Chapter 216 Who is the ninth person?
Early the next morning, Xu Qingyun came to Xu Zhanjie's office.
Yesterday they arrived a little late, it was already evening, and even if they could apply, they still had to investigate today. What's more, Xu Qingyun suspected Shi Liping, and they couldn't let him know about it to avoid him having a way to contact the Japanese.
The Japanese spies are cunning and often set up defense lines around themselves. If Shi Liping really has a way to contact the Japanese spies, they will know what is going on right away.
Fortunately, Shi Liping is the deputy director, and Director Zhao will still go occasionally. Xu Qingyun has ruled out Director Zhao and can ask him to cooperate and help retrieve the information.
Moreover, even without this information, Xu Qingyun was still confident that he could detect the traitors who were instigated to rebel within a limited scope, but it would take more time.
"I'll apply for you."
After hearing that Xu Qingyun said that there had been significant progress in the case and that the traitor Mikami had personally instigated the rebellion would be found out soon, Xu Zhanjie stood up immediately.
He understood the importance of time. If the Japanese really knew that they had not been arrested, they would not only know that Mikami did not confess, but they might also allow these traitors to evacuate.
"Thank you teacher."
Xu Qingyun immediately thanked him, but Xu Zhanjie left in a hurry without saying any kind words to him.
There are still many people detained in the prison.
Especially for those traitors who were caught, many people complained and some even threatened them. Fortunately, some people who were definitely not involved have been released, otherwise there would be more people in the cells.
Xu Qingyun came to the innermost part of the cell.
Yukio Mikami was detained here alone. Originally, this cell belonged to Kawada. Kawada was already crazy. Whether he was really crazy or fake, Xu Qingyun would not let him go.
"Did you know that this time we caught your security officer, and it just so happened that Shanghai High School gave him a task."
Xu Qingyun stood at the door and spoke softly. Mikami, who had just noticed Xu Qingyun, finally closed his eyes and turned his head to the side to prevent Xu Qingyun from noticing his expression.
"There are three locations in the mission..."
Xu Qingyun slowly named the three places, which are all important departments of each unit. Each department has dozens of people.
Although there are many people, it is not difficult to investigate. First investigate which of them has had contact with Mikami, and then investigate their funds. The Japanese have always been generous in intelligence and are willing to spend money.
They must have extra income in their hands.
And whether they have any clues to fall into the hands of the Japanese.
Multiple investigations can always find the traitor.
The most important point is that Mikami is the team leader and has a higher status. The people he personally instigates will not be ordinary employees. Such people can't help him much. If he really needs to instigate rebellion, just let his intelligence officers do it.
In this way, the scope can be reduced a lot.
Xu Qingyun spoke very slowly, and Yukio Mikami suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qingyun in shock.
At the same time, he kept cursing Beichuan in his heart.
Stupid Beichuan, who didn't even know the observers were arrested, actually asked the observers to verify the situation of these people and directly expose his people.
Why did the chief section chief send this idiot to Shanghai?
He didn't hide at this time, hiding had no effect.
The last three people he protected were those three, but they were tricked by his pig teammates and directly told the Chinese where they were.
The young man in front of him is very powerful, and he has no luck.
It was impossible for these three people to hide.
"When I catch them, I'll say they were caught because of your betrayal."
Xu Qingyun said with a smile, and left after saying that. It didn't matter if he didn't turn around for three times, but his reaction confirmed that the information was correct. He had three moles who personally instigated rebellion, in these three departments.
Xu Qingyun didn't ask who he was. Mikami was not someone who surrendered easily. After confirming that the information was correct, he would keep an eye on anyone who was suspected.
None of these traitors can escape.
Xu Qingyun is now the deputy section chief. He can mobilize the entire intelligence section and has enough manpower.
"Shameless."
After Xu Qingyun left, Mikami cursed angrily. He didn't care about those traitors, but he didn't expect Xu Qingyun to throw dirty water on him.
