Episode 52 Who is Japan staring at?

Koji Sakamoto confessed to all nine people were captured, and none of them escaped. When the agents entered Takayama's house to arrest him, Takayama seemed very calm, and entertained the agents to tea, then sat on the sofa and smoked, watching the agents search his house.

And the search quickly came to fruition. A lot of perfectly hidden professional spy equipment was searched one after another and photographed one by one.

Lighter cameras, microfilms, ciphertext potions, melted rice pulp paper that can be swallowed quickly, cyanide pills, transmitter antennas hidden in chimneys, transmitters hidden in the ceiling, several large brown paper bags hidden under the floor, documents and photographs...... What's more, the codebook was also found.

In the face of a bed full of evidence, Takayama still looked very calm. He just glanced at it, nodded, signed the search record, and walked still into the living room to smoke.

The agents were accompanied by a prosecutor. The prosecutor looked at him and said coldly:

"Mr. Jiro Takayama, you are now suspected of three crimes: illegal entry, falsification of identity, and illegal possession of state secret documents, and you will be arrested. Please sign this. ”

Jiro Takayama held a cigarette in his mouth, looked down at the arrest warrant, and took a pen and brush to sign the word "Takayama". Then, stretch out your hands.

The prosecutor "clicked" and handcuffed him. The agents behind him put on his coat, and several people pushed him downstairs.

As he passed through the lobby of the apartment, one of the agents glanced at the apartment phone and said in a casual tone:

"Oh yes, Mr. Takayama, you have the right to make a phone call now."

Takayama Jiro groaned for a moment and walked over to the telephone. As soon as he took the receiver, the prosecutor rushed up in three steps and two steps, pressed it on the telephone, and said sharply:

"Listen up! You can only call the lawyer, no one else! ”

Takayama Jiro rolled his eyes, slowly put down the earpiece, and said slowly:

"Forget it, I don't have a lawyer. I can't afford a lawyer. Go back and assign me one. ”

The two agents next to him glanced at each other, and they were both angry. They stared at the prosecutor fiercely, eager to eat him. They were waiting for Takayama to call the Japanese embassy or something, and the apartment phone was also equipped with a tape recorder, so that if the conversation between the two sides was recorded, it could be used as evidence. As long as the Japanese government shakes off its hands and refuses to admit it, then Daming can take this tape to the League of Nations and play it. This is also equivalent to becoming a card for the Ming Dynasty in diplomacy. You can hit it whenever you want.

Now, it's all up to this conscientious prosecutor to clean up. They have learned a lesson since then, the next time there is such a thing, it is good to communicate with the people in the judiciary beforehand.

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The intelligence community of the Ming Empire was immersed in a state of tension and excitement. This is a major case that has not been seen in many years. A day after Takayama's arrest, he remained silent. And the People's Guard Security Corps, which was in charge of interrogation, did not receive instructions from Xiang Xiaoqiang, and did not dare to "be tough" against him. And Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't know how important Gao Shan's case was, and whether it should be the most important to extract his intelligence value or his political value. If it really rises to the level of "political value", it is very likely that there will be a public trial. If that's the case, you'll have to be careful. Torture is certainly impossible.

And whether to play him as a political card involves the current Ming Dynasty's relations with Japan, which is even more complicated.

In addition to Gao Shan, the interrogation of the other eight people has made varying degrees of progress. According to the confessions of these eight people, 26 more were arrested in two days. This is the biggest espionage case cracked by Daming after the last "Pukou Beiqing Spy List" incident.

The interrogation of these more than 30 spies went smoothly, and there was no need to be rude. The joint cross-interrogation of several counter-espionage departments, and the spies lurking in the administrative department and the East Factory were interrogated by the People's Guard. The spies lurking in the army and navy were interrogated by the People's Guard and the Jinyi Guard. The spies lurking in the People's Guard and the Jinyi Guard were interrogated by Dongchang. Prevent any possibility of manipulation and drainage.

On the third day of Koji Sakamoto's surrender, the interrogation reports were piled up in front of his desk with a stomachache and 14 grids.

And at this time, whether it is Dongchang, Jinyiwei, or the People's Guard, they all slowly have the same feeling-

It seems that Japan was more interested not in the intelligence of the Ming army, but in the disposition of the Soviet troops.

Of course, it's not that Japan wasn't interested in the deployment of the Ming army, but of course it was also interested. But based on the confessions of these 30 people, as well as the information that had been found from their residences and had not yet been sent, it was obvious that Japan was much more interested in the news of the Soviet army than in the Ming army.

