Kenji Dohihara sat alone in the office for a long, long time.

No one dared to disturb him.

He had just lost his most powerful assistant, Yasumi Yanagakawa, and then the leader of the scientific research team, Kazugo Hashimoto, a Japanese expert in poison gas warfare, died, and two other experts in the scientific research team were killed and missing.

This led to a complete stagnation in the study of the new type of poison gas, and the commanders at the front expressed serious dissatisfaction, and the military department has begun to thoroughly investigate the matter.

When the Dohihara Agency was established, it was a brand-new spy organization that integrated the Japanese Army, Navy, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When Kenji Dohihara first arrived in Shanghai, he was bent on making a big show of his strength, completely changing Shanghai's intelligence work, and regaining the initiative on the Japanese side.

But he was hit hard one after another.

The successive failures not only seriously dampened Kenji Dohihara's confidence, but also seriously damaged the entire Japanese special organization in Shanghai.

The above is already seriously dissatisfied.

Just now, he received two telegrams.

One was a telegram from the military department that reprimanded him for his incompetence and demanded that the case be solved as soon as possible and that he should be held accountable.

The other was taken to him by a close friend of his in Japan.

"Please call Koichi Habara."

Kenji Dohihara finally picked up the phone.

It didn't take long for Koichi Habara to appear in front of him: "Your Excellency General." ”

"Please be seated, Hahara-kun."

Kenji Dohihara perked up: "What do you think about the murder of Hashimoto and I this time?" ”

"It's hard to prevent it, I still don't understand, why did Gu Fanyuan Dao rebel? He's a military commander? No way, when he served in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Lixing Society had not yet been established. Hawara Koichi was also puzzled: "He was later rebelled by the military commander?" It's even more incredible, how did the military commander plot against him?

I don't think I can explain the whole thing anyway. Even if Meng Shaoyuan had great ability, he would not have the ability to rebel against a navy leader. There must be a point in this that we cannot find for the time being. Perhaps, between Liao Yuting, Miao Chengfang, and Gu Fanyuan Dao, there are some unseen contact lines! ”

"I don't understand it either." Kenji Dohihara sighed: "Back then, the Three Tigers of the Empire, Akagi Kin, died, Matsumoto Renji committed suicide, and Gu Fanyuan Dao did this kind of thing again. All three of them died in Shanghai. Ridiculous, sad, is Shanghai really a grave? Gu Fanyuan Road? Is he really crazy? ”

This secret may not be able to be figured out by Kenji Dohihara and Hikaru Hawara in their lifetimes.

Crazy, it can only be explained by Gu Fanyuandao's madness.

"This secret may only be left to you to crack." Kenji Dohihara perked up: "I'll probably leave Shanghai soon." ”

"What did you say, Your Excellency?" Hikaru Habara was stunned one by one: "You want to leave Shanghai?" ”

"Yes." Kenji Dohihara took out a telegram: "I have a close friend in my country who can know the decision of the military department in advance, and they are considering removing me and sending someone else to take over my job." ”

"Your Excellency, General." Hakuhara was anxious for a moment: "That's right, our work has indeed suffered a big setback, but at least our past seriously passive situation has been reversed to a certain extent, if we continue to follow this and proceed in an orderly manner, I firmly believe that it will not be long before a new situation will appear." ”

Kenji Dohihara smiled bitterly: "You also know those people in the military department, they lack the necessary confidence. Well, there is no possibility of reversal of this matter, so don't talk about it anymore. Hahara-kun, I have called you here today to discuss with you what to do with the city after I leave Shanghai, and how you should cooperate with your new superiors.

No matter who is going to be sent to take my place, I will solemnly recommend you to him, among all the intelligence officers in the entire Shanghai Empire, you are the most capable one, and the one I am most optimistic about. For a long time to come, please keep my words firmly in mind, you will be Meng Shaoyuan's biggest opponent!

You have the spirit of perseverance, and failure again and again will not make you give up, but will only make you stronger. You patiently study your opponents, you are willing to engage in boring analytical work, and you find fleeting clues from tens of thousands of files, all of which are excellent qualities possessed by many of our intelligence officers! ”

"You've won the prize, Your Excellency."

Hearing these words, Koichi Hahara didn't feel excited, but felt a little sad in his heart.

"No, I'm not complimenting you, I'm saying from my heart." Kenji Dohihara said slowly: "In the future, after the arrival of the new leader, you have to cooperate with him with all your might, maybe you will be wronged, but for my sake, please work hard to put away these grievances, for the victory of the Great Japanese Empire, everything else is secondary." ”

"I'll do my best, Your Excellency." Koichi Habara bowed deeply.

"Alright, let's say something that makes you happy." Kenji Dohihara squeezed out a smile on his face: "In order to better cooperate with the new leadership in the future, I have decided to officially appoint you as the head of the Shanghai Special Service Department. ”

Hikaru Habara was stunned.

