The Spy

Chapter 128 Promotion again
Shanghai Special High Section, Aoki received the latest news from Nanjing.

After reading the content, he did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately went to the section chief's office.

"Is it true?"

Kawashima was also shocked. According to the information sent back by Jasmine's team, Ji Shenghai was no longer in the police station. He learned from the patrol outside that Ji Shenghai was indeed captured by the Military Intelligence Department.

The reason is not clear at the moment.

Not only Ji Shenghai, but the deputy director was also arrested, and their positions have been replaced by others.

"Section Chief, from what I can see, something happened to Falcon, and he is being watched by the Military Intelligence Department. We should have been careful last time and let Falcon withdraw first. After all, he has met with Shimura."

Shimura is Kong Yufa's real name. After he was exposed, the Hangzhou Special High Section promptly sent them signals. The Shanghai Special High Section issued a level one command through an observer. Shimura successfully escaped back to Shanghai and is currently waiting in the intelligence group for new work.

"Call Shimura over here."

Kawashima instructed that Shimura had rich experience in undercover work and would not be kept in Shanghai forever, as they had not yet decided where to send him.

"Section Chief, you are looking for me."

Shimura quickly came to the office and knelt next to Aoki.

The team leader called and asked him to go to the section chief's office immediately because the section chief had something to ask him.

"Have you and Falcon ever met each other?"

Kawashima asked. He now suspected that something had happened to Shimura, which implicated Falcon. For example, when the two of them met, they were discovered by the Military Intelligence Department. After he escaped, the Military Intelligence Department continued to investigate and eventually discovered the existence of Falcon.

The last time the Military Intelligence Department took sudden action, it was possible that it was to capture Falcon.

Even Falcon himself didn't see the false information released by Xu Qingyun, let alone Kawashima.

After being captured, Falcon defected and helped the Military Intelligence Department send back false information, probably in an attempt to deceive them and capture more people.

Later, they didn't fall for it, so the Military Intelligence Department arrested all his subordinates.

Not only Kawashima thought so, Aoki did too.

This would explain why the entire Falcon team encountered an accident.

As for the observers, they didn't think so much about it. The main reason was that the observers did not know the identity of the intelligence officers and there was no horizontal connection between them.

What's more, when Aoki sent a radio message to the Falcon, he didn't receive a response this time. The observer was not responsible for warning the team leader, and he didn't even know where the Falcon was.

Nozawa Kishisai was in poor health after being tortured and was unable to respond.

He used to send the messages himself, but now his fingers are so swollen that he would be exposed even if he goes to send the messages without saying anything.

The Japanese were able to tell that something was wrong with him by the abnormality in the way he sent messages.

Messages, like sounds, have their own characteristics.

"Replying to the section chief, no, we always communicate through the dead mailbox."

Shimura lowered his head and replied that according to their requirements, team leaders generally could not meet with their subordinates unless it was an emergency.

"Did you pass on any information to him before you withdrew?"

"Have."

Shimura nodded. They reported regularly. Shimura had obtained a lot of intelligence and had to report it every once in a while.

If it is urgent information that is time-sensitive, a signal must be sent out for the upstream person to receive it.

This is the case with Ji Shenghai this time. His information is urgent and time-sensitive.

"What time?" Kawashima asked immediately.

"Just five days before I evacuated."

"Where is your dead mailbox?"

Kawashima asked again, and Aoki understood the section chief's thoughts. He suspected that their dead mailbox was exposed. First Shimura was discovered, and then Falcon.

Although Shimura was not captured, the Military Intelligence Division was able to successfully locate Falcon and eventually captured the rest of the Falcon Team.

Shimura told him the location. The dead mailbox was very hidden. Kawashima didn't know how the Chinese found the location of the dead mailbox, but the reason was no longer important. The key was the terrible consequences caused.

Every hidden group in Nanjing is important.

This time the whole thing was lost, and he bears a lot of responsibility.

Now we can only put the blame on Falcon. It was his carelessness in his work that led to the dead mailbox being discovered and him being arrested.

"Go back first, and don't tell anyone about what happened today."

Kawashima waved his hand, saying that Shimura would still be useful if kept, and he could also be a shield when needed.

"Section Chief, it looks like the Falcon had something wrong. We were careless."

Shimura left, Aoki sighed heavily, and Kawashima nodded unnaturally: "You are right, the price is high."

The entire team was lost, all of them were Japanese, and five important traitors who had instigated the rebellion were also lost.

He had never suffered such a great loss before.

The higher-ups will definitely blame us, just look at Tianjin. However, Tianjin suffered greater losses. If only one group was lost, Tanimura would not have been arrested and imprisoned.

"What about Fukada?"

