The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 386 The Mysterious Dark Room

The person who came was Zhang Keming's father, Deputy Commander Zhang of the Ninth War Zone.

This is too embarrassing. The Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director Feng of the Fifth War Zone all know that his son Zhang Keming is Lin Yanni's suitor. It is obviously inappropriate for him to come here at this time.

The chief of staff was sympathetic to Lin Wenhan's difficulties, and he said, "Why don't we avoid it for a while."

Lin Wenhan said with some embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, Yanni, Gao Jiu, you and the officers will avoid it for a while. Yanni, entertain the officers for me."

Speaking of this, he said to Huang Peishan: "Let's go out and meet Deputy Commander Zhang."

As soon as Lin Wenhan finished speaking, the door of the living room opened, and Deputy Commander Zhang had already walked in.His servant Mrs. Zhao was following behind him. Mrs. Zhao was very embarrassed. She made a helpless expression towards Huang Peishan, which meant that she couldn't stop Deputy Zhang, and she came in directly.

Lin Wenhan felt a little surprised, and then put on a smiling face, and said, "Brother Ruosong, why are you free to come here today?"

Deputy Commander Zhang nodded towards Lin Wenhan, and said to the chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and others: "You are all here, it's a pleasure to meet you."

When he saw the chief of staff, the deputy chief of staff and others here, he was not surprised at all. It seemed that he knew they were here and chose to come in at this time.

After the chief of staff and others greeted Deputy Siling Zhang, the chief of staff said: "You have something to talk about, so let's avoid it first."

"No need." Deputy Commander Zhang said, "It just so happens that you are all here, so I would like to ask you to be a witness to something."

The chief of staff and others were very embarrassed. They really didn't want to hear Deputy Commander Zhang say anything about Lin Yanni and their son. Once they said it, they didn't know what to say.

The chief of staff decided to leave for the time being, but Deputy Commander Zhang stood at the door and had no intention of moving, so everyone had to stay in the living room.

Vice Minister Zhang also looked a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a moment, then seemed to have made up his mind, coughed and said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm here today for my son Zhang Keming's business, but it's not what you imagined." like that."

Everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only listen to him continue.

Deputy Zhang said: "Yanni is a very good child, and I like it very much. I hope she can have a better marriage. I am here this time to propose marriage to you for one person."

It seemed that Vice Minister Zhang also felt a little difficult to say this, so he kept talking on and off, which made everyone even more nervous.

Lin Wenhan could tell from Zhang Fusiling's words that he didn't seem to be proposing marriage for his own son.

However, Huang Peishan has now accepted Gao Jiu in her heart. If Deputy Zhang proposed to propose marriage for Zhang Keming again, she didn't know how to say it.She felt a little nervous, and in order to prevent Deputy Zhang from saying what she didn't want to hear in public, she said first, "Brother-in-law."

She called her brother-in-law because she was best friends with Deputy Zhang's wife, Liu Meiyu, and she usually called Liu Meiyu sister, so she called her that.

She said: "Brother-in-law, my Yanni has her own heart now, so don't mention the past."

Hearing Huang Peishan's words, Deputy Zhang felt even more embarrassed, but he continued on with his own topic and said, "Sister Peishan! Don't worry, listen to me.

I know that the child Yan Ni likes Gao Jiu, and I am here today for Gao Jiu.

To put it bluntly, I ask myself that I have seen countless people in my life, and I will not miss people when I look at them.Gao Jiu, a young man, is the best choice in terms of character and talent, which can be said to be the only one I have ever seen in my life.I also deeply admire his noble feelings for the country and the people, and his magnanimity and broad-mindedness.

I think Yanni and Gao Jiu are a perfect match, and I'm here today to propose marriage to your Lin family on Gao Jiu's behalf. "

When Deputy Commander Zhang said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Everyone was a little surprised by his current performance, and it was reasonable to think about it carefully.

