Chapter 215: Giving a Pillow
Iijima nodded immediately: "Section Chief, this must be the case. Only in this way can we explain why all members of a team were arrested."
This is an obvious fact and the only explanation. If Mikami had not confessed, the Chinese would not have been able to catch all his other subordinates.
"Mikami, Mikami."
Kitagawa sighed, and Iijima immediately understood that the section chief was going to put all the blame on Mikami.
They should report this matter sooner or later, not too late. The chief section chief has contact with Mikami. If Mikami fails to report to the headquarters for a long time, it will also arouse the suspicion of the chief section chief.
"The investigation results were reported to the headquarters, emphasizing that we discovered the anomaly in time and quickly activated three observers to investigate the situation, and one observer was lost for this purpose."
Kitagawa said softly, and Iijima looked understanding. It was indeed like this. The section chief was shirking his responsibility.
Minimize his responsibilities as much as possible.
Three observers were activated. The first one could confirm that something had happened. No news came back after he was activated, and the person disappeared without a trace.
But the second place went smoothly. An abnormality was detected in Mikami's team and they were successfully withdrawn to Shanghai.
As for the third observer, the one who reported this time, he cannot come back now and will most likely not come back in the future. The section chief has treated him as cannon fodder so that they can explain to the headquarters.
Iijima has no sympathy for him, and he is not the one he brought here.
People at the bottom should have the consciousness of people at the bottom. When you are needed, stand up and help your boss solve problems. This is your greatest value.
"Hai."
Iijima knew what to do and immediately went to write the message.
After writing it, bring it over to Beichuan for reading.
The first thing the message said was that they discovered an abnormality during regular contact with Mikami's team. Mikami did not send the message within the specified time, and they immediately responded correctly.
One is to take the initiative to contact Mikami, and the other is to immediately activate observers to investigate the situation.
On the basis that the first observer did not reply, they immediately activated the second observer and gave him the traitor's address, asking him to take the initiative to detect the traitor, and finally check on Mikami's situation.
When this order is reversed, it is as if the Shanghai Special High School knew in advance that something happened to the Sanshang group and kept making correct responses.
They were not the ones to arrange the Mikami group. They usually pay great attention to protection. The accident that happened to the Mikami group this time must be their fault.
As for the specific reason, their remaining observers are investigating.
In addition, Shanghai Super High School will send four more observers to Nanjing to make up for the three previously activated.
Ensure that there are always their observers in Nanjing to keep abreast of the situation.
These observers know nothing and can prevent others from being implicated. Their arrest will not cause other losses.
"That's right, just press this to send it."
Kitagawa looked at it very carefully and nodded with satisfaction. Iijima was his confidant and knew best what he was thinking.
This telegram allows them to minimize the responsibility of the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course.
But it is just the smallest, which does not mean that there is no responsibility. The ownership of the Sanshang Group belongs to Shanghai Special High School. As long as something goes wrong, they will not be able to escape the responsibility.
Beichuan knows this very well.
At the Super High School Headquarters, Tuyuan quickly received the message.
As soon as he read the beginning, his brows knitted together. Yukio Mikami was his proud disciple, the one he recognized.
Mikami has many important moles in his hands. Through the intelligence of these moles, they can have a good understanding of Nanjing's military, diplomatic and other situations. Now they all know clearly what the Guodang wants to do, and Mikami's group has contributed a lot.
There is an old Chinese saying that knows oneself and the enemy and is always victorious. They are the eyes and ears of the empire.
The loss of Mikami's group was not only great for him, but also for the empire.
"inability."
After reading the entire content, Tuyuan cursed angrily. There was no way this kind of message could deceive him.
It was obvious at a glance that the Shanghai Special High School did not respond correctly, and even lost another imperial agent after the incident in Mikami's group.
And the agent who is currently performing the mission will be difficult to come back in the future. Beichuan has obviously given up on him.
Imperial agents are all elite and should not be wasted like this.
