This also made Lu Ming realize a problem. North Koreans have an advantage in language and can graduate in one year, but it may be difficult for Chinese people to pass.
Korean and Japanese are very similar in pronunciation, and the tongues of the two countries have probably grown up in the same environment since childhood.
Later, Japan colonized Korea for decades, vigorously promoted imperial education, and the Korean lifestyle was assimilated by the Japanese.
However, Lu Ming did not want the agents he trained to be all North Koreans. He hoped to train more Chinese agents so that his children could rest assured at critical moments.
Lu Ming and Huang Yanning put forward their own ideas and requested that the second batch of trainees be finalized as soon as possible. They would not be allowed to participate in agent training for now, but would spend a year learning Japanese.
Lu Ming is very experienced in learning foreign languages. After one year of surprise training, he can basically reach the level of proficiency in speaking, writing and listening, but this requires experienced teachers and a good language environment.
Of course, Huang Yanning had no objections. He finalized the list of sixty students for the second batch that night and immediately sent out admission notices to these students.
This group of students originally thought they would be able to enroll in the second year. After receiving the notice, they were so happy that they immediately rushed to Shanghai from all directions to join this large group.
The twenty Chinese students in the first phase were reassigned to the second phase. In this way, the first phase and the second phase basically started at the same time.
The first batch of 80 trainees, mainly Koreans, went directly to agent training. The second batch of 80 trainees were all Chinese, and they were gathered together to receive Japanese language training.
The Japanese teachers hired by Lu Ming are all Koreans. They have lived experience in Japan and are familiar with Japanese customs. They teach just like Japanese professional language teachers.
Yuan Mingzhu and Ning Xiner have successfully left Shanghai. Lu Ming is now focused on the secret service school.
He almost lived and ate in the school, took classes with the students, communicated with Soviet experts in a timely manner, and constantly improved teaching methods based on the students' conditions.
Andrei and Peter are now also working part-time as instructors. Both are mid-level cadres of the Soviet Military Intelligence Agency and have extensive experience in agent training.
As Soviet military advisers to the Republic of China government, the two of them had more free time, so why not use their spare time to make extra money.
Lu Ming gives experts a high salary of one thousand US dollars per month, which is much higher than the salary paid by their own government.
Soviet experts are very strict and serious in teaching, which is a requirement of the Soviet government, because these students will also be members of the Soviet intelligence system in the future.
Although the Soviet spy star Sorge had established a spy team in Japan, as Japan's ambitions for military expansion grew larger and larger, and the task of spying on Japan was heavy, one team was obviously not enough.
Lu Ming reached an agreement with the External Affairs Bureau of the Secret Operations Department of the Soviet State Administration of Political Security. Some of the trainees trained by the Shanghai Secret Service School will sneak into Japan in the future, and the Soviet intelligence agencies will share all kinds of intelligence they have collected.
Whether it is military or industrial, all kinds of intelligence from Japan are of great value to the Soviet Union in the Far East.
The daily job of a spy is to collect various intelligence and then summarize it. It is not necessary to go deep into the tiger's den to steal secrets. Such special tasks are relatively rare.
Japan's intelligence work ranks first in Asia because all of their citizens are spies and the general public has a strong awareness of intelligence.
No matter where they go, the Japanese have a habit of collecting all kinds of intelligence there and bringing it back home. Especially the intelligence collection on China has reached an incredible level.
The map of China drawn by the Japanese is dozens of times more accurate than the map drawn by the Chinese official. For example, a village has a well on the east end, a pond on the west end, and a pond on the south end.
A 30-meter-high hill and so on.
The collection, sorting and classification of this information requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and even requires the unremitting efforts of several generations.
Japan's infiltration into China had already begun before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. After decades of accumulation, it could immediately play a military role during the war.
It was precisely by relying on the geographical advantage of the war zone obtained by its excellent intelligence system that Japan, with its small power and great power, defeated the seemingly powerful Russia in the Russo-Japanese War and took away the privilege of building roads in Northeast China.
After the all-out war broke out between China and Japan, Japan's intelligence system and the military command led by Dai Li launched an all-out contest. Shanghai, as the Far East intelligence center, staged countless thrilling stories.
Those espionage stories that disappear like smoke are far more twists and turns, more brain-burning, and even unbelievable than what you see on the movie and television screens.
