"Toshio Akihara, male, was born in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture in the third year of Taisho. He studied as a member of the Army at Tokyo Foreign Language School and Takushoku University, which trained agents for the invasion of the Republic of China.
He has worked in the Japanese Consulate in Switzerland and the General Staff Headquarters. He is currently at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and participated in the preparation of the rear service personnel training institute. This is all the information we can find about the target. "
In the Changcheng office of the Secret Service, Zuo Zhong stood next to the slide projector and introduced Toshio Akihara's information. He kept pressing the film change switch to show photos of the mentioned places and people to Gucci and others below.
Click~click~
Photos of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters building flashed across the curtain, and a simple-looking, slightly fat middle-aged man wearing a suit appeared in front of everyone.
This is the latest information sent by Swiss airmail. For this photo, the consulate staff spent thousands of dollars to obtain the negative from a reporter who interviewed Toshio Akihara.
After finishing the information, Zuo Zhong turned off the slide projector and turned on the light. He looked at his subordinates and said, "If you have any ideas after reading it, speak up boldly. Let's brainstorm and don't be afraid of making mistakes."
The agents present looked at each other. Gu Qi, who had the highest military rank and rank, wiped his increasingly bald head and spoke first.
"Based on this information, it can be basically concluded that Toshio Akihara is an intelligence officer of the Japanese Army and not an ordinary member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, his promotion is very unreasonable.
There is a complete set of procedures for promotion within the Japanese army, especially the transition from lieutenant officer to assistant officer. It depends on whether you are a military sergeant and a graduate of the mainland university, and secondly, your seniority.
Akihara Toshio does not belong to these two, so why can he still be promoted quickly in such a short period of time and even be qualified to participate in the establishment of a new secret agency.
I personally think this may have something to do with Gu Zhongya. If the target successfully instigated an important person in the government and thus made a great contribution, it would be reasonable for him to be promoted. "
As expected of old information, he immediately grasped the key to the problem.
Compared with the fruit army, the formalization of the Japanese army started very early. There are strict standards for personnel appointments, and everyone must abide by them, including intelligence personnel.
This analysis method, which uses the enemy's internal system as the basis for speculation, is very accurate, because a mature group will not break the rules for a certain person.
After Gu Qi finished speaking, Song Minghao and Wu Jingzhong also expressed their opinions one by one. The three of them agreed that there was some kind of connection between Gu Zhongya and Akihara Toshio.
A spy placed by the Japanese Army in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs secretly contacted the officers of the Fruit Army, regardless of whether they reached cooperation or not. This fact itself revealed something suspicious.
More importantly, when Gu Zhongya returned to China to report on his work, he kept silent about the matter. Although his honest confession might be suspected, he chose to conceal it. Once the incident happened, the consequences would be more serious.
As a professional soldier, an adult with normal thinking and logic should be able to distinguish the pros and cons, so he must have a deep-seated reason for doing this.
After listening to the speeches of Gu Qi and the others, Zuo Zhong did not express his position immediately. After thinking for a while, he looked at Wu Chunyang and called the other party's name.
"Chunyang, it's your turn."
"Yes, Deputy Director."
Wu Chunyang stood up and smiled sheepishly: "Chief Gu and the others just said it very comprehensively, so I won't go into details. What I'm interested in is the rear service personnel training institute.
According to the intelligence, Toshio Akihara will preside over this agency with the rank of colonel. Considering this person's identity as an agent, this place is probably a spy school. I think it needs to be paid more attention to. "
"Well, sit down. We will only discuss the case today. I will ask someone to follow up on this matter."
Zuo Zhong pressed his hand and interrupted Wu Chunyang's speech. Hase Ryosuke could not get the specific information about the training center. If he wanted to find out the details, he would probably have to ask Lord Hayashi Fuichiro to take action.
The Ministry of Finance, where the other party works, is in charge of all financial expenditures in Japan. Since it is a school, there will be many members. The Japanese Army is extremely poor and cannot pay for it on its own, so it will definitely need to allocate funds.
As long as there are accounts, the Secret Service can infer the size, number of personnel, and even training subjects and intensity of this secret agency.
He glanced at the words "Rear Service Personnel Training Institute" on the document, and had an inexplicable feeling that they would hear this name again in the future.
"Deputy Director, I have something going on here."
Suddenly, Shen Dongxin, who had been silent before, said something, then distributed a stack of files and explained to everyone.
"A few days ago, the deputy director arranged for me to conduct a collision and comparison of the time and space trajectories of Gu Zhongya and Japanese spy Yao Li, especially during the latter's contact. After our investigation, we found out.
When Yao Li contacted his superiors recently, Gu Zhongya either went out to attend a meeting or went to the surrounding area to check the air defense arrangements. It was a coincidence that once or twice, but it was definitely not a simple coincidence.
After confirming this, I analyzed Yao Li's explanation and found another problem, which may help us identify the true identity of the spy leader. "
As he spoke, he flipped through the file, pointed to one of the pages and said loudly: "Please look at the third page. According to Yao Li's confession, after being instigated to rebel, all his communications with his superiors were done through dead mailboxes.
