Spy Family

From the moment he heard Lu Yezhou's voice, Lu Linbei felt something unusual. For such a major negotiation, it was normal for the Military Intelligence Department to be responsible for the preliminary negotiations, but it was abnormal to send an investigator who had just returned to King Zhai. What's more, it was abnormal. Like trying to gain someone's trust...

Lu Linbei immediately left the small office, went to the President Gao Yongzhen, and whispered his concerns and suggestions, "The council negotiations are fake. They want to use this contact to find out the exact location of the command center and launch a targeted attack." Attack. The command center needs to evacuate from here, immediately."

Gao Yongzhen looked surprised and also whispered: "This is located at the lowest level. Generally speaking, the most powerful ground-penetrating missiles of the Council cannot reach here..."

"During the war, weapons are getting better and better, and relevant parameters may become outdated." Lu Linbei could not provide direct evidence and could only carefully speculate, "When the council claimed that it wanted peace talks, did it specifically want me to Participate? Because I am also one of their targets. After killing me, the spacecraft will no longer be controlled by anyone, and it will naturally lose its threatening nature."

"I did mention you, but..." Gao Yongzhen made up his mind, "It is better to be overly cautious than to be careless and evacuate the command center immediately."

Lu Linbei breathed a sigh of relief.

The command center changes positions every two or three days. The top and bottom staff have already been trained to become skilled workers. After receiving the order, they immediately pack up their things. In less than five minutes, everyone is ready, and in about ten minutes, the personnel have almost evacuated.

Lu Linbei and Professor Qiao were the first guests to leave. Lu Linbei took his daughter away, but Chen Manchi still went back to work as a monitor and acted with his colleagues.

Lu Linbei did not go far and confirmed that the command center had been moved. He finally felt relieved and went to the Strategy Department with Professor Qiao. There was also a house without a plaque. It was smaller than the Network Department. There were two rooms inside and one outside, each with three desks. Distributed in a "pin" shape, Professor Qiao, as the chief analyst, only occupies one table, just like everyone else.

After the battle started, the staff dispersed to other places according to fixed procedures. Only the newcomer Zhu Canchen remained, still looking at the information attentively, paying no attention to the tremors that occurred from time to time.

Seeing Zhu Canchen, Professor Qiao nodded slightly to express his satisfaction.

Zhu Canchen finally noticed someone coming in, turned around and smiled, "Hello, Major Lu, why are you free today..." The room trembled again, he paused, and continued: "The work here is very interesting."

"I have also come to the Strategy Department and am planning to set up a new department. Are you still interested in working for me?"

"Of course, Major Lu's job is always more interesting."

Professor Qiao said unhappily: "Do you two think I don't exist?"

Zhu Canchen said: "Professor Qiao, don't get me wrong, and when I applied for employment, I made it clear that as long as Major Lu provides a position, I will still work for him."

"Yes, this is the only reason why I accepted you. It was not because you were good at analysis. That was something I discovered later. At that time, I wanted to train a spy to investigate Lu Linbei's true situation. I didn't have time to speak. , you are going to 'rebel'."

Zhu Canchen smiled and said: "There must be nothing wrong with Major Lu. Investigating him is a waste of time."

Professor Qiao sat down in someone else's seat and said coldly: "I don't know if there is a problem, but 'Major Lu' just made a simple and stupid mistake not long ago."

The fixed-point attack predicted by Lu Linbei never happened, so he said: "Maybe I am too sensitive and make a mistake in judgment, but there is nothing wrong with being cautious..."

Professor Qiao glared and said, "That's not what I'm talking about. Your judgment on the council is probably correct. They inexplicably asked me to wait for two or three minutes, and then deliberately sent your acquaintances to come forward. It all seemed like they were delaying time." , and confirmed that you are present, so it is very likely that a raid will be launched next, and the command center and many important people will be wiped out. "

"It turns out that Professor Qiao also thinks that my judgment is accurate."

"Accurate, but your reaction is completely wrong. You directly ended the call with Lu Yezhou, and then stupidly suggested that Lao Gao move the command center. Do you know what the result is? The result is that nothing will happen, and the council will give up. A surprise attack will make you lose credibility with Lao Gao."

"The situation was urgent and there was no other way..."

"Why not? And there are two correct ways: If you want to transfer the command center, then you should continue to talk to Lu Yezhou, and then suggest me to remind Lao Gao, and transfer quietly. The missile raid of the council will still happen, but it will be a futile attempt. So Once you do this, the entire SPC will be grateful to you; if you have to make a decisive decision, then you should expect that the council will cancel the plan, so there is no need to remind Lao Gao, and everything will be business as usual."

"Well, I didn't think it through well." Lu Linbei actually considered it, but he didn't want to take the risk.

"You are still too naive. There is a best time for everything. The best time to solve a problem is when the problem has surfaced and attracted enough attention. If it is too early, you will appear troublesome. If it is too late, it will be too late. ”

Zhu Canchen couldn't help laughing, and Professor Qiao's eyes swept over him coldly.

Zhu Canchen hurriedly put away his smile, glanced at Lu Linbei, and after receiving tacit approval, he said, "Sorry, I laughed because Major Lu once said something similar."

"About the best time?" Professor Qiao looked at Lu Linbei with disbelief on his face.

