Ning Zhiheng's intelligence was quickly relayed back to the Second Operations Division in Chongqing. Deputy Director Wei Liangbi received the secret telegram and, without delay, rushed to headquarters to report to the Director.
Meanwhile, the Director had just returned from the Chairman's office and immediately summoned his two intelligence chiefs.
Bian Ze and Gu Zhengqi were the directors of Intelligence Division One and Intelligence Division Two, respectively. Both were confidants of the Director and were mainly responsible for intelligence work.
"Director, what are your orders?" Gu Zhengqi asked.
The bureau chief's expression was solemn. He had just received an extremely important task from the chairman and knew it was of great importance, so he hurried back to arrange the task.
“There is an important development. The United States has sent a message that the 1 billion yuan of semi-finished legal tender and an original printing press originally destined for our country were intercepted by the Japanese in Guangzhou Bay. This batch of legal tender only needs to complete a few more steps to be printed into finished products.”
The most urgent task now is to find the whereabouts of this batch of legal tender immediately. Is it still in Guangzhou Bay? Or has it been transported back to Japan? In short, we must prevent them from successfully printing the final batch; otherwise, if one billion yuan of legal tender enters the financial market, it will cause incalculable losses.
Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze's expressions changed drastically upon hearing the Director's words; they were well aware of the seriousness of the situation.
Bian Ze quickly said, "We'll take care of this right away, but haven't we heard anything from the Americans? After all, it was their shipment that had the problem?"
The director said helplessly, "The Americans say that since it has entered Chinese territory, its security should be the responsibility of the Chinese government. Actually, what they say makes sense. Besides, we dare not offend the Americans now. The Chairman's intention is still for us to handle this. This is a very important matter. You must find this batch of legal tender as soon as possible and destroy it before the Japanese can print it."
Gu Zhengqi said with difficulty, "We have no information channels in Japan. Please give us more time to find the whereabouts of this batch of legal tender."
The bureau chief's face immediately darkened, and he rebuked, "I'll give you time, but will the Chairman give me time? Will the Japanese give me time?"
Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze were too frightened to say anything more. Just then, the director's personal secretary knocked on the door and entered. He bowed and reported, "Director, Deputy Director Wei of the Second Action Division requests an audience."
"Let him in!"
The director then turned to the two men and said, "It must be that the Shanghai intelligence department has sent important intelligence. I will have them also pay attention to collecting information about this batch of legal tender. In short, you need to hurry."
"yes!"
"yes!"
Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze hurriedly nodded and accepted the order.
Soon, Wei Liangbi entered the office, stood at attention, and reported loudly, "Director, this is a secret telegram that just came from the Shanghai intelligence department."
After speaking, he took a telegram from the document bag and handed it to the bureau chief.
Just as he had expected, the bureau chief reached out and took it, examined it carefully, and quickly straightened up, saying urgently, "Is this batch of legal tender in Shanghai?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze, who were standing nearby, immediately showed delight. It was obvious that this telegram was about the use of legal tender. They had been worried about how to find the whereabouts of this batch of legal tender in a short period of time, but now it seemed that they no longer needed to.
Wei Liangbi quickly replied, "To be precise, it hasn't arrived in Shanghai yet. The telegram says it will be transported to Shanghai soon. Currently, the Shanghai intelligence department is actively investigating the units and individuals responsible for the Japanese implementation of this plan. We will report back immediately as soon as we have any news."
"Well done!" the bureau chief exclaimed, slamming his hand on the table. He then handed the telegram to the two men beside him. "The information from the Shanghai intelligence section is very timely. Our headquarters just received this mission and is preparing to locate the whereabouts of this batch of legal tender, and your intelligence section already has information. You've done a great job!"
Gu Zhengqi was also quite pleased, as the telegram had just relieved them of their predicament. He asked, "Liangbi, your Second Operations Division is indeed well-informed. Now that we know the whereabouts of this batch of legal tender, we can be more targeted in our actions."
By the way, why have you been the one giving reports lately? Why hasn't Zhiheng come?
Wei Liangbi smiled slightly and nodded, explaining, "Zhiheng has been..."
"Zhiheng has an important mission during this period!" The director took over the topic with one sentence. Of course, he knew the specific reason. Huang Xianzheng had reported to him about this matter. He had even seen Ning Zhiheng's double with his own eyes. The double looked exactly like the real Ning Zhiheng.
The director and Huang Xianzheng even fabricated some reasons to cover up Ning Zhiheng's secret location in Shanghai.
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhengqi and Bian Ze realized why Ning Zhiheng, the director of the Second Action Division, had not come to headquarters to report on his work for so long, and had even rarely shown his face. Official business was handled by the deputy director, Wei Liangbi.
As an intelligence agency, the Military Intelligence Bureau has many secret operations and numerous rules of secrecy. Since this was an important task personally assigned by the Director, it was definitely not something that could be asked casually, so neither of them said anything more.
The director continued, "Liangbi, notify the Shanghai intelligence department to expedite the investigation of this batch of legal tender. I will immediately send people to carry out the mission of destroying the legal tender. You need to cooperate fully in the intelligence work."
"Yes!" Wei Liangbi stood at attention, saluted, and turned to leave.
Seeing Wei Liangbi leave, Gu Zhengqi quickly said, "Director, the intelligence section of the Second Operations Division is very powerful in Shanghai. They have elites under their command and have completed many important missions without any mistakes. This mission to destroy the legal tender and the printing press is perfect to be handed over to them."
Upon hearing this, the bureau chief couldn't help but glare at Gu Zhengqi. Gu Zhengqi, a seasoned veteran, immediately shut up, but it was unclear what he had said wrong.
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