The Spy

Chapter 214 All members are promoted
"Fang Laibao."

Xu Zhanjie shouted in a loud voice, and Fang Laibao's heart beat faster when the section chief looked at him.

"The humble position is here."

Fang Laibao stood up immediately. He understood that he was going to be promoted. The team leader was very decisive this time. After being promoted to deputy section chief, he directly gave up the position of team leader.

He originally thought that the team leader would concurrently serve as the leader of Group 4 for a period of time. After all, Intelligence Group 4 had been established too recently and he was not ready to be the team leader.

As a result, the team leader talked to him yesterday and told him the news of his promotion today.

Although Group 4 was established not long ago, the people within it are very excellent, and through continuous case training, everyone has grown greatly.

Xu Qingyun has no plans to continue holding the concurrent position.

Take advantage of this opportunity to promote your subordinates first.

It just so happened that everyone was very busy during this period, and Zheng Jiming had been following me all the time, which might have hindered his future, so I made arrangements for him this time.

The most important point is that Zheng Jiming follows me 24 hours a day, and many things are inconvenient to do with him around.

Take this opportunity to make him independent.

"You did a great job. The director praised you a lot. This time, he specially helped you to prepare a promotion report. You were promoted to major and the leader of Intelligence Group 4."

Xu Zhanjie smiled and said that the director came here only for Xu Qingyun, and only Xu Qingyun was qualified for him to personally award the title and medal, no one else, including Fang Laibao, was qualified.

"Thank you, Director, and thank you, Section Chief."

Fang Laibao replied loudly that he was finally promoted to colonel, and that following Xu Qingyun to Nanjing was definitely the best decision in his life.

If I stay in Tianjin, I don’t know when this day will come.

In Tianjin, the best outcome for him would be to be transferred to the intelligence group as team leader, but he was not Wu Shaoshu's man, nor was he a professional, so this was easier said than done.

Less than half a year after arriving in Nanjing, he was promoted to a higher military rank and became the team leader of the intelligence department.

This is the team leader of the headquarters, and his position is much more valuable than that of the team leader of Tianjin Station.

"Deputy Section Chief Xu recommended you. Work hard in the future."

"Thank you, Deputy Section Chief Xu."

Fang Laibao responded again that he was Xu Qingyun's man, and it didn't matter what he was called, but it only applied when Xu Zhanjie was around, and the same applied to other people.

When in front of Xu Zhanjie, the title of "deputy" will be used. When Xu Zhanjie is not around, the title of "deputy" will definitely be cancelled.

It’s because the section chief and deputy section chief have the same surname, so it’s difficult to address each other when they are together.

Xu Zhanjie awarded Fang Laibao a rank, and he was not the only one promoted to major this time.

The deputy team leader of Group 2 also took the opportunity to be promoted. He benefited from Li Yuanjie's help. In this case, Group 2 made the most contributions among Group 4, and he also captured two Japanese spies alone.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Zhanjie reported their achievements to them and asked them to promote him first.

If it doesn’t rise this time, I don’t know when it will rise next time.

These are colonels, and there are even more lieutenants.

The military ranks of Yan Ming, Zuo Jinfang, Dai Jieying and Zheng Jiming were all promoted.

Lieutenant Yan Ming was promoted to captain and deputy team leader of Intelligence Group 4, Second Lieutenant Zuo Jinfang was promoted to lieutenant, and Warrant Officer Dai Jieying was promoted to second lieutenant.

Her starting point was too low, but she made great contributions this time, and she can be promoted if she makes more contributions in the future.

Zheng Jiming was promoted to second lieutenant and took over the position of captain of Yanming Team 1.

Everyone knows that Fang Laibao, Yan Ming, Zuo Jinfang and Zheng Jiming are the people Xu Qingyun brought from Tianjin. There are five people in Intelligence Group 4, including three team leaders and the chief and deputy team leaders. They account for four of them. The entire Intelligence Group 4 is deeply marked by Xu Qingyun.

It can also be said that Intelligence Group 4 is still Xu Qingyun’s direct line.

Xu Zhanjie read out the names of all those who had made meritorious contributions and were promoted, and dozens of people were promoted.

This time the achievement was indeed great. So many people were captured and the old man was alarmed. The promotion to an ordinary lieutenant was nothing.

There were also many soldiers who were promoted to officers this time and they were very excited.