Despite the scolding, Tuyuan didn't do anything to Beichuan.
First of all, Kitagawa's response was correct. As soon as the Mikami team had an incident, they were keenly aware of it and sent people to investigate the superficial situation.
In addition, they are also investigating the cause. It is the heart of doing things and cannot be blamed.
But the method is wrong.
Tuyuan quickly wrote a reply and had someone send it to Shanghai Extra High School.
Iijima had been waiting at the telecommunications team. As soon as the message was translated, he got it in front of Kitagawa.
Seeing the chief section chief's call back, Beichuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The chief section chief did not blame them, and ordered that not only one observer should be used to investigate the cause, but another team was immediately activated to use the Chinese mole to conduct a detailed investigation.
But we must be careful not to be noticed by the Chinese again.
In addition, they were asked to verify that all the moles had been caught, especially the most important ones.
Every member of the Mikami team must determine the current situation. This task can be left to the observer. There is no need to inquire, just observe at close range. If no one shows up at their home or work, no matter what the reason, I believe they have already Something happened.
Find out these and then deal with them.
"The chief section chief is not satisfied."
Beichuan sighed. Although there was no criticism, the chief section chief was equivalent to meddling in the work of Shanghai Special Higher Education Course.
Tell them exactly what to do.
He also knew that there was no problem with the chief's arrangement, and this was the safest method. He just wanted to give an explanation to his superiors, so he had no choice but to put pressure on the observer to complete the impossible task.
"Section Chief, this is actually good for us. If you think about it from another angle, we conscientiously carry out the Chief Section Chief's orders and find out the merits. If we fail, the biggest responsibility does not lie with us."
Iijima whispered back. Kitagawa was startled for a moment and immediately understood what Iijima meant.
Since they are under the command of the chief section chief, they become the ones doing the work.
If it succeeds, they will naturally take credit; if it fails, they will strictly implement the orders of the chief section chief, and then it will be the chief section chief's own responsibility.
Of course, the chief section chief would never admit that he was wrong.
But we won't be too harsh on them. They are taking the blame, and the punishment from the chief section chief will never be too severe.
"That's it."
Kitagawa nodded and said, Iijima was right, it was a good thing that the chief section chief intervened, at least his pressure could be reduced a lot.
Observers don't have radio stations, so they need to make phone calls.
No one was found on the first call, which was no surprise to Iijima. This observer had a mission. According to previous regulations, once they were activated, they had to return to Shanghai after completing the investigation mission, which was equivalent to giving up their previous identity.
Now the observer is busy and he can't be anywhere near home.
"Captain, there's something going on on that phone."
At the Military Intelligence Department, Li Yuanjie's subordinates came to report that Iijima had just made a phone call and they already knew about it.
The spy was caught by them, but he was performing his mission and nothing about him changed. Xu Qingyun even asked Li Yuanjie to let the spy go home every one or two days.
But the main thing to follow him is to show your face in front of others.
As for the injuries on your body, wear more clothes and a hat so that most people won't notice them.
There were no injuries on his face, including his fingers.
After he was caught, he knew that he still had a mission, so he paid special attention to this during the execution.
The walking posture is a little awkward.
This has little impact. He is not an agent. Most people will not care about so many details. If there are agents around him, and he finds out, Xu Qingyun can't do anything.
They can only arrange it as much as possible, but they can't make it seamless.
"What did you say?"
Li Yuanjie asked immediately. He didn't pay attention to the call at first. It was the team leader who said that after the person was caught, he would go to Team Leader Xu for advice. Xu Qingyun was still the team leader at that time.
Team leader Xu suggested that he continue to pay attention to the phone and radio. The Japanese obviously did not make him rush to evacuate, and they would definitely contact him in the future.
He doesn't have a radio station, he only has this method of contact, so it's necessary to keep an eye on him.
Looking at it now, Deputy Section Chief Xu is completely prepared for a rainy day, and everything he does has a profound meaning, even if it is such a small thing.
