The Spy

Chapter 428 Plan Success
During this period of time, Wang Wu has been secretly recruiting soldiers and now has nearly a hundred people under his command.

Wang Wu only asked these people to join the gang and they never showed up in the casino.

Wang Wu already has enough power and influence, and with the evidence in his hand, Wang Wu already has the capital to take action against Zheng Yujie.

Now all that’s left is an opportunity to meet Zhang Wanlin.

Wang Wu understood Zhang Wanlin's temper and knew that he had to be more cautious when working under him.

When I first meet Wang Wu, I must leave him the impression that I am obedient, so I can't act without authorization now.

Wang Wu had already reported this matter to Tang Hetong, and Tang Hetong had been looking for an opportunity to arrange it.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

But in Zheng Yujie's eyes, Wang Wu is still the efficient security captain who comes and goes at will.

It’s not because Zheng Yujie is too stupid, but because Wang Wu disguised himself too well.

With the cooperation of Liu Ming and Tang Hetong, Zheng Yujie had no access to what Wang Wu was doing secretly.

Liu Ming works in the accounting office and is completely inconspicuous.

Who would have thought that this thin and quiet-looking scholar was actually a secret agent.

In Shanghai, Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office.

"District Chief, is Wang Wu ready to take action?"

"So fast?"

Xu Qingyun was stunned. There were so many things going on in the Shanghai district. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was very busy. The undercover personnel were not just Wang Wu, there were many others as well.

In addition, there are various district affairs, relations with foreigners, etc.

There are so many things, and he has to do many of them himself.

Not to mention him, even Yan Ming is very busy and doesn't get enough sleep every day.

However, they brought value. A lot of important intelligence was continuously sent to the headquarters, such as the current situation within the Japanese army, their many troop equipment, number of people, etc.

And some of their ideas and strategic goals.

Changsha is definitely their next target.

The Japanese army was very optimistic about this. After taking Wuhan, Changsha would be in their pocket.

If the Japanese military force did not have so many people, they might have captured Changsha long ago.

After Xu Qingyun knew about it, he didn't say anything.

The temperament of these arrogant Japanese has never changed. The Kuomintang was indeed beaten badly by them in the early stage. However, China has a broad strategic depth. As the war progresses, the number of elite veterans in the Kuomintang army will increase.

And the veterans trained by the Japanese before will only decline with the war.

They are training new recruits in their country, but the training of these new recruits is far inferior to that of the previous veterans.

It was wartime, not the relatively peaceful time before, and the Japanese had plenty of time to train their new recruits.

Even in the training area, it is impossible to give these recruits more time.

Once the war becomes intense, no matter how long the recruits have been trained, they will be pulled into the battlefield.

Previously, the training for Japanese recruits was almost a year, and the shortest was nine months. Now, those who train for half a year are already elite, and many are sent to the battlefield after only three months of training.

Another point is that there are not that many people in Japan.

Population is Japan's shortcoming.

Compared with China, their manpower is several times less.

War is not about dragging everyone onto the battlefield; that is impossible.

Japan now has a population of about 40 to 50 million. Excluding half of the women, there are still 20 to 30 million men.

There are also a large number of elderly people and children here.

The number of people who are truly suitable is at most 10 million.

But not everyone among these 10 million people is suitable. The best ones are young and strong, that is, those between 18 and 25 years old.

By this calculation, there are probably only two to three million people left who are suitable.

Another point is that they are invading and China is resisting. China can mobilize more people to the battlefield, but they have not reached that point yet, so they cannot do so for the time being.

Two or three million people may sound like a lot, but China is too big, and Japan has more than one enemy.

Their military strength is actually very tight.

Insufficient training time for new recruits is bound to affect their combat effectiveness. Are the Japanese still living in fantasy, thinking that every new recruit can be the same as their previous veterans?
Nothing is possible.

Xu Qingyun never said these words to anyone. There was no need to do so. Changsha would make the Japanese suffer.

What he needs to do now is to continue collecting various information and send this intelligence to the Military Control Commission headquarters.

"District Chief, Xiaoer succeeded."

In the evening, Zhao San came to Xu Qingyun and reported in a low voice, he was still a little excited.

"It worked. Very good."

A smile appeared on Xu Qingyun's face. From the very beginning, Xu Qingyun understood that Kamei was not Xiao Er's biggest backer.

At that time, Xiao Er needed Kamei's protection. Now, as Xiao Er's business continues to expand, and he has gotten to know so many high-ranking military and political officials, Kamei's level can no longer provide much help to Xiao Er.

The waiter needs to find a new patron.

Xu Qingyun had chosen the target for Xiao Er very early on.

It’s still someone from the Special Higher Police, but this time it’s Tsuchihara.

