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Before the Wang Puppet regime and the Japanese could react, the Military Intelligence Bureau threw the first batch of printed "real money" into the occupied areas, quickly exchanged more than 10 million Central Reserve Bank coupons for more than 8 million supplies, and then quickly evacuated, causing the Wang Puppet regime and the Japanese to go crazy facing the financial system in the occupied areas that was in a mess.

For the Military Control Commission, this was a great victory. Not only did it destroy the credit system of the Wang Puppet Central Reserve, but it also gained nearly eight million worth of supplies. After these supplies were transported back to the Kuomintang-controlled areas, they were worth at least tens of millions, which was a huge profit.

But for the people in the occupied areas, this is also an extremely cruel exploitation.

In addition to the loss of personal interests, countless innocent people were broken up and killed because of the Wang Puppet Regime and the Japanese's pursuit of "counterfeit money" - Zhang Anping didn't even dare to face this data.

It's cruel, but that's war.

"The Japanese are about to go completely crazy on the crazy highway..."

"Soon...it will be fine soon."

Zhang Anping murmured softly and turned his eyes away from the financial battle.

His eyes focused on an almost invisible point on the map:

Pearl Harbor!
On December 1941, 12, the Japanese carefully planned sneak attack will be launched at Pearl Harbor. At that time, the American Pacific Fleet will be destroyed in the attack, and this sneak attack will also mark the beginning of the Pacific War.

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for, and now, it was less than two months away from the outbreak.

In the original time and space, after the intelligence of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was cracked by the Military Intelligence Bureau, this important information was passed on to the United States.

But the end result was that the United States did not take it seriously, and Pearl Harbor was successfully attacked by the Japanese.

Many people in later generations firmly believed that there must be a conspiracy behind this. For example, isolationism was prevalent in the United States, and a reasonable excuse was needed to intervene in the war. That was why the US top brass coldly ignored various intelligence warnings and allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor so rampantly and complacently.

Zhang Anping doesn't care about this speculation now.

Because in his view, when the Japanese had no choice but to go south, facing the interests that were divided up along the way, challenging the United States and waging war against the United States was an option the Japanese had no choice but to choose.

In this case, he must gain benefits in the Pacific War that is bound to break out, and they must be huge benefits.

As a spy, if he wants to gain huge benefits, he must attract the attention of the Americans. What could be more logical than showing the Americans what an ace agent is?

Therefore, in Zhang Anping's chessboard, the intelligence of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be his opportunity to show his abilities to the Americans.

Perhaps the Americans will not care about this at first, but when this happens, our powerful intelligence collection and analysis capabilities will be demonstrated to the Americans. The US Intelligence Office and later the Office of Strategic Services will inevitably list ourselves as high-order cooperation partners.

Well, the Strategic Intelligence Agency, which was established on the basis of the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, will be called:

Next time (CIA)!
It was precisely because of this consideration that after the first wave of "real money" work was completed, Zhang Anping devoted all his energy to collecting intelligence on the Japanese Navy.

The intelligence gathering work on the Japanese Navy went extremely smoothly, and the main credit naturally went to Jiang Sian - he was the "financial sponsor" of the Japanese Navy, and a lot of intelligence that was difficult for outsiders to find out was just a piece of cake for Jiang Sian.

Although the Japanese kept the plan to attack Pearl Harbor secret, the plan was proposed in January of this year (1941). If the Soviet-German War had not broken out and caused the Japanese to turn their attention to the north, the plan might have been implemented in August or September.

Therefore, Jiang Sian relied on his identity to obtain a lot of scattered intelligence. Combined with the intelligence obtained by other intelligence groups, Zhang Anping integrated the intelligence, concealed Jiang Sian's shadow, and wrote an "Investigation Report on the Japanese Army's Plan to Attack the United States" in mid-October.

In this investigation report, Zhang Anping listed more than fifty unusual actions of the Japanese Navy, and mentioned several times that the Japanese Navy organized several secret military exercises with aircraft raids as the main purpose. He also listed the speeches of several Japanese naval generals in secret places. At the end of the more than fifty-page investigation report, he concluded with a firm tone:
The Japanese intention to move south was obvious. Once they moved south, they would inevitably go to war with Britain, the United States, France and other countries. At this time, France had already established a puppet government, and Britain was trapped in Africa and Europe and could not take care of Asia. Only the United States could become an obstacle for the Japanese.

