The secret war is silent

Jinling City, the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China.

In the conference room.

A group of generals gathered together, and a secret intelligence meeting was held here. The speaker was none other than Keiichi Kondo, who had disappeared from Xiangcheng for many days.

Among the people sitting below were Lieutenant General Seishiro Sakagaki, Chief of General Staff of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China, Major General Masato Honda, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Senior Staff Officer of the General Staff, Chief of Section 1, Colonel Kogi Masaru, and Minister of Intelligence Imai The warrior commander...

In addition to the senior officers of the staff, there are also the heads of the intelligence agencies of each army and division.

There were thirty or forty people sitting in the large conference room.

Kondo-kun, you can start. Seeing that everyone had almost arrived, Seishiro Itagaki, who was sitting at the front, ordered with a slight wave of his hand.

Hai. Kondo stood at attention and bowed to Sakagaki Seishiro respectfully.

Your Excellency Sakagaki, gentlemen, I wonder if you have read an American novel. Its name is American Dark Room. Kondo Keiichi asked in his thick Kyushu accent.

Is he written by Holbert Yardley, the former director of the Eighth Branch of the US National Intelligence Agency, known as the 'deciphering wizard'? Someone answered on the spot. They were all in the intelligence field, and they were very knowledgeable about such a book. Of course, it is impossible not to know the significance of the novel, otherwise you cannot be called a qualified intelligence officer.

It's him. I think I've heard of this novel too...

Is this guy still alive?

Yes, it is the former Director of the Eighth Branch of the US Intelligence Agency, Hobert Yardley, who is known as the 'Deciphering Elf'. Keiichi Kondo continued, This person is now in China, right now. Mountain city!”

As soon as these words came out, some people below immediately became commotion.

Obviously, some people are unaware of this situation, especially intelligence officers on the front lines, whose intelligence sources are relatively single.

Actually, the Imperial Headquarters has mastered the whereabouts of this coded communication expert, but has never reported it. The base camp has judged that just relying on this coded communication expert, it is necessary to change China's disadvantage in deciphering our coded communications. It’s simply impossible. Moreover, he has left the cryptographic communication industry for many years and does not master the latest encryption and decryption methods for cryptographic communications...

Kondo Keiichi's explanations were nothing more than telling the people below that their previous judgments were wrong.

With the help of Herbert Yardley, Yamashiro made a breakthrough in deciphering the Japanese military secret code.

Not only did it decipher the Japanese army's coded communications, it also helped the Chinese cultivate a group of talents in code deciphering.

This was totally unexpected.

The organization of the military secret interpretation room can be called the Chinese version of the black room. The existence of this organization has become a major threat to imperial soldiers on the battlefield... Keiichi Kondo continued to elaborate on his point of view.

According to the exact information we have, the person in charge of the secret interpretation room is called Luo Yao, who is a student of our old rival, Commander Dai Yunong. This person is very young and has very little public information. We don't have much information about him, but we have limited information about him. There is a very interesting experience in the information...

Luo Yao's experience of lurking in the mountain city could no longer be concealed, and was dug out by Kondo Keiichi.

Of course, Kondo Keiichi only knew about the situation related to Qin Ming. As for Luo Yao's true identity and code name in Shancheng, he didn't know at all.

Kondo-kun, are you telling a story? How is this possible?

Kondo, don't make excuses for your actions. Are you making up such a story just to absolve yourself of responsibility?

Kondo, you are a loser and should commit suicide by committing seppuku. You should not be here!

The accusations made Kondo Keiichi turn pale.

Obviously, he did not expect that even though he was not exaggerating, not only was he not understood, but he was instead subjected to unwarranted abuse and accusations.

For the failure of the Hunan-Kiangxi war plan, someone had to take the blame. After finally catching one, we had to blame him all the time.

Silence, what Kondo-kun told sounds like a magical story, but can he escape responsibility by making up such a story? Itagaki Seishiro snorted coldly and suppressed the messy voice.

The information about China's black rooms was obtained by Mr. Kondo at a huge cost. For the failure of the Hunan-Kiangxi battle, someone needs to be held accountable at the base camp. I can understand this, but it does not mean that we have to reflect on our failure. The reason is that the intelligence brought by Kondo-kun that our secret telegram communications have been deciphered by the Chinese military has been confirmed. This military secret interpretation room organization is also the department that Kondo-kun has been tracking. In order to reverse the situation of the war, Kondo-kun did not hesitate to take risks and stay alone. One person sneaked into Xiangcheng and met up with a special agent team that had sneaked in first. As a result, the entire operation failed due to the exposure of our latent intelligence team. He was almost exposed before he brought the information back. Itagaki Seishiro explained.

Seishiro Sakagaki was the Minister of War and is now the Chief of General Staff of the Expeditionary Forces.

He opened his mouth to explain to Kondo Keiichi that even if some people were dissatisfied, they would not dare to jump up at this time and continue to embarrass Kondo Keiichi.

