Indiana Jones

Chapter 546 The Ups and Downs of Troubled Times (11)

Si Xuanyi has never admitted that he is a master of layout. He even often regards himself as a troublemaker. Compared with disrupting a well-arranged situation, it seems more fulfilling. This time in Shanghai, he has achieved this goal again , although he managed to make the undercurrent in Shanghai turbulent, but they still didn't get the exact whereabouts of those things. Although they got some clues worthy of further investigation, they still couldn't confirm the accuracy of these news. This is really frustrating People scratch their heads and get annoyed. It can be said that the matter has reached the point of imminence, but they can't find a way to further solve the problem. It can be said that the chaos has become complete, but they are no better than the headless flies. Si Xuanyi is quite aware of what this means. Maybe the little devil temporarily hides his things to avoid the limelight before transporting them away. Of course, this is what they want to see the most, but things will definitely not develop according to their wishes. That is, the little devil changed the mode of transportation and gave up taking the sea route, or to be precise, he gave up taking the sea route from Shanghai, because there are only two roads from here to the little devil's lair, the sea and the sky, and the safest way to transport these things is to take the sea route , although air transport will save a lot of trouble transporting to the dock, the little devil has basically lost the air supremacy in his homeland, and the indiscriminate bombing of the whole of Japan by the Allied forces has already begun, so the transport plane is likely to be shot down To safely transport these things back to the mainland, the only way to go is by sea. The remaining question is how to complete this process. Shanghai is their best choice. Shipment elsewhere is what Si Xuanyi is most worried about, so he is eager to find the whereabouts of these things in order to prevent such problems. As long as they find out where those things are, they can monitor them even if they can't do it. where to go.

"It's still the same sentence, focus on monitoring all suspected locations, but we can't give up other information and clues. Before we confirm the whereabouts of this thing, we can't slacken our search for relevant intelligence. The attitude of the above is very clear, we must do whatever it takes. Find and take these things back, or we will face severe punishment." Si Xuanyi once again warned everyone, including Zhou Xiaopeng's subordinates, that the higher-ups are quite dissatisfied with their progress in completing the task, and the big bosses above don't care what you are facing. No matter what kind of difficulty, all they want is a result, and it is the result they want, no matter what price you pay.

"The officials only know how to give orders, and they don't care about the life and death of the people below." Zhao Chenggong began to complain again.

"This is an order from the Chairman. Do you dare to disobey it? Pay attention to your work attitude and keep your mouth shut." Si Xuanyi glared at him. Zhou Xiaopeng and his people were present.

"What we are now facing is a huge mess. The development of the matter is not under our control at all. Although we have mobilized all the relationships from top to bottom to investigate, we still have no clue, but time is running out, and we have to continue. Go down." In just one night, Zhou Xiaopeng was already full of anxiety. Originally, he was the main person in charge of this task, but he did the work in a mess. The higher-ups were quite dissatisfied with this. How could he not go fire?Although Si Xuanyi is trying his best to provide help, constantly offering ideas and finding solutions, but in the end the burden will still fall on him. Si Xuanyi is someone sent by the superior, although he is higher in rank, But after all, Si Xuanyi is a person close to Director Mao in the headquarters, and in the end he pursues him, and I'm afraid he will bear all the responsibility for it.

Si Xuanyi didn't know what Zhou Xiaopeng was thinking, but he was definitely not as relaxed as Zhou Xiaopeng thought. He also knew very well that even if this task was not entirely on him, although they appeared in the form of assists, But once the task fails, he will definitely not be able to get away with it. It can be said that he has completely reduced to the point where he must work together with Zhou Xiaopeng to help each other. The two of them are already tied to the same rope. They can't run away, especially under the premise that the supreme commander has paid attention to this matter, and they are very clear about the result of mission failure.

"It has been more than ten hours since the start of the mission, and the situation has not improved because of our efforts, and it has even deteriorated further with the passage of time, although the top and bottom have begun to devote more energy to help We are investigating the whereabouts of these things, but this does not mean that we have more time to find them a little bit." Li Siming said, "Even now we are not sure whether these things have really arrived in Shanghai, or It is said that the little devil changed the mode of transportation and transported these things to other places."

"The last time we got accurate information about this batch of goods was that they were loaded on a train in Nanjing a day ago and were ready to be transported to Shanghai. Now the people there are investigating according to this clue, but there is no result yet." Zhou Xiaopeng said, "The problem must have occurred in From the time when we left Nanjing to the official start of our mission, if we were transported, we would definitely leave clues, but we don’t have time to investigate bit by bit..."

"If you ask me to wait, it's better to wait for the news instead of messing around. After all, we have done everything we need to do. Let's wait for the information collected by various channels and the results of the above analysis..." The woodcutter didn't think What's the point of going on like this.

"Waiting is not the answer..." Si Xuanyi shook his head, "But we can't continue to mess around like this, we have done everything we can think of..." He pondered for a moment before continuing, "It stands to reason that it is impossible for the little devil to pass the news The blockade is tight, we have cast such a large net, it should not be fruitless, where is the problem?"

