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Chapter 682

In the 24th year of the Republic of China, it was midsummer.

The Jinlu Maru sailed on the vast Yellow Sea. The ship departed from Southeast Asia via Hong Kong City, Shanghai and Daocheng of Shandong Province, and its final destination was Lushunkou, which was occupied by Japan.

At this time, the land was extremely hot, but the cool breeze on the sea made people feel very comfortable. Many passengers came to the deck, leaning on the railing to look at the distance or chatting with each other.

Among these people, a special policeman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Japan stood on a high place, quietly observing the passengers with a binoculars, trying to find some suspicious persons from inside.

Due to the tense relationship between China and Japan, and the fact that both are yellow races for easy disguise, and the intelligence activities between the two sides are very frequent, many spies of the Republic of China would choose ships as their means of transportation.

Therefore, in order to keep the "enemy" out of the "land", Japanese ships traveling from overseas to Japan's sphere of influence have such special police officers who are responsible for monitoring passengers.

The man's eyes stayed on a man and a woman for a while and then turned away. He remembered these two people, a young couple in Tokyo, the man's name was Okamoto Shigenobu, and the woman's name was Okamoto Natsuko.

According to the documents and materials filled in, the other party originally operated a pharmacy in the mainland of the Republic of China. As the situation deteriorated, business became more and more difficult, so he wanted to go to the Northeast to start again.

The consulate personnel at the wharf have verified the documents, and the printed characters, the position of the steel seal, the order of the signature of the person in charge, and the secret mark of the seam seal are all correct, and there is no sign of forgery.

After boarding the ship from Daocheng, they stayed in the second-class cabin. There was no problem with their accent and eating habits, and there were no flaws in their conversations with other passengers. Suspects can basically be ruled out.

The special policeman lowered his head and ticked two checks on a document, which was a list of all the passengers of Jinluwan. Those who ticked the checkmarks could leave after arriving at Lushunkou and undergoing inspection.

As for those who didn't tick.

Either go to the interrogation room of the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army, or go to the prison of the police department of the Kwantung State Department, or be taken directly to the wilderness to be executed, in short, it will never appear again.

Relying on this strict screening method, it is difficult for domestic government and other intelligence personnel to enter the Northeast, and as long as there is a trace of doubt, it will fall into the hands of the Japanese.

On the deck, a man among a man and a woman glanced at the special policeman from the corner of his eye, and said with a smile in Japanese, "Xiazi, the sea breeze is a bit strong, let's go back to the cabin first."

"Okay, Okamoto-kun."

The woman folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen and lowered her head slightly, followed the man obediently into the cabin door, along the winding corridors, to a narrow second-class cabin.

As small businessmen who fled the Republic of China due to the business downturn, they could not afford to live in the expensive first-class cabin, and it was the last dignity not to live in the dirty and crowded third-class cabin.

The two closed the door and scanned the room carefully. The man squatted down and looked at a hair under the door. After confirming that there was no movement, he nodded slightly towards the woman.

"Okamoto-kun, I'm going to pack my clothes."

The woman replied tacitly, and groped carefully with her hands under the bed, around the lights, fans, and other hidden places to check whether there were bugging devices installed in these places.

A few minutes later, the man and the woman sat at the table in the cabin and started communicating with pen and paper. On a Japanese cruise ship, one must be cautious when doing anything.

"Deputy Director, why didn't you see Deputy Director Zheng and Wu Chunyang." The woman quickly wrote a paragraph for the man to read, then tore it up and put it in the ashtray to light it.

The man took the pen and wrote, "They boarded the ship in Malaysia. After such a long voyage, they should have lost the mood to enjoy the scenery. It is a normal reaction not to go to the deck."

The so-called Okamoto Shigenobu and Okamoto Natsuko were naturally Zuo Zhong and He Yijun. With the full support of Bald Head and Dai Chunfeng, all preparations for the trip to the Northeast were quickly made.

Zuo Zhong was fully responsible for this operation. He and He Yijun pretended to be husband and wife and embarked from the island city, while Zheng Tingbing and Wu Chunyang set off from Penang as British Chinese father and son.

The two teams did not communicate with each other, and went to Lushunkou by two lines, and finally met in Harbin, where the Kwantung Army's bacterial weapons base was located and also the final destination.

He Yijun ignited Zuo's heavy writing again, took out a new piece of paper and asked two questions: "Why didn't you arrange for Gui Youguang to come to the Northeast? Will Deputy Director Zheng be unreliable?"

Zuo Zhong didn't answer right away, but opened the newspaper and shook vigorously, finding a suitable reason for not speaking for a long time, and then took a pen to write the reason for his arrangement.

"The Japanese closely monitor young and middle-aged men going to the Northeast, especially when they are traveling together. Gui Youguang's appearance is too conspicuous, and he is easily spotted by the enemy.

Besides, no matter how good Gui Youguang's operational skills are, he will not be able to play any role in the face of hundreds of thousands of elite Kwantung Army. This time we go to the Northeast can only outsmart, not force it. "

It turned out to be the case.

He Yijun understood that the two teams consisted of men and women, old and young, and they looked more real. They would not be noticed by the Japanese anti-espionage personnel mixed in with other passengers.

