Chapter 1049 Cross-department cooperation

The special operations battalion was a force formed by Qian Tiandun during the development of Annan Black Earth Port. Naturally, the soldiers recruited were mainly Annan refugees, the main source of population at that time. It was not until 1631 that this force was transferred to Fujian to station.

Gradually began to recruit Han people to join the army. However, due to the gap in enlistment time and combat experience, almost all the junior officers in this unit were of Annan descent. Of course, there was also an outlier like Gao Qiaonan among them. Not only was he not of Han descent, but he was also a prisoner of a hard labor camp.

With a good background, he has climbed all the way to his current position as commander of the special operations battalion thanks to his military exploits.

Before last year, the highest latitude in the area where this unit was stationed was only in Taipei, which is located at 25 degrees north latitude, almost on the edge of the tropics. The climate is somewhat different from that of Zhejiang. Last winter, in

During the winter on Zhoushan Island, many soldiers wore thick cotton clothes for the first time in their lives and experienced the cold outside the tropics.

Gao Qiaonan once heard Qian Tiandun say that the Ming Dynasty is currently in a climate state called the "Little Ice Age", and even the southeastern coastal areas occasionally experience snowfall in winter. Last year, Songjiang Prefecture north of Zhoushan, Suzhou

Prefectures, Yangzhou Prefecture and other places, as well as individual areas in Zhejiang and Fujian, experienced the spectacle of heavy snowfall in winter. Although Zhoushan was not affected, the temperature also dropped to less than five degrees, which made many officers and soldiers from the south feel uncomfortable.

Feeling unwell. If the logistics department had not prepared the heating equipment and winter clothes needed for the winter in advance, many people in this special operations force from the south would have fallen in front of the invisible opponent of the weather.

The destination that will be visited this year is said to be farther than the distance from Taipei to Zhoushan, and closer to the cold north. Takahashi Minami is really worried about whether his troops will be able to adapt to the climate there after arriving there.

At that time, a few percent of the combat effectiveness can still be maintained.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiaonan couldn't help but admire his boss Qian Tiandun's foresight. A year or two ago when he was stationed in Fujian, he began to recruit young people from the north to join the army. Now, in the special operations camp, there are many young people from the north.

Officers and soldiers also account for a certain proportion. When they go to the north, there are at least some leading parties who can help the troops adapt to the local climate and environment as quickly as possible.

Gao Qiaonan escorted the Japanese prisoners back to Dinghai Port. During the handover at the dock, he heard that the troops led by Wang Tom had arrived in Zhoushan two days ago, so he knew that the movement to the north was about to begin. He immediately handed over the matters at hand to the adjutant.

, he immediately rushed back to the headquarters to report to Qian Tiandun.

"You came back just in time." When Qian Tiandun saw Gao Qiaonan appear, he greeted him: "Commander Wang and Minister Hao are both here to talk to you about business."

Gao Qiaonan is currently a relatively well-known figure in the military. Naturally, he is also familiar with the top brass of the military. He had performed missions with Wang Tom and others as early as the Annan Civil War. Although Hao Wanqing had never interacted with him before,

, but Gao Qiaonan also knew his identity, and immediately stepped forward to salute several people one by one. Gong Shiqi stood next to Hao Wanqing, their eyes met, and they each nodded to say hello. They

Although they belong to different departments, they are all stationed on Zhoushan Island. We have met many times, so they are not strangers.

"As for the plan to go north, we have been making preparations since the beginning of the year. We will definitely take action within the year. However, before we go north, we must first deal with the affairs in Zhejiang." Qian Tiandun told Gao succinctly.

Qiao Nan explained the situation: "The Ministry of Security hopes to conduct a joint operation with the military to deal with some people who are currently showing strong hostility towards us in Zhejiang official circles, so as to prevent further problems from affecting our future after the army moves north.

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What does "get rid of" mean? Gao Qiaonan has been with Qian Tiandun for several years, so he naturally understands what he means. There is no doubt that this will be a wave of assassination operations led by Haihan officials. Similar methods were used a few years ago.

