Cicada Moving

Chapter 832 Intelligence Feedback and Analysis

“Toshio Akihara, male, was born in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture in the third year of Taisho. He studied as a member of the Army at Tokyo Foreign Language School and Takushoku University, which trained agents for the invasion of the Republic of China.

ˆ He has worked in the Japanese Consulate in Switzerland and the General Staff Headquarters. He is currently at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and participated in the preparation of the rear service personnel training center. This is all the information we can find about the target. "

In the Changcheng office of the Secret Service, Zuo Zhong stood next to the slide projector and introduced the information about Toshio Akihara. He kept pressing the film change switch to show photos of the mentioned places and people to Gucci and others below.

 Click~click~

　　Photos of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters Building flashed quickly on the curtain, and a simple-looking, slightly fat, middle-aged man wearing a suit appeared in front of everyone.

This is the latest information sent by Swiss airmail. For this photo, the consulate staff spent thousands of dollars to obtain the negative from a reporter who interviewed Toshio Akihara.

 After finishing the information, he turned off the slide projector and turned on the light. He looked at his subordinates and said, "If you have any ideas after reading, please speak up boldly. Let's brainstorm and don't be afraid of making mistakes."

 The agents present looked at each other. Gu Qi, who had the highest military rank and rank, wiped his head that was getting bald and spoke first.

“Based on this information, it can be basically concluded that Toshio Akihara is an intelligence officer of the Japanese Army and not an ordinary member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, his promotion is very unreasonable.

The Japanese army has a complete set of procedures for internal promotion, especially the transition from lieutenant officer to assistant officer. It depends on whether you are a military sergeant and a graduate of the mainland university, and secondly, your seniority.

  Akihara Toshio does not belong to these two, so why can he still be promoted quickly in such a short period of time and even be qualified to participate in the establishment of a new secret agency?

 Personally, I think this may have something to do with Gu Zhongya. If the target successfully instigated an important person in the government and thus made great achievements, it would be reasonable for him to be promoted. "

As expected of old information, he immediately grasped the key to the problem.

Compared with the Japanese army, the formalization of the Japanese army started very early. There are strict standards for personnel appointments, and everyone must abide by them, including intelligence personnel.

This type of analysis, which uses the enemy's internal system as a basis for speculation, is very accurate because a mature group will not break the rules for a certain person.

After Gu Qi finished speaking, Song Minghao and Wu Jingzhong also expressed their opinions one by one. The three of them agreed that there was some kind of connection between Gu Zhongya and Akihara Toshio.

 A spy placed by the Japanese Army in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs secretly contacted the officers of the Japanese Army, regardless of whether they reached cooperation or not. This itself is suspicious.

More importantly, when Gu Zhongya returned to China to report on his work, he kept silent about the matter. Although his honest confession might be suspected, he chose to conceal it. Once the incident happened, the consequences would be more serious.

 As a professional soldier, an adult with normal thinking and logic should be able to distinguish the pros and cons, so he must have a deep-seated reason for doing this.

After listening to the speeches of the three Gu Qi, Zuo Zhong did not express his position immediately. After thinking for a while, he looked at Wu Chunyang and named the other person.

 “Chunyang, it’s your turn.”

 “Yes, Deputy Director.”

Wu Chunyang stood up and smiled sheepishly: "Chief Gu and the others just talked about it very comprehensively, so I won't go into details. What I'm interested in is the rear service personnel training institute.

 According to the intelligence, Toshio Akihara will preside over this agency with the rank of colonel. Considering this person’s status as an agent, this place is likely to be a spy school. I think more attention needs to be paid. "

“Well, sit down, we will only discuss the case today, I will ask someone to follow up on this matter.”

Zuo Zhong pressed his hands and interrupted Wu Chunyang's speech. Hase Ryosuke could not get the specific information about the training center. If he wanted to find out the details, he would probably have to ask Lord Hayashi Fuichiro to take action.

The Ministry of Finance, where the other party works, is in charge of all financial expenditures in Japan. Since it is a school, there will be many members. The Japanese Army is extremely poor and will not pay for it on its own, so it will definitely need to allocate funds.

As long as there are accounts, the Secret Service can deduce the size of this secret agency, the number of personnel, and even the training subjects and training intensity.

He glanced at the words "Rear Service Personnel Training Institute" on the document, and had an inexplicable feeling that they would hear this name again in the future.

 “Deputy Director, there is something going on here.”

 Suddenly, Shen Dongxin, who had been silent before, said something, then distributed a stack of files and explained to everyone.

“A few days ago, the deputy director asked me to conduct a collision and comparison of the time and space trajectories of Gu Zhongya and Japanese spy Yao Li, especially during the latter’s contact. After our investigation, we found out.

 Recently when Yao Li contacted his superiors, Gu Zhongya either went out to attend meetings or went to the surrounding areas to check the air defense arrangements. Once or twice was a coincidence, so many times was definitely not a simple coincidence.

