My spy diary

Chapter 269: The Mantis Catches the Cicada, Waiting for the Yellow Bird Behind

Intelligence Department.

Director Yang Rong looked surprised: "So, this sheep is ready?"

"Yes." Cao Shuyi bowed and said, "This Dong Xueming is an accountant. He has been unemployed for three months and is in debt. He makes a living by pulling a rickshaw and only eats one steamed bun a day. Now his wife is dead and he doesn't want to live anymore. The only thing he is worried about is his one-year-old daughter. We promised to find a good family for her, pay off his debts, and give his daughter a large sum of money. He was very satisfied and promised to cooperate with us fully."

Yang Rong let out a long sigh. He had heard that some of the intelligence below was fabricated, but this was the first time he personally participated in the process of falsification.

He was silent for a while, then said, "I will pretend that I didn't know anything about this matter. You have to do a good job of cleaning up the mess."

After a pause, he asked again: "What are you going to do next?"

"Understood." Cao Shuyi nodded and said, "I have already learned the wavelength band of the suspicious radio station from the Telecommunications Department. Now we just have to wait for the radio station to turn on, the Telecommunications Department to determine the location, and then notify the Operations Department to arrest the person."

Yang Rong frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Will the Operations Department believe it? Especially Zhang Yi, you can't treat them like fools. Especially since you got the clue about Uchiyama Tomomi first and then started the search, and now someone called Dong Xueming has popped up, and you want to identify his dead wife as a Japanese spy who sneaked into the camp and stole military intelligence. Isn't that a bit unbelievable?"

Cao Shuyi explained: "I have already considered this. Although Deputy Director Zhang provided Uchiyama Tomomi's portrait and fingerprints and suspected that this woman might have committed the crime, he could not conclude because there was no evidence.

Now we start with the radio station. When we have all the evidence, and there is a suspect who points out that it is her, then it is her. Anyway, the dead can't speak, so we can just make up a Japanese identity for her. I think even if it was really Uchiyama Tomomi who did it, she wouldn't jump out to object, right? Once the case is closed and the person is buried, everything will be settled. Even if Uchiyama Tomomi comes out to make trouble again in the future, it will be another case."

"Can't you investigate the case properly if you have the skills to fake it?" Yang Rong sighed silently again and looked at Cao Shuyi: "Since you have thought it through, you can decide how to act next. Anyway, I know nothing."

This is the default.

Cao Shuyi said solemnly: "Don't worry, Director, nothing will go wrong."

Zhang Yi was reading a newspaper in the office when the phone suddenly rang.

Cao Shuyi said anxiously, "Deputy Director Zhang, the Telecommunications Department has detected a suspicious radio signal. We are closely monitoring it. Please ask the Operations Department to send someone over immediately."

Zhang Yi was stunned. A radio station that had been silent suddenly started sending messages in broad daylight?

"where?"

"No. 117 Nanjing Road."

Although Zhang Yi was doubtful, he still said, "Watch out, our people will set off immediately."

After hanging up the phone, he immediately called Monkey Qian Xiaosan and a few plainclothes officers to set off.

After a while, the car arrived at No. 117 Nanjing Road, where Cao Shuyi mentioned.

At the corner of the street, Cao Shuyi appeared with two plainclothes officers. He pointed to a room on the second floor with curtains drawn and said, "It should be there. Look, the balcony looks like a clothes drying pole, but it's covered with wires and ropes. I suspect they were wires set up by the radio operator."

Zhang Yi took out a telescope and took a few looks. It was just as Cao Shuyi had described. A clothesline was extended from the balcony to the top of the platform, with electrical wires wrapped around it.

"Are you still sending reports?"

"I don't know. We don't dare to approach them for fear of alerting them. Now it's up to you. I don't know if there are any other accomplices besides the radio operator, and what weapons they have. Deputy Director Zhang, please be careful and try to capture them alive."

