The Spy

Chapter 346 Osaka Identity
To investigate the situation of the Special High Section, we need to re-deploy spies there.

Kidnapping is no longer an option, but everyone has weaknesses, and by finding their weaknesses, there is still hope of turning them over.

Kamei is not Ishida, nor is he even a professional agent. For Xu Qingyun, now is the best time to turn him over.

The war had just ended and the Japanese needed time to digest the situation. This was the most chaotic time, and the possibility of success would be higher if we tried to instigate a rebellion at this time.

Twelve people, only their simple information.

If you want to find out their details, you need help.

William soon received a telegram from Xu Qingyun.

"Can Osaka help investigate the Shanghai Special High Section?"

After reading Xu Qingyun's telegram, William showed a smile. Xu Qingyun was his client. When the client had needs, it was time for him to make money.

He would not object to this.

There is no need to meet with Osaka for this kind of thing, just send a telegram to Osaka to explain it directly.

Osaka has a radio station and can receive telegrams.

Soon a telegram was sent out, and a radio station in faraway Osaka, Japan received the signal and translated the content.

"Send a telegram to Shanghai. The Chinese want detailed information about the Special High Section personnel. Let them make an offer."

One person gave the order, and the other immediately sent a message to transfer the telegram to Shanghai.

No one, including Xu Qingyun, knew that Osaka was not a person, but an organization.

An intelligence organization composed of Osaka people, active in both the military and political circles of Japan.

Not only the army, but the navy can also obtain intelligence.

Most people are good at business. As long as they can make money, they will do any business.

An intelligence network composed entirely of Osaka people. They collect and sell all kinds of intelligence, and the people who sell the intelligence may be people you would never expect.

Even those who provided the intelligence were not their own people.

But it was the mole they instigated to rebel.

Some information is even obtained by them without the leaker's knowledge.

This was the case with the last intelligence leak from the Army Intelligence Department. The person who leaked the information was a general in the Army Intelligence Department. Afterwards, investigators did not suspect or find him at all, and he himself did not know that the information was leaked to others by him.

It would be strange to find the traitor in this situation.

In Shanghai, a man received the latest task, and when he saw the content, he smiled.

If William were here, he would immediately recognize that he was Osaka, who had been in contact with him.

His main task is to sell intelligence to the Chinese. In addition to the Chinese, their clients include the United States, Britain, and even Russia.

All of them together form a huge intelligence network.

Three days later, Osaka came to William's side.

"One hundred gold bars."

The information Osaka brought was very thick. He put it on the table and said to William. William shrugged his shoulders and directly quoted Xu Qingyun a price of two hundred gold bars.

The price of 100 gold bars is indeed not cheap, but William said that this intelligence includes all the people in the Shanghai Special High Section.

And it is detailed information.

If that's the case, two hundred gold bars aren't expensive.

Xu Qingyun already had two hundred gold bars, but there was no need for him to pay for them himself. The director soon received an encrypted message from Xu Qingyun.

"Tell Xu Qingyun, yes."

After reading the telegram, the director agreed immediately. He had been feeling irritated recently and had been busy every day.

The Battle of Shanghai was lost, and he was among the losers.

The special operations team was later directly pulled into the battle, and the result was predictable: heavy losses.

Even the Qingpu and Songjiang classes he trained suffered heavy casualties.

Such a loss made him very sad. There were many excellent agents from the Military Intelligence Department in the special operations team, and they also suffered a lot of losses this time.

Fortunately, he evacuated a lot of people at the last moment, and now the remaining people are evacuating to the rear. He has to ensure that these people are evacuated safely.

Xu Qingyun wanted to purchase all the personnel information of the Shanghai Special High Section and look for opportunities to recruit spies among them. If he succeeded, the money would definitely be worth it. The most important thing was that the Osaka line could not be lost.

The reason why he was able to withdraw so many people this time was related to a key piece of information provided by Osaka.

Money can be earned again after being spent, but intelligence must be obtained. This is the meaning of their existence.

