Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

More than a hundred people, regardless of whether they were on our side or not, had to be saved. This laid the foundation for Chen Lanfeng and the 19th Route Army to carry out their revolution in Taiwan.

The key is how to rescue them; it's a bit tricky. Fortunately, although everyone is in prison at this time, they don't seem to be in great danger. The Japanese government's attitude towards the Taiwanese people and the Kwantung Army's attitude towards the people of Northeast China are completely opposite.

Chen Jiehua instructed Meixu to send a telegram to her brother-in-law, telling him to remain calm, act cautiously, familiarize himself with the environment, and gradually find out who needed to be rescued, in which prisons, and on what charges.

Chen Jiehua decided to stop thinking about it for now and go chat with Obata Kazuki for a while if he couldn't come up with a solution.

This kid is a bit odd. The Special Higher Police is part of the police force. He's been in Shanghai for so many years and should have been transferred back long ago, but he stubbornly stayed in Shanghai and actually succeeded. He even got the position of head of the Shanghai Special Commissioner's Section, and headquarters even arranged two assistants for him.

Obata Kazuki saw Chen Jiehua as if he had seen a savior. Without asking any questions, Chen Jiehua spilled out all the secret missions arranged by the Special Higher Police.

Primary mission: to dispatch spies to subvert and induce Chinese military and political personnel, intellectuals, and others to surrender.

Secondary task: To use news media and other means to control public opinion in Shanghai, spread false information and propaganda favorable to Japan, and mislead the public and international opinion.

"You're a member of the Special Higher Police, this is the task assigned to you by your Special Higher Police. What are you telling me? You want me to do it for you? You're dreaming! Get lost!"

"Brother Qingxuan, I don't have anyone here. I only have these two assistants. How can we manage?"

“I don’t have anyone either. Higuchi went to Taiwan, Karakawa and the others went back to headquarters, and Watanabe was poached by Konoe! I don’t have anyone to give you.”

"Brother Qingxuan, don't talk nonsense!" Obata Kazuki quickly covered Chen Jiehua's mouth.

"What did I say?"

"You can't say that about Lord Konoe."

"What Lord Konoe? When he was a child, I was the only one who accompanied him to the beach to watch the sand and collect seashells."

"Wow, Brother Qingxuan is really amazing!"

Chen Jiehua said this intentionally to his younger brother, and also to the two spies from headquarters who were whispering behind him.

These two are probably here on missions from headquarters. Ostensibly, they're there to assist Obata Kazuki, but in reality, they're there to monitor his work and political direction. If he disobeys or acts strangely, they'll probably have a secret mission: to report to the Special Higher Police headquarters.

With this statement, the Special Higher Police dared not make any rash moves against Obata Kazuki and Aoki Aoki.

Chen Jiehua suddenly had an idea. The Special Higher Police were about to stir up trouble in the Republic of China. Since he didn't have any spies in the Special Higher Police, instead of letting Aoki Aohuang mess around in North China and be corrupted by Isogai Rensuke, he might as well assign him to this little brother in front of him.

“Yihui, our younger brother Qinghuang is currently in North China. How about we transfer you over? I think your uncle doesn’t really care about him in North China.”

"What?! Younger brother? Younger brother? Haha, hurry up, finally someone younger than me to scold!"

"Ikki, is this really okay for you?"

"Haha, Brother Qingxuan, that's not true. Your brother is Yihui's brother. Yihui will definitely take good care of him."

"Yosh, that's more like it!"

In the Special Higher Police office, Chen Jiehua directly called the North China Garrison Army, seeking out Isogai Rensuke. After some insincere pleasantries and conversation, he transferred Aoki Aoki to the Shanghai Section of the Special Higher Police. The army and police systems were not subordinate to each other—did that matter? It was related to his personal visits to the army and Special Higher Police offices later.

"Brother Qingxuan, having only one younger brother Qinghuang isn't enough."

"I know you're just after the students of Tongwen Academy. I can't make that decision for you. You should go talk to Principal Wang yourself. I can give him a call."

"Alright, that's exactly what I've been waiting for."

Having dealt with Obata Kazuki, Chen Jiehua arrived at the consulate.

During my conversation with Kazuki Obata, the mention of Higuchi reminded me that Keishiro Higuchi was transferred to Taiwan. I need to find out which department he's in now; maybe he'll be in either police or legal affairs? After all, that's what he did in Shanghai before.

In fact, Higuchi was transferred to Taiwan at Masaki Jinzaburo's request, mainly to be in charge of the screening and trial of the captured Taiwanese Communist Party members. As a result, Higuchi arrived, while Masaki returned to headquarters.

When Chen Jiehua returned home, he secretly summoned Zhao Yiyue to discuss countermeasures.

Higuchi Keishiro was indeed Aoki Seigen's classmate at the Army University, but not at the Army Academy. Higuchi was their senior at the Army Academy. Aoki Seigen got into the Army University by cheating on Okamura's exams, and he was only a sophomore before graduating early.

Therefore, Higuchi did not know Chen Lanfeng. Zhao Yiyue knew of Chen Lanfeng when he was in Shanghai, but had no contact with him.

Chen Jiehua originally wanted to call Taiwan directly to ask which department Higuchi Keishiro was in, but Zhao Yiyue dissuaded him.

"You can't just call Taiwan directly; it's too easy to get exposed. I don't recommend using this line. Even if you want to go to Taiwan, you need to find a reasonable reason."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it. He's just a classmate, I can always talk to him, right?"

"No. You're in the Navy now, and what's your rank? What's his rank? Go talk to him, and what's your reason?"

"Alright, I'll take Mio back to Tokyo first. You stay here and arrange the cargo at the dock. The fleet will arrive the day after tomorrow. There's a batch of radios for the section chief. You need to personally escort them to the Hankou dock and hand them over to him. Also, ask him if the radio station has any of its own people."
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July 29, 1932 (the 21st year of the Republic of China, the 7th year of Showa).

Chen Jiehua and Fujiwara (Chen) Meixu returned to Tokyo together on their flagship. The old Fujiwara had retired to the second line and suddenly had nothing to do. He sent a telegram every day urging them to go back.

Back at the Fujiwara Duke's mansion, Chen Jiehua saw nothing unusual and had no warning signs of danger. Everything seemed fine. Why was old Fujiwara in such a hurry to call us back?
In the inner room, Duke Fujiwara dismissed the maids and servants, leaving only an old butler.

The four people are kneeling.

Old Fujiwara nodded to the butler, who then turned around and took out a stack of paper documents.

Meixu turned to look at Chen Jiehua, who shook his head, but in reality, a storm was raging in Chen Jiehua's mind.

The photos secretly taken by Ozaki's younger brother have the same buckle pattern on the edges!
The two didn't wait long. "Mio, take a look. I know someone told you about your background. You found out some things, but you felt you couldn't face them, so you went to Jinling to hide."

Indeed. Old Fujiwara, by feigning retreat, will proactively reveal the mystery of Mio's origins.

In this situation, Fujiwara Mio didn't need to feign any emotion at all; with trembling hands, she opened the records brought by the old butler.

The truth is often quite simple. (End of Chapter)