Zhang Anping has always regarded the Japanese integrity as a negative number.

So when this news was reported to the bureau headquarters, Zhang Anping played a trick - he sent an irrelevant, nonsense telegram to the bureau headquarters through the radio station of Shanghai Station, while the real content was sent to the bureau headquarters through the radio station of Songhu Command.

The advantage of this is that even if the Japanese eavesdropped, it would be impossible for them to decipher the KMT communication codes based on key words.

As for whether the Japanese would do this - putting himself in their shoes, Zhang Anping wouldn't mind doing the same if he had the chance.

Use yourself to save others!
After receiving the telegram, Lao Dai immediately went to the attendant's room to ask for instructions, and as expected, he received approval from the captain.

After receiving the reply, Lao Dai copied the original and sent a nonsense telegram to Shanghai Station. The real reply was forwarded to Shanghai Station through the radio station of Songhu Command:
Can!
After receiving this unexpected call back, Zhang Anping responded to Tsukamoto through the Western restaurant in the French Concession. After receiving the response, Tsukamoto immediately reported the matter to Kagesa Tadayoshi.

But the next scene was something Tsukamoto could never have imagined in his dreams!

"Tsukamoto-kun, this is Chief Imai, the head of the dispatched army's reporting department. He will be in charge of contacting Kiri during his work. Your mission is to ensure smooth communication. Do you understand?"

Seiji Tsukamoto was a little confused. Didn't they say that Kiri's work was just a divisive ploy?

Why did this person get involved?

Minister Imai knew that Colonel Imai had made great efforts to persuade Mr. Wang to surrender last year through Matsumuro Yoshitaka. How did Minister Imai get involved?
Imai didn't know what Tsukamoto was thinking, so he said politely, "Tsukamoto-kun, I've heard a lot about you. Please take care of me."

After finishing speaking, he said admiringly:

"Tsukamoto-kun is willing to sacrifice his personal reputation for the sake of the empire. He is truly a role model for our generation! During this secret talk, I will definitely live up to Tsukamoto-kun's efforts!"

Tsukamoto was stunned by the praise. When did he become a role model?
Looking at Kagesa's expression, Tsukamoto had an idea:
Could it be that I have fallen into Yingzuo's trap?

But since Imai was here, he couldn't ask directly, so he just hummed and hawed and agreed with Imai's words. After finally waiting for Imai to leave, Tsukamoto was finally able to ask:
"Chief, what's going on?"

Yingzuo sighed: "This is a long story! To put it simply, our plan was reported to the headquarters. The headquarters thought it was a good attempt, so they secretly ordered Colonel Imai to participate as a representative."

Although Kagesa's sigh looked genuine, Tsukamoto still instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Tsukamoto-kun, please don't feel any burden. Although Minister Imai is involved, our plan remains unchanged! This time, we were able to defeat a difficult opponent, and Tsukamoto-kun has made an indelible contribution. After the success, I will definitely celebrate for Tsukamoto-kun!"

Kagesa's words were extremely sincere, but Tsukamoto no longer believed even a single punctuation mark in Kagesa's words. However, because it was difficult to break up, he could only say:

"In the final analysis, it is the head of the agency who has provided good leadership."

After the two exchanged a few polite words, Tsukamoto said goodbye. After leaving Kagesa Agency, Tsukamoto felt more and more frustrated. He wanted to consult Okamoto Heiji, but when he remembered that this plan had not been revealed to him from the beginning, he was worried that telling Okamoto would affect their relationship in the future, so he gave up the idea of ​​consulting Okamoto.

He signaled the driver to go directly back to the Special High Section.

Along the way, Tsukamoto kept thinking about it, but he still couldn't figure out where Kagesawa had set a trap for him - but he firmly believed that he had fallen into Kagesawa's trap by accident, but he just couldn't figure out what the trap was.

In fact, it is no wonder that Tsukamoto couldn't figure it out. He came from an ordinary family and didn't have a good teacher. If the heads of the secret services in Shanghai had not died one after another, it would not have been his turn to become the head of the Special High Section.

And because of his meritorious service in assassinating Zhang Shihao, he was promoted to colonel as expected. It can be said that he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel because of sheer luck.

This also means that he did not have strong connections in the Japanese military hierarchy, and he himself was not familiar with politics and had no idea how much of a blame Kagesawa had put on him.

No one woke him up, he had no idea what he had done!
At this time, he was just aware that Imai's interference and inexplicable praise were definitely not good things. After thinking about it, he decided to find Shi Yimei and let Shi Yimei tell Zhang Xiao the real purpose of the [Tong Project] - he did not realize how big this pot was, but the spy's vigilance made him determined to end the plan as soon as possible.

Because the Tong Project provided [important intelligence] several times, Shi Yimei's surveillance progress was faster than expected. Tsukamoto estimated that if there were two or three more times, it would be very likely that Zhang Xiao's base would be found.

