At this point, Ning Zhiheng turned and ordered, "Go and bring Ji Yongyan over so that Staff Officer Xia can see his partner!"
If Xia Bin still had some doubts about what he said before, then that last sentence completely shattered Xia Bin's confidence to continue resisting.
Soon, the interrogators dragged a bloodied and mangled body and threw it in front of Xia Bin. One of the interrogators grabbed Ji Yongyan's hair and twisted it, turning his face towards Xia Bin so that Xia Bin could see him clearly.
"So what? What luck do you still have? When we arrested him, we had the radio and codebook, so there was no way to deny it. After some tricks, he told us everything."
Looking at Xia Bin's utterly desperate eyes, Ning Zhiheng knew that his psychological defenses had collapsed.
He waved his hand, signaling the interrogators to drag Ji Yongyan out, then turned to Xia Bin and said, "It seems Staff Officer Xia still harbors delusions! Fine, if he doesn't want to talk, then don't. Men, pull out all his teeth; he doesn't need them anymore anyway..."
Ning Zhiheng's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded extremely ruthless and chilling.
"No, no, I'll talk, I'll talk..."
Xia Bin's last line of defense finally collapsed. He knew he couldn't survive this ordeal. Ji Yongyan's arrest completely shattered his last hope. He knew that these agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau would never give up halfway and let him go. What awaited him was endless torture, just like the Japanese tortured him before. Last time he gave in, and this time it would be the same.
Next, Xia Bin honestly told the whole story.
Just as Ning Zhiheng had learned before, when Xia Bin was captured in Nanjing, the Japanese learned that his fiancée's uncle was Song Suyuan, a high-ranking military figure in the Kuomintang government. They immediately tried to win him over, subjecting him to severe torture and coercion. Xia Bin couldn't withstand this and ultimately betrayed his country and defected to the enemy.
Later, he was taken to Wuhan by Akita Akihito. Three months later, through the Song family's connections, he entered the Military Commission as an operations staff officer. His contact, Ji Yongyan, also known as Yoshida Ryusuke, always stayed by his side, secretly observing everything he did.
After arriving in Chongqing, Yoshida Ryusuke received instructions to wake Xia Bin and begin intelligence activities.
"What role did your wife, Song Anxian, play in this, passing messages between you?"
"No, no, in all this time, I have only met Heishan, that is, Ji Yongyan, three times. We don't usually keep in touch, so there is no need for any liaison. I don't know what Heishan's purpose is in dragging my wife into this, but my wife really has nothing to do with this matter."
It was truly an accident. Four months ago, I was awakened by Heishan and began intelligence gathering. During our second rendezvous, my wife discovered me. She saw me change clothes and leave late at night, assuming I was going to meet my lover, so she secretly followed me until we reached the small bar where we were supposed to meet. There, she unexpectedly spotted Heishan. In a moment of panic, I lied and said that Heishan was a relative from my hometown, and he agreed. That's how they met. Later, my wife said she had run into this relative from my hometown a few times in the neighborhood, so I knew Heishan must live near my house.
"But Song Anxian kept denying it, saying she didn't know Ji Yongyan at all!"
“My wife said she had met Heishan, so I warned her that he was not a good person and told her not to get close to him. In addition, because of my arrest, she was probably afraid of getting into trouble, so she denied knowing Heishan.”
Ning Zhiheng thought for a moment and decided to let this part go. Regardless of whether Xia Bin's words were true or false, Song Anxian would definitely be released, and she must not be involved in the case report. This was the director's promise to Deputy Minister Song.
"Alright, tell me about yourself and the specifics of the leak case in northern Jiangxi."
This is the most important part of Ning Zhiheng's interrogation, and the details must be finalized.
Xia Bin licked his dry lips, organized his thoughts, and began to speak: "Two months later, the operations room was ordered to study and formulate the military deployment plan for the Battle of Changsha. A few of us were responsible for the defense plan in northern Jiangxi. After the plan was completed, I wrote down the details, went home, wrote it down from memory, and then filmed it. I met with Heishan and handed him the film, but this time Heishan had completely changed his appearance, to the point that I almost didn't recognize him. He told me that someone was watching him and that I should go into hiding, stop all intelligence activities, and wait for his news. I knew something was wrong at the time. Sure enough, not long after, the Military Commission began internal screening. I managed to escape, but soon the Military Intelligence Bureau intervened. You all know what happened next."
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I recommend a similar spy novel, *Secret War* by Silent Iron, which is already over a million words long. The plot is quite reasonable; those looking for something to read should check it out!
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