Du Ziyuan and Qin Donghai made urgent preparations and hurriedly boarded the plane with a Vietnamese translator and a beautiful student union "chairman" and party branch secretary Long Jinyun who had just graduated from Peking University last year.
Five hours later, the plane landed at Nanning Military Airport. Two comrades from the Guangxi Investigation Bureau were already waiting for them at the airport. Du Ziyuan didn't delay at all, and immediately got into the car that picked them up and went behind the "Government" of the Guangxi Autonomous Region.
An investigation bureau in a secluded side street.
In the small conference room of the Guangxi Investigation Bureau, two comrades who were personally sent by Du Ziyuan a few days ago to investigate the cause of the interruption of the Camlan Bay communication line were nervously waiting to report the investigation results to him.
As soon as he entered the conference room, Du Ziyuan pointed at them and said, "Tell me what's going on." Before he could sit down, he pointed at them.
The report is very simple. The Cam Ranh Bay connection line is manned transportation, and there are no problems at all points from Beijing to here. The problem is after entering Vietnam. Four days ago, they sent a traffic officer to secretly enter Vietnam as usual, with the purpose
It was to check the traffic conditions of the traffic line. But the traffic officer has not come back yet. They are very uneasy because of this, but they don't know what to do.
Du Ziyuan's face was stern, and he stared coldly at the two young people opposite him. He sat at the table without speaking for a long time. The expressions of the two people were even more nervous. The work assigned by Deputy Director Du himself, they
But it was not completed, which is an unacceptable dereliction of duty.
Qin Donghai was also very serious. He knew that this trip was an important mission. Although he did not know the details of the mission.
Long Jinyun was frightened by this scene. After graduating from college last year, she studied in the investigation department cadre training class for half a year and graduated with honors. This was the first time she took on an important task. She looked at the two people opposite her uneasily.
Comrade, I am very worried about them.
The atmosphere in the conference room became silent and uneasy.[
Du Ziyuan stared at the two comrades opposite, thought for a few minutes, stood up and said, "Just wait." After that, he left the conference room. He went directly to the office of the director of the Guangxi Investigation Bureau.
The director of the Guangxi Investigation Bureau, whose surname was Gao, was also an old comrade on the secret front. As soon as he saw Du Ziyuan's face, he knew that the situation was serious. According to the general principles of intelligence work, he could not ask Du Ziyuan about the mission of this trip. He asked
Du Ziyuan sat down on the sofa and looked at him intently.
What Du Ziyuan asked about was mainly the possibility, method and route that he wanted to go to Laos and then to South Vietnam via Vietnam. Director Gao briefed him on this situation in detail, but firmly disagreed with Du Ziyuan going to Vietnam.
Du Ziyuan was very angry, stared at Director Gao and asked, "Why!"
Director Gao stared at him seriously and kept shaking his head, "You should know that your position determines that you cannot go. South Vietnam is still at war and is controlled by the Americans."
However, Du Ziyuan's mission on this trip was too important. He really wanted to go to Cam Ranh Bay in person to investigate the situation there. He said in a low voice: "Lao Gao, I have a mission!"
Lao Gao was also very serious, "I know you have a mission, otherwise you wouldn't be here. But this is the rule!"
Strictly speaking, although Du Ziyuan comes from a higher-level department, he is at the same level as Lao Gao. He cannot order Lao Gao to do or not to do anything. In this case, Du Ziyuan and Director Gao do not want to do it out of professional habits.
The so-called argument. They went to the confidential room of the Investigation Bureau together and sent an urgent telegram to Director Luo of the Second Bureau, briefly introducing the situation here and Du Ziyuan's thoughts.
Ten minutes later, they received a call back from Director Luo: "I agree with the plan, but Du can't go."
Du Ziyuan was very annoyed when he saw this telegram, and felt uncomfortable as if he was holding something in his heart. But he had no choice. Lao Luo knew the current situation very well, and he also knew how important his mission was. Since he called back and said he couldn't go, he
He must not go. It is useless for Du Ziyuan to be anxious at this time. He still has to abide by the organizational disciplines of the intelligence agency.
When he and Director Gao walked to the door of the conference room, Director Gao said, "I won't go in."
Du Ziyuan held his hand and sighed and said: "Lao Gao, please help me contact the Vietnamese side. Tomorrow morning, Qin Donghai and the others must cross the border immediately. Lao Gao, my time is very tight."
Director Gao said softly: "I can guess it. Don't worry, I will contact you and make arrangements."
Du Ziyuan returned to the conference room. It was already late at night and the conference room was very quiet. The people at the table were sitting like wooden sculptures, watching his face carefully.
Du Ziyuan thought about it for a long time, looked up at Qin Donghai and said: "Donghai, you and Xiaolong will go to Vietnam tomorrow. You know what to do and how to do it. You have to take good care of Xiaolong. This is her first mission.
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Qin Donghai nodded and said succinctly: "Yes, I will definitely."
Du Ziyuan turned to the two people across the conference table and stared at them silently.
Among these two people, the team leader Wang Huaiqing is young, but he is a veteran. He has been engaged in intelligence work before the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was originally a scout of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters. He participated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and was a famous cadre in the Intelligence Department.
