Chapter 19: The River Defense Plan

  "Yes, we just need to work better and pass on more and better intelligence to the higher authorities, accelerating the pace of the liberation war. Let's quickly plant the red flag all over China." Liu Shiqiang said firmly to Lao Zhang.

  In Chen Xiru's office, Mei Wenjie was sitting across from Chen Xiru, looking at her as she spoke.

  "Xiao Mei, aren't you going to let him prove it himself?" Chen Xiru said slowly as she looked at Mei Wenjie.

  "Yes, Director, just for the sake of a purer intelligence system for the Party and the country." Mei Wenjie said with some excitement.

  "Alright," said Chen Xiru.

  At this time, the office door opened and Liu Shijiang walked in from outside.

  "Xiaoqiang, I have a task for you now. Come with me," said Chen Xiru, leading Liu Shijiang into the gloomy and eerie interrogation room.

  "Xiaoqiang, today, a Communist Party member has been brought in for you to interrogate. If necessary, you can take care of it yourself." Chen Xiru said as he handed his pistol over to Liu Shiqiang.

  Liu Shijiang's mind was racing wildly as he took the pistol from Chen Xiru, wondering who this Nationalist Party leader would interrogate and how he would control him.

  "Bring him in." Chen Xiru said in a low voice as he looked at Liu Shijiang.

  At this time, Old Wei was supported by a group of tiger-like agents, dragging his battered and bruised body as he stumbled in. Liu Shi Qiang looked at the stumbling Old Wei, his heart almost bleeding.

  But he had to put on a calm and nonchalant air.

  Several agents knocked Old Wei to the ground with a "bang" and walked out, Chen Xiru and Mei Wenjie exchanged a glance at Liu Shiqiang and also walked out.

  Liu Shijiang saw the agents leave, and quickly came to Lao Wei's side, about to speak. Lao Wei hastily told him with a lip language not to speak, as this was one of the enemy's sinister plots.

  Liu Shijiang looked at him and said in a low voice: "You'd better confess quickly, I'll find an opportunity to get you out of here."

  "Hurry up and kill me with money, I don't want to suffer like this anymore." Old Wei also said to Liu Shijiang in a low voice.

  In another house, Mei Wenjie and Chen Xiru were eavesdropping on Liu Shiqiang's conversation with Old Wei using earphones.

  "I know you're a hardliner, I love interrogating people like you." The voice of Liu Shijiang came into the earpieces of both Mei Wenjie and Chen Xiru at the same time.

  "Don't think you'll get anything out of me. Kill me if you dare." Old Wei also said loudly, showing no weakness.

  "Lao Wei, you'd better recruit someone else, I'll think of a way to get you out." Liu Shijiang immediately used lip language to say to Lao Wei: "You hold me in place." As he spoke, he took out his own pistol and put it into Lao Wei's hand.

  "Don't bother, just kill me." Old Wei said as he pointed the gun at his own chest and pulled the trigger. Liu Things saw it and was about to turn the barrel away, but it was too late.

  A loud "bang" of gunfire. The interrogation room immediately fell silent.

  Mei Wenjie and Chen Xiru were shocked, immediately removing the headphones from their heads and striding quickly towards the interrogation room.

  At this time, in the interrogation room, Liu Shi Qiang tightly hugged Lao Wei's body, wanting to cry but unable to shed tears. Slowly, a string of tears rolled down from his eyes.

  When they entered the interrogation room, Liu Shijiang was leaning on the interrogation chair, leisurely smoking a cigarette.

  "Who told you to shoot him dead?" Mei Wenjie rushed into the interrogation room and loudly asked Liu Shijiang.

  "Let me interrogate him and he will be dead!" Liu Shijiang also loudly shouted back.

  "Do you know or don't you know that he is an important clue for me?" Mei Wenjie stared at Liu Shijiang and asked loudly.

  "Let me try him, and he will be dead." Liu Shijiang also said loudly.

  At this moment, Chen Xiru smiled silently and came to Lao Wei's side, carefully looking at the scars on his body, then slowly walked to Liu Shijiang's side.

  "Aren't you going to let Xiao Qiang prove himself? Now it's fine." Chen Xiru smiled and said to Mei Wenjie.

  "What? He killed this person just to protect himself. How can you say that's okay?" Mei Wenjie looked at Chen Xiru with great puzzlement and asked.

  "Can a Communist Party member kill his own comrade with his own hands?" Chen Xiru asked Mei Wenjie with a smile.

  Mei Wenjie listened to Chen Xiru's words, gave Liu Shijiang a fierce look, and breathed heavily with anger. He then followed closely behind Chen Xiru and walked out as well.

  "Let's go." Chen Xiru said as he walked out of the interrogation room.

  Mei Wenjie stared at Liu Shijiang fiercely, then turned around and walked out.

  On the highway in a field of blooming yellow rape flowers, a jeep sped by. In the car, Liu Shijiang bit his lips tightly, his handsome face tense, his muscles tight, and his eyes fixed intently on the front.

