He quickly turned to Ning Zhiheng and said, "Team leader, it's that cigarette box, it must be that cigarette box!"
Ning Zhiheng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but laugh. He turned to everyone and said, "See? Good things come to those who wait. This net has finally caught some fish!"
He then praised Sun Jiacheng, saying, "Old Sun, your skills are getting better and better, and you've trained your men quite well too."
He then said to the team member, "Nian Zhe, if we find the real carrier pigeon, I'll credit you for it. Quickly lead the way for us!"
Nian Zhe, one of the action team members, was brought over by Ning Zhiheng from the Nanjing headquarters. Ning Zhiheng always remembered his subordinates' names very clearly and would often call them by their first names when assigning tasks, which made his subordinates feel valued.
"Thank you for your guidance, Team Leader!" Nian Zhe was overjoyed to hear Ning Zhiheng's words. He knew that Ning Zhiheng especially liked to promote his confidants from the grassroots. The three captains in his action team, Sun Jiacheng and the Zuo brothers, were all promoted by the team leader from the bottom. If he could gain the team leader's favor, his future would be very promising.
Ning Zhiheng then ordered Sun Jiacheng, "Immediately strengthen the surveillance of Bai Xiangqi. You go and keep watch on him personally. Once I make a breakthrough, you immediately arrest him. Remember, you must arrest him alive. I have to report to the commander. Don't kill him."
"Don't worry, I'll do it myself, there won't be any problems," Sun Jiacheng patted his chest and solemnly assured him.
Ning Zhiheng, accompanied by several officers and elite team members, followed Nian Zhe at a brisk pace and arrived at a place not far from the house Nian Zhe had mentioned.
Nian Zhe pointed to the dimly lit room and said in a low voice, "It's one or two rooms. I saw him open the door with his key. This must be his private room, which is why I dared to leave to report the news."
Ning Zhiheng nodded. Nian Zhe was clear-headed. He was certain that this room was for tracking the target. Even if he left temporarily, he wasn't afraid that the target would get out of sight. After all, the target could run away but not the temple. Based on this room, he would be able to find him sooner or later.
While they were eyeing their target with predatory intent, preparing to strike, Wu Anhe inside the house was completely unaware of it.
This building is a storage room for the logistics department. Because it is located in a remote corner of the command post, no one ever comes here. Usually, only Wu Anhe enters it, and only he has the key, so it is very safe to send messages from here.
On the table in front of Wu Anhe was a crumpled Hademen cigarette box. He unfolded a similarly wrinkled piece of white paper, picked up the encrypted codebook in his hand, and was translating it word by word.
The intelligence recorded on the blank paper contained a great deal of information. It detailed the deployment of the main forces on the right flank of the Chinese battlefield. There was so much information involved that it had to be translated into code word by word, checked, and then sent out. In order to ensure that it was received correctly, it had to be sent out twice. This was no small undertaking.
Wu Anhe was a veteran spy who infiltrated China many years ago. After years of hard work, he finally managed to infiltrate a major Chinese division and obtained a position in the logistics department.
However, he was unable to enter the upper echelons of the military and access classified military intelligence. So he carefully selected and finally set his sights on Bai Xiangqi, the operations staff officer of the General Staff Department. He spent a great deal of time and effort, using both soft and hard tactics, and finally succeeded in turning this important figure against his will.
As it turned out, all the previous efforts were worthwhile. Important intelligence from the military, such as the unit numbers, personnel, configurations, military equipment, deployment locations, and various military activities of the Chinese Right Wing Army, was continuously passed to him, which made the Japanese intelligence headquarters very satisfied with his work.
Now that Wu Anhe had finally completed all the preparations, he glanced at the time. It was almost time to communicate with headquarters. He quickly picked up the coded message and hurried to a large wooden box in the room, a box specifically used by the logistics department to transport supplies.
He used a key to unlock the padlock of the large box, lifted the lid, removed the clutter on top, and then carefully took out a sophisticated military radio.
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