But since the government retreated to Changcheng, it has become a dead mailbox and telephone communication. This may be because the Japanese began to pay attention to the intelligence work in Changcheng and intended to increase the speed of information transmission.
In addition, there is another explanation, that is, there have been some changes in the top management and organizational structure of the local spy intelligence organization, so that they are no longer satisfied with only using dead mailboxes to communicate.
The deputy director once said that there were carrier pigeons and security posts on Yao Li, namely Gu Zhongya and the owner of the paper-making shop. While Gu Zhongya previously worked in Jinling, the owner of the paper-making shop has been in Jicheng.
This shows that Gu Zhongya is a latecomer, so is there a possibility that the owner of the paper-making shop was Yao Li's earliest superior. When the government moved westward, the Japanese integrated their intelligence forces.
There are only three methods. One is to let the spy leader take over all the intelligence teams in Qicheng, the other is to put people like Gu Zhongya among them, and the third is to let the original people in charge act as security sentries.
In this way, the two-tier structure of single-line communication becomes three-tier. The importance of the personnel on Yao Li's upper level is reduced. Even if something happens, it will not affect the entire intelligence network, so the telephone can naturally be used.
Moreover, the more links there are, the slower the information flow. It is not that the enemy does not know that there are hidden dangers in the phone, but in order to ensure the timeliness and effectiveness of intelligence and orders, he has to do this.
Based on the above intelligence judgment, there is a high probability that the spy leader behind Gu Zhongya also migrated from Jinling, and may be hiding among the many government officials who moved westward. "
After Shen Dongxin's detailed analysis, many questions were answered.
For example, why do the Japanese place two people on the second level of the intelligence organization.
For example, why can the Japanese set up an intelligence network in a short period of time.
For example, why do Japanese spies use telephone calls that are not conducive to confidentiality to communicate?
Everyone discussed in low voices for a moment, and soon formed a unified opinion, agreeing with Shen Dongxin's analysis of the identity of the spy leader and the changes in the structure of the spy organization.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
Zuo Zhong applauded his wonderful analysis. He had joined the Secret Service for two or three years and had finally grown from a young military student to a qualified intelligence officer.
In fact, he was aware of the problem before this, but he wanted to see when Shen Dongxin would realize it, so he did not remind him, and he was not disappointed.
Intelligence work is not just about listening to the wall, killing people and setting fires. It also requires seeing the essence of things through complex phenomena, finding the key threads and sorting out the clues from the mess.
Slowly putting down his hand, Zuo Zhong looked around with a smile: "Everyone has heard it, right? Now that Gu Zhongya's involvement in espionage has been confirmed, and there are clues to the spy leader, I don't need to tell you what to do, right?"
"No need, Deputy Director, arrest them!"
Gui Youguang was the first to raise his hand and said with excitement: "You asked us not to follow and monitor Gu Zhongya in case the target is alerted. There will be conclusive evidence and he must be controlled first.
Integrating intelligence forces is not a trivial matter. The spy leader will definitely need to interview some personnel to convey orders and assign tasks. This is our opportunity. I don't believe we can't pry his mouth open. "
Gu Qi and others nodded after hearing this. It was rare that Gui Youguang did not object. There was a certain risk of disconnection in arresting Gu Zhongya, but it was worth a try.
If it fails, it is nothing more than investigating all the people who come to Changcheng from other places one by one. Even if no one is caught in the end, the strong deterrent will make the other party dare not act rashly.
Anyway, Shangfeng's task for the Secret Service is to clean up the Japanese intelligence forces, with the purpose of suppressing the increasingly rampant Japanese spies and coordinating frontline operations.
The process is not important, what is important is the result. Being able to force the Japanese spies to temporarily stop intelligence activities is not a victory.
Seeing that his subordinates had no objections, Zuo Chong put his hands on the table: "Then get ready and try not to do anything at Gu Zhongya's residence or the Air Defense Command. How long can the arrest news be kept secret?
No shooting is allowed unless necessary. I want the target to appear in the interrogation room intact, especially you, Gui Youguang. Control your temper and don't cause casualties.
In addition, the Hunan Provincial Station was notified to take simultaneous actions to control Gu Zhongya's relatives and friends. If they resisted, they would be shot on the spot and sent to Qicheng as quickly as possible so that the interrogators could implement psychological attack strategies. "
At the end of the story, he sighed: "As for me, I have to report to the bureau chief first, and then ask the committee for instructions. If I offend Minister Song, and the God of Wealth gets angry, we will all be in trouble."
The faces of everyone present changed, and they felt bad. They knew that the target was suspected of being a spy but could not arrest him. This feeling was too oppressive.
Fortunately, the real evidence was found, otherwise they would have to watch the other party comfortably recuperate in the hospital. Is it really worth it? The agents have different thoughts...
(End of chapter)