As far as Deputy Zhang is concerned, although he thinks his son is very good, there is still a big gap compared with Gao Jiu. It is normal for Lin Yanni to like Gao Jiu.

Before Gao Jiu appeared, the Zhang family and the Lin family originally intended to marry each other. If this situation arises, if this matter is not handled properly, it will affect the long-term good relationship between the two families.

In addition, Gao Jiu saved Zhang Keming this time, and by expressing his gratitude to Gao Jiu, Vice Siling Zhang came to propose marriage to the Lin family on Gao Jiu's behalf. This matter will avoid embarrassment between the two families in the future.

At the same time, he really admired Gao Jiu very much, and was willing to use this matter to narrow the relationship between him and Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu's emotional intelligence is extremely high, and he immediately said: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang, for your concern. I will firmly remember your kindness in my heart."

Lin Wenhan and Huang Peishan were originally worried that because of the matter of Gao Jiu and Lin Yanni, they would be embarrassed to see Vice Siling Zhang, but now such a result made them feel relieved, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

Huang Peishan said: "Brother-in-law, thank you, Wen Han and I accepted your request."

After Deputy Zhang finished what he said just now, he also felt a little nervous, wondering if he would appreciate it?The attitude of Gao Jiu and the Lin family also made him feel relieved, and he also laughed easily.

The Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff, and Director Feng were also happy with this result, so everyone laughed together, and the living room was filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

The happiest person here is of course Lin Yanni, her dream has come true, and she couldn't help but look at her dear lover Gao Jiu.

At this moment, the upright deputy chief of staff said another sentence that made Gao Jiu feel very embarrassed. He said: "Nephew Gao Xian and Yan Ni are not too young. In today's war-torn era, don't pay so much attention to cumbersome things." It's a procedure. Nephew Gao Xian will leave Wuhan soon, I think the marriage should be arranged before nephew Gao Xian leaves."

As soon as this was said, neither the Chief of Staff nor Deputy Commander Zhang had any objections, and they agreed.

Lin Wenhan didn't have any opinions, and he also expressed his approval.However, he has no right to speak on this matter, and Huang Peishan still has to make a statement, so he smiled and said nothing.

Huang Peishan was a little reluctant. She was just such a daughter, and she couldn't bear to let her daughter leave her like this. It was the first time for the Lin family to arrange a marriage. Of course, she didn't want to hold the wedding in such a haste. At least she wanted to see her son-in-law. behavior before marriage.

But in this atmosphere, she didn't know how to object for a while, she remained silent, her brain was running fast, thinking about how to word it.

Gao Jiu felt very embarrassed, he didn't think about getting married well, he just wanted to let nature take its course, not to mention that in terms of relationship, he still had a lot of things to deal with, he definitely didn't want to get married in a hurry .

Director Feng knew more about the affairs between Gao Jiu and Lin Yanni, and he also thought that Gao Jiu should be given time to deal with his personal affairs.He really wanted to help Gao Jiu say something, but on this occasion, it was not his turn to speak.

Just when Gao Jiu was in a dilemma, Lin Yanni said: "Thank you uncles and uncles for your love. Now that the war is imminent, my ninth brother still has a lot of things to deal with. Let's put this matter aside until the battle is stable. At that time, my parents will personally send invitations to invite all uncles to come to the wedding."

Seeing that Lin Yanni was so considerate, Gao Jiu fell in love with her even more, and he gave Lin Yanni an approving look.

Seeing Gao Jiu's expression, Lin Yanni smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that Gao Jiu's heart thumped, and she felt an urge to hold her in his arms.

The deputy chief of staff is not an idiot either, he just said that his purpose of coming today has been achieved, as for when the wedding will be held, it is not something he should worry about, so he said: "Okay! We will wait Let your Lin family send out invitations, and we will prepare a generous gift in advance to congratulate Nephew Gao Xian and Yan Ni on their happy marriage, haha!"

Everyone also agreed, so the atmosphere relaxed again.