What he was worried about was not that a few traitors misunderstood him, but that the Special High School misunderstood him and thought he had betrayed the empire.
This possibility exists and is very high.
Otherwise, Beichuan would not have casually told an observer about these important traitors and asked him to verify them.
Mikami's heart was heavy.
He is not afraid of punishment and can even hold on to the electric chair, but he is afraid of being mistaken for a traitor.
Once the people above decide that he is betraying, the family may even face retaliation, not to mention the pension.
This is what worries him the most.
Xu Zhanjie showed up and things went very smoothly.
The old man was very angry when he knew that there were important figures here who were instigated by the Japanese to rebel. He immediately asked the Oversight Yuan to cooperate and hand over the information of these department personnel to the Military Intelligence Office.
The Control Yuan has no opinion.
There are only three departments, and it's not like they need all the confidential information.
"Team leader, we found a clue."
In the afternoon, Fang Laibao and Yan Ming returned and brought good news. As soon as the investigation of the three departments began, they found a suspect.
A division chief in the Equipment Bureau of the Department of National Defense.
In terms of rank, he is indeed not low, on the same level as Virgo, but his power is completely incomparable to their Virgos.
But this director is in charge of some weapons manufacturing, including some artillery shells.
Most of the party's ordnance is purchased, and the quality of domestic products is not as good as that of imported ones, but they don't have that much money to purchase it completely. What's more, there are many mountains in the army, and the good equipment the old man buys is only for his direct descendants.
If other people want weapons, they basically have several manufacturing bureaus, or they can make them themselves.
This division chief is responsible for the machine guns and artillery shells on the gunboat, including maintenance.
Once a war breaks out, he can destroy the arsenal at any time, and then their patrol boats will no longer be able to maintain and replenish them.
In addition, they also control some skilled workers.
If he is ruthless and gets rid of these people, not to mention how many years the technology will regress, at least it will be difficult to replace so many skilled technical workers in a short period of time.
Xu Qingyun knew very well that when the war broke out, the Japanese would try every means to cause destruction.
They are still doing even the smallest damage.
Never care if these things are worth it.
They will give up unless they lose too much.
The Japanese understand their shortcomings. Their population is not as good as China's, and their resources are scarce. If they fight for people, the Chinese will trade five of them for one, and the Japanese will not be able to bear it.
They will find ways to preserve their strength, otherwise even if they gain territory, they will not be able to hold it.
This is also an important reason why they pay attention to every small detail in their intelligence work.
"Looks like it's him."
Xu Qingyun smiled and nodded. Xu Qingyun had already read the confidential information of the Supervisory Authority that Xu Zhanjie had brought back and identified several suspects.
This director had a safety accident, which was a serious problem and many people died.
He concealed the report and only said that two people died. The Overwatch Council knew about it, but the higher authorities did not want to deal with him, so they suppressed it for the time being.
More than 20 people died. It was definitely a major accident.
If Mikami knew about this, he could use it as a reason to threaten him. If he was smarter, he would first help him stabilize the families of the victims, make them feel grateful to him, and then pry out some information from him. Important information.
Once he got on the boat, it would be difficult to get off.
Concealing an accident and betrayal are two completely different concepts.
In addition, Fang Laibao also found out that Mikami had contact with him in the early years, but less in recent years.
As long as there is contact, there is a serious suspicion.
"Section Chief, do you want to arrest someone?"
Fang Laibao asked. After Yan Ming changed his title alone, he followed Yan Ming's example and made the same change.
"Catch, secret arrest."
Xu Qingyun agreed to the arrest. Mikami has been arrested. There is no need to wait for these traitors who have been found. Although there is no complete evidence yet, there are so many suspicions on him that they can be arrested first.
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Fang Laibao responded that it was easier to catch traitors than spies, and the threat from traitors was less than that of spies.
But it should also be noted that after all, he is a soldier and has a gun on him.
Be careful when arresting him, don't let him jump over the wall and hurt your brother.