With the support of the Virgo, Xu Qingyun quickly prepared the money and obtained the information from William.

The information is indeed very detailed, the first one is Kamei's information.

Kamei was originally a civilian soldier in the country, but was later transferred to the Special Higher Section, where he has been working in an office ever since.

He did his job well and never made a mistake.

Because of this, he was selected by Tsuchihara to come to Shanghai to reorganize the Special High Section.

Kamei is 41 years old and has worked in the Special Higher Police for many years, but has no experience in governing a region.

Osaka even stated in the letter that Kamei was just a transition, and after the reconstruction, if Kamei failed to produce results, Tsuchihara would be replaced soon.

Shanghai is so important that Tuyuan would not let a non-professional stay here all the time.

The intelligence team leader Arai is 28 years old and graduated from the Japanese Army Officer School. It even contains his school grades and teachers' evaluations.

Such detailed information is definitely worth the money.

"Who on earth is Osaka?"

Xu Qingyun muttered to himself. He was already very surprised when he got the information from the Army Intelligence Department last time, and this time he got the intelligence from the Special High Section in such detail.

Such information cannot exist if it is not within the Special Higher Police.

Could it be that his real identity is in the Shanghai Special High Section?

If this is true, then he must not have been in the previous intelligence team and the action team. The people in those two teams have been replaced several times, and most of them were either caught by him or beaten to death by him.

It's not right in other departments either. Xu Qingyun has obtained the information of these people.

There is no one inside who can obtain such detailed intelligence.

If he belongs to the Special High Police, he must be in the Special High Police Headquarters and his rank is not low.

But if he was at the headquarters, how could he stay in Shanghai?
Xu Qingyun did not continue reading the information, but instead speculated on Osaka's identity. If he could learn more about Osaka, he could purchase more targeted intelligence from him in the future.

Osaka isn't alone?
Xu Qingyun immediately thought of a possibility. He had seen a lot of such things in later generations. Some organizations would take a name, or some people would share a name and do things together.

For example, Q in Chinatown and Dark in Darksiders, etc.

If this is the case, then everything is explained. There are more than one person, they divide the work and cooperate with each other, and they may even have people in many places, so they can get so much detailed intelligence.

Xu Qingyun just guessed and didn't confirm it.

There is no need to confirm it. The stronger Osaka is, the more beneficial it is to him. He can buy more information he needs from Osaka in the future.

But you must be careful when dealing with them in the future.

After thinking for a while, Xu Qingyun continued to look through the information. It took him a whole day to read all the information in detail.

After reading it, Xu Qingyun had only one feeling.

This piece of intelligence is worth buying, it is equivalent to completely stripping away the Special High Police and letting them take a closer look.

In terms of personnel, the Shanghai Special High Section has no secrets about them.

"Yan Ming, conduct a detailed investigation on these three people. If the information is true, find an opportunity to persuade them to rebel."

"Zhao San, take action against these three people."

Xu Qingyun called Zhao San and Yan Ming over and gave them a list of the six people he had selected who had the greatest potential for rebellion.

The two took the list they were responsible for and looked through it carefully.

"Stationmaster, where do you get such detailed information?"

Zhao San asked in surprise. He had been asking for several days but only found out their names and ages and nothing else. He didn't expect that the information the webmaster produced included not only their files, but also their personalities and habits.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly. Yan Ming knew that this information was bought.

"Yes, stationmaster."

Zhao San immediately took the order. The three given to them were the key points, and Xu Qingyun gave them all the information.

Let them read it themselves and hand it in after reading. This intelligence is very important and confidential, so it cannot be kept with them. After they write it down, the original information must be sent to Chongqing.

We will send it after the headquarters moves there. It is safe to keep the information here while the concession exists.

The two men took the order together and sent the two away. Xu Qingyun came to the window and looked out.

Shanghai has already fallen, and Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing will soon be gone.

The next eight years were the most difficult time for China. Even after eight years, the people would still have three more years of hardship.

