funbook-pk Chapter 910 A Safe Approach
Chapter 910 A Safe Approach
"Hasn't anyone criticized you for this?"
Looking at the maintenance personnel busy around, Li Shaoyi knew that the result would not be too good. After all, the damage here was too serious. But as long as some equipment could be repaired and maintained for use in the next half month, we can't have too high requirements for this place.
"I'm the head of the Beijing intelligence department. This incident happened in my jurisdiction, so naturally I'm responsible. After the troops have retreated from Tianjin, I'll go back to school to teach. I'll also be subject to investigation. But before I leave, I have to do this. If the Marshal wants to punish me, I have to do this. Besides, the people have already been brought here, and I can't send them all back. I can't guarantee that there aren't any Japanese spies among them, so I've chosen the most foolish method."
Lin Cai stood up straight. Everyone had to accept punishment for this matter. This was also Li Shaoyi's instruction. After finishing the job, this guy had to go back to the identification training class in the rear and serve as an instructor for at least half a year. During this half year, another group of people would identify them.
The intelligence organization is vital to the entire army. In addition to collecting intelligence, it also knows a lot about the internal information of our army. Therefore, there must be no doubts about everyone. As long as there is a little suspicion, it must be investigated immediately. If the investigation is not clear, then they will have to leave the front-line combat position and retire to individual departments, or even leave the 72nd Army.
"I think your way of doing things is very necessary. Inform your intelligence department to take note of this. If similar incidents occur in the future, large-scale mobilization will also be required. This stupid method is very suitable for the intelligence department."
Lin Cai was very happy to hear Li Shaoyi commending him for his actions, but he was afraid that Li Shaoyi would be like those short-sighted people and say that he was wasting too many resources on this matter. After all, the mobilization of hundreds of people might not be a big deal in normal times, but now it is a war time. For the 72nd Army, it is even more difficult to free up special transportation forces, especially to bring people back from Southeast Asia.
That evening, Lin Cai's men came to report.
"Reporting to the commander, the commander-in-chief and his men have brought in 462 truckloads of fuel, all in small barrels, 35 kilograms per barrel. They've also issued orders that from now on, all aircraft refueling will be done manually."
In his office, Lin Cai received a report from his subordinates.
"Find someone to cooperate with them. If we don't need to intervene, then we can just do some auxiliary work on the side. When something like this happens, tell the brothers below that even if the people around the Marshal don't believe us, it's our own fault."
Lin Cai didn't know where Li Shaoyi got the fuel, but these hundreds of trucks should be enough for tomorrow. As for what the situation would be like the day after tomorrow, Lin Cai didn't ask too much. The commander-in-chief was a very sensible person. Since he didn't tell us, it meant we shouldn't know.
"Commander Lin, where on earth did all this oil come from? We sent people to search the area before, but there was nothing. Could the commander-in-chief have made this oil fall from the sky?"
Lin Cai didn't ask about this matter because he knew some of the things involved, but the people below didn't know. This was hundreds of trucks of fuel, which amounted to about two thousand tons. If it was imported, the coastline was now blocked by the Japanese. From which country could they get so much fuel?
"Is this something you should know? This involves the top secrets of our 72nd Army. If you have this idea yourself, just tell me about it. If you still ask such questions after leaving this room and are taken away by the commander-in-chief's entourage for investigation, don't blame me for not saying a word to you. At the same time, tell your subordinates to know what they should know and not to ask about what they shouldn't know. There was such a big mistake at the Peking Airport, and we don't know how to investigate it ourselves. Don't cause me any more trouble."
Lin Cai was also curious, but there's a saying that goes, "Curiosity kills." How could you be curious about something like this? If the commander-in-chief is willing to tell you, then you'll know. If he's not willing to tell you, don't even ask.
In fact, this question has always existed within the 72nd Army. Where do all the weapons, ammunition, various fuels, and even the food they eat come from?
Ordinary soldiers would never ask this. In the eyes of many ordinary soldiers, as long as there is enough ammunition during the war and enough food during the meal, that's enough. As for where it comes from, we soldiers don't ask at all.
According to them, even if we find out, what good will it do? Isn't that how we should fight wars anyway?
Ordinary soldiers think this way, but some officers are different. They always want to find a result, but they find that the place closest to the result is those logistics officers. They will not tell you a word. No matter what method you use to inquire, you will not get any information in the end. If you want to sneak in and see, you will soon be caught by them, and they will also teach your superiors.
The army dealt with several such people, some of whom were combat heroes on the battlefield. Because of this incident, they were directly dismissed from their posts and transferred from the regular army to the militia. Even the security regiment didn't want them.
From that time on, no one in the military would do such a thing. Satisfying curiosity was useless and might even cause you to lose your current position. Was curiosity still so important?
After Japanese spies successfully planned the explosion in Peiping, the North China Front Army ordered their troops to speed up their advance. After leaving Tianjin, they lost several advancing troops and were about to stop and advance slowly, but when they heard that the airport in Peiping was destroyed, a group of people who wanted to make meritorious deeds became interested again.
Unfortunately, as they pressed forward, dense bomber formations appeared in the sky again. These people immediately called headquarters again, asking, "Didn't you say the Peking airport was unusable? Given our distance from Chahar, their planes only fly over us two or three times a day at most, but now we have a batch every hour. How do you explain this?"