Chapter 24: Master of Eavesdropping
Xiang Chu smiled slightly, closed his eyes, picked up the pencil, and concentrated his mind.
He was born next to a radio station and fell asleep listening to the radio since he was a child. Even the slightest sound could not escape his ears.
His mother is a telecommunications expert. She taught him radio knowledge step by step, and his maintenance and monitoring skills are far superior to others.
Xiang Chu captured a strong telecommunications signal and hurriedly turned the knob to lock the other party's radio frequency.
He took up a pencil and wrote down the frequency, then wrote the Morse code on telegraph paper at a very fast speed, filling up a whole page.
Then adjust the rotary knob according to the signal strength, lock the radio frequency again, and quickly record it on the telegram paper.
Ma Chunfang and the telegraph staff around him were shocked by his skilled movements. Ma Chunfang picked up the telegraph paper filled with Morse code and handed it to the female officer, saying:
"Xie Lan! Hurry up and translate it using the code book we seized from Japanese spies."
"Yes!"
The female non-commissioned officer named Xie Lan obeyed the order in a trembling voice.
Soon, she handed the telegram to Ma Chunfang and said excitedly:
"Section Chief! This is information sent to the Special High Section by a Japanese spy lurking in Nanjing."
Ma Chunfang exclaimed: "What?! The Japanese spy 'Hidden Wolf' team is going to bomb Shaojia Bridge on the main traffic route tonight? Quickly translate the other telegram."
Xiang Chu had just finished recording and hurriedly handed the telegram to Xie Lan.
At this time, Ning Caiwei walked into the telecommunications room and saw that the scene was extremely busy. She was surprised and said:
"what happens?"
Ma Chunfang put his arm around her shoulders and said affectionately:
"Caiwei! You found a treasure."
Ning Caiwei asked blankly, "What treasure should I pick up?"
Xiang Chu took off his headphones and said with a smile:
"Okay! The other party has finished sending it. I should leave now."
"You can't go!"
Ma Chunfang grabbed him and said happily,
"Handsome man! Help us listen again and see if we can intercept the enemy spy telegram."
Xie Lan suddenly shouted, "Chief! Chief! This telegram is from the Japanese spy team "Night Wolf" and "Mad Wolf" who are planning to launch a desperate attack on the chairman's residence."
Ma Chunfang snatched the telegram, not caring about Xiang Chu, and staggered out the door.
"Great! Thank you handsome man! Our Telecommunications Department has done a great job, and we will give out gold bars!"
The three female telecom operators cheered and rushed towards Xiang Chu, holding him in the middle and jumping wildly.
Ning Caiwei then realized that Xiang Chu had just intercepted important Japanese spy intelligence.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is my male junior fellow apprentice."
Ning Caiwei became jealous and pulled these three colleagues away from Xiang Chu.
"Sister Caiwei, it's your boyfriend, right?"
A short female lieutenant said deliberately.
"You are talking nonsense! You are asking for a fight."
Ning Caiwei pretended to hit the female second lieutenant.
The two of them had a quarrel in the cramped telecommunications room.
"It's none of my business! I'm leaving."
Xiang Chu picked up his backpack and rushed out of the telecommunications room.
Ning Caiwei hurriedly chased out the door and praised:
"I didn't expect you to be capable of this."
Xiang Chu said anxiously: "Oh, right! Come to the archives room, I'll tell you something."
Ning Caiwei said shyly, "What can't be said here? There are so many people watching."
Indeed, Xie Lan and three other telecommunications staff members were standing at the door, looking at him with smiles on their faces.
"Fairies, please do me a favor and let me introduce a girl to your Lieutenant Ning."
Xiang Chu said with a smile, pushing them into the door and closing it.
Ning Caiwei's face immediately turned red. She walked to the window and looked down. The members of the Operations and Intelligence Division were running out of the building frantically to gather. She said anxiously:
"Say it quickly!"
Xiang Chu whispered, "I just found a photo of Long Qiwu, deputy captain of the third team of the third group of the Operations Department, in the safe in the archives room. He turned out to be the owner of the 'Thyme' cafe that we saw at noon."
"what?!"
Ning Caiwei's voice was trembling.
Xiang Chu continued, "I heard from Liu Zhengxiong that Long Qiwu disappeared from the department two years ago. I think he was probably on a secret mission."
Xiang Chu finished speaking, staring into her beautiful big eyes.
Ning Caiwei whispered, "I didn't feel like he was a good person today, so I didn't look closely. Let me see his photo so I can take precautions."
"I'll get it!"
Xiang Chu turned and walked towards the archives room.
"Together!"
Ning Caiwei also followed.
Xiang Chu entered the archive room and immediately went into the information room to open the safe, took out the information with Long Qiwu's photo, and handed it to Ning Caiwei.
Ning Caiwei took a look at Long Qiwu's photo and said in surprise:
"How did this person become the owner of the Thyme Cafe?"
Xiang Chu said without hesitation: "According to my guess, he used his identity to arrest the original owner as a member of the Red Party underground party, and then occupied this cafe."
"It's possible. I'm going back. Let's go together after get off work."
Ning Caiwei nodded, gave some instructions and walked out of the archive room.
Xiang Chu put Long Qiwu's information back into the safe, returned to the office, walked out the door with the cup in his hand, and looked out the window at the action team members who were urgently gathering on the playground.
At this time, the director is in the office.
Dai Nong was still walking around with two telegram papers, reading them again and again, reluctant to put them down.
Ning Changde and Ma Chunfang looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not say anything.
After a while, Dai Nong handed two telegrams to Ning Changde and said meaningfully:
"Changde! You have a keen eye for talent. You selected a genius from the Whampoa Military Academy for the Intelligence Department, a master of eavesdropping."
Ning Changde said modestly, "You are too kind, Director! I just heard that Xiang Chu ranked first among the graduating students, so I brought him here to reserve talents for our department."
Dai Nong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be modest. In just a few days, I have seen so many bright spots in Xiang Chu. I believe he can bring us more surprises."
Ma Chunfang couldn't help but say, "Director! Can Xiang Chu be transferred to our telecommunications department?"
"You are the third section chief to request Xiang Chu, following the Interrogation Section and the Operations Section."
Dai Nong smiled bitterly, thought about it, and waved his hand.
"I have discussed this with Changde. We think such versatile talents should be placed in the Operations Department. Besides, it is not very convenient to place a handsome man in your place. Haha!"
"Yes! It's not very convenient. Haha!"
Ning Changde also laughed along.
Ma Chunfang immediately understood that these two old foxes must be afraid that Xiang Chu would get involved in Ning Caiwei.