At three o'clock in the morning of the 13th, Xu Songquan and others, who had returned to the military hospital in advance, waited restlessly, and finally someone came to report to Sun Dongsheng: "Captain Sun, I am Bai Yaozu, a soldier of the first squadron, and the ship carrying the medicine has arrived in our occupied area. It is estimated that you will arrive at the wharf on the east side four or five kilometers away in two hours, and Deputy Director Liu will order you to send a car to pick it up. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Sun Dongsheng said: "Lao Xu, don't wait, you find a driver, go now, and pick up Deputy Director Liu." ”

At seven o'clock in the morning, Liu Zezhi and others returned to the military hospital with the medicine, the director and many doctors who got the news were waiting at the gate, Liu Zezhi coped with a few words, and ordered: "Old Sun, you take someone to transport the medicine to the room." Lao Xu, you go and report to Chief Han: Liu Zezhi and others have completed the drug purchase task assigned by the chief and have come back smoothly. Please arrange a time for me to meet me. ”

Sun Dongsheng and Xu Songquan promised to do their own things. Dr. Qiu said, "Deputy Director Liu, your face is very bad, what's the matter?" ”

"As long as I eat a little hard stuff these days, my stomach hurts so much that I can only eat liquids."

"I've been worried about your stomach, so let's have it checked."

"Tomorrow, thank you, Dr. Qiu, you are busy, I still have something to talk about with Lao Sun."

And this was also said to the others who were present, and they were dispersed. Liu Zezhi found Sun Dongsheng, who was watching people unload the truck and carry medicine, and asked, "Is Director Zhou back?" ”

"Director Zhou went directly to the second squadron, and I will also go to the first squadron tomorrow. The recovery plan is scheduled for the 25th of this month, which is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Commander Han promised to transfer Xu Songquan's battalion to our command, and you will lead the team. There are also two battalions under the command of Brigade Commander Su Dongran, and Brigade Commander Su will personally command and participate in the attack. I received the news that you sent Bai Yaozu to send it. I have already sent a request to the headquarters for the distribution of medicines. ”

"Have all the people in charge of transporting the medicines separately returned?"

"There were two groups that didn't come back, and one group that only came back, saying that he was in distress on the way, and his companion should have been captured by No. 76. By the way, a telegram came from the bureau headquarters: the hostage exchange was successful, Ge Jiapeng was not injured, and he could return to Shanghai soon, provided that it could be proved that he did not betray the organization at No. 76. Wu Shun and Ji Gang had relatively serious torture injuries, and after recuperating for a period of time, they waited for orders. Chen Ming suffered more than ten fractures all over his body...... Damn Ni Xin! I'll have to settle this account with him sooner or later! The bureau headquarters ordered him to return to Chongqing after recuperating from his injuries. ”

The situation was better than expected, although Ge Jiapeng was not punished, but the successful completion of the drug purchase task proved that he had adhered to his integrity. Liu Zezhi ordered: "Call back to the bureau headquarters in the name of me and Director Zhou: Ge Jiapeng and the other four have all accepted the test. The Shanghai branch is desperate for Ge Jiapeng to return to the front line. If the bureau headquarters agrees, and Wu Shun and Ji Gang are physically allowed, please transfer them to the Shanghai branch as well. ”

Sun Dongsheng replied: "I'll do it." ”

"I guess Chief Han will summon me soon, I'll go and rest for a while. It's been more than ten days, and I haven't slept enough for twenty-four hours. "Before the Chongqing Bureau headquarters called back, he had no right to distribute medicines, so he could only try to avoid it, and he really couldn't hold on.

