The Spy

Chapter 216 Who is the Ninth Person?

The next morning, Xu Qingyun came to Xu Zhanjie's office.

They went there a little late yesterday, it was already evening. Even if they could apply, they would still have to wait until today to investigate. Moreover, Xu Qingyun suspected Shi Liping, and he must not be informed of this matter to prevent him from contacting the Japanese.

The Japanese spies were cunning and often set up defenses around them. If Shi Liping really had a way to contact the Japanese spies, they would immediately know what was going on.

Fortunately, Shi Liping is the deputy director, and Director Zhao still goes there occasionally. Xu Qingyun has already excluded Director Zhao and can ask him to cooperate in helping to review the information.

Moreover, even without this information, Xu Qingyun was still confident that he could find out the traitors who had been subverted within a limited scope, but it would take more time.

"I'll help you apply."

When Xu Zhanjie heard Xu Qingyun say that there had been significant progress in the case and that the traitor who was personally instigated by Mikami would be found out soon, he immediately stood up.

He understood the importance of time. If the Japanese really knew that they had not been caught, they would not only know that Mikami had not confessed, but they might also force these traitors to evacuate.

"Thank you teacher."

Xu Qingyun thanked him immediately, but Xu Zhanjie didn't bother to say anything polite and left in a hurry.

There are still many people imprisoned in the prison.

Especially those traitors who were arrested, many of them cried out for injustice and some even threatened. Fortunately, some people who were confirmed not to have participated have been released, otherwise there would be more people in the cells.

Xu Qingyun came to the innermost part of the cell.

Yukio Mikami was held in solitary confinement here. Originally, this cell belonged to Kawada. Kawada had gone crazy, and whether he was really crazy or pretending to be crazy, Xu Qingyun would not let him go.

"You know, we caught your security officer this time, and it just so happened that the Shanghai Special High Section gave him a mission."

Xu Qingyun stood at the door and spoke softly. Mikami, who had just noticed Xu Qingyun, closed his eyes and turned his head to the side to prevent Xu Qingyun from noticing his expression.

"There are three locations in the mission..."

Xu Qingyun slowly named three places, all of which were important departments of various units, and each department had at least dozens of people.

Although there are many people, it is not difficult to investigate them. First, investigate who among them has had contact with Mikami, and then investigate their funds. The Japanese have always been generous with intelligence and are willing to spend money.

They must have extra income in their hands.

And whether they have any evidence in the hands of the Japanese.

Through multiple investigations, the traitors can always be found.

The most important point is that Mikami is the team leader and has a higher status. The people he personally recruits will not be ordinary employees. Such people cannot help him much. If there is a real need for rebellion, he can just let his intelligence agents do it.

In this way, the scope can be narrowed down significantly.

Xu Qingyun spoke very slowly. Mikami Yukio suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qingyun in horror.

At the same time, he kept cursing Beichuan in his heart.

Stupid Beichuan, he didn't even know the observer had been arrested, and actually asked the observer to verify the situation of these people, which directly exposed his people.

Why did the section chief send this idiot to Shanghai?

He did not hide at this time, hiding was of no use.

The three people he ended up protecting were the ones he ended up protecting, but he was betrayed by his stupid teammates who told the Chinese where they were.

The young man in front of me is very capable and he has left nothing to chance.

There is no way these three people can hide.

"When I catch them, I'll say they were caught because of your betrayal."

Xu Qingyun said with a smile, and left. It didn't matter whether San Shang turned back or not, but his reaction confirmed that the intelligence was correct. He had three moles who he personally instigated to rebel, and they were in these three departments.

Xu Qingyun didn't ask who he was. Mikami was not someone who would surrender easily. After confirming that the information was correct, he would first keep an eye on any suspect.

None of these traitors will escape.

Xu Qingyun is now the deputy section chief and can mobilize the entire intelligence department, so there are enough people.

"Shameless."

After Xu Qingyun left, San Shang cursed angrily. He didn't care about those traitors, but he didn't expect Xu Qingyun to throw dirty water on him.

