The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 1008: Game on the Bridge
The train sped across the bridge, raising billowing black smoke.

On the dirt road next to the bridge, the wheels of the 28-inch bicycles were almost smoking, and the tire belts were kicking up dust on the dirt road.

When he got closer, Xu Le glanced at the artillery position at the bridgehead.

Subconsciously, I slowed down the car, my eyes fixed on the cobblestone turrets on both sides, and the speed of my bicycle became slower and slower.

The exterior of the turret on the left looks tattered, but the main body is basically intact. The one on the right is even more dilapidated. I don’t know if it has experienced the influence of war. Half of it is broken, leaving only ruins.

The distance between the two is exactly the distance between the locomotive and the body of the train, and it is more like a checkpoint for trains in front of the Jingmen Bridge during the Japanese occupation period.

This thing is not shown on the map, but there are two such artillery batteries on the scene, and they are dozens of meters apart. Doesn't it mean that there may be a connecting corridor underneath, secretly connecting the two artillery batteries?

It's perfect. If we go in to trade, it will be difficult for anyone to get in. Xu Le frowned as he recalled the things he often did when repairing the artillery in his daily life.

The main reason is that I don’t have time to go in and take a look. Now I first need to see the fisherman as soon as possible to analyze whether my guess is wrong.

If he guessed wrong, then everything that came before would be invalid and would only be his imagination. But if he guessed right, then this fort might be the place for the final transaction.

It is concealed, and there are secret passages that facilitate evacuation from other places, but it is not shown on the map, which means it is unknown.

Resisting the urge to go in and take a look, Xu Le slowly rode his bike to the edge of the bridge, propped up the bike, and straightened the trouser leg where the gun was hidden to avoid being noticed.

At this time, the people from the steel rolling mill were still on the more than 200-meter-long bridge. They were relatively scattered, with one person dozens of meters apart. Until they got closer, they could see two people, one of whom was looking at a yellowed drawing, and the other was pointing at the drawing and taking out a notebook from time to time to write something down.

It was about thirty or forty meters away. This was what Xu Le saw as he leaned sideways and looked down. He was on the bridge at the moment. The people from the steel rolling mill were in the maintenance passage in the middle of the bridge. Once he walked out of this position, he would probably be seen by the people under the bridge pier.

The Yongding River is quite turbulent in the upper reaches, where there are mountains and the water rushes down. When it reaches the Jingmen Bridge, the river becomes much better after it widens.

Looking at the surging river, Xu Le swallowed his saliva. He was not a good swimmer, but he went in anyway. He almost drowned when he was swimming by the river once. The Yongding River was much wider and deeper than the Liangma River.

He walked down the steps of the maintenance passage above and reached the maintenance passage. Then, Xu Le actually saw a middle-aged man sitting under the bridge.

Perhaps he heard some noise above his head and raised his head to look over here.

There was no way. Xu Le had tried to make his steps as light as possible, but the floor of the inspection passage was a welded grid-like iron fence, which made a buzzing sound whenever he stepped on it.

Right below is the fisherman. If you have ears qualified, you will be able to hear it clearly.

Facts have proved that his ears are indeed not deaf.

Xu Le glanced down through the grille under his feet. The two people looked at each other through the grille. Xu Le pretended not to care at all and walked towards the front to look at the drawings.

Perhaps he heard the noise behind him, Chief Engineer Shen turned around at the same time, just in time to see Xu Le entering the maintenance passage, and was obviously stunned for a moment.

Why was he stunned for a moment? Because he did recognize the young man with bared teeth and a bright smile. He was Xu Le, Li Feng's follower and driver last year, who also shot and killed the spy.

"Chief Engineer Shen, how's the bridge? Deputy Director Li asked me to come and take a look~!"

It was as if God was giving him a chance. In an instant, Xu Le recognized the man holding the blueprint and wearing a safety helmet. He was the chief engineer of the steel rolling mill, Shen Jiashi, who was also a member of the factory archives committee.

He couldn't quite remember the name, but he could barely remember it because the other person's surname was Shen, a small surname.

"Hmm~?"

He subconsciously handed the drawing to the person next to him. Before Chief Engineer Shen had time to say hello, Xu Le's question had distracted him from his thoughts. He subconsciously thought that this young man had returned to Li Feng's side.

Chief Engineer Shen was full of doubts at this time, but he still greeted him with a smile. Now Li Feng was leading the steel rolling mill very well, and he admired the young man quite a bit, so he was naturally much kinder to Xu Le.

