Ning Zhiheng's words made everyone in the room shudder. Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "Let him take a break. Tell me about the case first."
After Zhao Ziliang gave the order, Ning Zhiheng naturally dared not disobey. He signaled everyone else to leave the interrogation room and carefully reported the whole story to Zhao Ziliang.
"So, this criminal is the carrier pigeon who escaped from the intelligence department last year?" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but ask.
He had heard about this incident before. The intelligence department had made a big fuss, moving a whole set of listening equipment from the telecommunications department and mobilizing a large number of personnel, but in the end, they got nothing and were left looking disheveled.
Unexpectedly, after a year, Ning Zhiheng managed to catch the carrier pigeon in just one day. I wonder what Gu Zhengqi will think when he hears this. I'm really looking forward to it!
“It’s confirmed. The only issue is whether he was alerted during the arrest. The encrypted codebook may have been destroyed, and the radio station is still searching for it. But as long as he speaks, none of that matters,” Ning Zhiheng replied.
"Great, excellent! This person is crucial. As soon as he speaks, another organized spy team will be captured, dealing another heavy blow to the remaining Japanese forces in Nanjing," Zhao Ziliang said excitedly, slapping the table.
Ning Zhiheng continued, "This is just the beginning. I suspect that these four radio waves appearing at the same time may be a signal that the Japanese are intensifying their intelligence activities on the eve of the war, and that these remaining intelligence groups have been restarted!"
At this point, Ning Zhiheng's expression turned grave: "The great battle is drawing ever closer!"
Time passed slowly, and at eight o'clock in the evening, after four hours of brutal torture, Nishihara Takayuki, who was on the verge of death, finally spoke.
As the saying goes, without the unwavering resolve to die, one cannot endure the endless torment of purgatory.
Ning Zhiheng looked at Nishihara Takayuki in front of him and said coldly, "Why bother! In the end, you still have to ask for your name, don't you?"
“Nishihara Takayuki”.
Nishihara Takayuki's slightly chapped lips trembled as he softly replied in a hoarse voice.
"identity?"
"Agent of the Japanese Special Higher Police."
"Of course I know that. I'm asking about your undercover identity and code name."
"The leader of the Black Ice intelligence team is codenamed Black Tea."
"The members of the other groups and their cover identities?"
As Ning Zhiheng's questions became more in-depth, Nishihara Takayuki eventually confessed everything to Ning Zhiheng and introduced all the members of his group one by one.
As the interrogation progressed, even Ning Zhiheng became increasingly shocked. The Black Ice spy team consisted of six members, and apart from Nishihara Takayuki, each of them was not an ordinary person.
The other members were one thing, as Ning Zhiheng could make the decision to arrest them with a single word. But one of them was actually a high-ranking official in the Nanjing Executive Yuan, Fang Liangji, the head of the Third Section of the Internal Affairs Department of the Executive Yuan.
Nanjing is home to numerous government departments and a gathering place for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but the Executive Yuan is undoubtedly the highest administrative organ, in charge of national administrative affairs such as domestic affairs, foreign affairs, finance, economy, military affairs, culture, and education.
Most importantly, the current Executive Yuan is at the peak of its actual power, because the Premier of the Executive Yuan at this time is the Supreme Leader himself.
Those who can hold a certain position in the Executive Yuan and become section-level cadres are comparable to the directors or even department heads of other departments, and can be considered high-ranking officials.
At the very least, he must have had an extremely prominent background; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to achieve this.
After repeatedly and carefully inquiring about the specific details of Fang Liangji's situation, Ning Zhiheng finally confirmed that the man was indeed a Japanese spy.
It's unbelievable that the Japanese were so scheming. Years ago, they arranged for Fang Liangji to seek refuge with a powerful military and political figure. With the Japanese's full support, he managed to infiltrate the Executive Yuan and become an official in the crucial Department of the Interior.
The Black Ice Group was essentially an intelligence team specifically formed around Fang Liangji, with the principle of cooperating with all his espionage operations. In this respect, it was completely different from other intelligence teams.
In Nanjing, only Nishihara Takayuki, the leader of the Black Ice intelligence team, knew Fang Liangji's true identity.
Ning Zhiheng grew increasingly fearful as he thought about it. Such a deeply hidden high-ranking spy, only thirty-eight years old this year, already held a high position, demonstrating immense potential. If his career progressed smoothly, it was quite possible that he would become a powerful figure in the Executive Yuan. In that case, it would be like planting a time bomb in the heart of the Chinese government, posing a deadly threat at a critical moment.
This was not someone he could decide to arrest; he had to consult Zhao Ziliang.
Holding the interrogation record, Ning Zhiheng quickly left the interrogation room and soon arrived at Zhao Ziliang's office. Zhao Ziliang hadn't gone home either, waiting for Ning Zhiheng's interrogation results.
He knocked on the door and entered. Seeing Zhao Ziliang sitting upright in the center, he stepped forward, handed the interrogation record to Zhao Ziliang, and said urgently, "Section Chief, the interrogation results are in."
Zhao Ziliang glanced at Ning Zhiheng's expression and was somewhat surprised. Given his shrewdness, it was rare to see him with such an expression. Could it be that he had caught a big fish?
He quickly took the interrogation record, gestured for Ning Zhiheng to sit down, and then carefully reviewed it. He was soon shocked by the contents and finished reading the interrogation record.
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