As the first specialized intelligence agency in modern history, the Secret Service is arguably the largest and strongest espionage department in the world. In addition to the Antarctic and the North Pole, it can be said that as long as human beings have set foot in the place, there are "strongholds" of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Even in places like Africa, which seem to be unnecessary, the Special Affairs Bureau has set up dozens of strongholds. However, most of these bases are in South Africa and Egypt, followed by Somalia, and some other areas are not very numerous. No way, South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, as well as Somalia and Egypt, are all crucial to the Suez Canal, and with the enhancement of intelligence there, it is easy to know most of the situation of the canal, so it is understandable that the Special Service has deployed heavy troops in these places.

As for some other parts of Africa, such as the Ivory Coast, although after the opening of the Suez Canal, this kind of area is no longer so important, and the secret service bureau has only made one or two strongholds there with the background of merchants, but even so, in terms of intelligence alone, the special service is already the largest in Africa.

The number of informants working in the secret service bureau or those who have certain connections with the special service is close to one million, and the name of the world's strongest intelligence agency can be said to be worthy of its name. After all, such as the British MI6 or the US Bureau of Investigation, or even some other intelligence agencies, the total number of people is probably not more than a fraction of that of the Special Services Bureau.

As for why the Special Affairs Bureau has been able to develop so much......... The main reason for this is probably Yan Shao's support. After all, the special affairs bureau has tens of millions of yuan in funds alone every year, not counting some special funds―――――― sometimes in order to buy some valuable people or intelligence. The amount of money required is usually relatively large, and at this time, the funds of the Special Affairs Bureau are probably not very sufficient, and if you want to complete the task smoothly, you can only apply for special funds...

Originally, it was nothing. After all, the existence of the Secret Service Bureau is also to safeguard national interests. And the Special Affairs Bureau has spent a lot of money over the years, but if you want to evaluate, then it is worth all the money!

The problem is that the Special Affairs Bureau is too easy to provoke hostility, and many people, both within the government and in the military, see this special situation as unpleasant and always try their best to find some trouble with the Special Affairs Bureau. In this way, the annual funds of the Special Affairs Bureau amounting to tens of millions of yuan naturally aroused a lot of criticism, but fortunately, everyone in the government knew that Yan Shao was standing behind the Special Affairs Bureau. The director of the Special Affairs Bureau is Yan Shao's wife, so for the time being, no one dares to say this on the front, but as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see it. If it weren't for Yan Shao's support, the Special Affairs Bureau wouldn't have been able to apply for the annual funds.

However, over the years, the Special Affairs Bureau has not failed to live up to Yan Shao's support, not only in the first few years, but also swept away many spy organizations that infiltrated the country, including the Black Dragon Society. In addition, a large number of intelligence officers have been stationed in various countries. Although these people were completely frightened by the situation that Soviet Russia was besieged by foreign powers at that time――――――, they wanted to find a way out, and now that Soviet Russia's rule in Eastern Europe has been solidified, they no longer need China as a retreat. But in exchange for China's retreat, these people betrayed a lot of information about Soviet Russia, whether it was according to the rules of Soviet Russia or something else, these people were standard traitors. And the methods of Soviet Russia against traitors are very cruel...

In this way, even if they no longer have to worry about the defeat of Soviet Russia. Still can't get rid of the grasp of the Special Affairs Bureau. Although this part of the people in the whole Soviet Russia is only equivalent to a small part, in fact, for the Special Affairs Bureau, except for the most core part, Soviet Russia really has no secrets to speak of...

It's just that even with such a special bureau, there is still no guarantee that there will really be no spies from other countries in the country, especially after China's national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and in addition to Japan, many other countries have also begun to take an interest in China...

That's right, the many sweeps and clean-up operations of the Secret Service Bureau have indeed caused the number of spies in China to drop sharply, even to the point where there is no one in ten. But the intelligence services of other countries have not yet been wasted to the point where they have nothing to do.

Especially in the past two years, after these countries have learned wisely and increased their investment in China, they dare not say that they have achieved immediate results, but they have also gained a little bit...

For example, the Black Dragon Society...

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The name of the Black Dragon Society, even Yan Shao, a person who knows a little bit about history, has heard of its name, especially a character like Tou Shanman, who can be said to be thunderous―――――― who is called in the history of later generations, Tou Shanman's name will always be involved with Sun Yat-sen, so that when talking about Sun Yat-sen, he will always talk about the Black Dragon Society unconsciously...

No matter how much Yan Shao didn't like Sun Yat-sen, he couldn't help himself not hear Sun Yat-sen's name, and he naturally knew a little about Toushanman.

All in all, that's pretty much it...

Because he was too impressed by the name of the Black Dragon Society, and the Black Dragon Society was indeed the largest Japanese intelligence agency in China at this time, many of the operations of the Special Affairs Bureau were carried out against the Black Dragon Society.

During these events, the Black Dragon Society's power in China was almost devastated.

But if the Black Dragon Society is so easy to solve, then the Black Dragon Society probably won't have such a great name. Therefore, in the past two years, the Black Dragon Society has made a comeback in China, but its actions are far more secretive than in the past, and even the Special Affairs Bureau cannot dig out all these people, although every once in a while, the Special Affairs Bureau can catch a lot of Black Dragon Society spies, but there are still a lot of fish that have slipped through the net and have not been caught.

And not long ago, at the train station, there was an intelligence agent arranged by the Black Dragon Society in China. However, it is only a low-level informant, and usually after a year, it may not be able to reflect any information. But since the Black Dragon will deliberately arrange him there, there must be a deep meaning to do so...

