That day, Cheng Xiaofeng sat in Kumamoto Shunji's office until late at night. He tidied up all his belongings before walking out of the office building of the Special Higher Police in disappointment.
His mind was filled with that distant figure, the pressure that figure was carrying as he walked towards the unknown battlefield, determined to die. He did not expect the assassination to end like this.
He believed that he was a person who placed his mission above everything else. He had always been using and deceiving Kumamoto Shunji. It was a hatred between races and had nothing to do with personal feelings. This was the awareness that a professional spy should have.
After reading the letter, he understood his true feelings. Other than gratitude, he had another feeling for Kumamoto Shunji. That feeling was called kinship. This kind of kinship was not one-sided, but mutual. It was the result of accumulation over a long period of time. It was the habit and acceptance of each other. It was a simple true love that transcended both enemies and nationality.
What would he do to have a perfect ending?
His mind was in a mess now. He suddenly realized how small and powerless he was. He thought that his clever plan was not worth mentioning in the eyes of his teacher. That strong sense of defeat had dealt a heavy blow to his confidence. It turned out that there was still a big gap between him and a real spy. This time, it was his teacher who gave him the most unforgettable lesson. As a result, the two of them could no longer face each other, and they could no longer return to the past. They could only fall in love once and for all, and their teacher had left life to him.
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After Kumamoto Shunji set off with the Cherry Blossom Squad, the Special Higher Police rarely saw Cheng Xiaofeng. All they could see was a lonely figure who came early and left late.
There were two female transponders in Sakura's communication room. They were monitoring the German high-resolution radio station in shifts, searching for the national military radio stations in the entire First Battle Area. The positioning of the radio station relied on Sakura's two radio stations and power meter. On the way to Shangqiu, there were a total of ten days. The power meter could be used to detect the signal of the suspicious radio station ten times. The signal strength value was measured and calculated according to the straight-line distance and distance. He could find all the radio stations in a battle zone and send them back to the Sakura Communication Room, bringing them into the monitoring range of the radio station.
Under the leadership of Kumamoto Shunji, the Cherry Blossom Squad had a smooth journey. They met up with two intelligence teams sent by the Shanghai Special Higher Police in Nanjing. One of the teams had already infiltrated the 128th Regiment of the 36th Division of the 74th Army two years ago. During the Battle of Nanjing, they had sent back information on the deployment of the 36th Division. As a result, the casualty rate of the 36th Division reached 75%, and the 128th Regiment they were in was almost completely wiped out. The three members of this team also took the opportunity to leave the team and wait for orders in Nanjing.
With the help of the Nanjing Special Higher Police, the group went to the warehouse in the north of Nanjing, where there was a mountain of spoils of war. Among the pile of ID cards belonging to the 36th Division, he found ten tattered books. The photos on them were all from the 128th Regiment. He also found a few Mauser Type 24 rifles marked with the 36th Division's gun number, and even found a broken Siemen radio. After choosing their respective uniforms, they forged knife wounds and gunshot wounds in the army hospital, and the corresponding parts of their uniforms were also dealt with.
The Nanjing Special Higher Police was responsible for fixing the broken radio station. The 13 members of the Cherry Blossom Squad had two days of emergency training to familiarize themselves with their new names, duties, and the names of their officers, as well as the various interrogations they might face. After all, the three agents who infiltrated the 36th Division two years ago were real soldiers of the 36th Division. One of them was a platoon leader, one was a traffic officer in the communication company, and one was a squad leader. They could handle any military police investigation.
On the third day, the thirteen members of the Cherry Blossom Party set off. The whole story of the team being broken up and having a few injured people looking for their own team after they recovered was convincing and touching. Therefore, they had a smooth journey. They even met a patriotic landlord in the territory of Anhui who arranged for a long-term worker to drive a carriage to send them three hundred miles.
As they got closer and closer to Guide (Shangqiu), the 14th Regiment in Xinxiang also stepped up their preparations, preparing their troops and heading straight for Puyang. A plan regarding the direction of the war in Xuzhou was quietly unfolding.
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Cheng Xiaofeng was the nominal leader of the communications team. He had been focusing all his energy on the Sakura Team these days. He only hoped that Mr. Kumamoto could come back alive. These days, his figure had become even more desolate. His deliberately fat body had become thinner. His eyes were listless, and his originally unshaven face looked even more wretched.
Yuta Matsuta had come to Sakura Teleportation and saw Cheng Xiaofeng getting thinner. He could only shake his head helplessly and console him to take care of his health. Then, he sighed and left.
