Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 872: Masters compete with each other, and each move is fatal

"Teacher, Lone Wind's secret message!"

The person who spoke was Ichiro Takizawa, Kenji Doihara's personal aide-de-camp and a student he brought from China.

The old Japanese soldier was delighted when he heard this. He had originally heard that the Eighth Route Army had ordered the people in Shangqiu City to evacuate, and the hidden intelligence team might not be able to forward the telegram in time.

"Search Desne!"

The existence of Gu Feng was considered top secret by Kenji Doihara. The Shangqiu undercover team did not know at first that Gu Feng was in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area. However, as time went by, they could not help but make some speculations.

Apart from Kenji Doihara himself, only Ichiro Takizawa knew the general movements of Gu Feng, while Yamashita Tomoyuki and others had no way of knowing.

Doihara was a master who was extremely good at planning, which can be seen from his experience in China. Although he was in Japan, he was always paying attention to the situation in China.

When he learned that the plane Okamura Yasuji was on crashed over the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Zhou Weihan's name quickly rose in the rankings on Kenji Doihara's list, and he became a target of the old devil from then on.

Therefore, Kenji Doihara carefully selected a suitable candidate from among his agents and waited for an opportunity to go to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area.

Sun Yongsheng, 24 years old, is a native Chinese. His ancestral home is Fengrun, Hebei. He begged for a living at the age of twelve. At the age of fourteen, he received professional training in a special agent school. At the age of seventeen, he went to his uncle's home in Yongcheng and has been waiting to be awakened ever since.

When the 35th Division drove the disaster victims from northern Anhui and eastern Henan to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Sun Yongsheng took the opportunity to blend in.

After learning that Sun Yongsheng had attended junior high school and was proficient in mathematics, local cadres saw that Sun Yongsheng performed well in helping to provide relief to disaster victims, so they recommended him to study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

His experience was not much different from Zhou Weihan's guess. After the four-month short-term training at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, Sun Yongsheng did not take up a position in the local government. Instead, he wrote a petition asking the organization to assign him to a combat unit.

After that, he made military achievements and even published articles in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Daily. Therefore, in January 1943, he was selected to work in the Propaganda Department of the Military Region.

After Kenji Doihara personally translated the contents of the telegram, he fell into deep thought. He had no doubt about the authenticity of the contents of the telegram, but he found it difficult to make a decision.

"Yi Lang, a main force of the Eighth Route Army is preparing to attack Jining. How do you think our army should respond? Should we divide our forces?"

  Ichiro Takizawa didn't understand the purpose of his teacher asking him this question, but in his understanding, their trip was to oppose Yamashita Tomoyuki. If Yamashita Tomoyuki used this as an excuse to send the 14th Division to Jining, then what was the point of opposing him?

Doihara shook his head when he heard this. The only consensus he and Yamashita Tomoyuki had reached was that all three infantry divisions would fight on the Longhai Line.

Before leaving, Hideki Tojo entrusted him with another important task. The Imperial Guards Division could not return to Japan intact, so the 14th Division had to be tied together with the Imperial Guards Division in order to operate it properly.

  At this time, Kenji Doihara couldn't help but complain to Hideki Tojo that he wanted it all. He wanted to transfer Yamashita Tomoyuki from the Kwantung Army, but he didn't want him to make a big splash in this battle. He also wanted to take the opportunity to consume the strength of the Imperial Guards Division. How could it be so easy to have both the fish and the bear's paw?

Of course, Kenji Doihara also had other plans. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent for a Japanese general to be the commander of a division? So he did not disclose the intelligence he obtained to the local Japanese army.

In the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Wei Dayong took Wang Zhiguo to wander around the base area for two days. After an in-depth investigation, they successfully narrowed the list of suspects to less than 60 people.

Zhao Gang came towards him, followed by Wen Qie. This guy spotted Wang Zhiguo at first sight, which made Wang Zhiguo feel very uncomfortable.

"Political Commissar Zhao!"

"Monk, how are things going?"

Wei Dayong glanced at Wen Qi and hesitated a little. Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Comrade Wen Qi is trustworthy. Can he tell what you two are doing at a glance?"

Wei Dayong and Wang Zhiguo looked at each other. They had been extremely careful, but they did not expect that they were still discovered. Except for a few related people, no one else knew about the separate internal investigation.

Wen Qi was still as arrogant as ever, pointing at Wei Dayong and saying, "You are Zhou Weihan's bodyguard, and you will not leave his side under normal circumstances!"

Then he pointed at Wang Zhiguo and said, "There's something wrong with you. Your eyes are wandering everywhere, and you look back every two steps. You're too cautious, so you stand out in the crowd!"

After all, Wen Qi was an experienced old spy. He saw that something was wrong at a glance. After pointing out the problems of the two people, he kept silent.

Zhao Gang understood Wen Qi's thoughts and was waiting for someone to praise him. He said, "I have told Comrade Wen Qi about the whole thing. He has some opinions of his own. I think they will be of great help. You can communicate more!"

