Wei Yong dared not delay and immediately pushed the seven captured spies into the interrogation room. The action team members kicked them in the back of their knees, forcing them to kneel on the ground and watch Inoue Takahiko undergo electric shock torture.
Inoue Takahiko was put into the electric chair, and Ning Zhiheng personally turned on the switch, staring at him fiercely.
The cruelty of electric shock is unimaginable to most people. The electric current creates a high-voltage shock, which is accompanied by burning, giving the victim extremely intense pain and shock. Just three or four electric shocks can cause incontinence, muscle contortion and spasms, and the extreme pain is simply unbearable.
What's even more cruel is that this extreme pain can be sustained, unlike other forms of torture where numbness occurs when the pain reaches its peak, reducing the sensation and giving the victim a chance to endure.
However, electrocution is different. When an electric shock is repeatedly applied to a prisoner, the pain will become more intense with each application. The prisoner will reach the limit of pain but will not fall into a coma. Even if they do fall into a coma, they will be immediately awakened by the electric current. This can increase the prisoner's pain to an unbearable level. This is what makes electrocution more cruel and inhumane than other forms of torture. Every person who has been electrocuted has only one hope in their heart: to die as soon as possible so as to avoid suffering this boundless torment.
Inoue Takahiko was like a piece of roasted meat being repeatedly tormented. The air was filled with the smell of burning meat. The two-hour electric torture was accompanied by miserable and high-pitched screams that filled the entire interrogation room and could be heard through the door. All the personnel from the Second Division who heard the screams looked at each other in bewilderment, whispered among themselves, and inquired about each other.
Ning Zhiheng watched quietly, like a cold rock. He was reserved and arrogant, with a high opinion of himself. He was always the one scheming against others, but today he was the one being schemed against. Naturally, he wanted to torture the guy who had played him to death, otherwise he would not be able to quell the hatred in his heart.
As for the seven Japanese spies who were forced to watch the execution, they had already collapsed to the ground. Two of the traitorous agents were so frightened by the horrific scene before them that they almost went crazy and turned their heads away, unable to watch. However, the team members grabbed their hair and turned their faces back to continue watching the execution.
Ning Zhiheng waved his hand to signal the end of the electrocution only after Inoue Takahiko had fallen silent. The interrogators stepped forward and saw that Inoue Takahiko's appearance was hideous and terrifying. Under the powerful electric current, the veins on his forehead were bulging, his eyes were bloodshot, and his white eyeballs were bulging out as if they were about to fall out. He looked extremely terrifying.
The interrogator checked Inoue Takahiko's breath, then turned and reported, "Chief, he's dead!"
"He got off too easily!"
Ning Zhiheng snorted coldly, then turned to Wei Yong, who had been standing guard to the side, and instructed him: "These are the people you arrested. You interrogate them and make sure you get all the answers clearly."
"Yes!" Wei Yong seemed to wake from a dream, quickly bowed his head to accept the order, and didn't even dare to look up at the section chief's eyes.
Ning Zhiheng pushed open the door of the interrogation room and stepped out. As soon as he stepped out of the interrogation room, he saw a group of people at the door scattering like birds and beasts in fright.
Ning Zhiheng frowned, but did not scold them. Instead, he turned and went upstairs. At this moment, Wei Liangbi came to greet him upon hearing the noise.
He asked in a low voice, "Is there a big operation today? Is the entire First Operations Division mobilized?"
Ning Zhiheng didn't speak, he just nodded.
Seeing Ning Zhiheng's somewhat dejected expression, Wei Liangbi couldn't help but ask again, "What's wrong? Did the arrest not go smoothly?"
"The main target got away!" Ning Zhiheng said in a low voice, his face so gloomy it could drip water. "What's most infuriating is that I was the one who gave the warning signal, which caused this important target to escape. It's utterly ridiculous!"
Ning Zhiheng's words stunned Wei Liangbi. He knew Ning Zhiheng very well. This junior brother was decisive and ruthless, especially frighteningly meticulous. He never missed a plan and no one had ever been able to get the better of him. But today he had suffered a setback, which was quite a novel thing.
"Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war. Even if you have never suffered a loss, don't be impatient."
Although Wei Liangbi was Ning Zhiheng's deputy, he was also the senior brother who brought him into the industry, and he had experience and knowledge. When the two were alone, Wei Liangbi couldn't help but give him a few pointers.
Ning Zhiheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This defeat was just too unfair and the losses were too great. I missed the best opportunity to severely damage the Japanese intelligence network in Chongqing. It's such a pity!"
Hearing Ning Zhiheng say this, Wei Liangbi was even more surprised: "What? What important person is he? Tell me about him in a moment!"
As the two were walking and talking, Zhao Jiang hurried over, holding the newly captured encrypted codebook in his hand, and asked, "Chief, should I hand this codebook over to the archives room for filing now?"
"No need!" Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and said.
The secret archives are a place specifically for storing classified documents. The security system is strict and the defense is extremely tight. According to regulations, all classified documents that need to be preserved, as well as confidential telegrams, must be stored here.
In the past few days, the two codebooks that Ning Zhiheng seized have also been stored in the secret archives.
Ning Zhiheng didn't take the codebook. He sighed and said, "Let Yu Cheng take it back to headquarters and hand it over to the decryption experts in the Telecommunications Department."
Wei Liangbi's eyes widened. He grabbed the codebook and couldn't help but complain, "This is a Japanese spy organization's encrypted codebook. How can you talk about it like it's nothing? You should know that we haven't captured many codebooks since the Nanjing Massacre. You've captured three in the last few days, which is a huge achievement. How can you let Yu Cheng take it with him?"
Each codebook is extremely valuable, as they are all encrypted using a prototype cipher through a specific formula. Theoretically, they can all be deduced back to the prototype cipher. The job of codebreaking experts is to find this formula, and the more evidence they provide, the higher their success rate in decryption.
Therefore, the top brass of the Military Intelligence Bureau, especially Director Zhang, attached great importance to the codebook. Wei Liangbi was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel because he and Ning Zhiheng captured Black Sparrow, the leader of the Shadow Group, and seized a codebook. Ning Zhiheng was promoted from captain to major. The importance of the codebook can be seen from this.
But now Ning Zhiheng has directly handed over a codebook to Yu Cheng to take away, which is tantamount to handing over a great achievement. How could Wei Liangbi be willing to do that?
Seeing his senior brother's extremely unwilling look, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Senior brother, a few days ago Gu Zhengqi publicly asked me to cooperate in handling the air raid case. You were there too. Don't you understand what he meant? He has to get a share of the credit for solving the air raid case, no matter what. Otherwise, he would have worked for more than a month for nothing and would lose face. I consulted with Deputy Director Huang about this matter, and he also agreed to share the credit."
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