Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

"Chief Jiang, according to my investigation, when you were active in Shanghai as [Okamoto Heiji], you were commended by the Japanese Emperor several times, and even had a close relationship with the Fujiwara family, a noble family in Japan. Chief Jiang, how did you receive the commendation from the Japanese Emperor and gain the friendship of the Fujiwara family?"

Faced with this tricky question, Jiang Sian stood up without hesitation, but answered calmly:
"Because I gave them enough benefits."

The reporter who stood up to ask the question was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Jiang Sian did not evade the question but gave a direct answer.

He immediately asked, "Chief Jiang, may I ask...what are the benefits?"

Jiang Sian answered bluntly: "I set up a smuggling network in Shanghai, and the Fujiwara family received a large dividend."

The smuggling network is not fatal.

Therefore, the existence of the smuggling network was, in a certain sense, a blood-sucking operation for the Nationalist government. However, under the circumstances at the time, transporting some valuable strategic materials from Shanghai to the Kuomintang-controlled areas through the smuggling network could even be considered an achievement.

Obviously, the reporter who asked the question also knew this truth, and he asked again:
"Then how did you receive the award from the Japanese Emperor? As far as I know, this happened more than once or twice!"

The whole audience was silent, waiting for Jiang Sian's answer.

Jiang Sian did not answer, but accused:
"Mr. Reporter, during the free question session of this press conference, each reporter only has one chance to ask a question. You are violating the rules by asking questions over and over again."

The reporter smiled and asked back: "Chief Jiang, are you afraid to answer?"

Jiang Sian glanced at the reporter coldly: "Why not? But after I finish answering, please leave!"

"Because you... violated the rules!"

Without waiting for the reporter to answer, Jiang Sian continued:
"The reason why the Japanese emperor commended me was very simple - it was because I repeatedly organized Japanese expatriates in Shanghai to make donations, and even organized Japanese people in Japan to make donations many times."

"It was also because I later gave up the smuggling network and turned the Okamoto Company into the Navy's [Manchurian Railway]! It provided the Navy with a steady stream of resources!"

After he finished speaking, the whole audience was in an uproar.

What Jiang Sian said is what has been discussed in newspapers and media for some time. I didn’t expect Jiang Sian to admit it directly.

Just as a group of reporters were making a commotion because of Jiang Si'an's words, the Military Intelligence Bureau agent who was maintaining order walked towards the reporter who had just asked the question. Seeing that he was about to be expelled, the reporter shouted:

"Jiang Sian, you are committing treason! In order to obtain intelligence for your Military Control Commission, you are committing treason and colluding with Japan - you are more despicable than a traitor!"

What the reporter said was actually the core point of discussion in the newspapers during this period - of course, here we are referring to newspapers with fair stances, not crooked newspapers that just want to kill Jiang Sian.

Facing these accusations, Jiang Sian's expression did not change at all.

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that the agents maintaining order were about to expel the reporter who was shouting, Zhang Anping suddenly spoke up.

After he stood up, he gently pulled Jiang Sian, motioning Jiang Sian to sit down, and then said:

"Since this reporter abused his privilege and disrupted the flow of the press conference, since this reporter indiscriminately threw mud at my students, and since everyone is so eager to answer, then... I'll tell you!"

After Zhang Anping's sarcastic remarks, the noisy auditorium quieted down. After the spotlights flashed, the reporters put their pens on their notebooks, ready to take shorthand.

"War is never just a matter of the battlefield. When the war of national destruction begins, every ordinary person in the participating countries is a part of the war. Do you have any objection to this?"

After the July 7 Incident, the Chairman issued a "Solemn Statement on the Marco Polo Bridge Incident" in Lushan on July 17, which included the following passage:

If the war breaks out, it will be a battle for all, regardless of age or region. Everyone has the responsibility to defend the country and fight the war, and everyone is determined to sacrifice everything. Only by sacrificing to the end, fighting to the end, and with the determination to sacrifice, can we win the final victory!

Therefore, what Zhang Anping said is absolutely correct.

It was still 1946. The blood of the Japanese atrocities in China had not yet healed, and no one in the society was calling for forgiveness of the Japanese.

A reporter stood up and asked, "Sir Zhang, that's fine, but does it have anything to do with what Section Chief Jiang did?"

"Have!"

Zhang Anping answered with certainty:
“Not only does it exist, but it’s very important!”

"I instructed Jiang Sian to set up the smuggling network. After the smuggling network was set up, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai quickly became corrupt. Under the pressure of money, they even dared to scrap the repaired weapons and openly sell them. They even dared to replace the weapons allocated to the Kwantung Army with second-hand goods."

"I have relevant information and evidence here. You can check, take photos, and verify them later."