Zhang Yi glanced at him suspiciously, wondering what Cao Shuyi was up to. He had to wait for the people from the Operations Department to take action. It was true that the people from the Intelligence Department were not good at operations, but no matter whether it was the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Police School or the Military Control Commission training class, before the division of departments and classes, they would all conduct centralized training on basic spy techniques such as fighting and shooting. These included basic techniques of spy work such as intelligence, operations, reconnaissance, makeup, secret communications, use of poisons, blasting, and postal and telecommunications inspection. The only difference was that the courses were not that detailed. Couldn't these be used to deal with a radio operator?

Besides, when did the Intelligence Department become so honest and kind-hearted, and why would they push the credit away?
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

But Zhang Yi did not point it out. He calmly gave orders and asked people to control the front and back doors of the apartment. Then he took Monkey Qian Xiaosan and several plainclothes officers and cautiously went up to the second floor.

The corridor was quiet, with the faint sound of ticking keys coming from it.

Monkey tiptoed to the door of 207, listened carefully, nodded to Zhang Yi and Monkey, then took out a pin from his arms, inserted it into the lock core and poked it. With a "click" sound, he pushed the door open and hid beside the wall. The plainclothes officers on both sides, who had been on guard with guns, quickly rushed into the room.

"Don't move."

There was a man in a long gown wearing headphones and sending a message in the room. Hearing the noise, he turned back suddenly, then smiled "relieved", a trace of determination flashed across his face, and suddenly he grabbed a white particle, covered his mouth and put it into his mouth. It was too late for the plainclothes officer to stop him. In just a few seconds, the man twitched in pain a few times and fell to the ground.

"Ah, someone's dead?" At this time, Cao Shuyi and two others rushed into the room. Seeing the body on the ground, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but complained:

"Deputy Director Zhang, how could someone die? I was afraid of this kind of situation, so I asked you professionals to take action. Now, what happened?"

"What are you talking about? If you can do it yourself, why don't you do it?" When Qian Xiaosan heard this, he immediately stopped and glared at Cao Shuyi.

Zhang Yi didn't say anything. He glanced at the body on the ground and his eyes fell on the rusty radio on the table. There was no message or code book next to it. He asked doubtfully, "Are you sure that this was the radio that sent the message last night?"

"How can this be false?" Cao Shuyi said confidently, "The Telecommunications Department locked the location based on the frequency and band. There won't be any problems. Where's the code book? Search it quickly!"

As soon as he called, two of his men immediately searched the room. Soon, in addition to finding a Mauser pistol and several certificates under the closet, they also found a new electron tube in the drawer.

Cao Shuyi said with joy, "No doubt about it. This guy with multiple identities such as Dong Xueming, Liu Changzhen, and Tu Zhongqun must be a Japanese spy lurking in Wuhan. Hmm? He's also an accountant? This identity just covers up the fact that he studied radio communication. Now we just need to determine his real residence, and then we can find his accomplices. Immediately take his ID and let our investigation personnel identify him."

"Yes, Chief Cao." The plainclothes officer took the ID and turned to leave.

"What a pity! If you could catch him alive faster, he would definitely confess more accomplices under Sanmu, and we can catch all the Japanese spies lurking in Wuhan. Now..." Cao Shuyi sighed, and said, "Deputy Director Zhang, although this can report to the chief, you can only write the closing report truthfully."

As Cao Shuyi was talking, he saw that Zhang Yi did not respond. He just stood in the middle of the room, staring at the tightly drawn curtains. His heart skipped a beat and he thought, will this guy find out any flaws?
"Is there any problem here?" He glanced at Zhang Yi suspiciously, looked at the curtains, walked over, and opened the curtains with a "whoosh", and the setting sun instantly shone directly into the room.

Opposite Room 207, across the street, behind the curtains of another room.

This was the moment that Tomomi Uchiyama was waiting for. Looking at Cao Shuyi in front of the window opposite, and Zhang Yi not far away from him, whom she hated with gritted teeth whenever she thought of him, she sneered, slowly loaded the bullet, aimed at the target, and put her finger on the trigger.

Naturally, she did not leave Wuhan. After the mission was successful, she immediately changed her appearance and went into hiding. Today, the large-scale search by the Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau caused chaos, especially the fingerprint comparison, which made Uchiyama Tomomi also frightened.