After Zhao Gang finished speaking, he went back to his own business. Wen Qi took the two of them to his residence. The environment inside the house was clean and tidy, and there was even a blackboard on the wall.

"How is the progress so far?"

Wang Zhiguo pulled out a stack of information from his briefcase and did not hide anything from Wen Qi. Finally, he said, "It's a pity that the base doesn't have a radio reconnaissance vehicle, otherwise we would have been able to catch him this time!" Wen Qi glanced at him and said sarcastically, "As an intelligence officer, you should manage your emotions well, keep a calm mind at all times, and never make excuses for yourself!"

"Let me ask you, where did the radio station used by Lone Wind come from?"

Monk Wei didn't understand what he meant, but Wang Zhiguo understood immediately: "I have investigated this. The base has extremely strict regulations on the use of radio stations, and the telecommunications personnel are all veteran comrades. Therefore, Gu Feng cannot have used the public radio station frequently. He must have his own radio station!"

Wen Qi then asked, "Where is the radio station he used hidden, and how is it powered? From what I understand, housing in Heze is tight, and household registration management is complete. Most cadres live in collective dormitories. Could the radio station be hidden in the collective dormitories? If he rented a house outside, there would definitely be traces left!"

Wang Zhiguo was suddenly enlightened. He himself did not understand the situation in the base area. Wei Dayong was only familiar with the internal affairs of the army and had only a vague understanding of the management of local governments.

"The radio stations used by the Japanese army were all military radio stations, but they set up a transfer station in Shangqiu. This shows that in order to reduce the risk of exposure, they deliberately used small, portable, low-power radio stations!"

"Doihara is an extremely cunning man, very good at planning, and will not easily increase the risk of lurking personnel. This can be seen from the specifications of the radio he uses!"

"The most common way to power a battery is through batteries, but batteries will eventually run out. Maybe Gufeng has another way to get batteries, but that would increase the risk of leakage!"

"The hand-cranked generator requires at least two people to be undercover, so Gu Feng would not use a hand-cranked generator. It is more likely that he privately connected the wires to charge it. This proves that he must have rented a house outside!"

"Can you send a telegram?" Wen Qi asked again.

"will not!"

"I often send messages on my right hand. Look at the calluses on my thumb and middle finger!"

After Wen Qi's analysis, Wang Zhiguo narrowed down the target group again: "I understand. They rented houses in Heze City for a long time around May 1942. Their homes were powered, and the power consumption varied greatly at different times!"

Due to the dense population flow in Heze, the local government of Heze is extremely strict in household registration management. Every local resident is issued an ID with a photo attached. The first thing for outsiders arriving in Heze is to apply for a temporary ID, otherwise they will not be able to rent a house or stay in a hotel.

Following the clues provided by Wen Qi, Wang Zhiguo went to the Household Registration Management Section to check who on the suspect list had rented a house alone. He directly found out that Sun Yongsheng had rented a house on the pretext that his relative was doing business in Heze.

However, when we arrived at the place and asked the local people, we found that the residents here were often not at home, and it seemed that this was not their permanent residence.

Wang Zhiguo quickly reported the latest progress to Zhou Weihan, calling directly from Heze to Shangqiu. Zhou Weihan answered the call: "You called so quickly, is there any progress? It seems that person does not work in the telephone management office!"

"Commander, I have a rough idea of ​​who I suspect is. His name is Sun Yongsheng, and he works in the military region's propaganda department. After Comrade Wen Qi's reminder, we found another residence of this person in the city. However, in order to prevent alerting the enemy, we have not yet searched the residence!"

Zhou Weihan said: "Then observe for a while, there is no rush for now, catch him when you are sure!"

"Officer, can you let Comrade Wen Qi join the follow-up work? He is experienced and this investigation was solved thanks to his reminder!"

Zhou Weihan didn't expect Wen Qie to be able to play a role in this. Because of Wen Qie's identity, it was difficult to arrange a job for him before, so he could only stay with Zhao Gang temporarily.

Every profession has its own specialties, and professional matters need to be done by professionals. The enemy work department or intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army are good at lurking, while the people of the Military Control Commission are good at arresting people. The people of the Eighth Route Army have basically little experience in this area.

Wen Qi is indeed a suitable candidate for instructor. If we select a group of people to be trained by Wen Qi, the base's anti-enemy spy operations will surely make good progress.

"Okay, I'll consider this matter. Follow up later and wait for my order!"

Zhou Weihan hung up the phone and said to Yang Bo, "Did the Japanese army call back the Shangqiu intelligence team?"

"Fujikawa Reizo and his men have been guarding the radio station. There has been no movement since the telegram was sent!"

"That's weird, why is there no movement?"

Zhou Weihan revealed the news that the 7th Training Brigade was attacking Jining. On the one hand, he wanted to pass the information through Gu Feng to mobilize the Japanese army's forces. On the other hand, he wanted to let Doihara know that there was no problem with the undercover personnel on Gu Feng's line.

The two sides were about to fight, and since there was no problem with the undercover personnel, why didn't Kenji Doihara give Gu Feng a mission? This puzzled Zhou Weihan.

(End of this chapter)