Soon, the time came to July 8th, and both Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty were completely sleepless.
One phone call after another, a snowflake of messages, one after another, placed on the desk, the news from all aspects is getting more and more concrete.
Six o'clock in the morning.
"At 4:50 this morning, the Neon Army violently attacked Wanping County. They also occupied the sand hills in the northeast of Wanping. Our defenders could not bear it any longer and fought back. On that day, the enemy troops continued to attack Wanping, but they were all attacked by our defenders. Heroic resistance..."
Looking at the message in his hand, Ma Xiaoguang's hands couldn't help but tremble.
This is the most accurate message so far, it has really begun!
"Damn devil!"
The fat man cursed while clumsily helping Ma Xiaoguang clean up his desk.
"You stay here, stay on the phone and let me know any news at any time. I'll go to Director Dai's place and there will definitely be a meeting."
As Ma Xiaoguang spoke, he picked up his military cap and put it on his head solemnly.
Not five minutes after Ma Xiaoguang left, the office phone rang. It was Wang Puchen, Director Dai's secretary. When he heard that Ma Xiaoguang was already on his way, Wang Puchen hung up the phone without saying much.
"It seems like this is really a big deal!"
The fat man gently put down the phone, sat down next to it, and sighed deeply.
The words were divided into two parts, and it took Ma Xiaoguang less than ten minutes to arrive at the conference room of Hong Gong Temple.
Director Dai's face was as dark as water, he looked at Ma Xiaoguang and said, "Xiran, you are the first!"
"You're driving here with a humble job, and you're facing a national crisis. Don't dare to slack off!"
Ma Xiaoguang replied in a deep voice.
"Well! There will be a meeting soon, just sit there..."
Director Dai responded angrily and pointed to Ma Xiaoguang a seat next to the main seat of the conference table.
Not long after, heads from various departments also arrived.
At half past six, the meeting begins.
Director Dai looked grim and spoke in a low voice, "You all must have received the telegram and heard the broadcast... Now that the war has begun, we will prepare to fight immediately!"
"There are specific strategies, including committees and military committees. Our military personnel should take obedience as their bounden duty. All districts, stations, and groups of the Military Intelligence Department will cancel their vacations immediately and enter a wartime state. All agents must be on duty! Here! Order, death order!”
"All active agents will be distributed weapons and closely monitor all Japanese spy agencies. All peripheral agents will also enter wartime status to ensure the smooth flow of intelligence..."
"Everyone in the armed rangers and special forces is standing by and ready at any time. If there is any slack, shoot and kill! This order is a death order!"
The successive death orders made everyone understand that the situation was extremely serious!
A small number of people who originally resented getting up early for meetings also put their thoughts aside and sat upright.
Ma Xiaoguang sat on the right side of Director Dai, facing Deputy Director Tang Cong. Next to him was Wei Daming, the director of the radio station. However, he saw that the two of them were also taking notes seriously, with solemn expressions.
But for some reason, the two of them covered their noses and frowned from time to time...
"You are all department chiefs. You must set an example, lead by example, and serve the party and the country... If something goes wrong somewhere, don't blame Dai for being ruthless!"
Director Dai said harshly to everyone.
"Yes! I will serve the party and the country with all my strength, and I will go to pieces!"
When everyone heard this, they quickly stood up and shouted.
Director Dai said in a loud voice: "Then why are you still standing there? Go back to work!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone left suddenly...
"By the way, Ma Xiaoguang, please stay here for a while."
Ma Xiaoguang had just cleared away the things on the table and stood up, but was stopped by Director Dai.
"Your prediction has been verified... The war will inevitably start in North China and then in the Southeast. Now the war in Yanjing has begun, and people have already gone there, but there is no room for loss in the Southeast and Shanghai markets!"
"I know you have already made a lot of preparations. I'm afraid the special forces have all gone in batches... I'm afraid you won't feel at ease staying in Jinling. The only thing you can do here is wait for military orders."
"The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the sincere minister! Just go to the Shanghai market!"
When Ma Xiaoguang heard this, he was shocked.
Director Dai continued: "I intend to add some strength to Shanghai... Don't be surprised, Shanghai is not like other places. It will be the intelligence center of the Far East for some time to come!"
"When you go to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, one is to prepare for the war that is about to begin, and the other is to take a frontline position and do some things first."
"In this humble position, I will do my best to repay the trust of my husband. The Japanese invaders will not retreat and will never return home!"
Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoguang immediately stood up and spoke solemnly to Director Dai.
"I know your loyalty. You must pay attention to your strategy when you go...especially with the Shanghai Municipal District. District Mayor Zhou is a veteran."
Director Dai said with rare concern.
"I understand that I will not cause trouble to the Shanghai Municipal Government unless necessary."
"No! Not only do you have to cause trouble for them when necessary, but you also have to turn a blind eye!"
"In the past period, you had many battles with Japanese spies, and you made many gains. This was mainly due to your own courage and strategy. Of course, it was also related to the factions and mountains within the Japanese spies... In fact, this is not the case within our military command, but everything is not related to us. Don’t you have the same mind?”
Director Dai had a complicated mood and said meaningfully.
"I believe that Sir will take everything into consideration. I just need to do my best."
"You Xiran...Okay, the military situation is like a fire. You clean up and go to the Shanghai market. Oh, by the way, you take this with you. If anyone dares to disobey, you can enforce the family law!"
As Director Dai said this, he took out a piece of paper from the folder on the table and handed it to Ma Xiaoguang.
This is a letter of appointment.
It was a letter of appointment appointing Ma Xiaoguang as deputy section chief of the Operations Section of the Military Intelligence Division and leader of the wartime Shanghai Supervision Team.
Why give this to yourself secretly?
Ma Xiaoguang knew in his heart that this was to make several preparations. One was to prevent some senior officials, such as his old boss Xu from the Operations Department and Elder Zhou from the Shanghai City District, from getting upset.
The second is confidentiality. After all, this is intelligence work. This is the basic principle.
The third is to leave a backup for the Shanghai stock market in the future. Later facts proved that this arrangement was extremely appropriate.
After collecting the letter of appointment, I returned to Jige Alley.
"Fat man! Get ready to go!" Ma Xiaoguang ordered loudly.
"I have nothing to prepare for this, but you should prepare..."
The fat man said with rare apprehension.
"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaoguang was a little confused.
"You old man, please take some time to take a shower. After staying in the office for so many days, your body stinks!" the fat man whispered.
Fortunately, Miss Liu is not here, otherwise Commander Ma would have to be cursed again.
When Ma Xiaoguang heard this, he was unusually speechless. He suddenly remembered the strange expressions of Wei Daming, Tang Cong and others during the meeting.
Director Dai has been chatting with me for so long. Why don't you feel anything?
By the way, Director Dai has severe rhinitis and he can't smell...
After taking a look, I saw that there was still time, so I went to the dormitory to take a deep shower, tidied up, and drove off with Fatty to the Shanghai market.
