Takasaki Shigeo's words startled Uehara Junpei. Takasaki Shigeo was an intelligence officer in charge of the Japanese intelligence organization in the Chongqing area.
During this nearly one-year period, Takasaki Shigeo dispatched many Japanese spies to Chongqing disguised as refugees. Taking advantage of the Chongqing area's chaotic population management, he quickly organized an intelligence network. At the same time, he spent a lot of money to recruit specific targets and carry out intelligence activities. His work was very effective.
However, this ink line is different. The ink line was a high-level spy planted by the Special Higher Police. Later, under the orders of Uehara Junpei, the head of the Shanghai Special Higher Police, Sagawa Taro, had no choice but to hand over the several pawns he had in his hands.
Among them, Mo Dou's identity is the most important. He is an important pawn that has been infiltrated into the Chinese Military Commission. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, this pawn has been lying dormant for more than a year before being awakened after the Battle of Wuhan. He was only put into use a few months ago.
After Mo Dou began his intelligence activities, he transmitted two intelligence reports, both of which were highly valuable military intelligence, which attracted the special attention of Uehara Junpei, the head of the Central China intelligence department.
"Then let Mo Dou figure out the content of this meeting. Maybe he can bring us another surprise!" Uehara Junpei instructed.
"Yes, I'll let him know right away," Takasaki Shigeo nodded in agreement.
Uehara Junpei said in a deep voice, "Tell him to act within his means and not to act rashly. Also, approve another sum of money as a reward for him."
Takasaki Shigeo said in surprise, "We just doubled the cost of the intelligence regarding the Ganbei region, and now you want to reward him again?"
Uehara Junpei smiled dismissively and said, “Takasaki-kun, Moto has already proven to us with his actions that he is worth our investment in winning him over. For someone like him, coercion alone is not enough. He is not putting in any effort, and we don’t know if he has tried his best. Only by winning him over with a large sum of money and giving him enough benefits will he wholeheartedly serve us.”
Uehara Junpei was well aware of the psychology of these traitors. They were afraid that the Japanese would use the evidence they had left behind to threaten him, but they were also unwilling to really risk doing things for the Japanese. As a result, most of them just muddled along and were unwilling to sincerely work for the Japanese.
Therefore, Japanese intelligence agencies have a clear reward mechanism for defectors who are turned against their country. They give high rewards based on the value of the intelligence they transmit, in order to encourage these defectors to work hard to complete the task of collecting intelligence.
"Hey, there's one more thing. We've received news that a few days ago we eliminated Yi Dong, a code-breaking expert from the Chinese Military Intelligence Bureau. After the operation was successful, their code-breaking work has come to a standstill. At the same time, the Military Intelligence Bureau has begun a strict screening. I've already ordered the Tanikawa intelligence line to cease all intelligence activities."
Uehara Junpei nodded and said, "Our operation to eliminate Yi Dong this time was perfect. Tanikawa did a great job, which is enough to prove her talent. In the future, we can entrust her with more intelligence lines in Chongqing and let her pay close attention to the movements of the Military Intelligence Bureau. At present, the Military Intelligence Bureau is the biggest threat to us."
At this point, Uehara Junpei seemed to remember something else and asked, "How's it going with the information I asked you to gather on senior agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau?"
Upon hearing Uehara Junpei's question, Takasaki Shigeo replied somewhat dejectedly, "There's not much progress. The Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) takes this very seriously. It's said they suffered a setback in this area during the Nanjing period. Back then, the Shanghai Special Higher Police (STPD) specifically sent people to collect materials on MIB officers, but this alarmed the MIB, and all the agents who went to carry out the mission were arrested. This operation not only failed but also alarmed them. Since then, the MIB's archives have been highly classified. Investigating their files requires very complicated procedures, which we can't do at the moment."
Uehara Junpei was also quite disappointed. As the head of military intelligence, his most direct opponent was the Military Intelligence Bureau. He had been trying to understand this opponent, but so far, progress was not going smoothly.
Uehara Junpei said in a deep voice, "Do your best! I really hope to win over a high-ranking agent within the Military Intelligence Bureau. This is very important for our future work. It will be difficult to succeed if we don't understand their preferences and weaknesses. You still need to put in more effort. Also, send another group of people into Chongqing to increase our intelligence gathering efforts."
"Hi!" Takasaki Shigeo bowed and replied.
After briefly explaining the work arrangements, Uehara Junpei knew that Ning Zhiheng was still waiting for him, so he waved to signal Takasaki Shigeo to leave.
Ning Zhiheng waited patiently while sipping tea inside the house. Seeing that Uehara Junpei had not returned for a long time, he got up, pushed open the screen door, and went to the corridor outside the room. He had drunk quite a bit of wine today, and it was the height of summer, so Ning Zhiheng felt a bit hot. He stepped outside and went to the lawn in the courtyard, where he found a stone chair and sat down.
A cool evening breeze swept by, and just then, footsteps sounded behind him. Ning Zhiheng turned around and saw Araki Tetsu leading a middle-aged soldier out. Ning Zhiheng knew that this soldier must be Lieutenant Colonel Takasaki Tetsu had mentioned.
Seeing Ning Zhiheng sitting on the stone chair, Araki Tetsuya quickly gave a slight bow and greeted him, "Mr. Fujiwara!"
Ning Zhiheng nodded and looked at Takasaki Shigeo behind him. When Takasaki Shigeo saw Ning Zhiheng, he was taken aback, but quickly recovered and bowed to Ning Zhiheng along with Araki Tetsuya.
Ning Zhiheng nodded in acknowledgment, looked carefully at Takasaki Shigeo, then turned to Araki Tetsuya with a smile and asked, "Uncle, have you finished your business?"
Araki Tetsu quickly replied, "We've already finished talking!"
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