Chapter 218 Important Military Information
“Just take a look around.”
Xu Qingyun replied that there were three places he wanted to go. One was Lao Liang's residence to see if Lao Liang was still there.
Next is Niu Yuanxiang's residence and shop. Let's go take a look there first and identify the footprints, or whether there are any familiar footprints there.
For example, Lao Liang, and the young people who are with Lao Liang.
And that Dr. Huang.
If their footprints appear there, Niu Yuanxiang is likely to be one of his own. Xu Qingyun must find a way to make Yan Ming give up this clue.
Yan Ming is very smart. If he is asked to investigate, there is a real possibility that he will find something.
"Section Chief, your message."
Military Intelligence Department, Office Director Liao Pingping sent a sealed telegram. The telegram was sent by the Telecommunications Section and was handed over by him.
"Leave it here."
After looking at the codes, Xu Zhanjie understood who had sent them. There were very few untranslated messages from the Telecommunications Department, and it was most likely from William.
This guy can do it. He has new information so quickly?
After giving him the money last time and telling him what information he wanted, they got the information they needed so quickly?
He picked it up and looked at it, and it turned out to be a secret message from William.
The Telecommunications Section did not have a code book, and William was an informant with a high degree of confidentiality. He did not belong to the Military Intelligence Department, had no establishment, and was a foreigner, but he did work for the Military Intelligence Department.
Absorbing a foreign outsider was Xu Zhanjie's pride.
"Is there anyone in the War Department's Intelligence Department in Nanjing?"
Immediately Xu Zhanjie sat up straight. The intelligence was very important. The Japanese Army Intelligence Department obtained an important military intelligence in Nanjing, which was related to some military deployments of the Guo army.
It's not comprehensive, but it has general content that needs to be verified by them.
William did not know how to verify it himself. After getting the information, he happened to be away on business, and when he came back, he sent the information to the Military Intelligence Office.
His message can only be sent by himself and cannot be handed over to others.
Fortunately, he has the cover of being an intelligence dealer. Even if he is discovered to have sent a report to the Military Intelligence Agency, it doesn't matter. The Military Intelligence Agency is his client, and it is normal to buy information from him.
But MI6 must not be allowed to know that he now only serves Military Intelligence.
Although there is not much difference inside, one is business and the other is internal response, which have different meanings.
"Virgin, I suggest you immediately verify the authenticity of this intelligence. If it is true, there must be someone in the Japanese Army Ministry in Nanjing who has instigated the rebellion of a high-level mole."
Xu Zhanjie came to the office to report, and the Virgo nodded slightly. William showed his value. This information seemed to belong to Japan, but in fact it pointed to the other party's informant in Nanjing, who was not low-level.
Japan has many intelligence agencies, including not only the super high school, but also the army and navy.
Even their Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cabinet have their own dedicated intelligence departments.
Unlike in China, apart from them and the Party Affairs Investigation Department, there are not many professional intelligence departments.
In fact, the warlords also attach importance to intelligence, but their intelligence personnel are not on the stage yet.
The other is the Red Party.
The Red Party has made rapid progress in recent years, their intelligence personnel have grown rapidly, and the Party Affairs Investigation Office has gradually become unable to deal with them.
Virgo has a hunch that the Red Party will also become his opponent in the future.
He has taken precautions and preparations in advance.
"Okay, verify it carefully. If it is true, let Xu Qingyun find out the intelligence personnel of the Ministry of War."
The director agreed and directly assigned Xu Qingyun to handle the case.
"Yes, I will verify it immediately. If it is true, I will buy this complete information immediately."
William's quotation was not low. The last quotation was too high. Xu Qingyun secretly warned him not to open his mouth like a lion, as the benefits that should be given to him would not be less.
This time he only wanted twenty gold bars, which was the lowest price.
Osaka has ten, he has ten.
As a middleman, it is considered low for him to pay only half of the price. Before, he used to pay 70% or even 80% for the middle price.
Information traffickers are rich, and this is how they make most of their money.
