GBP Chapter 422: Immediately contact Xu Zhongyi and ask him to evacuate Ping'an County immediately!
Chapter 422: Immediately contact Xu Zhongyi and ask him to evacuate Ping'an County immediately!
Xing Zhiguo also felt that this was most likely true, and he agreed and suggested, "I suspect that the intelligence personnel sent by the headquarters are in danger, otherwise they would not ask us for help. There are only three regiments left in northwest Shanxi, and the most famous one is the independent regiment. Otherwise, they would not mention our names in the telegram. Isn't this as obvious as a louse on a monk's head?"
Zhao Gang questioned in a somewhat strange way: "Logically speaking, the intelligence personnel sent by the headquarters should have contacted Xu Zhongyi. How could they send us a clear-coded telegram? I think this is a trap. We absolutely cannot believe it. More importantly, we have not received any warning from Xu Zhongyi. This is really unreasonable!"
Li Yunlong also felt that it was somewhat irrelevant. If Xu Zhongyi was not a traitor, he would definitely take the initiative to send a telegram to the independent regiment. But until now, Li Yunlong has not received a telegram from Xu Zhongyi. This matter is really too weird.
"This matter is indeed too strange. Even I feel that this is a trap, waiting for me to jump into it. I guess this should be a trap set by the devils to lure me into it, otherwise why would they send such a crazy and weird telegram?"
"If they were really from headquarters, they would be very careful. Plus, we have already made a big gap in the enemy's blockade. They only need to ask around and they can find us directly at Niujiagou Market. But now they have sent three plain text telegrams. I suspect this is a trap set by the enemy. They want to arouse our interest and lead us to make wrong judgments. They are leading us into the trap step by step and trapping us all. The enemy's intentions are so vicious that we almost fell into their trap."
Everyone thought that what Li Yunlong said was the closest to the truth, but only Lin Zhenhua felt something was wrong. He thought that the telegram should be true, but it was different from what Kong Jie said. Suddenly, he remembered a TV drama clip he had watched. After careful consideration, he really found the similarities between them. His face became more gloomy, and he knocked heavily on the table, attracting everyone's attention.
"Don't jump to conclusions. Lao Li said this was a conspiracy of the devils, and I agree with him. Lao Kong said this telegram is real, and I agree with him as well. I'm not trying to smooth things over. Let's put what Lao Li and Lao Kong said together, and it will be more in line with the facts, right?"
"I think the intelligence personnel from the headquarters were not tasked with finding us, but rather brought secret people to Ping'an County. It is very likely that they were discovered by the Japanese when they were meeting, and then surrounded by their heavy troops. The other side does not have our radio contact information, so they can only use plain text telegrams to call for help from us."
"It has been almost half an hour since we received the telegram. Even if we want to do anything now, it's probably too late. Even if we rush to support as soon as we get the news, we still can't make it. We are too far away from Ping'an County. It will take nearly a day and a night to travel there. It's really like distant water can't quench nearby thirst."
"The only solution we can think of now is to contact Xu Zhongyi and ask him to find a way to investigate this matter. If this is true, let Xu Zhongyi find a way to rescue the intelligence officer from the headquarters. Then we can get in touch with the headquarters with his help. The code book we kept before has been abandoned by the headquarters, and even the brigade has done the same. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in so much trouble."
Li Yunlong interrupted unhappily, "College student, the code book we kept before has been destroyed by the Japanese bombs, and we don't have any other backups. Even if the brigade uses the old code book to contact us, it will still be useless!"
Lin Zhenhua was speechless. He had not expected such a thing to happen. He felt even more confused for a moment. It also made him realize one thing: don't even think about contacting the headquarters and the brigade in a short time. They had to continue to be an isolated army.
"College student, I have thought about it carefully, and what you said is the most true among all of us. According to my estimation, the intelligence personnel from the headquarters may have been captured by the devils. Once they betray, Xu Zhongyi will be in great danger. We should notify Xu Zhongyi to evacuate urgently and let him go behind the scenes immediately!"
Li Yunlong did not object to this. Deep down in his heart, he did not believe that Xu Zhongyi would betray him. He hoped that his previous guesses were all wrong. He ordered without hesitation: "College students, contact Xu Zhongyi immediately and tell him about the clear-coded telegram. Tell him to be careful. If he can't stay in Ping'an County, let him come to the independent regiment!"