The marriage between Gao Jiu and Lin Yanni came to an end, and he decided to leave Wuhan the next day.

That night, after the Lin family's family banquet, the chief of staff and others were sent away, and Gao Jiu also left.Lin Yanni sent him to the gate of her courtyard, and the two bid farewell, agreeing that Lin Yanni would send Gao Jiu to the airport tomorrow morning.

Leaving the compound of the family members of the Military Order, Gao Jiu gave Wang Guimin 200 French coins and asked him to take Jia Liu, Ning Wen and others to play. He was about to leave Wuhan, and let these guys go to relax. Everyone was happy left.

Gao Jiu drove back to his residence. At the gate of the yard, he saw three cars and a truck parked outside the yard. Two of them belonged to Director Li of the Military Intelligence Department and Wang Xilin, Deputy Director of the Counter-Espionage Department. Cars look at the license plate but they are civilian vehicles.There were more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers standing on the truck, and many military spies and soldiers stood around the yard.

Gao Jiu felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. The car with a civilian license plate should be a very important guest. You can know this by seeing their security level.

Gao Jiu secretly wondered, who would come to find him?

Seeing Gao Jiu's return, a senior lieutenant from the Anti-Spionage Division of the Military Command came forward to greet him: "Master Jiu, you are back, we will wait for you inside."

After entering the room, Gao Jiu came to the living room, and saw in the living room besides Director Li and Wang Xilin, there was an unfamiliar major general officer and a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit.

After seeing Gao Jiu, everyone stood up together.

Director Li stepped forward and said affectionately: "Brother Gao, you are back, let me introduce you."

After Director Li's introduction, Gao Jiu found out the identities of the visitors. Both of them came from the secret telecommunications agency directly under the Military Commission, a famous dark room in history.

In the tragic history of the Chinese nation's anti-Japanese war, there was an organization that is almost forgotten now-the Chinese black room.The China Black Room was a secret code deciphering organization established by the Chongqing Nationalist Government during the Anti-Japanese War in China.From 1938 to 1940, the famous U.S. cryptography expert Yadeli was invited by the Military Commission to set up a Chinese black room in China dedicated to deciphering Japanese ciphers. Outstanding feat.

The major general officer was Wei Daming, the deputy director of the black room, and the middle-aged man in the Chinese tunic was Yardelli's assistant Gao Zhiming.

Hearing the identity of the visitor, Gao Jiu felt a little headache. If there is anything in this world that he is least willing to do, it is about deciphering the code.Deciphering codes is the most tedious and nerve-wracking thing in the world.Don't talk about complex radio station passwords, they are simple mobile phone power-on passwords. If the user makes up one casually, it will be more difficult for others to decipher it.

In this era, the basic method of deciphering codes is to first intercept a large number of suspicious radio signals, and then search for the same digital set in countless messages, and look for the regularity between them according to their frequency and local events. , and guess the relevant text they represent.

This is an extremely tedious job.Moreover, only relying on a large amount of manpower and material resources may not be able to complete the deciphering of the code, and it requires the cracker's flash of inspiration at a critical moment.

Deciphering codes requires 99% effort and 1% luck.Just like Gao Jiu, if there is no relevant reminder in history, it is impossible to decipher the contents of the intercepted telegrams.

Most annoying of all, enemies don't use the same password forever.Once you've cracked it, they'll change the code as soon as they find out.Even if you haven't deciphered their passwords yet, for safety reasons, after a password has been used for a period of time, they will take the initiative to change the password, then all the hard work you spent on deciphering the password before becomes meaningless up.

Compiling a code is much easier than breaking it.Even if someone casually changes the original password, it can make the cracker vomit blood tiredly.

This time Gao Jiu got the code book currently used by the Japanese army from Tani Shoufu. As a result, the Japanese army stopped using the original code book that day, and replaced the new code book within a short period of time. The code book in Gao Jiu's hands This book is basically useless.

