The train driver in the courtyard

It is coldest at three o'clock in the morning.

The cold wind blew in.

Li Aiguo opened his eyes slightly and pulled the quilt upwards.

When he looked over to the side again, he saw Chichi lying next to his hand in the moonlight, also curled up tightly, looking like just a small fur ball.

Li Aiguo yawned, picked up the ball of fur, held it against his chest, and covered it with a quilt.

It grumbled twice in dissatisfaction while eating and half asleep. It wanted to be alert, but when it smelled the familiar scent of Li Aiguo, it nodded its head twice and fell asleep again.

The next morning, Chi Chi woke up earlier than Li Aiguo. She lay beside him, staring at him, not knowing what she was thinking.

Maybe he was wondering why the dad was so ugly and had no hair on his body.

"Get up!"

Li Aiguo yawned, patted Chichi's butt, waited for it to move to a new position, put on his clothes, and stood up.

I went to the well in the compound, fetched a bucket of clean water, took out my toothbrush and toothpaste, and prepared to brush my teeth.

"嘤嘤" When Li Aiguo heard this voice, he knew that Chichi had something to ask him.

Pandas can make a variety of different sounds, such as sheep bleating, dog barking, screaming, howling, howling, and squeaking.
Chichi is still young, and he usually uses two sounds to express his emotions.

"Ang" means happy and proud.

"嘤嘤" means asking for help.

Sure enough, Li Aiguo turned his head and saw Chi Chi staring at his toothbrush with wide eyes.

Li Aiguo: "."

He picked up a bamboo from the side, wiped it with a towel, pretended to rub it in his mouth, and handed it over.

Chichi happily took the bamboo and started brushing his teeth following suit.

huff huff

Researchers at Base 906 saw a strange sight.

A man and a bear squatted together, brushing their teeth and washing their faces, but one was washing with water, and the other was just rubbing it randomly with his bear paw, and their movements were damn synchronized.

"Done?"

"."

"finished Wash?"

"."

"Let's go."

The man and the bear stood up. Li Aiguo walked in front, and the bear followed closely behind with difficulty taking short steps. Its chubby appearance was really adorable.

Back in the dormitory, Li Aiguo suppressed his grief, scooped a spoonful of milk powder from the can into the basin, added warm water, and stirred it evenly.

Looking at him eating with grunts, Li Aiguo pinched his brows in frustration.

This guy is a money-eater. It would be great if he could get some bamboo shoots.

However, Li Aiguo was not sure whether pandas of this age could be fed with complementary food.

There is no panda breeding base in Sichuan Province these days. If possible, Li Aiguo would definitely ask for help from readers across servers.

"I found a panda. How should I take care of it? If anyone knows, please post the answer on the public screen."

Fortunately, the researchers at the base took out their own share of milk powder.

At worst, there is still white flour porridge, so Li Aiguo doesn't have to worry about food rations.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Aiguo held it in his arms as a hand warmer and walked out of the classroom.

After a period of hard work, Ledenev has basically solved the researchers' "problems".

Now it is urgent to transmit the "answers" back to the ninth inning, and at the same time get a batch of new questions.

However, the telephone lines are under emergency repair.

"I wonder how the calculations for the ninth inning are going?"

Li Aiguo rubbed his hungry belly.

Chi Chi lay on his palm and stretched out her limbs comfortably.

Inside the ninth inning room, the atmosphere was so heavy that it was almost suffocating.

Professor Zhou's hands trembled slightly as he slowly entered the last data into the calculator.

In an instant, the result appeared on the screen.

At the same time, Professor Huang, who was in charge of checking the calculations, calculated with an abacus and came up with the result.

Deathly silence instantly enveloped the entire room.

The two results are completely consistent with each other.

The two results are completely different from the Russian data.

This should have been a cheer of victory, but at this moment it was shrouded in a heavy gloom.

The emergence of this result means that the data given to us by the Russians is wrong.

If it was the negligence of the Russians, it means that they did not take our family's affairs seriously at all.

If the old man did it on purpose.
The researchers' faces turned pale in an instant, with fear, anger, and humiliation surging in their hearts.

After Director Li learned the result, he acted decisively and ordered Room 1 to keep it strictly confidential. He also ordered Lao Mao to seal off Room 1 immediately.

Afterwards, he personally boarded a special plane and flew to the capital at lightning speed.

In just half an hour, he came out of the lake and rushed back to Base 221.