Only the members of the Sakura Teleportation Office knew that their team leader had not been able to sleep for the first few nights. They had found more and more radio stations, and the number of intercepted messages had increased exponentially. As the Sakura Team advanced, more and more radio stations were excluded from the First Battle Area. The radio stations that were confirmed to be in the First Battle Area became clearer and clearer, and the corresponding relationships with the various battle orders gradually surfaced.
At this point, Cheng Xiaofeng had finally survived the initial elimination phase, and the Sakura Communication Room had returned to normal. The three decipherors were responsible for monitoring the suspicious radio stations and intercepting the secret messages. Jiamei was responsible for sorting out the secret messages, sending and receiving the telegrams, and maintaining the communication between Sakura Team and the 14th Division.
As the number of intercepted telegrams from a radio station increased, the possibility of being deciphered increased. Moreover, the telegram codes in the national army were the same. If one bit was broken, another would be brought out. Everyone in the Special Higher Police understood. They all believed that the reason why the new chief of the communications team was working so hard was to make a contribution in this cross-regional rescue of General Dohihara. It was also to raise the status of the Shanghai Special Higher Police among the many Japanese spy agencies.
Cheng Xiaofeng was preparing for his deciphering work. Of course, he wouldn't put his energy on the radio station of the 1st Battle Area because there were a large number of telegrams from the 14th Division in these secret messages. His goal was to collect all the radio stations of the 14th Division, grasp the movements of the 14th Division, and try to decipher them.
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Cheng Xiaofeng, the nominal team leader, went straight into Sakura's office. As for the other work of the communications team, he couldn't care about it. Matsuta Yuta had to pull Kurosawa back to the communications team.
Since Hezeri had returned to the communications team, Wang Xing, the deputy head of the intelligence team, took over. After a few days of treatment, Wang Xing could be discharged. However, just as Wang Xing stepped out of the door, an explosion occurred in Wang Xing's ward. However, there were no casualties this time.
The investigation of the scene was originally the work of the intelligence team. This time, it was arranged for the operation team. The special agent team of the military police also arrived at the scene. After investigation by both parties, it was proved that this was a time bomb. Fortunately, Wang Xing was discharged from the hospital. Otherwise, it would be difficult to escape this time.
Of course, Wang Xing understood that this was only his second assassination attempt. He had used a symbolic trick. When he left the hospital, the Japanese agents who were originally arranged to protect and monitor him had all withdrawn. At that time, it would be very easy for someone to sneak into the ward again, and a time bomb would be placed for a short period of time. It gave people the illusion that he was lucky enough to avoid the assassination once again.
Wang Xing returned to the Special Higher Police in fear and was welcomed by Yuta Matsuda. At the high-level meeting, Wang Xing was officially appointed as the deputy head of the intelligence team and a second lieutenant was arranged to be his adjutant. Wang Xing, of course, only had an empty title and continued to be in charge of investigating the Special Task Force 5.
At the same time, he also announced that Cheng Xiaofeng would be in charge of the Sakura Teleportation Office and the Intelligence Team. With the Deputy Team Leader and Cheng Xiaofeng, the Intelligence Team would be in good shape. This way, not only would the Intelligence Team not lose any of its original power, but it would also have a miniature Sakura Teleportation Office.
In fact, Matsuda Yuta still wanted Cheng Xiaofeng to return to his former state. Without Kumamoto Shunji, after a short transition period, Cheng Xiaofeng could still be loyal to him.
However, the team leaders of the other departments were still quite dissatisfied with the fact that two people from China were in charge of the most important department of the Special Higher Police.
"Although they are from the Celestial Empire, they have experienced two assassinations. Their loyalty to the Imperial Army is impeccable, and they are all carrying out special missions.”
One of them was investigating the Special Fifth Group lurking in the high-level Japanese army in Shanghai, while the other was supporting General Dohehara's next attack in the Xuzhou Battle. One of them was an old fox who had been dealing with them for many years, and the other was an expert who had cracked many radio stations. Moreover, their subordinates were all soldiers of the Imperium.”
The Japanese higher-ups present also knew what was going on. Kurosawa and Iza Akira did not say anything, so the others did not say anything either.
Yuta Matsuta once again encouraged Cheng and Wang before announcing the end of the meeting.
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Cheng Xiaofeng came out of the meeting room. His originally dull eyes had some light in them, which made Matsuta Yuta feel a little relieved. The Shanghai Special Higher Police Intelligence Group sent more than ten intelligence teams to Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, and other nearby cities. These intelligence teams were originally controlled by Kumamoto Shunji and Matsuda Yuta. At present, the management of some intelligence teams had been assigned to him, and all the telegrams sent back would be sent to him as soon as possible. He also had the authority to access the files of these teams.