In order to ensure smooth progress to the south, the Japanese would inevitably launch a surprise attack on the United States with the strategic idea of ​​annihilating its effective forces, and the Pacific Fleet would inevitably be the target of the Japanese Navy's attack.

After the report was released, Zhang Anping sent someone to Chongqing to deliver it to Lao Dai, asking Lao Dai to hand the report to the US Ambassador to China Clarence Edward Gauss.

This time point was also carefully chosen by Zhang Anping. According to his estimation, the report would reach the hands of the American ambassador around early November. If the American ambassador took it seriously, the intelligence would naturally be passed on to the American decision-makers, and they would have enough time to "respond" - this long enough time naturally meant that they would weigh the pros and cons.

The decision-makers in the United States will naturally not deal with Zhang Anping, but this intelligence will definitely be handed over to the Intelligence Coordination Bureau for investigation - he will definitely be able to establish a solid connection with them.

If Americans don't take it seriously, it doesn't matter. This report is here. When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the American intelligence agencies review the situation, this report will be indispensable.

He can still establish connections with the US intelligence system.

As long as Zhang Anping got on the American ship, how could they be willing to let him get off?
This is Zhang Anping’s purpose. It doesn’t matter whether the Americans believe it or not, and whether they use this opportunity or not. His “terrifying” intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities will be demonstrated to them. When the time is right, they will naturally become “cordial partners” with him.

As long as this relationship is established, it will be very easy to fleece the Americans in the future.

(After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the U.S. intelligence system cooperated a lot with the Military Control Commission. If Zhang Anping wanted to, it would be very easy for him to become the liaison with the U.S. intelligence system, but he needed the Americans to "believe" in him.)
After Lao Dai received the investigation report sent by Zhang Anping, he was shocked by the contents of the report.

The Japanese gave up their attack on the Soviet Union. Their intention to move south was obvious, but almost everyone believed that the approach taken by the Japanese was:

Rapidly encroach on, come into conflict with, and expel the British, American, French and other forces.

After a long period of friction, conflicts accumulated and war broke out.

They didn't think the Japanese would go all-in right away.

Old Dai took Zhang Anping's investigation report and after thinking it over again and again, he decided to ask his good brother to take a look first. After receiving the other party's reply that this possibility was not small, he handed the report to the attendant's office. After obtaining the approval of the attendant's office, he finally contacted Ambassador Gao Si and handed the investigation report to the other party.

When handing the report to Gao Si, Lao Dai did not dare to make any final statements. He just said that this was just a "foolish opinion" of his subordinates, and the authenticity of the report still needed to be verified by the party themselves.

But Gao Si did not respond after receiving the report. Old Dai did not want to ask him again and again, so he ordered his decryption team to intensify the decryption of Japan's diplomatic secret messages.

……

The fact that the Americans did not have a direct reaction was not beyond Zhang Anping's expectations. As for the fact that the Americans did not take it seriously at all, he did not believe it.

In short, he started to play dumb and wait for the result.

However, he was not a person who could sit idle. While waiting for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War, he took the opportunity to add "billion points" to the Japanese bet.

The person who was causing trouble was naturally Ito Masashi.

Honestly speaking, Zhang Anping was very surprised that Ito Masashi was able to survive. After all, it was a killing trap set by him, and Ito was like meat on the chopping board no matter how you looked at it.

But who could have imagined that because of the confrontation between Japan's navy and land forces, Otani, the head of Deyun Department in Shanghai, would become a scapegoat. Not only was Ito unharmed, but he was reinstated in a few days and took charge of the Shanghai secret service again.

After Ito was "re-instated", Zhang Anping was worried that this guy would swing a knife at him, so he kept a close eye on the movements of Ito's organization. However, he found that Ito and Ito's organization were very honest and showed no signs of swinging a knife at him.

At the same time, Gu Shenyan also provided some information:
The Ito Agency began to engage in the smuggling business on a large scale. After several conflicts with the existing smuggling network, the two sides unexpectedly began to merge.

Gu Shenyan's view on this phenomenon is:

Because of his near-death experience, Ito became disheartened and began to make money.

The reason why Gu Shenyan could make such a judgment was very simple. Almost the entire Ito Agency was involved in the smuggling industry. If he said this was a trick, it would definitely not have escaped his eyes.

