Late at night, several men appeared near Lin Fuichiro's mansion. They quickly approached the Buick car that the surveillance personnel were riding. Tetsuji Sudo and others immediately drew their guns to guard the police.

However, when seeing the leading middle-aged man, the spies put down the southern pistols in their hands. This was another group of people who came to change shifts.

Tetsuji Sudo handed over the surveillance record to the middle-aged man and left with his men. The two sides did not communicate too much, and everything was going silently. Only a few barking from the corner of the street proved that someone had passed by.

A few minutes later, the middle-aged man used street lights to write down shift time on the surveillance record. Looking at Lin Fu's mansion not far away, his eyes were extremely calm.

Agents need to be calm all the time. From this point of view, middle-aged people are more professional and more dangerous than the neurotic Tetsuji Sudo.

The car was quiet for a long time, and suddenly someone asked his companions in a low voice, why they were surveillance at the deputy chief of the Datura province, and that the other party could not be a Red and Russian spy.

Most moles treasons are for money or beauty, but both goals are within reach. Betrayal of the empire is no good for a noble.

The companion glanced at the middle-aged man in the passenger seat and replied in a low voice: "The target has a close relationship with the suspect No. 1. The two met many times at the same location. The General Staff Headquarters suspected that the target was a member of the intelligence network of the suspect No. 1."

The questioner suddenly realized, and looked disdainful and jealous: "I heard that the Hokkaido country bumpkin named Sudo Tetsuji just now was spotted by the Minister because he discovered the suspect No. 1. What a lucky guy."

Hearing the conversation between his subordinates, the middle-aged man smiled slightly and did not stop him. The agents who participated in the operation were strictly reviewed and he was not worried about leaking the secret.

On the contrary, letting the operators learn more about the target will help the next task, at least eliminate everyone's fear of the target's identity and work harder.

Any of the four identities of the empire, the legitimate son of the earl, the grandson of the general, the deputy chief of the provincial capital of Dazang, and the target are worthy of serious treatment by the General Staff Headquarters.

Once their surveillance and tracking operations are discovered, this incident will cause a huge shock. After all, internal review is a very sensitive matter, not to mention that there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the target is involved in the case.

Seeing that the middle-aged man did not object, the questioner mustered up the courage to ask: "Captain, have you ever met the No. 1 suspect Zorge?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, his eyes slowly emptied, and his memory instantly returned to a winter day many years ago. At that time, he was a newcomer who had just joined the General Staff Headquarters.

1933.

Zorg arrived in Yokohama by boat. His public identity was a German reporter in Japan by Frankfurt. He also served as a freelance writer for the Berlin Messenger and Amsterdam Business Daily. He then came to Tokyo.

A few months after arriving in Tokyo, Zorg lived in a hotel called Sano. This hotel is not far from Ginza. The services are very thoughtful, and the room rates and grades are in line with his income and identity.

But from the first day of Zorge's stay, a strange guest appeared in the hotel. Zorge would meet this person every time he went out.

When they met, the other party first bowed politely to Zorge and then followed him without leaving.

Whether Zorg went to the German Embassy or elsewhere, the guest would wait at the door for a few hours and follow him back to the hotel, and would not leave until late at night, and appear again the next morning.

Obviously, this is a spy from the Japanese counter-espionage agency. The other party always speaks without saying a word, is polite, and follows the surveillance object like a shadow, neither interferes nor interrogates.

This person also secretly checked Zorg's room and installed a miniature eavesdropper in the phone, but this does not mean that Zorg has been exposed.

In fact, any foreigner entering Japan will be monitored by Japanese anti-espionage agencies, even diplomats. This is a special anti-espionage system.

Under such strict surveillance, Zorg acted normally. He wandered around the city every day, became familiar with Tokyo's customs, roads and social situations, and made all kinds of friends.

Time is approaching winter. On a cold and wet evening, the bitter cold wind swept across the earth with snowflakes. Zorg and a group of journalists gathered at the "Golden Rhine" hotel in Ginza.

This is a restaurant opened by German immigrants, where you can eat delicious German dishes and drink the most authentic Munich beer.

Zorge's "tail" also followed him to the hotel. The other party was wearing only one coat, standing in the strong wind and stomping on the ground, his face turned as cold as possible.

Looking at the thin coat of "tail", Zorge felt a little pity for the other party. He walked out of the hotel and came to "tail" and asked, "What should I call you?"

"Tail" didn't expect the surveillance target to approach him actively. He hesitated for a moment and replied in a less standard English: "Hirano."

Zorg smiled and patted Hirano on the shoulder: "You must be very cold. Let's make an agreement between gentlemen. I will not leave the Golden Rhine without authorization before 10 o'clock. You can find a place to warm up and take it!"