In his sleep, Liu Zezhi was woken up by Sun Dongsheng, he picked up his watch, only to find that it was already one o'clock at noon. Sun Dongsheng said: "Chief Han's Adjutant Wang has already come, and after hearing Dr. Qiu's situation, he insisted on not waking you up. The call back from the bureau headquarters is coming, and I can't help it, so I ask the chief to forgive me. ”

Liu Zeyi replied while getting up and dressing: "Between us, is it necessary to be so polite?" You shouldn't have told Adjutant Wang to wait for a long time, it's too rude. What does the bureau headquarters say? ”

Sun Dongsheng was very embarrassed: "This is a telegram, and I have the right to translate it to the degree of secrecy, so you can see for yourself." I let the cafeteria boil Jiang rice porridge, that's fine, let's eat a little together. ”

After reading the message, Liu Zezhi frowned slightly, then had an idea, and ordered: "Please come to dinner with Adjutant Wang." ”

After the three of them finished their lunch, Adjutant Wang said, "Chief Han ordered me to tell you: If it is convenient for Deputy Director Liu, he wants to see you." ”

"Summoned by the chief, it's convenient at any time, let's go."

The guards informed Liu Zezhi that he was coming, and Han Deqin laughed heartily: "Please come in, you have solved a big problem for me." Zezhi, worthy of being the ace agent of the military command, come, sit down and say. Adjutant Wang, serve tea. ”

"The chief has won the award, and Zezhi is ashamed to be ashamed."

"Zezhi, is the loss big?"

"There are five people who have not returned so far, and it is estimated that there are fewer bad lucks."

Han Deqin comforted: "Alas, there will be sacrifices when there is action, there will be casualties in war, and sometimes, a box of medicine is a life." Zezhi, you don't have to be too sad. ”

"What the chief said is that Zezhi is taught."

"I'm not afraid of you laughing, the health centers of each division and regiment in the Third Theater heard that the quartermaster department had purchased a large number of Western medicines, and they all reported and asked for allocation, and the legged ones have already come."

Quartermaster Department purchased? Where does this start? Liu Zezhi couldn't approve of it, but his words were very beautiful: "What purchase?" Although I spent more than a dozen gold bars before and after, can I still ask Chief Han for money? Chief Han's care for the military command, especially the Shanghai Branch, cannot be measured in terms of money. ”

Han Deqin laughed: "You're right, if you really want to spend money to buy it from the black market, not to mention whether you can buy it, where will these more than 1,000 gold bars come from?" Zezhi, I didn't treat you as an outsider, how much can you keep for me with this batch of medicines? ”

The rebuilding of the base area of the military command needs the vigorous assistance of the Han Deqin Department, Liu Zezhi lowered his posture, got up and replied: "This is a telegram from the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau, please take a look at it." This batch of medicines was managed to obtain on the order of Commander Han, and all of them should have been handed over to the Quartermaster Department of the Headquarters. Ke Zezhi is a person in the military command, and he does not dare to disobey Shangfeng's order, so he asks Chief Han to understand the difficulties of his humble position, and see that no matter which department is allocated for the use of this batch of medicines, it is for the sake of contributing to China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and giving Zezhi a face. ”

Han Deqin took the telegram and glanced at it, and said in his heart: Half? It's less than expected, but it's not too much. He hesitated to fight for more? Or was it the Quartermaster Department who picked it first?

Liu Zezhi said: "Zezhi has a sentence that is not humane to outsiders: how many drugs are there in this batch and what varieties they are. I haven't had time to report yet, I say it's half, you can calculate it any way, please consider it, and Ze Yi will cooperate. ”

Liu Zezhi was so upright, Han Deqin didn't want to make too many requests, and replied: "How can I make you embarrassed? With your words, that's it. According to what Mr. Mao said, after the handover is completed with the Quartermaster Department, you can send someone to transport the other half away at any time. These days, the Shanghai Branch has borrowed about sixty or seventy gold bars from the Quartermaster Department, and they have been written off. I have ordered the Quartermaster Office to allocate to you another fifty gold bars. Zezhi, I know that these are not enough, but the funds in the third theater are also very tight, I hope you can understand. ”

Liu Zezhi breathed a sigh of relief: It's good that Han Deqin doesn't have a grudge, and the next step in rebuilding the base area will depend on it. He replied with a straight face: "The chief is serious, and Zezhi is ashamed to be ashamed." You are so compassionate, Ze Zhiming feels it, but there is a sending, only within your ability, never dare to resign. ”

