Chapter 360: Bad News Comes (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The meeting ended quickly, and after the various departments returned, the spirit of the meeting was immediately spread to everyone, and for a time the military intelligence investigation department was surging up and down.
The Military Intelligence Investigation Department is full of soldiers, either elites selected from the army or graduates of military academies, and many of them are not really willing to be spies, and they all entered the Military Intelligence Investigation Department for various reasons, after all, as soldiers, there are many people who are still willing to develop in the army.
There are also some personnel who have not been reused, they do not hold real power positions like Ning Zhiheng, of course, they are not willing to waste time in the trivial matters of the office, and they also feel that this time is a good opportunity to return to the army.
These people were very willing to seize this opportunity to enter the ranks of the army again, and many of them were ready to join under the orders of the forces behind them.
In fact, the Baoding Department has always been the backbone of the national army, that is, the leader himself is also a graduate of the Baoding Military Academy, a veteran member of the Baoding Department, but later created the Huangpu Department, so the Baoding Department is still quite trusted, especially the Baoding Department in the Huangpu Department is not estranged, but thinks that this is a good thing to replace the Baoding Department with his own Huangpu Department.
Therefore, as long as it is the new generation of the Baoding department, it is very important in the army, which makes many young officers of the Baoding department in the military intelligence investigation department find Deputy Director Huang Xianzheng and are willing to sign up to form this army, Huang Xianzheng is naturally happy to see it, and this is also the best time for him to meddle in the military force.
Not to mention, he has mobilized a lot of descendants, and even transferred a lot of manpower from various sub-stations to join the team.
At this time, Deputy Director Shen Xun also transferred some personnel from his own forces to join it, and the formation work must be completed within two days, and all the work is in full swing.
Ning Zhiheng naturally did not participate in it, as Huang Xianzheng's most powerful subordinate and the most powerful officer in the Baoding department, Huang Xianzheng would not allow Ning Zhiheng to do this.
But while Ning Zhiheng was quietly watching the changes, his confidant and most powerful assistant Wang Shucheng found him.
"Are you dazed?" Ning Zhiheng looked at the young officer in front of him, his promoted figure, thick black sword eyebrows, and pure but clear eyes, this is his most trusted subordinate, but he wants to sign up for this officer unit and participate in the formation of an armed army.
"That's going to be on the battlefield, isn't it child's play? Your soldiers are no longer well-trained elites, but just gangs, students, and even civilian traders and refugees who have not undergone any military training, and you know what it means to lead such a force into battle? It's a disaster! ”
Ning Zhiheng pointed at Wang Shucheng's nose and reprimanded, he didn't understand, how could Wang Shucheng have such an idea, he had just graduated a year ago and became a captain military officer, and with his own help, he would be promoted to a school-level officer in less than two years and become the backbone of the Baoding department, which can be said to have a great future, but he must lead the troops to fight and go to the battlefield.
Wang Shucheng didn't expect Ning Zhiheng's reaction to be so big, and almost as soon as he opened his mouth, he categorically rejected him.
"Team leader, you know me. Actually, I didn't like being a spy from the beginning~"
"It's an agent!" Seeing Ning Zhiheng's annoyed gaze, he quickly changed his words and said, "My original intention of applying for the military academy was to gallop on the battlefield and serve the country, but the teacher still selected me to join the military intelligence department, I was not used to everything here from the beginning, I don't have a mind like you, let alone your outstanding skills, my heart is not ruthless enough, and I always have no decision to do things, in short, I don't like this from the bottom of my heart, I still want to lead troops to fight." I am a student of infantry, I can train those people into qualified warriors, I can take them to build meritorious deeds and serve the country~"
"Okay, what we do espionage is also to serve the country, and we can even make a much greater contribution than being an ordinary officer, you still don't want to be delusional, I won't agree, I won't sign the transfer report, even if you sit down, you have to give me this face." Ning Zhiheng interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and rejected Wang Shucheng's application without question.
The transfer of positions in the army must be signed and agreed by his direct commander, and Ning Zhiheng will never let his most trusted henchmen go to the Songhu battlefield.
The original intention of the military intelligence investigation department was to assist the frontal combat troops, and to cooperate with the regular army to carry out guerrilla operations such as raids, snipers, reconnaissance, and sabotage against the Japanese army, but in fact, with the rapid reversal of the tide of the war, it was finally forced to fight head-on with the Japanese army, and the casualties were very heavy, and there were only more than 2,000 people left after the Battle of Songhu, and the wounded and stragglers also suffered heavy losses on the way to retreat, and there were less than 1,000 people left when they finally withdrew to Anhui, and the losses were as high as ninety!
In such a situation, how could Ning Zhiheng let Wang Shucheng sign up for the participation, he had no room for negotiation at all, so he rejected Wang Shucheng's application.
As long as he doesn't agree, even the seat will not force Wang Shucheng to be transferred, and besides, he will definitely be happy to see it happen if he wants to send his own people to control the army.
But Wang Shucheng didn't give up, he knew that he was from the Baoding department, so he directly found Huang Xianzheng and repeatedly asked to join, until Huang Xianzheng simply called Ning Zhiheng.