"He didn't say 'the best time', but he meant something similar. He said that planetary governments always have to wait until the problem 'grows up' before finding ways to solve it. Taking precautions before they happen sounds reasonable, but it's actually a stupid move, because it can't be solved Thank you, but it will lead to opposition - how many people will believe in the 'future' that has not happened? This is what Major Lu probably meant."

Professor Qiao stared at Lu Linbei for a while, "You may say that others are sound and logical, but when it's your turn, you are still in a hurry. What you did just now was to try to 'nip it in the bud'. Let's wait and see, if the council has not launched a surprise attack." , you will break your trust with Lao Gao, let alone Lao Gao, even I doubt your judgment."

"Professor Qiao just said that you also think that the Council is going to launch a surprise attack."

"But did I publicize it? No. Why? Because it was just an inference, a possibility, without direct evidence. If I reported it to my superiors every time I felt nervous, the Universal Rights Council would have expelled me long ago. At that time What would I do? Find a reason to get out of harm’s way, of course, and prepare to write an article.”

"My wife works in the command center and she can't live without it."

Professor Qiao shrugged, "So? You just used your personal experience to prove that marriage is wrong. It will bring constraints and ties, and directly affect your judgment."

Lu Linbei smiled, "I like this kind of restraint and bondage, even if I 'make mistakes' because of it."

Professor Qiao looked disgusted, turned to Zhu Canchen, and asked sternly: "Is this the Major Lu you want to work for?"

Zhu Canchen nodded, "Major Lu is a little emotional, but I don't think this is a problem. On the contrary, I respect this."

Professor Qiao was furious and stood up, "Okay, in that case, you two can form a new department together without my participation."

Before the two of them could ask to stay, Professor Qiao had strode out and closed the door heavily.

Zhu Canchen was a little nervous, but Lu Linbei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. This is Professor Qiao's normal state. Next time we meet, he will return to normal."

"Is he really a professor?"

"Well, the professor of sociology at Northwest Guangye College left his job very early. There are countless rumors about his weird temper."

"When Major Lu said 'resignation', he meant 'dismissal', right?"

Lu Linbei smiled and did not answer.

Zhu Canchen added: "Professor Qiao has a bad temper, but what he said is correct. I'm afraid Major Lu did not leave a good impression on the Universal Power Association."

Lu Linbei waited for a while, and the house trembled again, but it was still slight. Not only the command center, but no area of ​​the entire underground city seemed to have been fatally attacked.

Lu Linbei's "prophecy" was about to come true. He could only smile helplessly: "No one cares about me in Zhaowang. I'm a little used to it, so I became too arrogant."

"This is not the worst environment. We have never gained the complete trust of the Independent Army in Zhaowangxing. Did Major Lu have a conversation with General Xie before he left?"

"No, Minister Qiu has always been the one delivering the message."

"So I'm not worried. Major Lu is good at handling this kind of situation."

Lu Linbei smiled bitterly, but didn't want to talk about it anymore, "The new department needs a name. Leave this to Professor Qiao. Let's work out the details."

“First of all, how many people are needed?”

"It's not appropriate to have too many at the moment. Counting you and me, five people are enough."

"What kind of people are needed?"

"You are the analyst, and you also need a secretary and data clerk and two field investigators. Especially the investigators are very important. They are likely to be required to go to the council's territory to hand over to the other party."

Zhu Canchen asked various questions such as salary, working location, contact information, etc., and quickly sketched out a prototype. As for the final decision, he still had to wait for Professor Qiao to come back. Finally, he said: "This is a very important question. We belong to the Strategy Department." Does the subordinate department mean that all communication with the superiors must go through Professor Qiao?"

This issue is indeed very important. The most important lesson Lu Linbei learned from Mei Yongge and Sanshu is the importance of channels. It can determine the value of a piece of information and the future of a department.

"I will find a way to solve this problem and try to make the communication channels more direct."

The two chatted for a long time, and during the process they had to feed Xiaoxing and change clothes. A burst of soothing music came from outside, and Zhu Canchen said: "This means that the battle is over. I don't know the outcome."

No matter who wins or loses between the General Assembly and the Council, Lu Linbei is the loser. He stood up and picked up the basket, "That's it for today, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow. I'm glad to be working under Major Lu again. The analysis you asked me to do is almost completed."

"very good."

When Lu Linbei returned home, he tidied up the house first and put the displaced small objects back to their original places one by one.

An hour later, Chen slowly came back from get off work, looking very tired, but when she saw her daughter and husband, she immediately became happy. She had been looking forward to this scene for more than two years, and every moment was worth cherishing.

Chen Manchi picked up his daughter and approached her husband, "Children who grow up in war will definitely be strong."

"meeting."

"We didn't win."

"But it's not broken either."

"No, we lost a lot of drones and some soldiers." Chen Manchi's expression dimmed, "It was these soldiers who blocked the council's later offensive. Every time I think of those fighting outside, I feel like I'm doing Too little."

"Everyone has their role."

"Are you going to continue negotiating with the Council?"

"I don't know, there should be news tomorrow."

"Zi Zi... isn't he really acting?"

"Since the targeted attack I speculated did not happen, I am not sure about Ye Zi anymore."

"The people in the command center are a little dissatisfied because they interrupted their work for ten minutes because of you, but Lao Gao is very grateful to you and said that what you do is to 'prevent problems before they happen' and you can't be too demanding about accuracy."

Lu Linbei smiled, knowing in his heart that Lao Gao was actually equally dissatisfied.