Xie Xuan asked about Liu Jing's situation, just to know if she had participated in the negotiations.
Ma Tian said solemnly: "Boss, I can ignore anyone, but I will not ignore her."
Xie Xuan said seriously: "That's good. Is there any movement in Liu Jing's stomach? I'm waiting to be the godfather. You have to work harder. This is an order and a task. It must be completed."
"I will work hard and make sure to complete the task."
"I'll give you another two months. Please pay attention. Go to the hospital for a checkup. If there are any problems, solve them as soon as possible."
If there was no movement in Liu Jing's stomach, it was definitely not due to Ma Tian. It was most likely due to Liu Jing.
Ma Tian said confidently: "Don't worry, two months is enough."
In the next few days, Yan Jingtao's troops arrived and successfully received training.
When they came, all the weapons were turned in. Xie Xuan almost shed tears when he saw their equipment.
For a force of more than 600 people, there are only more than 200 guns, more than 80 of which are medium-sized and formal, and a dozen or so of which are large and small. The rest are all old-fashioned Hanyang-made.
As for the other soldiers, their weapons were all kinds of, including blunderbuss, bows and arrows, broadswords, and some were only given a grenade.
But it was such a unit that persisted in the war of resistance behind enemy lines for several years. If the Japanese army had not focused on raids, the Tonghai Self-Defense Regiment would have beaten the surrounding puppet troops to pieces. In Tonghai, the self-defense group has a good reputation.
The more than eighty formal articles and the dozen or so thirty-eight pieces were all seized from the enemy.
After Yan Jingtao arrived in Nantong, Xie Xuan met with him.
Yan Jingtao is tall, thin, and has sunken cheeks, which is a sign of long-term malnutrition. But his eyes were bright, and he was neither humble nor overbearing when facing Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan asked: "Is Captain Yan's family connected to the sea?"
"right."
"Are your family members in the army?"
"They are at home."
Xie Xuan said: "Ma Tian, send someone to bring Commander Yan's family to Nantong. After Commander Yan completes his training, they will arrange to live in the army. It is an honor for you to participate in the peace movement, and your family members will also benefit from it." .”
Ma Tian understood what Xie Xuan meant and immediately responded, "Okay, I'll go there myself."
Yan Jingtao felt nervous, but his face remained calm and he said gratefully: "Thank you for your care. I thank you on behalf of my family."
Before coming, he had received orders from his superiors. In addition to strengthening party members and cadres in the army, he could obey all Wang Puppet's instructions.
Yan Jingtao had a question at the time, what if the Wang Puppet asked him to fight the New Fourth Army?
This is the enemy's most sinister intention. Once a firefight occurs, whether New Fourth Army soldiers are injured or the Self-Defense Group suffers casualties, this is an irreversible situation.
However, the superior did not respond and reminded him that all he had to do was follow Wang Puppet's orders.
Yan Jingtao was very worried, but he still believed in the organization. Since his superiors said so, there must be deep meaning and there must be a way to solve it.
Now Xie Xuan suddenly asked him to bring his family to Nantong, which was a disguised form of turning his family into hostages.
Once the self-defense group disobeys orders in the future, Yan Jingtao's family will be the first to suffer.
Although he was worried, Yan Jingtao still had to obey.
His superiors specifically reminded him that he could obey all orders given by Wang Puppet.
Xie Xuan muttered: "You can participate in the peace movement, join the Qingxiang Operation, and perform well, which is my greatest gratitude."
In the evening, when Xie Xuan returned home, Gu Jiahan handed him a note with a string of telegraph codes on it.
Xie Xuan took it and saw that it was a telegram from the Ministry of Urban Industry: The Third Division of the New Fourth Army was preparing to start a counter-"security and order" operation and urgently needed a batch of weapons and ammunition. I hope Xie Xuan can solve it.
The so-called "public security and uprightness" was proposed by Xie Xuan. Its guiding principle is to "expand the public security circle within the region in order to promote thorough administration and quickly assume local responsibilities."
Gu Jiahan asked: "What did the superior say? Did he ask us to prepare supplies?"
Xie Xuan destroyed the code book, but she only remembered part of it, and she could only understand part of the telegram, and the rest depended on guessing.
Gu Jiahan really hopes that the code book is a common book, so that she can read it openly and successfully decipher it.
But the codebooks given by superiors are specially compiled to better prevent enemies from deciphering them.
Xie Xuan's memory is stronger than hers. Every time she gets the code book, she can remember it quickly, but she can only remember part of it.
Xie Xuan's request was that the codebook could not be spent overnight after it was obtained, and it must be destroyed before dawn, which she simply could not do.
Xie Xuan said: "It's not about preparing supplies, it's about preparing weapons. The law and order campaign I'm launching is about to start, and our army must have countermeasures."
Gu Jiahan asked: "How to prepare weapons?"
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "Well, you have to rely on acting. Life is like a drama, it all depends on acting. As long as you act well, let alone weapons, you can have anything."
Gu Jiahan said dissatisfiedly: "Another betrayal."
Although she is Xie Xuan's comrade, she knows almost nothing about Xie Xuan's work. With Xie Xuan, everything is confidential and nothing can be said.
Xie Xuan explained: "There is no point in telling you. There is another way to leak the secret. Of course, you cannot take the initiative to leak the secret, but I am worried that you will reveal the information unintentionally. It is still one of the confidentiality principles. You cannot Don’t know what you know.”
Gu Jiahan asked: "I'm curious about something. Does Liu Jing distrust Ma Tian? What would she do if Ma Tian went to Tonghai to perform a mission? What if she didn't come to an agreement with Yan Jingtao and was in danger? What would she do? A woman is really brave."
Xie Xuan asked casually: "You can see it, what else can you see?"
Liu Jing said firmly: "The relationship between Zhao Tengjia and Liu Jing is not simple."
Xie Xuan said softly: "Your observations are very detailed. Since you can see it, I have to tell you one thing. Liu Jing is a Japanese and a Japanese spy. Zhao Tengjia is not Chinese and is also a Japanese spy. His real name is Hajime Kato, and he is Liu Jing’s subordinate.”
Gu Jiahan said in shock: "What? Liu Jing...'s subordinate, she is a Japanese spy?"
Xie Xuan said: "I didn't tell you before because I didn't want you to reveal it in front of Liu Jing. Now that you see it, I have to tell you the truth. Otherwise, if you ask questions out of curiosity, it will arouse Liu Jing's anger." Doubtful. This woman seems kind and cute, but is actually very scheming."
Gu Jiahan asked: "Then why did she marry Ma Tian?"
"have no idea."
"What is her purpose?"
"do not know either."
"Is she trying to deal with you? Or is she already suspicious of you?"
"Still don't know."