Upon his return, Director Li immediately lifted the confidentiality measures and conveyed the important instructions from Haizili: "Only by relying on our own efforts can we become independent."

In an instant, all researchers and political cadres in the Ninth Bureau realized that the great cause of mushroom cultivation had undergone a fundamental transformation.

Due to the interruption of telephone lines, Li Aiguo became almost the last person to know the data results.

"Just one result is far from enough to convince Ledenev to send someone to bring the original data of the calculation."

"Yes!" The order was quickly executed.

Two days later, the confidentiality officer personally escorted the original calculation data to the 906 base.

At this time, Ledenev had just finished teaching. When he saw Li Aiguo, he caught a glimpse of two security officers carrying huge safes behind him. His heart suddenly skipped a beat and he had guessed about 70% of the story.

He locked his eyes on Li Aiguo and asked, "Have the calculation results come out?"

Li Aiguo nodded slowly: "Comrade Ledenev, I won."

Ledenev was silent for a moment: "I need to verify it myself."

Li Aiguo nodded to the security officer.

The two security guards followed Ledenev into the office.

A sentry was immediately posted at the door, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

After closing the door, Li Aiguo gently patted the confidentiality box and said, "Ledenev, you know the rules."

"I understand. You are only allowed to watch, not to take notes."

Ledenev was extremely anxious at this moment.

He desperately needed to prove that the ninth inning had made an unforgivable mistake in the calculation.

This has to do with some obsession deep in his heart.

The confidential box was opened, revealing piles of manuscripts with densely packed calculation formulas on them.

Ledenev picked up one, squatted under the dim oil lamp, and began to study it carefully.

As an expert, calculating the nine innings was not a difficult task for him.

However, he was shocked to find that the method chosen for the ninth game was the one that required the most calculations.

However, when he thought of the calculator, he instantly understood the reason.

If the calculator is as powerful as the informant said on the phone, then even the most complex calculations would be no problem.

Time is like the speed of eating and drinking milk powder, getting shorter and faster.

On the fifth day, Ledenev suddenly looked up from his manuscript.

His expression was sad, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he could only squeeze out a few words from his throat: "Patriotic comrade, you win."

After saying this, the international fighter lowered his head, looking very depressed.

"How could they do this!"

At this point, Ledenev could no longer explain the data errors by saying they were the result of negligence on the part of the Russians.

the reason is simple.

Jiujiu did a very solid job in his homework. He not only found the wrong data, but also found the source of the wrong data.

That was a peak value that appeared accidentally during the oscillation convergence process when the shock wave was treated with artificial viscosity.

This is data that should be ignored.

But the Russians treated it as real data and gave it to my little brother.

This is just cheating others, isn't it?

"Patriotic comrade, please rest assured that I will fulfill my bet."

As he spoke, Ledenev took out a notebook with a black cover from the drawer and handed it over.

Li Aiguo took it, flipped it twice casually, his face changed slightly, and he quickly closed it.

Although the content recorded here does not exceed his confidentiality authority, the less he knows, the better.

He put the notebook into a confidential box, sealed it, and ordered the confidentiality officer: "Rush back to 221 immediately and hand the notebook over to Director Li in person.

Remember, never open the box. In an emergency, you must protect the notebook with your life."

"Yes!" Both security guards were experienced old comrades who knew the rules well.

They saluted together, turned around and walked out of the office quickly.

Wait until the door is closed again.

Li Aiguo held Chichi, who was playing under the table, in his arms and stared at Ledenev: "Who leaked the news of our new calculation method to you?"

Ledenev was silent for a long time.

Finally, he slowly uttered a name: "Zhao Jitian."

****
Three days later, late at night, everything was silent.

The tranquility of Factory 221 was broken by a sudden noise.

A convoy consisting of two GAZ jeeps and three trucks sped along the rugged road towards the military airport ten kilometers away from Factory 221.

The guards at the airport did not seem to have been notified. In the quiet night, they suddenly heard the roar of a vehicle and quickly became alert.

As the convoy gradually approached, the dazzling searchlights suddenly lit up, and the guards raised their rifles and shouted sternly: "Stop, which unit are you from?"

The door of the jeep opened, and Director Li, wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, appeared in the strong light of the searchlight.

His expression was grim: "Ask your stationmaster to come see me."

The outer defense of Factory 221 is the responsibility of the 8100th Unit of the Independent Division.

