In the following period, the urban area of Shanghai recovered very quickly, and the return of a large number of Shanghai citizens completely rejuvenated the metropolis, and the Japanese also formed a new Shanghai municipal government, and a Japanese-led government system was completed.

Even the western and northern regions, which were the most sparsely populated after the war, have gradually returned to their former liveliness, the population is rapidly recovering, the management system and police stations in each region are rapidly established, and the Japanese control has been strengthened again, and they have slowly firmly controlled the city of Shanghai.

After Ning Zhiheng hibernated in the concession for a while, he saw that the wind outside had gradually subsided, and he was ready to start a new attack on other important targets.

At this time, Bian Ze, the special envoy of the Wuhan headquarters and the deputy chief of the Intelligence Section, appeared at the Shanghai Hushui Wharf.

Dressed in a long gown, a top hat, a thick scarf hanging from his chest, and carrying a rattan box, he stood out from the crowd and walked off the passenger ship with his head down, looking left and right.

Ning Zhiheng, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly greeted him, the two exchanged glances, but they didn't speak, Ning Zhiheng took the rattan box in Bian Ze's hand, turned around and left, came to the car in the distance, and invited Bian Ze into the car.

Entering the back seat of the car, Ning Zhiheng breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Section chief, why didn't you bring a single entourage of guards?" What if something happens on such a long journey? ”

Bian Ze laughed and said: "Bringing a bunch of people is more attention-grabbing, and it is safer to be alone, my skills cannot be compared with you, the number one good hand in the military intelligence department, but it is generally difficult for a few strong men to get close, and it is still very safe to change the route from Hong Kong, I am afraid of running into trouble in Shanghai, and I didn't expect that the inspection here in the concession is still relatively lax." ”

Ning Zhiheng knew that Bian Ze, as a henchman of the place, was also extraordinary, and he was very confident in himself.

He smiled and said, "Section Chief, this is a master of art, who is bold!" I can't compare, since I received the secret message, I have been worried about your safety, and today I finally received you, which is reassuring. ”

In fact, up to now, Shanghai has gradually resumed commercial operations, after all, it is the largest commercial city in the Far East, and there are a large number of materials and commodities entering and leaving Shanghai from all over the world every day, and the Japanese are also happy to see it, so the inspection of overseas transportation channels into Shanghai is much smaller, but the inspection of inland commercial transportation is more strict.

Fortunately, Ning Zhiheng's trading house used the passage from Shanghai to Hong Kong and then to the mainland during this time, although it was troublesome, but it was very safe, there was no problem in operation, and it also made a lot of profits, providing a lot of funds for the intelligence station's activities.

This time, Bian Ze also chose this route, although he was delayed a lot of time on the road, but his safety was indeed guaranteed.

Bian Ze said to Ning Zhiheng in a highly appreciative tone: "Zhiheng, you did a good job this time, just four days ago, the movement of the Japanese army in Central China to the north has confirmed that your intelligence is correct, and the high command has greatly praised our military intelligence department for obtaining such important information, and the seat is also full of face." ”

"It's all my job!" Ning Zhiheng hurriedly replied.

Bian Ze came this time, mainly to reward the successful operation of blasting the Fukuoka warehouse, Ning Zhiheng convened the backbone of the intelligence station in the Tan Mansion that night, and Bian Ze personally held a simple award ceremony for Ning Zhiheng and Huo Yueze.

Ning Zhiheng once again won the second-class Yunlu Medal, this is the third time that Ning Zhiheng has been awarded, but Huo Yueze is the first time to be awarded, gently stroking this medal, he can't help but feel agitated, and he can't calm down for a long time!

Because of the great merit this time, even the leaders were alarmed, so the high command gave great praise to the intelligence station, and almost all the personnel who reported meritorious service were promoted.

Captain Sun Jiacheng was promoted to major, and Captain Yi Huaan was promoted to major; Captain Miao Yongyi was promoted to major after accumulating merit, and this time a total of three officers in the intelligence station stepped into the ranks of colonel-level officers in one fell swoop.

Lieutenant Zuo Gang was promoted to captain; Lieutenant Zuoqiang was promoted to captain; Lieutenant Zuo Rou was promoted to captain; Lieutenant Ji Hongyi was promoted to captain.

Lieutenant Tang Tingshan, who performed well in the demolition operation, was promoted to captain, Lieutenant Deng Zhihong was promoted to captain, and more than 40 other personnel were promoted and commended.

So far, all the personnel of the intelligence station have gained a lot in this operation, especially the three colonel-level officers, all of whom had just been promoted a few months ago, and with this great achievement, under Ning Zhiheng's emphasis on the merits, they all took the most critical step at once, and entered the colonel-level officers, and in the ranks of the national army, they already belonged to the middle-level officers.

In particular, it is extremely difficult for officers in the Military Intelligence Investigation Service to be promoted, and it is absolutely difficult to get promoted without great merit.

