Xu Chengyan was annoyed in his heart, but his face did not show any emotion, now, he is no longer a fledgling hairy boy, and he will never lose to these officialdom veterans when it comes to the scheming of the city government.

Taiyuan is not Sunan, he still has some connections in the National Salvation Army, but here, the only thing he can count on is this teacher, and he can't say anything to be suspicious.

At this time, he could only nod his head and agree, and said sincerely: "The student understands that Team Leader Ding is an old man who is serious and cautious, and we don't mean to be disrespectful, just ......"

"Okay, don't say anything superfluous!" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Guangji waving his hand, "I inform you now, don't carry out the clearing task for the time being, now that the action team has entered Taiyuan, these things will be left to them to do." ”

When Xu Chengyan heard this, he was even more disappointed in his heart, it turned out that the reconstruction personnel of Taiyuan Station were not fully in place, especially the action team, which had not entered Taiyuan for a long time, because they had missed their whereabouts when they passed Linfen, and were attacked by the Japanese army, losing most of them, and had to retreat to Zhongtiao Mountain, which was guarded by the national army.

This also caused Chu Guangji to lack the operational strength in his hands, and the clearance retaliation action issued by the headquarters could not be shirked, so Chu Guangji ordered the members of the intelligence team who arrived in advance to wait for the opportunity to carry out the elimination task.

It was in this situation that Xu Chengyan solved three targets one after another, especially the successful assassination of Kazuya Harada, which allowed him to earn a lot of credit.

But now that the action team has arrived in Taiyuan, Chu Guangji will naturally not use intelligence personnel to carry out the clearance mission, and the cost of doing so is too high.

Because the overall quality of an excellent intelligence agent is much higher than that of an action agent who only needs to be agile.

In addition to learning firearms and grappling combat, intelligence agents also have to undergo a variety of extremely rigorous training, such as intelligence analysis, radio transceiving, vehicle driving, reconnaissance camouflage, poisoning and blasting, photography techniques, etc., so the cost of training an intelligence agent is much higher than that of an operational agent.

This is also the reason why Ding Mingrui said that the main task of intelligence personnel is to engage in intelligence, and they are quite resistant to field work such as assassination.

But the ability to act has always been Xu Chengyan's strength, so there is no opportunity to use his means to get credit, which makes his heart sink.

At this time, Cao Ruian, who had not spoken, took out a photo from his pocket, put it on the table, pushed it in front of Xu Chengyan, and said with a warm smile: "Chengyan, the stationmaster is also concerned about your safety, besides, the work of our intelligence department is also very heavy, and there is a serious shortage of manpower, and now I have a very important task in my hands, and I need a veteran like you, you can take a look." ”

Cao Rui'an's words were tactful, but the meaning was undoubted, this was to remind Xu Chengyan and warn him that he was still a subordinate of the intelligence department, and that he should still focus on intelligence work.

Xu Chengyan picked up the photo, only to see that the photo was a full-body photo of a man, this person was taller, with a square face, a slight beard, an ordinary appearance, wearing a dark leather robe, plus a black satin horse coat, looking like a person with status.

"Han Zhirong, 43 years old, the head of the administrative department of the puppet Shanxi Provincial Public Office, currently lives at No. 16 Miaoqian Street in the city.

What you have to do is to closely monitor his every move, including the regular work and rest, the places he frequents, and the suspicious people he comes into contact with, and investigate as clearly as possible, but remember, the premise is not to alarm him, otherwise the consequences are unpredictable. Cao Ruian said briefly.

This is indeed the job of the intelligence department, in the intelligence station, according to the division of labor, the task of the task force is to carry out sniping, assassination, demolition, kidnapping and other field tasks.

The scope of work of the intelligence unit is relatively much larger, not only as simple as reconnaissance and obtaining intelligence, but also includes a series of tasks such as detecting espionage and plotting against enemy forces, as well as investigating various aspects of information required by the intelligence station.

An investigation like this is the most ordinary, it is usually a water mill, the investigation takes time, and the effort is not small, but it does not show credit, which is the so-called thankless, which is also the last thing Xu Chengyan wants to do.

But Cao Ruian gave the task, as a subordinate, he had no reason to refuse, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only nod and say: "I'll investigate immediately, is there a time requirement for the task?" ”

"No, as long as I don't order it to stop, you will always monitor the investigation, and I will regularly ask about the progress of the investigation, and report as much as you investigate." Cao Ruian looked at Chu Guangji with an inquiring gaze again.

Chu Guangji nodded slightly, signaling that he could continue to reveal some information.

So Cao Ruian continued: "I want to explain to you the background of this person, his identity is very special, he is a senior intelligence officer of the former Taiyuan Intelligence Station. ”

"He's one of ours?" Xu Chengyan couldn't help but be stunned, and picked up the photo again to watch, "What is the reason for the investigation?" I need to investigate the real situation of the subject, otherwise, if something goes wrong in the middle of the process, I can't judge it correctly. ”

"Of course, since we have decided to entrust this task to you, of course, we have complete trust in you." Cao Ruian nodded and said.

