The atmosphere in the Special Higher Police Section Chief's office was somber. Sagawa Taro was looking solemnly at the three intelligence captains in front of him.
The Special Higher Police has many departments, the most important of which is the Intelligence Group. However, the head of the Intelligence Group, Yuji Imai, was seriously injured in a mission a few months ago and has been sent back to Japan for treatment. He has not yet recovered, so the position of head of the Intelligence Group has been vacant. He personally leads the work of the Intelligence Group.
Now, looking at the three intelligence captains before him, his face was so dark it seemed like water could be wrung out, and he said in a cold voice, "Recently, there have been a series of assassination attempts on garrison officers and soldiers, and the situation is escalating. The other side has begun to infiltrate our central area to carry out assassinations, creating a climate of fear and panic. The military has ordered us to immediately find the Chinese agents hiding in the shadows and curb the development of the situation. Gentlemen, don't you have any good solutions to this?"
The three captains dared not speak. They had been overwhelmed by these assassination attempts, but the other side acted swiftly and attacked targets randomly. They would seize any opportunity to strike a lone soldier. There were assassination attempts almost every day, and despite the Special Higher Police's extensive search, they could not find the other side's hiding place. The investigation had made almost no progress.
Just as the atmosphere was becoming somber, Akita Akihito stepped forward and said, "Section Chief, I have an idea that I wanted to report to you."
"Tell me quickly!" Sagawa Taro said immediately.
Akita Akihito quickly brought up Iwai Nosuke's previous idea and handed a plan of action to Sagawa Taro. Sagawa Taro took it, read it through, and finally nodded in satisfaction.
He commanded in a deep voice, "Akita-kun, this is a good idea. All of you should send your men out and choose your own ambush points. Wait for these murderers to take the bait, try to capture them alive, and find their hideout."
"Yes, sir!" The three intelligence captains acknowledged the order in unison and withdrew.
Sagawa Taro waved his hand and said again, "Akita-kun, please wait a moment!"
Akita Akihito quickly turned around and came to Sagawa Taro, saying, "Section Chief, is there anything else you need?"
Sagawa Taro smiled and said, "Akita-kun, you've been doing very well since you were transferred from Taiwan to Shanghai. I'm very satisfied with your work."
"You flatter me!" Akita Akihito quickly bowed and said.
Taro Sagawa laughed and took a document from the drawer, handing it to Akihito Akita.
At his prompting, Akita Akihito opened the book and began flipping through it. After a short while, he looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"
Taro Sagawa said with a smile, "The progress at the front is going very smoothly. These are people captured by chance. Some of them are very valuable because our Special Higher Police are quite experienced in infiltration and subversion work. So the military entrusted this task to us. Akita-kun, this is a great opportunity!"
There were some things that you might not be aware of because you're far away in Taiwan. Our intelligence network, which we had painstakingly built over many years in Nanjing, Hangzhou, and other parts of East China, was completely destroyed and wiped out in less than a year by China's top intelligence agency, the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. Agents who had been lying in wait for many years were exposed one by one, and the intelligence network in Hangzhou was wiped out overnight. It can be said that we suffered a major defeat on the intelligence front.
Now that the Chinese government has retreated to Wuhan, and we have no intelligence forces there, these personnel can fill that gap, forming an intelligence network for our use.
"Then what do I need to do?" Akita Akihito asked softly.
"Your task is to reintegrate them. These people are all very valuable, and you need to arrange independent intelligence channels for them. Remember, independent! Their identities are very important and of great value. We can't let it be like before, where catching one would lead to the discovery of many others."
This mission requires infiltrating behind enemy lines. Originally, this work should have been overseen by your direct superior, Team Leader Imai Yuji, but he's currently recovering from injuries in Japan. And right now, our Special Higher Police have too few high-ranking agents fluent in Chinese, so I chose you, Akita-kun. I hope you won't let me down!
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