At that time, Haihan was also used on Hainan Island to quell some restless voices in the official circles of Qiongbei region. However, Zhejiang is not as good as Hainan Island, and the Ming Dynasty's rule here is much deeper. To carry out tasks of this nature,

The risks required are also much greater. It is obvious that the Ministry of Security is not fully sure of this task, so it pulled the military into the water to increase the safety factor of the operation.

Qian Tiandun continued: "This operation is led by the Ministry of Security, and Director Gong is responsible for formulating the plan. The special operations battalion will allocate manpower to cooperate according to the needs of the plan. You will be responsible for contacting Director Gong, and as soon as necessary,

We will try our best to satisfy you, do you understand?"

"I understand your humble position!" Gao Qiaonan responded in a deep voice. He had been with Qian Tiandun for many years and had long been accustomed to obeying orders as his bounden duty. At the moment, he did not consider the difficulty of this task or whether he would bear the risk.

If there was any detail that bothered him a little, it was probably that the plan would be led by the Ministry of Security rather than the military.

Of course, Takahashi Minami also knows what kind of department the Ministry of Security is. In terms of the degree of trust and dependence of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Security may even surpass the military in some cases, performing some tasks that are inconvenient for the military to directly come forward.

At times, the field team of the Security Department is often the first choice for senior management.

Takahashi Minami also understands that there are specialties in the arts. Some secret missions are not suitable for dispatching the army. Even a special operations battalion with certain research on urban street fighting is not as safe as long-term practice of tactical skills such as assassination and kidnapping.

The field team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, the field team has far more tricks on how to hide their tracks in the market than the military. The nature of the task determines who will play the leading role in this cross-department cooperation.

"Director Gong, please give me your advice!" Takahashi Nan said with a clasped fist to Gong Shiqi.

"You're welcome, Battalion Commander Takahashi!" Gong Shiqi immediately returned the salute with fists clasped.

In fact, this is not the first time that these two people have cooperated. During Haihan's attack on the Zhoushan Islands last year, the intelligence and investigation activities carried out by the Ministry of Security were all coordinated with the military. During this period, the two people had many contacts. Both of them have

They are the aces of their respective departments. During the cooperation, in addition to striving to gain merit for their own camp, there was also a sense of sympathy between the strong.

"Minister Hao, would you like to say a few words about this mission?" Qian Tiandun waited for the two to greet each other and then motioned to Hao Wanqing.

Hao Wanqing nodded, took over the conversation and said: "The target of this mission is the Ming officials who are against us, so we should keep a low profile as much as possible to avoid official conflicts. In terms of time limit, you have thirty days to complete the mission.

Although we are scheduled to go north before autumn, and there are still two months left, we must leave some space to evaluate the results of the operation to see whether the expected results have been achieved. What I want to remind you is,

If the local hidden dangers in Zhejiang are not better resolved, the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense may consider the risk of going north to be too great and postpone this action."

Hao Wanching paused, then increased his voice and emphasized: "I believe you all know how much preparation we have done before heading north. Considering the weather in the north, once the trip north is postponed, it may have to wait until the spring of next year.

Action. You should also be able to imagine how much damage it will cause to our country's development process during this period."

According to the plan formulated by the Ministry of National Defense, the first batch of troops to go north will exceed 2,000 people. If a force of this size cancels its march north due to unexpected reasons, it will have to stay in Zhoushan for more than half a year. During this period, these troops will not only

There seems to be nothing else to do in Zhoushan to reclaim wasteland. The Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to mobilize elite troops to Zhejiang, obviously not to send them here to reclaim the islands.

The meaning of Hao Wanqing's words is that Gong Qiqiao and Gao Qiaonan should be aware of the urgency of the situation and not relax because they think there is still enough time to act. If the expected action results are not achieved, it may affect

To Haihan’s overall layout on the Daming coastline.

When they came out of the headquarters, they both felt the pressure on their shoulders and couldn't help but smile at each other. However, this smile was inevitably a little worried, because they both knew how difficult it was to enter areas under the Ming Dynasty to carry out beheading operations. Moreover,

The target of this operation is more than one person. Once one of them is attacked, it may arouse the vigilance of his comrades, and it will become more and more difficult to solve them one by one. The consequences of the failure of the operation will be for them.

It is a responsibility that we simply cannot bear.