"Jiang Si'an established a smuggling network, which achieved the purpose of corruption and also cultivated a large number of blood-sucking parasites that parasitized the Japanese invaders and the Japanese system."

"Then he started calling for donations!"

"What you have seen is that Jiang Sian has repeatedly called for donations, and what you have seen is that the Japanese call him the conscience of the navy - but do you know? In the first round of fundraising, only less than 10% of the money was actually invested in the Japanese Navy, and the remaining 90% was completely divided up by the Japanese blood-sucking worms cultivated by Jiang Sian!"

"Well, the Fujita family you mentioned is on the list of those to be divided up."

Nine out of ten donations raised were lost!

The reporters were in an uproar, and their eyes turned strangely towards Zhang Anping and Jiang Sian.

It’s dark, so dark!
Zhang Anping continued:

"Later, Japan launched several donations to the Navy. Everyone, do you think that all the donations received went to the Navy? No! According to internal investigations, less than half of each donation in Japan went to the Navy, and the rest... was all divided up by the organizers of the donations!"

"Doesn't the Japanese headquarters know about this?"

"Yes! After they realized this, they organized several investigations, but each time they ended in vain. Later, the investigation team often encountered car accidents - do you know the reason?"

Zhang Anping smiled happily:

"The reason is simple. The huge amount of money has fostered a large and stubborn class of corrupt officials in Japan. These people are protected by military leaders. The Japanese headquarters is powerless to do anything!"

"Donations time and again are an overdraft of Japan's war potential!"

"I have a lot of donation information here, and you can check it out later. Whether what I say is true or false, you will make your own judgment at that time."

"To sum up - the amount of donations received by the Japanese Navy was less than half of the actual donations raised. The donations were later turned into heavy taxes. A large number of Japanese were troubled by the navy taxes that were called free donations but were actually a showdown. I have a few letters from Japanese soldiers to their families here. If you are interested, you can take a look."

hiss--

Reporters at the scene gasped. Well, not only did the donations eventually become exorbitant taxes, they also directly affected the front lines. The key point was that less than half of the donations were actually used for the navy.

Referring to the national conditions of China's feudal era, reporters even doubted that the figure of "half" of the donations made by the Japanese might be an overestimate.

Mao Renfeng, who came to watch the show and make trouble, had a gloomy face.

Zhang Anping was very well prepared. The information from the Shanghai smuggling network period, various insider information on donations, and letters from the Japanese army were definitely not something that could be prepared in just a few days.

This means that Zhang Anping must have been preparing early on.

[This bastard had already made preparations to protect Jiang Sian! ]

When Mao Renfeng thought of this, he felt extremely powerless. Based on his experience of being pinned to the ground by Zhang Anping many times, as long as Zhang Anping had made preparations early, it would be impossible for him to trick him!
This means that this killing move is likely to be in vain.

"Captain Zhang, even if these are true, it is true that they donated money to the navy, right? Because of Jiang Sian's operation, countless unplanned funds and resources flowed into the Japanese navy. This... can be regarded as aiding and abetting the evil, right?"

A reporter stood up and asked a question.

Mao Renfeng took a glance and confirmed that it was not the person he arranged.

[Only half of it went into the navy, or even less. This accusation cannot be applied.]

"My colleague, aren't you being too picky?"

Sure enough, a reporter couldn't stand it anymore and accused: "In war, both sides have to pay a price - Section Chief Jiang is undercover among the Japanese invaders, he must do something to gain the trust of the Japanese, right? If he doesn't give a penny, who will protect him?"

"Yes! Being an undercover agent is not an easy task. According to your request, why not let Chief Jiang tell the Japanese directly - you were hired by the Japanese, right?"

"Gossip newspaper reporter? I remember that you guys were famous for being pro-Japanese in Shanghai before, but when the fog cleared, you turned out to be one of us - so, should we hold you accountable for the various pro-Japanese remarks you made during your time in Shanghai?"

The gossip reporter who was besieged by a group of colleagues was terrified and looked at Zhang Anping for help - Commander Zhang, help me, you arranged me, you can't just stand by and watch me die!

Zhang Anping coughed, attracted the attention of the reporters, and said:

"I have a few guests here, let me introduce them to you."

The reporters were confused. What guests should they introduce at this time?
Mao Renfeng thought to himself, as expected, this bastard Zhang Anping has a powerful weapon in his hand!
Although he didn't know what the guests Zhang Anping was talking about were, he was sure that the appearance of these guests would be able to clearly answer the reporter's doubts.

No, not only will the answer be clear, it will even calm down public opinion!
As Zhang Anping finished speaking, several American officers filed in from the side door.