"It will take a while. Why did I send you here, Xiao, Xiao Xu~?"

"It's because the construction at Liangmahe is about to start, and he was a little worried, so he asked me to come and take a look. It's so desolate around here, so it's easy for me to find him!" Xu Le came closer and shook hands with Chief Engineer Shen enthusiastically. From his words and actions, he showed that he was someone close to the deputy director of the steel rolling mill, who came here to supervise the work.

Another stranger came over the maintenance passage, and the owl under the bridge became more alert, just as Xu Le had expected.

This was manifested in that he immediately pricked up his ears, picked up the fishing rod casually and stood up, feeling as if he had caught a fish, which made it easier for him to monitor.

His eyes flickered, frequently looking through the grille, observing the young man who had just come down.

Fortunately, the two people's voices were relatively loud during their conversation. After I heard clearly that they were people from the steel rolling mill, and that both parties were familiar with each other and could call each other by name, I gradually let down my guard.

Being a spy is like this, once there is the slightest sign of trouble, you will be terrified. After all, if something goes wrong, it may be a matter of losing your head, so you have no choice but to be careful.

"I'm here to carry out the mission. Just do what you need to do. Act naturally and don't give yourself away. Stay away from here. It's best to go to the bridge~!"

After approaching, Xu Le shook hands with Chief Engineer Shen, then put his arm around his shoulders intimately, turned his back to him, and whispered a reminder in his ear.

Chief Engineer Shen, who had a somewhat unhappy expression on his face just now, thought that Xu Le was being a little disrespectful by hugging him. When he heard Xu Le's whispered reminder, his shoulders paused noticeably, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.

Carry out the mission, stay away from here, no matter which word it was, it gave Chief Engineer Shen a bad feeling.

I couldn't help but think of the steel mill's office building, the blood splattered on the stairwell and on the ground downstairs, and the horrific explosion. The chilling scene replayed itself in my mind again.

"Don't worry, Deputy Director Li. If you hand over the work to us, there will be no mistakes. It's a pity that you have to come here. Xiao Xie, go to the front and take a look. Summarize what they have recorded. Go ahead~!"

Shen Jia Shi really wanted to leave this place of trouble immediately, but Xu Le held his shoulders tightly and refused to let go, which meant that he could not leave immediately.

He could only swallow his saliva, and with a tingling scalp, he ordered another technician to go to the other side of the bridge first.

Technician Xiao Xie did not suspect anything and thought the two people had something to talk about. He nodded, turned around and left, leaving the two people with space to talk.

The owl under the bridge had sat down again. After confirming that the strangers were from the steel mill, it let down its guard a little, but still wanted to eavesdrop on what they were talking about.

You can't hear very soft voices, but you can still vaguely hear the sounds of normal conversation.

The new young man put his arm around the chief engineer's shoulder, and the two of them leaned on the guardrail at the edge of the maintenance passage, each holding a cigarette, and seemed to be talking about something.

The owl could see the two of them by looking up, and they could also see the owl fishing under the bridge. The two sides were about 20 to 30 meters apart and were looking at each other subconsciously.

"The one under the bridge, our people are watching him. When they learned that the people from the steel mill were here, they had no choice but to send me over. I will observe him while I talk to you. I will apologize to you when I return to the factory someday~!"

He put his head next to Chief Engineer Shen. Xu Le could sense that he was very nervous. After helping him light a cigarette, he said with a hint of apology.

"It's okay. Deputy Director Li was able to help you back then, and I can help you now. I just need to remind you next time. It was quite sudden. I have a bad heart and need to take medicine in advance~!"

Xu Le apologized. What else could Chief Engineer Shen say? This sudden attack caught him off guard. Could he really shirk responsibility?

Last time, we caught two spies lurking in the factory. It looks unsafe, but it is actually very dangerous. I don’t know who the person under the bridge is and why he is being targeted again.

"Hurry up and go over there. I think I can confirm it~!"

Xu Le flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, lowered his eyelids, and his whole spirit seemed to have undergone a transformation in an instant.

"You go first. When Deputy Director Li came here, he reminded us to make this bridge carefully. It's a long-term project. I'm not an expert here, so I can't help you much. I won't hold you back. If you need anything, just call me anytime~!"

It seemed that Chief Engineer Shen was the first to suggest that he had to get busy and stop talking, and the new young man reminded him of what the deputy factory director had told him to do.

After the two men shook hands hypocritically, this slightly hypocritical conversation in officialdom ended.

At least, that's what the owl sees.