……

February 1940, 2, Lunar New Year’s Eve.

The Chinese New Year is of great significance to the Chinese people.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the captain encouraged everyone not to celebrate the New Year - even in this situation, he had to gather his confidants together to have a New Year's Eve dinner and celebrate the New Year!
It is impossible to throw away thousands of years of tradition just like that, but intelligence work is more likely to run into various problems during this period.

So for three consecutive days, Zhang Anping secretly inspected the work of each intelligence group. When he found any problems, he directly contacted the head of each intelligence group. If there was no WeChat in this era, Zhang Anping would have to @ the group leader for everything he said.

After inspecting the last secret base, Zhang Anping breathed a sigh of relief and finally felt relieved.

After putting his heart at ease, he returned to the base of the direct group - he was not a capitalist, but he was more ruthless than the capitalists. The base of the direct group would not take holidays during the New Year, and everyone had to work overtime and stick to their posts. As the signatory of the order, he naturally had to suffer with everyone at this time.

Back at the base, Zhang Anping routinely asked Xu Tian, ​​who was on duty, "Any urgent information?"

Xu Tian said, "Qi Qingbao asked for a meeting, so I asked him to come. And as for the negotiation representative, I've put the telegram from the bureau headquarters on your desk."

Zhang Anping couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this:

"This guy visits the direct team base more frequently than the heads of the intelligence teams."

Miao Fengxiang on the side nodded in agreement.

Zhang Anping raised his wrist to check the time:

"When he comes, tell him to come directly to my office to see me."

Back in the office, Zhang Anping walked to the desk, picked up the sealed file bag, checked it before opening it, and took out the untranslated telegram inside.

While reading the untranslated message, my brain translates it simultaneously, and the content comes to mind.

[After the new year, three representatives responsible for the negotiations will arrive in Shanghai secretly and will then start secret negotiations in the French Concession. The Beijing-Shanghai District must ensure the safety of the negotiation team.]

The location of the negotiations was decided after a remote conversation between Zhang Anping and Tsukamoto. Tsukamoto originally proposed to hold the negotiations in Hong Kong, but Zhang Anping was worried that it would be out of his control, so he decided to hold the negotiations in the French Concession in Shanghai. Because of their trust in the Beijing-Shanghai region, Chongqing had no objection and agreed to the request to negotiate in the French Concession.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Anping destroyed it, a look of confidence flashing across his face.

As long as Zhang Anping is around, this matter will still become a topic of conversation for future generations just like in the original time and space - but with his planning, this matter will surely become a hot topic in this era.

While he was thinking about how to control the matter, there was a knock on the office door and Miao Fengxiang came in with Qi Qingbao.

"Seat down."

Zhang Anping motioned Qi Qingbao to sit down and said, "Do you have evidence of Yi Mocheng?"

In the minds of Zhang Anping and Qi Qingbao, Yi Mocheng's betrayal was a foregone conclusion, but Yi Mocheng was a senior agent personally controlled by Xu Runzeng. Without real evidence, how could Xu Runzeng believe it?
Just based on what Shi Yimei said?
But Shi Yimei herself is unstable, and she is also a target of sanctions in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. How could Xu Rongzeng believe her words!

This is also the reason why Yi Mocheng’s matter has been delayed.

Qi Qingbao shook his head, but then said solemnly: "It was Shi Yimei. She found out some information related to the [Tong Project]."

"Huh?" Zhang Anping was surprised. The Tong Plan had already begun to be implemented, and he had become the captain's accomplice in surrendering to the enemy. How could there be any information related to the Tong Plan?

"She secretly opened Tsukamoto's safe and saw the real [Kiri Plan] in the safe. The negotiations with us in the [Kiri Plan] were fake, and the real purpose was to target you."

Zhang Anping was curious: "Coming for me? Hey, tell me how you're coming for me!"

How could he not be curious?

In this [Tong Plan], what tricks do the Japanese have to trick us?
Qi Qingbao took a deep breath:

"The Kiri plan was prepared for you! In Tsukamoto's plan, the negotiations were fake, and the real purpose was to leak the news."

"The real purpose is to leak the news?"

Zhang Anping was stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately.

The so-called leak of information refers to framing Zhang Anping for revealing the Tong plan to the outside world, putting the captain in an absolutely passive position. As the leaker, he would be in trouble if he didn't die.

hiss--

Zhang Anping took a rare breath of shock; he was shocked by this move.

If this is really the case, then he will really suffer a Waterloo. He won't even have a chance to prove himself with such dirty water.

However, is this really the case?
Zhang Anping signaled Qi Qingbao not to speak, and he closed his eyes and began to think.

The Tong Plan existed in the original time and space because the winter offensive launched by China made the Japanese realize that the fighting will of the national army was still extremely firm, and they saw no hope of a quick victory and ending the war.

