Ning Zhiheng admired Chen Yanqing most for his meticulousness. When they first met, Chen Yanqing was just an ordinary household registration police officer. When reporting on the situation, he investigated several suspects in great detail and compiled them into a detailed written report, which left a deep impression on Ning Zhiheng.
Now, after years of experience, I have become more skilled and mature in doing things, leaving no room for error.
Ning Zhiheng was very satisfied with the results of this investigation. With the information on these twelve suspects, Ning Zhiheng was able to uncover at least four extremely valuable informants. Liu Datong and Chen Yanqing deserve a lot of credit.
"You've done an excellent job. With these materials, the first step in the crackdown has been successfully launched," Ning Zhiheng said happily.
He gestured for the two to sit down, then inquired in detail about the specific situation, and also asked about the recent circumstances of the other people.
Several peripheral members who had worked for Ning Zhiheng were still serving as police chiefs under Liu Datong. Liu Yong continued to operate several car dealerships in Chongqing, relying on a group of people he had brought from Nanjing as the backbone of his business, which was doing quite well.
Because of his strong abilities, Gong Ji'an was recently promoted by Liu Datong to the position of deputy director of the Beiqu Branch of the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Ning Zhiheng finally asked, "You previously had Xiong Hongda in charge of monitoring Lin Mucheng, and later you arranged for an old patrolman to follow him. What's the latest news?"
Ning Zhiheng had been keeping an eye on Lin Mucheng for three years, but after the Shadow Group was wiped out twice in a row, with Lin Mucheng being the only survivor, the Japanese Special Higher Police no longer trusted him, and so much so that they cut off contact with him during the Nanjing period.
However, Ning Zhiheng has always kept it in mind. Lin Mucheng is the son of Lin Zhen, a bigwig in the Baoding clique. Now Lin Zhen has been transferred from the combat troops to serve as a member of the Military Commission, but his power and influence in the military are still undiminished. Ning Zhiheng is still hesitant to take any action against Lin Mucheng.
Liu Datong quickly replied, "We have never stopped monitoring him. The old Liang I arranged has been working as a servant in his house. When Lin Mucheng left Nanjing to participate in the Battle of Shanghai, he quickly retreated to Wuhan after returning to Nanjing, and the old Liang was taken away with him."
We lost contact for a time during that period, until about six months ago when Lin Mucheng returned to Chongqing from Changsha. That's when Lao Liang and I reconnected. Now, Lin Mucheng is a colonel and brigade commander of the 117th Brigade stationed in Enshi.
Ning Zhiheng was secretly surprised to hear this. Lin Mucheng had actually been promoted from the position of operations staff officer to the commanding officer of the combat unit. However, it was not unexpected. As an early graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy and the son of a bigwig in the Baoding clique, his career path was naturally smooth. As long as he had experienced a few battles and made some contributions, he would naturally be given priority for promotion. In just three years, he had been promoted from major to colonel. This speed was indeed difficult for ordinary people to match.
"Have you discovered that your man, that old Liang, is in contact with the Japanese?"
"No, definitely not!" Liu Datong confirmed.
"Lin Mucheng's troops have been fighting in various places for the past few years. He has participated in the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suizao, and the Battle of Shayi. Because of his bravery in battle and his many merits, he has been promoted very quickly. As for his life, he is still single and has only two servants at home, one of whom is Lao Liang. Because he has been traveling around, he has abandoned many things at home, including his radio. He was only settled down when he was assigned to Enshi half a year ago. So far, no suspicious people have been found to have contacted him. I have arranged two reliable subordinates around him to cooperate with Lao Liang in monitoring him. As long as Lin Mucheng makes any unusual moves, we will know very quickly."
"Well arranged, very methodical!" Ning Zhiheng nodded.
For now, everything is fine. It is estimated that the Japanese will not dare to contact Lin Mucheng before confirming his identity. Otherwise, they will end up like Shimazu Hiroshi, who was arrested and dragged the entire Shadow Group down with him. It seems that they are not willing to take that risk now!
However, this also made Ning Zhiheng even more worried. As Lin Mucheng's status rose higher and higher, his strategic and intelligence value increased greatly. It was hard to guarantee that the Japanese would not be tempted and risk contacting him again to make him serve Japan.
If Lin Mucheng were to defect to the enemy again, the harm would be ten times greater than before.
This person was like a time bomb, making Ning Zhiheng uneasy. This matter could not be delayed any longer; this time, there had to be a result. Ning Zhiheng secretly made up his mind.
The three talked for a long time before Liu Datong and Chen Yanqing took their leave.
Ning Zhiheng then took all the materials and photos and looked them over one by one, but there were so many materials and photos that the desk was in a mess.
He then instructed Zhao Jiang to bring over several square tables and put them together on the right side of the office to form a large table. He then arranged all the materials related to the six suspects into categories.
Finally, spread out all the photos and arrange them in order of people and time, filling the entire large table.
During the process of organizing the information, he gradually formed a general impression in his mind. Among them, he was most concerned about Ji Yongyan, because there were only two people whose investigation targets corresponded to the photo of Yoshida Ryusuke.
Another target was named Fan Shiyong. Although he resembled Yoshida Ryusuke and was close in age, and arrived in Chongqing at the same time, he was accompanied by four family members. This was different from the situation when He Siming carried out the mission. According to He Siming, these Japanese spies had all infiltrated alone. Moreover, from the perspective of intelligence work, it was very dangerous to infiltrate with family members, let alone with two children. Therefore, Ning Zhiheng believed that this suspect could be basically ruled out.
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