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Chapter 1312 Duel
Not long after Zuo Chong returned to the office, he received a phone call. The caller was also a member of the Central Executive Committee. His surname was Ji, and he was the backer of that young master. He was a minister in a low-ranking government office in the National Government. He had some qualifications, but had long been marginalized.

This man had dealt with Zuo Chong several times, but the two could not be said to be familiar with each other. At most, they were just acquaintances. After all, the power and authority of their positions were very different.

While recalling Minister Ji's background, Zuo Zhong guessed the purpose of the other party's call, whether he wanted to call him to accuse him or to plead for mercy. In the end, he decided to remain unchanged and wait for Minister Ji to speak first.

In addition, Wu Jingzhong has not returned to reply to the order until now, probably because of Ji's obstruction.

Just as he was thinking about it, a feminine laugh came from the microphone, which made Zuo Chong frown. This kind of old fox in the officialdom was the most difficult to deal with.

"Haha, is that Deputy Director Zuo? I'm Lao Ji."

"Hello, Minister Ji, is this call related to official business that requires the cooperation of the Military Control Commission?"

(If you have something to say, please speak quickly. If you have something to say, please play it quickly.)

"It's not official business. Deputy Director Zuo's reputation is well known here. I would like to invite you to dinner tomorrow. Would you do me the honor?"

(You have crossed the line, can you please give me some face and let this go?)
"I'm really sorry, I just came back from the chairman's office and I have some important business to attend to tomorrow. I can only drink with you next time."

(Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you ask for face from me? This matter is hard to accept, but I am not targeting you)
After hearing Zuo Chong's words, Minister Ji was silent for a while, as if he was weighing whether it was worth offending Zuo Chong for a white glove. After a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"That's fine, but I heard that the Military Control Commission is short of funds recently. Do you need some support from your brothers?"

(Do you want people or money?)
"Thank you for your concern, but there is no need to provide any funding. Our Military Control Commission is a special agency and has its own economic disciplines."

(Just hand the people over to me, you take the money)

As soon as these words were spoken, Minister Ji's attitude softened at once. He said goodbye to Zuo Chong with a big laugh and completely gave up on rescuing Xiao Kai.

Zuo Zhong hung up the phone and sneered. Just because you have money, you can do whatever you want? Maybe it works in other places, but not for him.

It is really a shame for a mere businessman to bar his teeth in the face of a powerful organization. If you are a dog, you must be prepared to be a dog, otherwise you will die a miserable death.

Time passed quickly, and it was New Year's Day 1942 in a blink of an eye.

Everyone in the mountain city was immersed in the joy of the New Year. No one noticed that a family was missing in the city. Even if they had noticed, it would not have mattered. In such a chaotic time, anything could happen and it was normal.

On New Year's Day, representatives from 26 countries including the Republic of China, the United States, Britain, and Red Russia signed the "Declaration of the United Nations" in Washington, which marked the formal formation of the international anti-German, Japanese, and Italian alliance.

A few days later, after intense preparations, the China-US Special Technical Cooperation Center was established at a hidden location in the mountain city of Gele Mountain.

Dai Chunfeng will concurrently serve as the director of the Cooperation Institute, Zuo Zhong will serve as the Chinese deputy director, and the American deputy director is tentatively scheduled to be Melrose, a senior intelligence officer from ONI.

Yes, I told the king of golden sentences: The reason why Americans won the war was because of Melrose, who had a family in his heart, but the other party had not yet taken office.

According to the initial plan, the Sino-US Cooperation Office will be divided into six groups: blasting, reconnaissance and translation, technology, intelligence, communications, and general affairs.

The first to start operations was the meteorological team in the technical group. The United States shipped a large number of equipment and technicians to help the National Government establish meteorological stations in mountain towns and several cities.

These weather stations will work with the Air Force and the meteorological research institutes of the Academia Sinica to form a modern meteorological observation network to provide support for the military operations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States.

To prevent sabotage by Japanese spies, the Guo army deployed a large number of guards around all weather stations and prohibited unauthorized personnel from entering or leaving.