Jinan is the provincial capital of Shandong, where the headquarters of the Jinan Military Region is located, and as a military railway station near such a city, it is sometimes possible to observe very important intelligence, especially military aspects, such as some relatively unusual transfers, and so on. That's it for now...

It should be noted that the spy who was arranged at the train station used a dead shot, and who was his own upline. Even he didn't know that his mission was to put all the seemingly important information he had learned into the intended location.

And these locations are not static, but change every once in a while. After the change. It is usually reminded by the upline in a stealthy way.

This is naturally a very troublesome thing, and for the Black Dragon Society, they are actually forced to do this out of helplessness, because in the past, the Special Affairs Bureau's cleanup of the Black Dragon Society was too powerful, and the Black Dragon Society could not operate normally in China at all, especially in some cases, because of the exposure of some downlines, and the entire line was exposed. The Black Dragon Society has suffered a very heavy price.

After so many tragedies, the Black Dragon Society can be regarded as smarter. It's like the debate about tenure, it is precisely because it is clear that the Chinese do not like foreigners to interfere in China's internal affairs, so they deliberately did not participate, and even took the initiative to stop those who wanted to intervene, and this time it was the same.

Therefore, except for some extremely important spies, many times the black dragon will use this method, so that even if the offline is caught by the people of the secret service, the entire line will not be exposed.

As for the tavern where the spy went to drink? Of course, it wasn't the property of the Japanese, and the reason why the Japanese who got the information had the key there was simply because he just managed to steal the key and copy it by the way, so that he could go to the tavern as if he were his own home, and that's how simple it was...

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Although the information uploaded by the spy in charge of the sleeper at the train station was simple, so simple that it even felt confusing. But the Black Dragon Society is so famous, after all, it is impossible for there to be only such a spy in China. And those spies obviously didn't eat dry food, and after converging the information obtained by these people, Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei soon had a general understanding of this information in their hearts.

"The Chinese are concentrating their forces to the northeast!"

Almost very lightly, Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei came to such a conclusion.

However, Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei did not know whether to be happy with this conclusion, just as Yan Shao thought, the long war did bring great harm to the Japanese, both in terms of personnel and economy.

Although in the middle and late periods, Britain and the United States and other countries gave Japan support to a certain extent, but this support was obviously beyond its means. In other words, ending the conflict as soon as possible has become a consensus among the Japanese. It's just how to end it, which is another headache for them.

Judging from the current intelligence, the Chinese began to gather troops in the northeast, apparently intending the armed conflict on the banks of the Yalu River as soon as possible. An end to the armed conflict as soon as possible is undoubtedly what the Japanese government wants, but if the price is Japan's defeat in this conflict...

That's definitely not what they want to see...

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In any case, the most important thing at the moment is to hand over the information to the Japanese government first, after all, it is not they who will affect the current situation of the war, but the Japanese government and the Korean Front and the commander of the front army in Korea, Utsunomiya Taro.

No matter how powerful the Black Dragon Society is, it is not them who can decide the outcome of the battle...

The leaders of the Black Dragon Society, Mitsuru Touyama and Ryohei Uchida, joined forces, and the Japanese government, especially the Japanese military department, did not underestimate it at all, and the information they provided was indeed valued by the Japanese government...

This is not only because the Black Dragon Society has always been excellent in intelligence in the past, but also because they have also obtained some relevant information―――――― in the final analysis, after all, Japan's intelligence cannot completely rely on a civilian intelligence agency, and it also has a certain source of intelligence, but it is not as good as the Black Dragon Society.

But this is not surprising at all, after all, the Black Dragon Society has been active in China for many years, and I dare not say that it is deeply rooted, and it has some foundation. However, several intelligence agencies set up by the Japanese government, although they have financial support from the government, are not in the shadow of both eyes in China, especially unable to adapt to China, which already has a special affairs bureau...

The spies who were sent to China dare not say that they were all wiped out, but in fact, I am afraid that there are not a few people left...

It is precisely because of this that the Japanese government has always relied on the Black Dragon Society in terms of intelligence.

And this time they got the information provided by the Black Dragon Society, and compared it with the information they got themselves, some things quickly became apparent.

Almost the day after Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei visited the house, the Japanese military headquarters sent an alert to the Korean Front, asking Utsunomiya Taro to be vigilant and fully prepared.

After receiving such information, Utsunomiya Taro's expression also looked unusually solemn.

In fact, over such a long period of time, he has completely changed his views on China, especially on the Chinese military. It was precisely because of this that he did not dare to be careless about what happened next.

It's just that...

He didn't have a clue how to deal with it.

After all, the strength of the North Korean Front is limited at the moment, which can be seen from such a long time, but he still failed to drive the Chinese out of North Korea.

Moreover, the information provided by the country and the Black Dragon Society is also vague in many aspects, especially in some of the more critical places. For example, troop strength and so on. At the moment, what Utsunomiya Taro needs to know most is how many troops the Chinese have prepared, not simply "the Chinese have increased their troops"...

It's just that he also knows that the current progress of domestic intelligence agencies in China is not very large, and I am afraid that these intelligence agencies have tried their best to get it, so Utsunomiya Taro can't blame anything.

However, just when Utsunomiya Taro gathered all his staff officers and division commanders, another piece of information came into the hands of Utsunomiya Taro...

And looking at the information in his hand, Utsunomiya Taro's eyes lit up. (To be continued......)