"Battal Commander Gao Qiao, it's still early, why don't you come over to my place and discuss the action arrangements?" Gong Shiqi took the initiative to send an invitation to Gao Qiao Nan.

Takahashi Nan thought that there were many people in the military camp and it was difficult to keep secrets. It was true that the Ministry of Security wanted to be more clean and secretive, so he nodded and agreed to Gong Shiqi's invitation.

The Ministry of Security does not have a registered organization anywhere outside Sanya, and has adopted various cover-ups. For example, the office in Dinghai Port, Zhoushan, is located in a business warehouse. This office is nominally a "

On the surface, the store of "Qiongzhou United Development Co., Ltd." sells groceries from the north and south. It looks no different from dozens of other storehouses in Dinghai Port. However, it is only after entering the guarded second courtyard that you realize this place.

It is Haihan's secret intelligence agency.

Every room entering the courtyard is filled with strip-shaped desks and tall filing cabinets, as well as clerks copying various documents. If it were not known in advance that this place is the office of the Ministry of Security in Penghu, Gao Qiao would have

Nan would almost think that this is an academy for cultivating scholars.

Although Gao Qiaonan has been stationed in Zhoushan for a year, this is the first time he has visited the Ministry of Security’s station. Looking at the staff sitting in the side rooms on both sides of the yard and the main hall in the middle, he couldn’t help but sigh: "I

I always thought that the staffing of the Security Department was very small, and it would be good to have one or twenty people in one place. But I see that your place has more people than the headquarters of my special operations battalion."

"Our Ministry of Security has many things to manage." Gong Shiqi explained: "Immigration, trade, finance, culture, as long as it involves national security, we have jurisdiction. For example, every month, transportation from Zhoushan Port to the south

For immigrants, we will have a file here that is exactly the same as the one held by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and may even be more comprehensive than their information. We also have corresponding records for every official trade transaction in Dinghaiport. The Ministry of Security not only

, and will also monitor all departments within the jurisdiction that are related to the outside world, and will copy all the information we are interested in as archive backup. The people you see are copying these information, and these information will be copied when necessary.

From time to time, it will also be shared with the military, public security agencies and other departments."

Takahashi Minami asked doubtfully: "Can this information be useful for your intelligence work?"

Gong Shiqi said: "Of course it is impossible to use them all, but even if only one thousandth or one ten thousandth can be used when needed, then it is worth doing. Because you and I don't know these things.

When and under what circumstances will the collected information be used?"

"This...sounds very metaphysical." Takahashi Minami was noncommittal about Gong Shiqi's statement. He personally did not believe in this method of obtaining intelligence purely by accumulating data, and he did not understand the implications of this approach.

in accordance with.

Gong Shiqi didn't explain much at the moment, and invited Takahashi Nan to the third courtyard. He had an independent office in the wing here. After entering, someone followed him and served hot tea and refreshments. Takahashi Nan ordered

He said: "Go and inform the people in the information department that the information I asked for yesterday will be sent over if it is sorted out."

After his subordinates took the order and left, Gong Qiqi explained: "I came back from Ningbo yesterday and received the mission one day earlier than you, so yesterday I ordered my subordinates to start sorting out relevant information to see what we have on hand that can be used.

Conditions... I don’t have anything good to entertain you here, but the tea and refreshments I brought back from Ningbo yesterday are pretty good, you can try them.”

After Takahashi Nan thanked him, he picked up the tea cup and took a few sips when Gong Shiqi's men came back to resume their duties. They placed a document book wrapped in brown paper on the desk and left.

Gong Shiqi picked it up and looked through it for a moment, then said to Gao Qiaonan: "Currently, among our personnel stationed in Zhoushan, there are 307 people from Zhejiang, 41 of whom are from Hangzhou. These four

Among the eleven people, twelve are serving in the military, and your special operations battalion accounts for two of them. The other three are affiliated with the Ministry of Security, but these three are currently lurking in Hangzhou and are not on the island."

Gao Qiaonan already understood what he meant after hearing half of it, and took over the conversation: "If we want to understand the situation in Hangzhou, these people may be able to provide us with some useful information."

Gong Shiqi nodded and said: "This is one of the benefits of registering information. When we need to collect intelligence, these information will let us know where to start most conveniently."
Chapter completed!