"Hey, this is Lieutenant Colonel Ansel Nash, the U.S. naval advisor to China."

"The guy behind me seems to be a naval advisor as well."

"Zhang An, why do you want these naval advisors, Commander Zhang?"

The reporters murmured quietly, not understanding what this meant.

Several American officers came up to the podium and sat down. Zhang Anping introduced:
"These are all consultants sent by the US Navy - they have all participated in the naval battle against Japan. If you don't believe it, you can check it out." "Commander Zhang, we believe the allied officers, but why did you invite them here?"

"This is related to what I'm going to say next - Ansel, how about you first give the reporters some basic knowledge about battleships and aircraft carriers?" Zhang Anping politely asked an American officer to speak.

"Okay." The American officer responded, and then talked about battleships and aircraft carriers in a mixture of Chinese and English.

The reporters were not oblivious to what was happening outside. They knew about battleships and aircraft carriers, and they also knew that after the end of this epic war, battleships had been completely eliminated.

But most people know the result but not the reason.

But as Ansel continued to tell their story, they finally understood it completely.

It turns out that this is why battleships were eliminated.

Looking at the reporters who had been educated, Zhang Anping asked with a smile: "Everyone, are you confused as to why I asked Mr. Ansel Nash to educate you about this?"

"Please clarify, Commander Zhang."

Zhang Anping said: "In 25, after the expiration of the Naval Arms Limitation Treaty, the Japanese continued to develop their navy on a large scale. During this period, they even proposed a [Giant Ship Plan] to build five giant ships, yes, the Yamato class."

"To build a giant ship like this from scratch, the difficulty and resources consumed far exceed arming an elite Type A division - the Japanese plan to build five!"

This information can be checked, so it is definitely not Zhang Anping’s nonsense.

"But later, after the Yamato and Musashi were launched one after another, the Japanese realized that aircraft carriers were the ultimate power in naval warfare, and they planned to stop building the third Yamato-class ship - but at this time, funds came in."

"A Japanese-American named Okamoto Heiji repeatedly told the navy that he hoped Japan would have a large number of giant ships after seeing the giant ships in the United States. At the critical juncture when Japan invested a lot of resources in army construction and army warfare, he called on the Japanese to donate to the navy."

"It was also because of his efforts that the giant ship project was able to continue, and even spent a huge amount of money to come up with the Super Yamato-class project - of course, the latter only cost a lot of naval funds but was not built. But the former, four ships were completed, and there is still one... well, it will be dismantled soon."

"The manufacturing cost of a Yamato-class aircraft carrier is three times that of the Shokaku aircraft carrier - and 70% of the resources of the three Yamato-class aircraft carriers built by Japan in the later period came from the Okamoto Company!"

"By the way, the resources that Okamoto Company seized were taken from the army - and only a small half of these resources were used to build giant ships, and the rest mostly became 'subsidies' for naval officers."

The subsidy talk made the reporters laugh knowingly. Most of them just realized that the Japanese were just like our Nationalist government and were corrupt.

"Let me give you another example - in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in order to sink the Yamato-class Musashi, our allies dispatched about 260 sorties of aircraft and sank the Musashi at the cost of 18 aircraft losses."

"And the Shokaku aircraft carrier cost only one-third of the Yamato class. In order to sink it, the allies launched a multi-wave joint attack of 500 aircraft, and the direct loss was 40 aircraft!"

The example Zhang Anping gave is actually not quite appropriate, but the number is very convincing.

After these words, no reporter dared to accuse Jiang Sian of being an accomplice to the evil, but instead they admired him deeply.

Undercover, can actually do this!
Great!

"Zhang, I never thought that the real force behind the Japanese's insistence on building the giant warship was actually your people - it's too unexpected, and too... incredible!"

It was also the first time that Ansel learned about the story behind the Japanese people's "persistence".

"I thank you on behalf of the young men in the navy. If the giant ships built by the Japanese were replaced with aircraft carriers, our young men in the navy would have to pay hundreds or even thousands of casualties."

"No need to thank me - this is a battle where either the enemy dies or I die. Any means are used to weaken the enemy."

Zhang Anping is very humble, but then he becomes "flashy".

"I forgot to say——"

Zhang Anping smiled and said, "In 32, the vehicle of Yamamoto Isoroku, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was shot down by an Allied aircraft and Yamamoto Isoroku died. This information was provided by Jiang Si'an."

"At that time, Isoroku Yamamoto came to Shanghai to visit Jiang Si'an who was hospitalized. He secretly wrote down Yamamoto's itinerary and reported the intelligence. Finally, the allies successfully ambushed and beheaded the beast!"

In fact, it was Zhang Anping who saw Yamamoto Isoroku's itinerary. He had a photographic memory, so he wrote it down firmly after seeing it.

