Ning Zhiheng had never been to Shanghai in this life. He lived and studied in Hangzhou from a young age, and then directly applied to the Nanjing Military Academy. After graduation, he joined the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.
Ning Zhiheng's life trajectory is very clean, and the director is also aware of this, so he is not surprised to hear Ning Zhiheng's answer.
The sergeant cleared his throat, straightened his posture, and said solemnly, "Zhiheng, just last night, our military intelligence station in Shanghai suffered heavy losses and fell into a Japanese ambush. It is estimated that at least a dozen agents were killed on the spot, and many more were arrested. Most importantly, the reason for this incident is that Yu Li, the deputy station chief of the Shanghai station, betrayed us and defected to the enemy. He set a trap and lured his agents into it."
The director's words shocked Ning Zhiheng. It turned out to be such a serious matter. If the previous loss of several agents was still within the Military Intelligence Investigation Department's capacity to bear, after all, the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station had a large number of personnel. Although such losses were heavy, they were not crippling.
However, the fact that the deputy head of the Shanghai military intelligence station also defected to the enemy is a very serious problem. A deputy head would certainly be very familiar with the situation of the entire military intelligence station.
To put it bluntly, from then on, Shanghai's military intelligence had no secrets left from the Japanese.
"The Japanese influence hasn't even entered the areas under Nationalist control yet, so why is such a serious incident happening?" Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but ask.
At this time, Shanghai was jointly controlled by China and Japan. The Japanese had forcibly occupied parts of Shanghai, and each side had its own jurisdiction. This situation had been going on for several years since the last Shanghai Incident. The situation was so serious this time. Could it be that the ambush site was in Japanese-controlled territory?
Bian Ze said angrily, "It's all because of Yu Li. He lied and said that he had obtained top-secret intelligence but was surrounded by the Japanese. He deliberately used himself as bait to lure our agents to rescue him. As a result, we organized fifty rescuers to infiltrate the Japanese-occupied area for an armed rescue, but most of them were lost."
At this point, Bian Ze slammed his hand hard on the table, making a loud thud, and cursed again, "Traitor! This traitor!"
Ning Zhiheng then understood the whole story; it was a crushing defeat on the intelligence battlefield!
It should be noted that in the past six months, the Chinese side has maintained an absolute advantage in the intelligence battlefield, successively eliminating Japanese intelligence forces in the Nanjing and Hangzhou intelligence zones and capturing a large number of undercover agents and operational agents. Of course, the capture of these two groups of operational agents was Ning Zhiheng's doing, destroying the intelligence network that the Japanese intelligence organization had spent decades building.
The high-ranking intelligence officers were full of confidence and wanted to press their advantage, expand their gains, and extend the war to the Shanghai intelligence district. Just when everyone was full of confidence and high morale, a large basin of ice-cold water was poured over their heads, chilling them to the bone!
No wonder the senior executives looked so grim. Ning Zhiheng was in a dilemma. How should this matter be handled? Should he be asked to take over the position of the deputy station chief?
This shouldn't be! I'm just a major and a team leader, but the station chief of the Shanghai station is a colonel. I'm not qualified at all!
Why had he been summoned here? He didn't want to speculate too much, so he simply asked, "I wonder what brings you here, Chief?"
The director nodded, slowly stood up, walked to Ning Zhiheng, and said in a deep voice, "This Yu Li is too much of a threat to us. He is an old agent from the early days of our Military Intelligence Investigation Department. He knows the entire Military Intelligence Department very well, especially the situation in Shanghai Station. Now our intelligence work in the Japanese-occupied area has come to a complete standstill. He knows almost all the intelligence department and action team personnel. All the field agents of Shanghai Station are unable to enter the Japanese-occupied area."
This situation must be resolved, and these traitors who betray the Party, the country, and their beliefs must be executed; otherwise, what about Party discipline and the law?
At this moment, Ning Zhiheng finally understood that this was another highly difficult operation to eliminate traitors. He had performed so well in the last operation to assassinate Kawamoto Kuraji in Hangzhou that the Chief of Staff had greatly praised his operational capabilities.
The so-called anti-traitor operations were the work of the Operations Section, so this anti-traitor operation naturally fell to me.
Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself; being too outstanding at work can also cause trouble!
Bian Ze said from the side, "As far as we know, the Japanese took this sudden action to retaliate for our arrest operation in Hangzhou. Fortunately, they closed the net in advance. Otherwise, if Yu Li had continued to lie low, it would have caused even greater harm, and the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Indeed, that was the case. As the deputy station chief of the Shanghai station, his value as an undercover agent was immeasurable. He could even provide the Japanese with a continuous stream of top-secret intelligence, silently draining every drop of blood from the agents of the Shanghai military intelligence station.
Even more serious is the possibility that if their ambitions are even greater, such as allowing Yu Li to return to the Nanjing Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau headquarters, the disaster would be devastating. The thought sent chills down the spines of everyone in the room.
At this point, the chief continued, "Yu Li is of too great value to the Japanese, so we have taken extremely strict protective measures against him. In addition, he is too familiar with the agents of the Shanghai Station, making it difficult for him to even enter the Japanese-occupied area, let alone get close to him. Therefore, this time, the Operations Section of Headquarters will be responsible for carrying out this assassination mission. You are the most outstanding operative in our Military Intelligence Investigation Department, so this mission is perfect for you. I hope you will continue your efforts and rid the Party and the country of this evil!"
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