"It would not be difficult for us to destroy them with just the Shanghai Station of the Intelligence Agency. Not to mention other things, they themselves do not have many secrets from us. At least 70% to 80% of their members are completely known to us.
"
Hearing this, Kato couldn't help but look at Takeuchi twice, but he still struck: "You also said that the Intelligence Office is only a force in Shanghai. If they really face the threat of being exterminated, will the Intelligence Office in Nanjing not support them?
How are you going to deal with it?”
When Takeuchi heard this, he smiled and said with a mysterious face: "If we want to say which party is the most powerful in Shanghai, then the Nanjing government, we, the European and American countries, have to make a good distinction, but in terms of large numbers and well-informed information, the Shanghai Green Gang
, I will definitely be ranked first.”
When Takeuchi mentioned the Qing Gang, Kato frowned slightly and said, "Those Qiu Ba from the Qing Gang have never bought into our Japanese accounts. Have you made progress in wooing the Qing Gang?"
"It was a small breakthrough, thanks to the banknote run that night. A group of Youth Gang forces participated in the banknote run that night, and it is said that the profits were huge.
According to my speculation, this Green Gang force was too close to the Intelligence Department and obtained inside information in advance. However, because of their huge profits this time, the balance of the various forces of the Green Gang was broken.
Currently, there is a leader of the Youth Gang. Although he has not explicitly expressed his intention to join us, he has allowed our people to operate in his territory. We have roped in his disciples but have not intervened.
Give me some more time to plan, use this Qing Gang force as a springboard, and develop a group of people within the Qing Gang. Not to mention other functions, the Qing Gang's pervasive power in Shanghai, and the people from the Nanjing Intelligence Office, we can also be the first to
Discover so you can respond.
Shanghai is different from Nanjing. It is half of our territory. As long as we find out in advance that the intelligence department is coming for help, even if we choose to fight head-on, I don't believe we can lose to them."
"Since Takeuchi-kun is so confident, I will take care of the trouble of forcing the intelligence department. I will be responsible for the funds and negotiations."
Kato threw the matter to him, which caught Takeuchi off guard for a moment, but after careful consideration, Kato really had no hand in the matter, so he made no objection.
"Well..." Kato pondered for a while, and finally said: "Takeuchi-kun, although I don't have enough relevant experience, I still want to hear where you plan to start?"
Takeuchi listened, thought for a moment, and asked: "Your Excellency Kato, do you know the current progress of the investigation into the ambush on Puxi Road?"
"You want to start with the attack?" Kato shook his head and said: "It's difficult. At present, Ozawa's investigation has completely stalled.
We knew clearly that the intelligence agency was responsible for this, but those guys were as slippery as loaches. No matter how hard we caught them, we couldn't get any real evidence against them.
The vehicles used by the other party were all rented from Japanese expatriates. When renting, they spoke Japanese, and even overtly and covertly, they misled the expatriates. This is what Japanese officials want.
As for the opponent's foothold, it is impossible to find out. It is speculated that someone is taking over the cover, but during that time, the Shanghai Station did not launch any operations at all. It is speculated that the Shanghai Station or the Intelligence Division has a hidden force in Shanghai, or is working with the Intelligence Division.
The nearby Qinggang forces are helping.
The investigation stalled, and we were ready to find excuses or fabricate some evidence to put pressure on the SH city government and Shanghai Station. Unfortunately, a group of North Koreans suddenly appeared in the middle. As soon as I negotiated with people from the government, these people
The ball was kicked to the North Koreans.
Let's deal with that group of North Koreans! The British, French, and Americans are obstructing them again, and they will bite us to death and let us produce evidence to prove that the ambush was carried out by the North Koreans...
The current situation is like this. The national government is kicking the ball to the North Koreans, and Britain, the United States and France have violated their interests in Shanghai over the years and defended the North Koreans to disgust us. The matter of the ambush has completely reached a stalemate. It is difficult to have any
breaking point."
After hearing this, Takeuchi also felt that it was difficult. The government alone was easy to bully, but for Britain, France and the United States, bullying tactics were useless against them. Now it is difficult to deal with!
Takeuchi frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said: "Your Excellency Kato, I have received some intelligence recently, and the intelligence agencies in various places are getting ready to take action after seeing the success of the Nanjing Intelligence Agency in dealing with us!
We can start from here, throw some bait out, lure the other party to take the bait, and let them take the initiative. When the time comes, not only can we force the Intelligence Department to submit, but we can also use this to kill the chicken and respect the monkey, and dispel the ideas these people should not have. "
"Oh..." Kato became interested and asked, "Then what are you going to use as bait?"