"No problem, just go ahead and do it."
Virgo agreed again that these were trivial matters, and what he valued was the meaning behind the information.
The Japanese can obtain such detailed information, and the person who provides them with the information is not too low-level. Finding this person will be a great achievement for the Military Intelligence Office.
He may even be the highest-ranking person they have captured since their establishment.
The director attaches great importance to this matter, so he named Xu Qingyun to handle this case. Xu Qingyun in the Military Intelligence Department handles the case the most, which reassures him that it will definitely be completed.
He has this confidence in Xu Qingyun.
"Yes, Virgo."
Xu Zhanjie left quickly. It is not difficult to verify this information. You can find out by asking the staff department.
It turned out to be true, the Japanese really got their forces deployed.
At this time, Xu Qingyun was still outside, unaware that William had given them new information. He secretly guided them around the city and noticed Niu Yuanxiang's newly opened shop.
The interior is being cleaned up, and there are messy footprints at the door.
Xu Qingyun couldn't take pictures, so he only paid attention and found no familiar footprints, which proved that the few red party members he knew were not here today at least.
Or maybe he hasn’t been here for a while.
He also passed by Lao Liang without getting off the bus. He got off the bus when Zheng Jiming was there before, more than once, and now he continues to get off. Once people know about it, it is easy to associate it with something.
Xu Qingyun was not in a hurry, just glanced at the entrance of the alley.
There are also no footprints of Lao Liang.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?"
After returning, he immediately received a notice that Xu Zhanjie was looking for him and asked him to go home when he returned.
It's time to get off work.
"You should take a look at the information from William today."
Xu Zhanjie handed the translated message to Xu Qingyun. Xu Qingyun immediately looked up after reading it: "Our staff has been infiltrated by them."
"That's right, Virgo means to find out who betrayed the intelligence and name this case and put it in your charge."
Xu Zhanjie nodded. The information was obvious. He was referring to people in their staff department, and they were of high rank.
"Don't worry, I'll be ready right away to investigate this case with all my strength."
Xu Qingyun responded that this case came in time. Yan Ming had just arrested someone and asked them to handle the case. Yan Ming did not have time to pay attention to Niu Yuanxiang's situation. He had time to slowly verify Niu Yuanxiang's identity.
"Okay, there are four teams in the Intelligence Section. You can use as many people as you want."
"We don't need that much. Let's let the fourth group and the second group come first. This case is important and they are more suitable."
Xu Qingyun said with a smile that two groups were enough. If the case was not important, just four groups would be enough.
He is now the deputy section chief and cannot hand over every case to the fourth team. Everyone knows that the fourth team is his direct descendant and will be considered partial.
"Okay, you can look at the arrangements."
Xu Zhanjie responded casually, even if Xu Qingyun didn't use the fourth group this time, he wouldn't agree.
The best soldiers and generals must be mobilized to handle the cases assigned by the Virgo.
Even though it was just established, Intelligence Group Four is already the most capable group in their Intelligence Section.
Back home, Xu Qingyun took out the message again.
It's too late today. Come back tomorrow to assign tasks and start investigating.
What he is doing now is a preliminary analysis. He must first clarify the direction of the investigation. The direction is the most critical. Whether the case can be solved or not, the direction of the investigation ranks first.
The intelligence obtained by the Japanese this time was wide-ranging.
From Tianjin and Peiping in the north to Nanjing in the south, it mainly focuses on the defense situation of the Guo army along the north-south route.
This shows the wolfish ambition of the Japanese.
What do they want this information for?
Xu Qingyun is from a later generation, and he has read many articles in later generations. Some of them mentioned that the original idea of the Japanese was to gradually encroach on China from north to south, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Qiqi was not the original intention of the Japanese military, and they were not fully prepared yet.
However, after being put on fire, they were forced to launch a full-scale war of aggression.
The Kuomintang took the initiative to open a battlefield in Shanghai. Although the battle was not satisfactory, at least it did not allow the Japanese to move from north to south. It used Nanjing to attract the attention of the Japanese and dragged the war to a stalemate.