Aoki took the initiative to ask, Fukada was Liu Qiaosheng, Xu Qingyun's arrangement successfully confused them, and at this time they thought Liu Qiaosheng was fine.

"Keep him for now, and deploy a team to those places later. The Military Intelligence Department doesn't know him, and they won't think that we have people there."

"Section Chief, is this safe?"

"Don't worry, there is an old Chinese saying that the more dangerous a place is, the safer it is. The Chinese would never think of that."

Kawashima smiled and shook his head. He had a deep understanding of Chinese culture and knew that it is always darkest under the lamp.

"The section chief is wise."

Aoki took the opportunity to flatter the Chinese. They really didn't expect that they would send people back to their original place.

It's all renting a house anyway, it's the same wherever you are.

Unfortunately, it is much more difficult to resume the work. Unlike the previous few people, they have already established a firm foothold in Nanjing. It will take a long time for new people to adapt.

But the advantage of this is that there is no need to re-arrange the observers.

The observer and the intelligence officer were not in the same system and were unaware of each other. It was a blessing that the observer was saved this time.

In Nanjing, Xu Qingyun is visiting outside.

The last time, the three observers showed up again and sent back signals, but they were cunning and all changed places to make calls. There were too many places to make calls in Nanjing.

But every time they hit it one more time, their position will be marked once.

Xu Qingyun was currently in a location where one of the observers might appear.

The one from last walk.

This time we also walked, and it was only two miles away from where we made the last phone call.

After checking his previous phone records, Xu Qingyun finally drew this area, and it was here that he was most likely hiding.

It rained a little in Nanjing yesterday and the ground was a bit muddy, so Xu Qingyun came to the nearby area early this morning to try his luck.

The footprints are clearer after the rain. As long as his footprints appear, he won't be able to escape this time.

Yan Ming and Fang Laibao followed. Zuo Jinfang and Zheng Jiming's special training was about to end. There were still twenty people with them. When they came back, Xu Qingyun would not be left without anyone to use.

Now that there are only three of them, some things are indeed inconvenient to do.

Throughout the whole morning, Xu Qingyun estimated that he walked more than 10,000 steps. He saw a lot of footprints, but unfortunately there was none that he really needed.

"Team leader, don't worry. He's not in this area. Let's search other areas. We will definitely find him."

During lunch, Yan Ming took the initiative to comfort them. He finally understood that good luck would not always be with them. Last time, and this time, their luck was obviously average.

"When did I say I was in a hurry?"

Xu Qingyun raised his head. The restaurant they were eating in was nice and the food tasted delicious.

"It's okay as long as there's no rush."

Yan Ming breathed a sigh of relief and admired the team leader's patience. After walking through so many places for the whole morning, he would probably have become anxious.

But for Xu Qingyun, half a day was nothing.

In the past, when tracking, we sometimes had to search in the mountains for ten days or even half a month.

Xu Qingyun was really not in a hurry. After lunch, he continued searching in the area in the afternoon.

This method of looking for a needle in a haystack is purely a matter of luck.

If the Japanese spy did not live here or did not go out, Xu Qingyun would not be able to find him. However, as long as the Japanese spy went out, even if part of his footprints were covered, Xu Qingyun would be able to discover his existence if he saw one.

Changing shoes didn't help.

Xu Qingyun looked at the print, not the specific pair of shoes.

In one day, Xu Qingyun saw a lot of footprints, but did not gain any substantial results.

The next day, Xu Qingyun was unable to go out because the reward for catching someone last time was paid out.

Xu Qingyun was successfully promoted to captain, becoming at least the highest-ranking officer in Intelligence Group 4.

Fang Laibao's military rank remained unchanged, but he received other rewards. Yan Ming's rank was raised one level to lieutenant.

It is not that difficult to be promoted to lieutenant. This time they did make a great contribution by finding out five hidden Japanese spies. Together with the two they had caught before, they actually caught seven people.

This is not Tianjin, this is Nanjing.

The Japanese spies lurking in Nanjing are more dangerous, and catching them will bring much more credit than catching them in Tianjin.

In the other groups, someone was promoted.

In addition to promotion, there is also a considerable bonus.

Xu Qingyun's Intelligence Group 4 received two thousand dollars separately. Just like last time, he gave half of it to Xu Qingshi as a reward to those who helped him last time. The eight confidants who followed Xu Qingshi did not make much money at the police station, but they received a lot of rewards from the Military Intelligence Department.

Much higher than their salary.

Of the remaining money, Xu Qingyun, Yan Ming, and Fang Laibao each took 200 yuan, and the rest was kept as a small treasury for Intelligence Group 4.

