Soon, the patrol boats of the Japanese soldiers moved closer to the Xingning and Youning, and a group of seven or eight Japanese soldiers boarded the freighter with guns in hand.

"Yours, show your papers." The Japanese soldier led by him gave an order to the captain.

The captain trembled and handed a few documents to the Japanese soldier, who checked them carefully and felt that there was no problem, so he returned the documents to the captain, and then with a wave of his hand, he led the other Japanese soldiers to the deck, ready to open the box and inspect the goods.

The first officer, the second officer, Dong Wenhao, who pretended to be a crew member, and several team members immediately followed these Japanese soldiers to the deck.

"Open the box, we're going to inspect the goods." The Japanese soldier shouted to the first mate.

The first mate nodded timidly, then brought a crowbar and pried open the wooden box, which contained some machinery and equipment for printing presses. The Japanese soldiers ordered to open more than a dozen wooden boxes at random, and the results were all some machine parts, and they did not find any contraband, and the Japanese soldiers were not at ease, so they went to the boiler room under the deck, and the machine room was inspected, but it was also empty, and nothing abnormal was found, so they could only leave the Xingning and return to the patrol boat.

The Japanese soldiers who boarded the Youning for inspection also did not find anything unusual, and also got off the ship.

Watching the two patrol boats sail away from the Xingning and Youning, everyone's hanging hearts finally let go.

The two freighters continued to move forward, and when passing through Yichang and Wanxian, they encountered two Japanese patrol boats boarding and inspecting the ship, and checked the front and back, up and down, but fortunately they found nothing.

Dong Wenhao couldn't help but admire Ling Yunpeng's clever plan, if it weren't for Ling Yunpeng coming up with the trick of transporting goods from the bottom of the ship, if the arms were hidden below the deck, or mixed with those machinery and equipment, he might be able to avoid an inspection, but he might not be able to avoid the second or third search, but now all these arms and materials are hung on the bottom of the ship, which makes the Japanese soldiers can't think of it anyway.

After nearly 20 days of sailing, the two freighters finally arrived in Chongqing.

The bureau had already sent people to wait at the wharf, and when they saw the Xingning and Youning heading towards the wharf, they hurriedly organized people to prepare for unloading.

After the two cargo ships docked, the action team members of the Chongqing station who received the cargo went into the water to salvage the sealed boxes out of the water.

"Lao Dong, it's been hard all the way."

Qu Zhiyong, the captain of the action team of the Chongqing station, shook hands with Dong Wenhao, who was responsible for receiving those Gao Zirui and his wife and those urgently needed materials when Dong Wenhao sent those Gao Zirui and his wife to Chongqing several times ago, and the two had already become old friends.

"Fortunately, Lao Qu, there is no danger, although the Japanese soldiers boarded the ship three times for inspection, but they all passed the customs unscathed."

"yes, who would have thought that the munitions were at the bottom of the ship?" Qu Zhiyong smiled, took out a box of cigarettes, handed one to Dong Wenhao, and took a cigarette himself, and then lit a cigarette for Dong Wenhao: "When the bureau asked me to pick up the goods, I asked me to find a few team members with good water nature, but I didn't understand it for a while, until the bureau told me that the arms were hidden in a sealed box and hung on the bottom of the boat. ”

Dong Wenhao took a puff of cigarette and nodded: "Yes, this person is really powerful, wise and brave, has both ability and political integrity, and is a rare general!" ”

After the two stood by the river and chatted for a while, Dong Wenhao went to greet the captains of the Xingning and Youning, Zhao Jinwen had instructed Dong Wenhao not to neglect these two captains and the crew of the ship, they were the meritorious men who transported the arms this time, and they must be given high-standard courtesy, maybe they will trouble these people in the future, he saw that the two captains were about to get off the ship, so he hurried to greet them.

Qu Zhiyong watched as the sealed boxes were dragged out of the water from under the water, lined up, and stacked on the shore.

After a while, a team member ran up to Qu Zhiyong and saluted him: "Report to the captain, the sealed box at the bottom of the ship has been unloaded." ”

Qu Zhiyong swept the sealed boxes on the shore with his eyes, and felt that the number of sealed boxes did not match the number told him by the bureau, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

Qu Zhiyong saw that Dong Wenhao was walking towards him, so he beckoned to him, Dong Wenhao hurriedly said hello to the captain, and walked a few steps to Qu Zhiyong's side: "What's the matter, old Qu?" ”

"Lao Dong, how many sealed boxes have you brought over?" Qu Zhiyong looked at Dong Wenhao with a puzzled expression.

