Upon hearing Gu Zhengqi's report, even the most shrewd bureau chief couldn't help but burst out cursing: "Is he crazy? Isn't he afraid of death? If he's not afraid of death, he should go to the front lines! Why are these people's brains so different from everyone else's?"
Bian Ze, who was standing nearby, explained, "We asked his family. His wife said that Yi Dong came from a wealthy family and had been kidnapped before. He was locked in a small, dark room for three days and three nights. Since then, he has been particularly afraid of small, dark places. The environment inside an air-raid shelter is just like that. So no matter how his family tried to persuade him, he refused to go into the air-raid shelter and just stayed in the house to endure it. This time, he finally couldn't escape it!"
So that's the reason. The director said angrily, "Why didn't you report this situation sooner? Yi Dong was the leader of the entire decryption team. I don't need to tell you how important he was. But now he's dead. You all know how great the loss was. The entire decryption work will come to a standstill. The Battle of Changsha is about to begin. I just assigned them the task of decrypting the Japanese military codes, but now... sigh!"
Japanese radio codes are generally divided into two types: military codes and military codes. Military codes are only used in combat and are changed frequently. Military codes have a very high level of security and confidentiality, and have their own unique encryption formulas, making them extremely difficult to decipher. To date, the Military Intelligence Bureau has not deciphered a single Japanese military telegram.
Another type of telegram code is used by diplomatic or intelligence agencies. This type of code has the widest range of applications and is the most frequently used. Its security level is one level lower than that of military codes. Several telegrams cracked by the Military Intelligence Bureau so far belong to this type of code.
The previous successes in deciphering codes gave the Director full confidence, and he couldn't wait to order the deciphering team to start deciphering Japanese military codes. However, just after assigning the task to Yi Dong, before he could put it into action, Yi Dong died a violent death.
However, this task was only for Yi Dong. Only his genius-level brain could possibly complete this extremely difficult task. The other experts were only assisting Yi Dong and were not capable of working independently. It can be said that with Yi Dong's death, the entire decryption team lost its backbone and could hardly work as efficiently as before.
Bian Ze stepped forward and said again, "Chief, we've discovered some unusual circumstances. We feel that Yi Dong's death isn't as simple as it seems."
Upon hearing this, the bureau chief's eyes widened, and he stared intently at Bian Ze, asking, "What, are you saying there's more to Yi Dong's death than meets the eye?"
Bian Ze turned to look at Gu Zhengqi, who quickly said, "Yu Cheng found something at the scene, and something seems off."
"Yu Cheng? Where is he now?"
"It's right outside."
"Let him in!"
Soon, Yu Cheng, the head of the intelligence section of the Second Intelligence Division, strode in, holding a wad of red cloth in his hand.
"Director!" Yu Cheng stood up straight and called out loudly.
The bureau chief pointed to the red cloth in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "What are you holding in your hand?"
Yu Cheng handed the red cloth in his hand to the bureau chief. After the bureau chief unfolded it, he found that it was a bright red, long strip of cloth.
The director was an extremely experienced veteran spy. With his sharp eyes, he quickly realized what was going on after just a couple of glances and asked urgently, "Is this used to mark specific targets during bombing?"
Yu Cheng nodded and said, "Your Excellency is wise. We think so too. We collected six tattered red strips like these near the ruins of this compound. We believe that someone must have placed red markers in or near the compound when the air raid sirens sounded and everyone took shelter in the air raid shelters to guide the Japanese bombers. In fact, this residential area was indeed subjected to concentrated bombing by Japanese bombers. This compound and several adjacent buildings were all razed to the ground. The bombing density was far higher than in other bombing areas, which is very abnormal."
"It really wasn't a coincidence!" The bureau chief threw the red cloth strip in his hand aside and slammed his hand on the table.
"Someone is directing the Japanese to a target, deliberately trying to kill Yi Dong. This is a targeted assassination!"
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