Chapter 9 Stepping on Thunder
At five o'clock in the morning, Xiang Chu returned to the Military Intelligence Department alone.
The gatekeeper was a young soldier, who asked doubtfully:
"Sir! Why did you come back alone?"
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Damn it! I had a stomachache and went to the toilet halfway through the journey, but Captain Liu asked me to come back first."
The soldiers thought that his accent sounded like that of someone else, and that since he was an officer and a native of Xikou, he would definitely be able to rise to prominence.
He took out a pen and a register, nodded and smiled:
"Sir! Could you please sign? I will be held responsible if I miss anyone."
"Row!"
It was not difficult for Xiang Chu to sign his name for him.
After returning to the dormitory, he fell into sleep.
When he woke up, it was already ten o'clock in the morning and the room was full of sunlight.
"It's over! I'm late."
He hurriedly washed, dressed, went out as quickly as possible, and headed straight for the office building.
When he ran to the gate, he met Ning Caiwei who was also hurriedly walking in. He smiled and said:
"Senior Sister Ning! Are you late too?"
"Who's late? I'm from the Intelligence Department."
Ning Caiwei rolled her eyes at him and reminded him,
"Hey! Your shoes are too dirty."
“Is it dirty?!”
Xiang Chu looked down at his leather shoes and saw that there was indeed a lot of mud on the sides.
But I was wearing shoe covers when I was moving last night, so there were no traces left.
He squatted down, patted it, and said with a smile:
"Join the action in the early morning."
Ning Caiwei smiled and said, "Really? Those who participated in the operation in the early morning will rest in the morning."
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Thank you! But I don't need to rest."
"you're so dumb!"
Ning Caiwei shook her head and walked slowly into the gate.
Xiang Chu looked at her graceful figure and suddenly felt moved.
"Master said that beautiful women are the root of trouble! We must never have any thoughts about them."
Xiang Chu remembered his master's teachings and quickly gave up his unreasonable thoughts.
He walked into the archives room and saw Li Maocai standing by the window smoking. He smiled and said:
"Director! I joined the operation at 4 a.m. and overslept this morning."
After saying this, he picked up the thermos and was about to go out.
Li Maocai waved his hand and said, "It's okay! I just arrived not long ago. By the way! From now on, if you participate in an operation at night, just rest at home. Our archives room is not busy."
After that, he pointed to the folder on the table and said:
"Don't go get some water yet. Show this document to the director for his review. Remember to ask him to sign it. This document needs to be kept."
"Yes!"
Xiang Chu hurriedly put down the thermos, picked up the folder and left the archive room.
But he soon came back, took out the new leather shoes he had just received from under the closet, put them on, and wiped the old shoes clean with a cloth.
He combed his hair in front of the mirror and tidied his appearance, looking very energetic. Then he picked up the folder and walked out of the archive room with satisfaction.
Li Maocai squinted his eyes, watched his actions while smoking, and did not express any opinion.
Xiang Chu turned around the corridor and saw that there was no one around, so he hurriedly opened the folder.
This document came from the Ministry of Military Affairs and was copied to the Chairman and other higher-ups, reporting the damage done by Japanese spies in Nanjing last night.
That is: several high-ranking officials who were attending a small gathering were assassinated, a small ammunition depot was detonated, a bridge was blown up, and hundreds of people were killed and injured, including people from the Military Intelligence Department, but no Japanese spy was captured.
The document finally severely criticized the Military Intelligence Department for its ineffective actions and ordered the director to make a self-criticism at the meeting of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.
Xiang Chu quickly closed the folder, inwardly calling Li Maocai an old fox, waiting for him to "step on a landmine" all morning. Only then did he remember the meaning of Ning Caiwei's three words "You are stupid".
He walked to the door of the director's office on the third floor, knocked on the door and shouted "report".
After waiting for 5 seconds with no response, he was about to knock again when the office door suddenly opened.
Facing him was Dai Nong's face, which was intimidating without being angry, gloomy and cunning, staring at Xiang Chu.
Xiang Chu hurriedly took the initiative, holding the document and deliberately said nervously:
"Director! Please read and sign this document from the Ministry of Military Affairs."
"Okay! Come in."
Dai Nong turned and walked to his desk, sat in his office chair, and examined Xiang Chu's actions.
Xiang Chu turned around and closed the door gently, then took a few steps forward and handed the folder to Dai Nong with both hands. Seeing that he was indifferent, he simply put it in front of him.
At such a close distance, he thought he could kill Dai Nong with one blow.
Of course, he would never do that.
Dai Nong stared into his eyes, and after a while he said coldly:
"Xiang Chu! Have you read the files in this folder first?"
"Reporting to the Director, how dare I?"
Xiang Chu lied with his eyes open without any nervousness.
However, Li Mao was able to let him send the documents, so he was sure that he could read them.
"Ok!"
Dai Nong nodded with a hint of satisfaction.
He opened the folder, picked up the document and looked at it. His face suddenly changed and his hands were shaking.
He was highly appreciated by the Chairman and was used to being praised, so he never thought that he would have to make a self-criticism in person in front of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.
"Let me make a self-criticism and retaliate! Hateful! Shameful! A bunch of good-for-nothings! So far, not a single Japanese spy has been caught."
Dai Nong roared loudly, threw the documents and folders on the table, and then threw them on the ground out of satisfaction.
Xiang Chu picked up the documents and folders and placed them neatly on the edge of the desk. Then he picked up the thermos, filled his teacup with boiling water, held it in front of him, and carefully comforted him:
"Virgo! Victory and defeat are common in the military, and we might catch a lot of them one day. Besides, if things go wrong in the east, they will come out in the west. If it's hard to catch them in Nanjing, then let's increase our efforts in Shanghai and Beijing at the same time."
As everyone knows, the Japanese spies in those two places are about to walk around the streets openly, so catching a few of them will not be a problem.
Dai Nong looked at Xiang Chu, his eyes suddenly lit up, he took the teacup and nodded:
"Immediately notify all officers above the level of team leader to come to the conference room for a meeting."
Xiang Chu hesitated for a moment, but still said weakly:
"Director! If it's just a small matter on this document, the fewer people who know about it, the better."
Dai Nong was stunned, and looked at Xiang Chu even more intently, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense.
He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and ordered:
"Notify Deputy Director Ning, the heads and deputy heads of the Intelligence and Operations departments to come to the meeting."
"Yes!"
Xiang Chu hurriedly accepted the order and turned to leave the office.
However, he began to wonder why Dai Nong didn't ask his secretary Ren Jie to inform him.