According to Lu Ming's request, each department of the Intelligence Department must have someone on duty these days. The Telecommunications Department implements a shift system and receives telecommunication signals 24 hours a day.
That evening, Mr. Frank's telegram arrived.
According to the exact information provided by the FBI: the Japanese military has taken control of the situation, the rebels surrendered to the suppressive forces yesterday, and the Tokyo mutiny has come to an end. It remains to be seen what impact this incident will have on China, and the overall situation is not optimistic.
Lu Ming's heart sank. Mr. Frank's prediction for the future was almost exactly the same as his thoughts.
How much Lu Ming hoped that Mr. Frank could give him reassurance and tell him that everything would be fine, but how could he deceive himself or others about such a thing.
After hearing the news, the experts and cadres of the Intelligence Department were also very disappointed. It seemed that the Japanese Civil War would not be fought.
Lu Ming was not surprised. After analyzing all the intelligence at hand last night, he already understood that these rebels would not be able to achieve anything.
The reason why the rebels were able to continue their turmoil for three days was because they had the support of some upper-level generals. Otherwise, the rebels with only over a thousand people might not be able to sustain themselves for even one day.
However, Lu Ming still felt uneasy. The cause of the mutiny and the specific incident process were not yet known. It was impossible for the FBI to share intelligence with the Republic of China government. Everything had to be collected by its own agents.
Lu Ming decided to use all means to investigate the incident, with the purpose of restoring the truth of the mutiny in order to formulate corresponding countermeasures.
Over the past few days, information from all sources has been pouring in.
Some were provided by the Kenta family, some were sent back by agents in Tokyo, Japan, and the other was sent back by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the embassy in Tokyo.
After gathering this information together, Lu Ming finally saw clearly what happened during the mutiny. Although there were still many details that were not detailed enough, he was able to get a glimpse of the whole picture.
Lu Ming was very surprised after reading various information. Japan had entered modern society anyway, but this mutiny clearly had the flavor of the feudal separatist period of the Tang Dynasty in China.
Mutinies are common in Chinese history, but it has never happened before that so many high-ranking officials and important figures were killed in one mutiny.
Lu Ming instinctively felt that this mutiny should also be an epoch-making event in Japanese history.
He no longer cares about the course of the incident, but further studies the cause of the mutiny and what consequences it will bring.
However, Lu Ming's research on Japanese history and the Japanese army was only at an entry-level level. Many things seemed to be covered in a layer of fog, and it was impossible to see the truth behind them.
Lu Ming brought together several experts from the Intelligence Department who specialized in studying Japanese history and the military, and studied behind closed doors for two full days, but did not come up with any clear results.
Only at the critical moment did we realize that these experts were basically parallel imports.
"Research on Japan must be accelerated and deepened, not only to study Japan's history and the development of its military, but also to study the psychology and character traits of the Japanese people."
Lu Ming looked at several experts with dissatisfaction. They were all very aggressive when asking for a salary increase, but they were compromised in getting things done.
"Director, it is too difficult to study the character of Japanese people. There are too many uncertain factors in it, including cunning and crazy sides, and more of them are stubborn for no reason. It is difficult to guess them.
Which type does it belong to?" said an expert.
"Perhaps it's because there are too many volcanoes in Japan. Japanese people have a volcanic character in their character. They are calm on the outside and tangled on the inside, especially soldiers." Another expert said with a wry smile.
"Japan is an island country. It's like living on a boat. They have the character of fishermen. They face the ravages of the sea at any time and have a masochistic mentality." Another expert also said without saltiness.
"These are not reasons. It's okay for ordinary people to say this, but you can't because you are experts and scholars who specialize in Japanese society, history and culture, but the reasons you gave me are like those of tabloid writers."
Lu Ming walked around everyone in the office and said with a straight face.
Lu Ming also knew that his request was a bit excessive. The task of these experts was only to determine the authenticity of some information, and they did not have the task of specifically studying the subject.
However, Lu Ming felt that if the modern history of Japan cannot be thoroughly studied, and the psychology and character of the Japanese people cannot be thoroughly studied, then it will be difficult to ensure accuracy when interpreting intelligence.
The failure to predict the mutiny in Japan this time was not a failure of experts. Such emergencies are highly sporadic and inherently unpredictable.
