spy shadow

Chapter 400 Seeing the Old Man

In Xu Rundong's heart, he looked down on Niqiu very much.

He didn't graduate from a military academy, and he didn't receive systematic training. What he was good at was flattering people.

If it weren't for Chu Lingyun, a person like Nixie would have died in an unknown operation, and he wouldn't have had the chance to be promoted to the major team leader.

"Group Leader Xu, I'm going back first."

Niqiu has not been at the monitoring point for a long time. This case does not belong to them, but to the intelligence department. He just came to assist.

There's no need to stay here all the time, distracting the guests.

Not to mention, there was not much money to be made in this case, and he was not very interested.

"Thank you, Team Leader Zhao."

Xu Rundong responded with a smile, and after Niqiu was in a hurry, he also left soon, leaving a captain here to continue watching.

He also didn't pay much attention to this case.

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Japan, Tokyo.

Two middle-aged men knelt and sat in a luxurious room, with delicate snacks and sake on the table.

"Mr. Kobayashi, Kuro Kobayashi can't control the cabinet. The time is ripe this time. You don't have to wait any longer."

Akiyasu Hosokawa finished his glass of wine and said with a smile.

Kuro Kobayashi is the current prime minister, and he just took office this year, but he took over a mess. He is not capable and prestige enough to coordinate today's large and complicated domestic relations.

He has not been prime minister for long, and this is widely recognized.

"Hosokawa-kun, do you also think I should stand up?"

Konoe Takemo asked softly, and Akiyasu Hosokawa nodded: "It's what everyone expects."

At the beginning of last year, some people hoped that Jinwei Wumo would come out to form a cabinet, but the situation was complicated at that time and was rejected by Jinwei Wumo. Now that so long has passed, he has made more preparations, and the time is indeed ripe.

"Very well, I will meet the Emperor in two days."

Facing Akiyasu Hosokawa, Konoe Takemo was not as hypocritical as he was with other people, he was clearly willing in his heart, but he said the opposite.

Akiyasu Hosokawa is now his biggest supporter. The Hosokawa family has a good reputation. After the marriage between the two parties, it is even more powerful for Konoe Takemo.

And recently they just received good news that Konoe Takemo's daughter, Akiyasu Hosokawa's daughter-in-law, is pregnant.

The relationship between the two is one step closer.

"I'll say hello to the others."

Akiyasu Hosokawa nodded in satisfaction. The fact that his in-laws became Prime Minister also means a lot to the Hosokawa family, and the Hosokawa family will have better development in the future.

Nanjing, Military Intelligence Office.

Chu Lingyun was looking through some recently collected information. The Military Intelligence Division not only countered espionage, but also had the task of inquiring about enemy intelligence.

After seizing so many cipherbooks in a row, the deciphering work at the Telecommunications Division has finally made some progress.

Important codes are still undecipherable, but some unimportant messages have been partially deciphered.

This information is top secret, and some of it will be reported to the intelligence department. Except for Xu Yi and Xie Ziqi, the chief and deputy section chiefs, ordinary people have no right to read it. Some information, even Xie Ziqi is not allowed to read it.

However, after Chu Lingyun made the request, Chu Zuo waved his hand and immediately handed over all the deciphered information to Chu Lingyun.

There is not much information, and what can be analyzed is limited.

But Chu Lingyun has the insight of future generations. Through these information, he has already discovered that Japan is ready to move towards China, and what is currently lacking is a powder keg.

Although Japan has not yet reached a consensus on how to fight China, the countdown to full-scale aggression has indeed entered.

Chu Lingyun took out a pen, wrote out his own thoughts and analysis, and finally emphasized that Japan had long wanted to annex China, and now the situation is urgent, and a decision must be made as soon as possible.

He knew very well that the things he wrote had no effect, and the decision-makers above would never change their strategy because of him as a lieutenant colonel.

His purpose of writing these is for himself.

Pave the way for some of my behaviors after the war, so that those behaviors can be traced.

"Virgin, these are some judgments I made based on the analysis of intelligence, you can take a look when you have time."

Chu Lingyun came to the director's office and handed in all the things he had written, as well as the confidential information he had borrowed before.

"so much?"

Virgo was a little surprised to see that three sheets of paper were written by Chu Lingyun.

There is a lot of content, Virgo knows very well what information they deciphered, he has read it all before, there are not many important information, but there are many trivial matters.

