My spy diary

Chapter 219 Secrets (asking for monthly tickets)

Zhenjiang.

Puyi Dental Clinic.

Zhang Yi, Monkey and Qian Xiaosan carefully hid in the alley behind the clinic.

From the outside, all the lights in the clinic were off at this moment.

This was the temporary command post that was set up when Ono Akira of the North China Expeditionary Army was hiding in Nanjing.

Ono Akira died long ago, but this secret Japanese intelligence agency has always existed.

Now that he had arrived in Zhenjiang, Zhang Yi naturally had to destroy it.

Zhang Yi glanced vigilantly at the situation around the clinic. All the windows and doors of every household were closed, and there was no one in the alley. It was very quiet.

He waved his hand, and the monkey immediately tiptoed to the back door of the clinic. He took out a wire from his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole, and tried to turn it.

After a while, with a slight sound, the door opened smoothly.

He waved his hand, and Qian Xiaosan, who was lying in ambush at the door, drew out the dagger from his sleeve and slipped inside.

Zhang Yi followed him into the room and closed the door gently.

The room was pitch black and I could feel a wave of heat rushing towards me.

Several people stood there with their ears perked up and listened for a while. After their eyes adjusted to the darkness, they slowly approached the wooden stairs and tiptoed towards the second floor.

Before I even got close to the door of the bedroom on the second floor, I could faintly hear the creaking of the bed and the indistinct moans, groans and gasps of a woman.

Everyone knew what the sound meant and laughed silently in the darkness.

The three of them groped their way to the door of the room and listened intently to the noise inside.

This time, not only can you hear the woman's moans and groans, but also the man's panting and laughter.

From the sound, it sounded like a man and two women.

Zhang Yi thought that it was just a waste of time to play around in daily life. He sneered and waved his hand. Qian Xiaosan and Monkey exerted force at the same time and kicked the door open.

Then he quickly rushed into the room and controlled a man and two women on the bed under the light of a flashlight.

The sudden intruder caused the two women to scream at the same time.

Zhang Yi ignored all this and had them tied up, gagged, and began interrogating them.

……

Early the next morning.

It was drizzling. Zhang Yi was holding an umbrella. He was wearing a plaid suit, a black windbreaker, and a black felt hat. He walked calmly through the street checkpoint.

"Certificate."

The Japanese soldier with the word "Military Police" on his arm raised his head and said arrogantly.

"Doctor Watanabe?"

The military policeman glanced at the beard on Zhang Yi's lips, compared it with the photo on the ID card, and examined it for a few seconds, then bowed slightly and said:
"Mr. Watanabe, we are strictly investigating anti-Japanese elements recently. Please do not go out easily."

"It's so great since your mother died." Zhang Yi nodded, glanced at the Japanese military camp in the distance, held an umbrella and walked through the streets where Japanese residents gathered and entered a park.

He is here to make a connection.

The contact person is Boss Dai’s special envoy.

When I got to the park bench, I saw a middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses sitting there.

Zhang Yi knew this person, his name was Deng Baoguang. He returned to China from Japan after the July 7 Incident and joined the Secret Service. He specialized in studying the Japanese economy and had a very in-depth study of Japan's financial, material and economic resources.

After joining the Secret Service, he served as director of the Economic Research Office.

He once wrote professional articles such as "The Japanese Steel Problem" and published them in newspapers, which caused a sensation. However, because he was a scholar and did not know the rules, he published the articles without sending them to Boss Dai for review, for which he was severely criticized.

Before the fall of Nanjing, Deng suggested to Dai Chunfeng that war preparations and strategic materials should be transported urgently, but this did not attract the attention of Boss Dai.

After the Secret Service was transferred to Wuhan, Boss Dai regretted not thinking of this matter and began to pay attention to this person.

After the establishment of Wuhan District, this person was appointed as the leader of the second group, responsible for economic work.

Zhang Yi didn't know how this person became Boss Dai's special envoy. He just heard him say seriously:

"Chief Zhang, in view of your bravery and success in killing the Japanese Emperor's special envoy, you have made outstanding contributions. I hereby grant you a third-class Yunhui Medal and a Zhongzheng Sword. I hope you will continue to work hard and kill the enemy to serve the country."

Zhang Yicai was promoted to lieutenant colonel not long ago. Even though he killed the so-called Emperor's envoy, he also thought about being promoted to colonel. Although it was wartime, being promoted several times in a year was too shocking.

