Lin Shirong was skeptical and asked, "What do you need us to do?" ”

"Company Commander Xu, you arrange for some people to immediately transfer Deputy Director Zhang and Team Leader Sun by boat. Xiao Kong, pull a list, to cover all the old and new friends who have cooperated with the military commander and may incur retaliation from the Japanese. Company Commander Xu will provide military uniforms according to the number of people on the Xiao Kong list. Xiao Kong, before you get the order of my transfer, you must keep it a secret, so as not to leak the news and panic people, so that the Japanese can get the news in advance, and it will be a big trouble! ”

Xiao Kong replied solemnly: "Yes, I know the stakes. ”

"Company Commander Xu, after the transfer of people and materials that should be transferred, the remaining people of your company, as well as the two squadrons of the third column, will abandon the base area at two o'clock in the morning tomorrow, and break through in advance while the troops encircled and suppressed by the Japanese are not yet in place."

Company Commander Xu hesitated: "Take the initiative to give up the base area, if you misjudge, this responsibility ......"

"This base area is under the jurisdiction of the military, and I am Boss Dai's commissioner, and I will bear all the responsibilities."

Lin Shirong was also very reluctant: "Commissioner Liu, can you think about it again?" Or send a telegram to the headquarters of the bureau for instructions? It is not easy to create a base area, and without this base area, the Shanghai Branch will suffer many difficulties in its future work. ”

Liu Zeyi refused: "No! It's not that you don't send a telegram, I mean you don't need to ask for instructions. If the Japanese are determined to encircle and suppress the electricity, it is impossible not to increase the monitoring and decipherment of the telegraph communications in the base areas, and I also intend to mislead the Japanese with the telegraph...... Company Commander Xu, what you just said is very right: the misjudgment is nothing more than a busy game in vain, and the defense is just to return. ”

None of the three of them spoke again, and Liu Zezhi enlightened: "The people are in Qingshan, and the Japanese are sending troops to reinforce Burma, thinking that they will return to Songhu after winning the Burma campaign, how can it be so easy in the world?" Now it is the best policy to fight hard with the Japanese, and if the Japanese really encircle and suppress on a large scale, they will be able to keep the base area by fighting hard? In the future, the development of the war situation in the Songhu area will become more and more unfavorable to the Japanese, and it is the best policy to find another opportunity to recover the base area. ”

Company Commander Xu replied: "Since Commissioner Liu has decided, we will fully cooperate." ”

Lin Shirong asked, "The key now is how to find that spy, I'm curious what you will do." ”

Liu Zezhi looked at his watch and replied, "Twelve o'clock, the time is almost up, act separately, Lao Lin, you come with me." ”

In the courtyard, Liu Zezhi whispered a few words to Lin Shirong, and Lin Shirong nodded and agreed: "Understood, I will arrange for the people that Team Leader Feng needs to set off, and then transfer three subordinates who have been agents to personally lead the team to be responsible for tracking." ”

"Remember: it's better to lose than to let your opponent notice that someone is following."

"Yes."

Liu Zezhi went to the telegraph room, took a telegram, and began to draft the telegram, and after a short period of time, he changed and changed the telegram again and again, and then took out the codebook handed over to him by Zhang Chi, translated the telegram, and said to the telegraph operator: "I will personally send a telegram to the bureau headquarters. ”

The telegraph operator gave up his position, and Liu Zezhi finished sending the telegram, took off the vacuum tube, and said: "From now on, cut off external contact." Go to the makeshift interrogation room and call Xiao Shi to see me. ”

Xiao Shi soon came to the telecommunications room, Liu Zezhi said a few words, "Understand, right?" Let's go, go to the interrogation room. ”

"Understood, please rest assured Commissioner Liu."

