Chapter 73: Uchiyama Satomi

  The commander of the 14th Division of the Japanese army, also the number one spy in China, Tōyama Kanken paced back and forth inside the house, walked several laps, then turned his head to look at the phone on the table, waiting for the phone to ring and report the news! However, he raised his hand to look at his watch, it was almost an hour, why was there still no response?

  One of his spies, in Chongqing, was preparing to steal a major military intelligence. However, the intelligence was hidden in the safe of Dai Li, the head of the Nationalist Party's Military Intelligence Bureau, which was made in Britain and extremely difficult to open despite its clumsiness! In order to buy time for the spy, he requested that the Air Force launch an air raid on Chongqing, so that the safe could be opened without disturbance in the chaos caused by the explosions! However, the stupid air force officer got drunk at this critical moment and mistakenly bombed another place instead of the designated location!

  This fool, once this is over, will be sent to the military court immediately. To make up for this, Tōjō Hideki ordered the air force bombers to take off again, but when the bombers flew over Chongqing, it was already broad daylight and lost its bombing significance! Because in this bright day, the chaos caused by the bombing could no longer provide enough time for that agent to open the safe.

  But Tōyama Genji still didn't give up, ordering the air force to continue with the bombing mission. As for whether the special agent would succeed or not, he didn't dare to hold out much hope, but the flame of expectation in his heart had yet to be extinguished!

  The phone rang, finally ringing in his anxious wait, he grabbed the phone and only heard a voice on the other end: "Report to Commander, bombing... The bombing mission failed!"

  "What? You fool, what's going on here?" Tōjō Hideki was furious to the extreme, and if that air force officer were beside him now, he would have drawn his command sword and cut him down alive!

  "Ah... Ah...!" The officer, who had always been afraid of Tōyama Genji, was now even more incoherent, stuttering for half a day before finally explaining the reason: it turned out that the Japanese air force closest to Chongqing had mistakenly bombed the wrong place on their first attempt. Under pressure from their superiors, they made an emergency second takeoff, but in their haste, they forgot to load the bombs and ended up flying over Chongqing's skies empty-handed, circling once before being forced to return.

  "You... you...!" Such an important bombing mission, and it's been messed up like this. Tōyama Genji was so angry that the veins on his neck were bulging, but he didn't even bother to scold the air force officer. He slammed down the phone and grabbed another one, calling the person in charge of military law, ordering him to bring people to the airbase immediately, without saying a word, and execute the officer on the spot!

  Tofu Hara slammed the phone down, still seething with anger. He thought about how he had carefully crafted a brilliant plan to work with the agent who had finally managed to get close to Dai Li, but it was ruined by an incompetent and foolish air force officer, causing everything to fall apart. Feeling extremely frustrated, he paced back and forth several times before suddenly stopping in front of a wall, tearing down a battle map, ripping it into shreds with both hands, and throwing the pieces into the air. The countless strips of paper danced in the air like long snakes.

  Just then, the phone rang again, and Tsuchihashi Genji picked up the receiver in a huff. "What is it?" he said irritably.

  Tsuchihashi Genji's face, originally red with anger, suddenly cleared up and a rare smile appeared on his chubby face: "What? Is it true? Let her come see me quickly!"

  It turned out that the thing he had been worried about just now had a turning point, and his special agent who was sent to Chongqing suddenly sent back a message. The original plan to steal confidential information had succeeded, and now that special agent was on his way back.

  Tofiyama Genji was overjoyed, thinking that the matter which he had thought was already botched had now succeeded. At this time, he couldn't help but admire his superior, Tojo Hideki. When Tojo first recommended this agent to him, he immediately shook his head, thinking that this agent was a woman, an older woman who would be of no use! Not only was she old, but her appearance was also ugly; if thrown onto any street, no one would give her a second glance! How could such a woman deceive others and gain their trust to obtain intelligence?

  Tōjō Hideki looked at Tofukujin Kenji's round and large face, and couldn't help but laugh: "You don't understand this, the more a person lacks distinctive features, the less likely they are to attract attention from others. She has a better chance of getting close to her target, and even after she succeeds, no one will be suspicious!"

  Tsuchihashi Kenji was an old hand at espionage, and from his experience he knew that for a woman to be a first-rate spy she had to have the looks of a flower, so as to win the favor or even love of her opponent, and thus get close to the secrets of intelligence. Like Kawashima Yoshiko, with her beautiful face and noble bearing, it is not known how many high-ranking Chinese officials she captured, getting hold of much valuable intelligence, and leaving behind in the world of espionage a resounding reputation!