What he was worried about was not that a few traitors would misunderstand him, but that the Special Higher Police would misunderstand him and think that he had betrayed the empire.

This possibility exists, and it is very likely.

Otherwise, Beichuan would not have casually told an observer about these important traitors and asked him to verify them.

Mikami felt heavy-hearted.

He was not afraid of punishment and could even withstand the electric chair, but he was afraid of being mistaken for a traitor.

Once the people above him determine that he is a traitor, his family will not only lose compensation, but may even face retaliation.

This is what he is most worried about.

Xu Zhanjie came forward and things went very smoothly.

The old man was very angry when he learned that some important figures had been instigated by the Japanese. He immediately asked the Supervisory Yuan to cooperate and hand over the information of the people in these departments to the Military Intelligence Department.

The Supervisory Yuan has no objection.

There are only three departments, and we don’t need all their confidential information.

"Team leader, we found a clue."

In the afternoon, Fang Laibao and Yan Ming returned with good news. As soon as the investigation into the three departments began, they found a suspect.

A director of the Equipment Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.

In terms of rank, his is indeed not low, on the same level as Virgos, but his power is simply not comparable to that of Virgos.

But the director was in charge of some weapons manufacturing, including some artillery shells.

Most of the Kuomintang's military equipment is purchased. Domestic products are not as good as imported ones, but they do not have enough money to purchase them all. What's more, there are many factions within the army, and the good equipment bought by the old man is only given to his own direct subordinates.

If other people want weapons, they basically go to a few manufacturing bureaus, or they can make them themselves.

The director is responsible for the machine guns and shells on the gunboat, including maintenance.

Once a war breaks out, he can destroy the arsenal at any time, and then their patrol boats will no longer be able to be maintained and replenished.

In addition, they also control some skilled workers.

If he gets ruthless and gets rid of these people, not to mention how much the technology will regress, it will be difficult to replenish so many skilled technical workers in a short period of time.

Xu Qingyun knew very well that once the war broke out, the Japanese would find ways to cause sabotage.

They are still doing even smaller destruction.

Never cared whether these things were worth it.

They will only give up if the loss is too great.

The Japanese understand their shortcomings. Their population is smaller than China's and their resources are scarce. If they compete in terms of manpower, the Chinese would have to exchange five of their own for one, and the Japanese would not be able to afford it.

They will try every means to preserve their own strength, otherwise even if they conquer the territory, they will not be able to hold it.

This is also the important reason why they pay attention to every small detail in their intelligence work.

"Looks like it's him."

Xu Qingyun smiled and nodded. He had already read the confidential information from the Supervisory Commission that Xu Zhanjie brought back, and had found several suspects.

This director had been involved in a serious safety accident that resulted in the deaths of many people.

He concealed the fact and only said that two people had died. The Supervisory Council found out about this, but they didn't want to punish him, so the matter was suppressed temporarily.

More than twenty people died. It was definitely a major accident.

If Mikami knew about this, he could use it as a handle to threaten him. If he was smarter, he would first help him calm the families of the victims, make them grateful to him, and then extract some important information from him.

Once he got on the boat, it would be difficult for him to get off.

Concealing an accident and betrayal are two completely different concepts.

In addition, Fang Laibao also found out that Mikami had contact with him, some years ago, but less so in recent years.

As long as you have had contact with them, you will be a major suspect.

"Chief, do you want to arrest someone?"

Fang Laibao asked, after Yan Ming changed his name alone, he followed Yan Ming's example and made the same change.

"Catch, secretly arrest."

Xu Qingyun agreed to the arrest. Mikami had been arrested. There was no need to wait for these traitors to be found. Although there was no complete evidence yet, there were so many suspects on him that they could just arrest him first.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

Fang Laibao replied that it was easier to catch traitors than Japanese spies, and the threat posed by traitors was smaller than that posed by Japanese spies.

But you also have to be careful, after all, he is a soldier and he has a gun.

Be careful when arresting him, don't let him get into a corner and hurt your brothers.

This was the first one, and the other two were found the next day.