  The car ran for a while in the fields, came to a slope nearby, stopped the car, Liu Shijiang jumped out of the car at once, and shook off his clothes.

  He fiercely threw his clothes on the ground.

  "Ah!" he cried out loudly, and suddenly threw himself to the ground, slapping his hands on the floor with great force, trying to vent his anger and pain.

  At this time, the scene of Lao Wei shooting himself with a handgun appeared before his eyes.

  This bullet, although it hit Old Wei's body, actually pierced Liu Shijiang's heart and blood.

  Such a scene haunted him and stayed forever in his eyes, in his heart...

  In a store, Old Wei and Liu Shijiang were talking, Old Wei leaned on the counter looking at him, Liu Shijiang stood opposite Old Wei.

  "This time I think it won't be Meiweng Jie's concern," Liu Shijiang said.

  "Who?" asked Old Wei.

  "Ma Ji Ping, I didn't pay attention to him at first. Who would have thought that such an unremarkable person could almost bring me down?" Liu Shi Qiang said with some surprise.

  "Xiaoqiang, this Jiangnan Bureau is also a den of wolves. You must be careful." Old Wei looked at Liu Shiqiang and said: "During this period, the superiors have not given you any tasks, they want to let you stand firm in that place, the superiors value your future. Do you know?"

  "I'll be careful," Liu Shijiang said as he walked towards the 'door'.

  When he reached the door and opened it, he turned his head to take a last look at Old Wei before disappearing outside.

  Outside the big 'gate' of the Military Bureau, several trucks arrived, and several people moved box after box, bag after bag into it.

  At this time, Liu Shijiang stood at the entrance of the big 'gate', a person carrying a sack came to Liu Shijiang's front, put down the sack, Liu Shijiang opened the sack, took out a lychee from inside, peeled it quickly with his mouth, chewed for a few times and said: "Hmm, tastes very sweet."

  Standing in front of Liu Shijiang, one of them looked at him carefully and asked: "Sir, isn't the lychee sweet?"

  Liu Shijiang ate while laughing and said: "Make do with it. Hey, where are the two boxes of wine I asked you to prepare?" Liu Shijiang looked at that person and asked again.

  "Everything is ready for you, sir," the man said. "It's been a long time."

  "Alright, go get the money then." He said as he turned around and walked inside, with the other person closely following behind.

  In the conference room of the Military Bureau, Chen Xiru, Wei Zhipin, Liu Shiqiang, Mei Wenjie, Ma Jiping, and Liang Rujie were all seated there.

  At this time, the Supreme Commander of the Jiangnan War Zone, Bae Gyu-geon, was sitting upright and speaking loudly: "This time, I attended a meeting of war zone commanders and gained a lot. The Chairman made many arrangements for the defense line in Jiangnan. Although the situation in Northeast China is tense, the Chairman said that there are ' elite' troops stationed in the Northeast, and it's all the same where the Communist army wants to attack."

  "Yes, with a leader like Chairman Mao, the Communist Army will only die without a place to bury them." Chen Xiru immediately echoed.

  Liu Shijiang, who was sitting on one side, was also smiling and listening, seemingly delighted, but upon closer inspection, a hint of disdain could be detected in his smile.

  "Fei Shangjiang, I don't know if the Ministry of National Defense has figured out where the Communist Army will launch its first battle?" Wei Zhipin asked in a low voice.

  "In the northeast there are several of Chairman Mao's elite divisions. No matter where the Communist Army fights first, it will be the same." Chen Xiru said with a tone of disdain.

  Liu Shijiang sat there with an excited expression on his face, but he patiently listened to their conversation and carefully observed their expressions.

  "The situation is probably not that optimistic. The various troops in the Northeast have a small group style, pulling each other's skin, and this contradiction will only allow the Communist Party to expand rapidly. What's the point of having a legitimate or illegitimate faction? This wisdom of open strife and secret struggle makes the Communist Party grow faster." Wei Zhipin said with some disapproval on one side.

  "Old Wei, it's better if you don't make jokes that undermine your own prestige and boost the enemy's morale." Chen Xiru said with a glance at Wei Zhipin.

  Wei Zhipin's face showed a look of disdain after listening, but he didn't say anything. Fei Jiujian also just sat quietly and looked at everyone.

  On the other side, Liu Shijiang was using his eyes to quickly observe everyone's changes.

  At this point, a look of disdain also flashed across Liu Shijiang's face, but the expression only flickered for an instant. Almost no one could notice the change in his facial expression, let alone what he was thinking psychologically.

  "Old Fei, we've worked together for so many years, some things can be put on the table and discussed openly." Chen Xiru said with a smile as he looked at Fei Jiujian.

  Fei Jiu Jian thought for a moment and nodded to one of his deputy officers, saying: "This is the Jiang defense combat plan I just drew up. Take a look."

  The deputy officer on one side immediately handed a file to Chen Xiru's hand.

  Chen Xiru took it over, looked at it page by page, and then said: "Old Fei, is this defense plan going to include the city's defenses as well? The Communist Party is currently very active in the city, and only when the Communist Party is thoroughly eliminated can we say that it is safe."