Although Gu Shenyan made this judgment, Zhang Anping felt that Ito was not such a person. As an old spy, his ability to withstand pressure was not so poor. And according to the information provided by Jiang Sian, after Otani's death, the mastermind behind the smuggling network intended to make a fake into a real resignation and turn Ito Masashi's pretended resignation into a real resignation. However, with the intervention of local Japanese forces, Ito was able to take charge of the spy agency again.

To sum up, Zhang Anping believes that Ito has never gotten rid of his malicious intentions towards the smuggling network, and this time it is more likely that he will feed the tiger with his own body.

So he "kindly" added "a lot of trouble" to Ito, and through various channels, spread the news that Ito had penetrated the bureau and was seeking to wipe out the smuggling network in one fell swoop.

This was out of respect for the opponent and also to ensure that the Military Intelligence Bureau would be interfered with as little as possible by the Japanese in the financial war.

It was precisely because of Zhang Anping's operation that the Ito Agency did not play a role in the financial war - now Ito is fighting fiercely with the mastermind behind the smuggling network, and Zhang Anping, who is acting as a spectator, is very happy to watch.

……

Ito Agency.

Ito is indeed in a deadlock at the moment. He had originally figured out the mastermind behind the smuggling network, but just as he was making his plans, rumors emerged.

It was just a rumor, but Ito knew very well that this was definitely Zhang Shihao's masterpiece. And this was exactly his real purpose.

After hearing the news, the mastermind immediately cut ties with Ito and mobilized various forces to fight against Ito, causing Ito to fall into a state of desperation.

Zhang Anping thought that Ito Masashi should have had a difficult time, but he did not get angry because of the pressure he faced. Instead, he became more motivated.

"Openly repairing the plank road, secretly attacking Chencang, do you think my goal is only Chencang?"

Ito laughed, and then devoted all his energy to dealing with the counterattack from the vested interests - he did not mobilize any manpower to deal with the Military Control Commission, nor did he distract his attention from the new version of the Central Reserve Volume prepared by the Wang Puppet Government.

However, a steady stream of information continued to "flow" to Ito.

“The plan for the new version of the Zhongchu volume has been finalized;”

"The banknote printing template has been completed;"

“The new version of the storage volume has started to be manufactured;”

"Seven printing templates were destroyed by order of Zhou Fohai because of minor flaws. The destruction process of three of them is questionable. The personnel involved in these three printing templates have been recorded;"

One piece of intelligence secret after another was passed to Ito. Ito allowed the situation to develop calmly and continued to fight all-round with the mastermind behind the smuggling network.

A few days later, a piece of information made Ito excited.

"Imitations of the new version of the Central Reserve Bank notes have appeared on the market. The workmanship is no different from the Central Reserve Bank notes issued by the Nanjing government. However, according to experts, this version of the counterfeit banknotes was printed using the printing template numbered 'Wu'!"

There was intelligence confirmation before: the destruction of three banknote printing templates was in doubt, and Japanese agents secretly recorded the Wang Puppet regime personnel involved in these three banknote printing templates.

Now that counterfeit banknotes have appeared and have been proven to be made from template No. "5", it can be determined that there was a problem among the people who destroyed template No. "5".

"Kato-kun, contact Zhou Fohai secretly and arrest all the people involved in Template 5!"

Ito gave the order immediately.

He was very sure that this time he would be able to uncover the traitor hidden in the Nanjing government, a traitor of a very high level!

……

Zhang Anping, who was acting as a spectator, was applauding the all-round fight between Ito and the smuggling network when he received a call from Zhou Fohai.

This was the most risky and urgent way of contact agreed upon by the two. After receiving the call, Zhang Anping did not dare to delay for a moment and met with Zhou Fohai that day as a "socially compulsive" businessman.

As soon as the two of them met, Zhou Fohai said anxiously:

"Commander Zhang, something has happened. Zeng Jiarong, who was working for me, has been arrested. The Japanese must have discovered me. Arrange for my evacuation quickly."

Zhang Anping was startled and asked, "What's going on?"

"I don't know either. Just over three hours ago, a Japanese consultant and a few Japanese secretly met with me and asked me to help them arrange for some people to go on a business trip. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. After the arrangements were made, I found out that it was the Japanese who secretly arrested them."

Zhou Fohai said in horror, "Among them is Zeng Jiarong. I was the one who arranged for Zeng Jiarong to destroy the banknote template you exchanged. The Japanese must have discovered me. Commander Zhang, quickly arrange for me to evacuate."

Zhou Fohai was so panicked that he looked like he was about to pee his pants.

