Chapter 161: Intelligence Works
"The sudden bombing of this secret assembly did not achieve the expected results, although the airport of the Yamaseong government was destroyed, not even a single plane was blown up, and the Yangsan airport lost three bombers, and the Baishiyi airport lost six, which is simply unbelievable."
"Based on this situation, the Yamashiro government must have received information that we were going to bomb, cleaned up the airfield in advance, and deployed air defense troops and fighter planes. Onishi Takijiro said with a frown.
"Your Excellency the General thinks that it was an agent of the Yamashiro government who stole our battle plan in advance, so the bombardment did not work?" Nanzao Yunzi said in surprise.
Her own experience also caused her to believe in this judgment at all, how could it be?
The secrecy of the Imperial Army has always been very strict, let alone such a large-scale military operation, and those stupid agents of the Yamashiro government have such a great ability to steal information from the heavily guarded headquarters?
"I'm just a possible rough guess, such a top-secret military operation plan, whether it is the General Command of the Dispatch Army or the Front Fleet Command, including the aviation command of the Navy and the Army, the level of secrecy is very high."
"But the problem is that there is no other explanation for the situation we are facing, and although the mountain city is a fixed target, a slight obstruction will not affect the implementation of the entire bombing plan, but it is a very dangerous sign." Takijiro Onishi said.
The main purpose of this military operation was to carry out indiscriminate bombing of Yamashiro and force the Yamashiro government to surrender to the Japanese government, and the reason why the airfield was bombed first was to eliminate the threat, and no matter how weak the Yamashiro government's air force was, it would also cause casualties to the air force.
"Your Excellency General, I deduce that there are enemy agents near the airport who are monitoring, and then send the news to the mountain city, don't forget that such a large-scale aircraft group gathering, as well as a large number of military material transportation, are easy to expose our military intentions, and it is not surprising that the enemy can think of this at all." Nanzao Yunzi gave an explanation.
Onishi Takijiro agrees with this explanation, this is not a sneak attack by a small force, the intelligence personnel of the Yamashiro government, especially the military command, are all over the country, and it is normal for the airport to be monitored, and the ghost knows who is the spy.
Onishi Takijiro didn't expect that the information was leaked by him personally, if he hadn't been at the drinking party, Chen Mingxiang wouldn't have known that there was such a thing, and the mountain castle would definitely be destroyed.
"Boss Liu, don't be afraid, I'm Luo Zhiming, the action captain of the Tanzhou Station of the Military Command, you just did a tung oil business with the branch of Shanghai Chengda Company two days ago, is there such a thing?"
A group of strangers in suits and leather shoes broke into the courtyard of a house in Changde at night, put a gun to the head of the bodyguard, and the leader took out his ID and said.
"I did just sell a batch of tung oil two days ago, but the other party is not a Chengda company, is Captain Luo mistaken?" The head of the household surnamed Liu came back to his senses and immediately denied it.
There are some things that can be done but cannot be said, and some merchants in the Kuomintang area are doing business with the Japanese, but on the surface smuggling is still illegal, of course, it cannot be admitted.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to trouble you this time, and the smuggling is not under my control, please take out the money that the other party gave you to check it, I invited a money inspector from the Bank of Communications to see if the money is true or fake." Luo Zhiming's attitude is very kind.
Is there a problem with the payment?
This is the most fatal thing, the boss surnamed Liu immediately became anxious, took out all the money of more than 100,000 legal currency, and handed it over to the money inspector in a suit and leather shoes for inspection.
"Captain Luo, there are 40,000 yuan in this counterfeit banknote, if you don't look carefully, it's really hard to tell, the other party's old methods are very clever."
"But after my inspection, their counterfeiting technology still has not passed, there are obvious loopholes in the printing, and a comparison with the real fiat currency, it can be immediately reflected, you can see for yourself." The money inspector made a conclusion after careful examination.
This Boss Liu was dumbfounded, and carefully groped and looked at it, it is indeed not the same as the real banknote, the facts are in front of him and cannot be denied, the wolf-hearted Japanese devil actually dares to use counterfeit money to deceive him, and this account will be found sooner or later.
"Boss Liu, I won't pursue the smuggling matter for the time being, we have to take away all the counterfeit banknotes of 40,000 yuan, do you have no opinion?" Luo Zhiming said.
"No opinion, no opinion, I will definitely keep this matter secret." Boss Liu hurriedly said.
As long as the smuggling matter is not investigated, the counterfeit banknotes of 40,000 yuan will not hurt his muscles and bones, but he is a little sorry, why did he not deposit them in the bank earlier, these fake banknotes are really very similar, and he didn't feel it at all.
After receiving Chen Mingxiang's information, the Military Administration Bureau immediately sent people to keep an eye on the branch of Chengda Company and track down those employees.
The central bank needs evidence to issue an alert to major banks, and this operation of the military command Tanzhou station is to collect evidence to prove that the wolf is really coming.
"The bureau, Tanzhou station has used a plane to send counterfeit banknotes to the bureau headquarters, I just went to the central bank, and the counterfeit banknotes were distributed to all banks along with the documents."
"In order to keep this operation secret, the excuse given by the central bank is that it stumbled upon counterfeit banknotes during the inventory of deposits, and the amount is huge and highly simulated, so as to arouse sufficient vigilance to prevent the counterfeit banknotes from circulating internally." Secretary Mao Renfeng came to the office and said.
"We can only prevent counterfeit banknotes from entering the bank, but we can't prevent counterfeit banknotes from circulating in the market, the central bank's Minister Kong and I have exchanged views, professionals can identify the real and fake, but it is difficult for ordinary people to identify, it is estimated that the number of counterfeit banknotes in Japan will increase in the future." Dai Li shook his head and said.
"Fortunately, we got the information of counterfeit banknotes, otherwise the central bank would be in big trouble, Minister Kong is very happy this time, and specially rewarded the Military Command Bureau with 10,000 US dollars, what do you think about it?" Mao Renfeng asked.
The information on counterfeit banknotes is only known to Dai Li, Pan Qiwu and the translator, and even Mao Renfeng, the secretary and director of the Military Control Bureau, is not qualified, which shows how determined Dai Li is to protect the spring breeze, and Mao Renfeng is his first confidant.
"Give it to Pan Qiwu, he knows who to give this money to, and it is rare for Minister Kong to be generous once. The bureau's funds are getting tighter and tighter, and I am going to set up a smuggling department to specialize in materials for the bureau. ”
"This matter is entrusted to you to be responsible, and now we will start a secret investigation to find out the situation of those scarce materials in various provinces that can make money, and waiting for the rice to be put in the pot is not the way." Dai Li said.