Fortunately, not all people were like this during those three years. People in the liberated areas were the first to live a good life.

At least at this time, the people of Yanzhou were living well.

In Yanzhou, Yoshinaga is working.

Even those who knew him before couldn't believe that this was the Yoshinaga of the past when they saw him again.

Yoshinaga Shuhei, former head of Wuhan Special High Section.

He took over Yue Ye's position and brought a group of people with him to carry out the undercover mission.

Unfortunately, the plan failed in the end, and all the hidden personnel were found by Xu Qingyun through investigation.

Afterwards, he was exiled to northern Shaanxi by Tuyuan to gather intelligence about the organization.

The intelligence team leader he brought with him took the opportunity to make merit and eventually became the acting section chief. Tsuchihara handed the beauty trap plan to Ishizaka, but it not only failed, Ishizaka himself was also captured by Xu Qingyun.

Ishida came later.

He had been in northern Shaanxi for more than a year and successfully entered Yanzhou three months ago. Since he had lived outside the city for quite some time, he was no different from other Chinese outside the city. After entering Yanzhou, no one discovered his true identity.

"Old Gong, are you busy?"

Ji Yong had just finished moving his things when a man next to him greeted him in a friendly manner. His pseudonym here is Gong Yang.

"Yes, Lao Wang, are you going to pick up the child?"

Yoshinaga grinned. His teeth were also yellow. He deliberately dyed them yellow by smoking the low-quality cigarettes here so that he could look more like the people here.

Yoshinaga did suffer a lot for this undercover mission.

"That's right, you go ahead and get busy." The man walked over, and Yoshinaga looked at his back with a smile on his face.

He has certainly been smiling a lot more lately.

He already knew that the Empire and China were at war, and that they had won a victory in Shanghai, occupying the largest city in the Far East.

Shanghai now belongs to the empire.

Unfortunately, he couldn't celebrate such good news with others. He had to hide his identity and lurk here to obtain important intelligence about the Red Party for the empire.

He has been here for quite some time, and the longer he stays, the more frightened he becomes.

No wonder the Empire regards the Red Party as a major threat.

They did such a good job in ideological work that if Yoshinaga hadn't known that he was Japanese and a Japanese officer in particular, and belonged to a completely different world from them, even he might have been shaken.

In the three months since he entered the city, he has already passed on intelligence twice.

The first time was what he saw and heard in the city.

Yanzhou City is not big, and the Red Party members have a hard life, but each of them has a smile on their face. They are not afraid of hardship and are willing to help the people.

People here may not have a good life, but at least they are happy.

As long as they have hands and feet, they will never starve to death. Those Red Party members would even starve themselves to ensure that the people have food to eat.

Many Red Party members will spontaneously help the people on the road. The people here benefit more, and outsiders cannot hide here at all.

If he had not lived in hiding outside the city for so long, he would have been caught long ago.

Finally, he expressed his concern that the Red Party was developing very quickly. If they were given time, they would develop many fearless fighters. The Empire should eliminate them as soon as possible.

He also mentioned the point that made him most gratified.

The Guo Party is very wary of the Red Party. Even though they are openly cooperating, they still remain wary of them. This is something the Empire can take advantage of.

The second one is about some ideological situations in the military.

After the Red Party was reorganized into the Eighth Army, there was a lot of opposition in the army. They had fought the Kuomintang for so many years, especially some old soldiers. Now they were asked to wear the Kuomintang army uniforms and admire the Kuomintang cap badges. Many people had objections.

If the Empire can sow discord, perhaps they can continue to fight among themselves.

In addition, he also learned some information about the Battle of Shanghai. He really did not expect that China, which was originally a fragmented country, would show such great cohesion in Shanghai.

Warlords from all walks of life, regardless of their differences, rushed to the front line one after another, just to stop the empire.

