"Check, the number is 956."
"Record, number 956, Commander Wang's Mansion, address: No. 24 Yinglie Street."
"Check, the number is 1761."
"Record, number 1761, XX Nanhuo Store, address No. 7, Lailong Lane."
"Check, the number is 787."
"Record, there is no record in the yellow pages, please refer to the telephone exchange receipt."
In the large office of the Second Military Command Office, Song Minghao reported the dial records of Xing Hanliang's private public phone while he was away. A group of spies below quickly rummaged through the yellow pages and answered loudly from time to time.
No matter how lazy the Police Department is, it is still a police system and a disciplinary force that enforces police regulations. The agency's unique appearance skills are still in place, and the personnel's attendance records are very complete.
Therefore, it only took less than half a day to lock Xing Hanliang's time trajectory in the past two months, and thousands of call records were quickly reduced to less than 300.
This is undoubtedly good news for the Second Office. By comparing the telephone yellow pages and telephone exchange records, they can quickly find out the owners and addresses of these numbers.
Gu Qi walked around the office with his hands behind his back, listening to the reports of the little spies, occasionally stopping to look down at the record book to ensure that the records were accurate.
He was actually a little unaccustomed to and unfamiliar with military commanders who were becoming more and more professional and focused more and more on technology and writing work.
During the Secret Service period a few years ago, they focused more on action when investigating cases, but now they focus more on analysis and judgment, even in intelligence work against Japan.
If you want to catch the enemy's tail, you need to work hard on the enemy's funding and personnel appointments, and study and judge the enemy's magazines, newspapers and other public information.
These seemingly inconspicuous information often hide crucial clues. Only by effectively integrating countless small clues can we finally piece together a complete puzzle.
On the contrary, Zhongtong's guiding ideology seems to be stuck in the six-door era. It believes that only what can be obtained by breaking into safes can be called intelligence. It overly underestimates the value of open and low-confidence information. No wonder there are few major gains.
Looking at the "gentle and gentle" little spy, Gu Qi even wondered whether the intelligence agency in a few decades would have no operational part and rely entirely on open information collection for intelligence activities.
After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly to drive the messy thoughts out of his head, and continued to supervise the screening work until nightfall.
The lights in the second place were on all night. The next morning, Gu Qi, who had stayed up all night, took Song Minghao to the Shancheng telephone office to review the installation receipt.
On the road.
The car was much slower than usual. It walked for a while and stopped for a while. This made Gucci, who was checking the records in the back row, frown and asked the driver in a deep voice what happened.
"Report, there is a traffic jam on the road, MD, those gangsters have gone somewhere." The driver quickly replied, and cursed the police officers from the Shancheng Police Station.
Congested?
When Gu Qi and Song Minghao heard the sound, they stretched their heads and looked outside. They saw that the narrow cement road was full of mountain people carrying baskets on their backs, donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages, and mountain sedans, blocking the road ahead.
The police officer who was supposed to be managing traffic at the intersection was nowhere to be seen. The roads in the mountain city were complex and chaotic without control. No wonder the driver was cursing.
Looking at the scene outside the car, Gu Qi and Song Minghao glanced at each other quietly, knowing that Lao Bai's place had probably started, and the police officers were "making trouble."
At this moment, a group of police officers in the distance were walking noisily through the streets holding banners and shouting slogans. The contents of the slogans shocked the onlookers.
"The Central President excludes dissidents, while the top police officers sit back and watch!"
"The agents framed the police officers, we want justice!"
"Unjustly accused! The Central Commander-in-Chief abused lynching and surrendered to beatings!"
Heipi, who used to be domineering, bully men and women, and do all kinds of evil, actually wants to seek justice. It is really a rare thing in a century.
The people were shocked and snickered secretly. They were no longer in a hurry. They got out of the way and watched the excitement. How could they miss the dog-eat-dog show.
The muscles on Gu Qi's face twitched slightly, and Bai Wenzhi didn't know how to think of a better slogan. However, the police officer shouted injustice on the street, and now Xu Enzeng should have a headache.
"Reverse the car and take another path."
He was not interested in watching the performance of Lao Bai's men and asked the driver to change the route. They had to find out Xing Hanliang's contact person as soon as possible. This was the top priority.
When the driver heard the order, he gestured to the escort vehicles in front and behind him. The convoy turned around uniformly and drove into a small street.
Half an hour later, the car that made a large circle slowly stopped in the courtyard of the telephone office. Gu Qi and his group aggressively approached the senior executives of the telegraph office and asked them to cooperate.
The top brass of the telephone office had had many dealings with military commanders and knew that it was not a good thing to get too close to these spies. They asked someone to bring them the receipts and their soles were smeared with grease.
Gu Qi was not here to socialize, and he didn't care whether he was accompanied or not. He immediately asked the accompanying little agent to compare the receipts and check the telephone household owners and addresses that were not registered in the Yellow Pages.
At the same time, he and Song Minghao conducted a second check on the identified dialing records and receipts to avoid errors in the Yellow Pages, which would affect the results of the investigation.
