Shadow Spy

Chapter 485 Judas and the like are also useful

On March 3, just after the trial of the fourth wave of war criminals, Li Junhao was about to take a rest, but Mei Ruao and Xiang Zhejun, the heads of the Chinese Public Prosecution Team of the Far East Tribunal, came to ask for an audience. This made him a little strange, but of course he wanted to see them.

After Mei and Xiang entered the office, they had great respect for him, a young American five-star general. It can be said that after the previous four rounds of war criminal trials, most Chinese people respect him.

Li Junhao also respected these two legal professionals. In his previous life, Mei Ruao was the only Chinese judge in the Far East, and Xiang Zhejun was the Chinese prosecutor of the International Prosecution Bureau. Although that trial 22 It took two years for the class-A war criminals to be convicted, and in the end only seven were sentenced to death. However, the two Chinese had actually tried their best. However, due to various factors, too many Japanese war criminals escaped punishment.

But in this world, I personally presided over the trial. After four rounds, not counting life and fixed-term imprisonment, 22 war criminals have been hanged, 11 shot, and 8 were even named after their deaths... even It can be said that even Li Junhao himself does not know how many executions will be carried out in the end!

Although it was a bit boring to preside over consecutive trials, every time he knocked down the gavel and sentenced a group of war criminals to death, the inner joy he felt was unmatched by anything else, so he decided to continue doing this!

Okay, now is not the time to think about this. Li Junhao stretched out his hand to shake hands with the two of them, invited them to sit in the reception area, and personally made tea for them. Since they are Chinese, tea is of course better than coffee.

"Thank you!" When he personally brought the tea to the two of them, Mei and Xiang hurriedly took it with both hands - they had known before that this US military admiral was very friendly to China, not only in the Shanghai Concession but also in the Shanghai Concession. After working for two years, he took great care of the Chinese Expeditionary Force when he was appointed commander of the India-Burma Theater. Many current military generals highly praise him. So far, it seems that it is indeed true.

After tasting tea, Li Junhao said: "Two prosecutors, do you have any business coming to see me this time?"

"Oh, yes, presiding judge." Mei Ru'ao put down the tea cup in her hand and said, "General, there is such a Japanese named Tanaka Takayoshi. He is 51 years old. Before his arrest, he was the director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Army Ministry. , with the rank of Army Lieutenant General, was previously designated as a Class-A war criminal...Now he is willing to reveal some inside information about the Japanese military and political circles in exchange for not being sentenced to death. You see..."

Tanaka Takayoshi? That "Judas of Japan" was a guy who "made up for his mistakes" by betraying and biting his colleagues in the Far East Military Tribunal in his previous life, and was hated by the Japanese! Well, this is interesting!

He asked: "Then you mean to let this Tanaka go and let him be a tainted witness?"

Tainted Witness? Both of them were stunned. There was no such word at that time, but when they thought about it, the term was really appropriate! So, Mei Ru'ao immediately said: "Yes, General, this Tanaka just wants to be this tainted witness..."

Li Junhao nodded and said: "Prepare the information about Tanaka Takayoshi in more detail. Let me take a look first... Well, I also need to meet. If he can really facilitate our trial work, I can consider his request. ..." He didn't say it to death because he really wanted to weigh it. "Okay, General." The two nodded happily. You must know that they are preparing to prosecute many war criminals here in Japan. It is very troublesome to obtain various information files and collect evidence, even with the help of the US Military Police. , it is also very difficult - don’t expect the Japanese to cooperate.
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The next day, the Chinese Public Prosecution Team sent over Tanaka Takayoshi's information, which was quite large. Xiaoyu, as the first assistant, immediately arranged for someone to sort it out, mainly to eliminate duplicate content and simplify the information. Only the key parts are retained so that Li Junhao can read with less worry.

It was already afternoon by the time Li Junhao finished reading the information. After a brief browse, he discovered that Tanaka Takayoshi is really not simple and has a lot of experience. Although he has done a lot of bad things, it can be seen that this guy is a complete intelligence officer. There were a lot of conspiracies involving personnel, but they were all in supporting roles... To be honest, this Tanaka was not qualified as a Class-A war criminal!

This is of course good. Li Junhao doesn't want to really let go of a Class A war criminal. Now this person might be able to be used. Of course, he still needs to meet this person first to see if he is qualified to be let go?

So he immediately asked Xiao Yu to arrange to bring Tanaka Takayoshi here...

More than an hour later, Tanaka Takayoshi, who was taken to the top floor of the Empire State Building, was wearing a Japanese general uniform without military rank. Knowing that he was facing the commander-in-chief of the occupying forces and the presiding judge of the Far East Tribunal, he was very nervous and stood in front of his desk deeply. Bowing, he didn't dare to straighten up before getting permission.

"Get up!" Li Junhao said, "Sit down." He pointed to the chair in front of the table.

"Thank you, Marshal!" After Tanaka Ryukichi said this, he straightened up and sat upright on the chair, holding his knees with his hands and sitting upright. In Japanese, the five-star general of the US military is a marshal.

Li Junhao looked at the slightly frail middle-aged man with glasses in front of him, nodded and said: "Takayuki Tanaka, you are also an old man in the intelligence community. Although you are from different countries and camps, some basic rules of the intelligence community are the same... ...You should understand what I need now. Tell me, if I keep you, what will you give me in return?"

"Your Excellency, I can truthfully report to you everything I know..." Tanaka Takayoshi said, "I have a very good memory. Ever since I joined the Army Staff Headquarters in Taisho 12... oh, 1923, everything I have I remember everything I experienced very clearly, and while I was still working as a spy, I also learned a lot of internal information about the Japanese Army. I remember all of this..."

Regarding his good memory, Li Junhao had already seen it from the information and knew that the other party was not lying. His specialty was extremely famous in the Army Ministry and was known as the "living file". This was indeed a very useful specialty, but he It takes more than that.

He said: "My headquarters needs to set up a special department. Its main job is to capture and identify Japanese war criminals who committed crimes during the war, including those who absconded and hidden; in addition, it also needs to do some work for the occupying forces to stabilize the current social situation in Japan. Do you think you are qualified to contribute?”

"I can do it!" Tanaka Takayoshi stood up immediately and said, "Please believe me, I can definitely do it!"

(End of this chapter)