He didn't care about it at the time, the deciphered version was created from scratch, and now being able to decipher some messages is a huge improvement, and he was praised by the old man for this.

Then give them time, Virgo believes that the deciphering team can crack more important Japanese messages.

"Virgo, I think Japan is likely to make big moves against us in the near future, so I wrote more."

"Big move?"

Chu Zuo was startled, and immediately lowered his head to look at what Chu Lingyun wrote: "Don't go, just sit there and wait for me to finish reading."

He is very clear about Chu Lingyun's abilities, he is extremely keen, and can find problems from places that others cannot see, so this time Chu Lingyun wanted to read the deciphered information, and Virgo gave it to him without hesitation.

If Japan really made a big move, but their military intelligence department didn't know anything, it would be a dereliction of duty.

Chu Lingyun sat down on the sofa, while Virgo carefully read the report written by Chu Lingyun.

The handwriting is very good, and Virgo will not be in the mood to appreciate his handwriting, and read every word carefully.

After more than ten minutes, he finally read the three pages that Chu Lingyun had written.

"Ling Yun, are you a little too careful?"

Virgo raised his head and asked, according to Chu Lingyun's report, Japan will not only make big moves, but it is very likely to launch a full-scale war.

This is definitely not a trivial matter, but the basis of Chu Lingyun's analysis is just some troop deployment and domestic preparations.

These things are not enough to show that Japan will really go to war with China in an all-round way.

"Virgin, I have written in it that Japanese public opinion is very important, especially the opinion of the military. Now the voices of the Japanese military for war are not low, especially those officers. Although there are not many high-level officers, these middle and low-level officers It must not be underestimated, and the lessons of the Northeast must not be repeated."

When Japan invaded the Northeast, it was also not fully prepared.

In other words, many of their top executives are still scruples.

However, many mid-level and even low-level officers could not wait and acted hastily, which eventually led to the occupation of the three northeastern provinces by Japan.

After the incident happened, the top officials in Japan, including the emperor, said that they did not support it, but secretly gave them great encouragement. In the end, the three eastern provinces were forcibly occupied by them.

After occupying the three northeastern provinces, those Japanese careerists were greatly stimulated. Until now, many people still call for the full occupation of China and this vast land.

"You wait a little longer."

Du Zuo looked serious, lowered his head and read Chu Lingyun's report carefully, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Come, come with me to see the chairman."

Chu Lingyun wrote in great detail. In addition to the analysis of the deciphered intelligence, there was also a judgment on the situation in Japan and various possible situations.

This report is very important. Virgos are not ordinary people. He can see that many of the contents in it are very reasonable and worthy of attention.

Virgo wouldn't do anything without Chu Lingyun's analysis, but since he had an analysis, he had to report it.

It didn't happen, it was because they worked hard, but their judgment was wrong, Chu Lingyun is just a lieutenant colonel, no one will hold him accountable.

But once it happened, even if only one of the things guessed inside happened, or even related things, if they reported it, it would be considered a great achievement.

The business was not a loss, Virgo was very decisive, and immediately decided to report it with Chen Lingyun.

"Yes."

Chu Lingyun got up, he understood the result, his report was not unique, many insightful people in the country had put forward similar views before.

But the higher-ups have always had illusions and ignored them.

The result of his report this time is estimated to be the same, but if the higher-ups can really listen to it, it might be able to recover a lot of losses.

It is now May [-]th, exactly two months before the big change.

Before leaving, Virgo made a phone call, and then drove away with Secretary Qi and Chu Lingyun.

After arriving at the place, the old man waited for two full hours before meeting them.

"Chairman."

In front of the old man, Virgo was very respectful, standing there bent over, the person in front of him was his biggest backer, and now all the rights in his hands came from this person in front of him.

"The fisherman is here."

The old man responded with a smile, and Virgo nodded immediately: "He is Chu Lingyun."

Only the two of them came in this time, and it was the first time for Chu Lingyun to actually meet this historical figure face to face.

"Student Chu Lingyun, I met the principal."

Chu Lingyun stood up and gave a straight military salute. Although the current principal is no longer the one in front of him, when Chu Lingyun entered school, he was the real principal.

There is nothing wrong with this title.

"You are Chu Lingyun, yes, you are young and handsome."

The old man smiled and nodded. He had heard of Chu Lingyun's name many times, so this time he saw someone.

