Chapter 45 Chishima's Suicide
After agreeing on the details, President Wang asked Chu Lingyun to go back and wait for his good news.
Wang Yuemin added thirty good men to his team. Together with the previous fourteen men and himself, he now has a total of forty-five men under his command.
According to the current staffing size of 160 people in the action group, each action squadron needs 53 people to be fully staffed.
Chu Lingyun is still short of eight people, and he needs to find these eight people himself.
When the Military Intelligence Department selects people, all departments always give the green light. Whether they are willing or not, people selected by the Military Intelligence Department must be released.
This is how Chu Lingyun was taken away by Wang Yuemin. This time when Chu Lingyun was selecting people, his first choice was his old troops.
I am familiar with the old unit and remember that there are many outstanding talents in it.
Chu Yuan, who has the same surname as him and is one year younger than him, has excellent marksmanship and is an excellent sniper. They were together before and he was also his old subordinate. This time, Chu Lingyun chose him first.
Chu Lingyun, who was familiar with future history, knew very well that his future in the army might not be better than that in the Military Intelligence Department.
As the war broke out, all the existing troops suffered heavy losses. After several defensive battles, the survival rate of veterans was extremely low. Taking Chu Yuan away was equivalent to giving him an extra layer of protection.
Following me, I can say that everything will be fine, but at least it will be much better than staying in the army.
The other seven people were also familiar to Chu Lingyun in his memory, each with their own skills. After reporting the eight lists, Chu Lingyun returned to the station, and they would come to report on their own.
After the Wuhan Station expanded, a building of the Hubei Provincial Security Department next to it was forcibly taken over. The action team now works in this building, and Chu Lingyun finally has his own separate office.
"Ring, ring, ring."
The phone on the table rang, and Chu Lingyun picked up the receiver while looking at the documents.
"Team Leader Chu, I'm Zhu Zhiqing. Chishima Keiko is dead."
Zhu Zhiqing's bitter voice came from the other end of the phone. Chu Lingyun stood up suddenly: "What happened? Why did she die suddenly?"
Among the captured Japanese spies, Chishima Keiko is the most important. Chu Lingyun and Wang Yuemin have extremely high expectations for her and are waiting patiently, believing that sooner or later they will be able to make her speak.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Zhiqing suddenly gave him such bad news.
Once Keiko Chishima died, not only could the remaining observer not be caught, but the spies she had previously identified also had no way to be investigated, which meant that several clues were cut off.
"Team Leader Chu, I'm truly sorry. It was my fault for not keeping a close watch on her. I was careless and she committed suicide by stabbing her throat with a chopstick."
"It's hard to explain over the phone, I'll be there right now."
Chu Lingyun hung up the phone in a hurry. Chishima Keiko was a big fish. Chu Lingyun had originally thought of catching a few more Japanese spies and making meritorious contributions after getting her to speak. But once she died, all these became fantasies.
"What are you doing? There are so many people watching over a woman, and you let her commit suicide?"
"Don't you know how important she is?"
"Zhu Zhiqing, I think you're getting more and more confused the more you do it. If you can't do it, tell me in advance and stop causing trouble for me."
When Chu Lingyun rushed to the interrogation team, Wang Yuemin had already arrived and was cursing loudly. Zhu Zhiqing did not dare to hide such an incident and reported it to Wang Yuemin at the same time.
There was a corpse covered with white cloth outside. Chu Lingyun lifted the cloth and took a look. It was indeed Chishima Keiko.
Zhu Zhiqing didn't dare to raise his head because of the scolding. It was indeed their mistake this time. Normally, after delivering the meal, they would watch Chishima Keiko finish eating and then take away everything.
If Keiko Chishima refused to eat, she would be forced to drink it.
This time the guard was not there, giving Chishima Keiko a chance. Chishima Keiko was ruthless enough. She split the chopsticks and stabbed them into her throat.
"Stationmaster, don't be angry. It's useless to be angry. Can I ask them a few questions?"
Chu Lingyun stepped forward to persuade Wang Yuemin, and his anger subsided a little, but his tone was still stern: "Team Leader Chu will ask you questions now, and no one is allowed to hide anything."
"Who is in charge of guarding Chishima Keiko today?"
There were ten people in the interrogation team. Chu Lingyun looked at them. A man in his thirties stood up with a sad face.
"I was the one guarding her today, and I brought her food?"
"Where were you when Chishima Keiko committed suicide?"
With someone watching, it was impossible for Keiko Chishima to commit suicide. A prisoner as important as Keiko Chishima who had not spoken a word must be guarded 24 hours a day according to the requirements.
There must have been a loophole in the surveillance process that allowed Chishima Keiko to commit suicide successfully.
"I had just delivered her food when Liu Cheng came over to tell me there was a call from home. I asked Liu Cheng to keep an eye on it for me and went to answer the phone."
"Where's Liu Cheng?"
Just as Chu Lingyun finished speaking, a man came out tremblingly: "Team Leader Chu, I'm Liu Cheng."
"Where were you when he went to answer the phone?"
"I was looking at Chishima Keiko, but Gao Yi suddenly called me, so I went out for a while. I didn't expect that when I came back, Chishima Keiko had already lost a lot of blood and could not be saved."
Liu Cheng was almost crying while talking. He felt extremely unlucky. It was not his duty today. He just helped to answer the phone and call for help. He did not expect such a thing to happen.
"Gao Yi, come out." Chu Lingyun continued to ask.
A man in his twenties stood up, also looking frightened.
"Why did you call Liu Cheng? What did you call him for?"
"I was playing cards and lost all my money. Liu Cheng owed me money, so I called him to give me the money. I didn't know Liu Cheng was guarding the place at the time. I thought he was fine, so I called him."
Gao Yi quickly explained that his card playing was confirmed by several other people. There were indeed four people who were not on duty playing cards at the time, and Gao Yi did lose all his money.
Wang Yuemin glared at Zhu Zhiqing fiercely. Gambling during working hours was definitely a serious dereliction of duty for their interrogation team.
Zhu Zhiqing had a sad face. He usually looked like this when nothing was wrong. Who could have thought that something like this would happen this time?
"Team Leader Zhu, I'm so sorry. Something like this has happened. Your people can't leave for the time being. I'll let one of my team come over first. Don't worry, it's just a formality."
Chu Lingyun said to Zhu Zhiqing, Zhu Zhiqing nodded hurriedly and whispered back: "Don't worry, Team Leader Chu, we will fully cooperate and no one will leave. Please do me a favor and ask the stationmaster for help."
The last sentence was spoken in a low voice, and only he and Chu Lingyun could hear it. He knew very well that this time the trouble was serious, and according to Wang Yuemin's temper, he would most likely be severely punished.
Now in Wang Yuemin's heart, Chu Lingyun has the highest status. If Chu Lingyun can speak for him, perhaps a big thing can be turned into a small thing, or a small thing can be turned into nothing.
"Don't worry, once we investigate, it's not your fault, so nothing will happen."
Chu Lingyun sighed. He knew very well how angry Wang Yuemin was about Chishima Keiko's death. It was not easy to help him.
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