Kondo-kun, please continue.

Hai, Mr. Sakagaki, according to the information we have, the military secret interpretation room is structured like this. Please allow me to explain it with a picture... Kondo Keiichi ordered a character relationship diagram to be replaced on the slide. .

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After listening to Keiichi Kondo's description of the Chinese version of the black room, the entire conference room was silent. It would be understandable if Keiichi Kondo made up a story in order to cover up his guilt.

But fabricate an organization out of thin air.

This is just impossible to do. Do you think everyone here who is engaged in intelligence work is a fool?

Because this is easy to verify, Japan's intelligence agency is still very capable. Even if it cannot be verified in full, it can be confirmed as long as it is verified in part.

Today's meeting was arranged by Seishiro Sakagaki. Obviously, if it was a story, the dignified Chief of Staff of the Dispatch Army was so full that he called so many people over to listen to Keiichi Kondo tell a story?

Kondo-kun, where did you get this information? As the intelligence chief of the dispatched army, Takeo Imai stood up and asked.

Imai-kun, this matter is confidential and I have no comment. Kondo Keiichi refused to answer the question.

What kind of secret is this? Is Kondo-kun worried that our people here will leak the secret? A Japanese lieutenant colonel stood up and asked loudly.

Since it is a secret, the fewer people know about it, the better.

Okay, I can guarantee that the sources of Kondo-kun's information are well-founded and not fabricated out of thin air. Seishiro Itagaki spoke at the right time to relieve Kondo Keiichi.

Is everyone aware of what Kondo-kun told you? Seishiro Sakagaki stood up and put his hands on the conference table. I called everyone here today and asked Kondo-kun to tell you this situation, just to tell you that in the future we We must pay attention to the security of our communications. Our enemies are not as weak as we thought. They are growing very fast. Why did I order the entire army to change the latest encryption codes? It is for the security of our communications. The enemy is threatening us. We clearly understand in every move how terrible this is. We have suffered a loss once, do we have to suffer a second time, or even continue to suffer?

Everyone, please Kondo-kun please continue.

Hai. Kondo Keiichi cast a grateful glance at Itagaki Seishiro and continued, According to my analysis, this Luo Yao is actually a cover for being pushed out by the military commander. The real leader of this secret interpretation room is Haobert. Yardley, he is also the one who deciphered our communication code. However, his identity needs to be kept secret and cannot be known to the outside world. Or for his safety, the military command has implemented strict protection measures for him. Herbert Yarde Li's freedom has even been restricted...

Then what is the identity of this Luo Yao whom Kondo-kun is talking about, that is, the person whose pseudonym is Qin Ming? Takeo Imai asked.

He is a person who has been pushed out of the front desk, a little-known little person. This may make it easier for the military commander to control him. However, although this person is a small person, he is also a dangerous person. If not for this, Dai Yunong, the military commander, would not have selected him as the leader. Judging from the few limited things we know about the person in charge of the secret interpretation room, this person is bold, careful, and cunning. This person is the one who led the team to Xiangcheng this time. If not for this person If so, we may have wiped out all the code-breaking teams established by Holbert Yardley for the Chinese.

As far as I know, this Qin Ming has been listed as one of the dangerous people who must be killed by the imperial intelligence agency?

Yes, it is precisely because of the existence of this person that our past two operations against Herbert Yardley failed. We also lost a lot of manpower, including this time in Xiangcheng. I lost An elite special agent team, these losses are huge, and the blood debt he committed against the empire in the mountain city are enough to show that if this person is not removed, he will definitely become a serious problem for us in the future. Kondo Keichi .

It's an exaggeration!

When you fight him, you will know whether what I said is exaggerated. Kondo Keiichi replied forcefully to the man.

I believe Kondo-kun's words are not without purpose, but don't exaggerate too much. I think we must pay attention to the existence of this 'black room'. If the communication code is mastered by the enemy, we will be in a passive state on the battlefield. Takeo Imai is also engaged in intelligence.

He could understand Kondo Keiichi's mood at the moment. What he learned was that such a proud person as Kondo Keiichi had been in this industry for so many years. When had he ever suffered such a big loss?

He almost lost his life.

This opponent is by no means ordinary. As for age, in the intelligence industry, experience is important, but understanding and ability are equally important.

Some people don't have a day of formal agent training, but they can do things you can't.

Some people are born to eat this bowl of rice.

The purpose of today's meeting is to inform everyone of the situation. After you go back, you must pay attention to the security of secret communications. Once you discover a leak of secret communications, you must respond immediately. You must not take it lightly. Do you understand? Seishiro Itagaki said sternly. Warning to all generals attending today.

Hai!

Kondo-kun and Imai-kun, you two come to the office with me. After Itagaki Seishiro announced the breakup of the meeting, Kondo Keiichi and Imai Takeo stayed behind.

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