Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Ono Akira looked at the telegram translation handed to him by his secretary Saburo Watanabe and said happily: "Kojima-kun did a really good job. He got results so quickly. He is indeed an elite intelligence officer of the Imperial Japanese Army. He is outstanding."

"Kojima-kun is indeed an excellent intelligence operative." Secretary Watanabe Saburo complimented Ono Akira at the right time. As the person Ono Akira trusted the most, he knew exactly what to say and when.

Ono Akira stood up from his office chair, walked to the window of his office, looked at a group of Marines training in the yard outside the window, and said with a sigh in his heart: "Watanabe-kun, you know, this piece of information obtained by Kojima-kun will reduce a lot of casualties for the great soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire when they face the 102nd Division of the Central Army of the Chinese Government in the future. For the Army Ministry's General Staff, it will be able to formulate combat plans more accurately, and the commanders on the front line will also have more detailed information to help them formulate reasonable tactics. This is very critical."

Saburo Watanabe did not speak. He knew very well that he did not need to say anything at this time. It was enough for him to just be a good listener.

Sure enough, Ono Akira looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, then turned around and instructed Watanabe Saburo: "Watanabe-kun, you arrange for the operations department to go to Zhenjiang and make sure to bring back the information that Kojima-kun obtained safely."

"Yes, Mr. Chief, I will go and inform the Operations Department in a moment." After hearing Ono Akira's order, Saburo Watanabe immediately stood at attention and bowed in response, then continued to ask: "Mr. Chief, how do you respond to Mr. Kojima's request for increased funding?"

In the telegram from Kenzo Kojima, he not only simply reported the progress of the matter, but also expressed his hope to increase the funding for his team because Zhang Wenwu was too greedy for money and had a big appetite.

Ono Akira nodded and said slowly, "Well, tell Xiaodao that there is no problem with funding. He just needs to maintain a good relationship with Zhang Wenwu and obtain a steady stream of intelligence from him. Call Chen Fangan later and tell him to send 20,000 yuan in French currency, and then have the operations personnel in Zhenjiang bring it to Xiaodao. Tell Chen Fangan that the Empire will cooperate with him to acquire a few more spinning mills recently, and tell him to be prepared."

Saburo Watanabe said that he understood that it was normal to get money from Chen Fangan. The funds issued by the Intelligence Bureau of the Imperial Army Ministry were all issued according to the mission objectives and were limited, but intelligence acquisition was a very expensive job. Generally, each intelligence agency would support its own business forces outside to provide additional funding sources for itself. The upper echelons of the empire took a laissez-faire attitude towards such things and welcomed things that could save money for the empire. Chen Fangan was the local business force supported by the "Eagle Agency" in Shanghai. When they ran out of money, they would ask Chen Fangan to bring money over. At the same time, they would also assist Chen Fangan in expanding the scope of business. To put it bluntly, Chen Fangan was the "Eagle Agency"'s slush fund.

After Chen Fangan received the call from Saburo Watanabe, he did not dare to delay. He quickly asked the housekeeper to prepare the money, and then he personally drove to Saburo Watanabe's office in the "Eagle Agency" of the Navy Club.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, you're very fast, very good." After receiving the briefcase containing 20,000 yuan in French currency, Saburo Watanabe patted Chen Fangan on the shoulder to encourage him. Then he hurried out of the office and handed the briefcase to the people in the Operations Department, asking them to quickly deliver it to Kenzo Kojima in Zhenjiang and bring back the intelligence documents.

Chen Fangan did not leave Watanabe Saburo's office, but stood in the office waiting quietly. Watanabe Saburo did not ask him to leave, because he knew that the Japanese might have something else to tell him to do.

After Saburo Watanabe finished explaining everything to the Operations Department, he returned to his office. Seeing Chen Fangan waiting for him quietly, he was very satisfied. This Chinese man was quite good and his loyalty was a good thing. So he was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, I was a little busy just now. I'm sorry to bother you waiting for so long. Why are you standing here? Please sit down." After that, he walked to the desk and sat down.

Chen Fangan didn't dare to sit down. The Japanese lady was just being polite to him. He knew that the Japanese paid great attention to the hierarchy between superiors and subordinates, so he smiled flatteringly and said, "Mr. Watanabe, you are very busy, and I don't have much to do. It's my duty to wait here. If you have anything to say, please feel free to tell me. I will definitely complete your order."

Saburo Watanabe was very satisfied with Chen Fangan's attitude. This was very good. This was a dog that knew its master. So he smiled even more and said in a gentle tone, "Mr. Chen, your loyalty to the Great Japanese Empire is obvious to His Excellency the Director General. It just so happens that you are here this time. I will tell you that His Excellency the Director General has agreed to your request to expand the scope of business last time. When you return, make a plan for the scope of business that needs to be expanded as soon as possible. Then His Excellency the Director General will ask the Japanese companies in Shanghai to cooperate. If necessary, he will also ask the Great Japanese Consulate in Shanghai to provide support."

Saburo Watanabe threw out a big meat pie at the right time. Chen Fangan was also very excited when he heard Saburo Watanabe's words. Look, as long as he serves the Japanese well, will he still lack money? He just gave out 60,000 French currency and immediately got the Japanese's promise to help him expand his business. This is perfect. It seems that his son's asking him for money to do something for Kojima Taijun some time ago also played a very important role. His son is really good at doing things.