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Yuanliang suddenly came to Lu Ming's apartment quietly. He looked uneasy, as if he had rushed all the way here, and breathlessly told Lu Ming that according to the information they had received, Du Juan might have secretly joined the Communist Party.
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"Sir Lu, what should we do? I'm almost dying of anxiety. I know Du Juan and you..." Zhao Yuanliang hesitated, and everyone on earth knew what he meant.
"Du Juan and I have no shady relationship. You said she joined the Communist Party? How is it possible? Your informant is not trying to defraud the reward, right?" Lu Ming was calm on the surface, but there was a bang in his heart.
I know it might be true.
"It's not the informant's problem, it's Du Juan's real problem. I've seen several similar tips. I originally wanted to pretend not to see it and ignore it, but tips from different levels all pointed to this.
This can’t be wrong.”
Zhao Yuanliang's attitude was that he couldn't hide this matter even if he wanted to. I'll tell the truth. It's up to Lu Ming to figure out what to do.
Lu Ming and Du Juan have always kept in touch by phone and haven't met many times. On the one hand, he is indeed very busy now, and on the other hand, Mingzhu has gone to the United States and his bad mood has not fully recovered.
When I go to see Du Juan at this time, I don’t know what to say, and it might even affect Du Juan’s life.
"Who is the informant you are talking about?" Lu Ming still wanted to confirm the authenticity of this matter.
"Several informants have reported similar information. Recently, a person named Du Quan reported it." Zhao Yuanliang said.
"Du Quan? This name sounds familiar." Lu Ming frowned and thought.
"He was arrested by us last time in the case of the Municipal Working Committee, and he was recruited before he was sentenced, so we let him go back to work as an informant." Zhao Yuanliang said.
"No wonder. This Du Quan is a grassroots leader of a trade union, right?" Lu Ming suddenly remembered that there was such a person.
"Yes, Du Juan is a member of this union." Zhao Yuanliang nodded.
"Who knows the news now?" Lu Ming was a little nervous. It seemed that this matter was most likely not false.
"I suppressed the tip. It's all here. No one else knows about it for the time being." Zhao Yuanliang took out a piece of paper and handed it to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming quickly browsed through it, and it read that it had been verified that Du Juan had been absorbed by the underground party organization as a formal member at the end of last year, and officially joined the Communist Party.
Dujuan’s upline leader has now come into the informant’s sight and is being further tracked.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said: "Let me handle this matter. You should pay more attention to it in the future. If there is any information about Dujuan, suppress it and leave it to me. Don't let anyone know."
Zhao Yuanliang sighed: "Sir, you'd better intervene as soon as possible. You can't delay. It's best to talk to Miss Du. If she really joins the Communist Party, she should withdraw immediately. Paper can't stop the fire."
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"I know, you try to hide it for me as long as you can." Lu Ming said a little impatiently.
"Of course I have no problem here, but the informant's information will sometimes be reported to other people. If it gets into the hands of others, Station Commander Weng will soon know about it. And he also knows about the relationship between Miss Du and you..."
"Is there any way you can stop the informant? Temporarily, of course." Lu Ming pondered for a while and asked.
"Well, leave this matter to me, but Miss Du needs you to do the work, the sooner the better." Zhao Yuanliang said.
Zhao Yuanliang meant a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he persuaded Du Juan to withdraw from the Communist Party quickly, and on the other hand, he bribed the informant. As long as the informant did not report it, Du Juan's story would not be reported to Weng Bailing, and Nanjing would not know about it.
In Shanghai, Weng Bailing might be wary of Lu Ming, but if Nanjing came to arrest him directly, it would be troublesome.
"By the way, sir, I heard that the establishment of the Secret Intelligence Service has been officially approved?" Zhao Yuanliang asked with a smile.
"You are quite well informed. I just received a notice from the Ministry of National Defense yesterday." Lu Ming also smiled.
The Secret Intelligence Service is directly under the control of the Second Attendant of the Commission, that is, directly under the Supreme Leader. However, it is still nominally an agency under the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense, with an initial establishment of only more than 100 people.
However, the Personnel Office of the Ministry of National Defense told him that the establishment is flexible and adjustable. As long as he has needs and provides sufficient reasons, the establishment can be expanded in the future.
Lu Ming feels that this establishment is already large enough, and he has no plans to expand it yet.
His idea was to establish a small but sophisticated organization rather than a large and bloated organization like the Fuxing Society.