bullyxtreme Chapter 1046 Another leak.
Chapter 1046 Another leak.
Seeing Li Qun's resolute attitude, Ding Mo also believed that the Blue Shirts Society was more likely behind this, so he agreed to his suggestion and said, "Alright, since you insist, let's launch a retaliatory operation against the Blue Shirts Society's Shanghai station!"
"However, I want to emphasize one point: we must plan carefully before acting, and not act hastily. The First Operations Division has already lost more than a dozen elites, and we cannot afford to suffer any more losses. This time, if we are to fight, we must strike at the heart of the Songhu Station and completely paralyze it!"
Li Qun nodded upon hearing this: "I understand!"
Just as Li Qun was making plans to take action against the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station, Zhang Yunhe was eating wontons at a breakfast stall on the side of the main street of the International Settlement.
Zhang Yunhe enjoyed a very satisfying breakfast: a large bowl of steaming wontons, two fried dough sticks, four Shandong steamed buns, and a small plate of pickled vegetables.
After finishing breakfast, Zhang Yunhe paid the bill and walked to a public phone booth diagonally across the street to dial a number.
The call connected, and Ma Dazhi's voice came through: "Hello?"
“It’s me. Have you noticed anything wrong these past two days?” Zhang Yunhe asked.
On the other end of the phone, Ma Dazhi asked in confusion, "Everything is normal. What aspect are you referring to?"
“Someone has been following and monitoring you these past two days. Didn’t you notice?” Zhang Yunhe asked.
"Huh? This... I really didn't notice. Who is it?" Ma Dazhi asked in surprise, a cold sweat instantly breaking out on his back.
“They’re from No. 76. To avoid arousing suspicion, I didn’t deal with them. From now on, don’t do anything. Just go to get off work as usual. Do what you did before. They won’t keep tracking you. As long as they don’t find anything unusual within ten days to two weeks, they should give up and retreat!” Zhang Yunhe said.
"Understood!" Ma Dazhi replied.
Zhang Yunhe added, "There's one more thing. Both No. 76 and the Special Higher Police have informants within the Blue Shirts Society. We don't know when they were planted, but I only know one: codename Black Ant, male, 31 years old. With these clues, the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station should be able to find him!"
"Immediately find a way to notify Liu Wanxiong of the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station. Also, I have received reliable information that the 76th Bureau is preparing to launch a large-scale operation against the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station. Some of their secret strongholds and personnel are no longer a secret to the 76th Bureau!"
“Okay, I’ll try to contact Liu Wanxiong right now!” Ma Dazhi agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunhe dialed another number.
"Cui's Clothing Store!" A deep, resonant male voice came through the microphone.
Zhang Yunhe said, "Old Cui?"
"you are?"
"You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that you currently have two informants from 76. One is named Yang Mingcheng, codenamed Earth Dog, 28 years old, male; the other is in your peripheral organization, only known by his codename Cockroach, gender and age are unknown. You decide what to do!"
"and many more……"
Zhang Yunhe didn't give Lao Cui a chance to speak again and decisively hung up the phone.
Over the next two days, the agents of No. 76 launched frequent large-scale operations, but almost every time they came up empty-handed. The secret strongholds of the Blue Shirts Society that they had been eyeing were already deserted when they arrived.
There was a secret hideout where not a single piece of paper was left; and another hideout where there was only a brazier filled with ashes.
"Bang!" Li Qun flew into a rage in the office, slamming his fist on the table, scattering office supplies all over the floor.
His efforts were fruitless, which infuriated him. He believed that someone must have leaked the information beforehand.
"I don't believe such a coincidence. Investigate immediately, find out exactly who leaked the information! Captain Li, you're in charge of this investigation. Investigate secretly, don't make a big fuss!"
Li Sihai stood at attention and replied, "Yes, Director!"
At the same time, Yu Shichang, the director of the Grain Bureau, was summoned by a phone call from Murata Takasuke, the head of the Special Higher Police Section.
"Section Chief, You Shichang is here!" the secretary reported to Murata Takasuke.
Yu Shichang entered the office, stood at attention, and bowed to Murata Takasuke: "Mr. Murata, I heard you wanted to see me? What can I do for you?"
Murata Takasuke gestured and said, "Director Yu, please have a seat here!"
“Okay okay”
After the two sat down, Murata Takasuke said, "Director Yu, the reason I called you here today is still about the rice. Our military logistics department urgently transferred a batch of rice from the Northeast so that the Imperial Army at the front could eat rice balls. However, this is not a long-term solution. The amount of rice we can transfer from the Northeast is limited, and we still have to solve the problem ourselves for the majority of it."
"Yusan, you are the director of the grain bureau, you must share the burden of the Imperial Army!"
After listening, You Shichang put on a bitter face and said, "Mr. Murata, I sincerely admire your concern for the food problem of the Imperial Army at the front. As the director of the Grain Bureau, it is of course my duty to do so. However, there is really no rice in the countryside right now. Our Grain Bureau has mobilized all available manpower and raised the purchase price to the highest level in history. We have even contacted the local security forces and the puppet troops to break into people's homes and search them. They have already found the rice that they were saving for next year's seed."
"Let alone ordinary farmers who have no rice, even landlords have no surplus grain. Our puppet troops have searched every cellar in every landlord's house, but still haven't found any rice. In their search for rice, the puppet troops have killed many people, causing great public resentment. We, our grain bureau, are really at our wits' end."
"Although our grain bureau controls the circulation of grain, we do not grow rice ourselves, nor do we have the ability to conjure rice out of thin air. This is due to the overall environment. If there were no natural disasters, there would certainly be no food problems."
Murata Takasuke frowned and asked, "Isn't there any other way to get rice?"
Yu Shichang thought for a moment and said, "Lord Murata, I've heard that the Imperial Army has already occupied the entire Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is a major rice-producing region, with three harvests a year and a very high annual yield. If we could find a way to get rice from there, our Imperial Army here wouldn't lack rice balls to eat."
"I've considered this before, but it won't work. Not only has the war caused a reduction in food production in Southeast Asia, but the Imperial Army there also needs to eat. Any surplus rice has to be transported back to the mainland, and there's no extra rice to bring here!"
Because Zhang Yunhe instructed Ma Dazhi to secretly cooperate with You Shichang to buy up large quantities of rice, most of the rice in several southeastern provinces was bought up, and the Japanese soldiers could not find rice to eat. The Japanese officers and soldiers at the front line could only eat corn, sweet potatoes, taro and other coarse grains to fill their stomachs.
Wheat is not widely grown in the southeastern provinces, so the yield is naturally low. Flour is a refined grain, so ordinary people couldn't afford it. Only high-ranking officials and military officers could get their hands on it.
To date, Zhang Yunhe has transported 60 shi (a unit of dry measure) of rice back to Hong Kong.
That day, after collecting another 20 shi of rice from a remote warehouse at the seaside rice receiving point, he called Ma Dazhi.
"The rice purchases must continue, for as long as possible, until the Japanese discover it and we can't continue. You need to send someone to be by You Shichang's side. If anything happens to You Shichang, you must immediately cut off this line. Don't let the Japanese find out about you through You Shichang!"