This airport is also under the jurisdiction of 8100 and is a regiment-level unit.

The stationmaster, Mr. Liu, has been engaged in military aviation management before liberation and has rich experience.

After receiving the report from the guard, his first reaction was that it was extremely abnormal for Director Li to appear here at this time.

In his opinion, whether it is a fighter jet or a transport plane, the route is planned in advance.

Even if the plane has to make an emergency landing, it must contact the airport in advance.

The transport dispatcher must understand and record the flight number, tail number, distance and reason for the diversion in detail.

But tonight, the airport did not receive any relevant notification.

"Maybe I should report it to the division commander." Stationmaster Liu put on his clothes and stood up, subconsciously reaching for the phone.

"Stationmaster, Director Li came with a comrade from the meteorological station. He ordered us to keep it strictly confidential." Fear flashed in the guard's eyes.

When he heard the word "weather station", Stationmaster Liu slowly put down the phone he had just picked up.

He pondered for a moment, gathered his clothes, and stood up: "Let's go and see what's going on."

After thinking for a while, he instructed the guards to notify the airport garrison to increase their alert.

After everything was arranged, Stationmaster Liu strode to the gate.

After seeing that it was indeed Director Li, he smiled and greeted him: "Director Li, why are you here at this time? There are no planes landing tonight."

Director Li held his hand and said, "It wasn't there originally, but now that we're here, it's here now."

As soon as these words came out, Stationmaster Liu's expression changed instantly: "You mean, there is an unregistered plane that is going to land at our airport?"

Director Li raised his wrist and checked the time: "Twenty minutes left."

Stationmaster Liu let go of Director Li's hand and his attitude turned cold: "Director Li, according to the regulations, I must report it!" Stationmaster Liu was an experienced old comrade. He knew very well that the sudden landing of a secret plane must be hiding a major secret.

The matter is of great importance and he cannot afford to slack off in the slightest.

"Lao Liu, the reason why the plane is kept secret is for the sake of the overall situation."

"Sorry, I have to follow the rules."

Director Li did not expect Stationmaster Liu to be so principled. He had no choice but to give Lao Mao a look.

The old cat understood what he meant, walked forward and handed over a telegram: "Take a look at this first."

"This is the airport. It has nothing to do with you. No matter which department the leader is from..."

Stationmaster Liu took the telegram as he spoke.

But when his eyes swept over the content of the telegram, his face suddenly changed, and the second half of the sentence was choked in his throat.

He handed the telegram back respectfully and saluted Lao Mao: "Chief, please give me your instructions!"

The old cat had a blank expression on his face and pointed towards the airport: "Welcome the plane to land!"

"Turn on the high-frequency omnidirectional beacon and ground control approach!" As commands came out of the command room, the airport's navigation equipment was turned on one by one.

The lights on the runway lit up instantly, and a team of guards responsible for navigation waved signal lights skillfully.

The originally quiet airport suddenly became lively.

Stationmaster Liu stood not far away, staring at the night sky with his eyes slightly narrowed.

He has been engaged in air force transportation for more than ten years, but this is the first time he has encountered such a secret landing situation.

He couldn't help but wonder what kind of big shot was sitting in the transport plane that was about to arrive?

Names flashed through his mind quickly.

But he quickly shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of all these groundless speculations.

"Old Liu, you are also an old comrade, don't you understand that this kind of thing is not something you should get involved in?"

Just then, a bright spot suddenly appeared in the sky.

The bright spot became bigger and clearer. It was a transport plane.

The transport plane landed on the runway under the precise guidance of the tower and navigator.

The cabin door opened, and a man in a gray Zhongshan suit appeared at the door, holding a panda.

This person is Li Aiguo.

When he saw Li Aiguo and then looked at the panda in Li Aiguo's arms, Director Li couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

He had already known in advance about Li Aiguo's "picking up" a panda, and at the time he thought he had misheard. Can that thing be picked up casually?

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.

"Aiguo, welcome back. Thank you for your hard work." Director Li extended his hand to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo was about to reach out to respond, but he found that Chichi was sleeping soundly in his arms.

The little guy seemed to be aware of the movement and struggled to get closer to his arms.

"Sorry, the little guy fell asleep." Li Aiguo glanced into the cabin and said, "Zhou Xiaomeng, take out the little blanket."

