Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 595 High-Power Radio Station

After several days of coordination and adjustment, Ye Shaohong finally gained a basic understanding of the Jiangcheng Station of the Special Service Department.

The reason it happened so quickly is thanks to Dai Yunong's selfless help.

In order to win over Ye Shaohong and get him to achieve results at Jiangcheng Station as soon as possible, Dai Yunong really went all out this time.

He not only transferred the original stationmaster and deputy stationmaster of Jiangcheng Station.

Even the heads of the two major power departments within Jiangcheng Station, the Intelligence Section and the Action Section, were purged by Dai Yunong.

He handed it over directly to Ye Shaohong's trusted subordinates.

This level of support is extremely rare.

This also shows how much hope Dai Yunong has for Ye Shaohong this time.

However, Ye Shaohong did not disappoint Dai Yunong.

After consolidating the internal affairs of Jiangcheng Station, Ye Shaohong immediately threw himself into the work of searching for Japanese spies.

The first thing he did was to review the past investigation files of Jiangcheng Station.

Ye Shaohong wanted to see if there were any overlooked clues about Japanese spies in these cases.

Upon seeing this, Ye Shaohong was so angry that he smashed the table.

What kind of garbage is this?

Jiangcheng, a transportation hub connecting nine provinces.

During the Republic of China era, in terms of total economic output, it was the largest inland city, comparable to Shanghai.

Due to its unique geographical location, Jiangcheng is also home to consulates of several countries.

This place also serves as the intelligence center for inland China. You can examine the past archives of Jiangcheng Station.

From the merger of Ning and Han to the establishment of the Special Service Department in 1932, the Special Service Department had been stationed in Jiangcheng for ten years. However, during these ten years, the Jiangcheng Station only cracked about twenty cases of Japanese espionage.

In other words, on average, only two Japanese spy cases can be solved per year.

Among these cases, several were clearly wrongful convictions and had absolutely nothing to do with Japanese espionage.

It's unclear whether the investigators were incompetent or if they were fabricating charges to frame someone.

It's a complete mess.

Ye Shaohong casually flipped through the files and then tossed them aside.

At this point, he lost all interest in continuing his search.

Because it's completely unnecessary and a pure waste of time.

After one line of investigation failed, Ye Shaohong picked up the phone on the table and called Li Yunlong and Chi Tiecheng's office.

They were summoned and asked if the intelligence and operations departments had any unsolved cases.

The result was equally awful.

The intelligence and operations departments at Jiangcheng Station did indeed have a backlog of unsolved Japanese spy cases and some leads.

However, these cases and leads have all been going on for a very long time.

The shortest time frame was the traces and clues left behind when Ye Shaohong was transferred away from Jiangcheng last time.

If we estimate the time frame, it has been more than three months.

It's almost impossible to reopen a case that hasn't been solved for so long.

"Useless!" "Are they all useless?"

"Jiangcheng Station is a top-tier station of the Special Service Department, with top-notch manpower and funding. Is this how they operate?"

Ye Shaohong was exhausted after losing his temper twice in a short period of time.

He waved his hand, interrupting Li Yunlong and Chi Tiecheng's report, and then asked them about the situation of the police station and intelligence agents in Jiangcheng in the past few days.

There were some gains, but they weren't of much value.

Another way out has been cut off.

Faced with Jiangcheng Station like this, Ye Shaohong actually felt at a loss.

After thinking for a moment, he simply got up, called Li Yunlong and Chi Tiecheng, and went to Jiangcheng Prison together.

Ye Shaohong wanted to go there to see if he could find any clues. This time, he finally made some progress.

Ye Shaohong discovered a person in the prisoner files of Jiangcheng Prison.

A middle-aged businessman named Xu Heng.

He was arrested for participating in smuggling activities, which was not considered a serious crime during the Republic of China era.

Due to the long-standing warlord conflicts, many people in China today are involved in smuggling activities, both openly and secretly.

Government officials, gangsters, street businessmen...