Every soldier was promoted to a higher level.

If a soldier wants to be promoted to an officer, besides going to military school, the only way is to make meritorious service. Now is not the future. If the military ranks are given out in large quantities, even if it is a position rank, it will be difficult to be promoted without clear merit.

The privileged class is not included.

The entire commendation meeting lasted a whole day. Xu Zhanjie waved his hand and booked a restaurant. In the evening, the whole department had a dinner together to celebrate the promotion of the brothers.

"Chief, I want to toast you."

In the evening, Xu Zhanjie sat in the main seat, Xu Qingyun was on his left, and beside him were the heads and deputy heads of the four groups.

No one else is eligible to enter this table.

Fang Laibao and Yan Ming were both present. Yan Ming was promoted to deputy team leader, so he was qualified to sit at the table.

"Okay, I'll drink."

Xu Zhanjie was very happy, although he did not get any promotion this time, it was because he had reached the limit of his promotion. He could not even get promoted to the rank of director, so he definitely could not succeed.

However, if you accumulate these merits, when the time comes for promotion, it will come naturally.

All the credit goes to him.

The Intelligence Department has made so many achievements because of his good leadership.

Virgo is a good leader and both of them have made contributions.

He proved to the director that he was qualified to be the chief of intelligence. Although most of the credit was brought by Xu Qingyun, Xu Qingyun was a talent he discovered and brought to Nanjing from Tianjin.

No one can refute this.

"Chief, I toast to you too."

Xu Zhanjie drank Xu Qingyun's toast in one gulp, and Hou Yigong followed immediately.

He is a team leader and also Xu Zhanjie's man. He has followed Xu Zhanjie for a long time.

"Well, you did a good job this time."

Xu Zhanjie was very happy that Groups 1, 2 and 3 fully cooperated with Group 4 in handling the case, which made him see the unity and strength of the Intelligence Department.

As long as this atmosphere can be maintained in the future, he believes that the Intelligence Department will be able to make greater contributions.

However, Xu Zhanjie did not finish drinking this time. There were still three team leaders and four deputy team leaders behind him. If they drank all of them, he would not be able to hold on.

In order to have fun today, we drank white wine instead of rice wine.

The alcohol content of these liquors is not low.

Every time he took a sip, when his glass was empty, Xu Qingyun would take the initiative to refill it for him.

No one dared to compete with him for this job.

Xu Qingyun and Xu Zhanjie have a closer relationship. They are master and apprentice, and it is natural for a student to pour wine for his teacher.

"Chief, I salute you."

The last one is Yan Ming. He was the newly promoted deputy team leader, so it is normal for him to be ranked last.

"Yan Ming, not bad."

Xu Zhanjie was a little tipsy, and when he saw Yan Ming toasting him, he smiled even more brightly.

Yan Ming is indeed good. He didn't expect that his students could discover such a talent in Tianjin. Yan Ming has performed very well in all recent cases, especially the arrest plan he formulated.

Each time is extremely detailed and complete to ensure successful capture of the person.

Avoided losses in their intelligence department.

Xu Zhanjie always only took a sip of the wine before. It was not known whether he was enjoying it very much or it was his last glass. This time, he drank it all in one gulp just like Yan Ming.

After everyone toasted Xu Zhanjie, they immediately turned their attention to Xu Qingyun.

Today is the celebration banquet. Xu Qingyun is the one who has gained the most. Now he has officially become the deputy section chief, so everyone has to toast him.

Hou Yigong was still the first one, and he behaved very respectfully.

He Rongtang is the second one, needless to say. When there was no news of Xu Qingyun's promotion, he had already made his attitude clear and kept a low profile. It is even more natural now.

Xu Qingyun also didn't finish the drink in one gulp.

There were too many people, and the cups were not small, so after one round he could drink several taels of liquor. He could drink a lot, but he couldn't really let himself get drunk.

He has too many secrets.

These secrets cannot be known by others.

The main table was bustling with activity, and outside was even more chaotic. Dai Jieying was toasted the most times today, because there were so many men in the Intelligence Department and only four groups had girls.

She performed so well this time and was promoted for her achievements. Many people were curious about her and came to toast her.

Fortunately, she doesn't drink alcohol, only tea.

Even so, she drank until her belly was full. There were too many people outside, and not only her, but all the people in the four groups were taken turns to be forced to drink by groups one and two.