Lin Zhenhua immediately rushed to the telegraph room and sent out the urgent telegram. He sent it five or six times in a row, but still received no response. He could only arrange for the telegraph operator to send a message every ten minutes, hoping that Xu Zhongyi would reply immediately after seeing it. However, all this became a bubble. Xu Zhongyi had been taken away by Nakamura Ichiro, and the radio station he hid was also captured. A large number of documents were also seized by the devils. Xu Zhongyi's fake rebellion had not yet been implemented, but it was terminated in advance by the rules.
In the interrogation room of the Ping'an County Detective Team, Xu Zhongyi was tied to a chair, and sitting opposite him was Nakamura Ichiro. The two looked at each other face to face. No one had expected that they would meet in this way.
"Manager Xu, I never thought that you were not only engaged in intelligence trading, but also a Chinese double agent. It really opened my eyes. This is really my heart is set on the moon, but the moon is in the ditch. Manager Xu, you have betrayed my trust, but I still want to help you!"
"After Hirata-kun told me the truth, I still couldn't believe it was true. Otherwise, I wouldn't have pleaded with Hirata-kun and personally arrested you just to clear your suspicion. But the radio station and documents seized by me can't help me to exonerate you at all. Now that it's come to this, I hope that the two of us can have a frank talk and give each other a chance. What do you think, Shopkeeper Xu?"
Xu Zhongyi didn't expect that the person who arrested him would be Nakamura Ichiro. This was completely within his expectations. He didn't even know when he was exposed. He began to think about his past and soon found a clue. He squinted at Nakamura Ichiro and asked in a gloomy tone, "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. Nakamura-kun, you should be the mastermind behind this, right?"
Nakamura Ichiro didn't expect Xu Zhongyi to react so quickly. He replied with a disappointed tone: "Manager Xu, I was just adding fuel to the fire in this matter. I am not the one who decides the outcome. The mess you made this time is really too big, and it also involves our biggest enemy Li Yunlong. I don't want to hide it from you anymore. This matter was ordered by Chief of Staff Ippei Mitsui himself, and I was just playing a supporting role."
"What kind of person I, Nakamura Ichiro, am, you, Shopkeeper Xu, should know very well. All I care about is profit. Whoever can bring me huge benefits, I will spare no effort to protect him. But Shopkeeper Xu has not brought me any benefits for half a year, and he has also obtained a lot of intelligence from me. Your business is booming, and you have made a lot of money, but I have to bear the blame. Do you think our relationship will still be close?"
Xu Zhongyi had long known that Nakamura Ichiro was an ungrateful person, but in the process of obtaining intelligence, he gradually lost his vigilance against him. He did not expect that he would bite back at this time, which made Xu Zhongyi very angry. But anger could not solve the problem. He felt that Nakamura Ichiro was deliberately provoking him, so he forced himself to calm down and began to think about countermeasures.
"Manager Xu, you are almost losing the value of living. I hope you can cooperate honestly and tell me everything you know. Only by making great contributions can you survive. I really don't want people to be interested in you, and I don't want to preside over your interrogation. I will give you one night to think about it carefully, and I will continue the interrogation tomorrow morning. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer by then."
Nakamura Ichiro did not expect Xu Zhongyi to confess on his own initiative. He had already prepared a confession and had also received the secret letter. It was meaningless for Xu Zhongyi to confess or not. His real target was Ma Xiaobo. As long as they could pry open Ma Xiaobo's mouth, they could set a perfect trap and lure Li Yunlong into it!
Yamamoto Ikki began to interrogate Ma Xiaobo in the interrogation room of Anjiaji, and the famous scene in the TV series appeared again. However, Ma Xiaobo was much tougher than Zhu Ziming. After enduring for more than ten minutes, he could no longer bear the pain in his body and was forced to tell the truth.
"Yo! Ma Xiaobo, you are very sensible. Don't try to play any tricks on me. If I find out that what you said is not true, I will really have you skinned alive and let you taste the pain of being cut into pieces with 3600 knives."
Ma Xiaobo originally wanted to fool Yamamoto Ikki and escape from the current predicament first, but Yamamoto Ikki's warning made him shudder. He dared not have any more tricks and said, "I came to Ping'an County this time to open up a secret drug transportation line. I wanted to complete this through Xu Zhongyi, but I didn't expect Xu Zhongyi to have defected to the enemy. I left Ping'an County urgently and sent a distress telegram to Li Yunlong in plain text. If nothing unexpected happens, Li Yunlong should have received it and will soon send a large army to rescue me!"
"When I came here, I brought a handwritten letter from the boss, which has now fallen into your hands. I believe you have already read the contents of the letter, so there is no need for me to say anything more. I have already told you everything I know, and you can kill me or chop me up as you please. Anyway, I have become the dog traitor that I hate the most, and I have no face to continue living!"