Chapter 802 Visitors from Dalian
"Especially in Dalian, where the Japanese have the most intensive activities, the organization sent comrades to penetrate into the enemy's interior to try to obtain further trends and secrets about the Japanese army's possible invasion of China." Cheng Qianfan pointed to a paragraph in the document and read Listen to Imamura Hyōtaro.
"The implicit meaning revealed by this sentence is that the Red Party Manchuria Special Branch planted spies within a certain agency and department of the Dalian Empire." He looked serious, "From the following, it can be seen that the Red Party Manchuria Special Branch received a lot of success that year. There is little information about the empire’s possible actions in Manchuria, and the source of this information is likely to come from these spies who have infiltrated our ranks.”
"Very good." Imamura Hyōtaro nodded happily, "You were able to quickly pinpoint the doubtful points in the document, and I was not disappointed."
As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case. Upon seeing this, Cheng Qianfan skillfully took out a lighter and helped the teacher light it.
After taking a puff of the cigarette, Imamura Hyōtaro thought about it, glanced at Miyazaki Kentaro, and then said slowly, "The Kanto Prefecture side also noticed this sentence in the document and spent a lot of manpower and material resources. and time to investigate.”
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Kandong Prefecture is Dalian. The Japanese have occupied and operated here for many years and have long regarded Dalian and Lushun as their territory.
"We should indeed investigate and uncover this spy." Cheng Qianfan said seriously, "He has been in our ranks since the sixth year of the Showa Period. If this person is still in our ranks, we will be undefended against the enemy, and even this person He may already hold an important position within our organization..."
As he spoke, his expression became even more gloomy, "...It makes people shudder just thinking about it."
“According to the investigation by the Kanto Prefecture Special High School Division, they finally identified the possible hiding place of this spy at the Kanto Prefecture Military Police Brigade Special High School Division.” Imamura Hyōtaro said slowly.
Special higher education courses?
Cheng Qianfan frowned slightly.
“What’s wrong?” Imamura Hyoutarou asked.
"Students just find it strange that this matter involves a special higher education course, and it is a special higher education course in Kanto Prefecture. At present, this matter has little to do with the foreign affairs department. Why is the teacher suddenly paying attention to this matter?" Cheng Qianfan frankly expressed his doubts.
As a beloved disciple of Imamura Hyōtaro, he can naturally say whatever comes to his mind without having to worry too much.
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Hyoutaro Imamura smiled and did not answer Kentaro Miyazaki's question, but continued, "The key suspects are actually two, Class Araki and Class Yoshihira."
“Araki?” Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise, “Is this person related to the student’s colleague in the Special Higher Education Course, Araki Harima?”
“Araki Kazunari, Lieutenant Colonel, monitor of the Extracurricular Affairs Class of the Kanto Prefecture Independent Military Police Brigade.” Hyōtaro Imamura said, “His other identity is Araki Harima’s clan brother.”
actually has something to do with Araki Harima.
“That’s it.” Cheng Qianfan nodded.
"The other person, Yoshihirazaemon, is from Imperial Nagasaki. His identity is the monitor of the Anti-espionage Class of Kanto Prefecture Super High School." Imamura Hyōtaro said, and then he briefly introduced the local secret service of Kanto Prefecture to his disciple. and the structure of the judicial and police departments.
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As an "excellent" agent of the Shanghai Special High School, Cheng Qianfan has a good understanding of the internal structure of the Shanghai Special High School. Even so, he was still shocked by the powerful functions of the Japanese Xiante agency in Dalian.
The functional positioning of the gendarmerie and special higher education courses in ‘Kandong Prefecture’ is very different from the Japanese military police and special higher education courses in other places.
Japanese imperialism has been operating on this land for many years, and the administrative police and judicial police are quite complete, almost the same as in Japan.
Take the Kanto Prefecture Military Police, for example. It was the only independent military police force among the Japanese invaders and had absolutely powerful law enforcement powers;
Monitor the dock and monitor the dock workers.
Strengthen police prevention, detection, and suppression of all anti-Japanese activities.
In addition, it is also responsible for searching for underground workers of the National Red Party and the Red Party and foreign spies entering by sea, monitoring laborers recruited from North China, Shandong and other places, and reviewing ships docked from various places.
This independent military police brigade has two detachments, Dalian and Lushun, and has also set up a special higher education course at its headquarters.
The Japanese invaders were arrogant and domineering in the land of China, burning, killing and looting. Because of their special nature, the military police of Dalian were even more arrogant and domineering.