Lu Ming left a task for several experts to study the cause of the mutiny and its subsequent effects. They needed to draw a clear conclusion. This task was not too much.
The follow-up impacts include what changes this mutiny will bring to the Japanese army, the extent to which it will affect Sino-Japanese relations, and whether a full-scale war between China and Japan will be triggered in advance.
Lu Ming not only assigned tasks to the experts, he himself also devoted himself to researching this topic.
In recent years, in order to better study Japanese politics and military affairs, Lu Ming taught himself Japanese.
Learning Japanese is not difficult for Lu Ming. The secret service school has the best Japanese teachers. Every time he sees them, he learns spoken English from them. If he doesn’t understand grammar, he immediately asks questions. It feels like he is back on campus.
Lu Ming is very talented in language. After four years of studying, his Japanese level has reached the level of local college students.
Of course, his spoken language still has an accent, but there is no barrier to listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Chinese people have an advantage in learning Japanese because Japanese is a language developed on the basis of Chinese.
Just like the relationship between French and English, almost half of the vocabulary in Japanese is Chinese, and many documents are entirely written in classical Chinese.
In the afternoon, Lu Ming called Qian Tian again. This time he finally got through, and it was Qian Tian who answered the phone.
"Kenta-kun, are you okay?" Lu Ming asked with concern.
"Of course I'm fine, it's the rebels in the country who are in trouble." Qian Tian laughed.
"Then can you come out and meet me?" Lu Ming asked.
"Okay, just at Lu's Bank." Qiantian replied.
The two made an appointment, and Lu Ming drove to the front of Lu's Bank to wait for Qian Tian.
They often meet here, not because they are going to the bank to do something, but because they both like a French restaurant near the bank.
About ten minutes after Lu Ming arrived, Qian Tian also drove over.
The two got out of the car, said hello, and walked into the French restaurant together.
In addition to being an absolute pacifist, Kenda is also a gourmet. His biggest hobby is food. He once vowed to eat all the delicious food in the world. This is Kenda's ambition.
This is actually a very interesting pursuit in life. People have different tastes and tastes. It is impossible to fall in love with all kinds of beauties around the world, but it is still possible to taste delicious food from all over the world.
In the past few years in Shanghai, Qiantian has come close to realizing this ideal.
Shanghai is like a compressed version of the League of Nations. Countries that have a certain influence in the international community have offices here and naturally have their own restaurants.
Lu Ming and Qian Tian have tried almost every hotel and restaurant in Shanghai in the past few years, and finally settled on a few restaurants that they really liked as places to frequent.
After the two found the table, they each ordered their favorite dishes and drinks.
"I've been unable to get through to you when I called you these past two days. I was worried that something might happen to you." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"I'm fine, but something big has happened in the country, and you all know about it, right? Expats are worried and are calling for consultation one after another. The number of calls is almost overwhelming," Qiantian said.
"Of course I knew about it, but I found out very late. I only started receiving the news the day before yesterday," Lu Ming said.
"This is normal. I only knew about it one day earlier than you. After the incident, Tokyo implemented a global communication control. That is, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' telegrams to the consulates of various countries were inspected and seized, and then there were endless calls and calls.
.My ears are almost calluses from answering the phone these past two days." Kenta leaned on the chair and smiled bitterly.
"Kenta-kun, I just don't understand. It is said that the generals of the army have very strict control over the officers and soldiers below. How could such a big incident happen? Four captains can gather a thousand soldiers to launch a mutiny. This kind of thing can only happen
It could only happen in South America or African countries."
Lu Ming really couldn't understand or accept it. Didn't Japan already enter the ranks of modern countries? Why is it still so stretched?
Although the government of the Republic of China is weak and its government efficiency is not high, and China is still far from a civilized society, it is very powerful in controlling the military.
If this happened in Nanjing, and four captain-level officers tried to mobilize more than a thousand people to launch a mutiny, they might have been suppressed without even leaving their barracks.
In the Japanese army, captains are not high-ranking officials. They are just at the level of captain and squadron leader, and are low-level officers.
The Japanese commander is a junior officer. In China, he is a school-level officer, that is, an officer at the battalion commander level.
Four battalion commander-level officers can successfully launch a mutiny, causing a nationwide uproar. Navy warships enter Tokyo Bay and armored vehicles enter Tokyo city...
This is really an exaggeration. Even if the rebels are finally suppressed, they will still be remembered in history.