"Naturally, it's good to go where they want. What these people want is nothing more than money and official position. Money! According to the information I have, the Shanghai Station knows that Nanjing has uncovered the huge profits of our intelligence network. There are widespread rumors.
Our Japanese intelligence organization has money.
You need to be promoted! You have to have merit. By cracking our intelligence organization, you can earn both money and credit. In their eyes, it is simply a good job. If you give them the opportunity, I believe they will seize it.
I plan to secretly open a black market bank in the concession to exchange for silver dollars, but I need Mr. Kato to provide a batch of funds. I need some ten-yen banknotes, a large number of copper coins, and a certain amount of European and American foreign currencies."
Speaking of this, Takeuchi paused for a moment, and continued without waiting for Kato to ask: "I need brand new ten-yen banknotes, not the ones that hit Shanghai before.
After getting it, I will make it old and exchange it for silver coins in the name of the remaining money from the previous run. I will not use the previous batch, which was a loophole left for Shanghai Station.
As for the large amount of copper coins and copper coins used to exchange for silver dollars, this is a trend of silver speculation that is gradually becoming popular in Shanghai. We use this name to cover up and make our actions reasonable to avoid suspicion at the Shanghai Station.
There should be many types of foreign currencies in Europe and the United States, preferably from some small countries. I want to use them to create an illusion to the outside world that we have a broad approach and a deep background. This will reduce some troubles and deepen Shanghai Station's understanding of banks.
Suspect……"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After listening to Takeuchi's explanation, Kato felt something was wrong. Takeuchi might have some other small thoughts, but he didn't care much. He always came with only one purpose, to bring
people rescued.
Takeuchi's plan is indeed mixed with some careful thoughts. Recently, in addition to the overt and covert fight with the Nanjing Intelligence Agency, he has had a headache to fill the funding hole.
Insufficient funds, the only solution is to increase revenue or reduce expenditures. He went to the extreme to reduce expenditures. The salary of his staff was as late as they could be owed, and all unnecessary expenses were cut.
The lurking teams dispatched were not spared either. Except for a few very important ones, others were cut off when they could, and owed money when they could. If someone complained, they would just say "solve it on their own" and block it.
However, cutting expenditures can only go so far. A bigger hole must be opened up. After some searching, Takeuchi set his sights on Baiyin.
Since the banknote run occurred, some wealthy businessmen and gentry in Shanghai have been keen on hoarding silver, causing the market price of BY to begin to rise steadily. Many speculators who made huge profits from the run and had large sums of cash in their hands followed suit and entered the market.
This contributed to the rise in silver prices.
As an intelligence officer who has been on the front line for many years, Takeuchi has been deeply influenced by living in the financial center of the Far East for many years. He is keenly aware that there is profit in it, but how can he have an empty pocket?
Kato's remarks just now suggested that it wouldn't be a problem to get a large amount of funds. Takeuchi became aware of it and wanted to get a sum of funds through Kato. Even if the money would have to be paid back in the end, the time it would take to get the money would be too long.
It's enough for good operation.
"The Japanese yen and European and American currencies are very simple, but it is difficult to handle a large amount of copper coins. First of all, the Bank of Japan in Shanghai basically does not accept copper coins. Even if there is a certain amount of inventory, the quantity is definitely not large."
"I do know where to find copper coins..." Takeuchi responded and explained: "When Japan occupied Northeast China, it obtained a lot of copper coins, and when it issued the Manchuria Yuan, it exchanged even more.
These copper coins, because their denominations are too low, are not valued very much by the Northeast authorities. Many of them are transported to factories and produced into ammunition and other materials. However, there should be a lot of inventory at present. Even if they are used up, we can ask the Northeast to help us.
Make a batch privately."
At this point, Takeuchi felt unsafe. After hesitating for a few seconds, he approached Kato and explained his speculation that the price of silver would rise. He also analyzed that exchanging copper coins for silver dollars was a sure profit without losing money, and promised to distribute the profits.
It was good that Kato had channels to obtain funds, but it was an unexpected surprise that he could make a fortune for himself. He did not refuse and obviously acquiesced, which made Takeuchi relieved.
"Your Excellency Kato, I need some time to arrange this matter. The Qing Gang also needs some time to win over more people, so..."
"I can wait, but please hurry up. If you want something, I will contact you immediately and deliver it to you as quickly as possible."
"Hi..." Takeuchi responded, and the scene suddenly became quiet, and the two of them lost topic for a while.