Zhou Xiaomeng walked quickly out of the cabin and gently wrapped Chichi in a small quilt.

Chi Chi seemed to feel something was strange. He moved and wanted to open his eyes, but was ultimately completely defeated by sleepiness.

"The weather here is colder than in Sichuan Province. Take Chichi back to the warm building immediately."

"Yes."

Director Li had already prepared the vehicle. Zhou Xiaomeng got on the GAZ jeep, and the jeep soon disappeared in the distance.

A gust of cold wind blew, Li Aiguo pulled his collar together, looked at Director Li and asked, "Where is Zhao Jitian?!"

Half an hour later, jeeps and trucks started one after another and slowly drove away from the airport.

At the same time, the transport plane that had just landed at the airport took off again after a brief rest and disappeared into the night sky.

Stationmaster Liu withdrew his gaze and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, these living devils were sent away.

At this time, the staff came over and asked in a low voice: "Stationmaster, how should we record this time?"

According to regulations, airports must record the aircraft model, landing time and other information in detail for future reference.

"Record, what record? There is no plane landing tonight. Do you need to record it?"

The staff member was obviously stunned for a moment, and pointed to the transport plane that had not yet disappeared in the night sky: "Stationmaster, that plane..."

"Xiao Liu, remember, nothing happened tonight."

After saying that, Stationmaster Liu looked at the taillights of the car going farther and farther away in the distance and sighed: "Factory 221, something big might be about to happen."

The night is bottomless and the silence is frightening.

The lights in the jeep were dim and the only sound I could hear was the sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground.

In the back seat, Director Li lit a cigarette, looked at Li Aiguo and asked in a low voice: "Aiguo, how far does the Zhao Jitian incident affect?"

After receiving a top-secret call from Li Aiguo and confirming that Zhao Jitian was the one who leaked the information, Director Li's head suddenly became tense.

If Zhao Jitian is not just one person but a group of people, then once the news that Li Aiguo has returned from the 906 base in Sichuan Province is known to those people, they will definitely take action.

Director Li asked Lao Mao to come forward and report to the weather station in person, and obtained the "Imperial Sword".

The resources of the General Staff were also mobilized, and a military transport plane was urgently dispatched.

Li Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette and said, "It's hard to say for now, because the Russians are deliberately concealing the information, and Ledenev doesn't know much. Now we can only find a breakthrough from Zhao Jitian."

Late at night, the convoy roared towards Factory 221.

The headlights cut through the darkness like a sword.

******
When a person is roughly pulled out of his warm bed in the middle of the night, he will always be a little grumpy.

If you have something to hide, you must express your morning grumpiness to the fullest at this moment.

This is exactly what Zhao Jitian did.

After he was taken to the interrogation room, he leaned back in his chair, slammed the table, and roared, "Team Leader Cat, are you guys done yet?
Didn't I already have my facts sorted out? Why do you still want to conduct a surprise interrogation in the middle of the night?

I tell you, I will be out soon, so don't blame me for turning my back on you when the time comes!"

In the past, whenever Zhao Jitian got angry, Lao Mao had to interrupt the questioning in advance.

After all, judging from the existing rules and evidence, Zhao Jitian has not committed any conclusive and serious mistakes and cannot be treated as a complete suspect.

But this time, the situation seems to be completely different.

Facing Zhao Jitian's "anger", Lao Mao just raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

This smile made Zhao Jitian's heart skip a beat and he felt inexplicably uneasy.

"I'm warning you, I'm the deputy director of the preparatory office, if you do this you'll be committing a crime!"

Just when Zhao Jitian was about to show his "attitude" further, the door was pushed open from the outside and Li Aiguo walked in.

The moment he saw Li Aiguo, Zhao Jitian felt as if his throat was being strangled by an invisible big hand, and the rest of his words were instantly choked there.

It was not until Li Aiguo sat down steadily opposite him that he hummed the word "mistake" with difficulty, as if there was a fishbone stuck in his throat.

The voice became distorted due to extreme tension and shock, and was particularly harsh in the empty interrogation room.

Zhao Jitian realized that he was getting a little cowardly and slammed the table again.

"I'm telling you, I'm telling you."

"Snapped!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Aiguo threw a piece of material on the table, shocking Zhao Jitian's heart.

"Zhao Jitian, Ledenev has already admitted that it was you who called him and leaked the secrets of Factory 221."

