Kenji Doihara sat alone in the office for a long time.
No one dared to disturb him.
He had just lost his most capable assistant, Yanagawa Yasunjun, and then the captain of the scientific research team, Hashimoto Kazugo, a Japanese poison gas warfare expert, died. At the same time, two other experts in the scientific research team died and the other disappeared.
This has caused the research work on new poisonous gases to come to a complete halt. The commanders at the front have expressed serious dissatisfaction, and the military has begun to investigate the matter thoroughly.
When the Doihara Agency was established, it was with high spirits. This was a brand-new spy organization integrating the Japanese Army, Navy, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When Kenji Doihara first arrived in Shanghai, he wanted to flex his muscles, completely change Shanghai's intelligence work, and regain the initiative in Japan.
But he suffered heavy blows one after another.
Failures one after another not only severely dampened Kenji Doihara's confidence, but also severely damaged the entire Japanese special organization in Shanghai.
There is serious dissatisfaction at the top.
Just now, he received two telegrams.
One was a telegram from the military department reprimanding him for his incompetence, demanding that the case be solved as soon as possible and that he should bear corresponding responsibilities.
The other one was taken by one of his close friends in Japan.
"Please call Habara Koichi."
Kenji Doihara finally picked up the phone.
Not long after, Koichi Hahara appeared in front of him: "Your Excellency, General."
"Please sit down, Hahara-kun."
Kenji Doihara cheered up: "What do you think about the murder of Hashimoto and me?"
"It's impossible to guard against it. I still don't understand why Tanishihara Michichi rebelled? Is he a member of the military? Impossible. When he served for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Lixing Society had not yet been established." Koichi Hahara was also puzzled. The explanation: "He was later instigated by the military commander to rebel? Even more incredible, how did the military commander instigate him?
I don't think I can explain the whole thing. Even if Meng Shaoyuan was extremely capable, he would not be able to instigate a naval commander to rebel. There must be a point in this that we cannot find for the time being. Perhaps there are some invisible connections between Liao Yuting, Miao Chengfang, and Gu Fanyuandao! "
"I don't understand either." Doihara Kenji sighed: "Back then, the three tigers of the empire, Akagi Chiyuki, died, Matsumoto Nitsugi committed suicide, and Tanishigehara Michichi did something like this again. These three people all died. In Shanghai. It's ridiculous, it's sad. Is Shanghai really a tomb? Tanishihara? Is he really crazy?"
This secret may not be figured out by Kenji Doihara and Koichi Hahara in their lifetime.
Crazy can only be explained by the fact that Tani Shihara is crazy.
"Perhaps this secret can only be solved by you." Kenji Doihara cheered up: "I will probably leave Shanghai soon."
"What did you say, Your Excellency General?" Hanbara Hikaru was stunned: "You want to leave Shanghai?"
"Yes." Kenji Doihara took out a telegram: "I have a close friend in China who can know the military department's decision in advance. They are considering replacing me and sending someone else to take over my job."
"Your Excellency, General." Hanbara Hikaru became anxious: "Yes, our work has indeed suffered a great setback, but at least our severely passive situation in the past has been reversed to a certain extent. If we continue like this, we will be able to do it in an orderly manner. If we continue, I firmly believe that a new situation will emerge soon."
Kenji Doihara gave a bitter smile: "You also know those people in the military department, they lack the necessary confidence. Well, there is no possibility of reversing this matter, so don't talk about it any more. Hahara-kun, I'm calling you here today, I want to discuss with you what to do with this city after I leave Shanghai, and how you should cooperate with the new superiors.
No matter who is sent to take over my position, I will solemnly recommend you to him. Among all the intelligence personnel in the entire Shanghai Empire, you are the most capable one and the one I am most optimistic about. For a long time to come, please keep my words in mind, you will be Meng Shaoyuan's biggest opponent!
You have a perseverance spirit. Failure again and again will not make you give up, it will only make you stronger. You patiently study your opponents, you are willing to engage in boring analysis work, and find fleeting clues from tens of thousands of files. All of these are excellent qualities that many of our intelligence officers possess! "
"You're very grateful, General."
Hearing these words, Hahara Koichi didn't feel excited, but felt a little sad.
"No, I'm not praising you, I'm speaking from my heart." Kenji Doihara said slowly: "In the future, after the new leader arrives, you must fully cooperate with him. Maybe you will be wronged, but look For my sake, please try your best to put away these grievances. For the victory of the Japanese Empire, everything else is secondary."
"I will work hard, General." Koichi Hahara bowed deeply.
"Okay, let's talk about something that makes you happy." Kenji Doihara forced a smile on his face: "In order to allow you to better cooperate with the new leadership work in the future, I have decided to officially appoint you as the Shanghai Secret Service Department. minister."