This was the first one, and the other two were all found the next day.
Both of them have problems. At the same time, Dai Jieying finds out Shi Liping's real problem.
His son had fallen into Mikami's trap.
Mikami did instigate Shi Liping to rebel, but he did not allow Shi Liping to collect any intelligence. He only needed to provide him with good people to instigate rebellion. Therefore, Mikami only had three important moles in his hands, not including Shi Liping.
If Shi Liping does not collect intelligence, the risk of his exposure will be reduced and he will not pose a threat to Mikami.
All three people, including Shi Liping and his son, were arrested and confessed without much trial.
Yan Ming once again led people to ransack the house. Except for Shi Liping, the others were very rich. They were all chief officials and usually had more opportunities to make money than others.
At this time, there were many poor people in China, but there were also many rich people.
As long as they have the power, it is easy for them to get money. A typical rich family will eat and drink, and the road will freeze to death.
In this era, there are really not a few people who starve to death or freeze to death.
Everyone admitted that they were instigated by Khufu. They knew that Khufu was Japanese, but they did not know Khufu's real name.
The interrogation was over, and Mikami's case was finally settled.
From the time Dai Jieying first came up with the idea, to first investigating the Transportation Bureau, and then finding Lu Peiyong from Yayi Branch, this case took almost more than two months.
This is the one that Xu Qingyun has taken the longest to handle so far.
However, the Transportation Bureau has nothing to do with Mikami and only counts his case, so the time can be shortened a lot.
"Section Chief, the Japanese spy has called back. I think the Japanese will regard Mikami as a traitor."
Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office with a smile. The Japanese had previously assigned a new task to the spy observers. It would take time to perform this task, so they asked him to reply today.
According to his 'investigation', no one in these places was gone, and it was several days ago.
The Japanese want to understand the situation in Nanjing. Apart from the lurkers, they only have observers. Regardless of whether they activate lurkers to investigate the case, they must first fool them.
After Xu Qingyun came to Nanjing, he checked several of their groups. Now there are not many Japanese lurkers, and they are all treasures. They will not let lurking intelligence personnel easily get into danger.
"Section Chief, there is a reply from Nanjing."
In Shanghai, Iijima came to Beichuan. He just received two replies, and both observers and lurkers sent new information.
The observers mainly confirmed the situation of the traitors, while the lurkers used other channels to investigate the details of the arrest of these traitors by the Military Intelligence Department.
Xu Qingyun's guess was correct. There were not many people lurking in Nanjing anymore, and they were very careful in doing things now.
Iijima handed over the message first, and Kitagawa's eyebrows twitched after reading it.
This was important information from Firefox. Through his intelligence personnel, he learned about an important situation from the National Defense Department.
The Military Intelligence Department did arrest a lot of their people, and many people from the Military Intelligence Department made meritorious service for this.
Xu Qingyun, who was regarded as a thorn in their side, once again made meritorious service. It is said that he took the lead in the case and was specially approved by the Chinese Chairman to be promoted to major.
A large number of people in the Military Intelligence Service rose through the ranks.
It can be said that everyone is promoted, but the largest number are soldiers, and there are only three school officers.
Such large-scale promotion shows that their contribution is indeed not small.
In addition, they also discovered an important piece of information.
Nine imperial agents were captured in Nanjing.
How could it be nine people?
Beichuan is a group. There are seven people in Mikami's group. Including the observer who was arrested before, there are only eight at most. Who is the ninth?
He looked at Iijima.
"Section Chief, will there be other people exposed and arrested that we don't know about yet?"
Iijima understood what the section chief was wondering about and whispered.
Beichuan nodded slowly: "Where's the other piece of information?"
Just now Iijima said that two pieces of news came from Nanjing.
"The observer called and said that something had happened to all the moles a few days ago. He took the risk and asked someone. Now he is a little worried and applied to return to Shanghai."
The Japanese spy did propose to evacuate, which was Yan Ming's request.
