Chapter 217 Invisible Flattery
Xu Zhanjie specifically told William that if it was Japanese high-level officials and diplomatic intelligence, he would not refuse anyone who came.
It is equivalent to making a list for the seller and asking him to provide goods according to the list.
"So fast?"
After opening the envelope and looking at it, William asked in surprise. Osaka smiled slightly and stretched out a finger: "This information is worth one hundred taels of gold."
He was confident in his intelligence. William's buyers must be Chinese. Apart from them, not many people were interested in these things.
It doesn't matter if you are Chinese, as long as you give money.
What he wants is money, and he will sell it to anyone who is willing to pay.
I have to say that his style of doing things is very similar to his name, Osaka.
"Okay, let me verify it first."
The first time, the second time, Osaka was already an acquaintance. William didn't talk nonsense with him and quickly sent this information to the Military Intelligence Department. He was the middle liaison and would not really verify the authenticity of the information.
It also costs money to verify information, so this money is saved.
The Military Intelligence Department and Yan Ming's investigation quickly brought it over. Although long-distance calls have not been open for a long time, there are many calls from Shanghai to Nanjing.
Shanghai is China's largest commercial center and Nanjing is the political center. The two places have always been closely connected.
"Section Chief, there are a lot of phone calls. Excluding government departments and normal business transactions, I checked all the remaining phone calls, but there are still too many."
After removing some of them, there are still more than two hundred phones left.
The telephone company does not record all calls, and can only ask the call transfer staff. However, they transfer too many calls every day, and they will not remember the calls that are not particularly interesting.
"It doesn't matter, the investigation is tedious. Among these calls, we first screen out those that are fixed every month and those that only have one or two contacts."
The telephone office has records and can investigate these.
"Yes, I'll check right away."
Yan Ming responded that it wouldn't take long to screen the calls. He had already brought the phone records from the telephone exchange to the Military Intelligence Office in advance.
With his men, Yan Ming completed the screening half an hour later.
"Section Chief, there are still thirteen phone calls left, three of which are at fixed times every month, nine phone calls for one or two calls, and one phone number is abnormal."
"Abnormal?" Xu Qingyun asked immediately.
"Yes, I made this call twice. The time was not fixed. Every time I got through, I hung up."
Yan Ming nodded. The call was connected, so they had a record. However, every time it was connected, they hung up on their own initiative, which aroused Yan Ming's attention.
The call time is recorded in the telephone office records. The call was connected and then hung up twice.
"The two calls were from different numbers, most likely from a public phone."
Yan Ming added that long-distance calls are not cheap and require someone to transfer them. Unlike in later generations where wrong calls were made, the call was connected but hung up directly. This anomaly was immediately caught by Yan Ming.
"Investigate all thirteen calls and find out the identity of the person who answered the call first."
Xu Qingyun ordered that thirteen phone calls were not many, and there were enough people in the four groups. Let Yan Ming and the others check it first. As for the phone number that Yan Ming was concerned about, Xu Qingyun put it in it together.
"Okay, I'll check right away."
Yan Ming left, and Xu Qingyun looked at the phone records he found. There were names of the owners of the phone numbers. Yan Ming was now checking the identities of these people.
The owner of the phone that Yan Ming paid special attention to was named Niu. Why did someone call him and then hang up after one ring?
Most likely, the person calling was not looking for someone or talking to him, but just to see if anyone answered the phone.
If you can get through, it proves that there is someone.
But why did he do this?
How much does a long-distance call cost per minute? How much does it cost just to know that the other party can answer the phone?
This is not the style of a spy.
At least Xu Qingyun has dealt with so many Japanese spies, and he has never met such a person.
If it wasn't a spy, who could it be?
Neither is the warlord, but it is possible for his own comrades, but why do they call to confirm that there is someone there without saying a word?
Or is this phone sending a signal?
Yan Ming expressed his suspicions, and Xu Qingyun had to investigate, so he asked Yan Ming to investigate everyone's identity and not target anyone individually.
"Section Chief, we have discovered something."
The next day, Yan Ming came over excitedly. The section chief's method was really good. He had never thought of checking the phone records before.