"Perhaps the time has not yet come. After all, it is not easy to get accurate information based on the accumulated information of more than ten hours. After all, things are much more complicated than we expected, or we have overlooked something." Li Siming Draw a circle on the map, "Based on the time calculation, even if the things are transported unimpeded, it is impossible to leave this area. These are the places that need to be investigated. First of all, we have to exclude these airports. If the little devil does not pretend to be The plane, then the things must still be in this circle, we still have the direction to check, if the plane is installed... It is impossible to transport the things back to the mainland directly from here, then there are only a few points left, these airports are the Japanese army At present, the only place where we can safely transport, we don’t need to consider going deep inland. Little devils will not be so stupid as to transport things farther and farther away from home. So we are likely to face a task that involves half of China. Our attention is on the south-central coast, but we must also pay attention to the north. The little devil may transport these things to a port in the north to go to sea. The above must have noticed this. The problem is that we haven’t drawn such conclusions or related clues yet, so we have to be mentally prepared for things to go wrong.”

"Your analysis makes sense. What do you want to express in the end? Did you say that we have no chance of finding these things?" Zhou Xiaopeng asked with a frown.

"No..." Li Siming shook his head, "I mean, after the upper management intervenes in the investigation, I believe that a relatively accurate conclusion will be drawn soon, whether the things are in Shanghai or around Shanghai, after all, such a huge batch It is impossible for valuables to disappear out of thin air. These locations are the key areas I have analyzed so far. I suggest conducting targeted investigations. If there are no such places, it is very likely that these items have been transported farther away. We will Consider at least half of China... Of course, this is not what we are happy to see." He continued to make a few marks on the map, "focus on investigating these places in the past ten hours Whether there are heavy-duty convoys coming in and out, and whether there are more manpower for heavy guards after that."

"The places you marked are not the focus of our suspicion..." Zhou Xiaopeng looked at the map and didn't quite understand.

"Because people are already investigating the key areas, and most of these places are garrisoned by Japanese troops or puppet troops. It is not ruled out that the little devils choose to temporarily store these items in a few places that are not under our attention in order to ensure the safety of these items. At the same time, we can think of more ways. Maybe these things are right under our noses. Now that the situation is so chaotic and there are so many forces involved, the little devils also know how difficult it is for them to forcefully transport these things away, so It is very likely that they hid the things, creating the illusion that the things have been transported or re-shipped. As long as it takes a while, I believe that almost everyone will think that these things have been transported by the little devil to other places, not in Shanghai, as long as this The major forces including us have such thoughts or actions, and the little devils are taking the opportunity to continue their plan. Maybe they really don’t want to ship these things out of Shanghai, but if they want to ship these things away, they must install Car, pull them to the port and the airport, you can see that these places on the map are basically on the only way to the port and the airport, and in the past period of time, the little devil has no chance or enough time to go directly Ship the stuff to any of the nearest ports and airports, so I think the stuff is in this circle, more likely in the few spots I circled."

Si Xuanyi frowned, carefully looked at the marks on the map and finally nodded: "It makes sense, at least it can provide us with a direction for further investigation."

"What if you are wrong? Wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Zhou Xiaopeng said, "Won't our previous work be wasted if we easily changed the direction of the investigation?"

Li Siming shook his head: "No, you just need to deploy some people, and you can even use the power of the local gang to ask them to investigate, including all your channels, and just assign the task. This will not lose sight of the other , The previous investigation will continue, and these locations do not require too many manpower, and they can be dispatched nearby without diverting all attention. It is just an adjustment to the overall investigation and has little impact on the overall situation."

"Hmm..." Zhou Xiaopeng rubbed his temples and pondered for a while. To be honest, he has no idea up to now. After weighing it up, he feels that this method is indeed feasible. At least it can make up for some loopholes and deficiencies in the existing work and further improve it. The scope of their investigation and the focus of attention, "Well, there is no other way now anyway, why not give it a try."

"You should also pay more attention to the local traitors. At this time, of course they know that the little devil will not grow up, and they will also consider their own way out, and carry out key intelligence blackmail on them. They must know more things." Si Xuanyi said.

Zhou Xiaopeng nodded: "We're already doing this. There are a lot of fools among these people. They keep in touch with us while eating and drinking spicy food at the little devil's place. The purpose of exchanging information is to leave notes for ourselves. Road, but judging from the current situation, they do not have more accurate information."

"If they didn't lie to you, it means that they didn't get the news about the progress of this batch of gold, which further shows that the things are still outside the city. Of course, we can't draw this conclusion lightly." Si Xuanyi looked at the map, "In fact, it can be hidden There are not many places for these things, and leased land and places where little devils cannot completely control or have risks can be ignored, but the scope is still very large..."

After the re-deployment and adjustments, they don't know what else they can do other than wait for the news. Of course, this is not just waiting for nothing. They have to keep following the feedback The information that comes up will further improve the entire investigation operation, and continue to adjust the focus after this further exclusion. This process really makes everyone feel tormented. No one knows what kind of situation they will eventually face. What they are doing now Everything is prepared to deal with various possible situations, so as not to be caught off guard after some foreseeable situations arise.

But things are often unexpected. After six hours, they finally got some valuable clues and found something in the key investigation area listed by Li Siming, but it was not as simple as he guessed. A Japanese army was escorting a heavy The convoy rushed to the airport. The convoy departed from the last train station where their ambush took place. It is very likely that the little devil made temporary adjustments there, so he avoided their ambush, but Delayed due to this adjustment...

(End of this chapter)