But now, Shi Yimei discovered through the investigation of Tsukamoto's safe that the Tong plan was a conspiracy against her from the beginning to the end?
Is the intelligence reliable?

Intelligence is not just reliable or unreliable, but if a piece of intelligence contradicts known historical facts, there must be something wrong somewhere.

[If the information is unreliable, then the fact that I know this information must be intentional by Tsukamoto. What is Tsukamoto's purpose? He was the one who first wanted to talk, so why did he do this? ]

[If it is reliable, why does it contradict historical facts? ]

[Or, is it true, as I worry, that the Japanese are using this Tong Project to deliberately analyze and decipher the communication codes between the Beijing-Shanghai area and the bureau headquarters?]

Zhang Anping thought of many possibilities, but all of them seemed to make sense, so much so that he was unable to make a decision for more than twenty minutes.

After a long time, Zhang Anping finally made a decision.

"I'll pay attention. I'll report this to the bureau headquarters, Lord Qi... Qing Bao," Zhang Anping deliberately changed his address and said with a wry smile, "Sometimes, even though we know there's a knife ahead, we have to keep going."

Qi Qingbao looked at Zhang Anping in confusion, and after a while he finally realized what Zhang Anping meant.

The Japanese Tong Plan has been launched, and we are interested and may have decided to negotiate. What can we do now that we know there are problems?

We can only bite the bullet and go on!
This is the helplessness of intelligence personnel - to be precise, most people who cannot decide their own destiny will encounter similar situations, and gritting their teeth and holding on is the only way.

Qi Qingbao asked tentatively, "Chief District Officer, could it be that there is something wrong with Shi Yimei's intelligence?"

“Maybe only time will tell.”

Zhang Anping will not make a judgment about Shi Yimei easily now. Shi Yimei's various behaviors make Zhang Anping particularly confused. If this information is true, his suspicion of Shi Yimei will seem unnecessary.

……

There was nothing to do on New Year's Eve. After 11 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Anping waved his hand and finally let the duty group of his direct team complete the task.

Although it turned out that this was an unnecessary action, working behind enemy lines and never letting down your nerves is the only way to survive!
After leaving the direct group’s base, Zhang Anping did not go home directly, but went to find Lao Cen.

The intelligence Qi Qingbao sent back gave Zhang Anping a bold idea:
No matter whether it is true or false, I can just go with the flow when the time comes. What if I get charged with this crime?
There had long been intelligence indicating that the Japanese were deliberately trying to put the blame on me. If it really happened, given my true identity, the captain would not let me carry the burden back to Chongqing. At most, he would dismiss me from my post and investigate me, and let me make amends for my mistakes.

In other words, he will use the Japanese to brutally resolve this thunder.

Instead of using traitors from Wang's faction to expose the negotiations between the two sides as planned before, Zhang Anping, who personally completed the bridge-building, was determined to leak the negotiations from the beginning. The scapegoat he found at that time was traitors from Wang's faction, because if the peace talks between Japan and Chiang Kai-shek were really successful, Wang's faction would be in trouble.

But now we can take advantage of the situation and let the Japanese shoot themselves in the foot.

Because it was New Year's Eve, Zhang Anping visited Lao Cen as a man, which was rare.

Just as Zhang Anping thought, Lao Cen, who lived alone, also spent a lonely New Year's Eve - alone, with a bowl of rice and a glass of wine.

No, although the glass was full, it didn't taste like liquor. Zhang Anping picked up the glass and drank it without hesitation. Sure enough, there was water in it.

"You don't want to drink on New Year's Day?"

Lao Cen smiled but didn't answer. He looked at Zhang Anping for a few times and said, "Shall I go get some cold dishes?"

"Forget it, it's not time to relax yet - let's get down to business."

Zhang Anping motioned Lao Cen to sit down and told him the information Qi Qingbao had told him. After that, he expressed his intention to change the plan.

Lao Cen pondered for a while and said:

"Do as you wish."

After a period of adjustment, Lao Cen basically did not interfere with Zhang Anping's decision-making, but his only requirement was that Zhang Anping should not act arbitrarily.

"By the way, didn't you say that there was something wrong with Shi Yimei? How come there is nothing wrong with the information she provided?"

Zhang Anping shrugged, with an expression that said, "How would I know?"

Seeing this, Lao Cen did not ask any more questions. After chatting for a few words, he still couldn't help but asked in confusion:
"Will they really surrender over there?"

After hearing this information, Lao Cen has been very worried. After the information was passed to Sister Qian, the superiors really attached great importance to it and asked for real-time reporting of relevant progress - you have to know that the word "real-time" is something Sister Qian has never asked for!

"No." Zhang Anping answered firmly:
"The captain wants to kneel, but the 400 million Chinese people behind him don't want to kneel!" (End of this chapter)

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