Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 29: Deep-Seated Blood Feud (Part 2)

  When the secretary brought in the report, Zhou Guohui and Luo stopped arguing.

  "Take a look!" Zhou Guohui glanced at the report, "This is the price, I have already lost ten soldiers, and two are seriously injured. What can I say to their families? How can I explain it to other soldiers?"

  "General Zhou, I also understand your feelings, we don't want this kind of thing to happen either, but..."

  "What else can I say?!" Zhou Guohui's temper flared up again. "Obviously, the US military has received accurate intelligence, now you tell me, how many more people know the exact time of action?"

  Luo's gaze fell. The trap that had been set did not work, which means that the three intelligence officers who were most suspected of being problematic were clean. More seriously, the US military dropped bombs at the exact time, which was enough to prove that the US military had obtained extremely accurate intelligence, and the problem lay with Luo's personally commanded team.

  Zhou Guohui gritted his teeth, his face flushing red. The room suddenly fell silent, half an hour ago, he was still suspecting whether Luo Zhuzhang had a problem, but now, he felt that this could be ruled out, if Luo Zhuzhang had betrayed the information, then he would not have come to him in person. But this also couldn't completely rule out Luo Zhuzhang's suspicion, maybe he was just pretending, so that others would think he didn't have a problem.

  "Now, can we rule out the suspicion of those three people?" Zhou Guohui controlled his emotions, this was not the time to get angry, he had to solve the problem as soon as possible.

  "Basically, it can be ruled out. The information that the three of them knew was carefully planned and the exact timing of the action, in our department, only four people besides me knew."

  "Alright, are there any issues with these four?" Zhou Guohui's hand was slightly trembling. The intelligence department's negligence had resulted in the deaths of ten of their best special forces soldiers, a loss that was already painful enough.

  "They should also have no problem."

  "What is, what should be? What exists, exists; what doesn't, doesn't!" Zhou Guohui really wanted to go up and give the slightly dazed Luo Chuzhang a slap on the ear. "Tell me, do they have problems or not?"

  "These past few days, they've been with me the whole time, and all communication devices have been confiscated. I've checked their activity records, there's no unusual behavior, not even leaving the intelligence building, even if they had a problem, there's no way to send out a message."

  Zhou Guohui's gaze fell on Luo Chuzhang's body, he didn't rush to speak, but his gaze explained everything.

  Luo Chuzhang raised his head and as soon as he made contact with Zhou Guohui's gaze, he immediately said: "General Zhou, do you doubt me?"

  "So, tell me, how did the US military manage to grasp our exact action time, almost to the second!"

  "Ah...!" Luo's forehead broke out in cold sweat.

  "Now, another seven suspicious people have been ruled out, so, you say, where is the problem?"

  "I know you think it's me who has the problem." Luo's voice was slightly trembling, "But we've been cooperating for so many years, and I've already served in the intelligence department for thirty years. Don't you still trust me? It must be something wrong somewhere else, it must be that way."

  Zhou Guohui hesitated for a moment. "Alright, then you'd better find out where the problem lies. The four people who knew the exact time of action must be isolated and interrogated, and my people will do the interrogation. Also, you'd better think carefully about this period of time, don't leave Wucheng, I will report the situation immediately, if necessary, I must be able to find you at any time."

  "I'll cooperate with the investigation as much as possible, I'll just stay at home these days and not go anywhere." Director Luo let out a sigh, "If needed, you can call me anytime."

  "As per regulations, I am taking temporary charge of your department, you have no objections, right?"

  Luo Chuzhang shook his head, the main work of the Military Intelligence Bureau's military district branch was to coordinate with the military district's special forces, according to regulations, when the person in charge of the Military Intelligence Bureau's military district branch had a problem, it would be temporarily replaced by the commander of the military district's special forces, so Zhou Guohui taking over the work of the Military Intelligence Bureau at this time was also reasonable.

  "So, I'll send someone to take you home." Zhou Guohui's emotions also calmed down a bit, "I will arrange for someone to take care of your daily life. If it's not necessary, just stay at home these few days and don't go anywhere."

  Luochang was like a defeated rooster, unable to lift his head at all.

  "If there's nothing else, you can go back first." Zhou Guohui pressed the hook on the phone and said to the secretary outside, "Let Zhang Guoting bring two guards to send Director Luo back home."

  "General Zhou...... I......"

  "Lao Luo, I believe you have no problem, but now personal feelings are not the most important thing." Zhou Guohui stood up, "No matter whether I believe or not, only by investigating the facts can your innocence be proven. This point, you understand better than me. So, now it's best for you to cooperate with the investigation work, I will immediately report the situation to the top, and I believe a special investigation team will arrive soon."

  Luo Chu nodded and left Zhou Guohui's office with a dazed expression. The situation was already very clear, now he had become the biggest suspect, even if he hadn't done anything, before the truth came to light, he would have to be monitored, or more accurately, placed under house arrest.

  After seeing Luo off, Zhou Guohui also fell into deep thought. Things had become abnormally complicated. From a personal perspective, he didn't think that Luo had betrayed the intelligence, as Luo didn't have any motive to betray the intelligence. If it was really him who had betrayed the intelligence, then in these few years, the special forces' actions would have encountered many setbacks. However, before this, the cooperation work of the intelligence department had been very satisfactory.

  So, where is the problem? Zhou Guohui felt a severe headache. The hidden traitor had sent out intelligence again and escaped all surveillance. How could he find the traitor?

  After thinking for a while, Zhou Guohui went out and found his secretary.

  "You mean Lieutenant Ling? He brought over the report and then headed back to the command center, said there's another report."

  "What report?" Zhou Guohui furrowed his brow, he didn't know there was another report.

  "I don't know, I'll go take a look at the command center."

  Before the secretary returned, Zhou Guohui already knew that something was wrong. While he was busy dealing with Director Luo's problem, he had neglected Ling Tianxiang, this "time bomb". The Snow Leopard team encountered a second ambush, and Ling Tianxiang would not stand idly by. Moreover, before this, Ling Tianxiang had raised doubts, no need to guess, this bastard must have gone rogue again!