At the end of the final fight, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun both breathed a long sigh of relief, this assassination operation was extremely difficult, the two of them had made sufficient preparations, after careful design, and tried their best, it was finally completed.

But now is not the time to relax, and it is imperative to evacuate the scene as soon as possible and not stay here for too long.

Xu Chengyan suddenly remembered that his dagger was still stuck in Han Zhirong's body and did not take it back, and hurriedly said to Ji Yun: "I'll go upstairs to check, you also clean up, and we will evacuate immediately." ”

Because of the fierce fighting, Ji Yun's hair was messy and his clothes were wrinkled at this time, and he was quite embarrassed, so it was easy to attract the attention of others when he went out like this, especially the patrols and patrols patrolling nearby.

Ji Yun nodded when he heard this, signaling Xu Chengyan to leave him alone, and hurry upstairs to finish.

Xu Chengyan turned around and walked upstairs quickly, entered the living room, and came to Han Zhirong's side, at this time Han Zhirong was already dead of anger, grabbed the dagger, pulled it out hard, wiped the blood stains on Han Zhirong's clothes, and put it away closely.

Then he turned his head to look at Yoshioka Masao, only to see that his eyes were wide open, his five orifices were bleeding, and his face was hideous, which looked extremely terrifying.

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly swept to a black briefcase beside Masao Yoshioka, and his heart suddenly moved, so he stepped forward to pick up the briefcase, turned around and left.

In his previous assassination operations, he never took any items and property, firstly, for fear of delaying the time to evacuate, and secondly, because some stolen goods were difficult to sell, and it was easy to bring danger to himself, which was a profound lesson left when he was on a mission in southern Jiangsu.

But the things around Yoshioka Masao are different, with his identity, he can put it in the briefcase he carries with him, of course, it will not be ordinary property, most of them are items with considerable intelligence value.

But now Xu Chengyan didn't have time to check carefully, he had to evacuate this place as soon as possible, and came downstairs again, only to see that Ji Yun had already sorted out the rope, and the two of them immediately went out of the house, came to the back door, poked their heads out and observed left and right for a while, and found no abnormality, so they went out of the courtyard door and left quickly.

An hour later, the two men who returned home safely opened Masao Yoshioka's briefcase and took out the contents of the box.

There were three envelopes, two of which were yellow with the word "secret" written on them in Japanese.

Xu Chengyan was overjoyed, it was indeed a confidential document, and he hurriedly opened an envelope and took out a document from it.

After opening it, he looked through it carefully, there was a lot of dense content on it, and the whole text was written in Japanese, he only looked at it a few times, and he felt a chill in his back, his heart was beating rapidly, and his face became extremely dignified.

"What is the document?" Ji Yun watched Xu Chengyan's expression change on the side, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Xu Chengyan flipped through the documents and handed them to Ji Yun: "This is the investigation report of the Japanese intelligence department on the Jiyuan and Mengxian areas, they have infiltrated these two areas very strongly, and they have been able to obtain the military secrets of the garrison of the national army, the location of the army, the number of personnel, the allocation of troops, various weapons and equipment, the ......location of the material supply station, how did they collect so much information?" It's incredible! ”

The more Xu Chengyan spoke, the more frightened he became, so frightened that Ji Yunmeng stood up, grabbed the document, held it in front of his eyes, and couldn't wait to flip through it.

Of course, Ji Yun's Japanese level is not as good as Xu Chengyan, but when he was in southern Jiangsu, Xu Chengyan once taught him Japanese, and Japanese contains a lot of Chinese characters, so he can barely do it when he reads documents.

After a long time, Ji Yun put down the file, his face was also serious, and the two of them did not speak for a while.

At present, in Shanxi, there are three main armies on the Chinese side and the Japanese army.

In order to resolutely resist Japan and block the westward advance of the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River from Shaanxi and entered Shanxi, and established a base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province in the vast area east of the Yellow River and west of Tongpu Road, relying on the Luliang Mountains.

One is the Jin army under Yan Xishan, the former chairman of Shanxi Province, this army was originally strong, but in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War suffered heavy losses, and is currently stationed in the western Shanxi region, the territory is very small, the strength is limited, and the strength is relatively weak.

The last was the Central Army of the Kuomintang, which was held in the Zhongtiao Mountains in southern Jinnan, which was also heavily guarded by the Nationalist army, and was the last line of defense north of the Yellow River.

In the early days of the war, the Japanese army captured most of Shanxi, the sharp edge, after occupying Taiyuan, along the Fenhe River valley all the way south, the Kuomintang in order to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the Yellow River in the south and threatening the Central Plains, it mobilized heavy troops, sent nearly 300,000 elite troops into the Zhongtiao Mountains in southern Jinnan, blocked the attack of the Japanese army, and relied on the dangerous mountain terrain to build a strong position, turning the Nuoda Zhongtiao Mountain into a strong castle.

Zhongtiao Mountain is backed by the Yellow River, lies in the south of Shanxi, connects the Taihang Mountains in the east, connects Jishan Mountain in the west, is more than 300 miles long and more than 100 miles wide, and is a strategic place for the barrier Henan and Shaanxi to protect the northwest.

If the Japanese army can occupy this place, it will be equivalent to occupying the bridgehead of the southward invasion and northward invasion, and if it can cross the Yellow River in the south, attack Longhai, and invade the hinterland of the Central Plains such as Henan.

