After waiting for a moment, Ning Zhiheng spoke up: "Hongyi, you've been staying in Nanshi for a long time. Are you familiar with the situation at Depu Hospital?"
Ning Zhiheng knew that Ji Hongyi was familiar with the situation at Depu Hospital because he frequently visited Miao Yongyi and also delivered medicines to the hospital.
Ji Hongyi nodded immediately and replied, "I am very familiar with Depp Hospital. What do you need to ask?"
"I remember the doctor who performed the surgery on Yongyi was surnamed Li. Do you remember him?" Ning Zhiheng asked in a deep voice.
“I remember, I’ve dealt with him a few times, mainly to inquire about Miao Yongyi’s injuries. This lady is very nice, and her medical skills are also excellent.”
"What's your name?" Ning Zhiheng asked.
“His name is Li Wenbai. I asked him once during our conversation.”
“When the Japanese attacked Nanshi, the fighting lasted for three whole days. Everyone inside evacuated to the French Concession. Use the Green Gang's men to search for him, especially the major hospitals in the French Concession. The hospitals are short-staffed right now. This Dr. Li Wenbai should still be working at the hospital. In short, find him as soon as possible,” Ning Zhiheng instructed.
"Yes, I'll look for it right away and get back to you as soon as possible," Ji Hongyi replied.
After handing over the task, Ning Zhiheng left quickly. He rushed back to the surveillance point, met with Sun Jiacheng, and learned that Miao Yongyi had returned to the safe house. He then ordered Sun Jiacheng to continue the surveillance before returning to the Tan Mansion.
He pondered for a long time in his room. It seemed that the position of head of general affairs had to be filled by someone else. Miao Yongyi, whom he thought was the most trustworthy, had run into trouble, which made Ning Zhiheng's previous arrangements fall through.
The position of head of general affairs is very important. He is the chief steward who controls the finances of the intelligence station. He must have a clear understanding of all the various industries of the intelligence station. In particular, his intelligence station has a large amount of funds and many trading companies and various industries under its control. Financial management must be handled by a reliable person, but he really can't find such a person among his subordinates.
Huo Yueze is experienced and meticulous, while Ji Hongyi is shrewd and capable and familiar with the local situation. Both of them are excellent at intelligence work, so it would be a waste to use them as housekeepers.
Sun Jiacheng and the Zuo brothers are both skilled at action, but not suited for such meticulous work. They still lack a reliable person by their side.
He thought about it carefully, then stepped out of the study and into the easternmost room.
"Station Chief!" A team member on duty at the entrance immediately stood at attention upon seeing Ning Zhiheng arrive.
Ning Zhiheng nodded, pushed open the door, and entered. This was the telecommunications room. Ning Zhiheng took out a pen, wrote down a telegram, and said to the translator: "Translate it immediately and send it to headquarters at the agreed time."
"Yes!" The cipher clerk and the telegraph operator both responded and accepted the order.
An hour later, the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, which had been relocated to Wuhan, received a telegram from Ning Zhiheng. The confidential secretary quickly handed the telegram to the department head.
The clerk took the telegram, read it through, and handed it to Bian Ze beside him, saying, "Zhiheng is requesting personnel and funding. Here is another person being added to the list of meritorious service personnel, named Miao Yongyi, who was originally a lieutenant officer in the 52nd Army. He is applying to be transferred to our Military Intelligence Department. Please handle this."
Bian Ze took the telegram and read it carefully. The telegram contained a lot of information. Finally, he asked to confirm, "Is everything agreed to? There are no problems with the personnel. He requested to add personnel who are proficient in Japanese, especially Yi Hua'an from the training department and Zuo Rou from the telecommunications department. I know these two people. They were both brought back to headquarters by Zhiheng. They are Zhiheng's confidants. Now that his situation is just starting out, he needs manpower. But he shouldn't lack funds. He made a lot of money on this trip to Pudong."
Bian Ze was the Chief's most trusted confidant, and the Chief had kept almost everything from him, so he naturally knew about some of Ning Zhiheng's actions.
The clerk laughed and pointed at the telegram, saying, "This time I took a lot of benefits from him, especially all of his sulfonamides, and I also had Yue Sheng rip him off. He's unhappy about it and is just pretending to be poor!"
Bian Ze smiled knowingly upon hearing this. Ning Zhiheng's gift to the section chief this time was indeed a rare and generous one, a full $100,000 and three hundred luxury watches. In particular, the one hundred vials of sulfonamide gave the section chief a lot of face in the General Headquarters. These were all intangible connections, and the section chief had indeed benefited a lot.
He even regretted that he had let Yue Sheng extort money from Ning Zhiheng before he left. It must have been a huge sum of money, and he had been too cruel to Ning Zhiheng.
"Agree to all his requests: personnel expenses, merit-based commendation applications, grant them all!"
Furthermore, the military headquarters had already approved his promotion; otherwise, Commander Zhang wouldn't have agreed. After all, Zhiheng's performance this time was truly outstanding. He annihilated two Japanese plainclothes teams without losing a single piece of their equipment, captured two important spies in the war zone command post, and seized a radio and codebook. More importantly, he even managed to rescue our only heavy artillery brigade in time and accurately predicted the Japanese landing in the Takahashi area. These were genuine military achievements.
Any one of these items alone would be enough to promote him by one rank. Using seniority as an excuse won't work!
Although the director wanted to suppress the influence of the Baoding faction in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, Ning Zhiheng's military achievements were too great, and even he himself felt that it was difficult to control him. In addition, the station chief of the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station was a colonel, and Ning Zhiheng's rank of major was indeed too low. From any point of view, Ning Zhiheng should be promoted!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head. The establishment of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Special Operations Team had both good and bad consequences. The good aspect was that he now had an armed force that he could directly command. Even though he suffered heavy losses, he was now gathering his scattered troops and regrouping. His strength recovered very quickly, and the military force under his control had reached nearly 20,000 men. It could be said that he had turned misfortune into blessing, and his strength had actually increased.
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