In a room at the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong, two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, whispering to each other.

The slightly younger man, with a strong figure and a slightly chubby body, was just a little pale, with deep sunken eyes, and a few bloodshot eyes, obviously the weather was very bad in the past two days, and he lacked rest, this person was the military attache of the consulate, Hidehiko Suzuki.

And the person opposite him had a good appearance and neat eyebrows and eyes, and if Ning Zhiheng was present, he could recognize at a glance that this person was Major General Tsuyo Harada of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Invasion of China.

Hidehiko Suzuki was in a low mood at this time, and said respectfully to Tsuyo Harada: "General, now that the matter of the drawings has a great impact, the British will definitely send someone to stare at us, your mission is important, you can't have the slightest problem, when entering and leaving the consulate, please be careful." ”

Tsuyo Harada also frowned, this time he came to Hong Kong for another mission, because Japan's power in Hong Kong is weak, only the consulate can settle down, so he temporarily settled here, but he never expected that the work in his hands had not been completed, and there was a sudden situation, and there was a loss of drawings, and his actions have been greatly restricted these days.

However, he still nodded slightly, and said gently: "Suzuki-kun, I'll be more careful if I'm causing trouble to you, I see that you haven't rested well in the past few days, and the drawings haven't been settled at all?" ”

Hidehiko Suzuki shook his head when he heard this, and said with some frustration: "I have no clue, mainly because we have too few clues in our hands, and there is no direction to look for at all. ”

When Tsuyo Harada heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "You are indeed a little hasty in doing this, the British are afraid that they will not be able to figure out our situation for a while, so they laid a trap and lured us to find out the drawings for them, so that now they are clear about our situation." ”

Tsuyo Harada's tone was a little tactful, although he was also a high-ranking figure, but after all, Hidehiko Suzuki was the intelligence head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there was no subordinate relationship between the two, and some things could not be said too seriously.

Hidehiko Suzuki couldn't help but smile bitterly and spread his hands and said: "The urging of several telegrams a day in China strictly ordered me to retrieve the drawings as soon as possible, and I had no choice but to venture into the Notting to search, and the result was ......"

The two of them were speechless for a long time, and for a long time, Tsuyoshi Harada said: "After all, this is the territory of the British, we are in danger, it is difficult for intelligence forces to compete with them, and it is not convenient to move, but you have been operating here for a long time, haven't you developed some local forces?" Or they can be used to do something for us, and to be honest, the most likely ones to find the drawings now are the British, and we have to keep track of their movements. ”

Hidehiko Suzuki did not hide it, and replied directly: "Hong Kong is different from the Chinese government, the British are very strong, they have no scruples about us, and they have always been very restrictive to us, so that it is difficult for us to carry out our work in Hong Kong. ”

At noon, at the Oriental Wharf in Hong Kong, Ning Zhiheng and his party got off the passenger ferry, Shen Xiang was already waiting here, and when he saw them getting off the boat, he hurriedly greeted them.

Although Ning Zhiheng has made some disguises, the change is not too big, and Shen Xiang is very familiar with his chief, plus Ning Zhiheng is also surrounded by Ji Hongyi and Zuo Qiang and others, so Shen Xiang still recognizes it at a glance.

The two sides didn't say much when they met, Shen Xiang picked up the group in the car, this time Ning Zhiheng's actions in Hong Kong were top secret, so Shen Xiang did not take them to Ning Zhiheng's original residence according to Ning Zhiheng's order, but arranged another remote villa for them.

After arranging his subordinates, Ning Zhiheng called Ji Hongyi, Zuo Qiang, and Shen Xiang over to arrange the next step, and he asked Shen Xiang directly: "Is there any news in the past two days?" ”

Just three days ago, after Ning Zhiheng received He Siming's report, he sent a telegram ordering Shen Xiang to pay close attention to the changes in the situation in Hong Kong.

Shen Xiang hurriedly replied when he heard this: "Not yet, we have no intelligence sources on the British side, and we don't know what progress they have, but I arranged for personnel to monitor the dockyard where the Notting was placed, and just last night, our people reported that it was in the early hours of the morning, there was a shootout in the dock, and then a large number of armed men left, I estimate that unknown forces and the British are facing each other, and the specific situation needs to be investigated." ”

Ning Zhiheng thought about it for a while, and quickly made a judgment, it should be the Japanese, and the most anxious and uncontrollable at the moment is the intelligence department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who are eager to retrieve the drawings before they can venture into the dock.