As the war progressed, some areas were captured, and the intelligence teams in the captured areas lost the meaning of hiding in the local area. They were ordered to follow up the rear of the national army.
Now, many people in China were migrating, and these spy teams were also mixed in with the exiled people. Their destination cities were changed to Wu Han, Changsha, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Kunming. Other than the two teams from Nanjing that had joined the Cherry Blossom Team, there were eight other teams that had already arrived at their destination. Some had already set up roots in the target city, and some had even begun to send back information.
He was very clear about the harm that these spy teams could cause. He also understood that these teams were the trump cards of the Shanghai Special Higher Police. However, he couldn't do anything to these teams at the moment, at least not now. This was a game between spies. They dug out the spies hidden on their side and sent spies to the other side at the same time.
Now, Feng Ti had a feeling of being sidelined and temporarily left the center of power. If he were to send the information back now, it would definitely fall into the hands of the military commander. According to the military commander's personality, those spies would be eliminated very quickly. At that time, he would also be exposed.
After weighing the pros and cons, he decided that he had to get these files first. As for when he would send them back to the higher-ups, it would depend on the development of the situation.
There was one more important thing to attend to. Uncle Ho had been away for seven or eight days. He should be back by now with the latest instructions and funds from the higher-ups. It was time for him to meet up with them.
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"Adjutant Cheng!"
While Cheng Xiaofeng was thinking, Wang Xing caught up with him. At present, Wang Xing could only look for Cheng Xiaofeng. Although he was extremely unwilling to deal with this dangerous person, he had no choice. Those Japanese officers were even more difficult to deal with.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Deputy Team Leader Wang. I've been so busy recently that I forgot that you're still in a remote place in the Special Higher Police. How about this? Follow me, I'll take you to your office.”
"Thank you, Adjutant Cheng. You took time out of your busy schedule to visit me a few times. I'm deeply touched. Tonight, I'll treat you to a meal.”
Wang Xing said this, but he couldn't forget how this demon went to the ward to threaten him and exposed his two sets of cards. Although the people in the two spy teams might not be caught, the telegrams of the two spy teams had all become clear telegrams. If they were careless, such as revealing information about the contact, then they would be caught red-handed.
By the way, Boss Dai might not know that he had already played these two cards. If he sent someone this time and revealed the information of the second fake assassination in the telegram,
Thinking of this, Wang Xing felt his scalp explode. The key was that he no longer had the radio station password to contact Boss Dai directly. His two passbooks had already lost their effectiveness.
"Hey, Deputy Team Leader Wang, you don't look well. Are you still feeling weak after leaving the hospital?”
"Yes, Adjutant Cheng. My health is not good. Can you arrange for someone to go to the nearby Chinese medicine shop to get a set of medicinal herbs to nurse my body?”
"Alright, no problem. I wonder if Station Chief Wang has any prescriptions? Or I can ask the canteen to stew a chicken for me to nourish my body.”
"Adjutant Cheng, you're too polite. It's better to take the medicine first.”
"Alright, give me the prescription. I'll arrange for someone to get the medicine. The situation outside was tense, so it was better for Deputy Team Leader Wang not to step out of the Special Higher Police for now.”
"Then I'll have to trouble you! I'll send it to you after I finish writing the prescription. However, I still have a presumptuous request for Adjutant Cheng.”
"Oh? Tell me."
"As you know, just now, the customs chief asked me to investigate Special Team 5. There was another explosion this morning, and it might be related to the two previous assassinations. So, I'll start with the two assassinations that happened a few days ago. I heard that you've already made a closing report. That's great. I still want to read the file and the physical evidence. After all, it concerns my life and death. I hope you can understand.”
"Oh, so Deputy Team Leader Wang means that the two assassinations and the explosion at the Army Hospital today were done by the same group of people. But what evidence? I have evidence here. It's that intercepted telegram. You know, they've already evacuated Shanghai. As for today's explosion, Deputy Team Leader Wang, you have to investigate it carefully.”
Wang Xing really wished he could punch himself twice. The other party obviously did not want him to get involved in the two assassination cases. He had just arrived and had yet to gain a firm foothold. He was so anxious that he had forgotten who he was facing! He was still too impatient!
"That's right, that's right. I'll focus on investigating the explosion case now.”
Looking at the slightly hunched back, Wang Xing understood that this person was his nemesis and also a stumbling block in his plan to replace him. He had to find a suitable opportunity to get rid of him.
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