In other words, he didn't think about it at all.
"There was a phone call that was made only once. It was a public phone. The person calling was the person next to me. This person came to Nanjing at the same time as the two previous observers. He was also an outsider and lived alone. I sent someone to check. He had a radio and radio at home. Book."
The situation of this person is exactly the same as that of the two previous observers.
As for why there was only one phone call, it is easy to understand. They were newly sent observers and Shanghai had not contacted them before.
"Not long after he answered the phone, another signal came from the channel. We compared the existing dictionaries and found no code book. I took people to secretly identify him and confirmed that he was an agent of the Shanghai Special High School Intelligence Team."
After Yan Ming finished speaking, he kept giggling and found a Japanese spy. He was very happy.
Iijima arranged observers and did not allow them to communicate horizontally. Several observers did not know the identities of their companions, nor did they know how many of them there were in Nanjing.
But when Iijima selected people, he only used old people from the intelligence team.
Whenever you see someone, you can recognize their identity.
"Where are the others?"
Xu Qingyun asked, Yan Ming was slightly startled, and immediately shook his head: "The others are investigating, Ji Ming, I will come back and report to you first."
"Okay, now that the identity is confirmed, arrest the person immediately."
Xu Qingyun nodded, and Yan Ming asked Zheng Jiming to investigate him to find out the reason. Although Zheng Jiming was promoted to captain, he had never led a case before. Xu Qingyun led him to handle many cases and then gave him the credit.
Now that Zheng Jiming is the captain, he must have experience in leading cases.
This time Yan Ming specially gave him the task of investigation.
Zheng Jiming did not disappoint them, and he was the one who found out this Japanese spy observer.
"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."
To arrest a Japanese observer, Xu Qingyun no longer needed to come forward in person. Shortly after Yan Ming left, Xu Qingyun came to the office of Team Four.
"Section Chief."
There were only two people inside, and the others went out to carry out the arrest mission. It turned out that the captain of the first team was Yan Ming, and the team members had the most credit.
Such an operation no longer required all dispatches, so the two men stayed behind to sort out the information. They had made many meritorious deeds before and were promoted last time. Moreover, they were all promoted to warrant officers and became officers. They could not be promoted in the short term.
In this case, it is better to give the opportunity to others.
"Sit down."
Xu Qingyun waved his hand, casually sat next to them, and picked up the information on the table.
"These are the calls we are investigating and have not yet had time to summarize and report to you."
A team member said hurriedly that the people in the fourth group admired Xu Qingyun the most. In the entire Military Intelligence Department, their section chief was definitely the first in handling cases.
The undisputed kind.
Not to mention the Military Intelligence Department, plus other intelligence departments, no one can compare with their section chief.
"It's okay, no need to rush."
Xu Qingyun flipped through it casually a few times, encouraged them with a few words, and then left.
Then I went to the second and third teams.
He is not the team leader now, but he is the deputy section chief. Not only the four groups, but also several other groups stopped by.
Yan Ming and the others went out to arrest people, but Xu Qingyun was okay for the time being, which was equivalent to going out for a patrol.
Yan Ming and the others haven't come back yet. Yan Ming has always been the most reliable in catching people. He won't attack casually unless he is completely sure. He will wait for the right time to capture the target alive.
Xu Qingyun was recalling the information he had just seen in the first team.
Although he just flipped through it casually a few times, he had already memorized the key information.
The first team was very efficient and they found out a lot of things.
Niu Yuanxiang, male, 35 years old, has just been in Nanjing for two months. He was doing medicinal materials business in Shanghai before and wants to open a drug store in Nanjing. He is looking around for houses. According to their investigation, the place has been decided.
The drug store is not open for the time being.
There is only this information in the information, but there is his drug store and address. The investigation time of a team is short, and there are so many people to investigate, it is not easy to check in such detail.
Xu Qingyun didn't move. It was inconvenient for him to go out now.
Yan Ming and the others might arrest someone and come back at any time.
"Section Chief, we've caught him, and Zheng Jiming is beating him."