Although the performance of the Fruit Party was disappointing, at least they retained some of their territory and held back the Japanese.
Throughout the war, China made huge sacrifices and contributions.
Now they have begun to focus on collecting this information, which shows that at this time they have the idea of gradually encroaching from north to south.
This place is huge and includes many strategic locations.
The placement of garrisons in those places is key.
There are only a few people who can get so much information, and their level is not too low.
Start with the insider first. This is also the most common method of investigating a traitor. However, this case is important, and the insiders cannot be limited to all insiders. Some insiders must also be included in the suspicion and investigated.
The so-called partial insiders only know part of the military garrison situation. It is possible that Japanese spies bribed multiple people and then collected intelligence through them, and then learned about all military garrison situations.
Anyone with suspicion must come into their sight.
This will increase the number of people investigating.
Not afraid of increasing the number of people, Xu Qingyun first used two teams with nearly a hundred people. With so many elite soldiers and generals going out to investigate together, they could quickly eliminate some people or find out the real suspects.
Early the next morning, Xu Qingyun came to the office.
As soon as the working hours arrived, he immediately went to the conference room and was notified by the office. Group 2, Group 4, and all people above the captain went to the conference room for a meeting.
Speaking of which, this was the first meeting Xu Qingyun hosted after being promoted to deputy section chief.
Although it is limited to two groups, the scale is not low.
Three team captains, two team leaders and deputy team leaders, a total of ten people from the two teams, came to the conference room together.
Xu Qingyun sat in the main seat, with the two team leaders on either side of him, the deputy team leader behind him, and the three team captains sitting in the back.
He Rongtang had a look and deliberately gave the position on the left to the fourth group. He knew the relationship between Xu Qingyun and the fourth group, so there was no need to grab this thing.
Besides, so what if I grab a seat?
It has no practical significance at all. Instead, it is easy for Deputy Section Chief Xu to leave a bad impression on him.
"I asked you to come here today because there is a case to be investigated." Xu Qingyun got straight to the point and said directly. Everyone was stunned when they heard that there was a case. Xu Qingyun had not told them about the case before.
Especially Yan Ming, they had just arrested someone, and Yan Ming was planning to continue investigating the remaining people, when the section chief suddenly said there was a case, was it this case?
Probably not. If so, there is no need to be so grand. If you really want to ask the second team for help, the section chief can just arrange the announcement at will.
It seems there are other cases to handle.
"According to the intelligence we received, it was confirmed that the General Staff has high-level internal agents who are instigating rebellion by the enemy. They have obtained part of our garrison situation, covering a wide range..."
Xu Qingyun said slowly, Yan Ming looked like this, there really were other cases.
And it's a very important case.
He Rongtang was even more energetic. His early show of goodwill was rewarded. This time, Deputy Section Chief Xu called them to investigate the case together, which was equivalent to him taking one step ahead of the first group and the third group.
As for the four groups, it was normal for them to participate. It was impossible for Deputy Chief Xu to exclude them from such a case.
Xu Zhanjie has verified it and the information is true.
For the specific information, William needs to give the money to Osaka before he can get it. Xu Zhanjie has already sent someone to send money to William. The Intelligence Section has assigned someone in Shanghai, but he doesn't have that much money on hand, so he needs the money to be given to him here. Send it over.
Bank transfers are not that fast now, so it is better to send someone directly there.
In other words, detailed information can only be obtained in the afternoon at the earliest, or at night.
Xu Qingyun will not wait for this information. The information is a reference for them. They will screen through detailed information. They will be suspicious of those who know this information.
Before that, they first investigate all situations where they have access to intelligence sources.
There are many people on the staff and the level is very high.
Xu Qingyun, who is too high-level, cannot investigate now. He needs to apply from the top level. For the time being, ordinary staff officers and staff will be investigated first.
The first is their personal and family circumstances.
Especially property.
Anyone with unexplained money will be included in the key investigation, followed by their whereabouts and relationships.