Tsuchihara has a high rank and great influence in the Japanese military, so he is the most suitable person.

Moreover, Tsuchihara is a very greedy person, and he would do anything to make money.

But Xiao Er cannot seek refuge, otherwise his life will be in danger.

The best way is to get Tsuchihara's attention.

Then Tsuchihara will take the initiative to contact him, so his surrender will come naturally. Tsuchihara wants to make more money, so he will kick Kamei out in the future.

Kamei gave a lot to Tsuchihara, but it was too much, so the bulk of it still belongs to Kamei.

Who doesn’t want to have the lion’s share?

"Tsuchihara has secretly come to Shanghai and met Xiaoer yesterday."

Zhao San laughed and said, Xiao Er has successfully connected with Tu Yuan, he will be more important in the future and will be able to do more things.

"Let Xiaoer let everything take its course. Do what you should do, and don't take the initiative to do what you shouldn't do."

Xu Qingyun immediately instructed that Tuyuan had arrived in Shanghai and seemed very interested in Xiaoer. He came secretly without telling Kamei.

Kamei's good days are coming to an end.

The next chief of Japan's Special High Police will most likely be Tsuchihara, who will arrange a confidant to come and cooperate with Xiao Er.

With the cooperation of the intelligence team leader Takeda in the Special High Police, Xiao Er will be safer in the future.

"Yes, I understand."

Zhao San nodded immediately. Xu Xiaoer was his most proud disciple and also his only apprentice.

He had been keeping an eye on Xu Xiaoer's situation, fearing that he might be in danger without knowing it.

At present, it seems that his worries are unnecessary. Xu Xiaoer is better than he thought, and now he has successfully connected with a better person.

Xu Qingyun guessed correctly, Tu Yuan was indeed tempted by the money Xu Xiaoer earned.

It wasn’t much in the beginning, but now Xiaoer’s business is growing bigger and bigger, and the money he makes is enough to attract him.

What Kamei gave him was nothing at all.

He wants all of it this time, leaving only a part for the waiter, including Takeda's 30%, he wants to take it all.

And with him around, Xu Xiaoer's business can be expanded.

It is not difficult to let Tu Yuan take the initiative to pay attention to Xu Xiaoer. Tu Yuan pays the most attention to the Shanghai area. As long as Tu Yuan knows that there are actions against Xu Xiaoer in the Shanghai area, Xu Xiaoer can enter Tu Yuan's field of vision.

Xu Qingyun reported to the headquarters that Xu Xiaoer, a former traitor of the Military Control Commission, was doing smuggling business in Shanghai and that his business had grown to a very large scale.

Boss Dai also needs money.

Ordered the Shanghai district to find a way to contact Xu Xiaoer to see if they could cooperate.

This was done intentionally for Tsuchihara to see.

It is not difficult to leak such information. After all, the Military Control Commission has attacked Xu Xiaoer's family. If they want to contact Xu Xiaoer, they need to go through other people.

At first Xu Xiaoer refused and even said something like he and the Military Control Commission would never reconcile.

These were easily known to Tsuchihara.

Xu Qingyun did not give up. He still sent people to contact Xu Xiaoer and even dispatched Xu's Trading Company.

Tu Yuan already knew the foundation of Xu's business.

Tu Yuan would naturally not let go of anyone Xu Qingyun wanted to win over.

For Tu Yuan, Xu Xiaoer could not only make money but also help him catch Xu Qingyun. He could not resist this temptation.

After planning for a while, Tsuchihara finally took the bait.

He secretly met with Xu Xiaoer and gave him these two tasks.

One is to expand the scale of the business. In the future, 90% of the money earned will go to Tu Yuan, 10% will go to Xu Xiaoer, and no one else will get any share.

Secondly, promise Xu Qingyun that you will find a way to lure him out.

If these two things are accomplished, Tuyuan will give Xu Xiaoer a huge reward.

At this time, Tu Yuan didn't know that he was just a puppet, completely controlled by Xu Qingyun, so he didn't know how to catch Xu Qingyun.

Even Xu Xiaoer is Xu Qingyun's man.

The plan was successful and Zhao San was very happy. Once it succeeded, he would have more opportunities to meet Xu Xiaoer in the future.

However, safety issues must not be taken lightly.

Tsuchihara wants to arrest the district chief, and since he is the district chief's secretary, he will definitely target him.

At the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters, Taro Yoshioka has already learned the news of Watanabe's murder.

This made him very sad. Watanabe was a good talent. After completing this mission, he planned to train him and make him his right-hand man in the future.

As a result, he was killed.

Wuhan was too far away for him to reach, so he could only order Aoki to catch the murderer as soon as possible.

Aoki did not disappoint his expectations and found the murderer at noon that day.