This spy network is in the territory of Daming, and these spies are also recruited in Daming. It stands to reason that their chances of collecting intelligence from the Ming army are much greater than those of collecting intelligence from the Soviet army. However, judging from the seized confidential documents and photos, only half of the intelligence involving the Ming army was involved, and it was relatively casual, which did not seem to have much purpose, and seemed to be stolen "by the way". And there was a lot of intelligence on the Soviet army, and it accounted for half of it. And this Soviet intelligence, which was also collected from the Soviet Union by the Ming intelligence agency, itself is very small, but now it accounts for such a large proportion of these spies.

This also confirms a common confession of these spies: Shangfeng confessed to them: The intelligence about the Ming army can only be stolen if it encounters extremely important ones. And as long as you come across information about the Soviet army, no matter what the content is, you will have to steal it. No matter how big or small, take it all as ordered.

There was a piece of information that aroused the great interest of Fourteen Gege.

"Xiaoqiang, look," she put a large washed photo in front of Xiang Xiaoqiang, with a relaxed smile on her face, "Do you know where this is?" ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked down. This is an aerial photograph, which at first glance was taken from the air by a reconnaissance aircraft. It's not very clear, and there are more reflections. However, it looks like a military port, with several warships moored. He looked up and asked:

"Where is this?"

"Vladivostok," Fourteen Gege smiled, "that is, Vladivostok, the main base of the Soviet Pacific Fleet." ”

"Oh!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was surprised for a while, lowered his head again, and looked at the photo carefully.

Fourteen Gege continued to laugh:

"This picture was taken by our reconnaissance aircraft. After a second remake. Of course, it was filmed by Japanese spies with a small camera and made into microfilm. The microfiche was hidden in a hollow coin, which we found during our search. They are hungry for information about the Soviet army and are collecting it from all sources, even such an aerial photo. - Japan is closer to Vladivostok than us, and it can send its own reconnaissance planes. But even if we took it, they still wanted to take it. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang touched his chin and hesitated:

"That'...... What does that mean, you say? ”

Fourteen Gege laughed:

"Xiaoqiang, this shows that Japan is more interested in the Soviet Union than the Ming Dynasty."

"Ahh

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, noncommittal.

After a while, he exhaled lightly and said:

"Ah Fang, I understand your feelings...... Things seem to be going your way right now...... Japan intended to attack the USSR, not us. Not only will Japan and Ming not fight, but they may also become allies...... So you feel relaxed and happy. ”

Fourteen Gege was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled:

"Look, you look sensitive again. I'll tell you, it has nothing to do with my background. Even Shen Rongxuan would come to the same conclusion. On the contrary, it is your deep-rooted 'enemy Japan' complex, should you loosen it? Hehe......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang also smiled, and then muttered:

"Then you say, since Japan is so close to Vladivostok, it is very convenient to take pictures of reconnaissance planes or submarines, so why do you want to steal our photos?"

Fourteen Gege smiled slightly, as if expecting him to ask this, and smiled:

"Three reasons. First, it was the little spy below who stole the photo, and the order given to him by his superiors was 'no matter the content, as long as there is information about the Soviet Union, it will be stolen', and he naturally will not let go of this photo. Second, although Japan is very close to Vladivostok, the two countries are not at war after all, unlike us and the Soviet Union, which are already at war, but there is no declaration of war. We can send reconnaissance planes to the Soviet Union every day without any scruples to take pictures, but Japan is not so convenient. Besides, if Japan plans to attack the Soviet Union secretly, then it must be well disguised before and not show its feet. If the intensity of reconnaissance is the same as ours, then it is easy to expose the war intent. Third, the number and types of ships, the arrangement of shore defense, and the number of troops stationed in a military port are constantly changing. Our photo was taken in May, and even if Japan took a picture of Vladivostok in June, it may not have a photo of May. If Japan wants to make a comprehensive and detailed analysis, it naturally wants to do it all. This is quite normal. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang half-opened his mouth, looking at the vibrant fourteen grids, first, he was also speechless. However, he still couldn't convince him, and he always felt that Japan must not be at ease.

Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at the desk calendar, it was already mid-June. In regular history, on July 7, the Sino-Japanese War broke out. It's not been a few days.

He felt panic in his heart for no apparent reason. Although he knew that this historical time and space had been distorted, and it was impossible to come according to a regular timetable. However, he stared at the calendar, and he always felt that there was a time bomb moving around, as if it would explode as soon as it came on July 7, 1937.