Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 379 Results (Part 2)

Lu Shaohua sent Qian Qian away because this matter needed someone to do it, but Lu Shaohua also had his own purpose. Qian Qian had never been involved in the issue of the secret base. He had been in Africa for so long and had been in the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group for so long, but he had never discovered that there was a different base behind the base. If he had to know, he would only know that there was something strange because the back of the base was closed and was a forbidden area.

Of course, in addition to not wanting Qian Qian to know about the secret base, Lu Shaohua had another consideration, which was to ask Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei about their investigation results on Qian Qian. If they were trustworthy, then Xie Jianwei could also delegate the power to let him manage the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group.

Although the secret base and the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group are together, they belong to two completely different systems. The Tiger Roar Mercenary Group has always been managed by the chief and deputy chief in cooperation with each other, and the chief also serves as the director of the base.

When Li Zhijie was the leader of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, the secret base was directly managed by Li Zhijie. Of course, Xie Jianwei also knew about the existence of the secret base at that time and occasionally participated in its management.

But this situation has changed since the establishment of the intelligence network. Li Zhijie gave up the position of chief leader and concentrated on establishing the intelligence network. Xie Jianwei also successfully took over the position of chief leader and concurrently served as the director of the secret base. But Qian Qian was different. Although he was the deputy leader of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, he knew nothing about the secret base.

Lu Shaohua has always considered things based on the principle that it is better to be cautious than to make mistakes. After all, Qian Qian had just retired from the national army not long ago. Unlike Li Shangkui and others who retired a long time ago, his mentality is very different. That is why Lu Shaohua has never let Qian Qian get involved in anything related to the secret base, for fear that problems would arise and the secret base would be exposed to outsiders.

With the development of the base and the diversification of projects, it has become very difficult for Xie Jianwei to handle both duties. That is why Lu Shaohua considered separating the two systems completely, allowing Xie Jianwei to let go of everything and devote himself to the management of the base, while Qian Qian would be fully responsible for the management of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, which means he would be promoted to the position of head of the group.

This is where the problem arises. As the head of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, Qian Qian must undoubtedly know about the secret base. Because if Qian Qian is promoted to the head of the group, there will be places in the entire base where he is restricted, and he obviously cannot tell anyone about it.

Both publicly and privately, Lu Shaohua would not let such a thing happen. Since he had decided to let Qian Qian be the head of the group, the secret base would have to be opened to Qian Qian. Of course, Lu Shaohua had the final say on how open it was. He could know a little, or all of it.

Not long after Qian Qian came to Africa, Lu Shaohua had already ordered Xie Jianwei and Li Zhijie to pay attention to Qian Qian and investigate him to see if he was sincere. If he was sincere, they would act according to the original plan. If he was not loyal, Lu Shaohua would completely clear Qian Qian out of the base and find another candidate.

So, taking advantage of today's opportunity, Lu Shaohua wants to check the results and see what Qian Qian thinks.

Qian Qian left the room and closed the door. The footsteps gradually faded away. Lu Shaohua then glanced at Yang Yang and asked them to go out and guard so that he would not come in to disturb them. Then he turned his attention to Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei.

"What's the result at the secret base?" Lu Shaohua asked in a deep voice.

Based on Lu Shaohua's understanding of Xie Jianwei, when he asked Xie Jianwei to check whether there was a traitor in the secret base, Xie Jianwei would definitely check the secret base first. As for the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, Xie Jianwei would be ranked second because Xie Jianwei clearly knew the importance of the secret base to Lu Shaohua.

"No problem." This was Xie Jianwei's answer, and he answered confidently with an affirmative tone.

Most of the people living in the secret base were technical talents from the Soviet Union, and the outsiders were just some guards. There was no problem with the technical talents from the Soviet Union, because they had been carefully checked when they were recruited, so there was no need to check them this time, and the focus of the investigation was on the guards.

Although the secret base is large, the number of guards is limited. It does not take much time to investigate and the results can be obtained quickly. For safety reasons, Xie Jianwei investigated twice. However, the time was enough, so he dared to answer Lu Shaohua so confidently.

Lu Shaohua finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the news he had received in the past two days were bad news. Now there was finally good news, and it was very good news. It was a normal reaction for Lu Shaohua to breathe a sigh of relief.

"That's good, that's good." After saying that, Lu Shaohua paused and continued, "We must be careful about the secret base in the future, and there must be no mistakes."

