Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1049 The Great Traitor Li Shiqun

It took Gu Baoheng two days to process the situation before he basically accepted the facts.

There was nothing he could do; the difference in their skill levels was too great. They had blocked all avenues. The Nanjing authorities were sending him twelve telegrams a day, ordering him to return. It was foreseeable that once he returned, he would either be killed or spend the rest of his life in prison.

In this situation, Lin Ze did not choose to kill him, but instead let him continue to be a mascot, which made Gu Baoheng feel grateful.

Lin Ye was merciful for not wiping out the entire population when he could have done so!

Faced with such a compassionate Lord Lin, Gu Baoheng tried his best to show his piety and obedience. He not only revealed the preparations and plans of Nanjing for the North China Materials Control Committee, but also actively offered suggestions on how Lin Ze could completely control the flow of materials in North China.

In the past two days, Gu Baoheng has met with Yoshimura Yuta, Wang Zhulin and others, as well as some powerful ministers and directors under the Governing Committee.

The more people he meets, the more relaxed he becomes, and even more proud he gets.

So many important people are Lin Ye's lackeys, why can't I be one?

Wasn't he just a dog to Dean Wang in Jinling too?

I think Commander Lin's demeanor is even more impressive than Dean Wang's!

With this kind of mental preparation, Gu Baoheng handled things very smoothly, to the point that during meetings he would always talk about "how Jinling is doing this and that" and "Jinling is trying to pull some tricks, we must not allow it!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Two days later, the Nanjing authorities pointed out that the food issue was of great importance. After coordination by the Minister of Greater East Asia, the Nanjing Restoration Government sent a special commissioner to North China to coordinate and handle the matter. At the same time, the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Army and the Military Police Headquarters of the Central China Area Army also sent people.

This is putting pressure on North China. Your governing committee is backed by the military police headquarters and the army headquarters. Don't we in Nanjing have that too?

This made Wang Mengqun a little nervous, so he came to Lin Ze for advice.

"Master Lin, Jinling has sent people to demand an explanation..."

"Ask what crime? What crime?"

"If they insist that the grain is only for disaster relief, and if they use the pretext of military supplies as a front..."

Wang Mengqun wasn't stupid. If he were in a different position and had to handle this matter, he would say that the grain wasn't being bought for the puppet army, but for the dispatched army. In the name of military supplies, contracts were no longer important.

Lin Ze sneered, "If they dare to say that, I'll have the North China Army issue me a receipt for 60,000 shi of grain tomorrow. They have to worry about their military supplies, but we don't?"

"Would the army group headquarters take this risk?"

Lin Ze remained silent. Okamura Tadashi had benefited greatly from this situation; he was now using the younger Okamura to control the older Okamura, who had no choice but to comply.

"Master Lin, but then again, the money ultimately came from Jinling."

Lin Ze was getting a little impatient. In this respect, Wang Mengqun was smarter than most people, but dumber than the people around Lin Ze. Not to mention Niu San'er, even if Zhou Xuejin were called over, he could still get around this.

“Jinling did pay, but he paid for disaster relief grain. If he talks about money, then the contract must be respected, and the grain should be used for disaster relief. If he talks about military supplies, then he is not respecting the contract, and we don’t need to care who paid. We can talk about military supplies too. If the grain is all for the Imperial Army, then it doesn’t matter who eats it. What’s the difference between the Imperial Army in North China and the Imperial Army in Central China? The Empire has helped Wang Jingwei so much. Is it too much for him to contribute some money to sponsor military supplies? At worst, we can just give him a medal!”

Wang Mengqun pondered for a while, and then said, "Well, it's a closed loop."

At the same time, his understanding of Lin Ze deepened.

With his mindset, his vision, and his skills, who could possibly outmaneuver him?

After sending Wang Mengqun away, Niu San'er went into the office.

He whispered, "It's a telegram from headquarters. Li Shiqun is likely to head north soon. Headquarters wants us to act according to the situation and, if possible, eliminate him."

"Li Shiqun? The one from the Special Agent Headquarters?"

"Yes."

Li Shiqun, a notorious traitor, is well-known to people of later generations, and he has appeared in many films and television series.

This person worked in the Red Zone in his early years and also studied in Mo City, where he received systematic special agent training.

It is now widely accepted that the Soviet Union's spy training system was far superior to that of the Japanese, and Li Shiqun was a "talent" cultivated by the Soviet Union.

Later, Li Shiqun was arrested while operating in Shanghai, defected to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong), and was placed under the command of Xu Enzeng.

There's something quite dramatic about this.

When Li Shih-Chun sided with the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), he had not yet severed ties with the Special Branch (SBS) and even continued to receive orders from the SBS.

Later, the Special Forces discovered something was wrong and assigned him a mission to test him: to kill Dingmo Village.

He immediately went to Ding Mocun to discuss the matter. Killing Ding Mocun was impossible, but if he did nothing, the Special Branch would know that he had betrayed them and might have to carry out an assassination against him.

Back then, the Special Branch's anti-traitor squad in Shanghai was so feared that everyone who heard of them turned pale; they were incredibly powerful.

After much discussion, the two decided to kill a big shot to appease the Special Branch, and then they actually killed the head of the Shanghai district of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!

Xu En was stunned when he found out, and personally ordered Li Shiqun to be arrested.

He was originally to be executed, but Li Shiqun's wife was very wealthy and began to bribe officials, even offering herself to them. Li Shiqun was imprisoned until Nanjing fell to the Japanese, after which he returned to the stage.

This man's behavior was very strange. Even when he was the director of the Special Agent Headquarters, he still maintained contact with the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) and even the Special Branch of the Communist Party of China (SPC), sometimes cooperating and sometimes fighting each other.

Boss Dai also wanted to win him over, but the relationship between the two sides was rather delicate.

Lin Ze thought for a moment, "Is it related to what you said about Shanghai a while ago?"

Niu San'er nodded and said, "I think it's about right. Originally, No. 76 and the Shanghai station of the Military Intelligence Bureau had maintained a tacit understanding, keeping to themselves. But Li Shiqun disregarded the obstruction from all sides and killed Zhan Sen, and the two sides clashed again. More than a dozen people from No. 76 were assassinated, and the Shanghai station also suffered heavy losses."

This Jansen was also quite a figure; he was the top assassin in Shanghai, known as the "Divine Shot Jansen." He killed an important person named Ji Yunqing.

Ji Yunqing is a big boss of the Green Gang and Li Shiqun's master. He once saved Li Shiqun's life.

After Jansen was arrested, Dai Li contacted Li Shiqun through various channels. At the same time, the Central China Army Military Police Command also believed that Jansen had great value and could be used to make some deals with the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Unexpectedly, Li Shiqun disregarded all advice and killed Zhan Sen.

Boss Dai was furious and sent a lot of people to Shanghai to fight the No. 76 gang to the death.

Lin Ze instructed, "Keep an eye on this matter. Li Shiqun has too many blood debts. It would be a good thing if he could be eliminated, but if he dies in North China, the impact would be too great. Continue to observe and look for opportunities."

"Yes!"