Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 494 Public Opinion War (15)

  That night, several important comrades of the International Equality League in Lelister got busy.

  Ross, who was ordered by Piaf to secretly pick up the film, went straight to the main office building without having time to check the contents, and met Keating, chairman of the International Equality League, Charles, Minister of Intelligence, and Piaf, Minister of Propaganda.

   "Comrade Keating, Comrade Charles, Comrade Piaf." Ross handed over the film.

"Our Propaganda Department has no shortage of comrades who can develop photos, but I think this is related to whether the public opinion war can be won or not, so we should take it first and then make arrangements." Piaf took the film and explained why he didn't let Ross find it by the way. Comrades who can develop photos will be developed first.

   "We do have some spies inside, but they are not as scary as everyone imagined. If there are really 'eyes' of the provisional government everywhere, we will not sit here in peace." Keating remained calm as always.

  As the Minister of Intelligence, Charles has the deepest understanding of this situation, but he still affirmed Piaf's caution: "It's always good to be careful, leave the film to me to deal with."

  Piave changed hands and gave the film to Charles: "Which comrade do you think should be sent to Laizein to pretend to be the lover of reporter Capa?"

"First of all, it must be a new face, so that our internal comrades know more or less. Even if the interim government has undercover agents to provide information, it is difficult to find out. Secondly, the people in Orondo are the best. This is the same as the background that Capa announced to the outside world. If they agree, even if someone is worried and wants to test and confirm, there will basically be no problems." Charles has been engaged in intelligence work for so long, and he has cultivated a calm temperament no less than Keating, he said unhurriedly.

"My proposal may not be professional. I think the most important thing to consider is ability. If the ability is qualified, people who are not from Orondo can still gain the trust of the provisional government and the newspaper." Piaf tried her best to mention The opinion of some people.

   "Yes." Charles nodded slightly in agreement, "So I hope this candidate can meet the three requirements of a fresh face, at least living in Orondo, and outstanding ability."

   "Are there any in the Ministry of Intelligence?" Piaf wrote.

   "I don't think they are all satisfied. This needs to be carefully selected and confirmed." Charles replied.

Keating talked about his opinion at the right time: "In fact, there is a more feasible way, that is, we directly transfer people from Orondo to Lezein. Don't forget, we also have a small-scale operation in Orondo. The substation, but because of the fall of Orondo some time ago, the substation has been transferred to underground work."

Charles came to the map on the side and carefully looked at the distances between Orondo, Leliste and Laizein: "If you send someone from Orondo, it should be one to one and a half days earlier The time has arrived in Laizein. Most importantly, the sub-stations in Orondo are inconspicuous, and even we ourselves have not devoted much energy to them, and it is even more impossible for the interim government to plant lurking troops in that pitifully low-valued place. Spies. If we directly contact the Orondo branch and ask them to send personnel, we can maximize the secrecy of this matter."

"It is guaranteed not to be discovered by spies. At the same time, the comrade himself is a person from Orondo. Both the background and the route to Lazein can withstand the inspection. The three conditions you put forward are currently logically satisfied. Two," Keating said.

"Can the comrades at the sub-station do it? I mean, there is a certain difference between the work they usually do and the tasks they will perform this time." Piaf tends to choose candidates from the Propaganda Department and the Intelligence Department, so that at least they are professional counterparts or have extremely high camouflage capabilities.

"According to the lady, her husband has been alone in Laizein for more than a week. We don't know if he has any new gains, but I think he must really want to get in touch with us earlier. .” Ross favored time-saving options.

"Comrade Ross has a very reasonable point. The reporter named Capa must want to get in touch with us as soon as possible, cooperate with us, and further investigate and obtain new evidence." Keating indicated that since he came in, he stood in the living room Ross next to him also sat down, "I appreciate this reporter who can be called a comrade, but he is only a reporter after all. In such a dangerous environment, it is difficult for him to guarantee his own safety. The longer the time, the greater the variables , Our most important thing right now is to get in touch with him and ensure his safety."