After listening to Imamura Hyōtaro's introduction, Cheng Qianfan also remembered something. When he was at Dongya Douwen College, he once heard something told by Imai Tai.
At that time, Imai was quite contented, and could even be described as smug.
After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese military police in Kanto Prefecture were responsible for arresting and guarding Northeastern military and political dignitaries who had not had time to escape.
The Japanese army set up layers of open and hidden sentries around the prison area, and strictly prohibited any "idler" from approaching, in order to prevent the roving Northeastern Army from coming to rob the prison and rescue people.
As for the people passing through the detention area, regardless of their status, the military police on duty must arbitrarily interrogate and search them.
One day, the American consul in Fengtian drove past a detention site.
The Japanese military police suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, stopped the car with their guns drawn, and searched the car and the American consul.
The American consul took out his business card and explained his identity.
The Japanese military police ignored him at all and even forced the American consul to take off his pants for inspection. They also commented on the American consul's private parts.
Finally, he falsely claimed that the other party was pretending to be a diplomat.
The American consul was made troubled and teased by two Japanese gendarmes and became furious. He kept accusing the Japanese gendarmes of violating consular and diplomatic rights.
The military police used the excuse of interfering with military affairs to pull the consul out of the car and gave him a three-pintax meal.
The U.S. consul covered his face and fled in embarrassment. Later, he ran to the Kwantung Army headquarters and lodged a strong protest to Commander Shigeru Honjo.
Honzo Shige waved his hand and resolutely refused to admit that this incident was his own fault. He also accused the United States of deliberately spreading rumors and slander in order to undermine Japan-U.S. relations.
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In any normal country, this kind of thing would cause uproar and major diplomatic turmoil. Instead of no one being held accountable within Japan, it has become something worth showing off.
Later, this incident first spread within the Japanese military police, and even spread wider. It was talked about by the Japanese, and was regarded as a grand event for the rise of the Japanese Empire, which could wantonly humiliate European and American white people. This was the pride of the 'Empire of Japan' Things.
In Imai Tai’s words, those two military policemen did many things that Japanese people dream of—
Cheng Qianfan peeled off the brown paper of the Tiaotou cake for Imamura Hyōtaro, and told Imamura Hyōtaro this widely circulated story with a smile on his face.
As expected, Hyōtaro Imamura also knew about this matter. However, Counselor Imamura did not seem to approve of the behavior of the two military policemen of the Kanto Prefecture Military Police Brigade. He shook his head with a serious expression and commented that it was "injurious to the country's character."
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Cheng Qianfan smiled and did not echo the teacher's words or refute anything.
Imamura Hyōtaro glanced at his students and understood the psychology of young people like Kentaro Shirayaki. The empire was knocked on the door by the Americans back then. If the empire's millennium long-cherished wish was to occupy China, then the empire had another centenary long-cherished wish, and that was Defeat the United States and avenge its past humiliation.
For things that can make Americans look bad, young people like Miyazaki will naturally applaud.
Just now, Miyazaki Kentaro noticed that he was a little tired after working for a long time, so he changed the topic and told these "interesting stories", and at the same time, he was sent some cakes to satisfy his hunger.
Miyazaki Kentaro's attentiveness and meticulous care for him, Imamura Hyoutarou naturally saw it in his eyes, and he was very fond of it in his heart.
Now, after having tea and cakes, the two of them talked about business again.
"Teacher, could it be that this suspected espionage case involved the foreign affairs department and Shanghai, so it was transferred from Guandong Prefecture to your hands?" Cheng Qianfan thought for a while, and somewhat understood the connection. , then asked.
Hyoutaro Imamura smiled and motioned for Kentaro Miyazaki to continue.
"The comrade called Manchu Teko of the Red Party may not only be a member of the Chinese Red Party, but also a Soviet Russian!" Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This person may be a Soviet Russian. "
As he spoke, Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "It can't be a Soviet Russian. The difference in appearance is obvious. Then, the most likely possibility is that he is the Chinese Red Party of the Red International led by Soviet Russia."
"Your analysis is already relatively close." Imamura Hyotarō nodded slightly, "Araki Squad does have Soviet Russia and the Red International as its main targets."
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As Soviet espionage personnel and radio stations were constantly discovered in the Dalian area, the Special High School became more and more aware that whether it was for the future war against the Soviet Union or the suppression of anti-Japanese activities in Dalian, it was necessary to focus on Soviet Russia's espionage and strategic activities, and carry out regular intelligence and reconnaissance activities.