He worked under Fu Yi and provided important intelligence for General Wei Guoqing's combat command. In 1955, during the major adjustment of the intelligence system, Du Ziyuan transferred him to the Central Investigation Department.
Jiang Guilin is a very experienced veteran who has traveled to various countries in Southeast Asia. His ancestral home is Chaozhou. He was born in an overseas Chinese family in Indonesia. He studied at Saigon Middle School and has unreachable relatives with the Burmese royal family.
.He joined the underground organization during the Anti-Japanese War and has been engaged in transportation work.
Du Ziyuan understood that such two comrades were very reliable. Unexpected things would always happen in intelligence work, and traffic interruptions were common. He could not blame them too much.
Du Ziyuan said in a gentle tone: "Huaiqing, and Guilin, you will set off with Donghai and others tomorrow morning, and separate from them after crossing the border. You must continue to inspect along the traffic lines, and you must find out the cause of the interruption."
Wang Huaiqing did not speak, but nodded vigorously.
The conference room was very quiet. Wang Huaiqing quietly put away his small notebook and prepared to stand up.
At this time, Du Ziyuan sternly stretched out a finger, pointed it at him like a gun, and almost gritted his teeth and said: "Huaiqing, you have to remember two points. First, the mission you are performing this time is not only
It is just to check the reason for the interruption of the traffic line. Whether you can find out the reason for the interruption of the traffic line is also related to whether we can complete another extremely important task!"
Wang Huaiqing grabbed his small notebook with both hands and looked at Du Ziyuan in stunned silence.
Du Ziyuan continued: "Huaiqing, this point is extremely important! Second, the interruption of the traffic line this time is very abnormal. It may be part of the enemy's conspiracy. This may also be the reason why the traffic personnel you sent did not come back. So, you
Be extremely careful and don’t fall into the enemy’s trap. Remember, be careful!”
Wang Huaiqing looked at him in surprise and nodded calmly, "Director Du, we will definitely complete the mission."
Wang Huaiqing and Jiang Guilin left the conference room and went back to make preparations. Only Du Ziyuan, Qin Donghai, and Long Jinyun were left in the conference room. Du Ziyuan stared at the two people in front of him with heavy eyes.
"Donghai, Xiaolong," Du Ziyuan said softly: "The current situation is very strange. The assassination of Ruan Qibo, secretary-general of the South Vietnamese Presidential Office, happened shortly after the communication line at Cam Ranh Bay was interrupted. I have a hunch that these two things may be related.
If it is really related, you may encounter unexpected dangers when you go to investigate this time. Therefore, you must be cautious. However, no matter what kind of danger you encounter, you must complete the task and find out if the contact line is interrupted.
The reason! Find out the reason for Ruan Qibo's death!" Du Ziyuan's face became more serious at this time, "This mission must be guaranteed by your party spirit!"
Qin Donghai was really surprised. He never expected that investigating the cause of the interruption of a communication line would be raised to such a high level. He said: "Lao Du, don't worry, we will definitely complete the task!"
Du Ziyuan still had a lot to say in his heart, and wanted to give them a few more words of advice, but seeing Long Jinyun's face that was already a little discolored, he stopped talking. He only said, "Do it now."
Get ready, it's almost dawn."
At five o'clock in the morning, it was still dark. Qin Donghai, Long Jinyun, Wang Huaiqing and Jiang Guilin all arrived in the courtyard of the Investigation Bureau. Under the guidance of comrades from the Investigation Bureau, they changed their clothes and tried their best to conform to the Vietnamese dressing habits.
Director Gao prepared a Nissan truck for them. This truck was designed and manufactured by Nissan based on the American Chevrolet truck. It has an engine horsepower, a top speed of kilometers per hour, and a load capacity of tons. It is quite light and flexible and was used most by the Japanese army during World War II.
A kind of truck. Director Gao told Du Ziyuan that there are many such trucks in Vietnam and they are not noticeable.
Du Ziyuan circled around the truck. The truck was covered with canvas and contained half a truck of cotton bales and several large barrels of gasoline. After crossing the border, Qin Donghai identified himself as a smuggler, and the things on the truck were the goods he wanted to smuggle.
Speaking of which, the Central Investigation Department has many strict regulations for the intelligence personnel below. One of them is that intelligence personnel are not allowed to engage in smuggling activities. However, sometimes this is the case. Regulations are regulations and execution is execution. For traffic officers and intelligence personnel
For collectors, smuggling is the best cover.
At this time, the driver had started the car. Qin Donghai and the other four people climbed into the car and sat huddled on the cargo pile. A section chief from the Investigation Bureau would be in charge of their crossing.
The truck exited the gate of the Guangxi Investigation Bureau and immediately sped up, speeding down the dark streets toward the outskirts of the city.
Ten minutes later, the truck had left the city and entered the rugged mountain road.
Qin Donghai sat on the cotton bag, swaying with the bumps of the truck. He looked at the dark mountains outside through the small opening in the canvas awning, thinking in his mind what actions he would take after arriving at Cam Ranh Bay.
