Everyone rested on the shore for a long time, and everyone got up and walked around, and recovered a lot. The boat left for nearly an hour, and it was already dark before it came back.
As he got closer, he saw a pile of bicycles piled on the bow of the boat. There must be more than just stragglers. Only when they docked did Lin Mo dare to confirm that they were Xu Zhiyu and his party who had gone to Rouge River.
With that look, it would be an exaggeration to call them beggars. All of them were unkempt and dirty, their clothes were still a little damp, and the bicycles on the bow of the boat were even more miserable. They were much more miserable than Lin Mo's side.
"What are you..." Lin Mo couldn't help but spoke in surprise, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions and instead asked people to get off the boat first. Judging from his mental state, he was not only embarrassed, he was probably also exhausted.
"Do you have any firewood? I need to light a bonfire to warm myself up." After Lin Mo took a look at the sky, he estimated that the sun would not come out this morning, so he immediately greeted him.
There were two and a half small bundles on the boat, short firewood that was usually used for boiling water and cooking. Lin Mo took it directly and asked the boat owner to get some more nearby.
Lin Mo took the firewood and found a leeward and slightly flat location behind the embankment. He piled all the firewood and lit a small bonfire for everyone, especially Xu Zhiyu and his party, to warm themselves up.
Everything was almost arranged, and Lin Mo had time to learn about the situation. It turned out that after the boat went out, it found a town on the other side not far away, but it was still too early, and the food shops had not been ready yet, so the boat sailed back to this place.
We walked downstream from the side bank and first picked up the brothers who had fallen behind.
When we returned to get breakfast, we found Xu Zhiyu and others looking for a boat to cross the Yangtze River. If they hadn't stood conspicuously on the shore with a bicycle, they probably wouldn't have been able to recognize them.
As for Xu Zhiyu and others, after rushing to the Rouge River, he checked the traces of the other party's whereabouts and asked the accompanying telegraph operator to relay them to the factory base.
After the report was finished, he and Lin Mo made a similar judgment, believing that it would be difficult for the target to escape from the surrounding area of Dangtu into the Yangtze River, and would probably escape into the area around the Shuiyang River, so he led a team to rush here to contain it.
Of course, he also coordinated with the local police to conduct surveillance and searches on the Rouge River side. However, he obviously underestimated the difficulty of coming here. It was difficult to find a reliable guide this night, so he took the wrong route all the way.
I couldn't find the road, walked through the forest, crossed the river, carried the car through the fields, etc., and even because the battery I brought was insufficient, I only dared to use one or two flashlights to illuminate the road behind me, and I can only say that
This journey has not been smooth sailing.
"Rinse your mouth with sugar water first, warm yourself up by the fire and rest for a while, let your physical strength recover a little, and then eat some breakfast..."
After making arrangements for Xu Zhiyu's affairs, and briefly talking about the situation, he went to eat by himself. He would definitely not wait! He was still so hungry that his stomach growled.
Breakfast was okay. I took out three items from a breakfast shop, including a large pot of fish porridge, a pot of tofu with crushed brown sugar, and more than a dozen drawers of steamed buns, including plum cabbage buns and green cabbage buns.
As for the multi-grain buns, most of them are vegetarian buns, and there are only two drawers of meat and vegetable buns.
The amount is okay, it is enough. After all, most people have just finished strenuous exercise and are not suitable for eating and drinking. A simple snack is enough to fill up the stomach. It is estimated that it will take a day or two.
After resting for nearly two hours, at about nine o'clock, the two large bundles of firewood bought by the boat from a nearby farmer's house were burned out, and then everyone put out the fire and boarded the boat to leave.
The ship is not small, that is, there is not enough space to sit and lie down. It is enough to squeeze in and stand. At this time, the ship is equipped with an engine. The ship is basically not too small, but this is a cargo ship and there are not many seats and beds.
This one was intercepted and inspected by Wang Mingkun during surveillance. He found that there was not much cargo on the ship and the power speed was also good, so he asked someone to help him unload the cargo on the ship, and recruited the prepared transport brothers to pursue and intercept the enemy. Unfortunately, he was not pursued in the end.
superior.
Compared with the wide and fat canal boats, this is a typical narrow and long melon seed boat. The transport capacity is smaller, but the sailing speed is faster, especially after it is equipped with power. The owner of the boat mainly transports more expensive goods such as silk foreign goods.
, use speed to avoid robbery by water bandits and others.
Lin Mo, Wang Mingkun, Xu Zhiyu, Wang Shoufei and others met on the boat, mainly to summarize the gains and losses and the problems revealed in the failure of this operation.
In the end, they all agreed on the four things that were written down. One is timely and effective means of communication. This is an issue that needs to be solved urgently. Short-distance simple communication can only be carried out by sound, but some equipment and tools are still needed for medium and short-distance communication, otherwise relying on legs will be too delayed.
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Just say that this time, after time comparison, if the situation detected by Xu Zhiyu can be quickly transmitted to Lin Mo, he will still have time and opportunity to act early and block the target around the lake entrance.
As for the equipment and tools, the only choice is naturally the radio station. It does not require good performance or long transmission distance, as long as it can communicate effectively in medium and short distances.
However, they can only submit the demand, and they are not in charge of the rest. However, several people are ready to take the initiative to make some preparations in advance, such as arranging people to learn to send reports as soon as possible.
