Qin Lechi looked at Fan Xingyun and continued, "However, this batch of medicines is quite large, and the required payment is also quite large. The organization needs to prepare as soon as possible."
Qin Lechi needed the underground party to fund the purchase of the medicines he obtained. He was just Su Yue's manager, and the underground party needed to make up the difference in profit after purchasing the medicines. Therefore, the underground party still had to make up the difference to Qin Lechi, otherwise they would not be able to balance the accounts, and they would not be able to explain it to Su Yue.
"The more the better, so that our wounded can receive better treatment. How much funding do we need?" Fan Xingyun asked.
"Twenty-six thousand US dollars, or the equivalent in Japanese yen. Fujiwara Company does not accept legal tender!" Qin Lechi replied.
"So much?" Fan Xingyun was startled by Qin Lechi's words. Although the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee had some operating funds, it would probably be very difficult for them to come up with so much money all at once.
Qin Lechi nodded and said, "This time, Fujiwara Company gave Su Yue a lot of face. I asked for a large quantity of goods as soon as I asked, and they agreed quickly. Besides, as you know, it's impossible to find so many medicines on the market right now, and there are so many wounded people on the mountain. This is a rare opportunity, and these medicines will come in handy. You should talk to the organization and ask them to raise funds as soon as possible."
Fan Xingyun knew that Qin Lechi had put in a lot of effort to obtain these medicines. At this time, money was not the most important thing; getting the medicines in hand was the priority.
"I'll go back and report to my superiors right away. Wait for my news," Fan Xingyun said softly.
After the two finished their discussion, they pretended to chat for a while before parting ways.
At the Shanghai Special Higher Police Headquarters, Taro Sagawa is outside the interrogation room listening to a report from his intelligence captain, Masanobu Matsushima.
"Section Chief, after a night of interrogation, five people couldn't hold on and died on the spot, and four others were seriously injured and cannot be interrogated any further. Fortunately, two of them spoke up, and these are their confessions!" Matsushima Masanobu handed the interrogation records to Sagawa Taro.
Taro Sagawa had anticipated this. He had captured a total of eleven special operations team members. Under severe torture, it was impossible for all of them to endure the torture; inevitably, some would give up.
He took the interrogation record and examined it carefully. Matsushima Masanobu's interrogation was very thorough, covering all aspects. Sagawa Taro nodded in satisfaction and instructed, "Let's conclude the interrogation here. The next task is to find their weaknesses and continue the investigation."
Matsushima Masanobu quickly agreed, "Section Chief, these two people don't have many valuable clues, mainly in two aspects."
First, there are some problems with their channels for entering downtown Shanghai.
According to their confessions, they entered the city on February 5th with seven other men. From their base in southern Jiangsu to downtown Shanghai, there were three checkpoints. They first crossed the reed marshes, avoiding the first two checkpoints. The final checkpoint was the Huinan Bridge, their only option. Disguised as members of the Yonghe caravan, they followed the caravan into the city and then directly crossed into the foreign concessions. Because they were unarmed, they passed through the checkpoints smoothly.
Sagawa Taro suddenly frowned and asked, "They just entered downtown Shanghai, shouldn't they have good citizen certificates on them?"
“No, they didn’t have them when they first came in. The good citizen certificates they have now were forged after someone took their photos after they entered the Shanghai International Settlement,” Matsushima Masanobu replied.
"So many people don't have identification documents, how did the guards at the checkpoint let them through? There must be something wrong here!" Sagawa Taro said in a deep voice.
The Japanese had very strict control over Shanghai. If only one or two people had managed to sneak in without proper identification, that would be understandable. However, it was unusual for hundreds of young and middle-aged people without identification to have crossed the Huinan Bridge in just a few days.
Matsushima Masanobu nodded and said, "That's what I think too. I believe there must be an inside agent at the Huinan Bridge checkpoint, and he must be of a high rank. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to let so many unidentified people in in such a short time without anyone knowing."
Another thing the two men confessed was that in the previous months, they had repeatedly met caravans transporting medicine outside the checkpoint at Huinan Bridge, and then bypassed the last two checkpoints by passing through the reed marshes and rowing back to their camp.
We have always been very strict in inspecting caravans transporting goods from Shanghai to other places. So how did these medicines get across the Huinan Bridge?
The Huinan Bridge is one of our important passages to southern Jiangsu. The troops stationed there are a company from the 18th Brigade. I suspect that someone among them must have been bribed with a large sum of money to open the door so easily for Chinese agents. However, the two prisoners are too low-ranking to know who this person is.
Sagawa Taro waved his hand and said, "You don't need to investigate this matter. Leave it entirely to the military police. This is their jurisdiction. Colonel Katsuta is currently searching everywhere for clues about Chinese spies. This is a good opportunity to do him a favor."
Disciplinary violations and illegal acts in the military are always handled by the military police. Commander Colonel Katsuta Takashi's position is above that of Sagawa Taro, so Sagawa Taro naturally wouldn't try to steal credit from the military police. This time, he had already made a great contribution by capturing so many Chinese agents, and he couldn't be too greedy for credit, otherwise he would inevitably displease Katsuta Takashi.
“Tell me again, what’s the second valuable clue?” Sagawa Taro then asked.
"That's about the situation of the Chinese intelligence station in Shanghai. After they entered the French Concession, they were placed in the Yonghe Trading Company on Yannan Road. This Yonghe Trading Company should be a subordinate unit of the Shanghai intelligence station. We should then launch the next step of our operation against this Yonghe Trading Company."
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