Putting down the phone, Su Ludong looked at the political commissar with a strange expression.
The political commissar was puzzled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Su Ludong said, "Li Hai said that Wu Hai might have entered communication silence. The purpose of doing so was for absolute concealment."
"The reason is far-fetched. Even if the other party has the ability to monitor our communications, he cannot decipher it." The political commissar knew why Su Ludong was in such an expression.
Su Ludong shook his head and said, "Something is wrong, something is wrong with both Li Hai and Wu Hai."
Both of them were lost in thought and couldn't figure out why they were lying.
Li Hai did not expect such a reason to convince Su Ludong. If Su Ludong had some political sensitivity, he would have guessed that there were more important and secret things here, and he should not ask more questions.
The intelligence staff officer hurried over, handed over a message in an envelope, and whispered, "Captain, there is a secret message from ship 53."
Secret message?
Su Ludong and the political commissar subconsciously looked at each other, then walked to one side in tacit understanding and confirmed the level of the secret message. The political commissar nodded, and Su Ludong opened the envelope and took out the message.
The message contained only one brief sentence - the Great Wall had another mission and had returned.
This was the content of the secret message Li Hai sent to Suludong and the political commissar of the New Youth Ship in his capacity as wartime commander. The implication was quickly understood by Suludong and the political commissar of the ship.
"We have lost our most powerful weapon." Suludong said.
The political commissar said, "The Great Wall must have a more important mission."
"Well, obviously that's the case." Su Ludong's questions were all answered. He would never be curious. This is the basic quality of a qualified soldier. Instead, he would do his best to keep the secret and buy time for the Great Wall to return smoothly.
Suludong said, "The purpose of our denial operation has quietly changed to buying time to ensure the smooth return of the Great Wall."
The political commissar admired Su Ludong very much. He had just realized this, but Su Ludong had obviously thought a lot about this.
This is the quality of an excellent commander, and he is worthy of being a star captain.
"If the Discomfort strike group discovers that the Great Wall is not here, with their intelligence collection and analysis capabilities, it will not be difficult to make a relatively accurate analysis." The political commissar said thoughtfully, "Our pressure will double."
Su Ludong nodded slowly, "This is the reason why Li Hai sent the secret message. According to regulations, he should conceal the situation of the Great Wall from us. This is the safest thing."
The political commissar was silent, and the feeling of doing political work could not be more profound.
After a long time, Su Ludong said in a deep voice, "We have to change our strategy."
"How do you want to change it?" the political commissar asked.
Su Ludong made up his mind and said, "Don't there still be a few mines in the ammunition depot? Use them all to block the Luojing waterway. Our ship will go forward and enter the Sulawe Sea to support the 53 ship. Cooperate with Li Hai. Weihai blocks the Discomfort strike group."
"It is feasible to move the battlefield to the western part of the Sulawesi Sea and use the Luojing Waterway as the last line of defense." The political commissar agreed after only a brief thought.
At the critical moment, the Great Wall did not hesitate to give up participating in the denial operation and return, indicating that the mission they shouldered was more important than the denial operation.
After realizing this, the political commissar's ideas quickly aligned with Suludong's. At this time, we are not considering the gains and losses of the New Youth ship, but the overall victory.
There is no doubt that both of them now realize that the overall victory is whether the Great Wall can return to the port smoothly.
From the Alasu Sea to the South China Sea, and then thousands of miles to the north, this is a long journey back home. You can imagine how difficult it is.
"Call back to Ship 53. Our ship asked for instructions to lay mines at the entrance of Luojing Waterway, and then entered the western Sulawei Sea to coordinate with your ship." Suludong said.
The political commissar said decisively, "I agree."
The military and political officials unified their thinking, and the reply was quickly sent to the No. 53 ship through the secure communication line and reached Li Hai.
After Li Hai finished reading, he handed the message to Chang Haizhou, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The star captain is not as difficult to speak as some people say. He is still very politically sensitive."
After reading it, Chang Haizhou said, "He was not like this before."
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Chang Haizhou said, "He is very individual, and he sometimes insists on his own opinions on the spot, which are later proven to be correct. I don't know why he didn't raise questions this time."
Li Hai smiled and said, "The fundamental reason is that he is not convinced by me as the commander of the special task force."
Chang Haizhou didn't show any pretense, nodded and said, "Yes, he is definitely not convinced, but this time it is a bit unusual, which is a good thing."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "It's very possible that I was conquered by your charisma."
"I'm not that powerful." Li Hai smiled and waved his hand.
Chang Haizhou joked, "Don't you have a nickname called Brother Amazing? You are a super photographer and Amazing Brother. I heard that the photos you took won the Pulitzer Prize."
"Have you heard about this kind of thing?" Li Hai asked in surprise.
Chang Haizhou glanced in the direction of the sailor cabin and said, "Reporter Zhuang has told the soldiers almost all of your great achievements. She told them as stories to stimulate the soldiers' desire to express themselves."
"Zhuang Xiaoying..." Li Hai understood.
How many meritorious services he has made are reflected in the files. Except for a few individuals who have not passed the confidentiality period, some non-military operations he performed when he was working at Musa Air Station, such as the tsunami reconnaissance at that time, are in his personal files and related information. It is not reflected here.
After all, the Pulitzer Prize is the so-called highest photography award in the very Western journalism world. As an active Chinese soldier, I will not be proud of winning an award from the Western world.
Because of this, Li Hai insisted on only publishing it under Zhuang Xiaoying's name. It is also because of this that whenever Zhuang Xiaoying talks about the famous tsunami photo and her Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, she will definitely explain the main points in it in detail. The author was Li Hai, and she was just an assistant.
Of course, Zhuang Xiaoying obviously mentioned this matter in a measured way and it depends on the occasion.
Li Hai shook his head helplessly and said, "I was flying a plane at the time, and I just took the photo casually without thinking about winning any prize. Moreover, the post-production of the photo was all done by Zhuang Xiaoying and had nothing to do with me. This girl is just serious." "
"This girl is very nice. I think she is a good match for you." Chang Haizhou looked like someone who had come before.
Li Hai said, "I already have a partner."
"Oh, I don't have control over this situation."
"I said Deputy Chang, I think you are more suitable to be a political commissar." Li Hai said.
Chang Haizhou laughed, "I still like to be a military cadre and take care of life... It's too torturous. You have tried it."
"Are you talking about Wu Tong? I was reckless." Li Hai suddenly thought of introducing eight people to Wu Tong, which was somewhat embarrassing.
Even if he has a partner, after all, he is a young man in his twenties. From an experienced perspective, he wants to be a matchmaker for the female soldiers under his command. Later, when he thought about it carefully, it was embarrassing in every way.
Chang Haizhou said, "The personal problems of sailors have always been a big problem, a big, big problem that cannot be solved by organizing a few military-civilian youth fraternities."
"Let's talk about this in detail later." Li Hai said.
"good."
(End of chapter)