But what you fear will come to you. Less than three days after the first weather station located on the outskirts of the mountain city was put into use, on the eve of Melos’ arrival in the mountain city, a group of well-equipped masked men sneaked into the outside of the weather station.

Several patrolling guards were walking on a small path under the cover of night. One of them suddenly turned his head to look at the roadside. It seemed that something was moving in the dark bushes, and there was a constant rustling sound.

The guards looked nervous. They raised their guns and aimed in the direction of the sound, with their fingers on the trigger ready to shoot.

"Wow~"

A wild dog jumped out from the bushes, barked twice, then tucked its tail between its legs and ran away.

Several guards secretly cursed and turned off the safety and put away their guns, but they didn't expect that more than a dozen dark shadows quietly appeared around them. These dark shadows covered the guards' mouths with one hand and stabbed the target with a dagger flashing with cold light with the other hand.

After half an hour.

Accompanied by a burst of gunfire, the weather station that had cost a huge amount of money, manpower and material resources to build exploded violently. The orange-red flames illuminated the sky red. The noise was so loud that it could be seen clearly more than ten miles away.

The first rescue force arrived at the scene five minutes after the explosion. The nearby engineering troops braved the raging fire to move several machines out of the scene. No survivors were found during the process.

More than 30 staff members in the weather station, including American engineers, were killed, including five Military Intelligence Bureau agents responsible for internal security.

The fire brigade that arrived later put out the fire while protecting the scene. After several years of bombing, the professional level of the Shancheng Fire Brigade was second to none in the Kuomintang-controlled area. This has to be said to be a black humor.

Since the case involved Americans, the matter was quickly reported to the Huangshan official residence. When someone learned about it, he became furious and immediately convened a meeting of relevant personnel.

After the attendant officer finished reporting the case, the minister surnamed Ji muttered in a veiled tone, "They say the Military Control Commission is the elite of the government, but I think they are just useless people who eat nothing."

At this moment, the meeting room returned to silence. Everyone heard this sentence. Looking at Minister Ji who was pretending to be calm, everyone in the room gave him a thumbs up in their hearts. They finally saw a great man today. He even dared to scold Dai Chunfeng and Zuo Chong. Minister Ji was really a hero. Everyone knew that Dai and Zuo were a pair of master and apprentice. One of them turned against the other and hid a knife behind his smile. Now there was going to be a lot of fun.

Finding there was something interesting to watch, some people lit up cigarettes, some served tea, and Zuo Zhong's old friend Bai Wenzhi and Deputy Minister Yang even took out some melon seeds.

In the crowd, Xu Enzeng pinched his nose and shouted "good". No matter who it was, as long as they cursed the Military Control Commission and Zuo Chong, he had to help.

The shouting caused the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Zhu Xianxian, to look displeased. Zuo Zhong was also his student, and Xu Enzeng and the man surnamed Ji were too disrespectful to him.

As the person involved, Dai Chunfeng still looked calm and composed, but Zuo Chong was irritated by Minister Ji's words. He slammed the table in front of him and cursed at the other party.

"Ji, I'll give you face by calling you Minister Ji and Executive Committee Member Ji. If I don't give you face, I'll call you a bastard. What can you do to Zuo?

Damn it, you are an old guy who came from an opium selling family and became a minister and alternate executive member by relying on years of seniority. How dare you talk about our Military Control Commission here?

You might as well explain it more clearly. I just killed a young master's family and affected your fortune. If you have the ability, let's go out and practice."

It was not enough to just talk, Zuo Zhong simply rolled up his sleeves and prepared to challenge the sixty-something Minister of Inspection to a duel. Old Dai was so frightened that he spat out the tea in his mouth.

boom!
There was an uproar in the meeting hall. Although everyone knows some things, isn't it inappropriate for you to point them out so clearly?

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Someone on the stage had a gloomy expression on his face and slammed the table as well. The teacup on the table jumped up and the fallen cup lid collided with the cup wall with a clang.

"domineering!"

"presumptuous!"

