Chapter 1023 Turn on the radio
“Teacher, the Cheng Qianfan the student pretends to have studied at Dongya Tongwen College and has always been close to the empire. This is the Cheng Qianfan in the eyes of outsiders.” Cheng Qianfan thought.
He paused for a moment and continued, "As for the actual situation, I have been using my identity as the deputy chief inspector of the French Concession Central Police Station to secretly provide help to the empire."
He frowned slightly and said to Imamura Hyōtaro, "So, from my point of view, I really can't find a reason why I would be targeted by the Inoue Mansion."
Hyoutaro Imamura touched his chin, "So, you mean, Yamazaki Shuichi arranged for someone to follow you, which is strange."
“Very strange.” Cheng Qianfan nodded, “Because it’s completely unnecessary.”
With a serious expression on his face, he continued to think, "It is unlikely that Yamazaki Shuichi knows the true identity of Kentaro Miyazaki. There is no need for him to offend a powerful figure in the French Concession Patrol House who is friendly to the empire."
"Of course, even if Shuichi Yamazaki knew that I was Kentaro Miyazaki, he would have no reason to follow me." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and said.
“You think it’s incomprehensible that Yamazaki Shuichi sent people to follow you,” Hyoutarou Imamura said. “So, you think they are coming for me?”
“I’m not sure, but the more I think about it, the more I think it’s possible.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“Absurd.” Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head, “You mean Yamazaki Shuichi is secretly spying on a counselor of the Consulate General of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai?”
"I don't know." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "Teacher, the student just subconsciously feels that the possibility of Yamazaki Shuichi sending people to follow Cheng Qianfan is very small, and the possibility of him sending people to monitor Imamura Residence is also very small."
He looked thoughtful, as if he was a little puzzled, and seemed to have thought of something. In short, he was very entangled, "It is also an impossible thing. Compared with the teacher, my value is far inferior."
…
Hyoutaro Imamura's face darkened, he understood what Kentaro Imamura meant.
Let’s not talk about why Yamazaki Shuichi sent people to follow or monitor him. In terms of the value of the target alone, his value as the counselor of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai is naturally far greater than that of Cheng Qianfan, the ‘little Mr. Cheng’ of the French Concession.
Miyazaki Kentaro’s words may seem confusing, but if you think about it carefully, they don’t seem entirely unreasonable.
“It’s very strange.” Kogoro Imamura, who had been ‘listening’, said, “The whole thing is very strange.”
He added water to the teacups of Hyotaro Imamura and Kentaro Miyazaki, and the latter quickly thanked them.
“Why did Yamazaki Shuichi do this?” Imamura Kogoro said.
Cheng Qianfan and Imamura Hyoutarou both nodded:
Yeah, that’s weird.
Whether it’s following Cheng Qianfan, a pro-Japanese faction.
Or, as Kentaro Miyazaki feared, the other party came to the Imamura Residence.
This is all very strange.
"Unless..." Hyōtaro Imamura's frown suddenly lifted, "Unless this person is lying!"
Cheng Qianfan was stunned for a moment, showing a thoughtful expression, and then under the expectant gaze of Imamura Hyoutarou, his eyes suddenly lit up, "What the teacher means is that this person said that he was from the Inoue Mansion and was under the orders of Yamazaki Shuichi. Come and do things, it’s all lies.”
Hyoutaro Imamura nodded slightly and motioned for his students to continue.
"This person speaks Japanese very fluently. He doesn't look like a Chinese pretending to be Chinese." Cheng Qianfan suddenly frowned and said, "Students have an intuition. Regardless of whether Shinji Kojima's name is real, this person may be real. are citizens of the Empire."
Hyoutaro Imamura's face suddenly became very serious, and his eyes were a little fierce.
"Did I say something wrong? Teacher." Cheng Qianfan asked respectfully and cautiously.
"No." Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head and said, "You don't need to pay attention to this matter. I will personally arrange the investigation."
"Yes." Miyazaki Kentaro was a little surprised and a little reluctant. He didn't understand why the teacher gave such an order. However, out of trust and obedience to the teacher, he finally nodded and agreed.
…
“Kentaro seems a little reluctant.” Kogoro Imamura said after sending Kentaro Miyazaki away, he returned to the study.
"Kentaro respects and cares about me very much, and he also attaches great importance to his own safety." Hyoutaro Imamura said, "Whether this person is monitoring the mansion or going after Kentaro, Kentaro will not let him go."
He chuckled lightly, "So, I ordered him not to get involved in this matter anymore. It's understandable that he is a little reluctant."
“Counsellor, do you have some idea about this matter?” Imamura Kogoro asked.
“I suspect that the people behind this incident are related to the red traitors within the empire.” Hyōtaro Imamura snorted coldly and said.