It didn't take long for Yan Ming to come to the office. They had successfully caught the person and brought back all the radios and all the books in the target's home.
Yan Ming was talking about beating, not interrogation.
Nowadays, whenever a spy is captured, unless there is an urgent need to inquire and go directly to the electric chair, he will be beaten for half an hour first.
"These are the dictionaries at his home. There are two dictionaries in total. One of them must be his code book."
The Japanese observers used a dictionary as a codebook, which was relatively simple and very easy to decipher.
"Translate immediately."
Xu Qingyun nodded, and Yan Ming took out the numbers he heard from the recorder before, opened both dictionaries, and translated them word for word.
Sure enough, one of the dictionaries was his codebook.
Today's dictionaries are different from later generations. Not only are they not that thick, but there are not so many words in them. Some words require falsetto to understand the meaning.
"Section Chief, the Japanese spy asked him to stay dormant temporarily and wait for notification."
"Is it also dormant?"
Xu Qingyun frowned. It seemed that his guess was right. The Japanese had indeed discovered something and ordered everyone to hibernate.
Since it was everyone, they didn't know who the extra person was.
At the same time, they did not pay attention to the specific number of traitors.
Xu Qingyun's guess was correct. Firefox did not report the specific number of traitors, but only gave an approximate number. The main reason was that he did not get this information.
The Military Intelligence Service reports merit and will not hand over the closing report.
Moreover, Virgo reported it in person, and the reporting materials were provided by Xu Zhanjie.
Xu Qingyun didn't know that during this period, many people had approached Virgo and Xu Zhanjie to smoothen their relationship.
I didn't find him, mainly because it didn't matter. Besides, I found his boss, so there was no need to follow his path.
Some departments find it embarrassing and hope that the Military Intelligence Service can help keep it secret.
For the sake of gold bars and favors, both Virgo and Xu Zhanjie agreed to their request.
In the end, they did not report all the captured traitors truthfully, but said vaguely that it was not convenient for some traitors to reveal their identities.
The people in the military department are all excellent people.
It's inconvenient, because there are people behind it, and they don't want the embarrassing news to spread all over the city. There were so many spies and named traitors, enough for those in the Military Intelligence Department to be promoted, but they didn't ask any further questions.
As a result, Firefox did not get accurate figures.
Although Xu Qingyun didn't know what was going on inside, he guessed the truth.
The Japanese spies obtained part of their intelligence, and it was not from within them, but only from the Department of National Defense.
In other words, the Military Merit Office of the National Defense Department has their internal support.
The Military Merit Office is not an ordinary department, even though it is just a department, it is subordinate to the Personnel Planning Bureau and has very great power. Everyone in the military must receive credit and promotion through them.
There are traitors there, which is no small matter.
"You can just examine this observer. I'll go to the section chief's office."
Xu Qingyun stood up and asked Yan Ming to deal with the people he arrested. Matters with the Military Merit Department need to be reported as soon as possible.
"Teacher, that's what happened."
Xu Qingyun finished the report quickly, while Xu Zhanjie frowned. There was a traitor in the military merit department. The matter was definitely not trivial.
"Are you just guessing now?"
After a while, Xu Zhanjie asked directly, this is his student, there is nothing he can't ask.
"Yes, teacher, but we can investigate secretly first and report it after we have clues."
Xu Qingyun understood what he was worried about. The Military Merit Department was not an ordinary department, let alone the Transportation Bureau and Yayi Branch they had investigated before.
Even though the Transportation Bureau and Yayi Branch were powerful, they had little impact on them.
The Military Merit Department is different. If you offend them, it will definitely embarrass them in the future without special approval from the Chairman.
Even if there is special approval, I'm afraid it won't go smoothly, and they will think of ways to stumble them.
"Okay, let's do it."
Xu Zhanjie agreed. This is the safest way. Don't report it first. Report it after you have clues and targets.
If they really find this traitor, the initiative will be in their hands.
It can even be treated as a favor and dealt with secretly.
It is definitely impossible to release the person, but if the person is handled secretly and no one else knows about it, the Military Merit Department must remember their favor.
If you report it at this time, the Military Merit Office will definitely not cooperate.