If Han Deqin regretted his words, he was actually very happy: "Here it is again, where is there so much politeness?" Director Zhou and I have agreed to launch an operation on the 25th of this month, and I have ordered Su Dongran's department and Xu Songquan's guard battalion to fully cooperate, what else do you need? Just say. ”

"Thank you, Chief Han, for helping the third column with a batch of weapons and equipment, and ordering Brigade Commander Su and Deputy Battalion Commander Xu to assist, how dare Zezhi ask for it again?"

"Fan Dake, that spy, what are you going to do?"

"This man has a radio station, and I suspect that he has accomplices, and I want to interrogate him immediately, and then ...... I don't know if it's appropriate to deal with it like this, so I ask the chief for advice. ”

Han Deqin shook his head and smiled: "You guys have too many thoughts. If you can achieve your goal, that's the best, and it's up to you to dispose of it. ”

"Yes, the chief is busy with military affairs, Zezhi doesn't dare to disturb anymore, so he will retire."

Back at the military hospital, Liu Zezhi called Sun Dongsheng and asked, "Is anyone else coming back?" ”

"No, the whereabouts of those five people are still unknown."

"How are Feng Gensheng, Gong Suhe and the others?"

"Just received a telegram from Feng Gensheng, he continues to lurk in Shanghai, waiting for Director Zhou and your next order. Gong Suhe led the execution of the drug purchase task, and No. 76 hated him to the core, and according to the prior plan, he moved to Zhenjiang and remained silent for the time being. ”

"You hand over half of the medicine to Chief Han's Quartermaster Department. Call back to the headquarters of the bureau: the Shanghai branch complied with the order. But don't transport the other half away for the time being, you personally take people to hide it in batches, at this time, the incident has just happened, and the Japanese pseudo-blockade and inventory will be very strict. ”

Sun Dongsheng replied: "I understand that if this telegram is intercepted, the Japanese puppet military and police organs will do their best to intercept it, so let them go blindly." ”

"Chief Han promised to allocate us fifty gold bars, and you will send someone to collect them. Also, the funds we borrowed from the Third War Zone before were purchased and sold, so don't forget to go to the Quartermaster Department to go through the formalities. ”

Sun Dongsheng was very happy: "Great, I'm still worried that the military commander will take away half of the medicine, and Chief Han will not understand, but I didn't expect Chief Han to understand the righteousness so well." Counting the arms allocated to us, the Third War Zone also spent 1560 gold bars, and the medicines we handed over were worth more than 500 gold bars. ”

"You hand over Fan Dake to Xu Songquan, I will be arraigned in two hours, and let Camp Commander Xu be my assistant. By the way, you found out and told me about it. ”

"According to the scope of the food that they had access to during the poisoning case, we demarcated the scope of suspects, there were as many as eight or nine people, and I sent people to put these people in the scope of surveillance, deliberately leaked information about the military commanders to them, and according to their reactions, narrowed the scope of suspects to three."

What Sun Dongsheng said was very simple, but in fact, it was not easy to do all this secretly without the suspect being able to detect it, Liu Zezhi certainly understood this, and praised it: "Good job." ”

"In fact, when the deadline came, I still didn't determine that the spy was Fan Dake, so I had no choice but to order the execution of Jia Hao, of course, I had already sent someone to the grove that served as the execution ground in advance, if Fan Dake was not this person, he ordered the men of the guard to carry out the execution, and someone would come forward to stop him before the execution. Fan Dake was personally executed. After he left with two guards, Jia Hao came back to life and fled. Who else could that spy be if it wasn't Jia Hao? ”

Liu Zezhi said with a smile: "The new captain of the third column of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army of the Military Commander, is he a general? You go through the procedures for handing over the medicines, many of the divisional health centers are waiting to receive the medicines, don't make people wait for a long time. ”

This book was first published in Reading Books