There are problems with both of them. At the same time, Dai Jieying finds out the real problem with Shi Liping.

His son once fell into Mikami's trap.

Mikami did instigate Shi Liping to rebel, but he did not allow Shi Liping to collect any intelligence. He only needed to help him provide people to instigate the rebellion. Therefore, Mikami only had three important moles in his hands, and Shi Liping was not counted.

If Shi Liping does not collect intelligence, the risk of him being exposed will be reduced and he will not pose a threat to Mikami.

All three people, including Shi Liping and his son, were arrested and confessed without much interrogation.

Yan Ming brought people to search the house again. Except for Shi Liping, the others had a lot of money. They were all chief officers and had more opportunities to make money than others.

There were many poor people in China at that time, but there were also many rich people.

As long as they have power, they can easily get money. It is a typical case of the rich living on luxury while the poor freezing to death on the streets.

In this era, there are quite a few people who starved to death or froze to death.

Everyone admitted that they were instigated by Khufu. They knew that Khufu was Japanese, but they did not know his real name.

The interrogation was over, and Mikami's case was completely settled.

From the time Dai Jieying first came up with the idea, to investigating the Transportation Bureau and then finding Lu Peiyong from Yayi Department, this case took more than two months.

This is the case that Xu Qingyun has been handling for the longest time so far.

However, the previous Transportation Bureau has nothing to do with Mikami, so it only counts as his case, so the time can be shortened a lot.

"Chief, the Japanese spy called back. I guess the Japanese will regard Mikami as a traitor."

Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office with a smile. The Japanese had given the Japanese spy observer a new task before. It would take time to carry out this task, so they asked him to reply today.

According to his 'investigation', the people in these places were gone, and it was several days ago.

The Japanese wanted to know the situation in Nanjing. Apart from the undercover personnel, the only people they had were observers. Regardless of whether they activated the undercover personnel to investigate the case or not, they would fool them first.

After Xu Qingyun arrived in Nanjing, he checked several of their teams. Now the Japanese had few undercover personnel, and each of them was a treasure. They would not let the undercover intelligence personnel take risks easily.

"Section Chief, there is a response from Nanjing."

In Shanghai, Iijima came to Kitagawa. He just received two replies. Both the observer and the undercover personnel sent new information.

The observers are mainly responsible for confirming the situations of the traitors, while the undercover personnel use other channels to investigate the details of the Military Intelligence Department's arrest of them.

Xu Qingyun guessed correctly. There were not many of them lurking in Nanjing, and they were now being very careful.

Iijima handed over the telegram first, and Kitagawa's eyebrows twitched after reading it.

This is important intelligence from Firefox. He learned an important situation from the National Defense Department through his intelligence personnel.

The Military Intelligence Department did catch quite a few of their people, and many of them were awarded for this.

Xu Qingyun, who was regarded as a thorn in their side, made another contribution. It was said that he was the one who led the case and was specially approved by the Chinese chairman to be promoted to major.

A lot of people in the Military Intelligence Department were promoted.

It can be said that everyone was promoted, but the largest number belonged to soldiers, and there were only three colonels.

Such large-scale promotions show that their contributions are indeed not small.

In addition, they also discovered an important piece of information.

Nine imperial agents were captured in Nanjing.

How come there are nine people?
Beichuan is a group of people. There are seven people in Mikami's group, plus the observer who was arrested before, there are eight at most. Who is the ninth one?
He looked at Iijima.

"Section Chief, could it be that someone else has been exposed and arrested, and we are not aware of it yet?"

Iijima understood what the section chief was wondering about and spoke in a low voice.

Beichuan nodded slowly: "Where's the other piece of information?"

Iijima just said that two pieces of news came from Nanjing.

"The observer called and said that all the moles had been in trouble a few days ago. He took the risk of asking someone and is now a little worried. He applied to return to Shanghai."

The Japanese spies did propose to evacuate, which was Yan Ming's request.

If he wanted to make the show real, his mission was inherently dangerous. According to the original plan, he should have evacuated long ago. He was stranded in Nanjing for several more days, which was already very dangerous.