Next, he gave a detailed introduction to Han Zhirong's situation,

It turned out that this major change caused the intelligence network of the military commander's Jinsucha District to suffer huge losses, and the entire intelligence station of Suiyuan Station was wiped out from station commander Wu Zhengyun down.

Taiyuan Station also suffered heavy losses, the stationmaster Ji Xinghuai died, the director of the intelligence department Zhai Heyu was arrested, and most of the agents of the intelligence department were captured or killed.

After the arrest of the action team leader Lu Mingzhi, he did not hold out for long in the face of torture, and soon betrayed all the action team members under him, and none of the action team escaped.

That is to say, the personnel of the organ were well preserved, and the confidential secretary Li Yuanwei responded in a timely manner, led the personnel of the agency, as well as some of the remaining intelligence personnel, to successfully escape the capture of the Japanese, and brought out the radio and code book at the critical moment, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

And in this incident, there is a major suspicion that has not been clarified, that is, how did the stationmaster Ji Xinghuai sacrifice? Who killed him?

According to the recollection of Li Yuanwei, the confidential secretary, on the day of the incident, Ji Xinghuai suddenly hurried back to the office from the outside and informed Li Yuanwei that something had happened at Guisui Station, and that the Japanese Special High School had followed the clues to Taiyuan Station, and the situation was extremely critical.

Because Suiyuan Station is a sub-station separated from Taiyuan Station, many members have worked in Taiyuan Station before, and once Suiyuan Station falls, the threat to Taiyuan Station is too great.

Therefore, Ji Xinghuai ordered all the personnel of the intelligence station to temporarily evacuate Taiyuan.

So Li Yuanwei immediately protected the radio station and codebook, and quickly transferred the personnel of the agency, but Ji Xinghuai himself left in a hurry, and never returned.

At this time, Xu Chengyan couldn't help but interject and asked, "Why didn't the stationmaster evacuate with the agency personnel?" What was the reason for his departure? ”

Cao Ruian explained: "According to Li Yuanwei, when the stationmaster left, he said that he wanted to make some arrangements for the work of the intelligence line, and Li Yuanwei guessed that it should be to notify the senior intelligence officers who were lurking on the intelligence line. ”

The intelligence officers mentioned by Cao Rui'an refer to the hidden personnel with relatively important intelligence value, and such senior intelligence officers are found in every military intelligence station, because their identities are special and the level of secrecy is very high.

The same is true of the situation at Taiyuan Station, there are such people in the hands of Ji Xinghuai, all of whom are important intelligence officers who broke into the Japanese puppet government, according to Li Yuanwei, at that time, Ji Xinghuai should have contacted them, reported the news of the incident, and made follow-up arrangements.

"And then?"

"Later, after Li Yuanwei led the personnel to evacuate, he heard that there was a murder near Dongcheng Street, he felt that something was wrong, and he ventured to rush over, and when he arrived, there were already many people around, squeezed into the crowd, and he saw that the stationmaster fell at the corner of the street, covered in blood, and had already died at that time, as for who killed it, it is unknown, and then the Japanese and the police soon arrived, and he had to take advantage of the chaos to leave."

"In other words, the stationmaster was killed when he went to inform the hidden personnel of the intelligence line, and when he died, the Japanese had not found him?"

"Yes, the stationmaster and I think that the problem should be with those hidden intelligence officers, you must know that the stationmaster was there to inform them of the incident, and the last person to come into contact should also be them."

"Han Zhirong is one of them, right?" Xu Chengyan asked.

"Yes!" Cao Ruian nodded very dryly, "We don't have any basis at present, but among these intelligencers, the place where the stationmaster died is the closest to Han Zhirong's home, and there are no other clues." ”

The reasons Cao Ruian said are not sufficient, and it can be said that they are far-fetched, but there are too few clues in his hands now, and many times he can only rely on general judgment to deal with the problem, and there is no way to do it.

Xu Chengyan frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "The whole process is Li Yuanwei's narration?" Will he have a problem? ”

Chu Guangji, who had not spoken at this time, said: "We have confirmed that when the stationmaster explained Li Yuanwei, there were several agency personnel present, and after that, Li Yuanwei led the personnel to evacuate, and he was always with his companions, and never left alone, and then went to find the stationmaster, and he also brought two guards with him, and he did not leave the sight of others during the whole process, and we also carefully asked all the evacuees, and the content of the answers was the same, so Li Yuanwei had no problem." ”

Xu Chengyan nodded, the intelligence work is complicated, anything can happen, he is just a conjecture, now that this possibility is ruled out, then it is back to the original problem.