Upon hearing that there was also a "Zhongzheng Sword", Zhang Yi pretended to be excited, but he was actually a little skeptical in his heart.

In 34, the 9th batch of graduates from Whampoa Military Academy suggested to Chang that in order to show the loyalty of all classmates to the cause of the party and the country after graduation, they should propose to the school to make a "Soldier's Soul" sword. This is the origin of the "Zhongzheng Sword".

At the beginning, this sword was only awarded to confidants and those with outstanding merits, as well as reissued to Whampoa graduates and training corps. However, after the Anti-Japanese War began, the Whampoa Military Academy opened many branches, and the number of swords increased. In addition, because the Kuomintang did not allow ordinary soldiers and civilians to wear imitation "Zhongzheng Sword", a large number of imitations appeared in a short period of time.

"Section Chief Zhang, your attack was perfect this time. You took the enemy's head from a distance of thousands of miles. Not only was the director very happy, but the chairman also praised you after hearing about it." "Killing the enemy to serve the country is our duty. Team Leader Deng is overpraising you."

"Haha, Chief Zhang, don't be so modest. Not only did you see through Nomura Yoshisaburo's tricks, but you also turned the tables and framed him. This is a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy that has thrown the enemy into disarray. The Special High Police Department is losing more than it gains."

"According to Qian Xinming's report, in order to shirk responsibility, the chief of the Jinling Special High Section, Kitayama Heng, has ordered the arrest of the chief of the Special Agents Section, Gao Mu Xinping. No matter what the result is, he will be in big trouble."

"Qian Xinming?" Zhang Yi was surprised. This person actually provided information to the Secret Service?
Deng Baoguang nodded and said, "Intelligence is above all else. We are in urgent need of intelligence from the Japanese. After Qian Xinming took up the post of the pseudo-HK district chief, he set up a secret radio station at home. He reported this intelligence to the headquarters."

Zhang Yi was silent for a while, then asked, "I reported to the boss about the Japanese cryptographer Saburo Ito. What instructions does the boss have?"

Deng Baoguang said calmly: "The boss has instructed that you postpone the assassination of Wang Gaoke and continue to hide in Nanjing under a new identity. The boss wants you to return to Wuhan immediately."

Seeing Zhang Yi puzzled, he explained: "According to the agreement of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Red Army, the Red Party intelligence agency and the Military Intelligence Bureau have an agreement to exchange intelligence. A few days ago, a Red Party agent was arrested. They also provided the Secret Service with information that the Japanese cipher expert Saburo Ito would soon arrive in Nanjing, in exchange for the Secret Service's assistance in rescuing their arrested agent."

"According to internal intelligence, this person has long been executed by the Japanese Special High Police. Why would he cooperate now that he is dead? Besides, the boss said that if we work together with them to assassinate the Japanese cryptographer Saburo Ito, who will get the credit then?"

"Besides, since it is related to my mission this time, it is not convenient for me to have another conflict with the Japanese for the time being."

"Mission? May I ask what business trip Team Leader Deng is on this time?" Zhang Yi asked with a fixed gaze.

Deng Baoguang sighed, looked at Zhang Yi deeply, and said, "This matter is confidential, but there is nothing to hide from Section Chief Zhang. Besides, I don't have any expectations for this mission."

"I was ordered by my boss to go to Hong Kong via Shanghai to have a meeting with the Japanese military representative, Takeo Imai, the head of the China Section of the Japanese General Staff."

Zhang Yi sighed heavily when he heard this. He said that the Japanese invaders should be driven out and the fight would not end until they died. But he remembered a sentence again: political struggle means that the old people are talking happily with their glasses raised while the children are fighting under the table.
Speaking of Mr. Chang, his character determines his destiny.

Chang's resume says that he graduated from the Japanese Army Academy. In fact, he never attended this school. Instead, he entered the Japanese Army Field Artillery Corps for internship as a candidate at the Army Academy.

It was called an internship, but in fact it was an experience that I would rather not recall.

The Japanese army has strict internal registration, even for their own people. So if you are studying abroad as a student, don't expect any special treatment.

Chang had two main jobs: one was to wash clothes and polish leather boots for Japanese officers, and the other was to serve the military horses - washing, brushing and feeding them.

It would be fine if you only did dirty and tiring work, but the terrible thing was that once the superior was unhappy, he would beat and scold you, and even hang you up for several days without food.