His mission was inherently dangerous. According to the original plan, he should have evacuated long ago. Being stranded in Nanjing for several days was already very dangerous.
It’s normal to bring up the idea of withdrawing.
"We can't let him come back for the time being."
Beichuan immediately shook his head. For a moment, he suspected that the ninth person arrested was this observer.
But after thinking about it carefully, he ruled it out.
This observer did a good job. He relayed important information in time the first few times, and there was no abnormality in the communication between them.
Besides, every time he would ask whether he could withdraw it.
It seemed he was aware of the danger.
Undercover agents can't find out what's happening on the surface, they can only investigate secret information that cannot be made public.
Now he is the only one in Nanjing who can help him understand the situation at any time. He will definitely not be allowed to come back at this time.
"Hai."
Iijima took the order and was paralyzed by the observer's request for evacuation. Now it seems that the ninth person arrested was not him. Who was it?
"Immediately ordered all team members in Nanjing to hibernate silently. The team leader will send a telegram to us every three days. He only needs to report that it is safe each time, which will reduce the time for sending reports."
Beichuan ordered that the ninth person arrested might belong to another group. If there was only one, it would not be the group leader who was arrested.
What we need to do now is to avoid any losses. If we continue to collect intelligence, the Chinese may use the dead mailbox to find clues and catch more people.
He doesn't have many people in Nanjing anymore and can't afford any losses.
"Hai, I'll go right away."
Iijima stood up. The section chief's arrangement was correct, but he suspected that the ninth person arrested was probably the newly sent person.
They are most at risk of exposure.
No matter who they are, all personnel must go into hibernation first, especially the group leader. They must not contact the downlines to avoid being caught and affecting the entire group.
Firefox once again made a meritorious service, and the information he found was very important.
Iijima knew very well that the section chief could no longer bear the losses. Fortunately for the observer, if something happened to the previous lurking group again, he might become the shortest-lived section chief in the history of the Super High School.
Iijima quickly issued an order, including the Japanese spies controlled by Xu Qingyun. Everyone received the order and hibernated on the spot.
Even though he was dormant, Iijima didn't let him come back.
He is now the only one who has activated it. He listens to the radio every day while hibernating, and he may be awakened again at any time to inquire about the situation.
"Hibernating?"
Yan Ming quickly came to Xu Qingyun's office and reported the latest order received by the spy.
"Section Chief, is it possible that because we asked him to take the initiative to retreat, the Japanese temporarily made him hibernate in order to appease him?"
Yan Ming asked in a low voice, this possibility is not impossible. When the Japanese spy replied before, he specifically said that it was dangerous for him to investigate alone in Nanjing, so he wanted to evacuate according to the original plan after the mission was completed.
The Shanghai Special High School was worried that he was afraid of danger and would be unwilling to perform tasks, so they specifically asked him to hibernate first to ensure his safety.
"Won't."
Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly. Judging from the previous orders given to him by the Japanese, it was obvious that he was regarded as an abandoned son.
Moreover, even if he was hibernating, the best way was to find a reason to leave, but the order given by the Japanese was to hibernate in the city and not take any action for the time being.
He went out to investigate for several days, but did not do the previous work at all. Now that he is not continuing to work, he will hide in a different place, which will easily attract attention.
After all, he has been to many places where spies and traitors have had trouble.
"What do they want?"
Yan Ming was a little stunned. He guessed wrong. Didn't the Japanese want to protect this Japanese spy?
Since the section chief said it was not about comfort, Yan Ming believed that it was definitely not the case.
"I suspect that our intelligence has been leaked."
Xu Qingyun narrowed his eyes. His perspective on thinking about things was slightly different from that of people of this era. He would first deduce the cause of any abnormality. The Japanese suddenly put this observer into hibernation. There were just a few situations.
One is what Yan Ming said, but this is inconsistent with what they did before. The most important thing for Beichuan at the moment is to find out the cause. They already know that something happened to the Mikami team. If the cause cannot be found, Beichuan will be like Like Kawashima before, he couldn't explain it to Tuhara.
