Chapter 121 expansion of the military

This independent military command bureau established during the war finally provided Dai Li with the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time: to expand his secret spy kingdom.Within a few years, perhaps by the time he was officially named Zhengju Zhang, Dai Li had expanded the Juntong Bureau to an agency with ten divisions and many corresponding offices, regional stations, and teams. The "district" was established in 1941, and the decision-making power fell into the hands of the district chief, who reported directly to Dai Li, and the district chief became more and more important in the reorganized military system.For example, regional ombudsmen are responsible for personnel, finances, broadcast and code equipment, regional intelligence and field operations.Once the district inspector had Dai Li's approval to implement a plan, all other departments were notified and were ready to fully support the plan's execution.In other words, a district's operational plan was placed above the needs of various departments within the military command.

At the same time, the staff of the office exceeded 1,000 people, who were distributed in 8 divisions, 3 districts and several rooms. Each room is at the same level as the office.Room A was Dai Li's private secretary's office, composed of the most trusted people of the spy chief: Zhang Yifu, He Zhiyuan, and translator Mao Zongliang; Room B was also called the Secretary's Office, but it was responsible to Dai Li's deputy Mao Renfeng and Zheng Jiemin; Zhang Guanfu is responsible for supervising internal finances in the Accounting and Auditing Office. In addition to these three departments, there are two very important chambers.The confidential room - the original translation department - is in charge of Jiang Yiying, the highest-ranking female official in the military system.Most of the members are from Jiangshan, so they can work in dialects that others cannot understand, and these people are widely considered to be of low cultural level.In addition, the inspection office was a high-level department headed by Guo Shouhua (later Liao Huaping).It consisted of a relatively small number of office personnel and a large number of external "secret inspectors" who reported directly to Dai Li and regular "inspector Zhou" on the secret surveillance of military commanders across the country.

As a result, while the Office staff has expanded, the field staff has continued to grow.Even foreign observers at the time were aware of the importance of Dai Li and his secret agents. A lesser-known arm of the Kuomintang Military Council is the Central Bureau of Investigation.It is a superintelligence and counterintelligence agency, and it undoubtedly exists in all organs of the party and government.The bureau was headed by General Dai Li, who was said to be the only one who could see the commander-in-chief anytime, anywhere. This huge expansion in personnel was accomplished primarily through the military command's training camps and spy schools—units that Dai Li increasingly saw as the key to building a modern espionage system.