It is normal to raise the idea of ​​withdrawal.

"We can't let him come back for now."

Beichuan immediately shook his head. Just for a moment he suspected that the ninth person caught was this observer.

But after thinking about it carefully, he ruled it out.

The observer did a good job and reported important information in a timely manner in the previous few times, and there were no abnormalities in the communication between them.

Besides, every time he would ask if he could withdraw it.

It seemed that he was aware of the danger.

Undercover personnel cannot investigate things that are obvious. They can only investigate secret information that cannot be made public.

He is the only one in Nanjing now who can help me understand the situation at any time. I will definitely not let him come back at this time.

"Hay."

Iijima took the order, but the observer's request to evacuate paralyzed him. Now it seems that the ninth person captured was not him, so who was it?

"Immediately issue an order for all members of the Nanjing team to remain silent and dormant. The team leader will send us a telegram every three days. Each time, just report that you are safe, so as to reduce the time spent on sending telegrams."

Beichuan ordered that the ninth person who was arrested might belong to another group. If there was only one person, it was not the team leader who was arrested.

What we need to do now is to avoid any losses. If we continue to collect intelligence, the Chinese may use the dead mailbox to catch more people.

He didn't have many people left in Nanjing and couldn't afford any losses.

"Hayi, I'll go right away."

Iijima stood up. The section chief's arrangement was correct, but he suspected that the ninth person who was arrested was most likely a newly assigned person.

They are at the greatest risk of exposure.

No matter who they are, all personnel must lie dormant first, especially the team leader, who must not contact the subordinates to avoid being caught and implicating the entire team.

Firefox has made another contribution, and the information he found is very important.

Iijima knew very well that the section chief could no longer afford any more losses. The observer was okay, but if something happened to the previous undercover group again, he would probably become the section chief with the shortest lifespan in the history of the Special High Police.

Iijima quickly issued an order, and everyone, including the Japanese spies controlled by Xu Qingyun, received the order and lay low on the spot.

Even though he was dormant, Iijima didn't let him come back.

He is now the only one who has activated the system. When he is dormant, he should listen to the radio every day, as he may be awakened again at any time to find out the situation.

"Hibernation?"

Yan Ming quickly came to Xu Qingyun's office and reported the latest orders received by the Japanese spy.

"Section Chief, could it be that because we asked him to voluntarily withdraw, the Japanese wanted to appease him, so they let him lie dormant for the time being?"

Yan Ming asked in a low voice. This possibility was not impossible. The Japanese spy had specifically said in his reply that it was very dangerous for him to investigate alone in Nanjing, so he wanted to evacuate according to the original plan after completing the mission.

The Shanghai Special High Police were worried that he was afraid of danger and unwilling to carry out the mission, so they deliberately let him lie dormant to ensure his safety.

"will not."

Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly. Judging from the orders the Japanese had given him before, it was obvious that they were treating him as a pawn.

Moreover, even if he lay dormant, the best way would be to find a reason to leave, but the Japanese ordered him to lie dormant in the city and not take any action for the time being.

He had been out investigating for several days and had not done his previous work at all. If he did not continue working now and hid somewhere else, he would easily attract attention.

After all, he had been to many places where Japanese spies and traitors had committed crimes.

"What do they want?"

Yan Ming was a little stunned. He guessed wrong. Didn’t the Japanese want to protect this Japanese spy?
Since the section chief said it was not a consolation, Yan Ming believed it was definitely not.

"I suspect our intelligence has been leaked."

Xu Qingyun narrowed his eyes. He considered things from a slightly different angle than people of this era. He would first work backwards to find the cause of any anomaly. There were only a few possibilities for the Japanese to suddenly put this observer in hibernation.

One is what Yan Ming said, but doing so is inconsistent with their previous practices. At this moment, the most important thing for Beichuan is to find out the cause. They already know that something happened to the Mikami group. If the cause cannot be found, Beichuan will be like Kawashima before, unable to explain to Tsuchihara.

