The telegram from Shanghai Station mainly described the recent work situation and reported that the intelligence point had been discovered and monitored by No. 76. The Shanghai Intelligence Section stepped in to rescue it. In the telegram, Chen Hongchi expressed his great admiration for Chen Hongchi's actions of risking great danger to penetrate the encirclement of No. 76 agents and rescue the Shanghai Station intelligence officer. He asked headquarters to convey his gratitude.
The Shanghai Railway Station had just been rebuilt, and the Shanghai Intelligence Section had provided assistance to the station on numerous occasions. Upon seeing this telegram, the Director was quite satisfied with the performance of the Shanghai Intelligence Section.
However, the telegram from the Shanghai Intelligence Section made no mention of the operation to rescue the Shanghai station. It only reported an important piece of intelligence: the headquarters of Agent 76 had arrested Pastor Rogera of the Shanghai Jingyuan Church. According to the investigation, Pastor Rogera was likely an intelligence agent planted in the Shanghai church by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) through the Hong Kong church. The headquarters was asked to inform the CBIS to take immediate action to avoid greater losses.
As the director read the telegram, he couldn't help but admire Ning Zhiheng's magnanimity. He didn't take credit for the rescue of the Shanghai station, but instead attached great importance to the arrest of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' intelligence agents, sending a special telegram to report it. This showed his broad-mindedness and consideration for the overall situation.
Although the Director was extremely dissatisfied with the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), with a formidable enemy at hand, he was not about to sit idly by and watch the CBIS suffer heavy losses. In any case, it was just a notification; what happened afterward would depend on their own luck.
In Shanghai, Ning Zhiheng concluded the operation, temporarily relieving the Wooden Fish Group from its predicament, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the following days, he began to deal with some matters at hand and prepared to head to Nanjing because he had received a telegram from Uehara Junpei.
Since the Battle of Changsha, the Japanese offensive has been hampered, so they abandoned their previous action plan and began to prepare for a protracted war.
The command system of the Central China Expeditionary Army also began to gradually withdraw from the front lines. Many departments of the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters had moved into Nanjing in the previous months. Uehara Junpei also returned to Nanjing a few days ago and called Ning Zhiheng to come to Nanjing for a reunion.
Ning Zhiheng had long intended to do this and had made many preparations beforehand. A month ago, he even sent Kang Xuezhi, the head of the intelligence team, and Deng Zhihong, the head of the action team, each leading a group of their subordinates to Nanjing to lay the groundwork for future intelligence work.
As for the Fujiwara Company in Nanjing, they also increased their staff and expanded their scale. With everything in place, Ning Zhiheng began preparing for his trip to Nanjing.
As evening fell, at the Yushi Restaurant in the northern part of Nanjing, the restaurant owner, Guan Chengyi, glanced at the wall clock, gave a few instructions to the waiter beside him, turned around, left the counter, went into the back room, crossed the backyard, unlatched the door, and opened the backyard door.
Soon, a figure strode in, and Guan Chengyi immediately closed the back door and followed the person into his room.
The newcomer was dressed in a long gown, was tall, with graying temples, a thin face, and deep-set eyes that accentuated his high cheekbones. He wore black-rimmed glasses and looked like a frail schoolteacher from the old days. This man was Shen Le, the head of the Shanghai-Suzhou district of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.
Guan Chengyi was also a former subordinate of Shen Le, and he followed Shen Le into Nanjing to infiltrate the city. This Yushi Restaurant was one of their contact points.
The two entered the house. Shen Le stamped his feet to shake off the cold, then sat down by the stove in the center of the room, spreading his arms to warm himself. In the flickering firelight, his face was gloomy, and he remained silent.
Guan Chengyi could tell from Shen Le's expression that he was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to say anything and sat quietly to the side. The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"Headquarters called, Jia Yuan has been arrested in Shanghai!"
After a long while, Shen Le suddenly blurted out a sentence.
Guan Chengyi raised an eyebrow. He knew who Jia Yuan was, the one Shen Le was talking about. It was Zheng Jia Yuan, Shen Le's old subordinate, and a veteran who had followed Shen Le for many years.
This time, Shen Le was ordered to establish a new Suzhou-Shanghai region and selected a group of experienced old subordinates to follow him. Guan Chengyi and Zheng Jiayuan were two of them. The two were also friends for many years. When he heard Shen Le suddenly say this, Guan Chengyi's expression changed immediately.
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