The Red Party was also blocking the Empire in the Northwest War Zone. Their combat effectiveness was indeed very strong. If it weren't for the fact that their weapons and equipment were really not that good, the Empire would probably have suffered even greater losses.

The Red Party must not be given the opportunity to develop, otherwise they will become a great threat to the empire in the future.

His task now is to draw a map and find a way to understand the situation in Yanzhou City.

Then the map will be sent over, and the Special Higher Police will give it to the military, asking them to send planes to bomb.

This task was also not easy, there were some places he could not go.

The Red Party is good to the people, but that doesn't mean they can go to sensitive places. They have strong anti-espionage capabilities and they will be exposed if they are not careful.

While investigating, Yoshinaga had a headache.

There are many houses here, but most of them are cave dwellings.

The cave dwellings were dug against the mountain and were difficult to bomb. They just had to hide inside and there was no chance of being hit by the bomb, unless they happened to be injured by shrapnel.

However, this is a task given to him by his superiors and he must complete it. Even if it is a cave, he must provide a good map so that the empire can carry out more accurate bombing here in the future.

Yoshinaga is currently working on this task.

On the other side of Yanzhou, Mr. Ke was drinking tea.

According to intelligence from the front, the Guo army suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army was repairing, and would advance towards Nanjing soon.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to defend Nanjing.

Fortunately, during the war, they sent many wounded soldiers to the rear in advance, and many of these wounded soldiers were able to return to the battlefield after recovery and become elite veterans.

"Mr. Ke, a call from Shanghai."

Secretary Xiao Wang walked in, and Mr. Ke immediately stood up and took the telegram.

Shanghai compiled a list of people who were all comrades in the organization. Some of them had important identities or had been exposed before. During the period of cooperation, their identities were made public so that the Guo Party could not take action against them openly.

Whether they will stay in Shanghai in the future depends on their work arrangements.

"Call them back, yes."

Mr. Ke read the content carefully and then ordered that Shanghai had fallen, Nanjing was in danger, and China had reached a critical moment of life and death.

All Chinese people must unite at this time, otherwise the country may be destroyed.

Time passed slowly and soon it was the end of November.

Yan Ming and Zhao San have completed their verification tasks. The information provided by Osaka is accurate and they can proceed to the next step.

Suzhou fell, the Japanese army was breaking through to Nanjing, and many people left Nanjing every day.

However, most of those who left were dignitaries or wealthy people.

Ordinary people don’t know how to survive after leaving Nanjing.

"Still no one wants it?"

In Nanjing, Xu Zhanjie’s eyes widened.

"Chief, people are now rushing to sell assets at a low price, and we can't sell our stuff at all."

Office director Liao Gongping smiled bitterly and said, Xu Zhanjie asked him to sell the rickshaw company as a whole, but it was not that easy. People were not stupid. So many people in Shanghai couldn't hold on to it, so how could Nanjing hold on?
Once Nanjing fell, the things that we bought at great prices would most likely fall into the hands of the Japanese.

"Forget it if they can't sell it. Let them take all their stuff and leave, and go to Wuhan first."

Xu Zhanjie gritted his teeth. The rickshaw company was an industry of their intelligence department. It was profitable and made a lot of money for his small treasury.

Later, he expanded twice, and now the company has 800 rickshaws, and he has not yet paid off the loans for some of the rickshaws.

As early as the beginning of the Shanghai War, Xu Qingyun suggested that he sell the rickshaw company, but unfortunately he was reluctant and did not sell it.

After the failure of the Battle of Shanghai, Xu Zhanjie consulted Xu Qingyun, who again suggested that he relocate the rickshaw company as a whole. Unfortunately, he found it too troublesome and wanted to sell it directly.

As a result, no one wants it until now.

Time was running out, and he knew he couldn't delay any longer. Since no one wanted the house, he would just move out first.

The most valuable things of the company are the rickshaws. They were allowed to leave as a group. It happened that some people from the Military Intelligence Department also needed to leave, so the rickshaw drivers left with them. They could also be protected on the road to avoid being robbed.

