The attack shocked the headquarters so much that the chief convened an emergency meeting that night.
The meeting was mainly attended by cadres from headquarters agencies, such as the Security Section, Intelligence Section, and Guard Battalion.
As soon as the chief came up, he slapped the table and yelled: "The Japanese have come to our house! The troops outside didn't notice at all, and they came from the back mountain! What a trick! If Comrade Xiao Dongbei hadn't discovered it in advance, we here would have
Are all the people in the country going to die? How can we fight this battle!"
None of the cadres attending the meeting dared to speak out.
This is indeed their dereliction of duty. The Eighth Route Army troops are everywhere outside. If the Japanese are allowed to sneak into the headquarters silently, does it mean that the reconnaissance, security, and intelligence networks of these troops have all failed?
This is especially true of intelligence networks.
Although the Eighth Route Army lacked professionally trained spies, its intelligence network was by no means inferior to or even superior to that of the Japanese army.
The reason is that this is Chinese land, and every citizen and soldier on this land, even the traitors and puppet soldiers who fight with them in the Japanese dens, may be intelligence agents of the Eighth Route Army.
This is one of the reasons why every time the Japanese raid the headquarters, they can always get information in advance.
But this time, the Intelligence Section didn't get any information.
Wang Xuexin did not speak. As a participant in this battle and a hero, he was specially invited to participate in this meeting. Since the leader did not speak, it was not convenient for him to say anything.
At this time, the chief of staff hurried in with a telegram. He handed the telegram to the leader and reported: "The situation has been found out. This Japs are the enemy's first army special agent team. They should be the independent regiment that encountered them last time."
troops!"
The leader frowned and said, "So, this is their second attack on the headquarters?"
The chief of staff nodded and said: "Eighty percent yes, but it failed again!"
The leader pondered for a while and said: "How did they know the location of the headquarters this time? Is there a traitor?"
The cadres couldn't help but talk about it, and they all believed that this possibility was very high.
The cadres of the security department immediately became nervous, because if there were problems in this regard, it would be a dereliction of duty on their part.
Zhang Wanhe nodded and said: "It is possible, but it will be more difficult to investigate this time. If nothing else, let's just talk about last time. We asked the logistics departments of each regiment to come to the arsenal to transport bombs and mines..."
There is no need to say more about what follows.
More than a hundred regiments' logistics departments have been here, and of course they know that the headquarters is here if they have been to the arsenal. They know that the headquarters is here... These more than a hundred regiments are suspected of leaking information.
But Wang Xuexin didn't think so. He stood up and said, "Reporting to the chief, can I say a few words?"
"Say!" The chief nodded.
"I think this just shows that it's not a traitor issue," Wang Xuexin said.
"Oh? Tell me the reason!" The chief looked at Wang Xuexin curiously.
Others also looked at Wang Xuexin in confusion. If this was not a traitor, what would be the problem? How could it be said that it was not a traitor?
Wang Xuexin looked at the map hanging on the wall and turned his attention to the chief.
The leader, who had been so aggressive just now, immediately laughed: "Don't be so restrained. I see you look like a little tiger in a fight, but you look like a sick cat in meetings!"
Everyone laughed, and Zhang Wanhe narrowed his eyes with joy.
Usually when people from the guard camp come to see Zhang Wanhe, they always yell at him: "I say Minister Zhang, we are responsible for the safety of your logistics department, no matter what, you must give us something decent."
! This is for us and for you, otherwise who will protect the safety of the arsenal?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanhe had nothing to say and could only pretend to be confused, "hum ha ha ha."
Good thing now, if someone says that again in the future, Zhang Wanhe can stand up and say: "You protect the arsenal? This needs to be made clear face to face, who protects whom? Xiao Dongbei?"
But we are the people in the arsenal! Are we giving you the equipment? I think it would be better to leave it to the factories of the arsenal. They are better than you in war!"
When Zhang Wanhe thought of this scene, he felt so happy!
Wang Xuexin smiled awkwardly, stepped forward and looked at the map of Lujiagou for a while, then pointed at the map and explained: "Commander, look, this is the end of the village, this is the head of the village. The Japanese attacked from both ends of the village at the same time.
Our military arsenal, especially the Fourth Branch Factory, is only a hundred meters away from this village..."
The chief of staff couldn't help but said "Oh" when he heard this, nodded and said: "It makes sense. Under normal circumstances, the Japanese should at least send a small team of people to blow up our army's arsenal. This is not difficult, especially the Fourth Branch Factory!"
When the cadres heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realized.
What this means is that the Fourth Branch Factory is a gunpowder factory, and firing a few shells or even a few shots from a distance may cause an explosion.
But the Japanese just turned a blind eye...
The leader also agreed with this conjecture. He thought about it and said, "This means that the Japanese only know about the headquarters, but they don't know that the arsenal is also in Lujiagou!"
"That's right, that's what it means!" Wang Xuexin continued: "If this is a traitor... How can he only talk about the headquarters and not the arsenal? Saying one is just talking, and talking about two is also talking. Why bother to tell one and hide the other?"
"It makes sense!" The chief became happy: "This shows that our comrades are still trustworthy, and the confidentiality work is also done well! But..."
The chief changed the subject and asked another question: "If it's not a traitor, what could have exposed the location of the headquarters?"
Wang Xuexin said: "Chief, it's time to compare and find out what the headquarters has but the arsenal does not!"
The cadres were silent for a while, and then several people said in unison: "The radio station, it's the radio station!"
The chief laughed and nodded to Wang Xuexin: "Not bad, I said Comrade Wang Xuexin, you might be able to do intelligence work too!"
Wang Xuexin said "Hi": "Chief, I am in contact with the Japs. I am not always worried about the Japs attacking the arsenal. Who would have thought that the Japs would not do this, so I feel strange! This really requires me to do intelligence...
It’s just a matter of catching a duck!”
Wang Xuexin's words were modest.
He is a person who has watched TV series, and also has historical knowledge and military knowledge. With this foundation, how can he be able to do intelligence work with just one word?
But what gives Wang Xuexin a headache is how to explain how he knew this information.
Forget it, let’s just keep fighting the Japanese! It doesn’t hurt our brains!
The chief actually didn't take it seriously. He thought about it and said, "If the radio station leaked the location of the headquarters, it would be much easier to solve."
"Yes!" the chief of staff agreed: "We only need to move the radio station, use the phone to give the order and then send it through the radio elsewhere, so that the Japanese will mistakenly think that we have moved the headquarters."
The chief nodded in agreement.
In this way, the headquarters and arsenal will not need to be moved frequently, which will affect the upcoming battle.