Espionage: Mastering the Ten Cruelest Tortures of the Military Intelligence Bureau from the Start

The action team members could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, shuttling through every corner of the city.

The usually bustling streets were now almost deserted, eerily quiet except for the occasional gust of wind that swirled a few fallen leaves across the ground.

The surrounding shops also closed their doors.

A few of the bolder ones carefully pried open a narrow crack in the window and squinted to observe the situation outside.

The arrest operation went relatively smoothly.

However, during the arrest, one of the Japanese spies, seeing no hope of escape, committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide.

Fortunately, the other six were successfully apprehended.

During the search, the team also found four radios and a new codebook.

The entire arrest operation can be considered a complete success.

Six Japanese spies, bound hand and foot, were escorted into Chang'an Station one by one.

Their faces were filled with terror and despair, and they probably guessed what was about to happen to them.

However, after initial assessment, the group did not have much valuable information.

Su Mingzhe merely glanced at them indifferently, unusually refraining from interrogating them further, and simply instructing the interrogation team to play along with them.

Su Mingzhe specifically instructed that the female Japanese spy should not be killed, as he still remembered his promise to Yamashita Tomohisa to bury them alive together.

This is the only time in more than a month that the interrogation department has returned to its regular duties.

During this period, everyone in the interrogation department was going crazy from being cooped up at home.

Upon hearing that there was work to be done, they all vied to torture the Japanese spies.

Su Mingzhe, meanwhile, arrived at the stationmaster's office with the new codebook.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard the stationmaster cursing. He hesitated for a moment, but still knocked on the door.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Enter."

Upon seeing Su Mingzhe enter, the stationmaster's mood instantly brightened, and he warmly welcomed Su Mingzhe in.

"Mingzhe, come and sit down."

Major Lu Weidong, deputy head of the intelligence section, quickly poured tea for Su Mingzhe and then stepped aside.

After Zhao Peng, the former head of the intelligence section, was discovered to be a Japanese spy and executed on the spot, the intelligence section was taken over by deputy head Lü Weidong.

“Learn more from Ming Zhe. The Action Section does all the work of your Intelligence Section, and you have almost never provided any useful intelligence. What use are you?”

"How dare they ask me for funding? Do they expect me to just throw my money down the drain?"

Ever since the head of the intelligence section was discovered to be a Japanese spy, and with the addition of Su Mingzhe as a capable assistant, the station chief has become increasingly displeased with the intelligence section.

A bunch of good-for-nothings.

Lu Weidong also had his own difficulties, as hunting down Japanese spies was not a task that could be accomplished overnight, and he had already done his best.

Unfortunately, there was this oddball, Su Mingzhe, who finished in just one month what their intelligence department had done in several years.

This makes their intelligence department seem even more useless.

The intelligence department was originally a key department in the station and was highly valued. They walked around the station with their heads held high and chests out. They didn't look down on others, but they certainly considered themselves superior.

Now, all I can do is laugh.

Lu Weidong could only remain silent, trying to minimize his presence and praying that the stationmaster would refrain from further criticism.

"Get out of here right now, don't get in my way."

The station manager then sent Lü Weidong away.

Lu Weidong felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and left the office in a few quick steps, thoughtfully closing the door behind him.

After seeing Lü Weidong leave, Su Mingzhe said to the stationmaster:

"Station Chief, of the two Japanese spy teams, one of whom committed suicide by poisoning, the other six have all been arrested and are currently being held in the interrogation room."

In addition, four radios and a codebook were seized.

Now all members of the Japanese intelligence teams in Chang'an have been captured, leaving only two defection teams.

In fact, during this period, the Military Intelligence Bureau was almost always at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the Special Higher Police and the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau.

The personnel of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, who had not been tempered in the battlefield of espionage, were of very poor quality. Successfully capturing a Japanese spy was only possible through the concerted efforts of the entire station plus a stroke of luck.

So, even though Su Mingzhe was only twenty years old and just a captain, he was able to catch Boss Dai's eye, and that was the reason.

Among a group of dwarfs, Su Mingzhe was simply too dazzling.

As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

But Mu Taixiu was so strong that no evil winds or demonic forces could move him.

Perhaps having heard too many similar earth-shattering victories, the site administrator has become somewhat immune to them.

He felt completely unmoved, and even thought that Su Mingzhe had not yet shown his full strength.

"Mingzhe, you did a great job. I'll have the telecommunications department copy a codebook in a bit."

"I will immediately send someone to Jinling to present the new codebook to Boss Dai."

After saying that, the stationmaster slowly picked up the steaming cup of hot tea on the table and took a sip.

The warm tea slid down his throat, causing him to squint slightly, as if enjoying this moment of relief.

Then, he put down his teacup, his gaze returning to Su Mingzhe, his eyes filled with expectation, and asked again:

"Mingzhe, have you made any progress with those two defection teams?"

Upon hearing the stationmaster's question, Su Mingzhe frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he slowly spoke:

"There's a clue, but..."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"It's basically like looking for a needle in a haystack. We only have a general direction, and there shouldn't be any major progress in the short term."

As far as we know, one of the leaders of the defection team is a young woman, whom Kenichi Nakamura said she once wore a cheongsam.

In this era, the cheongsam has become widely popular in the bustling Songhu area and Guangzhou.

However, in Chang'an, although cheongsams are not exactly rare items and women wearing them can occasionally be seen on the street, their popularity is not as high as in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Most ordinary people are still more accustomed to traditional clothing, and only some relatively wealthy or more modern families would have cheongsams.

Su Mingzhe plans to start by investigating the identities of people who have purchased cheongsam fabric or had cheongsams custom-made in the past year at several of the city's larger fabric shops.

But this is only the first step. After obtaining the initial list, the next step is to use the old method to investigate the background of these suspicious persons one by one.

Those who cannot provide proof of their family's existence should be given special attention to ultimately identify the real suspects.

The stationmaster nodded upon hearing this and said to Su Mingzhe:

"Alright, Mingzhe, I understand. I will immediately send a telegram to Boss Dai to commend your achievements. You might even get another medal this time. You are truly a young hero."

Upon hearing this, Su Mingzhe's face lit up with joy, he saluted, and said:

"Thank you for your guidance, Station Master."