On February 15, 1897, the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, the Second Department of the Taiwan Division.

"What's new lately?" Genjiro Akashi asked.

Genjiro Akashi, who is now here, has returned to Japan from Taiwan with the Japanese army two years ago. He was released by the Taiwanese side as a prisoner of war, and after the Japanese returned to Japan, he resumed his duties. Akashi Genjiro was favored by Japan's newly appointed head of the Army General Staff Headquarters, Kawakami Caoroku, and was appointed as the head of the Taiwan Section of the Second Department, and his military rank was also promoted to lieutenant colonel. The Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army is responsible for intelligence work, while the Taiwan Division is responsible for intelligence work on Taiwan.

Since Japan's defeat in the war over Taiwan, Japan's intelligence work against Taiwan has begun to make great progress. However, Japan's subordinates in the second department separately treated Taiwan as a class, which is on the same status as the so-called branch class, and it can be said that in the eyes of the Japanese military, Taiwan has been able to sit on an equal footing with the mainland. And Akashi Genjiro is in charge of the Taiwan section and serves as the head of the Taiwan section. And for more than a year, Akashi Genjiro has "made a lot of achievements", and he has kept getting some information back to Japan, making Japan feel as if it is really like that.

And no one knows that Akashi Motojiro is the number one undercover traitor personally commanded by Taiwan's Wang Guorui, and most of the information he calls has been filtered. All those important pieces of information will be consulted by Wang Guorui on whether to report it to Japan. If it is too much information, then Akashi Genjiro will naturally hide it secretly, and even take the initiative to transmit it to Wang Guorui through Guò Yuri, and then cooperate with Wang Guorui to clean up the Japanese undercover agents lurking in Taiwan. If it is really inconvenient to clean up, then it is to monitor it at any time and prevent them from doing anything dangerous to Taiwan. After all, some kind of Cheng dù said that Wang Guorui also wants to protect the line of Akashi Genjiro, if he cleans up Taiwan's undercover agents at will. Then it may be easy for the Japanese army to know that they have internal moles. Therefore, those undercover agents are generally not cleaned up, unless they are Japanese undercover agents in important departments, they will be cleaned up. The Japanese undercover agents in those secondary departments were only monitored, and no people were directly arrested.

Therefore, Akashi Genjiro has achieved a lot of results in the past year or so, and he was able to hand over some information to Japan. It feels good to make the Japanese top brass feel good.

"Section chief, according to the news just reported, it seems that the Taiwan side has been planning something recently, and we will continue to investigate the specific situation!" Genjiro Akashi's secretary said.

Genjiro Akashi opened his pocket watch, and then thought, "There are still twenty-five hours, and the commander is about to start planning, and I will start too!" ”

Genjiro Akashi took the initiative to "produce" a piece of information, and then immediately came to the office of the head of the Japanese army staff headquarters, Kawakami Soroku.

"General Kawakami Caoroku, we just got the news. Taiwan is going to war against the Dutch! Akashi Genjiro said.

Kawakami Caoliu looked at the information, and then immediately said: "Quick, go and report to the Emperor, and let the Emperor hold a pre-imperial meeting!" ”

And Kawakami Koroku didn't notice, but Genjiro Akashi was smiling.

Actually, this information about Genjiro Akashi is actually true, but the relevant information was transmitted to him by Yuri in the Red Police Base. This information is indeed true. However, this information is just a few words, that is, Wang Guorui's Taiwanese forces are about to start a war against the Dutch. Specific details. And not much. But such a sentence is enough, and it can already be a great credit to Akashi Genjiro.

The reason why Wang Guorui wanted to pass this news to the Japanese top brass through Guò Akashi Genjiro was because according to Wang Guorui's plan, they would declare war on the Dutch in twenty-five hours. Twenty-five hours later, the news will be public to the world. That means it's worthless, and the Japanese will know it. And instead of waiting for the information to be invalidated, the Japanese will know sooner or later, so it is better to give this opportunity to Genjiro Akashi and let him sue the Japanese high-level.

If you let Akashi Genjiro report to the Japanese more than twenty hours in advance. Even if the Japanese get the news, with their current communication capabilities, the Japanese do not have the ability to quickly deliver the news to the Dutch. Less than twenty-five hours had passed since the start of the war, and the Japanese were already running out of time. However, it was this twenty-five hours ahead of schedule, which was tantamount to telling the Japanese an information that was destined to be made public to the whole world.