It's not that he doesn't want to meet, but that Chu Lingyun's rank is too low, and he won't casually meet such a person without reason.

"Thank you to the principal for the compliment, the students don't deserve such praise."

Chu Lingyun said modestly, and the old man smiled even more happily, not arrogant or impetuous, which is very rare.

No wonder the eldest son has such a good relationship with him. During this time, it is also thanks to him being with the eldest son.

"Chairman, Chu Lingyun is very keen on intelligence. We deciphered some Japanese military and civilian telegrams before. After reading it, he immediately wrote a report. I think it is very important, so I brought him to see you."

Virgo took out the report written by Chu Lingyun and offered it with both hands.

The old man took the report and immediately flipped through it.

His smile gradually froze, and the more he looked back, the tighter his frown became.

As the top tycoon in the country, he knows a lot more than others. Japan is indeed advocating war. Many people even send their children to the army and let them serve the country to launch a war of aggression.

Many people have said similar things to him before, but there are not many who write in such detail as Chu Lingyun's, and there are not many people who have justified evidence.

After reading it, the old man thought in silence for a minute, and suddenly asked: "You said, they launched an all-out war, and there is only one fuse missing. What is this fuse?"

"Cabinet support."

Without thinking, Chu Lingyun immediately replied.

"Tell me in detail." The old man looked at him.

"Yes, Japan's Prime Minister Kobayashi Kuro is not strong enough to control the cabinet, so the current situation in their country is relatively chaotic. Kobayashi Kuro just took office this year, but he won't last long if he continues like this. I believe he will step down soon. Next, the Japanese military The Chinese side will not tolerate an incompetent prime minister, the new one must first have one thing, he can mediate all kinds of conflicts and give the military great support."

"Who do you think will be in charge of the cabinet next?" The old man was silent again, then asked.

"Jinwei Wumo, there is no one else but him. Last year, he had a lot of calls to form a cabinet, but he was rejected. He can see the situation clearly and was not tempted by forming a cabinet. But now it is different. He already has the conditions to form a cabinet. , if he is invited again this time, he will not refuse."

As an enemy, the old man knew a lot about Japan, so he knew that what Chu Lingyun said was right.

"What about the time?"

"This month if it is fast, or three months at the latest if it is slow."

This time, Chu Lingyun didn't speak to the full, leaving a big buffer.

"What do you think they will do if Konoe Takemo comes to power?"

The old man asked again, and the seat on the side lowered his head and did not speak. The old man's attitude had already shown that he attached great importance to Chu Lingyun's report.

"With Konoe Takemo's temperament, it is estimated that he will tend to nibble, but the Japanese military is not so obedient. I am worried that they will lose control of the situation and lead to a full-scale war."

Chu Lingyun replied softly, the old man sat there, knocking on the sofa with his hands, and didn't speak any more.

"Go back first, don't let others know about today's report."

After a full 3 minutes, the old man spoke again.

"Yes."

Chu Lingyun and Chu Zuo responded together and retreated away.

After they left, the old man read Chu Lingyun's report again. It was really detailed. Although the content was not much, it pointed to the main points.

If Japan really wants to go to all-out war, what should he do next?
The old man has a headache. The current situation is not so favorable to him. He has not yet completed the unification of power. He originally wanted to wait a few more years to eliminate the enemies in the country, and then deal with the Japanese wholeheartedly.

At the same time, he was lucky, thinking that Japan would not dare to go to war in an all-out way.

In the end, he put the report aside and didn't read it again.

"Ling Yun, you performed well today."

After coming out, Chu Zuo praised Chu Lingyun, seeing the old man for the first time, he was not humble and did not say anything, he is indeed a person whom he valued.

As for whether Chu Lingyun would threaten him, he didn't have any worries.

Regardless of Chu Lingyun's qualifications and age, with his current relationship with the eldest son, the old man would only leave him to the eldest son, not by his side.

The two of them serve the father and son at the same time, and they may create a good story in the future.

"Thank you for the cultivation."

Chu Lingyun thanked him, but Virgo laughed in satisfaction, and the report was handed in, and he didn't care if the higher-ups took it seriously.

As I said in advance, the terrible situation written in Chu Lingyun's report really happened. Not only did their military intelligence department have no faults, but they also had merits, because they predicted this in advance.

(End of this chapter)