This is not a guess, but the experience gained from handling many cases.
No department wants a traitor within its ranks. If there is a real problem, what they want most is to solve it themselves.
Not only them, but also the Party Affairs Investigation Office has encountered this situation many times.
Sometimes when investigating the Red Party, people suddenly create accidents and people die, without giving them a chance to catch the Red Party.
Once caught, it’s their black spot.
It's different with the results. They don't want to be embarrassed or let their superiors know about the internal affairs, so they won't be so strong.
When the time comes, I will promise them that the matter will not be reported, and they will even be allowed to supervise the execution. This will make them indebted to the Military Intelligence Department.
It is impossible for them to continue to be stuck when some small figures are promoted in the future.
"Teacher, I'm going back first."
Xu Qingyun left the office. It was a good thing that there was a traitor in the Military Merit Office. It happened to be the clue that Yan Ming found out. This case was continued to be handed over to Yan Ming.
Yan Ming would have no time to pay attention to Niu Yuanxiang if he took up his energy.
"Section Chief, we've hired them. They are indeed observers. It seems that the Japanese have sent a total of three observers."
Not long after, Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office and said with a smile that three of the new observers sent by Japan had been arrested by them.
Two of them were captured by the second group, and they captured one.
"uncertain."
Xu Qingyun shook his head. Only they themselves knew how many observers the Japanese sent.
"I have investigated all the calls, and only this one matches the situation of a Japanese spy observer."
Yan Ming explained, while Xu Qingyun smiled and shook his head: "This is their new person. They will evacuate after performing their mission. Can you guarantee that no one has returned to Shanghai from a mission before?"
"Secondly, these are only observers they contacted by phone. Last time we only found four, but there are obviously more than four groups in Nanjing. It is possible that they have other observers, and we have not noticed it yet."
Yan Ming's eyes lit up, and then he lowered his head: "Section Chief, you have thought carefully. No wonder you can be the section chief, and I can only be the deputy team leader."
"Deputy."
Xu Qingyun glared at him, then smiled and said: "Stop your little thoughts, your flattery is of no use to me."
Yan Ming really didn't know that the Japanese spies had other observers, or that there were activated observers who slipped through the net?
Not necessarily. With his intelligence, he might have guessed it before.
He said this deliberately so that he could flatter himself and make himself happy. Xu Qingyun could see through his mind.
"Section Chief, I'm really not flattering you, you are really awesome."
Yan Ming stretched out his finger. Everyone is willing to listen to good words, and Xu Qingyun is no exception.
He said it was useless, but the smile on his face became even brighter, proving that Yan Ming's words still made him happy.
"Okay, tell us about his situation and your plans."
Xu Qingyun didn't let Yan Ming continue to praise him, otherwise he didn't know how long he would continue to praise him.
Xu Qingyun does know Yan Ming. This kid is the smartest and knows how to talk to make people like him. With his wisdom, it is impossible for him to foolishly assume that there are only three observers among Japanese spies. He deliberately said this just to let Xu Qingyun point out that he is easy to flatter.
"The Japanese probably don't know about his exposure. I want to cooperate with the person captured by the second group to confuse the Japanese."
Yan Ming told him his plan. Now the two Japanese people do not know that they have been exposed, and they are observers and do not know the situation of the hidden agents. Unless the Japanese spies recall them or test them, they can only send people to identify them.
None of these possibilities are likely.
So by keeping them, it is very likely that the Japanese will continue to get their false information and let them lead the Japanese by the nose.
"Okay, let's keep it for now. Next, the four groups of you will focus on investigating the Military Merit Office and find out the abnormal people inside."
"Military merit department?"
Yan Ming was slightly startled. He immediately understood that the section chief had issued hibernation orders to the two of them through the Japanese, and he suspected that there was an inside job in the Military Merit Department.
"That's right, especially those who know about our military exploits this time should conduct key investigations."
Xu Qingyun didn't say anything about the investigation. The four groups were trained, especially Yan Ming. If he didn't know how to investigate and dared to ask, Xu Qingyun would kick him back to Tianjin immediately.