"I didn't say anything. I just asked the shopkeeper to call him back when he saw him."
"I see."
Li Yuanjie got up immediately, went to He Rongtang's office first, and soon arrived at Xu Qingyun's side.
The order He Rongtang gave him was very simple. Since it was the order from Deputy Section Chief Xu, he should report to Deputy Section Chief Xu. It would be a chance to have more emotional contact with Deputy Section Chief Xu.
"Did you get a call?"
After listening to Li Yuanjie's report, a smile appeared on Xu Qingyun's face. The spy did indeed have a follow-up. As for the purpose of the call, there was no need to guess, just let the spy return the call.
This Japanese spy is now very honest and can help them temporarily provide false information to the Shanghai High School.
"Yes, Deputy Section Chief Xu, what should we do?"
Li Yuanjie nodded. Xu Qingyun refused to let others call him Section Chief Xu directly. He had to add this subtitle.
"Take him to fight, fight at the party, and then see what orders you give him."
Shanghai Special High School took the initiative to contact him. He must have asked about something or issued a new order. He was performing a task and had reported it before. It was unlikely that he would ask further. It was probably a new task.
Let him contact you and you will know what the Japanese want to do.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
"No rush, I'll call him back later."
The other party has just made a call, so there is no need to reply at this time. If you wait a little later and create the illusion that the spy is working hard to investigate outside, the Japanese will believe it more.
"Okay, I'll go to the party tonight, Deputy Section Chief Xu, can I ask Deputy Team Leader Yan to help?"
"Okay, you go find him."
Xu Qingyun readily agreed. Li Yuanjie had become smarter and smarter recently and knew how to bring Yan Ming along with him.
Taking Yan Ming with him won't give him much of the credit, but it will make his mission more secure and prevent him from making mistakes.
"Thank you, deputy section chief, I'll go right away."
Li Yuanjie left happily, while Xu Qingyun lowered his head and continued to look at Fang Laibao's investigation results.
It has been confirmed that Shi Liping's son does have a problem. His expenses and income are obviously inconsistent. Shi Liping gave him some money, but Shi Liping's own income is not that high.
The Overwatch Council has power, but it is tightly controlled by the old man.
He is not in the law enforcement team or the investigation office, so what he can do outside is limited. Most people come to him when they want to smoothen relationships, and the other is the filial piety of his internal subordinates.
There were not many people in the confidential room, so he couldn't accept many.
This is actually a bit similar to the Military Intelligence Office. Even though the Military Intelligence Office is so powerful, it is actually very restricted. Many things must be reported to the old man before they can be done. Even if it is the military and police they supervise, they can handle the small people by themselves. If a slightly larger person is involved, such as the level of a regiment leader or the director of the general bureau, they cannot easily take action without proof.
Now they are not the military commander in the future.
However, it is very easy for the Military Intelligence Office to get hold of them. The Military Intelligence Office has made more and more meritorious deeds now, and the old man has a good impression. Some small things, or things that do not involve real big shots, can be dealt with first.
Especially if you commit betrayal, you can arrest the person first.
The old man hates traitors the most.
Fang Laibao focused on investigating whether Shi Liping and his son had the watch bought by Mikami. The current result of the investigation is that there is none.
But it is not certain that he was sold by Shi Liping's son.
Fang Laibao is conducting a secret investigation, and now that he is sure that there is something wrong with the two of them, he will definitely leave no trace of their underwear.
Fang Laibao was steady, and Xu Qingyun was very relieved when he went to investigate.
Now that Fang Laibao is the leader of the fourth group, this case is equivalent to being in the hands of the fourth group.
An hour later, Yan Ming and Li Yuanjie took the spy out together.
The spy was very obedient.
Yan Ming even came up with the idea that since they had captured so many spies, could they select a few absolutely obedient ones to work for them?
These people are all agents and know the Japanese very well.