After seeing off Chen Fangan, who was expressing his gratitude profusely and with an excited look on his face, Watanabe Saburo went to report to Ono Akira. He needed to report all matters to the head of the agency in a timely manner.

Chen Mingzhang walked out of Kojima Kenzo's room with a look of despair. Just now, Kojima Taijun asked him for 3,000 yuan in French currency, which was all his gambling capital. In the past two days, Kojima Taijun had taken 4,000 yuan in French currency from him. He only had 1,600 yuan in French currency on him now, which was not enough for him to go to the casino a few times. It seemed that he would have to ask his father for money again in a few days. What excuse would he use this time?

Zhang Wenwu was unaware of Chen Mingzhang's little mood at the moment. He was walking towards the office of the Political Department. He had just written a "personal file" for himself and was going to ask Liao Qian to stamp it with the Political Department's seal so that he could go to Kojima Kenzo to exchange money in the evening.

Liao Qian looked at Zhang Wenwu in silence. He doubted whether this "personal file" written by Zhang Wenwu could be exchanged for money from Kenzo Kojima. In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Liao Qian felt that this document was simply out of line, but he couldn't tell Zhang Wenwu directly about this cruel reality, so he could only say euphemistically: "Deputy Director Zhang, is this...appropriate? Otherwise, I think we should just forget it."

"No, Deputy Director Liao, please be kind and stamp it for me." When Zhang Wenwu heard that Liao Qian was reluctant to stamp, he immediately refused and said to Liao Qian with an eager look.

Liao Qian thought for a long time, but still insisted on his decision. In the end, he had no choice but to lie to Zhang Wenwu and said, "Deputy Director Zhang, it's not that I don't want to stamp this seal for you. It's that the seal of the Political Department was taken away by Deputy Commander Qi and has not been brought back yet. How about you come over tomorrow, okay?"

When Zhang Wenwu heard this, he thought, why didn't you tell me earlier that the seal was not there? I have been acting for so long in vain. It's not easy for me. Forget it, I'll find a way myself.

In the evening, in the restaurant on the first floor of Zhenjiang Hotel, Zhang Wenwu looked at Kenzo Kojima who was waiting for him excitedly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This little Japanese finally changed his expression, this time he looks more natural and less artificial, very good, under the influence of his buddy, his acting skills have finally improved a bit.

Kojima Kenzo was in a really good mood. In the morning, he was responsible for dictating and Nakamura Nada was responsible for sending the telegram. He sent a telegram to Ono, the head of the agency, reporting the situation of the past two days. First, he had successfully met Colonel Jiro Miyamoto and informed him of his action plan. Second, he had successfully corrupted and won over Zhang Wenwu and obtained the real and reliable internal intelligence files of the 102nd Division from Zhang Wenwu. In addition, he asked the head of the agency to give more funds to trade intelligence with Zhang Wenwu.

In the afternoon, the head of the agency sent back a telegram full of praise, in which he praised himself and his team, and informed him that a colleague from the Operations Department would come to him in the evening to give him 20,000 yuan in funds and take away the intelligence he had obtained from Zhang Wenwu. He was in a very good mood, so when he saw Zhang Wenwu, he showed his true feelings.

"Deputy Director Zhang, my friend is very satisfied with the information you wrote, and agreed to what we said yesterday. Regarding the information on the character's personality traits, he will pay you a consulting fee of 2,000 French francs per copy." Kenzo Kojima smiled and poured tea for Zhang Wenwu before introducing.

Zhang Wenwu nodded, and then said proudly: "Well, Mr. Kojima, your friend is very satisfied with the information I wrote, which shows that my hard work has not been in vain. Don't worry, I have brought the file of the character information."

Kenzo Kojima glanced at the file bag in Zhang Wenwu's hand, nodded with satisfaction, and cooperated with Zhang Wenwu to pat the briefcase beside him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Deputy Director Zhang. Don't worry, I have prepared your consulting fee and even prepared a new briefcase for you." He knew that if you didn't tell Zhang Wenwu that the money was ready, Deputy Director Zhang would not give you the file bag in his hand.

When Zhang Wenwu heard that the consulting fee was already prepared, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "That's good, that's good." At the same time, his eyes never left the briefcase next to Kojima Kenzo, and he immediately handed the file bag to Kojima Kenzo. Maybe because he was too excited, he handed it too fast and did not control the force well, and Zhang Wenwu poked the file bag directly into Kojima Kenzo's face.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Kojima, I was too excited and lost control of myself. I'll be more careful next time." Zhang Wenwu apologized with a smile.

Kenzo Kojima's good mood was completely ruined by Zhang Wenwu. The file bag directly poked his nose, which scared him. Moreover, Zhang Wenwu used quite a lot of force, so his nose turned red at that time. He had just calmed down, but Zhang Wenwu apologized again and sprayed saliva on his face while speaking, which made him feel extremely disgusted.

Kojima Kenzo wiped his face with a napkin, and suddenly felt that this action was so familiar. He seemed to have done similar actions in the same scene before. Oh, yes, it was this hateful Zhang Wenwu who sprayed saliva on his face last time. Damn this greedy and shameless Zhang Wenwu.

"It's okay, it's okay. Deputy Director Zhang is just very excited. I understand." Kojima Kenzo was so frustrated. He had to comfort the greedy and shameless Zhang Wenwu. He had to endure it for the great cause of the Empire of Japan.