Now, he gave the credit to Jiang Sian.

The reporters were shocked and looked at the American advisers in disbelief, waiting for their response.

Ansel said: "This information was indeed provided by the Military Control Commission, but I didn't expect that it was Mr. Jiang Sian who did it - no wonder the relevant parties have been confusing the public, it turns out that they did it to protect Mr. Jiang Sian!"

The reporters were pleasantly surprised, it turned out to be true!

Jiang Sian was ashamed and wanted to explain himself, but Zhang Anping gave him a subtle and stern glare, so he could only keep quiet.

Mao Renfeng still maintained a serious, or rather gloomy expression, but his hands were shaking.

Angry.

He didn't expect that Zhang Anping actually had so many "mines" hidden. Damn it, Tang Zong originally wanted to detonate the mines to severely blow up Zhang Anping - once public opinion was established, he could use the momentum to force Zhang Anping to deal with Jiang Si'an.

Zhang Anping is more emotional than rational, and he will most likely protect Jiang Si'an, which would then be a "righteous act" against Zhang Anping.

But now?

This thunder actually turned into gorgeous fireworks.

And Jiang Si'an was "reborn" in the fireworks. Not only did he become a hero, but he also made Zhang Anping's reputation reach an unprecedented high.

Hateful! Really hateful!
[Tang Zong, fuck you! You must be a funny guy hired by the monkey! ]

Mao Renfeng hated Tang Zong so much that he sharpened his knife and finally chopped himself down!

Zhang Anping glanced at Mao Renfeng and saw that he was trying hard not to let the anger show on his face. He felt itchy in his heart. After thinking about it, he decided to be a "villain" for once:
"Director, in the past, due to confidentiality, it was difficult to publicize Jiang Sian's affairs. Now is an opportunity. Our Military Control Commission is not well-known right now, so we can use Jiang Sian's affairs to boost our reputation. What do you think?"

Mao Renfeng's nails were about to dig into the flesh:
"That makes sense. How about you take the trouble to take charge of the publicity?"

He didn't want to pay attention to it, but in order to make fun of Zhang Anping, he invited many high-ranking officials of the Military Control Commission to the reception.

As the director, it is his job to boost the reputation of the Military Control Commission. What will others think if he ignores it?
Zhang Anping said in a pretentious tone: "I still have to deal with the subsequent reorganization. Let the Bureau Commander take charge."

After taking a deep look at Zhang Anping, Mao Renfeng hid his murderous look and said with a smile:
"Okay!"

He lit the mine, but it didn't kill Jiang Sian or affect Zhang Anping. Now, he wants to brag about Jiang Sian all over the world and also want to use himself as a stepping stone to help Zhang Anping.

Good, very good, very...very good!

Mao Renfeng gritted his teeth and wanted to eat Zhang Anping alive.

Unfortunately, it is harder than ascending to heaven.

At this time, a Military Intelligence Bureau agent walked in quickly, walked quickly to Wang Tianfeng, and whispered something in his ear.

No one else could hear it, but Zhang Anping heard it clearly.

【Cen Yuyan disappeared.】

Wang Tianfeng remained expressionless and waved his hand to signal the other party to leave.

Zhang Anping cast an inquiring look at him, and Wang Tianfeng gently shook his head to indicate that nothing was wrong.

Mao Renfeng saw this scene and didn't know the reason.

Zhang Anping pretended to be calm and said to the reporters with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we will enter the question-and-answer session. You may raise your hands to ask questions, and Jiang Si'an will answer them. Each of you may ask one question. Please do not be rude like the reporter that Director Mao just gave face to and disrupt the order of the reception."

Although he said it with a smile, Mao Renfeng's intention of whipping the corpse was very clear.

As the one whose corpse was whipped and whose heart was destroyed, Mao Renfeng nodded with a smile, as if to say, "Deputy Director Zhang is right."

He almost hated Zhang Anping to death.

Murder, but also punish!

"Section Chief Jiang..."

The reception entered the question-and-answer session again, but this time, no one was causing trouble. Everyone asked questions honestly, and they no longer viewed Jiang Sian as a "traitor" but recognized him as a hero!

Even newspapers from the Soviet area tried their best to be friendly when asking questions - looking back at the difficult times of the past eight years, weren't it the large number of heroes like Jiang Sian who held up the world for this suffering country?

Of course, everyone has a gossipy heart, so Yoko Minami was naturally dug up.

Jiang Sian’s answer was:

"Going deep into the enemy camp is like walking on thin ice. How can there be any flowers and full moons, or any love affairs?"

The beautiful love in the eyes of the young intellectuals, pia, is broken. (End of this chapter)