Liu Zezhi walked into the temporary interrogation room with Xiao Shi, and Ah Wen just collected all four self-reports. Liu Zezhi took it and looked at it one by one. Half an hour later, I asked everyone a few words about whether there was a guarantor or not, and finally asked a man surnamed Qi: "You wrote this?" Why is it all typos? ”

The man replied nervously: "Sir forgive the sin, the next family is poor, and he has not studied for a few years. ”

"You're here in February?"

"Yes, it's not easy to make a living in Shanghai, so I came to my cousin."

"Do you have a guarantor? At least two. ”

"Except for my cousin, only my cousin-in-law."

"How can a husband and wife be guarantors together? Isn't that the same as a person? Find another family and friend. ”

"It's not easy to find, I'm not in good health, I've been idle at home, and I rarely interact with people."

Liu Zezhi didn't seem to find his eyebrows, and groaned.

Xiao Shi, who was standing behind him, said: "Commissioner Liu, can you detain him first and wait until Director Zhou comes back for another trial?" ”

Several suspects complained bitterly and begged one after another: "Sir, we are really not Japanese spies, you must believe me, I can't find a guarantor, that's because I've only been here for more than a month." ”

"Yes, I have a guarantor, our family has lived here for more than ten years, and my neighbors say that I am an honest person."

"How can I be a spy? Or what murderer? I won't even hold a gun. Sir, I still have an old mother in my family, so you can let us go. ”

Only the man surnamed Qi did not speak.

The door slammed open, and one of the guards blurted out, "Oh no! Deputy Director Zhang, he ......"

Liu Zezhi said sharply: "Presumptuous! Who let you break in? Get out! ”

The guard looked anxious, glanced at Liu Zezhi, and went out of the door.

Liu Zezhi got up and followed, and after a while, he returned to the interrogation room with a deep brow, did not sit down, stood at the door and ordered: "Xiao Shi, if they can find a guarantor and promise to be on call, let them go back." If you really can't find a guarantor, you will be wronged for a few more days. ”

After speaking, he ignored several suspects and left in a hurry.

Xiao Shi asked, "Did you hear what our chief said?" Can you find a guarantor? If I can find it, I can contact him, and if I can't find it, I can only stay in the empty room in the backyard for two or three days. ”

The two suspects immediately said how to contact their families, and the man surnamed Qi and another person had to try to contact them after thinking about it.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon, in the office of Mao Renfeng of the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Unification Bureau, Chen Jinsong was reporting to work: "Mr. Mao has a high opinion, more than half of the professional agents of the military unification line have been lost, and all field stations urgently need to be replenished, but training and teaching are urgent, especially you also require that the quality of teaching cannot be reduced......

Secretary Han hurriedly came: "Mr. Mao, please take a look at the secret telegram sent by the Shanghai Branch." ”

After Liu Zezhi left, Mao Renfeng transferred two more capable secretaries, but Secretary Han was responsible for the confidential telegrams and the contact with the undercover agents directly controlled by the bureau headquarters. Mao Renfeng took the telegram, his face changed, Chen Jinsong got up and said, "Mr. Mao, go down and see Ye Junyuan, and report to you when you have time." ”

"Don't avoid it, Secretary Han, hand over the telegram to Director Chen, from Liu Zezhi."

Chen Jinsong was also taken aback when he saw it: Zhang Chi and Sun Dongsheng were assassinated? ! "Mr. Mao, Zhang Chi is dead? And Sun Dongsheng? What the hell is going on? By the way, why did the telegram come from Liu Zezhi? Where is Zhou Chengbin? Since the telegram said that Zhou Chengbin had already received the news and rushed back to the base area, why couldn't he wait for Zhou Chengbin to arrive at the headquarters of the re-bureau to send a telegram? Did the murderer catch it? How can a message be so simple for such a big thing? ”

Mao Renfeng said: "Secretary Han, didn't you hear Director Chen's words? What the hell is going on? ”

"My subordinates only know so much, and an hour ago was the time to routinely contact the Shanghai branch every three days, because it was about flying...... What kind of plan, the subordinates know that Mr. Mao has always been very concerned about the progress, so he personally went to the telegraph room to receive the telegram, and after receiving it, he also felt that the words were unknown, and he continued to contact the Shanghai branch, and he could no longer be contacted. ”

Mao Renfeng was very strange: "What? Can't get in touch? Looking at the tone of the message, there is nothing that needs to be cut off......"