We should also focus on investigating matters related to the Japanese.
This information was obtained by the Japanese Army Ministry. No matter who the traitor was, he must have had contact with people from the Army Intelligence Department before he could give them this information.
Information like this is extremely valuable, and the Japanese will give him a lot of money.
"From now on, we are working in pairs. No one is allowed to leave alone. Even if they go to the toilet, they must go together. If anyone dares to contact the outside world alone, Lu Dawang's fate will be his lesson."
Xu Qingyun said coldly, Lu Dawang was the first living person Xu Qingyun found when he came to Nanjing.
He was executed, and the outcome was very tragic.
Everyone's hearts trembled, they understood the importance of this case, and if they had done a good job, they would have done a great job, but if they did something wrong, or if they made mistakes, the punishment would not be small.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qingyun stood up hurriedly.
Virgo took Xu Zhanjie into the conference room together.
Xu Zhanjie was not surprised that Xu Qingyun would come. He didn't expect that everyone here would also come in person.
"Virgo, please."
Xu Qingyun immediately gave up his position, everyone moved back, and the front position was given to Xu Zhanjie and Xu Qingyun.
"I heard what Deputy Section Chief Xu said just now. He is right. We are an intelligence department, and confidentiality is the most important thing. I will start with the ugly words first. Whoever messes up this case for me, don't even think about leaving alive."
Virgo said softly that he went to see the old man early this morning.
When the old man heard that there was an enemy inside the general staff, he became furious and adjusted the deployment of troops from south to north. Did the Japanese already know about it before the adjustment was completed?
What secrets are there among them?
Investigate, must investigate, investigate rigorously, and must find this traitor.
This is an order issued by the old man himself, which is equivalent to a death order, and the Military Intelligence Department must complete it.
After returning, the director learned that Xu Qingyun was in a meeting to assign tasks, so he came over immediately to cheer them up in person. This time he would be the supervisor to let these people understand the importance of the case.
"Don't worry Virgo, we won't do anything bad."
Xu Qingyun immediately expressed his position, and Virgo nodded with satisfaction. He recognized Xu Qingyun's ability. This case seemed difficult, but he felt most at ease if it was left to Xu Qingyun to handle it.
"Very good, as long as you have this energy, the chairman has said that except for a few people at the top, everyone else can investigate. As long as you complete this case, I will help you ask for credit in front of the chairman."
It was a threat before, but now it is encouragement. One hand is a big stick and the other is sweet dates. Virgo plays this hand very smoothly.
He didn't stay in the meeting room for long and left quickly.
But his arrival is an attitude, and no one dares to be careless about this case.
Yan Ming originally wanted to ask if the previous case still needs to be investigated, but he didn't ask again when he saw the Virgo coming over. It didn't matter if he put that case aside for the time being, not to mention that the Japanese spy had been caught by them, and the rest was just not investigated clearly.
The case is most important right now.
"You have all heard what Virgo said. This time Virgo is keeping an eye on me. Whoever tries to trick me will be dealt with first."
Xu Qingyun said softly, and soon announced the adjournment of the meeting, and he called the two team leaders into the office.
"You two divide your work. Investigate first. Once you get accurate information, you will use the information to identify all the insiders. Not only those who know all the information, but also those who only know part of it."
Fang Laibao and He Rongtang stood upright and took orders together.
After they returned, they immediately discussed with the deputy team leader and their captains. With so many people in the staff department, it was impossible to investigate them all.
There is no need to check the top level, and there is no need to scrutinize the bottom level.
This is important military information, and people at the bottom cannot know it, such as sentries, people who have nothing to do with military deployment, etc.
Traitors are most likely to come from the Operations Department and Planning Department.
The General Staff Department is not the Department of Defense. It has a higher level than the Department of Defense.
To put it bluntly, the National Defense Department is mainly responsible for logistics, serving the staff, and is the place that actually commands operations and has military power.
Their investigations must be done discreetly and must not be discovered.
Once the traitors know that they are being investigated, they will probably jump over the wall in a hurry, and even killing them would be an easy task.