"Impossible! Ledenev is the chief adviser and an expert on the Russians. How could he betray me..." As soon as Zhao Jitian finished speaking, he realized that he had spoken out of turn.

He quickly changed the subject: "What Ledenev? I've only met him once and I'm not familiar with him. Don't try to bluff me."

The incandescent bulb hanging from the ceiling flickered twice.

The atmosphere in the interrogation room became more tense and depressing.

"These are the materials provided by Ledenev." Li Aiguo picked up the materials.

He glanced at Zhao Jitian and said slowly, "Before I set out, I learned the name Zhao Jitian from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs gave him a code name, Mad Dog."

"Mad dog..." The old cat was originally smoking.

Hearing this code name, he was so shocked that he almost choked, and subconsciously muttered, "You know what, this code name really fits his style of doing things."

".How could they give me such a code name?" Zhao Jitian seemed to be unaware of this and his face turned pale.

Li Aiguo looked at him with some sympathy, and then read: "Zhao Jitian has no real superior, he is not responsible for executing the mission, all actions are up to him.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not allocate funds to Zhao Jitian.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs once told me that if we encounter any unsolvable difficulties here, Mad Dog can come forward to solve them.

At the beginning, I was very confused as to why Zhao Jitian was willing to be this mad dog.

Why would you abandon your own family, disregard your own interests, and put your heart on our side?
Later, by chance, I learned that there was a mysterious person at the University of Tokyo.

That person's greatest skill was to do ideological work. Zhao Jitian was fooled by this person, or rather, he was fooled and crippled.

It’s just that the person’s level is too high, even I can’t get in touch with him.”

After hearing these materials, Zhao Jitian's face darkened a little.

His momentum gradually weakened, and finally he collapsed on the chair like a puddle of mud.

"No, it's impossible... Ledenev is a genuine Russian. Why would he do this? Why would he betray me?"

Zhao Jitian murmured to himself, his voice filled with endless pain and unwillingness, "Also, I'm not a mad dog! Everything I did was for our great cause. I'm not wrong, I'm not wrong."

Lao Mao looked at Zhao Jitian's appearance and knew that this man's psychological defenses had been completely broken.

Come to think of it, Zhao Jitian has always believed that he is fighting for lofty ideals and a great cause, and is wholeheartedly working for the benefit of the other party.

But in the eyes of the other party, he is just a mad dog that can be driven at will.

Even the real Russian Ledenev looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.

Such humiliation was like a heavy hammer that hit his heart hard and fundamentally destroyed the beliefs he had always held.

Li Aiguo has seen too many people like Zhao Jitian in later generations.

Either they were fooled by the Russians or by Xiaomei's family.

Everyone has become an accomplice of the other party without realizing it, and will eventually be abandoned.

This simple and fertile land gave birth to them, fed them, and enabled them to stand up straight and live their lives as human beings.

But they are willing to stoop down and sell out their money.

Pitiful!
sad!

Have you ever!

Li Aiguo continued, "You are truly a pitiful, pathetic, and hateful person. But I can give you a chance now. Tell me everything you know, and maybe you can atone for your sins."

Zhao Jitian looked pale and nodded slightly.

The old cat asked, "Where are your accomplices?"

"Accomplices? I don't have any accomplices. I'm doing this for my beliefs and for a great cause! You're insulting me." Zhao Jitian puffed out his chest.

Hearing this answer, Director Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the matter is limited to Zhao Jitian alone, Factory 221 will not be affected too much.

As for the second battalion commander of the security regiment and several comrades in the office, their guilt can be alleviated a lot.

Lao Mao also knew that there was no need for Zhao Jitian to lie at this time.

Ledenev's testimony had nailed him in the head.

The old cat then asked: "What else do you know? Tell me everything."

"I-I don't know anything." Zhao Jitian looked sad.

He was like a prostitute who was taken advantage of by a vagrant, who just pulled up his trousers and walked away without leaving him a penny.

Li Aiguo suddenly asked, "Where is the professor from a university in Beijing?"

Zhao Jitian's eyes suddenly widened: "You all know everything?"

"Do you really think that the higher-ups know nothing about that person?" Li Aiguo tapped his fingers on the table. "Zhao Jitian, this is the only way you can undo your mistake."

Zhao Jitian was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Under my office desk, under the second brick from the wall, there is a box containing letters from the professor."

Hearing this, Li Aiguo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Codename 005 has caught you.

(End of this chapter)