If they are willing to help, it will be of great help to find the spy.
Xu Qingyun can't make the decision in this matter, not even Xu Zhanjie. He has to report it to Virgo, but Virgo hasn't replied yet. It's not impossible to use Japanese, but you have to be careful to ensure that they have no different intentions and will not defect casually.
Otherwise it will have a big impact on them.
Xu Qingyun was not in a hurry. Even if these Japanese surrendered, they would not be entrusted with important tasks. What they could do was help instigate those who would be captured later and look for their kind in Nanjing.
They had worked in the Shanghai Special Higher Education Institution, and they had probably met the people who were sent later.
They find people far more accurately than using portraits to find people.
"Is the arrangement ready?"
Yan Ming asked Li Yuanjie that this phone was not the public phone that notified the spy, and he specifically asked the spy to call another one.
They didn't bug it.
But he had to know what they said. Yan Ming asked Li Yuanjie to find a way to lure the shopkeeper away first, leaving unimportant people or children in the store. Their people pretended to pay for things and listened to what they said.
Japanese people do not speak Japanese when calling public telephones and can only communicate in Chinese.
Just listen to what they say.
Even if you can't hear clearly, there is a telephone exchange with recordings there. Besides, they will most likely continue to use the radio to give orders and will not say it clearly on the phone.
"It's all set up."
Li Yuanjie nodded immediately. Yan Ming didn't say anything more and asked a team member with good hearing to prepare to take the spy to return the call.
"Go ahead."
Yan Ming said softly that he was here to help and the case belonged to the second group.
However, he was the highest ranking person at the scene, and He Rongtang specifically ordered Li Yuanjie to lead Yan Ming at the scene, and his attitude must be correct.
The call ended quickly, and as expected there was nothing useful.
The other party just gave him a hint to go back and receive new orders.
After returning with the spies, Yan Ming took them all directly to the conference room, put out the radio, and put the dictionary and codebook aside, waiting to receive instructions.
Before long, digital sounds began to come from the radio.
The Japanese spy sat aside, and Li Yuanjie's people were responsible for recording and translating. It didn't take long for all the new orders to be received.
"Verify these places?"
After seeing the content, Yan Ming was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed ecstasy.
"Captain Li, please translate another one. I will take this one first. You have made a great contribution this time, and I will ask for credit from above."
After saying that, he hurriedly left with the translated content. He knew that the team leader suspected that Mikami was personally instigating rebellion and was asking team leader Fang to investigate.
This information is equivalent to pointing out a way for them.
There are not many people who can use the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course in Nanjing. Since this observer has sent back intelligence before, if he can be contacted, he should be able to receive intelligence.
But to complete this mission, he must be evacuated.
Everyone understood that he could not find out the specific cause of this accident, so there was no need to waste it in vain.
Yan Ming's guess was correct, Tu Yuan did indeed give such an order.
This spy's greatest role is only these few days.
"Section Chief, we just got an important clue from a Japanese spy..."
When he arrived at Xu Qingyun's office, Yan Ming immediately shouted that Xu Qingyun wouldn't let him address the section chief directly, but the boy refused to listen and said that he only called him that when he was alone.
Never at any other time.
He even said that he reported it to Xu Zhanjie and Xu Zhanjie agreed.
Xu Qingyun had no choice but to let him.
This kid is usually careful, but why is he so reckless this time? He actually went to Xu Zhanjie because of a title.
But the reason he found was good. He was Xu Qingyun's absolute confidant. It was not good to keep calling the deputy section chief like others did. At least give him a chance to show his closeness when alone.
Xu Zhanjie immediately agreed.
The title of deputy is the same throughout the Fruit Party. If it is not a formal occasion, or when a principal is present, the word "vice" is generally not used.
When Miao Feng was around, many people called him Section Chief Miao, even if he was present.
He didn't care.
However, Yan Ming came to report this little thing, which proved that Xu Qingyun cared about these details, and he was even more satisfied.