Everyone admits that Group 4 is powerful. Since they can't compete with them in business, they just try to compete at the wine table.

Zheng Jiming accepted all the drinks and kept drinking.

Zuo Jinfang drank less, but was also drunk, and many other team members were also drunk.

Zheng Jiming's drinking capacity shocked everyone.

He was a generous person and was from the north, so he could drink quite a lot. However, he staggered back in the end because he had drunk too much and he couldn't hold it any longer.

A celebration banquet, everyone was very happy.

The Intelligence Department couldn’t keep such a big thing secret, not to mention that so many people were promoted collectively.

It had long been rumored within the Military Intelligence Department that Xu Qingyun would be promoted to deputy section chief, and sure enough, he was promoted so quickly.

Cai Shifeng was not ambitious enough and gave up a good position to Miao Feng.

Xu Qingyun took over.

Even though Xu Qingyun has only been in the Military Intelligence Department for a short time, no one has complained about his promotion. Instead, everyone thinks it is his due.

Needless to say, the Operations Department likes to carry out missions with Intelligence Group 4 the most.

Not only is it rewarding, but it can also ensure the safety of their team members.

Intelligence Group 4 never uses their brothers' lives to fight for credit, and this alone is something that everyone in the Operations Department recognizes.

Everyone in the Operations Department supports Xu Qingyun's promotion to deputy section chief.

The Interrogation Department has more dealings with Intelligence Group 4, and knows best how powerful they are and how many people they have arrested.

Ever since Team Leader Xu came, there has always been a constant stream of Japanese in their prison.

It has been increasing all the time, and even after a group of people were executed, the number is still considerable.

Before this, they had never detained so many Japanese spies and traitors.

Unfortunately, these Japanese spies and traitors did not have much money, and their homes were all searched. However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and many relatives of the traitors wanted to make them more comfortable in prison, so they gave them some gifts.

The interrogation department can still make some money.

They only take what they can take, and they dare not touch what they cannot take, as touching it may cost them their lives.

The General Affairs Department was even more supportive. During this period, the general affairs department had a lot of food, most of which was brought to them by Xu Qingyun.

There is even a saying in the General Affairs Department that Xu Qingyun is their money-giving boy, and they wish Xu Qingyun could have a higher rank so that they can eat more in the future.

The Telecommunications Department and the Inspection Department did not have much say, and Xu Qingyun did not have any conflicts with them, so the two departments were basically peaceful.

Xu Qingyun was promoted because of his merits, and no one can say anything about it.

If you have any views or opinions, try to make some achievements first, instead of being jealous of others when you can do nothing yourself.

The next morning, Xu Qingyun came to the new office, which was previously Miao Feng's.

After the official promotion, he had to change offices. His original office was to be given to Fang Laibao, and Fang Laibao's office was to be given to Yan Ming. They didn't have many individual offices, as each had his own position.

Miao Feng's office is much bigger than his previous one. Section chiefs and team leaders are treated differently, not just in the office, but in all aspects.

"Chief Xu, you are here."

Soon after I entered the office, I found out that the Intelligence Department had a separate office, which was equivalent to their internal affairs group. There were not many people in it, only six, and they were all civilian staff.

The person who came in to say hello was the office director Liao Gongping. To put it bluntly, this office serves the section chief and deputy section chiefs, and also takes care of some trivial matters of their intelligence department.

For example, archives room, etc.

The rickshaw company currently owned by the Intelligence Department is also under their management.

The rickshaw company was running well. After paying off debts to the bank and the rickshaw dealership every month, there was still a little surplus, enough for their internal expenses.

"Hello, Director Liao."

Xu Qingyun stood up. Liao Gongping was the chief steward of their intelligence department. Xu Qingyun had seen him many times before.

"You're welcome. You're the section chief and we're here to serve you."

Liao Gongping was a little flattered and hurriedly explained that although he was a civilian, he also had a military rank, and that was that of major.

Unfortunately, he is not a special agent and has not received any training, so it is impossible for him to be the team leader of other groups.

He would be satisfied if he could be a good steward.

Xu Qingyun is also a major, but his position is higher than his. He is now the deputy section chief, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the section chief is training him to be his successor.

In the future, he may become a section chief.

If he doesn't serve him well, he can be kicked out with just one word.

"Everything is laid out for you. Do you want to see if there is anything you want to add?"