Before the members of Intelligence Group 4 arrived, there were already seven or eight hundred dollars in the small treasury, which was richer than any other group.

As the rewards were handed out, the mole knew what was going on this time.

The specific reasons were not announced, but we only know the general reasons.

After all, so many people were promoted this time in the same unit, so they would definitely ask.

Shanghai Special High Section once again received a report from Shan Gui.

"Xu Qingyun, it's him again?"

Kawashima raised his head. Last time, the Hangzhou Special High Section asked them to sanction Xu Qingyun. Kawashima was unwilling to be a gun in vain, so he just investigated but did not take any action. Before the investigation against Xu Qingyun was over, they suffered a heavy blow from this young man from Tianjin.

The loss of the entire Falcon team was too great.

"That's him, Section Chief. Do you want to get rid of him?"

Qingmu made a gesture of wiping his neck. Xu Qingyun captured his entire team. It was not easy to arrange a team. He now hated Xu Qingyun to the core.

"How much have you found out about him?"

Kawashima did not answer, but asked instead. Aoki shook his head: "It's still the same as before. I only know that he graduated from the police academy, was a policeman before, and is only twenty years old this year."

Xu Qingyun's information is top secret, not only him, but also several team leaders and section chiefs of the Intelligence Department.

No one can view their files without the director's consent.

Now they don’t even know where Xu Qingyun’s hometown is.

"Doesn't he have a brother? If you can't check him, check his brother."

Kawashima ordered that it would indeed be much easier to investigate Xu Qingshi, as Xu Qingshi's file was in the police station, not the military intelligence department.

But they wanted to understand Xu Qingyun, but the clues they could get by checking his brother were limited.

Aoki understood that the section chief was unwilling to let Shan Gui take risks, fearing the loss of this important chess piece, so he had to settle for the second best and investigate Xu Qingshi.

Get to know Xu Qingyun through Xu Qingshi.

"Hay."

Qingmu obeyed the order, but it was a pity that the person who broke into the police station was arrested, otherwise it would be easier to investigate Xu Qingshi.

But it's better than investigating the Military Intelligence Department.

Shanghai, French Concession.

Old Lu left a house. Boss Huang was an open-minded gentleman he knew who had helped them before.

Lao Lu had been doing underground work for many years, but he was only in the north. He heard about the situation in the south from other comrades.

When I was in Rehe before, a comrade from the south mentioned that Boss Huang had once saved him.

He is more trustworthy towards Boss Huang.

Boss Huang promised him that if he met anyone from their organization, he would help him tell the story. After returning to Nanjing, Lao Lu would publish a newspaper once a month, and if there was a response, he would find a way to get back in touch with the organization.

After losing contact, he couldn't find the organization and could only use this most stupid method.

"Idiot, you can lose someone even when you're so close."

In the afternoon, at the Party Affairs Investigation Department, the intelligence team leader was scolding his subordinates.

Boss Huang had had contact with the Red Party and had long been under their key surveillance. Today, a stranger went to Boss Huang's house and was immediately targeted by them.

"Team leader, he went to the mall. We were outnumbered and couldn't follow him. Later we found that he was missing."

"Did you take any photos?" The team leader waved his hand, not interested in listening to his explanation.

"Yes, I took a picture of it. I just sent it to be washed. It hasn't come out yet."

"Tell them to wash it quickly and bring it to me right away. I want to see who this immortal is."

The team leader ordered, after keeping an eye on Boss Huang for so long, they finally got some results, but their men were too stupid and lost him.

This person was extremely vigilant. After coming out, he did not go back directly but went to a crowded place. He had a strong awareness of anti-tracking.

Unfortunately, the man surnamed Huang had a background, they had no evidence, and he lived in the concession, so they couldn't arrest him.

If we could catch the person, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

Nanjing, a new day, Xu Qingyun continues to go out searching.

He failed to find it yesterday, so he tried again today. On the way he saw a lot of footprints he had seen before, and they appeared many times, indicating that they were people living in this area.

He had no interest in who it was, he wanted a Japanese spy.

There was a traitor in the department, and the Japanese had used observers twice in a row. They probably knew something about the situation. Before other observers were moved, they should not have known about Liu Qiaosheng's arrest.

As long as Xu Qingyun doesn't know about Liu Qiaosheng, he will have the opportunity to catch other observers.

"Team leader, there is a theater nearby that performs some pretty good Huangmei opera. Do you want to go and listen to it later?"

"Not today, let's talk about it in a few days."

Xu Qingyun shook his head. He understood that Yan Ming was still worried about his mood and deliberately suggested listening to opera to relax. There really weren't many good ways to have fun in this era. Apart from listening to opera, there were movies and dancing.

(End of this chapter)