From the day it was established, the Foreign Affairs Class of the Super High School has focused its attention on Soviet Russia.
Araki Kazunari’s Kanto Prefecture Independent Military Police Brigade Extra-High School Foreign Affairs Class is a special institution. It is a “special class” that carries out directional reconnaissance work centered on foreigners and the Soviet Russian Consulate in Dalian.
The focus of their reconnaissance was first on the Soviet Russians, and efforts were made to discover Soviet spies.
Secondly, it is to detect the intelligence network of the Kuomintang, Britain and the United States and other countries in the "Kwantung Prefecture".
The Special High School regarded the Soviet consulate in Dalian as its base for directing intelligence activities, receiving funds, and receiving intelligence equipment.
As a result, various counter-espionage secret activities were launched around the consulate.
Not only did they monitor the staff of the Soviet consulate, they also bribed the Chinese chefs and Chinese female teachers working in the consulate to collect intelligence for them in the consulate.
“There is a piece of information that has been confirmed from the mouth of a Chinese chef.” Hyōtaro Imamura said, “In the sixth year of the Showa era, people from the Red International did secretly communicate with the Soviet consulate.”
"How could a chef know about such a hidden thing?" Cheng Qianfan was very surprised, as if he didn't expect that the Soviet consulate's internal precautions were so lax.
“Chefs and doctors are the professions that know the most things.” Hyoutaro Imamura said.
“Understood.” Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment, then suddenly realized it, and looked at Hyoutarou Imamura with admiration, “The empire has gained a great diplomat, but it has also lost a talented espionage expert.”
Hyoutaro Imamura felt very comfortable with the flattery from his student. He smiled and said, "People's energy is limited, and they all dedicate themselves to the empire. There is no regret."
“The students have been taught.” Cheng Qianfan said respectfully.
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“The only people who had contact with Soviet Russia, apart from Kazunari Araki’s foreign affairs team, were Kihirazaemon’s espionage prevention team.” Hyōtaro Imamura said.
Compared with the foreign affairs class, which in addition to guarding against the Soviet Union, must also guard against the Kuomintang, Britain, the United States, France and other great powers, the espionage prevention class has always had only one main goal:
Soviet Russia.
The focus is to prevent the Soviet Union from training and dispatching anti-alliance personnel in Manchuria to sneak back to Dalian to cause chaos.
Obviously, the personnel of the Red Party's Manchuria Special Branch may also have received secret training from the Soviet Union.
"There is another possibility." Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought, "The spy lurking within the empire may not be from the Red International, or it may be cultivated directly by Soviet Russia for the Chinese Red Party."
Miyazaki Kentaro looked at his 'respected teacher' and said, "These are all matters over there in Kanto Prefecture."
He said, "Now that it has attracted so much attention from teachers, this can only mean two things."
“The person hiding inside the Guandong Prefecture Super High School may be coming to Shanghai, or even already in Shanghai.” Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought, “Maybe he found some clues pointing to Shanghai.”
As he spoke, Cheng Qianfan showed an even more puzzled expression, "Teacher, you never like these things, and you rarely pay direct attention to similar things."
Hyoutaro Imamura did not answer immediately, but lit another cigarette and took a few puffs in silence.
“Kentaro, you should know that I worked in Manchuria before coming to the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai.” Imamura Hyoutaro said.
“Yes, teacher, you used to work in the Kanto Prefecture Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...” Cheng Qianfan said, showing a sudden realization, “Teacher—”
"In the seventh year of the Showa Period, a very confidential document was lost in the Kanto Prefecture Office." Hyoutaro Imamura said slowly, "This document was lost very strangely. The empire has never given up on pursuing the matter, but it has never been able to find it. Any clues."
Cheng Qianfan secretly thought that in the seventh year of the Showa era, which was the 21st year of the Republic of China, Hyōtaro Imamura happened to be working in the Kanto Prefecture Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time. Hyōtaro Imamura had such a profound memory of this matter, and he was obviously concerned when talking about it. The mood fluctuated, and it turned out that this matter had something to do with Hyoutarou Imamura, and he even had a certain responsibility for the matter at that time.
Therefore, even though seven years have passed, Imamura Hyoutarou still holds a grudge against this incident.
Now, Cheng Qianfan is more concerned about how this matter is related to Shanghai?
Is there information pointing to Shanghai?
Or, maybe even a visitor from Dalian?
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