Liao Gongping whispered that after Miao Feng left, this office was temporarily sealed. After knowing that Xu Qingyun was going to be promoted, he became cautious and visited Xu Qingyun's office more often.

See what he likes and arrange furniture in the same style.

Xu Qingyun did not bring anything from his original office, and the things here were better than before.

"It's thoughtful, no need to add anything."

Xu Qingyun smiled. There was really nothing to add here. Everything that should be there was already there.

Electric fan, radio, phonograph.

There are bookcases, filing cabinets, password boxes, large tables, comfortable sofas, coffee tables, and so on.

"If you need anything, just let me know."

Liao Gongping breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the deputy section chief was satisfied, he lowered his head and left the office.

After he went out, Xu Qingyun couldn't help but shook his head.

Although the promotion of team leader to deputy section chief is only one level, the treatment is completely different. After all, team leader is at the team level. Even if he is the most powerful team leader, he can only be compared with some deputy section chiefs of small departments at most.

The Intelligence Department is a large department. If we don’t count the number of people and only consider the influence, it can be said to be the largest department of the Military Intelligence Department.

The deputy section chiefs here are naturally different.

Some section chiefs of small sections are not as good as him. Some section chiefs of small sections are promoted to deputy section chiefs of the intelligence section. If he is transferred to a small section to be a section chief, it is basically equivalent to a demotion.

It’s okay for a medium-sized department.

The Military Intelligence Department is a department-level unit. The highest leader is the director, under whom is the deputy director, and below them are the heads of each section.

Xu Qingyun is the deputy chief of the Intelligence Department, and his status and position in the Military Intelligence Department have been significantly improved at this time.

In terms of influence alone, he could now be ranked in the top ten in the Military Intelligence Department.

This is the difference between a deputy section chief and a team leader. If he has not reached the section level, others will not rank him. He has to at least be a deputy section chief to be truly considered a big shot in the department.

Xu Qingyun had been in Nanjing for less than half a year, but he had unknowingly become one of the bigwigs in the Nanjing Military Intelligence Department.

"Section Chief."

As soon as Liao Gongping left, Yan Ming ran over happily. He also moved to a new office today, but it was other people in the office who went there. Liao Gongping could not directly question a deputy team leader.

"Deputy Section Chief."

Xu Qingyun glared at him. Xu Zhanjie was still young and had no intention of abdicating. Xu Qingyun also had not thought about his position as section chief.

The closer they are to you, the more attention you should pay; it doesn’t matter to others.

"Yes, Deputy Section Chief."

Yan Ming replied with a smile that it didn't matter to him whether he was the section chief or the deputy section chief. He had been following Xu Qingyun since he was the team leader.

At first he hadn't expected that the person he was holding on to was so powerful.

"Why are you coming to my place if you're not staying in your new office?"

Xu Qingyun took the initiative to ask, a celebration banquet was held yesterday, and today the section chief specially gave most people a day off, so those who don’t have to come don’t need to come.

He came here because San Shang's case was not over yet and he needed to continue investigating. Fang Laibao was also unable to rest as he was verifying the situation of the people in the Supervisory Commission.

At present, it seems that Shi Liping, deputy director of the Supervisory Yuan’s Confidential Office, has serious problems.

It is very likely that Mikami targeted his son and dragged him into this.

"I have a mission. Team Leader He asked me for help and asked me to take the Japanese spy they caught to make a phone call."

Yan Ming argued that He Rongtang was very smart. Although the case belonged to them, they always asked people from Group 4 for help whenever they had time.

The person he likes to look for the most is Yan Ming.

Now that Yan Ming has been promoted to deputy team leader, He Rongtang is more active.

"Go."

Xu Qingyun couldn't help but smile. Li Yuanjie was lucky enough to have targeted two Japanese spies, and he caught the last one only after he accepted the mission.

The Japanese don't know his situation now, so we can wait for him to send back the news and create a smoke screen for the Japanese.

Another point is that the Japanese gave him an almost impossible task.

It was obvious that such a mission was to sacrifice him in order to give an explanation to the higher-ups.

After the incident with the San Shang Group, the Shanghai Special High Section did everything it should do.

In this way, the news he sent back at this time might be taken seriously by the Japanese.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Yan Ming skipped away and went to Group 2.

