Intelligence is broad in scope. Military intelligence is also part of the intelligence category. Looking more narrowly, scouts are also intelligence collectors. Intelligence is not independent, it can be related to anything. Intelligence is not collected in one direction, it can be released in the opposite direction. Intelligence may not be facts, but facts must be related to intelligence. In theory, the impact of intelligence can be infinite. It can ruin a marriage and a country's negotiation table, so intelligence is always black.
Su Qing is not an intelligence expert, but her experience is enough to surpass the Independent Regiment. Her work is rarely seen, but it involves all aspects. The trivial intelligence on people's livelihood, humanities, economy, resources, military, etc. in Meixian area is regularly summarized and forwarded to the upper levels for analysis. She is a part of a huge and complex network. It is not as simple as a few couriers passing on information. Even the personal relationship between Hu Yi and Li Youcai is within the scope of Su Qing's work.
The people of the Ninth Company had seen Su Qing's ability to coordinate by hunting down Japanese shooters. She used the method of screening intelligence to screen people, which was very special. Although she failed, she was impressed. This early morning, she tried to intervene in the battlefield with the eyes of intelligence. The group led by Gao Yidao found it incredible and doubtful. But Su Qing took it seriously because she had the strong support of Hu Yi. Although she didn't know much about military affairs, as long as she gave creative ideas and insisted on her opinions, Hu Yi, a military expert, would obediently improve them for her.
After the meeting, she did not leave the venue. She asked Ma Liang to move a small table and get the items she wanted. Then she sat alone in the empty tent and started to work. She had handled too many military documents. First, she forged a contact letter from a friendly army. She tried her best to make the letter realistic, using the simplest code to ensure that the Japanese could decipher it in a short time after receiving it. The general meaning was: My troops will arrive at the designated area on time, and I hope your troops will do their best to create a favorable situation and delay the enemy.
Afterwards, she began to write the second letter, asking for help from the Japanese in the name of Li Yong's troops.
After finishing the last stroke, she knew that someone was peeking at the letter for help she had just completed. The backup had indeed arrived.
"Can I express my opinion?" Hu Yi waited until she completely put down her pen before speaking.
"Speak." She deliberately remained calm, thinking of that night on the beach. He also tolerated her willful intuition and the sand she raised.
"Isn't your 'letter for help' too fake? Maybe Li Yong and the Japanese agreed to send a message? Or maybe he sent someone to contact the Japanese before? How could the Japanese believe you? What's more, your handwriting... is so beautiful!"
Hu Yi's eyes were still focused on the letter on the table. He frowned and the more he read the letter, the more fake it seemed. He didn't notice that the last sentence he used to emphasize his dissatisfaction might be misinterpreted by the listener. He didn't notice that her fair cheeks suddenly turned slightly red. He subconsciously raised his fingers to touch the hair beside her ear until she slowly turned her gaze away and raised her beautiful face under the light.
"I'm telling the truth!" Hu Yi's heart sank as usual. He quickly took a half step back to create some distance so that they could look at each other. He regretted not being able to say it more tactfully. He had just been examined by her. Wouldn't this just be asking for trouble
Suddenly she laughed!
In fact, her smile was very ordinary and faint, but in Hu Yi's eyes, it was just the opposite. It was almost as magnificent and mysterious as a mirage, blinding him!
It must be an illusion! It must be because I stayed up all night and felt dizzy! I took another step back subconsciously, but there was a bench behind my knees, and I fell down with a thud.
Her faint smile then evolved into a joyful laugh, like the sound of a bell in the wind, which prevented Hu Yi from getting up immediately. This was actually true!
"It's right to be fake! We want to let the Japanese know that this letter for help is fake, and shift their attention from the doubts about the authenticity of the first intelligence to this one. Then the Japanese will think about why we made this fake news? Why do we want them to turn back to the east to support Li Yong? So they are more inclined to believe that our friendly troops in the north are quietly moving into Meixian. Didn't you say that this extra friendly army out of thin air can at least scare the Japanese into an ambush? In this way... they dare not go too deep? Will this mopping-up operation end early? As for the rest... I don't know what to do. Can you help me improve it?"
At this point, Hu Yiquan understood that as long as the devils thought there were an extra thousand soldiers, then they were there! Because in the short term they couldn't prove that they didn't have them. This was an invisible force, but in the eyes of the devils it was visible. This stupid woman had created a big conspiracy in this tent!
He stood up, not bothering to pat his clothes or hold the stool, and walked a few steps to the blackboard, picked up the chalk, stared at the map for more than ten seconds, raised his hand and drew a big circle in the area between Dabei Village and Qingshan Village: "A regiment should be set up here. There is the intersection to the north of Niujia Village and Baishi Beach. The ambush in this area has the shortest marching distance and many good positions. At the same time, it can also deal with your second fake letter."
Hu Yi drew a vertical line between Baishitan and Qingshan Village: "We must cut off Li Yong's connection with the devils. It doesn't matter before, but we can't let him go after that. And we must prevent Li Yong from going west. Once he passes through, the plan will be exposed. Chen Chong is stationed here."
An arrow was drawn from a wine station to the ruins of Qingshan Village: "Li Yong must be fought, but he must not be killed, nor can he be driven away. As long as he does not go west, it is best to fight him slowly. This task should be done by the Second Company."
Another arrow was drawn, running from the wine station to Dabei Village: "If you want to harass, the scale does not need to be large. After the harassment, retreat eastwards and make the Japanese feel that the purpose is to pull him back. I will lead the 9th Company to pull it back!"
A thick arrow started from Shuxia Village, passed through Xinghua Village, and pointed eastward to Dabei Village: "If the Japs believe in the existence of this regiment, they will not go further west or north. They will turn their heads to Dabei Village for a short adjustment and weigh the pros and cons. Because from this point on, they have only two choices, either go east to Qingshan Village to verify the facts and take the risk of being ambushed by the regiment; or go south from Dabei Village and take Wuming Village and Songjia Village as the final mopping-up targets."
The second thick arrow was drawn from Dabei Village to Wuming Village in the south, and then Hu Yi drew a thin arrow in the same direction: "If the devils do this, it means your plan is successful! I will lead the 9th Company to continue harassing them from behind, so that the devils will be more convinced that we want to pull them back to the north line to ambush them and do not want them to go south."
At this time, Hu Yi drew a big cross on the location of Qingshan Village: "If Li Yong is still here, he can die! But I guess... Li Youde will reinforce. He has two companies in Luoye Village. It will be difficult for Gao Yidao to defeat him. We are too poor to have soldiers. This is the best opportunity we can have. Now we have to consider how the devils will get your two letters."
The chalk was carefully put down, and Hu Yi was still concentrating on the road map on the blackboard without looking back. After a pause of more than ten seconds, Su Qing, who was sitting quietly on the bench and concentrating on his back, exhaled a long breath as if waking up from a dream: "Didn't you always want to beat Li Youde? Why didn't you let the second company go to pull the devils?"
"Gao Yidao likes adventure. I don't expect him to thank me."
"Where's your telescope?"
This question made Hu Yi turn around: "Lost."
"Where's the map bag? Where's the raincoat? Is that lost too?"
"… "
"By the way, where's your pocket watch? Why don't you wear it?"
“It’s also… lost.”
"It's time!" After saying this, she suddenly smiled again, full of ease, without a trace of shyness, as if the dawn was approaching...