Unlike operations on the territory of the national government, the most important thing in fighting behind enemy lines is concealment. Without the protection of the state apparatus, the situation they will face will be very severe.

Seeing that she understood what he meant, Zuo Zhong continued to write with a smile: "Don't underestimate Zheng Tingbing, this guy is a powerful character, don't be fooled by his appearance.

The other party was born in a poor landlord family in Wenchang, Guangdong Province. There were four brothers in the family.

Relying on the support of his neighbors, he traveled across the ocean to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and worked as an apprentice in a British rubber plantation, with a meager income that was only enough for his own living.

At that time, few overseas Chinese who worked hard in Nanyang had ever read books, but Zheng Tingbing could write and calculate, and later took advantage of this advantage to become a bookkeeper in a fish farm.

Although this job smells fishy and the status is still humble, he can finally leave a little money every month to support his mother and brothers and sisters in China, so he has worked for several years. "

Zheng Tingbing's background is so bitter.

What a surprise.

He Yijun was a little surprised. The deputy director Zheng she saw always had a smile on her face, kept her distance from the intelligence business, and easily avoided showing up in bloody and dark situations.

It gives the impression that he is a nice man. Apart from paying more attention to money, he hides other jobs as he can. Many people in the Secret Service think that the other party is more like a businessman than a spy.

I didn't expect Zheng Tingbing to have such a past. He can change from a bookkeeper to the chairman's attendant and the deputy director of the secret service. He must have something extraordinary.

Thinking of this, He Yijun looked at Zuo Zhong and pointed to the sky, meaning how Zheng Tingbing came to power, Zuo Zhong destroyed the paper full of words and started writing from scratch.

"In the 13th year of the Republic of China, Zheng Tingbing applied for Whampoa and was not admitted in the first term. He studied hard for a year and was admitted in the second term. After graduation, he was selected to continue his studies at Sun Yat-Sen University in Moscow.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China, the leader was re-elected, but the other party tried every means to get through the door, met the chairman of the committee, and expressed his political stance against the underground party.

Not only that, he also reported the ideological situation of Huangpu students at Sun Yat-sen University, which shows how deep this guy's thoughts are, and he became the chairman's attendant with this merit.

At the beginning, Zheng Tingbing didn't show anything special, and could only collect some information from his classmates and fellow villagers, but it didn't take long for the leader to fight with Li Delin from the Guangxi clan.

At that time, Li Delin's forces spread from Guangxi Province to North China, entrenched in Jiangcheng and fought against the government. He realized that the leader was eager to solve this matter, so he volunteered to go deep into the enemy's rear. "

Volunteering?

Lurking behind enemy lines?

Deputy Director Zheng?

He Yijun covered her mouth when she heard the words, it was incredible, she still remembered the other party's performance during the mission to Beiping, she didn't look like an intelligence officer at all.

Zuo Zhong also had a lot of emotion, if Dai Chunfeng hadn't told this story before leaving, he wouldn't have believed that Zheng Tingbing had done such a thing, these old foxes are not simple.

The two looked at each other, and silently raised their vigilance in their hearts. They had to be careful of each other in the future. Zuo Zhong moved his hands and wrote out all the things that happened afterwards.

"When he first sneaked into Jiangcheng, Zheng Tingbing deliberately found a dilapidated small inn to live in, and then made himself look poor, and then went to find Li Delin's younger brother.

That person was his classmate from Sun Yat-Sen University. This guy lied that he had been unemployed for a long time and his life was difficult to maintain.

The man followed him back to the small inn, and when he saw the steamed buns and pickles on the table and half a bottle of unfinished old wine, he immediately stopped doubting him and warmly invited Zheng Tingbing to live with him at home.

Relying on this relationship, the other party hibernated for a period of time and then quietly did two things. The first thing was to steal a photo of the encrypted codebook that Li Delin communicated with various troops.

The second thing is that he successively copied a list of Li Delin's troops stationed, number, equipment, and even the name of the chief officer, and handed them to the chairman of the committee through secret channels.

The other party moved around like this, alienating the troops of the Guangxi faction, buying and wooing the generals of the Guangxi faction, and collecting intelligence. The Gui faction soon failed, and Zheng Tingbing returned to Jinling to return to his command.

When he saw the leader, he handed over all the tributes he received during the event on the spot to show that he was not ashamed of self-interest. You see, when it comes to lurking, Lao Zheng is an expert. "

No wonder the deputy director wanted to lead Deputy Director Zheng. He Yijun fully understood that he couldn't get support for activities on the Japanese territory, and his personal coping ability was the most important thing.

Zheng Tingbing was able to break into the Guangxi warlords in Jiangcheng. Obviously, he did not lack the skills in this area. Coupled with Wu Chunyang's intelligence ability and carefulness, he would be able to successfully complete the task.

While she was thinking, Zuo Zhong quickly erased the traces of the pen and paper conversation, then walked to the porthole and looked towards the land, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

There shouldn't be any problems with these two teams. I don't know if the members of the third team going to the northeast by train are safe, especially Ling Sanping, but nothing will happen.

investigating germ weapons,

The opponent is an expert.

(End of this chapter)