Ning Zhiheng hadn't expected this meeting to yield such results. If Luo Xingchao could truly become one of his pawns, then he would have another intelligence agent within the enemy's ranks, which would greatly benefit his future work.
How can he believe me?
“We don’t use any code words, but after he defected, I gave him the code name ‘Wooden Fish.’ Only Hou Weizhao and I know this code name. Since he’s seen you before, he can just say his code name and he’ll know you’re one of us!”
"Okay! Thank you, station chief!" Ning Zhiheng said. "There's one more thing. Many team members were arrested this time, and I need their information!"
Ning Zhiheng's contact with Zheng Hongbo this time was not simply to inform the intelligence station agents of their failure, but also to make some preparations for his next operation.
It is conceivable that in the next few days, a large number of intelligence agents will defect to the enemy, thus completely rendering Zheng Hongbo's men incapable of action. These thirty-odd agents who have been captured are like thirty time bombs, which could be triggered and explode at any time.
These people can also turn from colleagues into rivals, so you must know yourself and your enemy and have more information.
Zheng Hongbo understood Ning Zhiheng's meaning; he was preparing to deal with those who had defected to the enemy. As expected of the top operative in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, he was thoughtful and had considered everything in advance.
He nodded and agreed, "We don't have the specific files, since this is behind enemy lines and we won't keep those materials. Headquarters does have them, but they're too far away. I'll have Wei Zhao collect them and see how much the other personnel know, and then give them to you as soon as possible!"
“Okay, then let’s do it as soon as possible!” Ning Zhiheng said, then hesitated for a moment, “This is such a big matter, I wonder when you will report it to the Wuhan headquarters? I can wait for a while, but not too long.”
Zheng Hongbo glanced gratefully at Ning Zhiheng. He understood Ning Zhiheng's meaning. The matter had already occurred and needed to be reported promptly. If he were to report it first, it could be considered as having the right attitude. However, if Ning Zhiheng reported it first, he would be suspected of being negligent or concealing something. Ning Zhiheng was giving him time to prepare.
“I will report it tonight, and I won’t make things difficult for you, Zhiheng!” Zheng Hongbo said in a deep voice.
The two agreed on a time to meet again and then parted ways.
Ning Zhiheng then rushed back to his headquarters at the Tan Mansion and immediately convened an emergency meeting with his key personnel!
In Tan's office, Ning Zhiheng briefed his subordinates on the events of the past two days, concluding with, "This major setback has had a significant impact. It's foreseeable that Zheng Hongbo's intelligence station will struggle to function in the future, and may even have to withdraw from Shanghai. We must learn from this and be extremely careful in our future operations. There will be a large-scale search operation in Jiangbei city in the near future, so we need to lay low for a while. Security is of paramount importance, and we must never repeat their mistakes!"
"Yes!" everyone answered in unison.
While Ning Zhiheng was in a meeting, in the office of Taro Sagawa, the head of the Special Higher Police, Taro Sagawa was carefully reviewing the interrogation records in his hand.
This huge gain greatly satisfied Taro Sagawa. Since the end of the Battle of Shanghai, the Special Higher Police had been at a disadvantage in its struggle against Chinese agents. Dozens of Japanese soldiers were killed in the street. The Special Higher Police had made many efforts to arrest them, but to no avail. These Chinese agents were like drops of water in the ocean, leaving no trace. As a result, Taro Sagawa was repeatedly reprimanded by Lieutenant General Naoya Tada, the commander of the garrison.
Then came the explosion at the Fukuoka warehouse, which drove the military into a frenzy, resulting in the execution of three junior officers and the punishment of a large number of related personnel. The impact and the extent of the consequences shocked and silenced everyone.
The Special Higher Police's performance in these incidents was unsatisfactory, and Taro Sagawa also lost face.
But no one expected that this operation would go so smoothly that it was unbelievable. As soon as Iwai Nosuke got Imai Yuji's consent, he immediately arrested the contact that Zhao Zhiye had revealed.
As a result, at this liaison point, they unexpectedly arrested a senior agent of the Chinese intelligence station, Cui Guangqi, the operation leader.
At that time, Cui Guangqi happened to arrive at the liaison point and was arrested on the spot. After being severely tortured, Cui Guangqi was unable to hold on in the final life-or-death moment and, like Yu Li before him, defected to the enemy and became a traitor.
He betrayed all his operatives to the Japanese. That same night, under the personal command of Yuji Imai, a large number of personnel were mobilized, and together with the military police and police stations, a large-scale arrest operation was launched. In the end, the Shanghai intelligence station's operatives were completely wiped out, with 22 Chinese agents killed and 33 captured. The success of the operation was beyond everyone's expectations.
Sagawa Taro put down the interrogation record in his hand and smiled at Imai Yuji in front of him, saying, "Imai-kun, congratulations! You've just returned to Shanghai and already solved such a big case, capturing all of these Chinese agents. The gains are far beyond our expectations!"
Yuji Imai smiled broadly and said modestly, "Section Chief, you flatter me. The credit goes to Nosuke Iwai of the intelligence team. He is very capable. He successfully carried out the entrapment plan, ambushed the Chinese agents, captured Zhao Zhiye alive, and personally arrested Cui Guangqi, which led to the entire capture operation!"
Upon hearing the name, Taro Sagawa's eyes turned cold. He nodded and said, "I saw the report. I understand what you mean. He is a talented man, and he certainly performed exceptionally well in the entire operation. However, do you know that his entrapment operation nearly led to Mr. Hitoshi Otani's assassination? For this, Commander-in-Chief Tada severely reprimanded me and was very dissatisfied with the Special Higher Police. You should know how distinguished Mr. Otani is. If he were to be harmed because of this, the consequences would be extremely serious. Even capturing more Chinese agents could not make up for this mistake."
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