Chang recalled in his diary that he could only grit his teeth and endure: "Damn it, one day, I must learn real skills and knowledge."

But dreams are full and reality is very skinny. Chang worked as an intern for a year and never even touched a cannon.

Under heavy oppression, life was miserable. Chang vowed to use his tenacious will to defeat these Japanese who bullied him.

After suffering countless humiliations, Chang learned some training secrets in the Japanese army, which are paying attention to details, strict discipline, hard work, fearlessness of sacrifice, and teamwork first.

He later used all these things at the Whampoa Military Academy, but his character did not change much.

Whenever faced with a major event, they are used to retreating or playing both sides, even in matters such as Sino-Japanese relations that concern the fate of the country and nation.

On the one hand, there was continuous artillery fire and fighting with the Japanese, and on the other hand, there was verbal sparring and messengers were constantly exchanged between the two sides.

When we fight, we really fight; when we talk, we really talk.

Boss Chang’s wishful thinking is to fight if he can, make peace if he can’t, make peace if he can, and continue to fight if he can’t.

Therefore, during the defense of Wuhan at this moment, Chang alone has three channels for negotiating with Japan.

First, the Executive Yuan President, Chang's brother-in-law Kong, sent his trusted confidant, the acting Executive Yuan secretary, to contact Japanese civilian Kayano Nagatomo secretly, with Mrs. Song as the gatekeeper.
The second was that Zhou Fohai, deputy director of the Secretariat, secretly sent Gao Zongwu, director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other places to negotiate secretly with the Japanese military spy Kagezawa Yoshiaki.

This Kagesa Tadaaki once served as the chief of the China Department of the General Staff Headquarters. He claimed to be an expert on China. He later served as the chief of the Army Military Affairs Department and later founded the "Ume Agency."

The Japanese military called this negotiation "Operation Tong."

"Because the Japanese side asked for too much, the negotiations did not make any progress and the Japanese side suspected that the negotiators were too low-ranking and could not represent the Chairman's original intention. So their people actively moved in Hong Kong."

Deng Baoguang explained: "They hoped that the negotiation channel that might lead directly to the seat would disappear. Zhang Zhiping, an agent lurking in the Suzuki Agency of Japan in Hong Kong, learned about this and immediately notified Wang Xinheng, the mayor of Hong Kong District."

"After District Chief Wang went to the Confidential Security Office, with the approval of the Chairman, it was decided to cater to the Japanese wishes and have Minister Song's brother Ziliang come forward to negotiate with the Japanese."

"Minister Song's younger brother?" Zhang Yi asked in surprise.

Deng Baoguang laughed sarcastically: "He is a royal relative, his health is precious, how could he easily take risks."

"That is?"

"Haha, after discussion, the director finally asked Zeng Guang, an agent from the Secret Service Department who looks very similar to Master Ziliang, to pretend to be the agent and go to negotiate. Boss Dai gave this task to the International Division of the Secret Service Department. I once studied in Japan, so I will do my best to handle this matter. To be honest, this is a tough job. Not to mention that the Japanese are asking for too much and have no sincerity at all. If the negotiation is successful, I will become a traitor like Li Hongzhang and be nailed to the pillar of humiliation in history."

"But what can we do? Military orders are hard to follow. Since ancient times, some people just talk and some people run themselves to death. Haha."

Seeing Deng Baoguang's sad look, Zhang Yi didn't say anything and didn't have the slightest sympathy for him. However, after hearing such a secret, and thinking about what he had seen and heard along the way, the soldiers who died on the front line, the people who were displaced everywhere, and the suffering people who were reduced to pigs and sheep and were humiliated and exploited in the occupied areas, his chest was filled with indescribable sorrow and excitement.

The heavy responsibility of fighting against Japan weighed heavily on his mind, but when he thought about what the top leaders of the Kuomintang, Chang, and the Secret Service had done, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of strangeness in his heart.

Hearing about it is one thing, but actually seeing and experiencing it is another.

At this moment, Zhang Yi even had the idea of ​​leaving the Secret Service and going to the front line to fight the Japanese invaders to the death. No matter whether they were Japanese invaders or traitors, he would kill them all.

But Zhang Yi knew that he could not and should not do so. At the moment, he still needed to lurk in the Secret Service, establish more merits, seek a higher position, and then fight without hesitation until the Japanese were driven out of China.

(End of this chapter)