Ning Zhiheng didn't know what the British had gained this time, and he was secretly anxious, but he didn't have any intelligence channels to get to know it deeply.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Now I will arrange the specific work tasks, first of all, we have to focus on the movements of the British, they occupy the home field, have the most resources in their hands, and are most likely to find drawings, but about their movements, we have no intelligence sources, so we can only do this through a third party, Hongyi, according to the way we contacted Yongfeng before, get in touch with her as soon as possible, this woman must have her own intelligence channels on the British side, Otherwise, it would be impossible to know so much about it before. ”

"Yes! I'll contact her as soon as possible. Ji Hongyi hurriedly nodded and took the order, he had often dealt with Yongfeng in the Shanghai intelligence market before, and he was familiar with each other, which was why Ning Zhiheng specially brought him to Hong Kong.

"Second, we need to know what the Japanese are doing."

Ning Zhiheng said this, looked at Shen Xiang, and then asked: "As far as I know, the Japanese are not strong in Hong Kong, and the intelligence head of their Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Hidehiko Suzuki, right?" ”

Shen Xiang nodded and said: "Yes, in Hong Kong, the British are very strict against the Japanese, and Suzuki Hidehiko is also very suppressed, but he has never made any out-of-the-ordinary moves, and the two sides have always been peaceful." ”

"Then focus on him!" Ning Zhiheng instructed, "But be careful, what we can think of, the British also want to get, I estimate that there must be British surveillance near the Japanese consulate, you can't get too close." ”

"Yes!" Shen Xiang nodded and took the order.

"This task is completed by you and Zuo Qiang, you are short of manpower, we brought an action team this time, arrange the personnel well, don't make mistakes."

"Yes!"

"Yes!" The two of them led in unison.

In fact, Ning Zhiheng knew in his heart that this kind of monitoring would not have much effect, in this extraordinary period, Hidehiko Suzuki's actions would be very cautious, and he was only a precautionary measure.

"Third, we also have to pay attention to the movements of Yue Mansion, these days, is there any movement on Yue Sheng's side?"

"It's really moving!" Shen Xiang replied, "Since Yue Sheng came to Hong Kong, he has been living in seclusion, and he rarely shows up, but his appeal is still there, and he still gathers some local gangs, and he has some strength in the underworld, we found that in the past two days, these gang leaders have visited Yue Sheng, if I guessed correctly, Yue Sheng has arranged for them to inquire about the news of the drawings." ”

Ning Zhiheng nodded, the reason why he arranged for Shen Xiang to monitor the Yue Mansion was because he knew that the Military Control Bureau did not have any power in Hong Kong, and if he wanted to make a move, he would definitely let Yue Sheng, who lived in Hong Kong, cooperate, after all, Yue Sheng's status in the rivers and lakes was there, and he also had a lot of power in his hands.

However, Ning Zhiheng came to Hong Kong this time, and the best result he envisaged was to get the drawings first, so that he could not only hand over the task to the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau and increase the bargaining chips between the Chongqing government and the British, but more importantly, he needed to copy the drawings, send a copy to the underground party, and complete the tasks assigned to him by the organization, so that all parties could be satisfied, so in his heart, he didn't want the people on the military command side to get the drawings first.

Of course, this is just the best assumption, if the military command succeeds in the end, Ning Zhiheng can only admit it, and he can't really meet the people and soldiers at the headquarters, so he must move quickly, and he must ensure that the Japanese and the British cannot get the drawings.

Ning Zhiheng asked: "Have you found anyone who is familiar, especially someone from our military command?" ”

"We've just been monitoring them for two days, and it's too short a time to find out yet."

"Then we will continue to monitor, and we will also select personnel who have served in the Nanjing headquarters to monitor, and if we find intelligence personnel from the headquarters, we will focus on monitoring and report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

"Yes!" Shen Xiang and the others agreed in unison, although they didn't know why Ning Zhiheng ordered to monitor Yue Sheng, instead of picking out the communication with the headquarters and joint action, but they knew that all along, there were a lot of unknown thoughts between the Second Operations Division and the Military Command Headquarters because of factional reasons, and they knew it well, and they didn't want to investigate it deeply, so they only needed to follow the instructions of the department.

But just in case, Ning Zhiheng still explained: "After all, Yue Sheng is a person in the rivers and lakes, and his subordinates are not secretive, we can only act secretly, and my actions in Hong Kong must be kept secret, otherwise it will involve a wide range of people and there will be a lot of trouble, so our actions are independent." ”

Speaking of this, Ning Zhiheng paused, looked at Shen Xiang, and ordered: "One last thing, you send someone to investigate, in Hong Kong, what units and departments have the equipment to copy microfiche, I need to make some preparations in advance!" ”