Lu Ming had not thought about hiring American secret service experts. He once asked Teacher Frank, who told him that the United States has many top talents in criminology and criminal investigation, but not many in the fields of agents and espionage.
For outstanding experts, it is better to hire British experts than to hire American experts.
When it comes to spies, the British Empire is the originator. They were the first to develop the espionage industry. The most famous ones are naturally the Fifth and Sixth Branch of the British Military Intelligence Agency. The Fifth Branch is responsible for domestic security and is a counter-intelligence agency.
The Sixth Bureau is a department that specializes in sending spies to various countries.
Of course, France and Germany also have their own strengths in this regard, but they both focus on counterintelligence, and compared with the UK in spy training, they are really not at the same level.
Although the Soviet Union is a rising star in terms of intelligence work, its Military Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency have caught up from behind and have the potential to surpass the United States and catch up with the United Kingdom.
The Soviet Union now has a unique and complete spy training system and has the best spy experts in the world.
Lu Ming once hesitated between whether to hire British experts or Soviet experts.
Perhaps he was close to the two bearded intelligence officers Peter and Andrei of the Soviet Military Intelligence Agency, and was influenced to a certain extent. In the end, he decided to hire Soviet experts to come to China to help train agents.
Teacher Frank also agreed with his idea and promised that after Mr. Roosevelt entered the White House, the United States would sponsor Lu Ming with some school funds and the most advanced scientific and technological equipment for the use of spies.
Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, and the intelligence obtained by spies trained in secret service schools must be shared with the U.S. intelligence system.
Lu Ming immediately agreed. He founded the secret service school, and he wanted to deal with the Japanese. If this was used as the beginning of Sino-US cooperation and opened up a new way to resist Japan, it would be killing two birds with one stone. Why not?
For more than a year, Huang Yanning has been busy preparing for the secret service school, from selecting the school site to building the school building, improving various supporting facilities, etc.
The most important thing about recruiting students and selecting talents was Lu Ming's decision, with Huang Yanning as his assistant.
Huang Yanning has been appointed as the deputy director of the soon-to-be-established Secret Service, as well as the vice-president and provost of the soon-to-be-opened secret service school.
In fact, Huang Yanning is the internal leader of the newly opened secret service school. He is in charge of all teaching affairs. Lu Ming believes in his ability and pragmatism.
After dinner, Lu Ming invited everyone to listen to Peking opera at the "Qi Tian Stage" in the big world. He Zhonghan liked to listen to Peking opera the most. He could always close his eyes and beat the rhythm to himself, listening to it intoxicated. Dai Li was like a duck listening to thunder.
Seemingly dull.
In Lu Ming's free time, he occasionally listened to Peking opera, but it was not to the extent of He Zhonghan's obsession.
He had listened to operas at an Italian opera house, but he really couldn't find the magic in them. Lu Ming didn't like the two most famous operas in the world, which also had the largest number of audiences. He could only lament that he lacked artistic talent.
This night, a group of people had their own thoughts and were all hoping that things would turn around and develop in a direction that was beneficial to them.
The next day, the Washington Post published a special report written by special correspondent Lu Ming, which exposed the criminal act of kidnapping civilians in Shanghai by Japanese forces in China. The newspaper also published the confessions of two Japanese kidnappers. Finally,
Asked a shocking question:
Certain forces in Japan have acted wantonly and carried out illegal kidnappings in China. They have refused to release the hostages so far. This makes people wonder whether there is a bigger conspiracy hidden in Japan's China policy after the January 28th Incident.
This report caused a wave of condemnation of Japan's arrogant ambitions in the English-speaking world, and politicians from various countries expressed regret and concern about this matter.
Not because of Lu Ming's surprise, things did take a turn for the better.
On the third day, the Japanese Consulate issued an official document to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Shanghai Municipal Government, stating that Japan was willing to unconditionally release Ning Xiner, apologized to China for the incident, and was willing to negotiate compensation for the victims' losses.
After Lu Ming heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that as long as the British and American governments put pressure, the Japanese side would inevitably make compromises, but he always felt uneasy when he did not receive accurate information.
Lu Ming immediately told Ning Zetao and Yuan Mingzhu the news. After hearing the news, both of them burst into tears. They had finally waited for this day.
