Seeing He Xinyuan's serious look, Ma Xiaoguang quickly stood up and returned the salute.
"Chief He doesn't have to be like this. It is our duty as soldiers to fight against the Japanese invaders."
Ma Xiaoguang said to He Xinyuan calmly.
After that, Ma Xiaoguang picked up the phone on the table, shook it, connected to the switchboard, and asked for an outside call.
"Charlie, there is some cargo transport business here... Yes, from the Ninth Army. Someone will contact you when you come down."
Ma Xiaoguang dialed Charlie Cao's home phone number and directly assigned him the task of assisting with logistics and transportation.
Putting down the phone, Ma Xiaoguang turned to He Xinyuan and said: "This Mr. Cao will help Section Chief He contact gangs, societies and companies. Section Chief He will make arrangements for you."
Seeing Ma Xiaoguang's operation, He Xinyuan was a little convinced, nodded, and turned to call the military supplies staff to plan a new transportation plan...
Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty did not continue to stay in the transportation department, but turned around and went to the automobile repair shop.
"Master, has this suspicion been eliminated?"
On the way to the car repair shop, Fatty asked quietly with some uncertainty.
Ma Xiaoguang said to the fat man: "It's hard to say for the time being, but judging from his behavior and the trajectory of his actions that day, the possibility is not very high."
"Then we still help him?"
"It's not about helping him. I won't say it anymore. Everyone is responsible for expelling the Japanese invaders. Besides, we dispersed the transportation and were redeployed by Lao Cao a second time. The problem of sabotage by Japanese spies should not be big. Even if there are losses, they can be controlled. .”
"It looks like this Lao He doesn't look like a spy..."
The two of them talked quietly and used flashlights to arrive at the car repair shop in the dark.
However, after asking the director of the maintenance station, he found that Wang Daan had been ordered to the forward military station to assist in repairing vehicles and ordnance, and he was not in the maintenance station.
Instead of accepting the suggestion from the person in charge of the maintenance center to find someone the next day, Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty drove directly to the forward military station in Zhabei.
Worried about being attacked by enemies on the road, the two drove in the dark without turning on the lights.
The journey that usually takes more than half an hour took an hour and a half to drive.
Zhabei was already the front line at this time, and the sky was flashing with fire from time to time. Although the sound of explosions and gunshots were smaller than during the day, they still came and went, reminding people that this was now a battlefield.
Inside a busy military depot.
"It's really hard work for the two senior counselors. They braved the hail of bullets to come to my small military station. It's really the capital of the country!"
Zhao Xiao, the person in charge of the military station, couldn't help but sigh.
Zhao Xiao wears the rank of major, has starry eyebrows and sword-like eyes, and has a heroic look on his face.
Ma Xiaoguang heard this and said quickly: "Stationmaster Zhao is not afraid of danger and works hard. This is a role model for our generation."
"What did Ma Gaosen say? It is our duty as revolutionary soldiers to expel the Japanese invaders!"
Zhao Xiao waved his hand and spoke righteously to the two of them.
"Yes, Station Master Zhao is right!"
The fat man quickly took over Zhao Xiao's words, nodded repeatedly and said.
"You can feel free to do whatever you need to know or look up. I have already notified everyone at the military station that the war situation is raging... I still have some matters to deal with, so I won't accompany you."
Zhao Xiao said to the two of them, and then left after giving an explanation to the orderly Liu Zhu.
"Brother, your stationmaster Zhao is very busy?"
Ma Xiaoguang handed over a cigarette and asked Liu Zhu, the orderly, casually.
"No, our station chief is very hard-working. He is the first to do everything. The most rare thing is that he never eats too much and takes too much... He is different from other officers..."
When Liu Zhu talked about Zhao Xiaoju, he had a look of admiration on his face, as if he regarded the webmaster Zhao as his idol in life.
After chatting with Liu Zhu for a while, Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty left the stationmaster's office and went to the ordnance maintenance point of the military station to find Wang Da'an.
"What's wrong? How can I repair the engine if I don't even have a torque wrench..."
As soon as I arrived at the maintenance point, I saw a maintenance technician covered in oil in the work shed, smoking a cigarette, sitting with several mechanics and complaining loudly.
"Everyone, we are looking for Wang Da'an."
This time it was Ma Xiaoguang who spoke out again. As he spoke, he took out his Hardman and handed it around to everyone.
For smokers, smoking is the best way to say hello.
"I just...what do you want?"
The one who was talking loudly just now stood up and looked at the two of them warily.
The fat man took a step forward and said, "We are from the Joint Logistics Department. We are here to collect information on the battle. We have some questions about vehicles..."
Upon hearing this, the technicians all left the work shed very knowingly, leaving only Ma Xiaoguang and three others.
Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Ma Xiaoguang asked, "Looking at the accent, is Brother Wang from the South?"
Wang Da'an replied angrily: "My ancestral home is Guangdong Province. I came back from Nanyang. I was drafted into the National Army the year before last... Are you here to collect battle information or to check household registration? Or do you suspect that I am a Neon agent?"
One sentence unceremoniously made it clear what the two of them were here for. Even though Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty were both very thick-skinned old fritters, they both couldn't keep it on their faces.
Ma Xiaoguang coughed dryly and said, "Ahem, it's a routine inquiry... this is wartime."
"Do you still know that it's wartime? You don't do anything serious all the time, and you just do some messy things...either to catch the red party members or to catch the moles!"
"What's the result? More and more moles are caught. Is there any mistake..."
Wang Da'an couldn't hold back as soon as he started talking, and he started to complain.
Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty definitely couldn't leave. They could only listen and let Wang Da'an do what he wanted.
After smoking a cigarette, Wang Daan stopped complaining and said to the two of them: "I know you are here to investigate the bombing of three trucks yesterday. If you want to ask, just ask..."
Ma Xiaoguang heard this and asked, "Did Brother Wang have any contact with the outside world before the incident happened?"
Wang Da'an said with some annoyance: "Youmu made a mistake, there is no rest here day or night, how can we contact the outside world? We just happened to rest for a while..."
"I didn't leave the maintenance center from the 14th until yesterday. It wasn't until the team had an accident that I was drafted here to help."
Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty listened to Wang Da'an's words, looked at each other, and nodded.
Just as he was about to ask for more details, he heard a loud "boom" in the distance from the direction of the military station, and a burst of fire shot into the sky!
Then the earth trembled!
After an explosion, there were several consecutive explosions of "boom", "boom" and "boom"...
"These damn devils, go to his lungs!"
When Wang Da'an saw the soaring fire, his face turned red, and he opened his mouth to speak the mantra of Guangdong Province. As he spoke, he rushed out of the work shed and rushed towards the direction of the fire.
Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty also quickly followed Wang Daan and rushed towards the location of the incident...