Just like Yi Huaan and Huo Yueze before, they have been working hard in the rank of captain for many years, and they have no chance, and they have not been promoted, but since following Ning Zhiheng, the speed of this promotion even makes them feel like they are dreaming sometimes.

However, after entering the colonel-level officer, it is not so easy to be promoted, just like Ning Zhiheng, how much credit he has made in the rank of major, and in the end, it is really impossible to suppress it, so he was promoted to one level.

Therefore, in a short period of time, they will not be promoted, it is estimated that it will be a medal at most, and if the rank is promoted too quickly, even the military department will not agree.

Bian Ze also praised the work of the intelligence station, and after meeting with Zheng Hongbo the next day, he discussed for a long time, and after only staying for two days, he left Shanghai safely under Ning Zhiheng's arrangement.

Just when Ning Zhiheng was about to enter the downtown area of Jiangbei Shanghai again to investigate, find the next blasting target, and get in touch with He Siming, he was stumped by an incident.

Looking at the monitoring record in his hand, Ning Zhiheng asked in a deep voice, "Have you tracked the target?" Can you determine their identity? ”

Huo Yueze nodded and said: "I sent people to follow, and my identity has been determined, one of them is Fu Yaozu, a cotton tycoon in Shanghai, who is also a business tycoon in the French Concession, and the other person is a Japanese, our people have been tracking to Baidu Bridge and entering the Japanese occupation area, because our vehicle was delayed for a while by the Japanese sentry, and then lost his trace, and finally lost it." ”

It turned out that at the beginning of the latent intelligence station, Ning Zhiheng used his abundant funds to open a number of trading houses, restaurants, and dance halls, among which the Qingdong Restaurant opened because of its luxurious decoration and good operation, it soon became one of the best restaurants in the vicinity, and the business has been very prosperous.

However, the purpose of opening these businesses is to make money on the one hand, and more importantly, on the other hand, to install intelligence agents to infiltrate and secretly collect all kinds of military and political intelligence.

Because both Chinese and Japanese like to talk about things at dinner or banquets, a lot of information will be revealed in the conversations between the two sides.

Therefore, in the private rooms and private rooms of the Qingdong Restaurant, when decorating, high-precision eavesdropping equipment was installed, and these expensive eavesdropping equipment alone cost the intelligence station a lot of money.

At the same time, a special eavesdropper is also arranged, and as long as there is a conversation with abnormal content, it will be recorded and recorded.

In fact, these devices are arranged and installed in the private rooms of the dance halls and theaters, and among the agents of the intelligence station, there is an agent named Kang Xuezhi, who is very proficient in this kind of eavesdropping technology, and these jobs are arranged by Kang Xuezhi himself, and the eavesdropping equipment is very hidden, and the eavesdropping effect is also excellent.

As a result, just last night, the conversation in a high-end Japanese-style private room in the restaurant attracted the attention of the listening staff, and he immediately recorded it.

In the end, it was found that one of the men's car went directly back to the downtown area of Shanghai in Jiangbei, but lost the person, and the other man's car entered a villa in the French Concession, and after inquiring, he learned that this was the home of Fu Yaozu, a famous cotton tycoon in the French Concession.

Ning Zhiheng looked at the surveillance record in front of him, and the content on it was very clear, this was the Japanese military ordering Fu Yaozu to purchase cotton and various commercial materials in the public concession and the French concession, and paid a huge amount of money to help Fu Yaozu ascend to the position of president of the French Concession Chamber of Commerce, and integrate the business community in the concession to serve the Japanese.

After the deed was completed, in return, the Japanese guaranteed that Fu Yaozu's property would not be confiscated by the Japanese in the area ruled by the Japanese in the future, and Fu Yaozu would be appointed as the vice mayor of Shanghai.

It turned out that one of the most important means adopted by the Japanese in invading and occupying China was to feed the war with war.

To put it simply, it was to supplement the supply army with materials from the Japanese occupation area to supplement the major consumption of the Japanese army, and Shanghai, as China's largest material distribution center, was naturally built into a large base for Japan's invasion of China.

However, people from all walks of life in China have contradicted the Japanese in all respects because of the Japanese aggression and the atrocities of the Chinese people, and the merchants in the concession are not even willing to sell their goods to the Japanese.

The Japanese would not be able to gather all the supplies they needed by looting alone, and would also destroy the business environment in Shanghai, which was not what they wanted.

In particular, the Public Concession and the French Concession are the most prosperous areas of Shanghai, with a large number of wealthy merchants, many industries, and extremely rich materials, which the Japanese have long coveted.

But this is also the jurisdiction of the world's great powers, and the hands of the Japanese can't reach in, so they thought of another important trick, that is, to use China to control China, support their own spokespeople, secretly purchase all kinds of materials needed by the Japanese in the concession, and at the same time gradually control the chamber of commerce in the concession, intending to be used by the Japanese, and finally they chose this cotton tycoon Fu Yaozu.