Li Yuanjie was already waiting for him in He Rongtang's office. He had been puzzled by why the team leader always asked people from Group 4 for help, but the team leader's words just now enlightened him.

Group Four is more capable and is the direct subordinate of Deputy Section Chief Xu. There is no harm in building good relations with Group Four.

For example, this time, if they hadn't treated the person they were watching to a meal and reported in time, would Group 4 have let them capture the last Japanese spy?

Including that one, they captured four Japanese spies this time.

You have to know that there were only nine Japanese spies including them, and the four groups did not catch as many as they did this time.

This is the benefit of getting closer to the four groups.

What's more, Li Yuanjie himself had benefited greatly. When he was confused at the beginning, it was Xu Qingyun who pointed the way for him and finally brought him rewards.

This time, Li Yuanjie was also promoted to a higher military rank.

The lieutenant was promoted to captain.

If there is a vacancy of deputy team leader in the future, he will be able to take over immediately and serve as deputy team leader first, and may even have the opportunity to become team leader in the future.

If the military rank is not promoted, it will be difficult to get promoted in the future. After all, Xu Qingyun is an exception.

He can't get promoted and won't get any chance.

Li Yuanjie agreed with the team leader's words. He thought the team leader was smart and open-minded. No wonder he was the team leader and he was just the team leader.

The team leader should follow the steps of Deputy Section Chief Xu, and he just needs to follow behind the team leader.

The deputy team leader has been promoted to major and will most likely become the team leader or be transferred to another department in the future. He is currently the captain with the most meritorious service in Group 2 and has the greatest hope of taking over the position of deputy team leader.

"Team Leader Yan, you are here."

Seeing Yan Ming knocking on the door and coming in, Li Yuanjie immediately stood up, and He Rongtang also stood up and asked Yan Ming to sit on the sofa.

"Deputy team leader, please bring the word 'deputy' for me."

Yan Ming replied with a smile, since the team leader asked them to include the word "deputy" when addressing him, then he would do so too.

One more word or one less word doesn’t matter at all.

"Yes, Deputy Team Leader Yan."

Li Yuanjie had a very good attitude. He had already figured it out. Besides, he really owed the four groups a lot of favors for this great achievement.

It's just a name, they don't care, just let them do as they please.

"Team Leader He, I want to go meet the person first to see if he is suitable to go and give the notice."

Yan Ming directly stated his purpose, and He Rongtang nodded immediately: "Of course, I'll let Yuanjie take you there."

The Japanese spy they captured was locked up in a cell, mixed with other Japanese spies.

Li Yuanjie quickly brought the person out.

The person who came out was a short man, about 1.55 meters tall. He lowered his head and looked a little timid.

"Keep your head up."

In the interrogation room, Yan Ming shouted directly. The Japanese spy raised his head with a little fear in his eyes: "I have told you everything I know."

He really did not hide anything. After he could no longer withstand the punishment, all his beliefs collapsed and he is now very well behaved.

It's not just him, many Japanese are like this.

Yan Ming has met many of them and knows them very well.

"I know, I'll ask you again now."

Yan Ming was not careless. In order to avoid being deceived by his performance, he asked about the situation again and also asked about some other trivial matters in between.

The Japanese spies all answered honestly and did not dare to hide a single word.

"Captain Li, you can take him to make the phone call."

After confirming, Yan Ming said to Li Yuanjie that the Japanese spy was injured, but it didn’t matter, they could just find a public phone to call.

As long as it is a public phone, it will be a success as long as it does not arouse suspicion from the Japanese.

"Okay, we'll go right away."

Li Yuanjie was very happy. The two of them took the Japanese spy out. Not long after, Iijima from the Shanghai Special High Section came to Kitagawa's office.

"Section Chief, the observer sent a message back. He was unable to find out the true situation, but according to his investigation, Mikami was the first to get into trouble. He did not go to work first, and then people from other places were arrested one after another?"

It is impossible for the Japanese spy to report the details exactly as Yan Ming intended, and the Japanese would not believe it if he told others about it.

The more vague it is, the more the Japanese will believe it.

"So, it is confirmed that Mikami was the first to be exposed and arrested, and then gave away the others?"

Kitagawa's face was very cold. Mikami was not his man, but he was not his predecessor Kawashima's man either. When he went to Nanjing, the head of the Shanghai Special High Section was not Kawashima.

Both he and Kawashima were later successors.

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