Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

The trap set in Chapter 156 has come to fruition.

After making arrangements for Zhu Huiwu, Chen Jiehua went out and got into a naval vehicle to head to Qingdao Port.

Following Chen Jiehua's instructions, Zhu Huiwu did not get up and leave the room immediately. Instead, he stayed in the room for half a day, completing telegram communications with everyone in the group before preparing to leave.

As soon as he opened the door, Zhu Huiwu, dragging his suitcase, saw a plump woman with an average appearance and heavy makeup.

"Excuse me, is Major General Aoki staying in this room?"

"Hello, madam, this is Major General Aoki's room, but the general received a telegram from headquarters early this morning and has taken a car to Qingdao."

"He went to Qingdao? A telegram from headquarters? What did he say?" As soon as Yoshiko Kawashima heard that Aoki Takashi had left, her tone immediately changed, like a resentful woman who hadn't seen her nemesis again.

"I'm sorry, Zhu Huiwu dares not inquire into the general's affairs. If you have urgent business with him, you might still be able to make it to Qingdao now."

"It's alright, forget it."

Aoki Qiao had been gone for at least three hours, and even a car speeding away couldn't catch up. Zhu Huiwu just felt that the woman in front of him was not a good person. She was obviously a fly attracted by Aoki Qiao's "womanizing" persona, so he didn't give her a friendly look.

Yoshiko Kawashima has other missions to complete, so it's impossible for her to follow Takashi Aoki to Qingdao. Her plan to get close to Major General Aoki will have to be postponed.

After checking out, Zhu Huiwu went out and took a car arranged by the hotel to the main store of Qingmu Pharmacy in Xicheng District of Beiping to hand over the business to Zhao Yiyue.

Zhao Yiyue found it strange. You had arranged everything so well, making me the manager of the main store. How come you sent someone to steal the credit as soon as the network was set up?

In the warehouse, Zhao Yiyue and Zhu Huiwu were checking the goods when Zhu Huiwu secretly slipped a note to Zhao Yiyue.

Oh, I see. This man is a comrade.

"Please find Nagatomo's second son immediately, torture him to obtain the contents, and then silence him. Burn this message after reading."

Nagatomo's second son was someone Zhao Yiyue knew all too well; he was the head of the military law department during his time at the Army Academy, and had even warned him about Chen Jiehua and Aoki Seigen back then.

Aoki led me to Nagatomo Tsugio, keywords: torture, murder, speed.

Nagatomo's second son has discovered important information. We must find him as soon as possible, find out the details, and then silence him. But that won't be a problem for me, Zhao Yiyue.

The next day, a passenger ship departed from Tianjin Port for Tokyo, Japan.
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June 6, 6 (Showa 6), 666, is the same day that Chen Jiehua secretly met with the Young Marshal.

Under the instruction and command of Kenji Doihara, Nagatomo Tsugio, the head of the First Section of the Kwantung Army Military Police Headquarters, finally completed the 180-page "Investigation Report on the Aoki Seigen Problem," and then impatiently boarded a ship to return to headquarters.
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On the evening of June 7, 1931, Chen Jiehua returned to Shanghai aboard the gunboat Fushimi and saw the original text of the telegram at the Marine Corps Headquarters.

After sitting down and waiting for Higuchi Keishiro to bring over the compiled summary of recent intelligence, Chen Jiehua finally understood why he had been involved.

On May 29th, his secret meeting with the bald man in Nanjing unsurprisingly went wrong, and the news began to spread throughout the country on May 30th.

Although Chen Lifu and Xu En had sworn to explain that the Chairman and Commander Aoki had not discussed official business but had only chatted privately, who would believe them?
A chairman of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China and the commander-in-chief of the First Overseas Fleet of the Japanese Navy, meeting late at night for a private chat? You're kidding me.
We simply don't believe it! Those two are definitely plotting something! You, Xu Enzeng, can't even make up a story!
Chen Jiehua himself didn't believe it either.

Therefore, the Guangzhou Nationalist government was extremely nervous, believing this to be a signal that Japan intended to intervene in the Nanjing-Guangzhou standoff. It could be said that the Japanese stance could almost influence the course of events; if the Japanese naval commander secretly met with Chiang Kai-shek, we would also need to contact the Japanese General Staff, as we also had friends in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On June 6, while Chen Jiehua was secretly meeting with Zhang Xiaoliu in Beiping, the Nanjing National Government emerged victorious in the tug-of-war between Nanjing and Guangdong over Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, and Cai Tingkai. Chen Mingshu ultimately chose the Nanjing National Government, sending a telegram to support the central government's unification and questioning Wang Jingwei.

The Nationalist government in Guangzhou was in a panic. They could no longer wait, so they approached the Japanese Consul General in Guangdong, Suma Yakichiro, and requested Japanese assistance to support the anti-Chiang Kai-shek movement. They also offered to send someone to Japan to discuss the matter on-site.
When everyone at the Japanese headquarters received the news, they were overjoyed. Aoki Joe's little tricks had finally worked! He deserved a lot of credit!

Why is it attributed to Aoki Kyo?
On May 30th, Toshishiro Obata, of the Operations Section of the Army General Staff Headquarters, received a telegram from his nephew, Kazuki Obata, sent from Nanjing. The telegram read as follows:

On the evening of the 29th, Major General Aoki secretly entered Nanjing under the guise of investigating the network progress of the pharmacy company. His real purpose was to try to gather intelligence on the high-ranking members of the Nanjing Kuomintang and find opportunities for the Empire to fight.

When Obata forwarded the telegram to the Ministry of the Army and the Cabinet, no one took it seriously, and the telegram was shelved.

But just seven days later, the situation took a turn for the worse when the Guangzhou Nationalist Government took the initiative to ask for help, offering its assistance! When Duke Fujiwara took out the telegram again, the two telegrams were placed together, and the details of the matter became clear.

Aoki Takashi used a divisive tactic, secretly meeting with the chairman of the Nanjing National Government. The content of the meeting was actually not important; what was important was to cause panic in the Guangzhou National Government and force them to come to us!
Since you actively "found this opportunity," there's no need to trouble two people with the same task. You are also the commander-in-chief of the First Overseas Fleet, and there is no fleet stationed in Guangzhou. So, please go and bring the negotiating representatives back.

Chen Jiehua never expected that he would dig such a big hole for himself and have to fill it himself. He could only lick his wounds quietly by himself.

However, Chen Jiehua still has an important matter to deal with: Qing Tengqi.

Chen Jiehua walked home. Good, Qing Tengqi was home, so there was no need to waste time looking for her. Fujiwara Mio hadn't returned yet, so he didn't want to make her feel sorry for him.

Taking advantage of Qing Tengqi's unpreparedness, Chen Jiehua grabbed her from behind and locked her up. As a martial artist, and especially with his ability to catch people off guard, controlling a woman was incredibly easy for him.

The moment Chen Jiehua made his move, Qing Tengqi knew he had been exposed. Struggling was pointless; Qing Tengqi obediently cooperated and was bound. Let's see how much General Qingmu knows.

In the basement of the villa.

"Fujishichi, how has Aoki treated you since he rescued you nine sisters from the Prince's house?"

"..."

"Can you tell me whose side you work for?"

"..."

"You should know that I don't like to use torture, especially on beautiful women. Of the nine of you sisters, apart from Teng Er, you're the only one who didn't undergo desensitization testing. I never expected that you would be the one with ulterior motives."

"..."

"Mio's favorite person is you too."

Upon hearing this, Qing Tengqi, who had intended to remain silent, couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)