The only person who knew his real appearance and fingerprints was Zhang Yi's spy. Needless to say, he had been listed as the number one suspect.

Although she was worried, she was not the least bit timid. Now that her mission was accomplished, she could take revenge as she pleased.

If she could successfully escape from the pursuit and blockade of thousands of Chinese agents and then eliminate Zhang Yi, she would not only avenge herself but also eliminate a powerful enemy for the empire. Then, Uchiyama Tomomi would surely become the true flower of spies in the empire, and even Yoshiko Kawashima would not be worthy of carrying her shoes.

With this idea in mind, Tomomi Uchiyama had been spying and monitoring near the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Then she waited for a whole day, but Zhang Yi didn't show up.

But it was not a complete failure, she set her sights on Cao Shuyi.

Although she was not sure of his identity, when she saw this man giving orders and directing so many people to arrest her, Uchiyama Tomomi realized that this man was an extraordinary person.

If it is impossible to kill Zhang Yi, who lives in seclusion, then it is not impossible to assassinate a leader of the Military Control Commission first and collect some interest.

But as she tracked and monitored Tomomi Uchiyama, she gained something else.

In particular, Cao Shuyi's expression and reaction when he saw Dong Xueming and Ma Su'e were all seen by Uchiyama Tomomi who was disguised as a cleaner and hiding in the crowd.

Later, as she followed and monitored him, she discovered that Cao Shuyi first had an "intimate conversation" with Dong Xueming, then took him to the carefully decorated room 207, and so on. When Zhang Yi finally arrived late, Uchiyama Tomomi probably had understood Cao Shuyi's thoughts.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Since you want to put on a show, I'll give you some incentives."

At this moment, Tomomi Uchiyama, who was hiding behind the curtain, sneered, pointed the gun at Zhang Yi, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

Looking at the curtains, Zhang Yi was awed. An indescribable intuition struck his nerves like an electric current. It was a chill as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast or aimed at by a rifle. It was the same feeling as the last time he was sniped by a Japanese spy, except that
Zhang Yi was puzzled. Everything that happened today was so strange. The Japanese radio operator who was hiding suddenly stopped being silent and started to send messages. He was determined to die during the arrest. There was no code book at the scene, not even a draft message. The radio operator seemed to be waiting for him and others to come. Then there was Cao Shuyi.
The more Zhang Yi thought about it, the more suspicious he felt. The feeling at this moment made him feel like he was facing a formidable enemy. What was Cao Shuyi trying to do by pulling open the curtains? Was he trying to get rid of him by taking advantage of the mission?

He is so bold, where does he get such courage?
But no matter what he thought, the moment Cao Shuyi opened the curtains, Zhang Yi had already flashed to the side.

"Be careful, get down!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a gunshot, and the bullet grazed Zhang Yi's shoulder and hit a vase, which shattered to the ground.

"Bang" another shot went through Cao Shuyi's body, blood splattered everywhere, and he fell straight to the ground.

Zhang Yi saw his face full of fear and astonishment, and was puzzled. Wasn't the robber ambushed by Cao Shuyi? Otherwise, why would he kill him too?

But he didn't have time to think about it at the moment. Zhang Yi flashed close to the window and fired a few shots at the opposite side. The glass shattered to the ground and a figure flashed by.

"Chase, have the brothers below block all exits and check carefully."

"Yes."

In the room opposite, seeing that the assassination did not achieve the expected result, Tomomi Uchiyama was extremely angry. At this moment, the downstairs was in chaos. She clearly heard the footsteps rushing up the stairs. She had to look out the window unwillingly, put the pistol in her arms, pulled the straw hat next to her and put it on her head, picked up the broom and dustpan next to her, hunched over and walked downstairs panting.

As soon as the two plainclothes officers entered the first floor, they saw a cleaning lady with a gloomy face standing there sideways.

"who are you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the cleaning lady suddenly turned around, drew her gun, and pulled the trigger at the two men.

Two crisp gunshots were heard and two plainclothes officers fell to the ground after being shot.

She put away the pistol, listened carefully, and walked outside with a calm expression, as if nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)