The little spies were very agile and quickly found the remaining numbers among the many orders, and quickly took pictures and recorded them.
After completing the work in this area, Gu Qi asked people to disrupt all the orders to avoid leaking the details of the investigation, and then led people into the wiring room.
It was the peak call period at this time, and the police officers were "making trouble". The operators were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink water.
The person in charge of the wiring room saw Gu Qi and others coming in. He was just about to curse when he saw the ID with the words "Military Command Bureau" printed on it. He immediately became polite and politely asked Gu Qi and others about the purpose of their visit.
Gu Qi didn't waste any time and asked the other party to arrange a quiet office, a connected switchboard and the best operator.
Any communication or industrial facility is designed with redundancy in order to maintain operation in extreme environments, and telephone exchanges are no exception, so the person in charge agreed immediately without hesitation.
It didn't take long for the equipment and room to be ready. A frightened operator sat on the stool, at a loss as to what to do.
For ordinary people, Gu Qi did not threaten or intimidate him. He took out a thick record and handed it to the operator, and patiently stated his request.
"Call all the numbers above and ask for the name and address of the householder. The reason is that you are using your telephone company to verify the information.
Don't be nervous, just work like Pingshi. Don't worry, if this thing is done well, we will let the telephone company reward you. Let's get started. "
Gu Qi understood the operator's worries and comforted him with a few words of comfort. He also used inducements to reduce the other party's resistance and minimize the chance of making mistakes.
Realizing that the agent's tone was gentle, the operator relaxed a little, glanced at the records on the table, took a deep breath and started working.
Since the first number was outside the jurisdiction of the manual switchboard in front of him, he connected a plug to the AC circuit, used the microphone to inform another operator of the phone number, and made a relay call.
Ten seconds later, a voice appeared on the phone, asking for the identity of the caller. The operator followed Gu Qi's instructions and asked for the head of the household and address.
I heard that it was the telephone company who came to check, but the other party didn't care and answered all the questions happily. What they said was no different from the receipt.
Gu Qi, who was wearing headphones next to him, nodded to Song Minghao. Song Minghao drew a checkmark in front of the number with a pen, and the verification of a piece of information was completed.
The second number happened to be within the jurisdiction of the switch. The operator skillfully established the link, pressed the ring switch of the number, and successfully made contact.
In this way, the numbers were connected one by one. During this period, there were some information errors and some no one answered. Song Minghao made detailed notes on them.
Time passed by, and a little spy went out to buy some food. The people and the operator had a casual meal in the room, checking the phone numbers all the time.
When the clock on the wall reached 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the operator, who had completely relaxed, answered a call again. He was about to speak but was stopped by Gucci's hand.
When most people receive a call, they will take the initiative to ask who is calling or say hello. The previous call is an example, but this call is different. The other party said nothing after the call was connected.
After listening for a while while covering his earphones, Gu Qi seemed to hear someone breathing softly. He thought for a moment and signaled the operator to speak. The operator cheered up and revealed his identity. The person on the other end did not speak and hung up the phone directly.
The electric current in the microphone buzzed, and the operator, fearing that the agents would be angry, quickly shook his head at Gu Qi, saying that it was not his fault.
Gu Qi had no time to pay attention to the operator's mood. He looked at the string of numbers and addresses on the record and fell into deep thought, then called Song Minghao to the door.
The two found a secluded spot, each took out a cigarette, lit it, and discussed the phone call just now in a low voice.
"Old Song, what do you think about this?"
"Director, there is something strange. Do you want to send someone to check it out? Anyway, we have an address here."
"I'm afraid this is a trap. Once our people leave, the other party will know that they have been exposed."
"What should we do?"
Facing Song Minghao's question, Gucci took two puffs of cigarette. Under the stimulation of nicotine, his brain that had become dull due to staying up late regained its sharpness, helping him make up his mind.
"Ignore it for now and continue checking the remaining numbers to see how many big fish there are in this pond." After saying that, he put out the cigarette butt with his hand.
Under the current circumstances, it is easy to alert the snake by acting rashly. If the suspicious person who is in contact with Xing Hanliang is alerted, it will be difficult to continue the investigation.
However, he couldn't do nothing. While Gu Qi continued to monitor the phone calls, he asked Song Minghao to get the car away and clear their tracks.
In particular, the staff at the telephone exchange must be warned not to disclose today's events to others at will to prevent the other party from conducting counter-investigations.
At the same time, for confidentiality reasons, he also sent reliable personnel back to the headquarters to report the matter to Zuo Zhong.
When the moon rose in the night sky again, Gu Qi and others left the telephone office among the crowd after get off work, and then quickly dispersed and walked in all directions.
In the hotel opposite the telephone exchange, a guest sitting by the window was drinking and observing the activities outside with his peripheral vision.
It wasn't until most of the staff had left that the mysterious man dropped his meal money, put on his hat and calmly walked out of the hotel, and quickly disappeared.
(End of chapter)