"Mr. Mao, I forgive my subordinates for one more question: such a telegram should belong to the category of your personal translation of telegrams, and your subordinates know that you are busy with official business, so they can order the confidential secretary to translate the telegram, but the code book should be in your hands."

Chen Jinsong reminded Mao Renfeng in one sentence and asked, "Secretary Han, what's going on?" ”

Liu Zezhi did not have a secondary encryption, so the code mastered by his subordinates could have translated the message. Yes, after the message was translated, his subordinates also had questions: why is there no secondary encryption? ”

Mao Renfeng didn't understand for a while, and Secretary Han suddenly said, "Will there be a problem?" Liu Zezhi was not ordered to carry out the Flying Eagle ...... Zhang Chi assassinated? He is the ace killer of the military commander, so easy to die? Could it be Liu Zezhi...... He is very familiar with the Japanese puppet in Shanghai, and once personally admitted that he had a personal relationship with Ni Xin, the head of No. 76......"

Chen Jinsong was about to refute it, but Mao Renfeng's face turned grim, and he scolded sharply: "Nonsense! Liu Zezhi is my most trusted subordinate, you actually dare to sow discord, come to someone-"

The guards entered in response, and Chen Jinsong hurriedly persuaded: "Mr. Mao is angry, and Secretary Han is also a momentary gaffe, he and Zhang Chi are both small fellow villagers and friends. ”

As soon as the words came out, Secretary Han felt that it was inappropriate, and took the initiative to admit his mistake and ask for guilt: "What the chief taught is that his subordinates are wrong. ”

Mao Renfeng waved his hand and ordered the guards to retreat, and said, "It's all your lawlessness that I indulge in on weekdays!" Go down and reflect. ”

Secretary Han hurriedly left. Mao Renfeng asked, "Jin Song, tell me your opinion." ”

"Yes, judging from the wording and tone of the telegram, it must have been sent by Liu Zezhi, and it will not be negligent if there is no secondary encryption, with his caution. Is it possible that it was sent to someone else? ”

"Send it to someone else? Who--oh, you're talking about the Japanese puppet agency? So it's possible that Zhang Chi didn't die? Yes, I won't tell you the truth, after Zhou Chengbin and Zhang Chi escaped, the reason why Liu Zezhi was temporarily not allowed to return to Chongqing was because Boss Dai ordered him to perform a very important task. The assassination of Zhang Chi and Sun Dongsheng should be true, Liu Zezhi put down the important task at hand and returned to the base area, what is the need for Zhou Chengbin to rush back? In other words: since Zhou Chengbin can rush back, there is no need for Liu Zezhi to go back. ”

"What Mr. Mao said is that it seems that Zhou Chengbin's return to the base will not be true, what does Liu Zezhi want to do?"

Mao Renfeng pondered for a moment and replied: "I can't guess his intentions, but I will not obey the orders of the foreign monarch - I not only appreciate Zezhi, but also trust." ”

Chen Jinsong was very moved, and sighed: "Liu Zezhi can't repay this kindness in his life." ”

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Wen Guisheng came to Ni Xin in a hurry: "Director Ni, according to your order, the telecommunications office is fully monitoring the telegrams of the military command base area, but I didn't expect to gain something!" Please take a look at it. Zhang Keqing is actually a spy planted in No. 76 in Yan'an, as his direct commander, Wen Guisheng also feels disgraced, and he can't ask for the opportunity to win the favor of the Japanese and Ni Xin.

Ni Xin took the deciphered message, read it and said, "Good job, hard work." Someone - prepare the car, go to the headquarters. ”

This book was first published in Reading Rim