Wei Daming and Gao Zhiming are only 40 years old at most, and deep wrinkles have already been carved on their foreheads.Gao Jiu was full of respect for them and deeply sympathized with the difficult work they faced.

Gao Jiu's first feeling was that this matter should not be involved.

Wei Daming said: "Mr. Gao, the codebook of the Japanese army you provided helped us decipher a large number of Japanese army's telegrams collected before, and mastered a lot of secrets. Not only that, this codebook is very important for us to understand the codes compiled by the Japanese army. It also served as a great reminder. On behalf of the black room, I would like to express my gratitude to you." Having said this, he solemnly gave a military salute to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately returned the salute politely to show respect.

Gao Zhiming, Yadeli's assistant, has a gentle appearance, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a valuable Parker gold pen in his coat pocket. He is a typical image of senior intellectuals in this era.He asked curiously: "Mr. Gao, how did you come up with the idea that the set of codes was weather forecast? Have you ever learned code deciphering?"

Gao Jiu had already made up his mind not to get involved in this matter. He quickly waved his hand and said, "I don't know anything about code-breaking. As for the telegram from the Japanese spy organization, it was really just a flash of inspiration. It was a fluke." That's all."

Gao Zhiming seemed to feel a little disappointed, but he still said: "Mr. Gao, your flash of inspiration is very remarkable, which shows that you are extremely sensitive to deciphering passwords. Please rely on this, you It is very suitable for deciphering codes."

Wei Daming said: "That's right, Mr. Gao, Director Wang and Mr. Yardley in our dark room are full of praise for you, saying that if you are engaged in code deciphering, you will be a genius in the field of encryption."

Gao Jiu could tell that the two of them sang together, just trying to trick him into helping them decipher the code.

Gao Jiu had already made up his mind not to get involved in this matter, he had to express his attitude.He said: "You two have praised me. I don't know anything about password deciphering, and I'm not interested. I just have a little advantage in the military, and I prefer to charge at the front line. Both Director Li and Director Wang understand this very well, yes Bar?"

Gao Jiu looked at Director Li and Wang Xilin of the intelligence department, hoping they would help him prove this point.

Who would have thought that Director Li and Director Wang would have embarrassing expressions on their faces.It turned out that they had received instructions from their superiors in advance to help the dark room and persuade Gao Jiu to help.

Director Li said with a smile: "Brother Gao, I know that there is nothing you can't do in this world. Those who can do more work. I hope you can spare time to guide the deciphering of the code."

Wang Xilin also laughed twice, and said embarrassedly: "Brother Gao, a new stage of war in Wuhan is imminent. Since the Japanese army just changed the password, the current dark room is under great pressure. I hope you can spare a little time to come. Go to the dark room for guidance, even if it is to give some suggestions, it will not delay your return to Peach Blossom Mountain."

Seeing that everyone was talking about this, Gao Jiu couldn't refuse.After thinking for a while, he said, "What problem are you encountering now?"

Gao Zhiming said: "After our careful observation, the Japanese army's passwords are now more complicated, and the passwords they use seem to change every day, which is completely unreasonable.

Because the password compilation work is also extremely complicated, it is impossible for the Japanese army to update a password every day.Even if the cipher department of the Japanese army can do this, people who use the cipher will feel at a loss. I really don't know how the Japanese army did this? "

Wei Daming and Gao Zhiming didn't think that Gao Jiu could play any role in this regard. They were just at a loss for the current situation and wanted to gain some inspiration by talking with Gao Jiu.

Director Li and Wang Xilin did not report any hope for this either, they were just appointed by their superiors to help persuade Gao Jiu to help.As for whether Gao Jiu can help, it has nothing to do with the two of them.

What everyone didn't expect was that Gao Jiu's eyes lit up.He understood that the Japanese army used an advanced digital encryption device.

He said: "The Japanese army used a key machine."

(End of this chapter)