Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Wang Xingyun looked at the warehouse full of tungsten ore. There was no joy on his face. Instead, he frowned in confusion.

"I'm responsible for almost a year's worth of tungsten ore. Where do we get so much tungsten ore?"

Minister Gao looked a little embarrassed and said after a while:

"Our intelligence is lagging behind. There are several groups of tungsten smugglers passing through the base area who are selling tungsten ore at extremely low prices. The superiors thought that we have our own secret tungsten ore trading channels, so they took out precious military funds to buy them out..."

"But there can't be so much, right? The amount of tungsten ore here must be hundreds of tons, right?"

As the person in charge of tungsten ore transactions, Wang Xingyun knew the weight of the tungsten ore after just a quick glance. He knew the base's finances and knew that they couldn't squeeze out much money at all.

At this point, Minister Gao felt even more embarrassed. However, the base's finances were now at a critical juncture and could collapse at any time. He could no longer conceal the truth, and said with a regretful tone:

"In order to acquire more cheap tungsten ore, we borrowed a sum of money from the private sector, but now..."

Wang Xingyun, who had learned more about his profession in the past three days, took over the conversation coldly:

"But now the Japanese army has set up numerous checkpoints around Shanghai, so tungsten ore cannot be transported in at all. The original sales channels have also been destroyed. Now, apart from selling this batch of tungsten ore to the Japanese at a low price, no one will buy it."

Having said that, Minister Gao was no longer shy and looked at Wang Xingyun with expectation.

"You are the only one who can save the base's finances now."

"I?"

Wang Xingyue was a little bit unbelievable.

"Yes, that's you."

Minister Gao went on to explain:

"You don't know yet that the last batch of primary tungsten ore you were responsible for was not sold through the old channel you have been operating for many years."

"But there are not many people in Shanghai who can consume such a large amount of tungsten ore in a short period of time. How did they successfully trade it and exchange it for the medicines that the base urgently needs?" This shocked Wang Xingyun.

"It was the Central Commissioner you met. According to the news sent back by the comrades in Shanghai, when the Commissioner helped to pass on the location information of the tungsten mine according to your request, the Japanese army happened to increase its control over the tungsten mine. It was not that the business run by the Hans was directly closed down. At the critical moment, it was the Commissioner who used his own channels to solve the problem of tungsten mine sales."

After hearing this, Wang Xingyun understood it no matter how dumb he was, and looked at Minister Gao in disbelief.

"You want me to continue to use the special envoy's channels to continue the tungsten ore trade?"

"Minister Gao, you are also a veteran underground party member. Don't you know the work disciplines that have been stained with the blood of countless comrades? I asked the special envoy to take the risk of passing on information to us and establish horizontal connections. This is already a violation of discipline and has brought unnecessary trouble to the other party. If we continue to make deals, if there are any mistakes and delay the arrangements of our superiors, then we will be doomed!"

Minister Gao knew what Wang Xingyun said, but now all the funds of the base were tied up in these tungsten mines, so he could only bite the bullet and say:

"I know that, but the base is really out of options right now. I believe the special envoys can understand our difficulties."

In the end, Wang Xingyun struggled for a while and finally agreed, but he also made a request.

"This is related to the safety of the large army. I think the special envoy should understand. However, these are simple tungsten sands. The volume is too large and must be simply refined. Otherwise, it will be difficult to travel from the base to Shanghai. Moreover, after the transaction of this batch of tungsten ore, you are not allowed to contact the special envoy again."

Seeing that Wang Xingyun, who was most familiar with the secret transportation of tungsten ore in the base and was in charge of the trade, agreed to this difficult task, Minister Gao immediately agreed happily.

Even the plan for additional investment in refining was happily agreed to.

Soon Wang Xingyun regained his status as a famous figure in the base area. He spent the whole day leading people to refine tungsten sand using traditional methods, and reorganized and investigated new secret transportation channels.

All the people, big and small, in the entire base revolve around Wang Xingyun.

Wang Xingyun was so busy that he was like a top and didn't even have time to eat or drink.

Some people couldn't stand it. Several people from the Political Review Department were in a corner, looking at Wang Xingyun with his hands on his hips and shouting orders, and they were so angry that their teeth were itching.

"Wang Xingyun's suspicion has not been cleared yet. How can he be allowed to be in charge of such an important tungsten ore transaction again just because he shipped back the drugs?" said a person from the Political Review Department dissatisfiedly.

"That's right. What if it was a bait deliberately set by the enemy? The risk is too great!" Someone immediately responded.

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At this time, an old-fashioned man who was not well-received in the department couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but start to mock.

"If you don't like it, why don't you come? You can ask your superiors to allow you to do it yourself, secretly transport tungsten ore through the countless blockades of the devils, complete the transaction, and then bring back the urgently needed medicines and weapons from under the enemy's nose?"

This statement instantly angered everyone. The people who had just spoken blushed and argued convincingly:

"We are all valuable intellectuals, and those who have studied abroad are precious treasures"

“There is a division of labor in revolutionary work. Everyone should do their own work well and contribute to the revolution.”

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At this time, Deputy Director Zhang, who had not spoken, stopped everyone from speaking and said impartially:

"At the end of this month, a military leader will secretly go to the northwest to report on his work. I have asked him to help verify Wang Xingyun's situation. The truth will be known in less than two months. However, during this period, everyone must be vigilant and protect the base."

After Deputy Director Zhang finished speaking, everyone's spirits instantly rose, and they all showed a serious and responsible attitude towards work.

Ma Liang didn't know that because he had helped out with kindness in the past, he was being remembered by others again.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Ezhou Campaign entered a period of stalemate, the Japanese army was temporarily unable to launch a new round of large-scale offensive.

The Japanese army had to wait for the logistics to replenish the huge amount of ammunition consumed and the soldiers urgently recruited from the country before launching a new round of attacks.

Ma Liang also left his mansion in the French Concession and went to his house in the Japanese-occupied area on the pretext of going out for business.

Ma Liang was reluctant to give up the identity of Mr. Wu after maintaining it for so long and with no signs of being exposed.

He returned to his home in the Japanese-occupied area. As soon as he appeared at the door, Mrs. Zhang next door saw Ma Liang and asked curiously:

"Where have you been these past two months, Mr. Wu? I thought something had happened to you! My wife even asked her colleagues at the police station to inquire about you. During this period, many people came to our house to investigate anti-Japanese elements, but my wife dealt with them all."