The Shanghai Secret Service Department, formerly known as the Special Work Department of the Tohihara Agency, was succeeded by Vice Minister Yasumi Yanagawa after the death of the first minister, Yasuhide Itanachi.

After Yanagawa Yasumi died, the position was left vacant.

Now, His Excellency the General actually appointed himself as the head of the Secret Service?

This is tantamount to becoming the No. 2 real power figure in the Shanghai organ.

Koichi Habara quickly understood Kenji Dohihara's painstaking efforts.

Placing yourself in this position can make the new leader have to take a hard look at the relationship with him.

Your Excellency the General is planning for the future.

"Your Excellency, General, I am willing to accept this position!"

Koichi Hahara did not hesitate too much: "I will work hard to manage the relationship with the new leadership, I will work hard to run the Shanghai office, and one day, you will see our victory!" I believe that Meng Shaoyuan is not invincible! ”

"Please, Habara-kun!"

In May 1939, Kenji Dohihara was transferred to the commander of the Fifth Army in North Manchuria.

This China expert, who has been doing intelligence work in China for half his life, this strategist who single-handedly planned the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo regime, and this big spy leader who designed to blow up Zhang Zuolin and supported the so-called autonomy of North China, suffered the most painful Waterloo in his life in Shanghai. In Shanghai, he suffered the worst defeat of his life.

His spy career in China, and even his entire intelligence career, is over!

Since then, he has served as a commander, a senator, and even the director of education, one of the three commanders of the army, however, he has never been involved in intelligence work again!

His intelligence career was ended by one person:

The strongest agent on the surface, Meng Shaoyuan!

In 1946, at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Kenji Dohihara, one of the first batch of war criminals designated as a Class A war criminal, resorted to a strategy of shrinking back without saying a word, trying to escape justice by taking advantage of loopholes in Anglo-American law.

Because at that time, there was a serious lack of evidence about Kenji Dohihara's crime, and if he refused to testify, then he could not be convicted of a felony under Anglo-American law.

Therefore, during the trial that lasted more than two years in the court, he only said four words, that is, when the presiding judge asked him if he admitted his guilt, Tu Feiyuan replied "I advocate innocence", and he never spoke again, and the entire trial process was represented by a lawyer.

Then, Mr. Mei Rujiao, the chief judge of the Chinese National Military Tribunal in the Far East, received a mysterious package half a year later.

When he opened the package and saw the contents clearly, according to his assistant's recollection, Mr. Mei excitedly knocked on the door of another Chinese judge, Ni Zhengyi, in the middle of the night, waving the things in his hand and shouting:

"Evidence, evidence! We have the evidence of Kenji Dohihara's crime! ”

In the subsequent trial, a large amount of sufficient evidence about Kenji Dohihara's war crimes in China appeared in court, and together with the efforts of Judge Mei Rujiao and Ni Zhengyi, Kenji Dohihara's psychological defense line was finally completely broken.

In November 1948, Kenji Dohihara was hanged in Sugamo Prison for "breaching the peace, violating the laws and customs of war, and being inhumane."

On December 23, 1948, 41 days after the verdict was handed down, Kenji Dohihara was the first to walk on the gallows by drawing lots.

He was escorted by two executive gendarmes, walked 13 steps, and then stood upright. The executive judge ordered first in English and then in Japanese: "Kenji Dohihara, turn around on the spot!" “

Here, it will be the end of Kenji Dohihara's life, and the death knell is rumbling for him.

The execution gendarme put a black cloth hood over Kenji Dohihara's head, and then gave a salute to the executive officer and reported, "Everything is ready. ”

However, just when Kenji Dohihara was waiting for him to die, the American gendarme suddenly whispered to Kenji Dohihara:

"Meng Shaoyuan asked me to tell you, you will never be able to leave hell!"

"Meng Shaoyuan?"

Kenji Dohihara stayed there, and suddenly, he shouted frantically, "This can't be, it's impossible!" ”

"Execution!"

The executive immediately pressed the lower button. The movable stepping platform on the gallows suddenly opened, and Kenji Dohihara's feet hung in the air, and his whole body sank into the gallows.

In a moment before Kenji Dohihara's death, he suddenly thought of the phone call he had with Meng Shaoyuan when he had just been the head of the government in Shanghai.

"Since the Battle of Songhu, I have no way out, and every Chinese has no way out!"

That day, Meng Shaoyuan said to him on the phone:

"Mr. Tsuchihara, do you know my personality? I'm a person who has always had a bad reputation. Narrow-minded, you will repay me, I may not return you a foot of respect, but if you move one of my hairs, I will definitely pull out your hair! ”

Then, Meng Shaoyuan told him:

"My people, I can't move. Shanghai has been peaceful for a long time, but when you unplug so many of my contact points, Shanghai will go to war! ”

The outcome of this war has finally been decided.

Meng Shaoyuan, he won!