"Yes, I understand. I will report to Team Leader Fang right away."
The section chief said that four teams of them should handle this case, not just him.
He must go back and report to Fang Laibao.
Although he and Fang Laibao are Xu Qingyun's confidants, Fang Laibao is the nominal leader of the fourth intelligence team after all. If he doesn't tell him, Fang Laibao may have ideas and even affect the unity of their four teams.
Without internal unity, combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
"Go ahead."
After sending Yan Ming away, Xu Qingyun stood up.
He was followed by a bodyguard. Zheng Jiming left, but he was worried about Xu Qingyun's safety, so he specially arranged for a very skilled person to continue to follow Xu Qingyun.
He was not Zheng Jiming, and he did not dare to disobey Xu Qingyun's orders.
"Let's go out and walk around."
Xu Qingyun said to Leng Wenxuan that his bodyguard's name was nice and nice, and he sounded like a scholar.
It's a pity that he is not good at studying, but he is good at practicing martial arts. Not only has he been to Shaolin Temple, but he has also learned martial arts in many places.
Leng Wenxuan was originally from the Operations Department. When someone came to assassinate Xu Qingyun, he was ordered to protect him.
Zheng Jiming heard that he was good at martial arts and was not convinced, so he competed with him.
As a result, he was subdued within three moves of Leng Wenxuan.
Next, there was a gun competition, and Zheng Jiming had the best marksmanship.
Zheng Jiming had a slight victory when playing with fixed targets, but lost to Leng Wenxuan when playing with moving targets.
They are things that are thrown away.
There were ten shots in total, Zheng Jiming only hit six, but Leng Wenxuan hit all ten.
It can be said that Zheng Jiming was completely defeated.
Since then, Zheng Jiming has surrendered. After this promotion, he took the initiative to find Xu Zhanjie, hoping that Xu Zhanjie could recruit Leng Wenxuan from the operations department to protect their team leader.
The Japanese have revoked the reward order, but they have always wanted to assassinate the team leader.
At that time, he said that he was worried that if the team leader performed meritorious service in the future, he might also find a way to assassinate the team leader.
The Japanese are so despicable, they do it secretly even if they can't do it clearly.
If the goal is not achieved, the end justifies the means.
Xu Zhanjie thought what he said was reasonable, and Xu Zhanjie also heard about their competition, so he went to find He Ming himself.
Unexpectedly, He Ming firmly disagreed.
Leng Wenxuan is also his treasure in the Action Department. There are not many people in the Action Department who are so skilled.
Xu Zhanjie had all the nice things to say, but He Ming just refused.
There was no other way, Xu Zhanjie simply went to Virgo and explained the importance of Xu Qingyun, but Virgo did not directly agree at the time.
After this meritorious service, Xu Zhanjie approached him again. The Japanese had suffered such heavy losses and they must have hated Xu Qingyun deeply. They might target him again in the future. Xu Qingyun's safety must be taken seriously.
Leng Wenxuan is very skilled. With him by Xu Qingyun's side, Xu Qingyun's safety can be greatly guaranteed.
This meritorious service was so great that the old man was very happy. In the end, Virgo agreed and personally enlightened He Ming, allowing Xu Zhanjie to finally take the person from him.
Leng Wenxuan is now a member of the Intelligence Department and is affiliated with Group Four, but he has been following Xu Qingyun.
He is Xu Qingyun's full-time bodyguard.
"Section Chief, where are we going?"
After leaving the door, Leng Wenxuan asked proactively. When he first came to the fourth intelligence team, he was not happy.
He did a good job in the Operations Section, and besides, his educational level was low and he was not made to be an intelligence officer. It was a complete waste to come to the Intelligence Section.
After the results arrived, Yan Ming and Zheng Jiming told him about Xu Qingyun's past whenever they had anything to do.
Tianjin, and when I first came to Nanjing.
Leng Wenxuan was in the Operations Department and knew something about it, but not in detail. After hearing what they said, he realized that the Section Chief Xu he followed was so powerful, no wonder he was promoted so quickly. People's promotions did not rely on connections.
But a real military achievement.
Six thousand words, will be updated tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)