“Red International?” Imamura Kogoro thought for a while and said.
Hyoutaro Imamura nodded with a serious expression.
Kentaro Miyazaki is right when he says that in terms of target value, his value as the counselor of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai is much greater than that of Cheng Qianfan, the deputy chief inspector of the Central Patrol Room of the French Concession.
Miyazaki Kentaro said that there was a high possibility that the captured stalker was Japanese, which made Imamura Hyōtaro immediately think of the red traitors in the country.
Or, these people are the Red International Japanese Red Party.
Thinking carefully, Imamura Hyōtaro vaguely guessed why the Red International was targeting him.
The Imperial Kwantung Army is engaged in a fierce battle with the Soviet Russian army in Nomenkan. The Soviet intelligence agency has also been very active recently, trying to obtain relevant information about the Empire's position on the Nomonkan front and the Empire's attitude towards Japan-Soviet relations.
Hyoutaro Imamura is not only a senior diplomat of the empire, but also has close contacts with the Kwantung Army because of Jun Imamura's relationship.
Furthermore, within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hyotarō Imamura, who is familiar with the situation in Manchuria and an expert on Soviet-Russian issues, has spoken out frequently recently.
All these things have actually attracted the attention of the Red International spies in Shanghai?
Hyoutaro Imamura thought about it again and again, and he could not rule out this possibility.
“Sternly interrogate Shinji Kojima.” Hyotarō Imamura said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
"Also, call Inoue Yan." He said coldly, "ask him to bring Yamazaki Shuichi. I need him to give me a reasonable explanation for this matter."
…
Cheng Mansion.
“Where is Xiaobao?” Cheng Qianfan asked after eating and drinking.
"Sister Yuman is here." Bai Ruolan asked the maid Lizi to bring the fruit after dinner and continued, "Xiaobao went out to play with Sister Yuman and said he would bring it back early tomorrow morning."
Cheng Qianfan nodded, feeling a little helpless in his heart. He was really worried that Xiaobao would be influenced by Sister Yuman and have a subtle anti-Japanese or even red tendency.
However, deep down in my heart, there seems to be a perceptual voice. If this is true, it is worth gratifying.
“Teacher Shibasaki from the school was arrested.” Bai Ruolan said.
“I know about this.” Cheng Qianfan ate a piece of ice pear and said, “Don’t pay attention, the water is a bit deep.”
Shibasaki is a Japanese who works as an art teacher at the elementary school where Xiaobao goes to school.
This person held a personal photography exhibition not long ago.
In the "works" taken by someone in Shibasaki, the audience was surprised to see photos of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai after the fall. You can see the eager Japanese troops holding machine guns and shooting in the streets to intimidate innocent citizens.
Especially in Hongkou, Japanese military vehicles are speeding on the road, and Japanese soldiers are standing guard. Japanese primary school students go to Japanese schools, just like a Japanese colony. Plaster flags are flying everywhere. In the background, you can see Chinese people bowing to Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers are arrogant. laughing out loud.
On the second day of the exhibition, someone from Shibazaki was arrested by the Japanese military department. He was charged with defaming the imperial soldiers, destroying the goodwill between Japan and China, and having anti-war sentiments.
Hearing what Cheng Qianfan said, Bai Ruolan nodded.
She said this to help her husband silently.
Cheng Qianfan smiled and said, don’t underestimate these after-dinner conversations, they are useful.
After that, she will tell her husband some of the ‘news’ she has learned.
Especially those topics and trivial matters involving Japanese people, which can be used as conversation topics after dinner in an objective and non-personal manner.
She didn't know whether these conversations would be helpful to her husband, so she just did it silently.
Even if there is no help, it is great for two people to just talk.
Cheng Qianfan suddenly felt something in his heart.
Ruolan's casual words were like fireflies in the dark, seeming to clear up the confusion he had been thinking about just now.
"I'm going to the study. I have some official business to deal with." Cheng Qianfan picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and said.
“Go.” Bai Ruolan nodded.
When Cheng Qianfan stood up, he suddenly bent down and kissed his wife on the cheek, "Thank you for your hard work, madam."
“You are seeking death.” Bai Ruolan was angry.
…
In the study.
Cheng Qianfan leaned on the back of his chair.
There is a lonely figure holding a cigar on the snow-white wall.
The stalker turned out to be from the Inoue Mansion, and was assigned by Shuichi Yamazaki, the deputy director of the Inoue Mansion.
This surprised Cheng Qianfan very much.
Umezu Sagami of the Military Police Headquarters, Shuichi Yamazaki of the Inoue Mansion, and Tsubasa Naito, whom he highly suspected were involved and more likely to be the mastermind.