Charles proposed a compromise plan: "Well, let me check the information first. If our intelligence department meets the three conditions, we will hand over the task to our intelligence department. If not, contact Orlando immediately Comrades at the sub-station, let them send someone to Laizein."

   Piaf reminded: "We still have to confirm whether what Clementine said is true. If it is false, then we will waste our energy in vain."

"Proceed at the same time." Keating commanded in an orderly manner, "Comrade Charles, you go to determine the candidate. Comrade Piaf, use the highest level of confidentiality to absorb a comrade with the ability to print photos into this general task, as soon as possible." Print out these photos and verify the contents. Besides, you all need to make second-hand preparations, that is, once you need comrades from the Orondo sub-station to perform tasks, you should send them to them in the shortest possible time. Send the basic information of the Clementine family and notes on missions."

"clear."

"clear."

"clear."

  Charles, Piaf, and Rose should go down.

   "I'll contact Verac, that's it, let's do it." Keating beckoned, watched the three of them walk out of the office, and then called his secretary.

  —

  November 29, 1:30am

  Lizein, Laizein Wartime Action Team General Liaison Office

"Comrade Veraker! Chairman Keating has sent a telegram." Murphy's voice woke up Veraker, who had just fallen asleep, but it was the second half of Murphy's sentence that completely swept him away from sleep, "It is the highest confidentiality authority." ! But Chairman Keating has relaxed the conditions for members of our action team to know!"

   "Light a candle." Verac took the telegram translated by Murphy in the dark, and read it carefully word by word after lighting up the surrounding area.

   "It's an opportunity!" As the first person to know the content of the telegram, Murphy was a little overwhelmed by the excitement.

   "Call the others up and start a meeting!" Verak's hands were even trembling slightly.

   If the content of the telegram is verified, then their action team will be busy!

   Soon, Shirley and Connie from the intelligence team, and Cyril, Spencer, and Nizan from the combat team all woke up and sat together.

  Because it was getting late, turning on the lights at this time would easily attract the attention of the outside, so they only lit a candle on the table with a faint light.

  The candlelight was just enough to illuminate everyone's faces.

  Except for Veraker and Murphy, everyone else was sleepy, obviously not yet completely out of sleep.

   "Just now, Chairman Keating sent a telegram with the highest level of confidentiality." Verak scanned the crowd, held the telegram in his hand, and repeated it completely.

   "There are like-minded people in that newspaper office?!" Shirley, who had always been calm as if she never knew what emotion is, was the first to say in surprise.

  The reason why she was so surprised was because two days ago, the intelligence team had no choice but to send a team of comrades to the Laizein Daily to inquire about the news.

   It turned out to be a pity that the team of comrades was ambushed by the provisional government and all died.

  She didn't expect that when the action team tried so hard to break through the iron wall of the newspaper, there was already a ray of hope inside.

"It hasn't been confirmed yet. The purpose of Chairman Keating's telegram is to instruct our action team to check whether this matter is true as soon as possible. If there is such a person in the Laizein Daily News who has already sent his wife and children to Leicester City, journalists who are prepared to sacrifice themselves, then we will have a much greater chance of winning this public opinion war." Verac said.

"Sounds like a good thing, but will it be a little too smooth? We just couldn't break into the Lazerin Daily News to conduct investigations and collect evidence, and the other party took the initiative to come out and vote for us?" Veteran Spencer clasped his arms Chest, I feel that things are weird.

"I think this is quite normal. In the huge Laizein, we will not be the only ones fighting. Those people, those who are working for the provisional government on the surface, must have awakened reserve comrades." Kang Ni is optimistic.

"I agree with Comrade Spencer. The provisional government just killed a team of our comrades a few days ago, which is enough to show that they are not low in ability, and they are very likely to set up such a situation to lure us out." Cyril did not dare Take it lightly, "If we trust each other, the action team will be at risk of being wiped out by the provisional government."