These people have soldiers and guns, what can't a trapped beast do?
It can also be said that this is the most dangerous case handled by the Fourth Intelligence Team since its establishment.
Fang Laibao is not afraid of danger. This is a challenge, and it will definitely be a great achievement if he does it well.
He has already tasted the sweetness of being with the right person. If he can make the first move this time, it will lay the best foundation for his future future.
With this great merit, if he is willing to leave, he will be at least the deputy station director or the deputy section chief of the headquarters.
It was impossible for him to leave. Fang Laibao didn't want to be alone. It was most comfortable to follow Xu Qingyun. Xu Qingyun had solutions for many things. He just had to obey orders and do things seriously.
All members of the two teams were dispatched. As for the things Yan Ming found previously, they have been sealed and archived and will not be asked for the time being.
In the evening, Xu Zhanjie received a message from Shanghai.
They have obtained detailed information, not only text, but also photos.
They would drive all night to bring them back.
To keep their intelligence safe, they applied for protection.
Even though the distance from Nanjing to Shanghai is not that far, the road is not that peaceful. Traveling at night requires firstly many cars and secondly strict protection.
Xu Zhanjie reported to the chief and specially applied for a company of soldiers for them.
This information is very important and must not fall into the hands of others.
Although if the military deployment is leaked, adjustments must be made, but before that, no one can know that they have obtained this information.
Otherwise the Japanese will know that their traitor may be exposed.
Xu Zhanjie was very curious about the Osaka man. Forget the information about the Kwantung Army, it was obviously a high-level secret of the Intelligence Department of the Army Ministry. How did he know and get such detailed information?
Two hundred taels of gold, the price is really cheap and a great value.
It is estimated that Osaka understands that the real significance of this information lies in their internal hidden dangers. As for the content of the information itself, it is purely useful when investigating traitors.
That's why he offered a low price.
In terms of Japanese troop deployment, not to mention two hundred taels, they also want two thousand taels of gold.
That is the truly important confidential information.
Xu Zhanjie still didn't know that Osaka only wanted one hundred taels of gold, and the remaining one hundred taels was William's benefit fee.
Early the next morning, they brought the information to the office.
This journey was smooth sailing, mainly because there were so many cars.
Don't think that you'll be fine if you don't meet bandits. These days, many poor villagers sometimes appear as bandits.
Especially the residents not far from the road.
They grab a handful and run away, and it's night again, so you can't find anyone at all.
The real bandits at least have a nest. They are ordinary people, and they cannot kill all the nearby people.
"Qingyun, don't let everyone see this information, only at the team leader level."
When Xu Zhanjie gave the information to Xu Qingyun, he specifically warned that although the military deployment would have to be changed, it could not all be changed drastically, and some parts still had to be carried out according to the original plan.
For example, in some important places, at most, we can send more manpower.
Therefore, this information cannot be leaked and is limited to the team leader, which means that only Fang Laibao and He Rongtang can see this thing.
"I understand, don't worry."
Xu Qingyun took the information and nodded solemnly. This information is indeed important. Even if it is not used now, it will be useful to the organization in the future.
Especially for the guerrillas, their lives are harder and they need to avoid the main force of the Fruit Army.
Find an opportunity later, make some changes to this information, and then hand it over to the people in the organization.
Making changes is not about covering up the source of intelligence. The Japanese all know it, and it doesn't seem surprising that the Red Party can get it.
Xu Qingyun wanted to see if he could guess their new deployment through case investigation and future speculation, and then add the new deployment to make the intelligence more authentic.
This is his true purpose.
"Go ahead."
Xu Qingyun is handling the case, and Xu Zhanjie will support him behind the scenes without asking too many questions.
He is self-aware, and when it comes to handling cases, he is no better than his own students. Anyway, he is Xu Qingyun's teacher and the section chief. No matter what Xu Qingyun does, he will get a share of the credit.
6,000 words, there are still more updates to be made, the time is a little late, friends, please forgive me.
(End of this chapter)