This so-called information seems to be a matter of great importance, but after careful scrutiny, it does not mean anything. After all, the Japanese had already had no time to inform the Dutch, and even if they did, it would be too late in time, and the current communication capabilities were not enough to prepare the Dutch army on the Indonesian side. So this news seems to be very important, but it has no value at all when you think about it carefully. However, this information can be exchanged for a great improvement in Akashi's status in Japan, so it is best to let Akashi Genjiro, an undercover agent in Taiwan, continue to rise.

"His Majesty the Emperor, we have obtained the corresponding information about a dark line that we planted there in Taiwan back then. My secret line had already entered the work of the so-called general staff of the Taiwan side, but this time he was not selected to draw up the war plan against the Dutch, and he only learned about it more than ten days ago when the Taiwan side had already set out for the war. And after he learned about it, he tried his best to pass on the relevant news. Took it, and now it has just been passed on, and it is already today. Genjiro Akashi said in front of Emperor Meiji.

When Emperor Meiji heard this, he also said helplessly: "It would be great if I could come a few days earlier!" ”

And everyone regretted it for a while, if this news could have been passed on earlier, then Japan might have been able to make a decision earlier, and even be able to stop Taiwan's war plan in time. But it was too late, and it was too late for them to tell the Dutch to get ready.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, do you want me to reprimand that dark line?" Genjiro Akashi asked.

Emperor Meiji immediately said, "No, not only do not reprimand, but also commend." It's not his responsibility this time, he's passed it on as much as he can, he's done his best. Moreover, I want to reward him, and you go and tell him that I will reward him with 50,000 yen, which is considered to be the importance of him. It's hard to be able to install a person in Taiwan's General Staff, so don't force him out! ”

Emperor Meiji is also very sensible, the so-called "dark line" has done his best, and the reason why the news is delayed is because of the problem of communication ability, not the responsibility of the so-called dark line. On the contrary, it is not easy for Japan to install a person in Taiwan's General Staff, so don't force him out. However, the Japanese never dreamed that this so-called dark line was nothing at all, and it was completely Akashi Genjiro playing tricks.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, according to my analysis, Taiwan's war against the Dutch this time is mainly to attack the Nanyang area. And according to the information we have obtained before, Taiwan's population pressure is increasing day by day, and Taiwan's resources have been depleted day by day, and a large number of workers are unemployed, so Taiwan must now find a way to expand. Although some people think that Taiwan may want to expand to the mainland, in fact, according to my analysis, they will not choose to expand to the mainland, because Western countries will not allow Taiwan to enter the mainland. Taiwan is not ready for a full-scale war with Western countries, so they can only expand southward. They expanded southward in order to ease the employment pressure of the population, and perhaps to obtain some industrial resources to supplement Taiwan's depleting resources. In addition, there are no strong countries in the South Seas, and the Dutch have declined, so they are pinching soft persimmons! Akashi Genjiro said.

These things that Genjiro Akashi said are actually outdated things and belong to the category of hindsight. Even if Genjiro Akashi doesn't talk about these things, all the "elites" in Japan will soon be able to analyze them. Instead of letting those elites say it, it is better to let Akashi Genjiro show off in front of the emperor, so that the emperor can see that Akashi Genjiro is a talent, and maybe he can leave a good impression.

Emperor Meiji listened to Akashi Genjiro's hindsight analysis, and immediately felt good, and took the initiative to say: "Akashi Nakasa's analysis is very good, Taiwan is now very dangerous, so they will choose to expand." We, the Great Japanese Empire, need to make further responses, and we will go back and discuss it together. ”

"Hey!" The Japanese civil and military officials present replied together.

"By the way, I will be promoted to the rank of Akashi Motojiro Nakasa, and I will also serve as my attendant military attaché." Emperor Meiji said.

And everyone feels a little jealous of Akashi Genjiro, because Akashi Genjiro is now less than thirty-three years old, and he has already obtained the rank of Akashi Army. You must know that many of the young officers in the same batch as him are still young Zuo, and even many young royal families are also Zhongzuo. And Akashi Motojiro was specially promoted by the emperor to Osa, and also became the emperor's attendant military attaché. You must know that although the emperor's attendant military attaché does not have much direct power, it is close to the emperor, and only the best officers in the army and navy can become attendant military attachés. When you become an attendant military attaché, you usually stay with the emperor for a few years, and then you can be released to an important position. So everyone knows that Akashi Genjiro was valued by the emperor, and he will definitely be vigorously promoted and reused in the future. (To be continued......)