As he said that, Zorg stuffed a few change into Hirano's hands, then turned around and walked back to the hotel without waiting for Hirano's answer.

Looking at Zorg returning to the hotel, Hirano hesitated for a moment and entered the tavern across the road. If there were any choices, who would be willing to stand in the wind and snow for a few hours?

In this way, Zorge had a pleasant night with his friends. The conversations of his friends brought a lot of new information to Zorge. He also told everyone some interesting stories and had a very happy chat.

When my friends were about to go home, Zorg looked at his watch and raised his hand to greet everyone: "I promised to follow my spy and stay here until 10 o'clock. That guy always follows me, as if I were a spy, and each person had another beer and counted on my account!"

"Hahahaha." Everyone laughed and sat down again.

At 10 o'clock, Hirano returned to the gate of the "Golden Rhine" and found that Zorg was indeed still in the hotel. Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In the days that followed, Hirano and Zorg seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. Zorg let Hirano follow him, while Hirano gave Zorg full trust.

In the Buick sedan, several Japanese spies were fascinated by the hearing. The previous questioner quickly asked: "Captain Hirano, then, have you become friends with the suspect No. 1?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, reached out to catch the raindrops falling from the night sky, and turned around to warn his subordinates: "Intelligence personnel should not have friends, this is very dangerous, especially with a foreigner, we must be vigilant."

The questioner and other Japanese spies thoughtfully and replied in a low voice. They did not expect that their captain had such an intersection with the number one suspect. No wonder Captain Hirano was demoted after the incident.

The General Staff and Intelligence Department were responsible for not being able to discover the identity of suspect No. 1 in advance, so Hirano became a scapegoat.

Outside the car window, the rain was getting heavier and heavier. The raindrops hit the ceiling and made a thumping sound, and the voice of the questioner sounded in the car.

"Captain, how did we find the number one suspect, did he make a mistake while doing espionage?"

The spies looked at Hirano one after another. Through the other party’s just telling, it can be seen that Zorg is a very professional intelligence officer and should not be exposed easily like this.

Hirano thought about it and felt that this was not a secret, so she told the situation behind the case, just to take a mission briefing.

Since the end of 1933, a mysterious radio station appeared in downtown Tokyo. Every time this radio sends a report to the outside world, one or more top-secret information will be leaked in Japan, and the intelligence department of the General Staff Headquarters is very troubled by this.

By last year, in 1940, the monitoring work had lasted for a full seven years, and the detection still made no progress, and the Intelligence Department finally adopted a seemingly clumsy approach.

The General Staff has listed a huge list of all suspicious persons who may have leaked intelligence, with a population of thousands, involving all classes.

For example, all foreign journalists, business personnel, consultants and staff of government agencies stationed in Tokyo, and even former prime ministers, military advisers, members of the Imperial Privy Council, personnel from the General Staff Headquarters, cabinet ministers and their secretaries, etc.

The Intelligence Department deleted the people who were unlikely to be involved in spies one by one, and there were still hundreds of people left. Then the intelligence personnel used the information obtained from various aspects to review and filter these people.

However, all these actions failed to prevent the mysterious radio from sending reports to the outside world. Countless highly confidential information was leaked, making the Japanese cabinet extremely embarrassed.

Japan's response to the non-aggression treaty between Russia and Germany, the "Southward" plan, the timetable for Germany's attack on Red and Russia, and the "Basic Imperial Policy Under Changes in Current Situation" decided by the imperial meeting after the war between Germany and Russia. All of these intelligences fell into the hands of the Red and Russians.

Red and Russian diplomats questioned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with relevant documents more than once, and the content was even more detailed than the documents obtained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The so-called anti-espionage work became a joke, and the General Staff Headquarters were disgraced.

However, the Intelligence Department came to a conclusion from this that the spies lurking in the top Japanese officials belonged to the Red and Russian side, and there was no substantial discovery other than that, and the list also lost its meaning.

The Japanese spies in the Buick car became more and more curious when they heard this, and they all turned their eyes to Hirano. They all wanted to know what happened later, which led to Zorge's exposure.

Zorg is not only close to the senior management of the German Embassy, ​​but also a member of the German Socialist Party. More importantly, the other party is a member of the "Wednesday Breakfast Party".

Tokyo people know that every Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Kobaya invites several close friends to have breakfast together.

The personnel participating in this activity have been strictly selected, and their identities are equivalent to those of the Guardian's think tank, which to a considerable extent affects the Guardian's internal and foreign policy.

Such a powerful and powerful figure, why did the Intelligence Department target the other party's suspicion, or what was inside of them that they didn't know?

There are rumors within the Intelligence Department that this time is not an ordinary anti-espionage operation, but a party struggle, and some people want to oust the Prime Minister of the Guards.
Chapter completed!