Chapter 328 Key Information
Chapter 328 Key Information
After the two staff officers had rested, they entered the interrogation room again.
This time, Lin Ze and Jiao Zhenguo did not go in, but stood guard at the door.
While Lin Ze was chatting with Jiao Zhenguo, he turned on his Super Hearing Machine.
The interrogation room is definitely soundproof, but that's all. Normally the screams of the prisoners can be heard outside. The so-called soundproofing is nothing more than putting two more layers of wooden boards to prevent outsiders from hearing normal talking sounds.
Lu Xin was not a tough guy to begin with, and since he had already given up in the morning, he didn't hide anything now.
Izawa Keigo asked, "Tell me, what is on the note?"
Lu Xin recited it several times and was deeply impressed. Fearing another blow, he answered without hesitation: "The enemy's main force will advance westward from Wangdu, Baocheng and other places, occupy Quyang and Yixian, and then attack Wutai..."
As he listened, Keigo Izawa frowned.
If the battle plan this time was leaked, then the main force in the plan would indeed advance westward from Wangdu and other places.
The key issue is that this can be guessed without any leaks. The North China Front Army only has a few directions to advance westward. If they want to wipe out the Wutai border area, they certainly cannot go from the south, because the Taihang Mountains are a long and narrow mountain running from northeast to southwest. Going from the south and then going back is not only a long way, but it will also alert the enemy.
It is not realistic to go from the north. If you take the northern route to attack Wutai, you have to go around the north of Peking and then go west, and you have to cross Hengshan Mountain. Although the route is shorter than the southern route, the road is difficult to travel and is not suitable for large-scale marches.
Therefore, heading westward from Baocheng area, crossing Taihang Mountains and directly attacking Wutai is almost the only option.
As for occupying Quyang and Yixian...
This is certain, because these places are on the marching routes and are relatively large towns. The Japanese have always used towns as the center and radiate to the surrounding areas for sweeps.
After listening to Lu Xin’s confession, Izawa Keigo’s first reaction was, that’s it?
Helplessly, he asked Lu Xin to say it again.
After listening, Keigo Izawa and Yuta Tenpei looked at each other. Both of them were very conflicted. They came here this time to write a report or to sign the report.
The content of the report is to assess whether there was a leak and the scale of the leak.
How to write this, like leaking?
We can't simply say that there was no leak, because what they said about the first stage was very correct, which was to attack westwards from Baocheng.
After a while, the two men came out of the interrogation room, "Jiao Sang, we need a separate office to write the report."
Jiao Zhenguo nodded, "Everything is ready, you two follow me."
Lin Ze quickly put away his ears.
The main reason was that Lao Jiao kept muttering nearby, and when amplified by Shunfenger, the sound was simply deafening.
Why didn’t I realize before that this guy is a chatterbox?
Jiao Zhenguo led the two staff officers to a row of rooms in the yard next to him, pointed to one in the middle and said, "Look, you two, I have prepared this. I know you two need a place to discuss and write a report. I have had someone check it and there is no problem."
The room is nicely decorated, even with carpets. The desk is large, with several chairs, pens, brushes, paper, and desk lamps. There are also two sofas against the wall.
Izawa Keigo was about to go in, but when he heard Jiao Zhenguo say the word "discuss", he stopped.
He asked, "Have you checked it?"
Jiao Zhenguo nodded, "Don't worry, we've checked everything. No one is working in this row of houses. The office in the middle was recently renovated and is going to be used to discuss the case."
Metal detectors are now available. The Police Department, including the Detective Team, uses a detector called M-Scope, which is imported from Milijian. It is quite expensive and there are only a few of them. None of the police stations below have this thing.
Izawa Keigo looked around and found that the door of the office next door was also open. This office was much simpler, with old tables and benches with the paint peeling off. The room was empty and there was no decoration except for a wall clock and a filing cabinet with one leg broken.
This actually made Keigo Izawa satisfied.
The office in the middle has too many things in it.
"We'll use this one. As for the one in the middle, Jiao Sang, Lieutenant Lin, you can rest in there."
Jiao Zhenguo spread his hands and said, "What I mean is that you can use whichever one you want. Why don't you trust people?"
Keigo Izawa and Yuta Tenpei went to the office with pen and paper, closed the door, and discussed something inside.
Lin Ze and Jiao Zhenguo entered the middle room and asked, "Captain Jiao, is this yard usually unused?"
Jiao Zhenguo smiled reservedly, "The detective team has a large space, and many detectives are out all day. Except for the squadron leaders and team leaders, others don't even have an office, nor do they need one, so they don't need so much space. This yard is a little off the beaten track, and nobody uses it, but it's very suitable for discussing some confidential cases. I'll have someone clean up the rooms next to it, so that we can hold meetings here and sleep here."
Looking at the decoration in the room, Lin Ze smiled and said, "You guys are really rich. An office for discussing cases is decorated so luxuriously."
Jiao Zhenguo smiled mysteriously, "They were all copied from the homes of suspected rebels. There are still a lot of them in the warehouse. If Director Lin needs them, I'll have someone send a car over someday."
Lin Ze waved his hands. He was not interested in these second-hand goods.
In order to stop Jiao Zhenguo from nagging, Lin Ze half-leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes, and pretended to rest.
As expected, Jiao Zhenguo stopped talking and just drank tea in boredom.
The wind-hearing ear, turn on!
I don't know if it's because Keigo Izawa and Yuta Tenpei lowered their voices again, or because the distance was farther and there was a wall in between, but I couldn't hear it clearly this time.
However, from just a few words, we can still hear the general plan.
After all, if two people want to assess the leak, they can't keep their mouths shut and discuss the real plan. Even if they speak very vaguely, combined with the information Lin Ze had previously mastered, he can guess it roughly.
The Japanese really spent a lot of money this time. Lin Ze guessed the main attack direction correctly, but he also heard two very important points this time.
The first is that the Japs have adopted a strategy of dividing their troops this time, vowing to keep the border troops firmly under control in the encirclement. According to Izawa Keigo, the directions in which the troops will be divided are ridiculously many, at least more than ten routes. In other words, on the route of attack from east to west, from Zijing Pass to Mancheng, to Quyang, and even to Jingxing and Mengxian, there are Japs troops!
The second very crucial information is that Lin Ze heard the name of Dai County. If they only attacked from the east, it would be impossible to reach Dai County.
It was the 109th Division! The Japanese also used the 109th Division stationed in Shanxi to attack Wutai from Daixian in the west!
This information is of great significance!
Lao Jiao is really a good man, and I will make another contribution this time.
I just don’t know how Lao Jiao got the information. He doesn’t have a super hearing ability. Does he need to eavesdrop?
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