Through layers of collusion, they eventually opened a black market business in addition to legitimate market activities.

These things were basically out in the open during the Republic of China era, and many ordinary people knew about them to some extent.

Many people also got involved.

Putting aside everything else, as far as Ye Shaohong knew, there were many people within the Special Service Department who were secretly involved in smuggling activities.

Zheng Yaoxian also controlled two drug smuggling channels.

While Ye Shaohong was in Shanghai, he was also secretly plotting and making arrangements to try to start a smuggling business.

Why would Ye Shaohong target Xu Heng?

the reason is simple.

The types of goods that Xu Heng smuggled bore obvious traces of Japanese influence.

This is actually nothing.

Starting from the late Qing Dynasty, the Manchu bannermen and the gentry gradually began to pursue their studies abroad.

During that period, Japan was the first choice for students from China to study abroad.

In just a few decades, the number of Chinese students going to Japan to study has exceeded 100,000.

The bald-headed Chairman was one of them. During his studies in Japan, he and his sworn brother even shared a Japanese geisha.

That Japanese geisha even bore a son for the bald-headed chairman's sworn brother.

The founding father of the nation also traveled to Japan more than once.

Their slogan at the time was "Learn from the barbarians to control them," and they all wanted to learn from the ideas and experiences of the Meiji Restoration in Japan, and return to China to change the backwardness of China.

From a purely ideological standpoint, it's impossible to judge whether their approach is right or wrong.

At a certain point in time, Japan did indeed provide us with some assistance.

Take the Whampoa Military Academy as an example.

When the Whampoa Military Academy was first established, many of the instructors were Japanese, while the weapons came from Russia.

The funds came from overseas Chinese.

It was through the combined efforts of the three parties that the prototype of the Whampoa Military Academy was formed.

Therefore, during the Republic of China period, it was not particularly unusual for many merchants to smuggle Japanese goods into the country.

But Xu Heng is different.

When he was arrested, the staff of Jiangcheng Police Station even found a high-powered radio in his home.

Xu Heng's reason at the time was to contact sellers across the ocean.

That's also a possibility.

According to the archives, when Xu Heng was arrested, there were still many drafts of past telegrams in his study that had not been destroyed.

These drafts contain information about transoceanic trade goods and agreed-upon transportation channels.

Therefore, when the case was solved, the Jiangcheng Police Bureau did not transfer it to the Jiangcheng Station of the Special Service Department. After completing the procedures, they quickly announced the case was closed. However, after Ye Shaohong reviewed the file information of Xu Heng's case, he keenly discovered a hidden error.

That means Xu Heng invested so much, but he smuggled less goods.

Xu Heng operated in Jiangcheng for three years, and the amount of Japanese goods he privately transported was only a little over 20,000 US dollars.

Converted to silver dollars, it's less than 80,000.

This amount was enough to make the ordinary police officers at the police station feel alarmed.

But Ye Shaohong is different.

He came from an intelligence background and knew very well the practical value of such a high-powered radio capable of transoceanic telecommunications.

And its rarity.

Each of these high-powered radios, capable of connecting across the ocean to mainland Japan, was worth nearly ten thousand yen. And that was just its apparent value.

What's most remarkable is that such a high-powered radio is simply impossible for ordinary people to obtain, and even our Party has very few such high-powered radios.

It will definitely not exceed the number of palms.

Inside the headquarters of the Nanjing Special Service Bureau, in the telecommunications room that Dai Yunong had painstakingly planned and prepared over several years, there were only a dozen or so high-powered radios like this one that could be used across the ocean.

Xu Heng was just a small-time merchant. What merit or ability did he have, or what channels did he have to obtain such scarce resources?

What's even more surprising is that he managed to smuggle such scarce military supplies. He had painstakingly planned for years in Jiangcheng, and all he managed to do was smuggle goods worth only tens of thousands of dollars. Is that even possible?

It doesn't make sense.

Upon realizing this, Ye Shaohong immediately made a decision.

He immediately arranged for people to go to the prison and bring Xu Heng over...