Beichuan is the director of the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course. After he took over, the Military Intelligence Department conducted a detailed investigation on him.
Beichuan is not a soft-hearted person.
For the sake of his own future, he would never care so much about an unimportant subordinate.
The captured Japanese spy confessed that he was not taken seriously in the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course and was considered a marginal figure, otherwise he would not have been sent as an observer this time.
Observers are dangerous, and there is no credit for doing a good job.
This is a one-time use prop.
Even he himself has this realization.
Secondly, the Sanshang Group is very important. I believe there are not many lurking groups like this in the Special High School. Now that they have just been abandoned, Kitagawa should be busy dealing with them and have no time to care about the Japanese spies' thoughts of evacuating.
If it wasn't for the observer's voluntary evacuation, why did Beichuan let him hibernate?
"Yan Ming, go to the telephone office right away and check if there have been any unusual calls from Shanghai recently."
Xu Qingyun's heart moved, and he immediately ordered Yan Ming, what if the Japanese didn't just let this one observer stay dormant?
Right now, there is only one spy under their control, and it is impossible to determine whether the Japanese have issued the same instructions to others.
It must be verified first.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Yan Ming took the order and left, while Xu Qingyun stood up and came to the window. Miao Feng's office was larger than his previous one, with a wider view.
Did the Japanese discover something?
This is very possible. Xu Qingyun has never had confidence in the Fruit Party. They have other lurking groups in Nanjing, not to mention the Fire Fox who escaped before.
Unfortunately, because of the Party Affairs Investigation Division, they only caught Fire Wolf.
But successfully rescuing their comrades in this way is considered good.
If something happens to Mikami's entire team, the Japanese will definitely conduct a detailed investigation, but they will not be stupid enough to send people to the Military Intelligence Office.
The undercover agent they installed in the Military Intelligence Department has been removed by Xu Qingyun.
Apart from them, where else can I get this information?
Xu Qingyun immediately thought of a place, the Military Merit Office of the National Defense Department.
If they want to be promoted to military rank, they must report their merits. Fortunately, they are an intelligence department, so they don't need to be too detailed in reporting their merits, just describe their achievements.
They reported how many Japanese spies they had caught.
Xu Qingyun reported three, the second group reported four, and the first and third groups reported one each.
When reporting the merit, the credit should be given to them, but the credit for the logistics and preliminary investigation all goes to the four groups, so the four groups still have the greatest credit.
It's just up to them to catch people.
The Military Merit Office does not have the details of their actions, but it does have the number of people they captured, not only Japanese, but also traitors.
There is also no list of traitors.
Did the Japanese obtain intelligence at the Military Merit Office?
They knew that the Military Intelligence Agency had captured nine spies, but they were aware of only eight, one missing, so they ordered the lurkers to lie dormant until they found out who had been captured before making arrangements.
But a new problem emerged again. If the Japanese had obtained the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department, they should have known that the number of traitors caught by the Military Intelligence Department was wrong. There were three fewer traitors.
In this way, it is possible to know that Mikami did not confess and guess that the observer was providing false information.
But they issued the hibernation order, which also shows that they did not realize this.
Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly and waited until the results of Yan Ming's investigation came out. Now he had to consider every possibility and deal with it.
Not only the phones were investigated, but also the radios and so on.
As for radio stations, there are so many radio stations in Nanjing that it is difficult to detect the radio stations of Japanese spies.
With current technology, it's basically impossible.
In Shanghai, William is receiving guests.
That Osaka arrives again.
"This is what you want, take it and verify it."
Osaka handed over an envelope with a smile. The last intelligence was verified to be true. William readily gave him fifty taels of gold and conveyed the meaning of the Chinese.
The Chinese want more information about their intelligence services.
After all, the buyer is the Military Intelligence Department, and they are most interested in the special higher education courses right now. Of course, the military intelligence in Shanghai and some places also want it.
(End of chapter)