After many consultations, Ning Zhiheng finally saw that Wang Shucheng had made up his mind, and it was difficult to recover, so he had to agree to his transfer application.
"Shucheng, you and I are classmates, colleagues, or brothers, I really don't want you to leave, but if you insist on doing so, it will be difficult for me to stay, I can only hope that you will be more careful on the battlefield and return safely!" Ning Zhiheng patted Wang Shucheng's shoulder with both hands and said softly.
Wang Shucheng looked at Ning Zhiheng and felt a little strange, this classmate and boss has always given him the impression of being calm and resolute, determined, Taishan collapsed in front of him and remained unchanged, he was always confident about everything, nothing could be difficult for him, but today he seemed a little hesitant, so that he couldn't adapt for a while.
Looking at Ning Zhiheng's overly heavy expression, Wang Shucheng laughed and said softly: "Team leader, why be so sad, you and I are both soldiers, we should have fought on the battlefield, even if it is a sacrifice, there is no complaint, I am not an only son, I have sent all the property you gave me back to my home, enough for the livelihood of the family, what else to be afraid of?" Besides, going to Shanghai this time is also an opportunity for me, and when the war is over, we will meet again! ”
Ning Zhiheng just nodded and said no more.
When the assembly whistle sounded in the square downstairs, Wang Shucheng smiled slightly, stood upright, solemnly saluted Ning Zhiheng, and turned around and left Ning Zhiheng's office quickly.
Ning Zhiheng came to the window, pushed open the window, and watched the 200 officers sent to the front line quickly gather and get into the car with the whistle, and set off in a mighty way to the battlefield in Shanghai.
Looking at their departing backs, Ning Zhi was silent for a long time!
For a period of time after that, the atmosphere of war in the air became more and more intense, and the fighting on the front line became more and more fierce with the arrival of reinforcements from the Japanese army.
Everyone in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department was nervously following the changes in the situation on the front line, and the news reported by the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station had gradually lagged behind, and sometimes the battle situation could only be described in a general way, possibly, and finally even cut off communications for a few days.
It is conceivable that the battle was so fierce at this time that the intelligence capability of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department could not enter the front line of the battlefield and almost lost its intelligence reconnaissance capability.
As for the Einsatzgruppen set up by the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, they had no time to train at all, and they were already engaged in combat almost as soon as they were formed, attacking and harassing enemy troops on the battlefield, rescuing refugees and the wounded, raiding warehouses to rush supplies, and even directly fighting the Japanese regular army.
As for the city of Nanjing, there are already rumors of rumors, air defense sirens are sounding from time to time, bombing by Japanese planes has become more and more frequent, many people have been killed or injured in the city, buildings have been blown up, and some citizens have begun to leave Nanjing City and move to the rear city with their families in tow.
Until one day at the end of September, Zhao Ziliang called.
"Zhiheng, lead the team to pick up the convoy with me at the East City Gate." Zhao Ziliang's voice was extremely heavy.
Ning Zhiheng's heart tightened when he received the call, and Zhao Ziliang's voice was obviously sad, this must be bad news.
He hurriedly ordered the first action team to assemble and set off, and at this time the leader of the first action team was already Zhao Jiang.
Ning Zhiheng got into Zhao Ziliang's car and took the lead in opening the door of the military intelligence investigation.
"Section Chief, what are you going to do?" Ning Zhiheng asked in a deep voice.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Ning Zhiheng and said, "This time, the suicide notes and relics of the fallen soldiers brought back from the front line, among which are the personnel of our military intelligence department, inform us to get them." ”
Hearing this, Ning Zhiheng's heart was stunned, a trace of melancholy immediately flashed in his eyes, and he was silent for a long time, he didn't know that Wang Shucheng was not in the list of the dead, but he wished that he would be auspicious.
The casualties of the Chinese army in the Battle of Songhu were too heavy, and thousands of soldiers were sacrificed every day, and at the most tragic time, there were casualties of one division in one day, and the formed units were completely annihilated and disappeared into the war sequence, and it was impossible to count them at all.
Because not long after joining the war, the command of the Einsatzgruppen had already been handed over to the United Front Work Department, and the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department did not have a specific grasp of the current situation of the Einsatzgruppen, and Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
Coming to the square at the east gate, there were already many military vehicles unloading the items, and the receivers of the various units began to sort out the relics.
Zhao Jiang also led people to clean up, and soon the cleanup was completed, and a list of the dead was handed over to Ning Zhiheng.
Ning Zhiheng slowly took the list, held his breath, and carefully checked the names on it, a full piece of paper was full of the names of the young officers who went to the front line more than a month ago.
In the end, the three words "Wang Shucheng" still appeared in his eyes!
Ning Zhiheng's head "buzzed", his brain went blank in an instant, and his body shook unconsciously, only feeling that the saliva in his mouth was like bitter bile, bitter into his heart and spleen, and he felt that his body was suddenly empty.
Wang Shucheng's pure smile and sincere gaze kept flashing in front of him, like a phantom, Ning Zhiheng's painful liver and intestines were broken, and he couldn't restrain himself!
In the end, I still haven't escaped this hurdle!