"There are twelve sealed boxes on both ships." Dong Wenhao replied without thinking.

"The numbers aren't right, you see." Qu Zhiyong pointed to the sealed boxes on the shore.

Dong Wenhao looked in the direction of Qu Zhiyong's finger, and was shocked: "What's the matter?" Why are there only eight sealed boxes? Lao Qu, are you sure you have dragged all the sealed boxes at the bottom of the boat ashore? ”

Qu Zhiyong hurriedly called the team members who reported to him just now: "Li Biao, are you sure that there is no sealed box at the bottom of the boat?" ”

Li Biao nodded: "Report to the captain, all the sealed boxes are here." There was nothing left at the bottom of the boat. ”

"No, I saw with my own eyes that these twelve sealed boxes were hung on the bottom of the ship, how could there be four missing?" Dong Wenhao frowned: "We met a total of three Japanese soldiers boarding the ship for inspection, but they left without finding anything, and they didn't encounter any bandits along the way, how could there be four boxes missing?" Could it be that the iron ring on the bottom of the ship has fallen off? ”

"Lao Dong, don't worry, otherwise, I'll let the team members go into the water again to see the situation at the bottom of the boat." Qu Zhiyong hurriedly turned around and instructed Li Biao: "Li Biao, you find two team members with good water ability to go into the water to take a look, is there anything unusual at the bottom of the boat, and is there any trace of the iron ring at the bottom of the boat falling off?" ”

"Yes."

After Li Biao finished speaking, he returned to the shore, found two team members with good water quality, and jumped into the river again with him.

After about ten minutes, the three people surfaced, and Li Biao took the two to Qu Zhiyong.

"Report to the captain, we checked the bottom of the ship, and the iron rings on the bottom of the ship were intact, but the middle two iron rings of each boat found severed cables."

After Li Biao finished speaking, he handed a cut cable to Qu Zhiyong: "Captain, look, this is the cable we untied from the iron ring. ”

Qu Zhiyong took the cable and looked at it carefully, the cross-section of the cable was very neat, and it should have been cut by a sharp blade.

"Lao Dong, look, this must have been cut with a knife."

Dong Wenhao looked at it carefully and agreed with Qu Zhiyong's judgment: "Well, this is indeed cut by a quick knife, damn, who is so bold that he dares to intercept the goods of our military command station?" ”

"Lao Dong, don't be angry, there are a lot of bandits on the Yangtze River, some are open, take a few small boats to rob, some are dark, and they have a group of frogmen, who secretly approach those passing merchant ships and freighters from the bottom of the water, quietly get on the boat, and then throw the goods on the boat into the river, and those frogmen in the water steal the goods unknowingly. We have encountered this kind of river bandit before, and I guess that this time those frogmen saw so many boxes hanging from the bottom of the boat, and thought they were gold and silver treasures, so they directly cut the cable and intercepted the goods. ”

"Alas, it seems that there are a lot of bandits on the Yangtze River." Dong Wenhao sighed, thought about it, and muttered, "Except for Jiang bandits, could it be someone else who did it?" ”

"Someone else? In addition to the Jiang bandits, it is either the Communist Party, but if this matter was done by the Communist Party, then they may have known about it in advance. It stands to reason that this matter is very secret, so it shouldn't be leaked, right? ”

Dong Wenhao shook his head: "It's secret, it's not necessarily, in addition to our action team knowing, the captains and crews of the Xingning and Youning are also aware of this matter." Could it be that this news could have leaked out of them? ”

Qu Zhiyong patted Dong Wenhao on the shoulder: "This matter, after you go back, let's investigate it carefully, but with these eight boxes of munitions, the harvest is also very big, in my opinion, these most advanced Japanese-style munitions can form two or three regiments." ”

"That being said, when the bureau finds out, it will definitely blame us. Alas, if we had been more vigilant during the transportation process, and sent more personnel at the bow and stern of the ship, perhaps there would have been no such mistakes. Dong Wenhao's heart was full of self-blame.

"Your Shanghai station has been fruitful for a while, compared to other stations, as long as the bureau seat mentions your Shanghai station, it is always full of smiles, saying that your Shanghai station is full of talents, you must be brave and brave, you must be strategic, you want money and money, you want guns and guns, and you can often complete the task better than expected, and the ability to destroy the enemy is unsurpassed."

After hearing this, Dong Wenhao knew that the reason why the Shanghai Station had such a proud record made the bureau full of praise, thanks to the mysterious and unpredictable team of the Miaoying Rangers, so that all the members of the Shanghai Station were also stained.