Cheng Qianfan was on high alert. No matter which one of these three parties it was, it would be difficult to deal with it. If these three parties colluded to attack him, it would be very troublesome.
Therefore, Cheng Qianfan immediately decided:
Making a big deal out of this matter.
His method was to involve this matter in Hyotaro Imamura's body.
Almost at the moment he made this decision, Cheng Qianfan had a strategy in his mind:
Strictly speaking, there is no evidence, but it sounds like a reasonable analysis.
This is what he does best.
In front of Hyōtaro Imamura, he must not mention Naito Kotsubo even half a word.
What he has to do is to name the value of Teacher Imamura in the name of caring about the teacher and without any trace (praise), which will make Imamura Hyoutarou subconsciously vigilant.
What he has to do is to urge Imamura Hyōtaro to pay attention to this matter, investigate it personally, and reveal the true face of this matter.
Let Hyotaro Imamura personally discover the answer and uncover Naito Tsubasa and others. This is the best way to deal with it.
The whole plan had steps one, two, three, or three. However, what Cheng Qianfan didn’t expect was that before his subsequent rhetoric was used, Imamura Hyoutarou seemed to have gained something:
Cheng Qianfan, who has a sense of smell as sharp as a fox, immediately realized that Hyotarō Imamura had some kind of wonderful misunderstanding under his guidance, and that this misunderstanding involved a certain secret.
Intuition told him that Imamura Hyoutarou had thought of something, but it might involve some secrets. Imamura chose to conduct the investigation in person and secretly, and directly excluded him from the investigators for the sake of confidentiality.
Cheng Qianfan was naturally very interested in being able to make Hyōtaro Imamura face the secret that he, a student who had passed the test, was so cautious about.
However, he thought about it and couldn't figure out what aspects of the secret that Hyoutarou Imamura was so cautious about would involve.
Now, the story Ruolan told made his heart move.
Cheng Qianfan recalled carefully, and he remembered a detail:
He said that he suspected that Shinji Kojima was indeed Japanese.
With these words, Imamura Hyōtaro's face suddenly became very serious, and his eyes became a little fierce.
Japanese.
Anti-war…
Cheng Qianfan fell into deep thought.
…
Chongqing, No. 19, Luojiawan.
“The Bureau is currently unable to contact Shanghai District.” Qi Wu reported to Dai Chunfeng.
Dai Chunfeng's expression changed. His first reaction was that something big had happened in Shanghai, and was he being blamed by the enemy?
"It doesn't look like something happened." Qi Wu quickly explained, "They are probably being evacuated and the radio is temporarily silent."
“Yes.” Dai Chunfeng nodded.
“Have you received a call back from Tianjin Station?” he asked again.
"Che Che and Jiao Jiemin have called back. All internal and external service units at Tianjin Station have stepped up vigilance and are ready to evacuate at any time. In addition, addresses and personnel related to Wang Tiemu have begun to evacuate and hide," Qi Wu said.
“I can rest assured that Che Che is doing his job.” Dai Chunfeng said.
"Jiao Jiemin suggested that Che Che should evacuate Tianjin temporarily, but Che Che refused to evacuate." Qi Wu said, "Jiao Jiemin meant to ask the bureau chief to call Che Che personally and ask him to hide temporarily."
With that said, Qi Wu handed the message to Dai Chunfeng.
Dai Chunfeng said when he saw that Jiao Jiemin reported that Che Che refused to evacuate, "Since I have been ordered to go north, I am determined to die to serve the country. The enemy and puppets will not be destroyed, and I vow not to return south." ’, his eyes were also flushed, “What does it mean to be a party-state leader, what does it mean to be a loyal person, Che Cheye!”
“Yes, every word is full of tears and blood, and it is filled with the determination of our army to unite Gancheng to serve the party and the country and fight to the death against Japan.” Qi Wu also sighed.
"Call Tianjin." Dai Chunfeng said in a deep voice, "Let the car return to Chongqing as soon as possible."
"yes."
“Also, continue to call Shanghai District.” Dai Chunfeng said with a serious expression.
He is still worried about Shanghai District.
…
The Secret Service Headquarters completed a beautiful capture operation.
All five members of the first group of the Shanghai District Telecommunications Section of the Military Command were arrested.
In addition, a transmitting and receiving radio station was also seized at the scene.
Most importantly, the code book of the Shanghai District Telecommunications Section of the Military Command was seized.
Both Dingmutun and Li Cuiqun were delighted with the success of this arrest operation.
That night, three of the five telecommunications agents who were arrested surrendered without being punished, and the other two also chose to surrender to No. 76 after a little interrogation.
"Turn on the radio." Su Chende smiled proudly and ordered the first team of the Shanghai District Telecommunications Section of the Military Command, "I will listen to the Chongqing order."
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