Ning Zhiheng and Xiang Yan were overjoyed to hear this. Although they had known this would be the result for a long time, they had not received any specific information, so Ning Zhiheng was still not very at ease. Now that he heard the result with his own ears, he felt much more at ease. After all, this was the intelligence that he had obtained with great effort and risked his life. Now that the mission was accomplished, he felt extremely accomplished.
"Section Chief is indeed experienced and defeated the enemy with one blow. Congratulations!" Ning Zhiheng quickly said.
"Haha, this is also thanks to you, Zhiheng!" The section chief patted Ning Zhiheng on the shoulder.
Seeing how happy the section chief was, Ning Zhiheng's eyes lit up and he remembered Yi Hua'an's contribution this time. Yi Hua'an had been following Ning Zhiheng around for a while, doing his best to teach him Japanese, and Ning Zhiheng was very satisfied with him.
He wanted to promote Yi Hua'an, but all his subordinates were field operations personnel, and Yi Hua'an could not find a suitable position. However, there were too few clerical positions in the operations department, and it was difficult to find a suitable job for him in a short time.
I had promised to promote him to a higher rank, and now that the section chief is in a good mood, I'll finalize the matter.
So he said, “Chief, this operation in Hangzhou was a great success. Lieutenant Yi Hua’an, who translated the documents, contributed a lot. And for the sake of secrecy, I brought him back to headquarters directly. We still haven’t found a suitable position for him. What do you think?”
Before he finished speaking, the sergeant already knew Ning Zhiheng's meaning. He knew that Ning Zhiheng had been learning Japanese from Yi Hua'an recently, and it seemed that he was going to promote his confidant.
For the Chief of Staff, the promotion of a junior officer was a trivial matter, especially since Ning Zhiheng had personally requested it. The Chief of Staff was well aware that he had already failed Ning Zhiheng in many ways during this operation.
He waved his hand and smiled, "Yi Hua'an has indeed made contributions. How about this, apply for his promotion to lieutenant immediately. As for the position?"
After thinking for a moment, the section chief continued, "It just so happens that our military intelligence department is preparing to provide intensive Japanese language training for our intelligence officers. How about I assign you to the training section as a Japanese language instructor?"
Ning Zhiheng quickly said, "That's great! It's perfect for putting his skills to good use. It would be a waste to keep such a talented person by my side."
Yi Hua'an has already laid a good foundation in Japanese for Ning Zhiheng during this period. The remaining oral practice is a long-term process that requires patience and perseverance. Yi Hua'an doesn't need to follow him around all day, so Ning Zhiheng thinks it would be better to find him a specific job.
It was only then that the section chief remembered that the two men had requested an audience to report on their work. He looked at Xiang Yan and asked, "What do you have to report?"
Xiang Yan quickly stepped forward and replied, "Chief, last night, our Action Section organized another arrest operation. Zhiheng's Fourth Action Group mobilized its entire force and surrounded a Japanese spy group. A total of eight members were captured, six dead and two wounded, with none escaping. After interrogation overnight, all the suspects have confessed. This is the interrogation record; please take a look, Chief."
What's going on? The chief didn't react for a moment. It had become commonplace for the Military Intelligence Investigation Department to arrest Japanese spies. Every now and then, a Japanese spy would be caught. But arresting eight at once was still too shocking.
The chief took the interrogation record and said to Ning Zhiheng, "Since it was Zhiheng's doing again, you should tell us what happened."
“Yes,” Ning Zhiheng did not refuse. He recounted the whole story in detail, only changing the original story of the Zuo siblings discovering that someone was inquiring about him to the fact that he had heard a neighbor’s reminder and then started setting up the scheme.
Ning Zhiheng quickly finished recounting the case and said again, "Chief, from the confessions, we learned that the Japanese intelligence work in Nanjing has come to a standstill, but the intelligence agent who passed messages to this group is very active. I estimate that he is a separate pawn. I plan to continue to investigate and hopefully we will find something."
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