When Li Qiang slowly opened his eyes again, he found that he was lying on a bed. Before he could figure out the situation, he felt a violent shaking, followed by a turbulence in his stomach, and his body tilted, "
Wow." He spat out a big mouthful at once.
Fortunately, Haitang on the side brought a spittoon in time, so Li Qiang did not spit directly on the ground.
"Thank God, team leader, you are finally awake! You scared me to death!" Haitang said while gently patting Li Qiang's back with her hand, "How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?"
Li Qiang took a deep breath and calmed down a little, then frowned and said, "It's okay, I just feel a little dizzy. How long have I been unconscious?"
"It's been three days. The doctor said you are seasick. But how can anyone get so seasick?"
"Yes, I feel strange too. When I went to Hong Kong with my eldest sister, everything was fine..." Suddenly, Li Qiang said to Haitang in a hurried voice as if he suddenly remembered something, "Quick! Go and find Uncle Hong."
Come!"
Although she was a little confused after hearing this, Haitang still brought Hong Bo over.
"Great, Chief Ming, you're finally awake. You've been scaring us all these days!"
However, Li Qiang waved his hand and asked coldly, "I remember you said you worked on the Smith for more than 20 years, right?"
"Yes!" Hong Bo nodded and replied.
"Then let me ask you, do you still remember the Smith's main navigation route eighteen years ago?"
"Eighteen years ago? That is... the eleventh year of the Republic of China, right? Let me think about it... Oh, I remember it, it should be the route from Port Arthur to France."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course it can. Just that winter, there was a major accident on the ship. I can't remember it wrong!"
Hearing this, Li Qiang's breathing became visibly faster, "Uncle Hong, in that accident you mentioned, did someone fall into the water and go missing?"
"Yes! Chief Ming, you are so amazing. How do you even know this? It was fine at first, but on the second day after leaving Hong Kong, the child of a wealthy businessman disappeared mysteriously. Everyone has been looking for it for a long time.
None of them were found, so the old Captain Smith at the time concluded that he must have fallen into the water."
"and after?"
"Later, the old Captain Smith paid the family a large amount of money because of the accident, so he finally settled the matter. However, I heard that the wealthy businessman's health was not good, and he originally planned to go to France for medical treatment.
As a result, my son disappeared inexplicably before he was diagnosed with the disease, which is really pitiful."
Hong Bo was talking to himself, completely unaware of the expression on Li Qiang's face, which had changed from initial confusion to complete shock.
Naturally, such an obvious change could not escape Haitang's eyes, so she coughed lightly and said: "Ahem, it's okay, Uncle Hong, it's none of your business, go down first!"
After Uncle Hong left, Haitang sat back on the bed again, looked directly into Li Qiang's eyes and asked: "Team leader, the child in the story just now...could it be you?"
"I'm not sure." Li Qiang said truthfully, "But after falling into the water this time, I suddenly remembered a lot of things: the Smith, the dark sea, the rusty railings, the cold and biting water, and a shadowy place.
The ultimate look..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Acheng's voice suddenly rang out, "Is there a possibility that you are the child in that story, and the reason why you fell into the water was not an accident?"
At this time, even Haitang's eyes widened in surprise. On the contrary, Li Qiang, who was involved, nodded in agreement and said, "I think so too. Only in this way can I explain the doubts in my mind."
Acheng quickly comforted him: "As the saying goes, 'a blessing in disguise', it is true that when you recall these memories, it will make you feel very painful, but if you think about it on the bright side, maybe you are really Ming
'Yeah! I think it was because of this that Brother Mingtang agreed to help you!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang was shocked again, "So, you already knew..."
"It's not too early, just after you and eldest sister come back from Hong Kong! But it needs to be noted that this is not what I thought of, but eldest brother."
"Okay, okay, I got it, I got it, there's no need to emphasize it." Li Qiang waved his hand and said, "By the way, how are you doing at the headquarters these days when I'm in coma? Nothing big happened, right?"