Beichuan was the head of the Shanghai Special High Section. After he took over, the Military Intelligence Department conducted a detailed investigation of him.

Beichuan is not a soft-hearted person.

For the sake of his own future, he would never care so much about an unimportant subordinate.

The captured Japanese spy confessed that he was not taken seriously in the Shanghai Special High Section and was a marginal figure, otherwise he would not have been sent as an observer this time.

Being an observer is dangerous, and there is no credit even if you do a good job.

It's a one-time-use prop.

Even he himself has this awareness.

Secondly, the Mikami group is very important. I believe there are not many undercover groups like this in the Special High Section. Now that it has just been lost, Kitagawa should be busy dealing with them and has no time to care about the Japanese spies' desire to evacuate.

If the observer had not evacuated on his own initiative, why would Beichuan let him lie dormant?
"Yan Ming, go to the telephone office right away and check if there have been any unusual calls from Shanghai recently."

Xu Qingyun's mind moved, and he immediately instructed Yan Ming, what if the Japanese did not let only this observer lie dormant?
At present, they only have this one Japanese spy under their control, and cannot be sure whether the Japanese have issued the same instructions to others.

Must verify first.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Yan Ming took the order and left, while Xu Qingyun stood up and walked to the window. Miao Feng's office was bigger than his previous one and had a wider view.

Did the Japanese discover something?
This is very likely. Xu Qingyun has never had confidence in the Guo Party. They have other hidden groups in Nanjing. Not to mention those far away, the Firefox that escaped before is one of them.

Unfortunately, due to the Party Investigation Department, they only caught the Fire Wolf.

But it was good that they successfully rescued their comrades.

If something happened to Mikami's entire team, the Japanese would definitely conduct a detailed investigation, but they would not be stupid enough to send anyone to the Military Intelligence Department.

The undercover agent they planted in the Military Intelligence Department has been eliminated by Xu Qingyun.

Apart from them, where else can we get this information?

Xu Qingyun immediately thought of a place, the Military Merit Department of the National Defense Department.

If they want to be promoted in rank, they have to report their achievements. Fortunately, they are an intelligence department, so they don't need to report in too much detail, just stating the achievements they have made.

They reported how many Japanese spies they had captured.

Xu Qingyun reported three, Group 2 reported four, and Group 1 and Group 3 reported one each.

These contributions should be given to them when the merits are reported, but the credit for operations planning and preliminary investigation all goes to Group 4, so Group 4 still deserves the greatest credit.

They just do the arresting.

The Military Merit Department does not have the detailed process of their actions, but it has the number of people they captured, not only Japanese, but also traitors.

There is no list of traitors either.

Did the Japanese obtain intelligence from the Military Merit Office?

They knew that the Military Intelligence Department had captured nine Japanese spies, but they had only noticed eight, one missing, so they ordered the undercover personnel to lie dormant until they found out who had been captured before making any arrangements.

But a new problem arose again. If the Japanese had obtained intelligence from the Military Merit Department, they would have known that the number of traitors captured by the Military Intelligence Department was incorrect, as there were three missing.

In this way, it is very likely that he knew that Mikami had not confessed and guessed that the observer was providing false information.

But the fact that they issued a dormant order also shows that they did not discover this.

Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly. Everything would depend on the results of Yan Ming's investigation. Now he had to take every possibility into consideration and respond accordingly.

Not only investigate telephones, but also radios and so on.

As for radio stations, there were so many in Nanjing that it was extremely difficult to find the radio stations of Japanese spies.

With current technology, this is basically impossible.

In Shanghai, William is receiving guests.

That Osaka comes again.

"This is what you want, take it and verify it."

Osaka smiled and handed over an envelope. The last intelligence was verified to be true. William readily gave him fifty taels of gold and conveyed the Chinese's intentions.

The Chinese want more intelligence about the intelligence services.

After all, the buyer is the Military Intelligence Department, and they are most interested in the Special High Section right now. Of course, they also want military intelligence from Shanghai and some other places.

(End of this chapter)