Going north can also be connected with its main occupation in Shanxi, relieve the trouble of confidants, and improve the security situation in the occupied areas of North China, so the Zhongtiao Mountain area is regarded by both China and Japan as an important place for relations and security.

For this reason, in the ensuing battle, the Japanese army in North China mobilized a huge force of four divisions and regiments to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain base area from three sides, in an attempt to open the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River.

However, despite the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, and the battle has been fought so far, there have been six large-scale attacks, but the Kuomintang army is strong, occupies a favorable position, and desperately resists, and the two sides have engaged in an extremely cruel tug-of-war on this battlefield, and each has paid a heavy price.

As a result, the Japanese army was defeated and returned with a bruised nose and swollen face every time, and for this reason, the top level of the Kuomintang once proudly called the Zhongtiao Mountain Front China's "Maginot Line."

But the Japanese army did not give up, still mobilized heavy troops, surrounded Nakajo Mountain, and tried to organize a new attack, and vowed not to give up until Nakajo Mountain was taken!

In the face of this situation, of course, the Kuomintang troops were also on standby, guarding various fortresses and always guarding against the attack of the Japanese army, and the two places of Jiyuan and Mengxian mentioned in this investigation report were the important passes for the Japanese army to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater from east to west.

It is conceivable that the Japanese army, which has already gained insight into the reality of the eastern defense line of the Nationalist army, will definitely take the route of its next large-scale offensive to Jiyuan and Mengxian on the eastern defense line of the Zhongtiao Mountain Military Region.

With these two passes as breakthrough points, we can advance all the way west, from Jiyuan to occupy Fengkou and Shaoyuan, from Mengxian to attack Guanyang, and directly attack the headquarters of the military region, and the entire Zhongtiao Mountain defense line will be completely destroyed, and the situation is very grim.

Therefore, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun were both shocked by this investigation report, and it took a long time for Ji Yun to burst out: "There must be an inner ghost!" ”

"There's an inner ghost!"

Xu Chengyan nodded in agreement, no matter how powerful the Japanese army's investigators are, it is impossible for them to have access to such confidential information, and only people who are familiar with internal secrets can describe it in such detail.

Xu Chengyan analyzed: "These two passes are guarded by the 14th Group Army, and within their headquarters, there must be an internal ghost who knows the inside story well, and is giving a message to the Japanese, this person must be dug out, otherwise the future battle will not be able to fight." ”

Even if they reported the leakage of intelligence this time, and the garrison troops of the military region adjusted and guarded themselves, withstood the attack of the Japanese army, and survived this crisis, there was no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days, and the next time the intelligence was leaked, there would be no good luck this time.

Ji Yun smiled bitterly: "We are just grassroots intelligence officers, people are soft-spoken, and we can't stretch our hands so long, this kind of thing can only rely on themselves, first report the situation this time, the sooner the better, don't delay,"

"Of course." Xu Chengyan nodded heavily, there is only a limit to what he can do in this matter, and it is already a great credit to be able to hand over this investigation report.

Next, I opened another white envelope, unfolded it and looked at it, it was just a few pages of stationery, written in Chinese, this is a private letter, the recipient in front of the letter is Yoshioka Masao, but the content inside is not simple.

Because this is a letter of integrity, the sender turned out to be a high-ranking official of the Political and Health Department, named Sun Mingshi.

The so-called Political Security Department, which is the abbreviation of the Political Security Office of the former Taiyuan Pacification Office, is a special agency specially established by the former Shanxi Jin Army, which directly obeys the command of Yan Zhenshan, chairman of Shanxi Province, and its activities are limited to Shanxi Province and Suiyuan Province.

Although the strength of the Political and Health Department is far from that of the three intelligence organizations, namely, the underground party, the military command, and the central unification, the strength is still strong in Shanxi.

Since the defeat of the Jin army, the military and political officials have retreated to western Shanxi, and even fled to Shaanxi for a while, but the agents of the political and health department have not been idle, they have been ordered to lurk in various parts of Shanxi, especially in Taiyuan, where they have operated for many years and have extremely deep roots.

Once the secrets of the Political and Health Department are revealed to the Japanese, it will be absolutely a catastrophe for the Political and Health Department.

Sun Mingshi's letter was full of flattery, showing that he was willing to work for Yoshioka Masao in secret, and in the subsequent negotiations, he was willing to cooperate with the Japanese side to seek the greatest benefits.

"Negotiations?"

Xu Chengyan frowned, the content of the negotiations mentioned in this letter is only a few words, and it is impossible to get more detailed information, but since it is a negotiation, then the relationship between the two sides is reciprocal, who can negotiate with the Japanese?

Of course, only the big man behind the Political and Health Department, Yan Zhenshan, the former chairman of Shanxi Province, and only his identity, can have a reciprocal conversation with the Japanese, could it be that this person intends to make peace with the Japanese, give up his anti-Japanese stance, and submit to the Japanese?

Is this too bold a conjecture? Once this is the case, the entire situation of the Anti-Japanese War will undergo a huge change, and it will be difficult for Shanxi to preserve.

But if not, what does the negotiation in Sun Mingshi's letter refer to?

This series of major information, Xu Chengyanzhi only felt heavy in his chest, suffering from gains and losses, and his heart was in turmoil for a while!