Kato felt that the situation was awkward, and he was speechless and asked: "The Nanjing Intelligence Office suddenly became so powerful. Have you found out what caused it?"
"Well..." This question immediately stopped Takeuchi. After a while, he said: "I only know that these recent things are closely related to the second team of the Operations Section of the Intelligence Division."
After Takeuchi finished speaking, he was afraid that Kato would think he was incompetent, so he hurriedly explained: "In the initial period of the Intelligence Agency, there was no formal recruitment channel, and most of the expansion relied on the founding members to introduce relatives and friends to join.
After the intelligence office grew, it had formal personnel recruitment channels. However, the Nanjing headquarters was extremely strict on personnel recruitment. Shanghai tried to send lurking personnel here, but they were unsuccessful.
There are many reasons for this. First, the Nanjing Intelligence Office was established late and had not demonstrated much intelligence capabilities before. We did not attach much importance to it and did not put all our efforts into placing personnel in it.
Regarding the two, although the Intelligence Division has fought with us several times in the past, they mostly ended in defeat and did not show much hostility towards us, which is one of the reasons why they do not take us seriously.
Come on! The Nanjing government and its largest intelligence organization are almost infiltrated into a sieve by our Japanese intelligence agencies. They have no secrets from us Japan. All intelligence agencies in China basically hold an optimistic attitude. To put it harshly,
It’s just bloated, and it doesn’t look down on this new small department at all.”
After listening to this, Kato finally figured out the reason, but he still had a question, so he asked: "Although the Intelligence Department is a small department, it is an intelligence agency after all. Do you really give up so easily?"
"What Mr. Kato said is right..." Takeuchi complimented and explained: "In fact, the more difficult it is to penetrate, the more attention we should pay to it, but an accident changed our view.
By chance, we sent an intelligence officer lurking in another department and accidentally entered the Intelligence Department. Although we were not in a high position, through our cooperation and using some means, we established an intelligence team within the Intelligence Department.
, we gave up and continued to deploy people.
However, this is only the situation of the Nanjing headquarters of the Intelligence Department. Its forces and organizations in other places are generally loose and chaotic, and its internal situation is basically under our control."
"The intelligence agent who accidentally entered the Nanjing headquarters of the Intelligence Agency has been exposed?" Takeuchi did not say clearly, which gave Kato a glimmer of hope and couldn't help but ask.
"Yes..." Takeuchi directly broke Kato's hope and said: "Shortly after Miss Haruko was arrested, the intelligence team was exposed and the entire army was wiped out.
According to our inference, it was him who tipped us off many times over the years, which caused the Intelligence Department to fail to carry out our operations, making the Intelligence Department aware of it and leading to exposure."
After hearing this, Kato still refused to give up and continued to ask: "Then except for you, other intelligence agencies have not been able to place intelligence personnel in the Nanjing headquarters of the Intelligence Division?"
Hearing this, Takeuchi also realized Kato's thoughts, but he still hit hard: "As far as I know, I have not heard of other intelligence agencies successfully placing intelligence personnel in the Nanjing headquarters of the Intelligence Division.
Of course, the information I have is only part of the intelligence agencies of the consulates in Shanghai and Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing. However, these are also the main force for our intelligence activities in Nanjing. If we really want to say all Japan's intelligence information in China, I am afraid that the entire
No one in Japan has cleared everything.
Furthermore, the importance of the Nanjing Headquarters of the Intelligence Division has been fully highlighted at present. Even if we know an intelligence agency and have successfully placed intelligence personnel in it, it will be difficult to persuade it to help us investigate Miss Haruko's situation.
After all, the Intelligence Division's actions against us did not receive explicit support from the Nanjing government. Our arrested persons must be under extremely tight custody, and the risk of investigation is too high."
Hearing this, Kato knew that it was impossible. Although he felt a little unwilling, he had no choice but to do so.
The two chatted about other things, and Takeuchi said goodbye and left. As soon as he went out, he saw Tanano waiting anxiously at the end of the corridor.
"Sir, news just came from Nanjing that the suspected assassination team has been completely..."
"I already know. It's not a suspicion. The assassination team has been completely wiped out."
"Ah?..." Gu Ye was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately and said in surprise: "Is it the telegram just now?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't mention the message to anyone..."
"Hi..." Gu Ye responded with a worried look on his face.
"Don't worry, I have found a way for us to survive again. If we do it, all the things we did before can be wiped out."
After hearing this, Yano pointed lightly at Kato's office. Takeuchi nodded slightly and whispered a few words in Yano's ear, and Yano's expression finally recovered.
