Due to factional reasons, Huo Yueze was actually unwilling to make contact with the Shanghai station. In short, he would never act on his own without Ning Zhiheng's instructions.
Hearing Huo Yueze's words, Ji Hongyi understood the reason, so he nodded in agreement and then asked, "Section Chief, it's been more than a month since the Director left. We don't know if the Chongqing matter is finished. We're all worried about him not coming back!"
Huo Yueze scratched his head and said helplessly, "With the Chief's abilities, capturing those Japanese spies shouldn't be a problem, but I'm afraid it will take too long. Now that the Shanghai station is destroyed and the intelligence network is gone, we're left fighting alone in Shanghai. Sigh! I really have no confidence! I wonder when the Chief will return?"
The situation in Shanghai is now more difficult and complex than ever before. Even Huo Yueze is losing confidence and is hoping that the director can return as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation!
Meanwhile, Ning Zhiheng was in the headquarters conference room, listening to Yu Cheng from the Second Intelligence Division report to a group of high-ranking officials from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
The events of yesterday were quickly reported to the high-ranking officials of the Military Intelligence Bureau. You must know that the Shanghai station chief had defected to the enemy, the Shanghai station was in imminent danger, two battalions of National Salvation Army soldiers had been wiped out, and the situation in Shanghai had deteriorated to this extent. These were all major events of great importance.
So this morning, a small meeting of high-level officials was held. As before, only two bureau chiefs and four directors from the Action Division and Intelligence Division participated. These six people are the most powerful and absolute leaders of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
The Second Intelligence Division is specifically responsible for internal intelligence. They have staff in various departments. Yu Cheng, the head of the intelligence section, is reporting the results of their overnight investigation: "We checked all the vacancies in various departments over the past two days and found that an official left Chongqing the night before last. He is Zong Jide from the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He had taken several days off, saying he was unwell. When we sent people to check on him, the house was empty. His whole family had left, leaving only a resignation letter on the table, saying that he couldn't stand it in Chongqing and had gone back to his hometown to farm."
"Bullshit!" the bureau chief slammed his hand on the table and threw the resignation letter that Yu Cheng had handed over on the table onto the ground.
"Does he think everyone's stupid? Going back to the countryside to farm? He's kidding me. Does he think that by saying that, no one will arrest him? Send a telegram to all checkpoints immediately to have him arrested."
Gu Zhengqi quickly replied, "The notification has already been sent out, please calm down!"
But everyone knew in their hearts that relying solely on a telegram wouldn't be very effective; it would mostly be a waste of effort.
In this era of information backwardness, there was no synchronized information, not even a single photo. What use is knowing only a name? Refugees were everywhere, the occupied areas were in chaos and disarray, with loopholes everywhere, making it extremely difficult to implement any measures.
Waving for Yu Cheng to leave, Bian Ze spoke up, "Last night, the Shanghai station successfully shook off the surveillance of Agent 76 and has temporarily escaped danger. However, their current location is not safe. Apart from weapons and a radio, they have nothing, and they have run out of funds. The previous funding channels are in Wang Hanmin's hands. In short, they are in dire straits and have called to request support."
This evacuation was very hasty. When Wu Huarong received the telegram from headquarters confirming that Wang Hanmin had been arrested, he was so frightened that he dared not stay for even a moment longer. He gathered everyone in advance and quickly formulated an evacuation plan. In order to get rid of the people who were monitoring them, they took almost nothing. Nearly a hundred people in the station, as well as many wounded, dared not show themselves easily and could not hide. Their current situation was extremely difficult.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Ning Zhiheng. Currently, the only remaining force of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai was the Shanghai Intelligence Section. The headquarters was too far away to provide support in the short term.
Ning Zhiheng quickly replied, "No problem, I'll arrange everything. As soon as I know their whereabouts, I'll immediately notify Huo Yueze to meet them and make sure the Shanghai station personnel are properly taken care of."
The director nodded. He knew that Ning Zhiheng's Shanghai intelligence department had been operating in Shanghai for a long time and its strength was far beyond that of the Shanghai station. As long as he was willing to take action, there would be no problem.
"Alright, now let's discuss how to deal with the current situation in Shanghai!"
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