Xu Chengyan was annoyed in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. Now, he was no longer a fledgling boy. In terms of the city government's scheming, he would never lose to these veterans of the officialdom.

Taiyuan is not Sunan. He still has some connections in the National Salvation Army, but here, the only one he can count on is this teacher. Nothing can cause discord.

At this time, he could only nod his head in agreement and said sincerely: "Students understand that Team Leader Ding is a mature and prudent person who works cautiously. We do not mean any disrespect, but..."

"Okay, don't say any more unnecessary words!" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Guangji with a wave of his hand, "I'm informing you now that you won't carry out the clearance mission for the time being. Now that the action team has entered Taiyuan, these matters need to be handed over to you.

Let them do it.”

When Xu Chengyan heard this, he felt even more disappointed. It turned out that the reconstruction personnel of Taiyuan Station were not fully in place, especially the action team, which had not entered Taiyuan for a long time. The reason was that they missed their whereabouts when passing through Linfen and were attacked by the Japanese army.

Most of them were lost and they had no choice but to retreat to Zhongtiao Mountain where the national army was guarding.

This also resulted in Chu Guangji's lack of operational power, and the clearing and retaliation action ordered by the headquarters could not be shied away from. As a last resort, Chu Guangji ordered the members of the intelligence team who arrived early to wait for an opportunity to carry out the clearing mission.

It was under this situation that Xu Chengyan took action to solve three targets one after another, especially the successful assassination of Harada Kazuya, which earned him a lot of credit.

But now that the action team has arrived in Taiyuan, Chu Guangji will naturally not use intelligence personnel to carry out clearance tasks. The cost of doing so is too high.

Because the overall quality of an excellent intelligence agent is much higher than that of an operational agent who only needs agility.

In addition to learning firearms shooting and grappling, intelligence agents also need to undergo a variety of extremely rigorous training, such as intelligence analysis, radio transmission and reception, vehicle driving, reconnaissance and camouflage, poisoning and blasting, photography techniques, etc., so the cost of training an intelligence agent is

Much higher than Action Agent.

This is also the reason why Ding Mingrui said that the main task of intelligence personnel is to engage in intelligence, and he is quite resistant to field work such as assassinations.

However, mobility has always been Xu Chengyan's strong point. As a result, he no longer had the opportunity to use his methods to gain credit, which made his heart sink.

At this time, Cao Ruian, who had been silent, took out a photo from his pocket, put it on the table, pushed it in front of Xu Chengyan, and said with a warm smile: "Chengyan, the webmaster is also concerned about your safety. Besides,

The work of our intelligence department is also very heavy, and we are seriously short of manpower. Now I have a very important task in hand, and I need a veteran like you. Please take a look."

Cao Ruian's words were tactful, but his meaning was undeniable. He was reminding Xu Chengyan that he was still a subordinate of the Intelligence Department and should focus on intelligence work.

Xu Chengyan picked up the photo and saw that it was a full-body photo of a man. The man was tall, with a square face, a slight beard, and an ordinary appearance. He was wearing a dark leather robe and a black satin mandarin jacket. It looked like

He looks like a person with status.

"Han Zhirong, 43 years old, is the pseudo-section chief of the Shanxi Provincial Government Affairs Department. He currently lives at No. 16 Miaoqian Street in the city.

What you have to do is to closely monitor his every move, including his work and rest patterns, the places he frequents and the suspicious people he comes into contact with, and investigate as clearly as possible, but remember, the premise is not to alert him, otherwise the consequences will be difficult

Materials." Cao Ruian introduced briefly.

This is indeed the job of the intelligence office. In the intelligence station, according to the division of labor, the task of the action team is to perform field tasks such as sniping, assassination, blasting, and kidnapping.

The scope of work of the intelligence team is relatively much larger. It is not only as simple as investigation and obtaining intelligence, but also includes a series of tasks such as detecting spies and instigating enemy forces, as well as investigating all aspects of information required by the intelligence station.

Investigations like this are the most common. They are usually a waste of time. The investigation takes time and a lot of effort, but it does not show any achievements. It is also called thankless. This is also the last thing Xu Chengyan wants to do.

However, Cao Ruian handed over the task. As a subordinate, he had no reason to refuse and did not dare to refuse. He could only nod and accept the order: "I will investigate immediately. Is there a time limit for the task?"

"No, as long as I don't order it to stop, you will keep monitoring the investigation. I will ask you about the progress regularly. You will report as much as you find in the investigation." Cao Ruian looked at Chu Guangji with questioning eyes again.

Chu Guangji nodded slightly, indicating that he could continue to reveal some information.

So Cao Ruian went on to introduce: "I want to explain to you clearly the background of this person. His identity is very special. He is a senior intelligence officer of the former Taiyuan Intelligence Station."