Zhang Anping comforted him:

"Mr. Zhou, don't panic. I arranged this matter. You can trust me to do the job! No matter how the Japanese investigate, they will never find anything about you. All you have to do now is pretend that you know nothing. Leave the rest to me."

Zhou Fohai didn't trust Zhang Anping at all. He knew that he was extremely valuable in the Nanjing government, but if he was exposed, no one would use him even if he was just a ditch cleaner. So he said:

"Commander Zhang, I've really been exposed. The Japanese are insidious and cunning. They will definitely find me. You must quickly arrange for me to leave. If you don't arrange for me to leave, I will have to run away by myself, and then I might ruin your business."

Although his words were incoherent, the threat was evident in them.

Zhang Anping said helplessly: "Mr. Zhou, it seems that there is a lack of trust between us!"

"To tell you the truth, from the moment I did this, I was ready to be discovered. Even if the Japanese investigated, they would never find anything about you—"

He confessed:

"Minglou, Mr. Zhou should be familiar with it, right?"

Zhou Fohai was surprised and asked, "Is he your man?"

"He is the deputy station chief of my Shanghai station. If the Japanese investigate this matter, they will only find Minglou. Are you relieved now, Mr. Zhou?"

As his life was at stake, Zhou Fuhai was still skeptical:
"Commander Zhang, you can't joke about this."

"Mr. Zhou, you are a 'loyal' man known to the chairman," Zhang Anping said, trying hard to hold back his urge to vomit. "How could I possibly joke about something like this? Just go back peacefully and leave the rest to me. If I implicate you, I will no longer be in this line of work!"

Although Zhou Fohai was still skeptical, he was finally persuaded by Zhang Anping. He was worried that Zhang Anping was playing a trick on him, so he left after saying "If the situation doesn't go well, I'll have to retreat on my own"

As soon as Zhou Fohai left, Zhang Anping's expression became gloomy.

The second time he “stole” the template, Zhou Fohai wanted to take charge, but was rejected by Zhang Anping, who only asked him to provide necessary assistance - the reason for this was that Zhang Anping was worried about this kind of thing happening.

After all, Zhou Fohai’s value is too great now. If he is exposed, the National Government will lose control over the top leaders of the Wang Puppet regime.

But Zhang Anping could never have imagined that as soon as the second batch of counterfeit banknotes appeared, the Japanese immediately noticed the people who destroyed the banknote printing templates.

He knew very well that this meant that from the very beginning, the destruction of the templates was under secret surveillance by the Japanese. Only in this way could the second batch of counterfeit banknotes come out and the Japanese could immediately identify the specific individuals.

But all of Ito's energy has been tied up in the smuggling network recently, and Gu Shenyan is also watching them. It is impossible for Ito's agency to assign people to keep an eye on them without being noticed.

Why is this happening?

After Zhang Anping returned, he immediately ordered people to get the information about the financial system led by Zhou Fohai and began to study the personnel changes.

After failing to find the problem here, he turned his attention to the errand boys.

Zhang Anping was shocked by this investigation.

In just two months, one-third of the menial workers in the financial department led by Zhou Fohai resigned for various reasons - but their positions were filled as soon as possible.

"More than thirty people!"

Zhang Anping gasped in shock. The Japanese had actually planted more than thirty spies in the financial department led by Zhou Fohai right under his nose!
No wonder the Japanese immediately identified the "lost" template as soon as the second wave of counterfeit banknotes produced by Dad appeared.

"It's impossible for the Shanghai secret service to have so many agents suddenly appear out of nowhere!"

Zhang Anping thought quickly and came up with an answer:
The Japanese secretly mobilized a new spy force into Shanghai, and this force had no connection with the spy forces in Shanghai. Only in this way could they avoid their own eyes.

Considering Ito's recent fierce fight with the smuggling network, Zhang Anping immediately realized that this was Ito's conspiracy.

Openly repairing the plank road and secretly attacking Chencang - he thought Ito Mingxiu's plank road was to integrate into the smuggling network, and secretly attacking Chencang was to plot against the smuggling network. It turned out that the real Chencang was a financial war!
"It's true that the biting dog doesn't bark!"

Zhang Anping sighed and began to review Ito's plan.

After reviewing the situation, he immediately discovered a huge web of conspiracy that was shrouding the Military Control Commission in the occupied areas.

(There is one more update, expected to be around 2 or 3 o'clock.) (End of this chapter)