Veraker affirmed the different speculations of several people: "It is precisely because there are still certain doubts that cannot be confirmed, so Chairman Keating ordered our action team to secretly investigate this reporter named Capa. It is true, get in touch as soon as possible , is false, either follow the plan, or kill the conspiracy of the provisional government in the cradle."

Cyril said: "It's not easy to investigate. Let's not talk about whether this reporter is a true revolutionary. Just talking about his identity, he must be a special talent under the special care of the government army. If we had the ability to investigate him, we would have gone there long ago." Contact them and collect evidence from them."

"I know that, because of this, our task is no easier than any other department." Verak knows how much effort and sacrifice it takes to achieve results. It's actually the hardest."

   "Time is tight." Murphy said.

  In the last paragraph of the telegram, Keating set a time limit for their action team.

  Two days.

  Within two days, draw an accurate conclusion.

Because in order to hurry up, other departments are also working simultaneously. For example, the comrade who pretends to be Capa's lover will leave on the morning of the 29th at the latest, and the time when he arrives in Laizein to meet with reporter Capa is about two days later. .

   If no conclusion can be reached within two days, comrades should wait or take a risk?

   What if you draw wrong conclusions, miss opportunities, or push comrades into traps in vain?

  The action team instantly bears the greatest pressure of this task.

Seeing that the few people became silent, Verak, who also suddenly had no idea because of the incident, bit the bullet and said: "I think everyone is very clear, even if there is only a 10% or 1% chance of this matter Sex is real, and we have to do our best to do it."

  The six looked at Verak in unison.

"One person can easily destroy another person with a single rumor, not to mention the momentum created by the interim government united with so many countries. We are used to fierce swords and guns, but this time it seems that the war is not so direct, perhaps It’s more serious than ever before.” Verak knew he was saying what everyone knew, “A lot of things are hard to do, and I, like you, don’t want to complain, because it’s pointless, because it always has to face Yes. I said some inexplicable things, in short, no matter how difficult the difficulties we face, everyone should be in a hurry. There is always only one choice left for us, and that is to overcome it."

"...I understand what you mean." Spencer leaned on the chair and rubbed his temples, "Let's inform some comrades overnight to prepare. I think we must first confirm the address of reporter Capa and his daily route to the newspaper office. Make sure we can monitor his every move 24 hours a day."

"Our combat team should plan as many actions as possible to attract the attention of the interim government. As for how to break through the guards of the government soldiers around him, make contact with them, and how to identify the authenticity of the opponent, it still depends on the intelligence department." Cyril Stop what is within your ability.

   "Give us some time." Murphy looked at Verak.

  It is impossible to find a solution immediately.

Out of sensibility, Verak wanted everyone to continue to rest first. It was officially launched at dawn, but rationality prevented him from opening his mouth: "...Well, we will start the meeting after dawn. Now everyone think about it for yourself. Murphy, contact the main station, We need more information to support that."

   "Understood." Murphy returned to the telegraph.

  The rest of the people also interrupted the communication and meditated alone.

  Verak got up and stood by the window, wanting to look at the wider outside to generate ideas.

   "Boom boom boom—"

  Twenty minutes later, when everyone in the guest room was awake but extremely quiet, there was a knock on the door from the outside.

  Before opening the door, everyone tensed up.

   But considering that there were no traces of government troops, and the person who came could only be Duke Hall's servant Henry, Verac nodded to Connie who was closest to the door.

  Connie stepped forward and opened the door.

   "Hi, hello, is Mr. Veraker there?" Sure enough, it was Henry.

   Late at night, her vision was very limited, but Connie still saw the other person's pale face: "What happened?"

  Verak thought this way and walked.

Henry was wiping his unstoppable cold sweat, seeing Verak approaching with a candle, as if seeing a savior, he felt a little bit ashamed and said: "Mr. Wei, Mr. Verak, the matter of the camera... seems to be discovered by the government. "

  (end of this chapter)