However, when Haitang heard this, she suppressed her laughter and said, "I didn't say it, but you were in a coma at the wrong time, and you missed a lot of good shows!"
"Really or not? It's only been three days, what good show can there be?"
Before he finished speaking, Acheng couldn't help but said: "Don't tell me, the headquarters is really busy these days. First of all, it was the wounded soldiers Wu Zhiguo brought back from Chun'an. Because the Japanese
The hospital refused to admit her, so she had to find local doctors in the city for treatment. But now the doctors in Hangzhou are dying and running around. The rest can only treat headaches, brain fever and other diseases. How can they perform surgical operations?
?There was no other way, so Wu Zhiguo had to personally lead a team to the surrounding counties to capture a barefoot doctor. Fortunately, he was not cured. I don’t know if the guy did it on purpose. Those who were originally slightly injured were directly treated by him into serious injuries, and the injuries were relatively serious.
It was so severe that he couldn't even survive for half a day. It was only then that Wu Zhiguo realized that something was wrong with the barefoot doctor, but the guy had already disappeared. After suffering such a big loss, Wu Zhiguo naturally couldn't swallow this breath.
, he has personally led a team to search for that barefoot doctor in and outside the city since yesterday!"
"This Wu Zhiguo is really stubborn!" Li Qiang said with a bit of laughter after hearing this.
"Isn't that right? I think that guy is a reckless man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. He deserves to be plotted against!" At this point, Haitang suddenly changed the subject, "But what everyone is talking about the most these days is,
This is the grudge between Wang Tianxiang and Zhao Jie."
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang frowned subconsciously, "What happened to the two of them?"
"Have you forgotten, didn't you promise to let Zhao Jie's cousin be the captain of the Officers' Club? But Wang Tianxiang also found a woman from nowhere and sang the opposite opera, which was staged in just a few days.
There are all kinds of dramas to undermine each other, and the two guys are even more on the same side, insisting on fighting to the death, and even Qian Huyi's personal mediation has no effect."
"If you dare not even listen to Qian Huyi's words, then this matter may not be as simple as it seems." Li Qiang touched his chin and analyzed seriously, "Don't forget, that Wang Tianxiang
But with the support of Shanghai Special Higher Education Course, that’s why we dare to completely ignore Qian Huyi’s mediation. From this point of view, the current situation is probably not very optimistic for Zhao Jie! But forget it, we don’t have that time now.
Kung Fu worries about others, what does Zhou Fohai say?"
"There are only four words: take advantage of the situation." Ah Cheng replied.
"Smart decision. In this way, gold creates fire..."
"Yes, he has firmly stood with Cao Yan now."
"In other words, the current headquarters is roughly divided into three factions?"
However, before he finished speaking, Acheng immediately corrected him: "No, there should be four factions, namely the officer faction formed by Qian Huyi and Wu Zhiguo, the civilian faction formed by Cao Yan and Jin Shenghuo, and the civilian faction formed by Wang Tianxiang and Colonel Morita.
The Japanese special faction, as well as Zhao Jie and us neutral factions who have not yet expressed their position."
"Don't mention it, these names are quite appropriate." Li Qiang couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "Then do you think we should continue to maintain the status quo, or take the initiative to choose sides?"
"The two of us have discussed this issue and agreed that maintaining the status quo is the wisest choice."
"That's right. In today's complicated situation, it is indeed a wise move to remain neutral, because this way you can watch the fire from the other side and reap the benefits. But have you ever thought about it? Since ancient times, the fate of neutrals has often not been the same.
Good result, why? Just because the neutral faction seems to stand in the middle and never favors any party, but in fact such behavior offends all other parties, and Zhao Jie is the best example."
"So...what do you mean?"
"It's very simple. Since we can't remain neutral, let's just go in the opposite direction and be a wallflower! Aren't they divided into three factions? Then let's make three bets. No matter how the situation changes in the future, we
They can all stand firm."
"It's not easy to be a wallflower. It's much more difficult than staying neutral!" Haitang said subconsciously.