Han Yuanguang was stunned.
The Shanghai Secret Service, formerly known as the Doihara Agency's Special Operations Department, was succeeded by Deputy Minister Yanagawa Yasumi after the death of its first minister, Yasuhide Ituchi.
After Yanagawa Yasumi's death, this position was left vacant.
Now, Your Majesty the General actually appointed yourself as the head of the Secret Service?
This is equivalent to suddenly becoming the second most powerful figure in the Shanghai government.
Koichi Hahara quickly understood Kenji Doihara’s painstaking efforts.
Placing yourself in this position will force new leaders to seriously examine their relationship with you.
Your Excellency, General, is planning for the future.
"Your Majesty General, I am willing to accept this position!"
Koichi Hahara did not hesitate too much: "I will work hard to manage the relationship with the new leadership, and I will work hard to run the Shanghai agency. One day, you will see our victory! I believe that Meng Shaoyuan is not invincible!"
"Please, Hahara-kun!"
In May 1939, Kenji Doihara was transferred to the commander of the Fifth Army of Northern Manchuria.
This China expert who has spent half his life in intelligence work in China, this strategist who single-handedly planned the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo regime, this spy chief who designed the bombing of Zhang Zuolin and fostered the so-called North China Autonomy, suffered the most devastating blow in his life in Shanghai. The most painful Waterloo. In Shanghai, he suffered the most disastrous failure in his life.
His spy career in China, and even his entire intelligence career, are over!
After that, he served as a commander, a counselor, and even served as the education director of one of the three army officers. However, he never got involved in intelligence work again!
His intelligence career was ended by one person:
The most powerful agent on the surface, Meng Shaoyuan!
In 1946, at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Kenji Doihara, one of the first batch of class-A war criminals, adopted a silent retreat strategy in an attempt to use loopholes in British and American law to escape trial.
Because at that time, the criminal evidence about Kenji Doihara was seriously insufficient. If he refused to provide testimony, he could not be convicted of a felony under British and American law.
Therefore, during the trial that lasted more than two years in the court, he only said four words. That is, when the presiding judge asked him whether he admitted his guilt, Doihara replied "claimed innocence" and did not speak again. The entire trial process was Represented by a lawyer.
Then, Mr. Mei Ru'ao, the chief judge of the Chinese Military Tribunal in the Far East, received a mysterious package half a year later.
After he opened the package and saw clearly what was inside, his assistant recalled that Mr. Mei excitedly knocked on the door of another Chinese judge Ni Zhengyi in the middle of the night, waved the things in his hand and shouted:
"Evidence, evidence! We have evidence of Kenji Doihara's crime!"
In the subsequent trial, a large amount of sufficient evidence about the war crimes committed by Kenji Doihara in China appeared in court. Coupled with the efforts of judges Mei Ruao and Ni Zhengyi, Kenji Doihara's psychology was finally completely broken. Line of defense.
In November 1948, Kenji Doihara was hanged at Sugamo Prison for crimes such as "violating the peace, violating laws and customs of war, and being against humanity."
On December 23, 1948, 41 days after the verdict was issued, Kenji Doihara was the first to go to the gallows by drawing lots.
He was escorted by two execution gendarmes, walked up the 13 steps, and then stood at attention. The execution judge ordered first in English and then in Japanese: "Kenji Doihara, turn around!"
This will be the end of Kenji Doihara's life, and the death knell is ringing for him.
The execution gendarme put a black cloth hood on Kenji Doihara's head, then raised his hands to the executioner and reported: "Everything is ready."
However, when Kenji Doihara was waiting to die, the American military policeman suddenly whispered to Kenji Doihara:
"Meng Shaoyuan asked me to tell you that you will never leave hell!"
"Meng Shaoyuan?"
Kenji Doihara stayed there. Suddenly, he yelled crazily: "This is impossible, impossible!"
"Execution!"
The executive immediately pressed the button. The movable platform on the gallows suddenly opened. Kenji Doihara's feet were dangling in the air, and his whole body sank into the gallows.
At the moment before Kenji Doihara died, he suddenly thought of the phone call he had with Meng Shaoyuan when he first came to Shanghai to serve as agency director.
"From the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, I have no retreat, and every Chinese has no retreat!"
That day, Meng Shaoyuan said this to him on the phone:
"Mr. Doihara, do you know my personality? I've always had a bad reputation as a person. I'm narrow-minded and will retaliate. If you respect me a foot, I may not return a foot to you, but if you touch a hair on my head, , I will definitely pluck out all your hair!"
Then, Meng Shaoyuan told him:
"My people cannot be moved. Shanghai has been at peace for a long time, but when you removed so many of my contact points, Shanghai started a war!"
The winner of this war has finally been decided.
Meng Shaoyuan, he won!