Having confirmed this, I analyzed Yao Li’s explanation and discovered another problem, which may help us identify the true identity of the spy leader. "

As he spoke, he flipped through the file, pointed to one of the pages and said loudly: "Please read the third page. According to Yao Li's confession, after being instigated to rebel, all his communications with his superiors were done through dead mailboxes. But since the government retreated to Qicheng, there have been It turned into a dead mailbox and telephone contact. This may be because the Japanese began to pay attention to the intelligence work in Changcheng and intended to increase the speed of information transmission.

Other than that, there is another explanation, that is, there have been some changes in the top management and organizational structure of the local spy intelligence organization, which has made them no longer satisfied with only using dead mailboxes to communicate.

The deputy director once said that there were carrier pigeons and security posts on Yao Li, namely Gu Zhongya and the owner of the paper-making shop. While Gu Zhongya had previously worked in Jinling, the owner of the paper-making shop had been in Qicheng.

This shows that Gu Zhongya is a latecomer, so is there a possibility that the owner of the paper-making shop was Yao Li's earliest superior. When the country moved westward, the Japanese integrated their intelligence forces.

There are only three methods. One is to let the spy leader take over all the intelligence teams in Qicheng, the other is to put people like Gu Zhongya among them, and the third is to let the original people in charge act as security posts.

 In this way, the two-layer structure of single-line communication becomes three-layer. The importance of the personnel on the upper layer of Yao Li is reduced. Even if something happens, it will not affect the entire intelligence network. Naturally, the telephone can be used.

Moreover, the more links there are, the slower the information flow. It is not that the enemy does not know that there are hidden dangers in telephone calls, but in order to ensure the timeliness and effectiveness of intelligence and orders, he has to do so.

Based on the above intelligence judgment, there is a high probability that the spy leader behind Gu Zhongya also migrated from Jinling, and may be hiding among the many government officials who accompanied him to move west. "

 Through Shen Dongxin’s detailed analysis, many questions have been answered.

 For example, why do the Japanese place two people on the second level of the intelligence organization.

 For example, why the Japanese were able to establish an intelligence network in a short period of time.

For example, why do Japanese spies use telephone calls that are not conducive to confidentiality to communicate?

 Everyone discussed in a low voice for a moment, and soon formed a unified opinion, agreeing with Shen Dongxin's analysis of the identity of the spy leader and the changes in the structure of the spy organization.

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Zuo Zhong applauded his wonderful analysis. He had joined the Secret Service for two or three years and had finally grown from a young military school student to a qualified intelligence officer.

 Actually, he was aware of the problem before this, but he wanted to see when Shen Dongxin would realize it, so he did not remind him, and he was not disappointed.

 Intelligence work is not just about listening to the wall, killing people and setting fires. It also requires seeing the essence of things through complex phenomena, finding the key threads and sorting out the clues from the mess.

Slowly putting down his hand, Zuo Zhong looked around with a smile: "Everyone has heard it, right? Now that Gu Zhongya's involvement in espionage is confirmed, and there are clues about the spy leader, I don't need to tell you what to do, right?"

“No need, Deputy Director, let’s arrest them!”

Gui Youguang was the first to raise his hand and said with excitement: "You asked us not to follow and monitor Gu Zhongya in case the target is alerted. There will be conclusive evidence and he must be controlled first.

 Integrating intelligence forces is not a trivial matter. The spy leader will definitely need to interview some personnel to convey orders and assign tasks. This is our opportunity. I don’t believe we can’t pry his mouth open. "

Gu Qi and others nodded after hearing this. It was rare that Gui Youguang had no objections. There was a certain risk of disconnection in arresting Gu Zhongya, but it was worth a try.

Failed to do nothing more than investigate all the people who come to Changcheng from other places one by one. Even if no one is caught in the end, the strong deterrent will prevent the other party from acting rashly.

Anyway, the task given by Shangfeng to the Secret Service is to clean up the Japanese intelligence force, with the purpose of suppressing the increasingly rampant Japanese spies and coordinating frontline operations.

 The process is not important, what is important is the result. Being able to force Japanese spies to temporarily stop intelligence activities is not a victory.

Zuo Chongjian’s subordinates had no objection and put his hands on the table: “Then get ready and try not to do anything at Gu Zhongya’s residence or the Air Defense Command. How long can the arrest news be kept secret?

Do not shoot unless necessary. I want the target to appear in the interrogation room intact, especially you, Gui Youguang. Control your temper and don't kill anyone easily.

In addition, the Hunan Provincial Station was notified to take simultaneous actions to control Gu Zhongya's relatives and friends. If there was resistance, they would be shot on the spot and sent to Qicheng as quickly as possible so that the interrogators could implement a psychological attack strategy. "

At the end of the story, he sighed: "As for me, I have to report to the bureau first, and then ask the committee for instructions. If I offend Minister Song, and the God of Wealth gets angry, we will all be in trouble."

The faces of everyone present changed, and they felt bad. They knew that the target was suspected of being a spy but could not arrest him. This feeling was too frustrating.

 Luckily, the real evidence was found, otherwise they could only watch the other party recuperate comfortably in the hospital. Is it really worth it? The agents have different thoughts...

 (End of this chapter)