"Yes, as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. If we don't take some risks, how can we achieve the results we want?"
"So, you already have a plan?" Acheng vaguely guessed what Li Qiang was really thinking and asked quickly.
Li Qiang shook his head, "It's not a plan yet, it can only be regarded as an idea, but it is the premise for all our next actions. That is to become the focus of other parties to win over, rather than like that Zhao Jie.
Become the target of public criticism.”
"Well, you're right, but what should we do specifically?"
"You still need to ask? Of course, let them fully experience what it will be like without me as the head of the general affairs section!" As he spoke, Li Qiang lowered his voice and whispered to the two of them...
So the news that Li Qiang had regained consciousness was kept strictly confidential under Haitang and Acheng's deliberate arrangements.
In the blink of an eye, time has come to the last day of the year, which is December 31st.
Early that morning, Acheng and Haitang took the people from the General Affairs Department to the headquarters' office building early and distributed the New Year's goods that had been prepared long ago to everyone one by one.
Even the people who work as helpers in the headquarters are not left behind.
For a time, almost everyone unanimously expressed their gratitude and praise to Li Qiang, who had been unconscious for a long time.
There were even many people who brought fruit snacks to visit, but Cheng and Haitang tried their best to fend them off.
Another week passed. At this time, the temperature in Hangzhou had dropped to below zero, and there was even a very rare heavy snowfall. The sudden drop in temperature caught everyone off guard. You must know that the temperature in Hangzhou is usually very low even in winter.
The temperature dropped below zero, so there were no winter clothes prepared in the warehouse, so we had to rely on thin autumn clothes to survive.
But at this time, the coal and firewood for heating in the warehouse were also running out, and the headquarters suddenly turned into a large ice cellar, so cold that they wanted to move outside to work.
Faced with this situation, Qian Huyi had no choice but to appoint his confidant, Adjutant Liu, as the acting section chief of the General Affairs Section overnight, and asked him to solve the heating problem of the headquarters as quickly as possible.
However, this matter is said lightly. Adjutant Liu had no other options and didn’t have much cash on hand. How could he get so much coal and firewood? In desperation, he had to ask Wu Zhiguo to take the team to the suburbs with axes.
After cutting down trees day and night for five days, the heating problem of the headquarters was temporarily solved.
But this is not an option. In a few days, Wu Zhiguo has basically cut down all the trees that can be cut down around Hangzhou City. He can only support it for ten and a half months. After that, it will be fine if the weather gets warmer. Otherwise,
But what to do?
When he thought of this, Lieutenant Liu was shocked. But just when he was still at a loss what to do, he received Acheng's latest report.
"What are you talking about? The warehouse has run out of gasoline?" After listening to Cheng's report, Lieutenant Liu jumped up from his chair and almost slapped the table and shouted, "How is that possible? The warehouse was not there a few days ago.
Are there three more barrels?"
Ah Cheng also looked embarrassed, "Who says it's not the case! But...but..."
"Just say what you have to say, why are you hesitant?" Adjutant Liu said angrily.
"Adjutant Liu, to tell you the truth, there were three large barrels of gasoline in the warehouse a few days ago, but just yesterday, they were forcibly 'borrowed' by Major Mitsui!"
"Who are you talking about? Major Mitsui? Why does he need so much gasoline?"
"They said they were ordered by Colonel Morita to use the gasoline to keep the Imperial Army warm."
Hearing this, Adjutant Liu couldn't bear it anymore and started yelling, "Asshole! Are those guys crazy? They are burning gasoline for heating, they can't even think of it! Are the Japanese so valuable?"
"Oh, Adjutant Liu, please keep your voice down! If the Japanese hear this, it's okay! You need to calm down first, calm down!" Seeing this, Acheng hurriedly advised, "Adjutant Liu, you are not angry now.
It's time! The most important thing right now is to find a way to get gasoline quickly. Otherwise, the brothers of the bandit suppression brigade will have to rely on their own two legs next time they go on a mission! By then, Brigade Wu will still have