The second problem is the problem of waterway mobility. This problem is clearly demonstrated this time. Lin Mo and others are not very demanding. They must at least build a few fast motorboats and speedboats, otherwise there will be nothing to do.
Such a useful guy, I can’t even catch up even if my legs are broken!
The third question is about geographical terrain information such as maps. At least the available maps of a certain area around Nanjing must be prepared. It is best to record statistics of some people who are familiar with the environment of a certain area and can serve as guides, so that they can be obtained when necessary.
Use search.
The fourth question is naturally to look for your own faults, omissions, reflection, etc. After all, if you fail, you must not blame the problem on others. At least you must have a good attitude.
After the four people met, Lin Mo was chatting with the factory director along the way. The topic was mainly about work. Although the factory director had rich management experience, he still had to talk to him from an ordinary factory to an arsenal.
There are many bottom lines, standards and other issues related to departments like the Intelligence Division. He still needs to talk to someone from the Intelligence Division to avoid stepping on any red lines. Lin Mo has always been aware of these issues.
, which benefited the factory director a lot.
Back at the base factory, Xu Guyu has arranged for some members of the first and second teams of the second action group and the second intelligence team to come to support.
Lin Mo was not polite and handed over all the finishing work such as some situations and issues that had not yet been investigated and dealt with to them for them to take responsibility for.
As for myself and the others, I simply tidied up and washed, and then ate some food prepared by the factory, and then each found a bed and a place to rest. After a hard night last night, everyone was tired and sleepy, and almost fell asleep.
This night, Lin Mo did not sleep so comfortably. He was in a daze, half asleep and half awake. Lin Mo slept until three or four o'clock in the afternoon and then got up. Most of the other brothers were still fast asleep!
The finishing work was mainly carried out around the factory area, so the office and processing were also done here. After Lin Mo learned about it, it can be said that it went smoothly, and there were some gains and discoveries.
Xue Zhongping and Chen Youzhi were found and arrested. According to confessions, they were asked to observe the attack from a distance and provide guidance if everything went well.
If things don't go well, they will observe and record the deployment of the Intelligence Department on the periphery and the whereabouts of the attackers. If possible, they will provide assistance such as contact cover and cover. If not, they will go to the designated location and wait for the connection to provide information to those who come to support and rescue them.
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I don’t know whether it was because they looked up to these two people or for other reasons. The two people saw the attack being repelled in the distance, and Li Dingqiao set up controls and surrounded them on the outside, and immediately escaped.
As for Xue Zhongqing, he was asked to drive a boat to the Caishi River between Dangtu and Ma'anshan to wait for the connection. This place was closer than the connection point on the Cihu River.
Judging from the location, it should be that if the attack goes well or the pursuit is escaped in time, you can flee to a closer evacuation point and escape as soon as possible.
The reason why he was asked to respond was probably that the locals were familiar with the situation and would not easily arouse suspicion. Moreover, this person was able to get along well in the surrounding area and had many connections, so he could provide cover and assist in the evacuation.
After interrogation, it was found that this person had colluded with the Japanese for a long time. Of course, what he did in the past was not espionage or espionage, but collusion with Japanese businessmen and Japanese companies to carry out smuggling, cigarette trafficking, and arms trading.
The history of his family was also found out. In his early days, he went to other places to fight with others. Once he got into a battle and one side was defeated. This guy was so courageous that he picked up a batch of weapons and hid them secretly.
Usually those who are bold enough to get these things will basically sell them secretly to make a fortune, but this guy is not like that. Instead, he goes to great lengths to bring the gun back to his hometown, recruits a group of people to become rural soldiers, and even recruits local officials.
An old acquaintance of the Chen family raised the banner of the government to collect money.
To make it bigger, he got involved with the Japanese company that wanted to seize the factory. The other party provided the funds to buy weapons and some local military and political officials to connect them. As for him, he acted as an agent and worked for the other party.
Deal with all kinds of people and make deals.
As for the Chen family, as early as the late Qing Dynasty, they had already established a connection with the Japanese and sold and smuggled the mined iron ore to the Japanese. However, they would find some vests and resell them several times, and usually smuggle them to the coast.
For delivery, the ores purchased by the vests from other places will even be mixed and then sold, hiding them deeply.
In the past, these three parties were mostly related in terms of business and property. Even Xue and Chen didn't have much dealings with each other. They later colluded together because they had the idea of this factory.
The factory was neither big nor very valuable, but it couldn't help but meet the needs of these people. They focused on this relatively remote place with both water and land. This large piece of land, ready-made factory buildings, and ready-made new equipment were just right.
All three parties need it.
What Xue Qingzhong wanted was the iron ore in the mountains. He made a lot of money from his secret business, but for the resale business, he had to rely on the Japanese for sources of goods, channels, etc. Although he guarded the waterways around Dangtu, there were many routes that could bypass him.
, it’s not that difficult to pick him up if you don’t want to go around.
He has had some dealings with the Chen family and knows a bit about the conditions in the Chen family's mines. In his eyes, this thing is the hen that lays golden eggs.
Unfortunately, since his family owns a mine, he can't control any of it by himself. Until the Japanese and the Chen family wanted to get the factory, he also joined in and wanted to take over the iron mine behind the factory.