possibility of robbery and murder and had begun investigating people associated with Li Wenlin.
I'll soon be within the Action Section's sights; it's only a matter of time before I'm exposed! What should I do?
Let's rewind to 7 p.m. last night. Li Wenlin brought a bottle of good wine and went to Yan Yichun's house, wanting to have a couple of drinks with him.
Li Wenlin and Yan Yichun had a good relationship. They were both single and lived alone in Nanjing. In addition, they both liked drinking, so they would sit down and have a couple of drinks together whenever they had time.
Yan Yichun was also in high spirits, so he went to the kitchen and cooked a few dishes. The two of them toasted each other, chatted and drank to their hearts' content!
As the alcohol intensified, the two men became more casual in their conversation. Li Wenlin jokingly told Yan Yichun that their intelligence department was already in decline and was now only fit to be an assistant to the action department.
Yan Yichun was naturally unwilling to listen to this, so he argued with Li Wenlin for a few words. However, Yan Yichun spoke of facts and evidence. Apart from a few highly confidential operations that he was unaware of, he presented the achievements of the Operations Section over the past six months one by one.
After all, he was an insider of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department and knew a lot of things, which left Yan Yichun speechless.
Finally, Yan Yichun, enraged, retorted that Li Wenlin, an accountant who only knew how to write and calculate, had no right to criticize others.
Unexpectedly, this joke led to a shocking secret. Li Wenlin, who was in high spirits after drinking, was provoked by Yan Yichun and, in a moment of anger, shouted: "Who says that we people who use pens to do accounting can't catch Japanese spies? Let me tell you! We people who use pens to do accounting spent a whole night checking the accounts at Yong'an Bank ten days ago and found four spy accounts."
Did you know? Yong'an Bank is a major hideout for the Japanese. They've laid a trap there. Anyone who dares to go to Yong'an Bank will eventually be caught. Believe me, it won't be long before they catch a whole bunch of accomplices. At that point, hehe...
Li Wenlin's unintentional remark instantly jolted Yan Yichun, whose already dazed mind felt as if a bucket of ice-cold water had been poured over her head, causing a cold sweat to break out on her back. She snapped back to reality!
It turns out that Yan Yichun's real name is Ihara Takeshi. Twenty years ago, the Japanese spy organization selected a boy whose age and appearance were very similar to Ihara Takeshi from among the Chinese laborers who were captured and sent to Japan.
After interrogating and investigating all his information, they killed Yan Yichun and had Ihara Takeshi impersonate him, thus transforming him into the Chinese Yan Yichun.
His experience was actually similar to that of Tetsuo Ryohei, who used the alias Huang Xiansheng. After undergoing rigorous spy training, he infiltrated China and joined the military under the identity of Yan Yichun. After years of hard work, he finally distinguished himself and gained Zhao Ziliang's trust. Later, the director rose rapidly through the ranks, and most of his former subordinates joined the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, becoming the director's core force and the old guard he trusted most.
For many years, he had been lying low, and as time passed, he almost forgot his true identity until he was awakened by a Japanese spy organization four years ago and officially began his espionage activities.
Because of his special status, he was under the highest level of secrecy and had his own dedicated intelligence transmission channels. The Japanese Special Higher Police Headquarters even set up a small pharmacy near his home, whose sole purpose was to await his intelligence.
His instructions to the Japanese Special Higher Police headquarters were to infiltrate the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, and for his safety, he was specifically instructed to only act when intercepting the most important intelligence.
Over the past four years, he used his special status to intercept a lot of intelligence, but he would only use his private channels to transmit the most confidential and important intelligence. He only sent it out three times in four years, but these three pieces of intelligence played a key role, causing the failure of three major operations of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.
It can be said that in recent years, the intelligence department has been ineffective in cracking down on Japanese spy organizations, and Yan Yichun played a significant role in this.
However, in just over six months, the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau's operations suddenly became sharp and effective, repeatedly dealing heavy blows to Japanese spy organizations. One spy group after another was uncovered, and many veteran agents who had been buried for many years were captured. The Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau seized many radio stations and codebooks, causing great losses to the Japanese spy organizations in Nanjing.
The Shadow Group, in particular, was the most valuable and important group among the Nanjing spy groups, and its destruction caused a great uproar at the headquarters of the Japanese Special Higher Police.
Then the Blackwater Group suffered heavy losses, with most of its members captured. Even the eldest son of the influential Takeda family in Japan lost his life in this operation. Most fatally, the major general military commander of the Kuomintang, who had been successfully turned at great cost, was also completely exposed to the Chinese intelligence department and was soon secretly executed.
These two major losses led to a severe reprimand for the section chief in charge of the Shanghai office, who ultimately resigned in disgrace.
Now, the newly appointed head of the Shanghai Special Higher Police Section, Taro Sagawa, has taken over Yan Yichun's leadership. He has once again ordered Yan Yichun to strengthen intelligence gathering on the Military Intelligence Investigation Department's operations in order to curb the continued deterioration of the situation on the Nanjing intelligence battlefield.
Unfortunately, Yan Yichun was at a loss after receiving the order. For the past six months, the crackdown on Japanese spy organizations had been conducted by the Operations Section of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. Each operation was swift, accurate, and effective, leaving no time to react before the spy teams collapsed and were all captured.
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