  But in front of him, this old woman with a face full of wrinkles, white hair, and in her forties, what could she do? However, under the orders of his superior, he had no choice but to obey, so reluctantly followed Tōjō Hideki's arrangement and sent him to Dai Li, the head of Chongqing Military Intelligence.

  However, who would have known that this unassuming, old and ugly woman actually opened Dai Li's safe in the midst of the air force's defeat, and stole back that deadly treasure. How could Tōyama Genji not be overjoyed!

  After Tofu Hara's excitement had calmed down, he didn't even wait for the female special agent who had made great contributions to return. With joy in his heart, he sent a telegram to Tojo Hideki in Tokyo and passed on this thrilling news. Unexpectedly, after receiving the message, Tojo Hideki only replied with a telegram of just three words, including punctuation: "I know!"

  Tsuchihashi Kenji saw the telegram and suddenly felt a sense of discontent. This Tōjō Hideki is really something else! We went to great lengths to get that treasure, and you're too busy to even give us two words? At least some encouragement or praise would be nice!

  He thought that perhaps Tōjō Hideki didn't believe he could get his hands on it so quickly, and was treating him with a lukewarm attitude. So he decided to wait until the special agent returned, take a look at the treasure himself, and then report back to Tōjō Hideki, maybe the attitude would be different!

  Tsuchihara Kenji, with a complex mood, finally waited until dusk for the dusty female special agent. As soon as they met, Tsuchihara Kenji immediately asked: "Uchiyama Tomiko, you've worked hard, did you really get that thing?"

  This female agent, called Uchiyama Tomiko, stood in front of Tofu-hara Kenji. Under the fluorescent light, there was less white hair on her head and the wrinkles on her face seemed to have disappeared, but her face looked even uglier!

  She saluted Tōyama Kojirō and said, "Respected Commander, on this land of China, please call me Wang Youmei!"

  Ladies and gentlemen, what you don't know is that this woman named Wang Youmei was originally called Ueyama Tomiko, one of the two top female spies under Japan's Prime Minister Tojo Hideki at that time. The other was the notorious Kawashima Yoshiko!

  Uchiyama Tomiko, ugly in appearance, but meticulous in thought and cautious in action, had completed several extremely difficult tasks for Tōjō Hideki, earning the prime minister's deep trust.

  In the China war zone, the Nationalist army has recently been winning battle after battle against the Japanese army. Later, Tōyama Mitsuru discovered through investigation that Chiang Kai-shek had ordered Dai Li to establish the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, which stole a large amount of military intelligence from the Japanese army through various channels!

  To grasp the details of Tai Li's Military Bureau, Tōjō Hideki personally ordered that Ushiyama Mitsuko be sent to the hands of Tofukuji Kenji, who would send her into the inner workings of Tai Li's Military Bureau.

  Tsuchihashi Kenji had Nakayama Tomiko sneak into the Sino-Japanese frontline, escaping to Chongqing among refugees. In Chongqing, local Japanese spies were looking for a good substitute - Wang Youmei! After killing the real Wang Youmei and throwing her into the Jialing River, the fake Wang Youmei hid in Chongqing for several months, not only familiarizing herself with the streets of Chongqing but also mastering standard Chongqing dialect. Seeing an opportunity, Japanese spies in Chongqing devised a plan to infiltrate Dai Li's office compound, making her a janitor.

  Nayama Chizuko's acting was superb, and no one could see that this dull-eyed, slow-reacting old woman was actually Japan's ace spy! She lay low here, waiting for orders from above, ready to strike at any moment!

  On the day when Zhu Xiaoru returned the 'Missouri' plan to Chongqing, Tōjō Hideki received this intelligence and, without consulting Tōjō Hideki, ordered the special operations organization in Chongqing to use Utsunomiya Toshiko to steal the 'Missouri' plan from Dai Li's safe!

  Uchiyama Tomiko, as expected, was quite skilled. That night, she sneaked into Tai's office and found the sturdy safe. It took her less than three minutes to open it!

  Tsuchihashi Kenji had not originally intended to use Uchiyama Chizuko, as he was unaware that Tōjō Hideki placed such great importance on her and whether she would have a greater role to play. However, when he learned that the 'Missouri' plan had been locked in Tai De's safe, he had no choice but to let Uchiyama take action, because Tai De's safe, without a key or password, could not be opened by more than three people in today's world with technical expertise, and one of them was Uchiyama Chizuko.

  Tsuchihara Kenji saw her ugly face, which was radiant in the lamplight and exuded a proud air. He knew that she must have succeeded this time when she went to Chongqing. Suddenly, he burst out laughing: "Good, good! Since you like this name, I'll call you Wang Youmei from now on! Quickly, bring me that treasure to take a look!"