After making some arrangements, Ning Zetao took Yuan Mingzhu and immediately drove to the outside of the Japanese Marine Corps barracks in Shanghai, where a group of waiters had already gathered.
Representatives of the Shanghai Municipal Government and representatives of the Fuxing Society, Dai Li and others, stood at the forefront. Across the street, in a secret place, people from the Caogang were arriving one after another to prevent any accidents from happening at the scene.
Regarding the release of Ning Xiner, the Japanese side and the Shanghai Municipal Government had an agreement that the news would only be known to a few people involved, and the press would not be allowed to know about it. The two sides would handle the matter quietly in private and not escalate the situation.
China agreed to Japan's conditions. After all, Japan had already made concessions. If Japan refused to release him, China would be embarrassed.
Prior to this, China even agreed to the charges Japan had imposed on Ning Xiner in order to obtain a compromise plan for Japan to release her.
Now that Japan has agreed to release him unconditionally, China will naturally follow suit and not want to cause more trouble.
After a while, the commander of the Japanese garrison, the consul general of the Japanese consulate general, the Japanese military attache and the captain of the Japanese military police came out together.
These people had brief exchanges with Dai Li, a representative of the Shanghai Municipal Government and a representative of the Fuxing Society respectively. The translator among them was busy thinking about words and sentences.
After Lu Ming learned about the release of Ning Xiner, he contacted An Gonggen and asked him to follow him and do a good job of secretly protecting her.
After explaining the task, Lu Ming immediately rushed to the scene.
Seeing Lu Ming coming over, the Consul General of the Japanese Consulate General and the Japanese Military Attache came over and bowed, expressing their deep apologies for this incident.
Lu Ming ignored them and just said a few polite words. What he wanted to see most now was not these people, but Ning Xiner, who had been imprisoned for many days.
"Where is Miss Ning? Why haven't you come out yet?" Lu Ming asked the Japanese Consul General while eagerly looking into the Marine Corps barracks.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, the people will come out soon, and the release procedures are being processed inside." Japanese military attache Takeo Takata said sadly.
At this moment, Takeo Takata's heart is full of sadness. After this incident is completed, he will be recalled to the country and his diplomatic career will end.
Of course, it doesn't matter if a soldier doesn't pursue a diplomatic career. Many generals in the Japanese army have also served as military attachés in embassies of various countries. For example, Japan's most famous naval admiral, Yamamoto Isoroku, served as a military attache at the embassy in the United States in his early years.
The Japanese military also took this opportunity to send some outstanding generals to serve as military attachés in the embassies and consulates of various countries to familiarize themselves with the conditions of each country, collect military intelligence, local customs, and so on.
Of course, this does not mean that Japan is prepared to have ambitions with all countries in the world and is ready to go to war. It can only be said that Japan is preparing for a rainy day in case of emergency.
However, the military attaches placed in China all have a clear purpose. Their purpose is to make various preparations for the war between China and Japan. Especially the military attaches stationed in the Shanghai Consulate, this position is very important.
What makes Takata Takeo lamented is that not only his diplomatic career is over, but his military career has also come to an end. He has been transferred to the reserve ranks, which is equivalent to being completely thrown into the cold palace because he planned a failed kidnapping operation.
Seriously damaged Japan's international image.
The Japanese Consul General was not punished because he had always firmly opposed the hostage-taking operation and had been working to release the hostages and resolve the dispute after learning about it. It was only because the military was too stubborn that good results could not be achieved.
His actions were recognized domestically. This does not mean that he is very clever. It only means that he was lucky. Because the kidnapping operation failed, he was right.
If the kidnapping operation is successful, the situation will be exactly the opposite. It will be Takeo Takada who will be rewarded, and the one who will be punished will definitely be the Consul General of Japan.
This world only punishes losers, especially the Japanese.
The commander of the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai and the captain of the Japanese military police also received the disciplinary decision. They will be recalled to the country and reduced to civilian status. They will not even be able to join the reserve force.
However, for the sake of Japan's face, their disciplinary decision will not take effect until they return to China. Now they must handle this matter perfectly and not leave a mess for their successors.
The Consul General looked at these three people and couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit had died. Although he had always hated the domineering and arrogance of soldiers, in this land of China, they were compatriots and colleagues. After many years, they could not be said to have no feelings at all.
He also heard the news from the country. The reason for the harsh punishment for this incident was because it alarmed His Majesty the Emperor.