The higher-ups were also outraged by Watanabe's murder and ordered the military police to deal with the case severely.

First of all, the bullet casings found at the scene were their standard weapons, so it must have been done by one of their people.

There were only a few people who had a good relationship with Oda. After checking, they found that one person was missing, so they started a city-wide search.

They are Japanese, not Chinese. Where can they go even if they leave Wuhan?

If they are caught in Chinese territory, they may suffer even worse.

Even if you run back to your country, you will inevitably be caught.

When they found the murderer, he was eating and drinking delicious food. The murderer did not resist at all, but when someone approached, he detonated the grenade.

As a result, three gendarmes were killed in the explosion.

From this we can see that the murderer had no intention of living at all. It can't be said that he was escaping. He just wanted to eat something good before he died.

With Watanabe's death, the case was closed.

At Xiaohuangshan, Niu Yuanxiang only found out about Xiaotian's accident in the afternoon.

It was Jiang Zheng who told him this information.

The Military Control Commission had people in the city, so such a major event could not be hidden from them. After He Rongtang found out, he immediately reported it to the headquarters.

Oda's death was somewhat related to them.

Xiaohuangshan now belongs to the Military Control Commission. Was Xiaotian forced to death by Xiaohuangshan, or was it caused by internal strife among the Japanese? Boss Dai can completely make a fuss about this incident and add more credit to the Military Control Commission.

Boss Dai never misses an opportunity to make himself proud.

After He Rongtang notified the headquarters, he also notified Jiang Zheng at the fixed communication time.

There are actually people from Xiaohuangshan in Wuhan City, but they don’t have a radio, so even if they knew about this, they would need to send someone back to report.

Running errands is definitely not as fast as radio.

"Deputy Captain Niu, why are you unhappy?"

After telling Niu Yuanxiang the good news, Jiang Zheng discovered that Niu Yuanxiang was not as happy as he had expected, but instead looked worried.

"Chief of Staff Jiang, I would rather Xiaotian remain in his position than for them to replace him."

Niu Yuanxiang sighed. He really didn't expect Xiaotian to fall. Xiaotian's fall might not be a good thing for Xiaohuangshan.

In previous battles, they had captured Japanese prisoners and obtained a lot of information from them.

It turned out that before the Japanese attacked, they did want to ask the aviation regiment for help, to coordinate the land and air forces to attack Xiaohuangshan.

However, Oda had a bad relationship with the aviation group and rejected the request.

If the garrison command is replaced, and if the relationship with the aviation regiment is good, there will likely be planes when they come next time.

Airplanes are a big threat to them.

Even if the relationship is not good, as long as they do not have personal grudges with the Aviation Corps like Oda, they can still ask the Aviation Corps for help. At that time, what they will face is not a pure Japanese army.

Even with the terrain advantage, the Japanese advantage would be greatly reduced with the assistance of aircraft.

“Plane is indeed a big threat.”

After listening to Niu Yuanxiang, Jiang Zheng also frowned. He understood why Niu Yuanxiang was unhappy. Xiaotian's arrest might not be a good thing for Xiaohuangshan.

"Chief of Staff Jiang, thank you for bringing this important intelligence. I am going to see the head of the group now."

Niu Yuanxiang stood up and Jiang Zheng was stunned. He was the chief of staff, and the deputy commander was going to see the commander without taking him with him.

He immediately understood that Niu Yuanxiang had something important to discuss with the team leader.

And he must not know about this.

Jiang Zheng had no choice but to return on his own. Although he was the chief of staff, his actual power in Xiaohuangshan was only equivalent to that of a squad leader.

The only people he could control and command were his nine subordinates in the Military Control Commission.

It was the same for them. No matter what official position they held, the bandits in Xiaohuangshan simply did not listen to them.

Even the puppet soldiers who were captured and surrendered this time were given priority to be replenished in the other two battalions, and their battalion did not get a single one.

The people from the Military Control Commission had objections, and Jiang Zheng also opposed it.

But Chang Yongxiang hit him back with just one sentence.

This was the captured puppet soldiers' own choice.

Jiang Zheng immediately realized that he couldn't bring these people.

Even if he asked, it would be useless. These puppet soldiers would only cooperate. Besides, as long as they knew their positions on the mountain, they would never choose them.

Choosing them will lead to being targeted. Only by relying on the person who truly calls the shots can you live the best life in the future.

Even though they nominally belong to the Loyal and Patriotic Army, everyone now knows that the Loyal and Patriotic Army has no power to command them.

"Boss, we are going to have a tough battle next."

Niu Yuanxiang came to Chang Yongxiang and said directly that it was fortunate that Oda had just been arrested, and the Japanese in Wuhan needed time to reorganize the security headquarters.

(End of this chapter)