"Yes."

Liao Gongping breathed a sigh of relief. Moving away was much easier than selling it.

Even though he has lowered the price significantly, unfortunately no one is interested, including other rickshaw companies, many of which are thinking of selling them.

How can I sell it at this time?

They are not the only ones who have no confidence in Nanjing. Anyone who actually has some money, who doesn’t have some connections?

Don't even think about doing business these days.

After Liao Gongping left, Xu Zhanjie rubbed his head. He regretted not listening to Xu Qingyun's advice.

There's no use regretting. The important thing right now is to take their valuables away as soon as possible.

The Intelligence Department lost a lot of people in the Battle of Shanghai, and they haven't been replaced yet. The several training courses held by the Directorate in Shanghai also suffered losses, so it is difficult to replenish them from there.

Although Hangzhou has not fallen yet, if Shanghai is lost, Hangzhou will definitely not be able to be saved.

The training school in Hangzhou also needs to move.

These are not his jobs, but it will take some time to recruit more people.

The old man made a lot of arrangements in Nanjing, but it was far inferior to Shanghai.

It is almost impossible to stop the Japanese with these troops.

Many people have heard about the brutality of the Japanese, so who dared to stay at this time? Most of those who were willing to stay were civilians. They had nowhere to go and didn't know how to survive if they left, so they might as well stay and try their luck.

Even though Xu Qingyun asked someone to publish a lot of photos of Japanese massacres in newspapers, many people still chose to stay.

As December approached, many places in Shanghai were deserted except for the concessions.

The war destroyed many buildings, leaving countless people homeless, but the concession was still overcrowded.

During the war, Xu's Company recruited more than a thousand laborers, providing them with food but no pay. Most of the work they did was unrelated to the company, but they did manage to keep the city appearance of the concession clean.

Some places that the concession managers didn't want to interfere with were repaired by them.

For this, Xu's Company was also commended.

Although only more than a thousand people were recruited, food was provided to about four thousand people, and the porridge provided food to nearly two thousand people.

These grains alone cost Xu's company a lot of money.

Xu Fuzhong finally understood the young master's intention and admired him very much.

Just providing food without paying money allows the poorest people to survive, so that others who can survive will not compete with them for the jobs that can keep them alive.

When distributing porridge, bitter things such as coptis root are put into the porridge to prevent those who like to take advantage from snatching the food.

The food they provided was indeed unpalatable, not only bitter but also rotten, but the hygiene was totally fine.

In this way, the people who really come to eat are those who have no other options and just want to survive.

Even so, there are still people who scold them, saying that even pigs and dogs would not eat food given to humans.

Xu Fuzhong ignored these people. He just understood the young master's good intentions.

After the fall of Shanghai, Xu Fuzhong already felt that he was being targeted.

His feeling was correct. Xu's Trading Company belonged to Xu Qingyun. This had long been discovered by the Special High Section. After receiving the task, the Special High Section kept a close eye on the place to see if they could find anyone from the Shanghai Station.

At this time, Kamei from the Special Higher Section was sitting in the conference room with a gloomy face.

I originally thought that the task could be completed in less than half a month, but now twenty days have passed and there is still no result.

The people at Shanghai station seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and none of them could be found.

They had some photos in their hands, but they couldn't find the person even after using the photos.

It was not until today that he obtained intelligence that the Shanghai Station had made adjustments during the war and replaced a group of people. All those who had photos were transferred away. In other words, the clues in his hands had long been useless.

Poor thing, he was so stupid as to try to find someone through photos and wasted so much time.

"Section Chief, this information arrived too late. If it hadn't taken so long, we might have already found the person."

The operation team leader Kuroki said carefully that this information was not obtained by them, but was provided to them by the military.

The military captured a military intelligence agent on the front line. According to his account, one of his colleagues was transferred from the Shanghai station.

Only then did they realize that Shanghai Station had undergone a large-scale replacement and all the passengers were replaced with new faces.

(End of this chapter)