binnovel Chapter 772 Decided to do it
Chapter 772 Decided to do it
After hanging up the phone, Lao Cui immediately walked through the teahouse lobby and came to the backyard. After entering a room, he opened a secret door.
"Boss!" Mr. Cai, the accountant, was guarding the radio at this time. He immediately greeted Lao Cui when he saw him come in.
Lao Cui didn't hesitate and said immediately, "My good friend has found out the exact time and train number of the train. Send a message to the boss immediately. Tomorrow morning at 9:00 am, freight train K1885!"
"Yes, shopkeeper!"
Mr. Cai quickly sent the time and freight train number to the base by telegram.
After sending the telegram, the two of them smoked and waited in the secret room.
After a full 15 minutes, the radio station finally responded.
Mr. Cai immediately threw away his cigarette butt, put on his headphones, picked up a pen and started recording the telegram. After receiving the radio signal, he handed the recorded paper to Lao Cui.
Lao Cui took the telegram paper to another room and took out a code book from his pocket to decipher it.
The message was quickly deciphered. He put away the code book and walked out of the room with the deciphered message.
"Boss, what does the boss say?" Mr. Cai quickly stood up and asked.
Lao Cui said, "The boss has decided to launch a rescue operation. We are mainly responsible for underground intelligence work, and our combat power is limited. We will not participate this time. The base will organize and mobilize troops to ambush the train along the route it must take!"
Mr. Cai frowned and said, "The areas along the train route are all controlled by the Japanese. Can our troops get through the Japanese blockade?"
Lao Cui shook his head and said, "It's definitely not possible to send a large force. I guess the superiors should send a small, capable team to cross the blockade and reach the designated ambush location, or directly let the guerrillas take action. If the guerrillas are too weak, there is a whole squad of Japanese devils on the train!"
Mr. Cai shook his head and said, "Boss, we can't help here by guessing. We can only rely on our superiors for this matter!"
Lao Cui was stunned when he heard this, then laughed at himself, "That's true. We should focus on intelligence work. Fighting is not our forte!"
2pm, Suzhou River.
Li Sixian, the intelligence chief of the Blue Shirts Society's Songhu Station, lay on the guardrail and watched the river ripple in the breeze. The cigarette between his fingers was about to burn out, and he immediately threw away the butt.
At this time, a man in a suit walked up to him and said, "I have the information you asked for, but this time I want 200 Japanese yen!"
Li Sixian frowned upon hearing this: "Your price is too high! I can buy four pieces of intelligence of this level for 200 yuan!"
The man in the suit said, "You're asking for it so hastily. Do you know how much risk I took to get this information? Do you want 200 yuan?"
Li Sixian didn't expect that Xiao Lin Zhixian had such a big appetite. The last time the two of them traded information, he only offered 50 yuan, but this time Xiao Lin Zhixian actually raised the price to 4 times.
But he had to get this information, after all, it was related to the life and death of nearly 300 brothers, and the station chief Liu Wanxiong was waiting for him to take the information back.
He gritted his teeth and took out a roll of bills from his pocket and handed it over: "Here, I only have 100 with me now, I'll give you the rest next time."
This price was directly cut in half, which was far from what he expected. Xiao Lin Zhixian was very unhappy, "I said 200 yuan, 100 yuan won't do, it's too little!"
Li Sixian was furious and helpless. "I didn't say 200 yuan is not possible, but I only have 100 yuan now. I will make up the difference next time we trade, unless you don't trade with me anymore. Even if you ask me to take 200 yuan now, I can't do it!"
Seeing this, Xiao Lin Zhixian had no choice. This information would be worthless after today. He could only take the money and then took out a roll of paper from his pocket and handed it to Li Sixian.
After the transaction was completed, the two quickly separated and left.
After obtaining the intelligence, Li Sixian quickly rushed back to the Blue Shirts Society's secret base at Songhu Station.
"Stationmaster, we got the information. It cost us 200 Japanese yen, four times as much as before. Damn!"
Liu Wanxiong didn't care how much money was spent. He immediately asked, "Stop talking nonsense. What's the specific time, number of troops, and train for the Japanese escort?"
Li Sixian immediately took out the note with the information and handed it over, saying, "The person in charge of the escort is the Japanese squad leader Kimura. He has a squad of about 66 soldiers and is using the K1885 train. They will depart from the freight area of the train station tomorrow morning!"
Liu Wanxiong quickly read the intelligence content. With a puzzled look on his face, he asked, "Could this be another trap?"
"Uh... no way. If it's a trap, it wouldn't be easy to set it on the train. If we take action, how would the Japanese know how and where we will act?" Li Sixian said after a moment of hesitation.
Liu Wanxiong thought for a moment and said, "That's true. The train takes a whole day to get from here to Jin City. There are so many places to set up ambushes along the way. I just find it a bit strange why the Japanese sent so many prisoners to Jin City. What on earth are they planning to do?"
Li Sixian shook his head and said, "Don't say we don't know about this. I'm afraid that even Special High Section Chief Sakata Tadayoshi and Military Police Commander Sato don't know. If we want accurate information, we have to have someone undercover in the Japanese Expeditionary Force Headquarters to find out the reason!"
Liu Wanxiong thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he immediately asked the communications department to report the situation to the headquarters.
An hour later, the Communications Department finally received a call back from headquarters.
"Stationmaster, what instructions do you have from the higher-ups?" Li Sixian asked.
Liu Wanxiong held up the telegram and said, "The higher-ups said we should save them if we can, but if we can't, we should give up. The priority is to preserve our own strength!"
Li Sixian opened his mouth. He had actually guessed what the telegram meant a long time ago. However, when he saw the content of the telegram with his own eyes, he was still very disappointed.
"Stationmaster, then... what are your thoughts? Should we rescue them? If we do, the risk this time will be very high, even higher than last time. After all, the Japanese have only a small squadron, and we don't have heavy weapons, so suppressing them with firepower will be difficult!"
"The key is that the Japanese have nearly 300 prisoners. These prisoners are likely to become human shields in the hands of the Japanese at a critical moment, and they can use them to threaten and attack us."
Liu Wanxiong dropped the telegram, turned around, took a map and spread it on the table, pointed at the location of the train station, and then moved along the railway line.
"Here, the railway passes through a valley, and the hillsides are covered with lush vegetation, making it ideal for an ambush. All we need to do is blow up the railway ahead when we reach this section, and the train will be forced to stop..."
"When the battle begins, send someone down secretly to open the door of the carriage holding the prisoners and let them go..."