"Is he one of ours?" Xu Chengyan couldn't help but be stunned. He picked up the photo and looked at it again. "Then what is the reason for the investigation? I need to investigate the true situation of the subject. Otherwise, if a problem occurs during the process, I will not be able to make a correct judgment."

"Of course, since we have decided to give this task to you, of course we have complete trust in you." Cao Ruian nodded.

Next, he introduced Han Zhirong’s situation in detail,

It turns out that this major change caused huge losses to the intelligence network of the Shanxi-Suicha District of the Military Command. The entire intelligence station from Suiyuan Station to the station director Wu Zhengyun was wiped out.

Taiyuan Station also suffered heavy losses. Station chief Ji Xinghuai died, Director of the Intelligence Division Zhai Heyu was arrested, and most of the agents of the Intelligence Division were captured or sacrificed.

The action team suffered the heaviest losses. After the action team leader Lu Mingzhi was arrested, he did not hold out for long in the face of torture. He quickly betrayed all his action team members, and no one from the action team escaped.

That is to say, the agency personnel were intact, and the confidential secretary Li Yuanwei responded promptly, led the agency personnel, and some remaining intelligence personnel, and successfully evaded capture by the Japanese. At the critical moment, he also brought out the radio station and code book, which can be regarded as an unfortunate incident.

What a blessing.

In this incident, there is a major doubt that has never been clarified, that is, how did the webmaster Ji Xinghuai die? Who killed him?

According to Li Yuanwei, the confidential secretary, on the day of the incident, Ji Xinghuai suddenly hurried back to the office from outside and informed Li Yuanwei that something had happened at Guisui Station. The Japanese Special High School had followed clues to Taiyuan Station, and the situation was extremely critical.

Because Suiyuan Station is a branch station separated from Taiyuan Station, many members have worked in Taiyuan Station before. Once Suiyuan Station falls, the threat to Taiyuan Station will be too great.

Therefore, Ji Xinghuai ordered that all personnel of the intelligence station temporarily evacuate Taiyuan.

So Li Yuanwei immediately protected the radio station and the code book, and quickly transferred the agency personnel. However, Ji Xinghuai himself left in a hurry and never came back.

At this time, Xu Chengyan couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Why didn't the stationmaster evacuate with the agency staff? What was the reason for his leaving?"

Cao Ruian explained: "According to Li Yuanwei, the station chief said before leaving that he wanted to make some arrangements for the work of the intelligence line. Li Yuanwei guessed that he wanted to inform the intelligence line of the senior lurking intelligence agents.

."

The intelligence agents Cao Ruian refers to are latent personnel whose intelligence value is relatively important. Such senior intelligence agents are found in every military intelligence station. Because of their special identities and high confidentiality levels, they are usually managed by the station chief.

With direct leadership and single-line communication, other people in the intelligence station have no way of knowing the inside story.

The same was true for the Taiyuan station. There were such people in the hands of Ji Xinghuai, who were all important intelligence agents who broke into the Japanese and puppet government. According to Li Yuanwei, Ji Xinghuai should have contacted them at that time to inform them of the incident and do some work.

Make follow-up arrangements.

"and after?"

"Later, after Li Yuanwei led the personnel to evacuate, he heard that a murder had occurred near Dongcheng Street. He felt something was wrong and took the risk and rushed there. When he arrived, there were many people there. He squeezed into the crowd and looked

The station manager who arrived at the station fell at the street corner, covered in blood, and had already died at that time. As for who killed him, we don’t know. Then the Japanese and the police arrived quickly, and he had to take advantage of the chaos and leave."

"In other words, the stationmaster was killed when he went to notify the lurking personnel in the intelligence line. And when he died, the Japanese had not found him yet?"

"Yes, the webmaster and I believe that the problem should lie with those latent intelligence agents. You must know that the webmaster at that time went to inform them of the incident, and the last people they came into contact with should also be them."

"Han Zhirong is one of them, right?" Xu Chengyan asked.

"Yes!" Cao Ruian nodded simply, "We don't have any basis at present, but among these intelligence agents, the place where the stationmaster died was closest to Han Zhirong's home. In addition, there is no

There are other clues.”

The reasons Cao Ruian said are not sufficient, and can be said to be far-fetched. However, there are too few clues in hand now, and many times we can only deal with problems based on rough judgments, and there is no solution.

Xu Chengyan frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "The whole process was narrated by Li Yuanwei? Will he have any problems?"

Chu Guangji, who had been silent at this time, said: "We have confirmed that when the stationmaster told Li Yuanwei, there were several agency personnel present. After that, Li Yuanwei led the personnel to evacuate and stayed with his companions all the time.

, never left alone. Later, we went to find the stationmaster, and he also brought two escorts with him. During the whole process, he was not out of sight of others. We also carefully asked all the evacuees, and the answers were consistent.

, so Li Yuanwei has no problem."
Chapter completed!