Lao Hou finally finished sending the telegram, and then immediately turned off the phone. He walked out and called Xu Wenwu to come in and hide the transceiver again.

After Xu Wenwu hid the radio, he complained a little and said: "Today, you have been sending a report for too long, which will attract the attention of the Japanese. Nowadays, the Japanese are very strict in telecommunications surveillance, and I am sure that the Japanese will find out that a new radio station has appeared in Stone Town in this telegram today. ”

"There's no way, the number of words that need to be reported is a bit too much. Did the Japanese have telecommunications DF vehicles in Stone Town? Lao Hou asked.

"It's not found, but we still can't take any chances. When will there be a response from the superiors? Xu Wenwu asked.

"I said in the telegram that I hope my superiors will reply at 10 p.m. the day after tomorrow. When the time comes, you will record the message, and I will pick it up the day after tomorrow. ”

"Lao Hou, what should I do when you say that you are a traitor in the afternoon? If this traitor is not found out sooner, I will not be able to sleep well. At present, except for Hu Yongqiang's company, which is still working, I have stopped the work of the underground party organization in Stone Town, and this has had a considerable impact on our overall work. Xu Wenwu was very interested in the method of finding the traitor in Lao Hou's mouth, so he asked eagerly.

"There is no rush at this time. I can tell you a little bit about it, maybe the superiors will send a female comrade to work in Stone Town in a few days. When the time comes, you tell different people about the route of this lesbian into Stone Town, and if this news leaks, see if the enemy will wait for someone to be arrested on that route, then we can be sure of the mole. ”

"I disagree with this plan." Xu Wenwu shook his head and objected.

"Lao Xu, tell me your reasons. They are all old comrades in the party, and since you are against it, then I am still willing to listen to your thoughts, after all, this plan was suddenly thought of on my way here today, and there may be some omissions in the inconsiderate way. Lao Hou was not angry, but encouraged.

"I see it this way, the organizational ties of the entire underground party organization in Stone Town are basically led by a tree-like structure. Although I am the secretary, except for Hu Yongqiang, who is alone in the leadership, that is, I am in contact with a few members of the underground party organization committee of Stone Town, such as the organization committee and the propaganda committee. These committee members have their own division of labor and independently lead several lines. Suppose that according to your idea, these comrades were told different routes into the city separately, and suppose that the news was finally leaked to the Japanese. Then we can only say that we are sure to narrow the scope, but we can't be sure which person is the mole. In addition, you also said that your superiors will send a female comrade to work in Stone Town, and you will put this female comrade in danger by doing so. So I think we should be cautious. Xu Wenwu was not polite, and directly said his disapproving opinion.

"Well, Lao Xu, as an old party member, I appreciate your attitude of speaking out so bluntly to disagree. But you also know very well how destructive and threatening the existence of this traitor is to the underground party organization in Stone Town. We can't just keep trying to find out and let it continue to wreak havoc on the organization. Even if the plan I'm proposing doesn't identify people, we can use this to narrow down the suspicions. Think about it, the underground party organization in Stone Town has been paralyzed because of the existence of this traitor, how harmful will this be to our work? And if the party members of the entire underground party organization in Stone Town knew that their superiors had been suspecting that there was a traitor among them, what a blow would this be to their morale and enthusiasm for work? Therefore, we have to take the initiative to find a way to narrow down the scope as much as possible, so as to lay the foundation for the final determination of who is the mole first, instead of waiting here all the time. As for your concern about the safety of the lesbian who is about to work in Stone Town, I've thought about that for a long time. First of all, the work of this female comrade will not be connected with the underground party organization in Stone Town, she has another task. Also, we have to fully consider the time difference, of course we can't tell when and where this lesbian actually came to Stone Town, even you shouldn't know. In fact, if it weren't for the purpose of tracking down the mole, I shouldn't have told you the news that this female comrade came to work in Stone Town, this should have been a secret of the party. ”

In response to Xu Wenwu's different opinions, Lao Hou specially and meticulously gave a detailed explanation to Xu Wenwu. This is also the maximum he can tell Xu Wenwu about this matter, and he must not reveal another word to Xu Wenwu.

In fact, since the failure of Li Yixin's joint last time, Lao Hou has always been a little dissatisfied with Xu Wenwu's work, he thinks that although Xu Wenwu himself has no problems, he is too passive and has no initiative in his work. And so much time has passed, and he still hasn't been able to think of a way to investigate the traitors, which in Lao Hou's opinion, Xu Wenwu's dereliction of duty as the leader of the party organization in Stone Town.

"Well, since you're so insistent, I'm fine. If your plan can narrow the scope of the mole, it can be regarded as a kind of progress. To be honest, I really don't want to doubt my comrades. Xu Wenwu was silent for a while, and finally made a compromise.

"Lao Xu, I want to criticize you on this issue! Your work initiative is a bit poor! Also, it is not that we have to take the initiative to doubt our comrades, but it has been proved that this traitor really exists, and the sacrificed traffic officer Lao Cai proved this with his blood and life. Therefore, we must not leave anything to chance, and in the history of the party, there are also bloody lessons. Therefore, we must be sober-minded and not emotional. ”

Lao Hou still couldn't help but criticize Xu Wenwu, as an old colleague who has worked together for many years, he knows Xu Wenwu very well and trusts Xu Wenwu very much.

It is precisely because of this that he feels that pointing out the mistakes and shortcomings of the other party in person is the right way to really help Xu Wenwu, which is a kind of reminder between comrades in the party, in order to let Xu Wenwu understand where his shortcomings are.

Xu Wenwu was not angry at Lao Hou's face-to-face criticism, but was seriously reflecting on whether he was really as Lao Hou pointed out, after all, sometimes people can't correctly recognize their own shortcomings.

Seeing that Xu Wenwu had been silent, Lao Hou continued: "Maybe I had a bad attitude just now, but all this is to remind you of the shortcomings of your work and the areas that need to be improved. So please treat it right. ”

"I thought about it for a moment, and what you said made sense. I'm not angry, but I'm grateful that you pointed out my shortcomings, which I didn't realize before. Xu Wenwu said very sincerely.