Twelve days ago, meaning the Japanese Special Higher Police Headquarters reacted very quickly, almost immediately after issuing the order for the Shadow Squad members to go infiltrate, they sent spy Cui Hai into Nanjing to screen and monitor the members.
These ten days or so were enough for him to do a lot of things. The operation to capture the windmill and the puppet was no secret, especially the operation to capture the windmill. They searched the entire North China Street, and everyone knew about it.
After the puppet's residence was searched, six team members moved in. These people had been staying there for so many days that it was impossible to hide it from the people in the neighborhood. With a little effort, it wouldn't be a problem to find out who they were.
If Ning Zhiheng's guess is correct, Lin Mucheng, as Huang Xiansheng's downline, is the most suspicious person and will definitely be the last one to be investigated. The other members should have already passed the investigation and successfully restarted!
Ning Zhiheng simply opened another room next door, and several people took turns watching the spy, who was using the alias Cui Hai, all night long. However, Cui Hai only came out once to get hot water and then made no other moves!
Early in the morning, Cui Hai went out again to Lin Mucheng's residence. Of course, Liu Yong had already arranged several rickshaws at the hotel entrance, and his whereabouts were under surveillance.
Ning Zhiheng originally thought of taking the opportunity to sneak into Cui Hai's room and search it, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up. A well-trained spy would definitely have many ways to set up warning signals, such as a piece of paper, a hair, etc.
Ning Zhiheng felt he lacked the confidence to do it flawlessly, so he needed to find a highly skilled veteran to handle the task. He knew that if he acted rashly, he would only alert the enemy.
He left Gong Ji'an inside the hotel and two rickshaws outside to see if any strangers came to the hotel to meet Cui Hai, while the others went to keep an eye on Cui Hai's movements.
He rushed back to the Military Intelligence Department and knocked on Wei Liangbi's office door.
Wei Liangbi, who had just started work, was slightly taken aback when he saw Ning Zhiheng, who had been missing for more than ten days. He poured him a cup of tea and said with a joking smile, "You've been acting all mysterious these past few days and haven't shown your face. If you don't come back soon, I'll put up missing person notices!"
"I'm like Sun Wukong encountering a real monster, so I've come to you, the Jade Emperor, to ask for reinforcements!" Ning Zhiheng took the tea and sipped it lightly.
"Oh!" Wei Liangbi's eyes lit up, his tone excited. "Is there a clue?"
"Hmm, I've made some progress!" Ning Zhiheng nodded with a hint of satisfaction.
Wei Liangbi's spirits immediately lifted. He didn't really have much hope that his junior brother would ask for leave to go out and investigate on his own.
All the clues left by Fu Cheng and Huang Xiansheng have been cut off. Otherwise, do you think those detectives in the Military Intelligence Department are pushovers?
Needless to say, all the leads in Fu Cheng's case went cold after his death. A few days ago, the intelligence department finally gave up and withdrew the surveillance point that had been monitoring Fu Cheng's residence for more than a month.
The same applies to Huang Xiansheng. As an independent intelligence agent, his superior, Fengche, has been arrested, his contact with the Special Higher Police headquarters has been cut off, and he has been silenced by Qian Zhong! All that can be found on him are his past operation records.
However, this is precisely where his greatest value lies: he enabled the Kuomintang to discover the problems of the 11th Division, a main force division of the Central Army, and to make timely adjustments, thus eliminating a major hidden danger.
He and Ning Zhiheng also gained considerable benefits from this.
"Well done, Zhiheng, tell me quickly!" Wei Liangbi urged excitedly.
"You know that I have some undercover agents under my command who gather information, right?" Ning Zhiheng felt that some things were hard to explain, so he simply pushed them all onto Liu Datong and his group. As for whether Wei Liangbi believed it or not, that was up to him. As long as the final result was good, he believed he wouldn't bother to investigate further.
"I do know a little about that. Those people who gave you the information about Huang Xiansheng renting a house last time?" Wei Liangbi nodded. In fact, with Wei Liangbi's shrewdness and ability to manage his subordinates, the matter of the Third Action Team could not be kept from him at all.
Some time ago, Ning Zhiheng stood up for his subordinates and brought two criminals out of the police station detention center, and also brought back a fat sheep. Ning Zhiheng did not hide these things from him.
This was the only thing he was satisfied with about Ning Zhiheng: he hadn't hidden anything from his senior brother and had even openly asked him for a safe house. This showed that his junior brother trusted his senior brother!
"Your men are really capable! Did they find the clue again this time?" Wei Liangbi was somewhat surprised. As for the task of placing spies outside to gather information, the intelligence officers in the intelligence department had all done it to some extent.
Ning Zhiheng's men are too capable; in just over a month, they've discovered two major clues! Should I hire some people like them too?
"Senior brother, if these people are used properly, they can be incredibly useful!" Ning Zhiheng said with a smile. "This time they've given us a huge surprise!"
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