"What clue?" Xu Qingyun asked.
"Look."
Yan Ming handed over the translated content. He did not tell Li Yuanjie why he took these things. Investigating the mole was the task of their fourth group, not the second group.
But the second team helped them get the clues, so he said he wanted to take credit for Li Yuanjie.
Yan Ming has been with Xu Qingyun for a long time, and he doesn't care so much about some credits. They have too much credit, and sharing some of them will not affect them at all.
Not to mention taking credit from my brothers.
Those who belong to the second group will definitely be given to them.
"Great, Li Yuanjie and the others have made a great contribution."
Noting the content above, Xu Qingyun was startled for a moment, and Ma Shan said happily that he was investigating Mikami's mole who instigated rebellion, and the Japanese sent the pillow over.
This Japanese spy also made meritorious deeds.
"I told them that I would ask for credit for them."
Yan Ming replied with a smile, this time there was a lot of content, and he asked the Japanese spies to investigate some people above to treat them. In addition to the traitors they found, there were three people who were not among those caught.
In fact, the spy was very cautious and only mentioned the unit and department.
No names were mentioned.
But with these, it is equivalent to pointing out the direction for them. Just investigate these places. Don't be afraid if there is no name. If you give them the scope, they will be able to find out who it is.
What surprised Xu Qingyun was that there was no Oversight Council inside.
Wasn't Shi Liping instigated by the Japanese to rebel?
Xu Qingyun will not jump to conclusions easily. Shi Liping's biggest role is to provide Mikami with their secrets. He does not need to do anything. These secrets can help Mikami screen. Regardless of whether Shi Liping is a traitor or not, the investigation of him will not stop.
Anyone who has any doubts must be investigated.
And he will not be his comrade, Xu Qingyun has no burden.
The son spends all day drinking and drinking, raising women outside, and winning over a bunch of gangsters. Even if there are hidden personnel in the organization, they will not care so much.
Moreover, they have done many bad things and have been discovered by Fang Laibao.
"Yan Ming, go check these places right away. I will report it and ask the Director to come forward and ask the Supervisory Yuan to release some confidential information to us."
Xu Qingyun ordered that they could check the items in the Overwatch Council archives, but not the items in the confidential room.
Virgo went to mention it but was rejected by them.
It involves many scandals involving important government officials, and it is impossible for the old man to agree to let them read it casually.
However, if he has targeted places and only asks for personnel information in these places, the old man will not refuse.
The reason is still the same, the old man also hopes to find these traitors.
A traitor is a traitor and has violated the old man's bottom line.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Yan Ming left happily, while Fang Laibao was called back to the office by Xu Qingyun.
Shi Liping still had to investigate, but it was no longer the most important. Just let Dai Jieying do it. He and Yan Ming went to verify these three places.
The Japanese still don't know that these people have been exposed because of their mistakes. The sooner they find out, the better.
These three places are all extremely important.
Two are in government departments, and they are important departments, and one is in the military department, which is also very high-level.
Beichuan was indeed careless in his negligence.
But he didn't have a good idea. First of all, he believed in his heart that Mikami confessed and all these moles were likely to be caught. What he wanted to do was to verify, not to protect.
Secondly, he doesn’t have that many people in Nanjing.
Observers have the lowest status, and they are most suitable for verification. If latent intelligence personnel are activated, they are likely to be exposed.
What's more, they also have a mission to find out the specific circumstances of Mikami's accident through other channels.
Of course, there are also reasons why Beichuan does not pay special attention to the Chinese people.
These Japanese officers always believed that the Chinese were inferior and would not truly treat them as their own.
That's what traitors are like, they don't get along well at both ends.
They treat the Japanese as dogs. If it were someone else, how many of them would treat dogs as humans?
Moreover, this dog took refuge later, and its loyalty is not that high. It is completely different from the one I raised.
Six thousand words chapter
(End of this chapter)