"The Japanese actually noticed? Is the Special Higher Police's intelligence capabilities capable of doing that?" Huo Yueze asked in bewilderment.
It's no wonder Huo Yueze asked that question. Ning Zhiheng's men have always had a significant psychological advantage over their old rival, the Japanese Special Higher Police.
Whether it was the large-scale capture of Japanese undercover agents in Nanjing, the annihilation of several plainclothes teams behind enemy lines in Pudong, or the repeated successful strikes against Japanese operations after infiltrating Shanghai, the Shanghai intelligence department always had the upper hand and showed no fear, despite the Japanese military's successive victories on the main battlefield.
Ning Zhiheng frowned and said, "Yue Ze, let me remind you, this kind of mentality is unacceptable. The overall capabilities of the Japanese intelligence department are still superior to ours. Just because we haven't suffered any losses yet doesn't mean we can rest easy in the future."
Just like this time, their ability to find traces of the Shanghai station was beyond my expectations. Logically, since its reorganization, the Shanghai station has hardly carried out any intelligence work, making exposure highly unlikely. So where did things go wrong, allowing the Japanese to detect it?
Huo Yueze was scolded by Ning Zhiheng, and hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Yes, I was a bit arrogant and conceited. However, Wang Hanmin has been making a lot of moves recently, and the Japanese still have two undercover teams operating in the French Concession. It's hard to say what might happen. There's even a possibility that there's a mole inside the Shanghai station. If it's the last possibility, then it's impossible to guard against."
Ning Zhiheng was quite helpless upon hearing this. He couldn't figure out the specific situation for a while, and besides, it wasn't something he could solve. The Shanghai station was a self-contained system, and he couldn't interfere at all.
"Chief, should we send a telegram to headquarters to inform them of the current situation and have them urgently notify the Shanghai station to abandon this plan?" Huo Yueze said.
"Of course we should report it, and we must do it as soon as possible. I don't know when the Shanghai station will start taking action, so we must get ahead of them and warn them!" Ning Zhiheng nodded and said.
But he quickly realized what he was saying and hurriedly added, "No, we can only report on the Japanese situation. We must not mention anything about the operations at the Shanghai station. If we do, the Director will know that we are monitoring every move of the Shanghai station."
I know the Director very well. He has an extremely strong desire for control and is power-hungry. If he finds out we are monitoring the Shanghai intelligence station, he will definitely become more suspicious of us, and the final result could very well be counterproductive.
Huo Yueze was certainly aware of this as well. The Director had always been suspicious of the Baoding faction. In the past, in order to suppress the Baoding faction, he did not hesitate to break ties with Huang Xianzheng and personally sent the section chief and himself to the front line. Although he had restrained himself now, it was only a facade. As long as he found that someone dared to have other ideas and try to challenge his authority, he would immediately retaliate without the slightest hesitation.
"The sergeant is right. We need to be careful, otherwise we might run into trouble!" Huo Yueze hurriedly echoed.
That evening, the Second Operations Division of the Military Intelligence Bureau, located in Chongqing, received a coded telegram from the Shanghai Intelligence Section. After the telegram was translated, it was quickly handed over to Wei Liangbi.
Early the next morning, Wei Liangbi went to headquarters to see the director and handed over the intelligence.
When the director saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. Ning Zhiheng's previous intelligence reports were always very clear, so why was this one a bit vague? In the telegram, he only mentioned that the Japanese Special Higher Police were recently deploying a large number of personnel, suspected of having discovered something and about to take some major action.
What kind of intelligence is this? There's no definite information, no specific target, at most it's just a warning. This isn't like Ning Zhiheng's style. His subordinate always acts with a strong sense of purpose and doesn't speak without a clear objective. The Director can clearly see from this telegram that Ning Zhiheng is worried about something.
The bureau chief was suspicious, but since Ning Zhiheng had reported it, there must be a reason. The bureau chief dared not ignore it and decided to inform the Shanghai station as soon as possible so that they would be vigilant about the Japanese’s unusual actions.
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