Someone's angry voice echoed in the conference room. Seeing that the boss was really angry, all the participants sat upright and did not look away.

Zuo Zhong quickly half-bowed to his fellow villager, and said with great trepidation, "Leader, my ancestors taught me that I should be loyal to my superiors and be kind to my subordinates. When I encounter injustice, I must intervene, and I must intervene to the end."

Then, he recounted the conflict between Xiao Kai and the young spy, speaking impartially and simply stating the facts without embellishing them.

After understanding what happened, someone looked at Minister Ji deeply, commented in his mind that he did not know how to act properly, coughed twice, and reprimanded Zuo Chong with a stern face.

"No matter what, Minister Ji is your senior, and we still have to respect each other. How about this? Shen Zhong's contribution to the US trip will be offset by this matter. Do you have any complaints?"

Zuo Zhong tightened his abdomen and answered loudly, "I was reckless just now. I am willing to accept any punishment from the leader without complaint!"

"Okay, this won't happen again. Sit down and don't be impulsive next time." Someone put his hand down and replied in his local accent.

The young fellow's loyalty is commendable, and it is no big deal if he makes a mistake occasionally. But if he never makes a mistake, that would be worrying, because someone thinks he sees through everything.

Minister Ji was so angry when he saw the two of them singing the same tune, but it was obvious that they were biased towards their fellow villager and confidant, so no matter how much you said, it was useless.

After sitting down, Zuo Zhong stared at Minister Ji provocatively, but he was calm inside. He cursed not only to seek justice for the spies who died at the explosion site, but also to dispel the fear of someone and Lao Dai. It was a deliberate small mistake.

If those in higher positions don't have any leverage over you, they will target you sooner or later. This is the golden rule of survival in the public sector.

Someone swept the crowd with a cold gaze and directly called Dai Chunfeng's name. Old Dai stood up like a spring. Before he could stand firmly, he blurted out nice words: "I will listen to the chairman's instructions."

Zuo Chong standing by was full of admiration. A teacher is a teacher. Look at his speed and reaction. He doesn’t look like a man who is almost fifty.

Someone was amused by Lao Dai's behavior. He shook his head and gave an order. He asked the Military Control Commission to solve the weather station sabotage case before Melrose arrived in the mountain city.

The lives of the Kuomintang people are worthless, but the lives of Americans are valuable. If the murderer cannot be found as soon as possible, the cooperation between the Republic of China and the United States may encounter twists and turns.

After the meeting, Dai Chunfeng once again became a hands-off boss and handed over the investigation of the case to Zuo Chong. After all, Zuo Chong was the best intelligence expert of the Military Control Commission, and the more capable he was, the more work he should do.

Zuo Zhong called Wu Chunyang and Gui Youguang to rush to the weather station to meet up with Gu Qi and Ling Sanping who had arrived earlier to investigate the scene and perform the autopsy.

As soon as the two sides met, Gu Qi stepped forward to report the preliminary investigation results: "Deputy Commander, three of the five brothers who died for their country were killed by cold weapons, and the remaining two were shot to death.

The former died of excessive blood loss after his artery was pierced when he was caught off guard, while the latter had a short firefight with the enemy.

Thanks to the two brothers behind who fought to the death to stop the enemy, the enemy could not break into the deepest part of the weather station and could only forcefully blast it, otherwise all the equipment would be burned to ashes. "

As they were talking, they walked up to a row of corpses covered with white cloth. The arm of one of the corpses was exposed, and the burnt right hand was still tightly grasping a pistol.

Zuo Zhong bent down to cover it, and turned back with a frosty face: "Take full control of the scene, check the residents within a ten-kilometer radius, look for witnesses, and dig these rats out for me. The blood debt can only be repaid with blood!"

"Yes!"

Gu Qi and his companions left with murderous intent. Soon, hundreds of young spies followed the order and conducted visits and investigations around the weather station.

(This chapter is also called: Zuo Shenzhong was violent at the meeting and punched a 60-year-old man; the inheritance of the people is orderly, and the past 100 years have been the same)