Lu Shaohua's tone was tougher than ever before, as if he was the only one who would ask questions. In fact, it was not Lu Shaohua's fault. It was reasonable for him to react like this. After all, the secret base was too important to him. It was so important that it would affect his future plans, and he could not afford to be careless.

"I understand." Xie Jianwei said seriously.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded in satisfaction, and then changed the subject, saying, "Qian Qian has been at the base for quite some time. Have you come to any conclusions?"

Lu Shaohua asked them to investigate Qian Qian's case. No matter whether it was Xie Jianwei or Li Zhijie, they had a hard time because Qian Qian, like them, was from the special forces and was also their predecessor. Now Lu Shaohua asked them to investigate, which really made things difficult for them.

Another thing is that since Qian Qian was a special forces soldier, Xie Jianwei and Li Zhijie subconsciously believed that there was no problem with Qian Qian. However, since Lu Shaohua had issued such an order, and Chen Guobang had also explained it, they had to do as Lu Shaohua said.

This time, Xie Jianwei did not speak, but Li Zhijie answered Lu Shaohua's question. Because Li Zhijie was in charge of many things in the investigation of Qian Qian, he had more say. "So far, he has no problems."

After a pause, Li Zhijie did not wait for Lu Shaohua to speak, and then briefly introduced Qian Qian's experience. "Qian Qian, a native of Heilongjiang, joined the army in the same year as Brother Guobang. After joining the army, he performed well and joined the first batch of special forces trained by the country. He then carried out many missions without failure. Later, when he was carrying out a mission in Europe, he killed many people. After completing the mission and returning to China, he applied for retirement. Oh! The reason for his application for retirement was psychological problems. It seemed that something happened in the middle. After retiring, he returned to his hometown and was depressed for a long time. He slowly recovered not long before he came to Huxiao."

Lu Shaohua listened quietly, nodding from time to time, until Li Zhijie finished speaking, Lu Shaohua nodded heavily and said, "Then let him manage Tiger Roar in full after a while, as for the deputy leader, you three can decide."

There was a reason why Lu Shaohua suddenly made this decision. He didn't know about other things, but since Li Zhijie said that there was no problem with Qian Qian, then there must be no problem. Lu Shaohua believed that Li Zhijie must have conducted multi-faceted investigations, and now that he dared to say that there was no problem, he must have reached the final conclusion.

"Yeah." Li Zhijie nodded to show that he understood.

Xie Jianwei also nodded indifferently.

"I say the same thing again. You have to find someone who is absolutely reliable. And he has to be Chinese. I don't like foreigners." Lu Shaohua had to remind him again.

To be the deputy head of the group, reliability is an inevitable requirement. As for whether he is Chinese or not, this is Lu Shaohua's personal preference. As for a good force, Lu Shaohua does not want foreigners to dictate its decisions. No matter how capable they are, Lu Shaohua will not allow such a thing to happen.

"clear."

"clear."

Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei responded at the same time.

"Well, let me talk about the third thing." Lu Shaohua nodded and began to change the subject. "Regarding the issue of the intelligence network, I don't know if the person who picked us up this time is an insider of the intelligence network, but the intelligence network must be thoroughly investigated. Taking advantage of this incident, we must eradicate the 'cancer'."

Lu Shaohua originally didn't want to bring this up here. After all, this incident was a scar for Li Zhijie. However, such an important matter had reached the point where it had to be talked about, and Lu Shaohua had no choice but to say it out loud.

Lu Shaohua's words were calm, but as the person who made the mistake in this matter, Li Zhijie couldn't help but lower his head, because it was his momentary negligence that led to today's situation, and he had to take full responsibility.

He was sad, heartbroken, and upset, his heart was like a mixture of all five flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. Li Zhijie didn't say a word for a long time. He was reflecting on why he made such a big mistake that almost caused the lives of Lu Shaohua and his group to lose their lives.

Xie Jianwei didn't dare to speak about what was related to Li Zhijie. He was also very sad. After all, Chen Guobang was injured so badly. If they were not lucky, they might have been cut off from the world with Chen Guobang.

Of course, in addition to being sad, Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei were filled with hatred. They hated their own incompetence and the people who attacked them.

After a long while, Li Zhijie raised his head again, tears welling up in his eyes, and said with a guilty look, "I'm sorry, it was my mistake."

Lu Shaohua waved his hands, saying that he did not blame Li Zhijie, but whether he did or not was something only Lu Shaohua knew. It would be a lie to say that he did not blame Li Zhijie. To put it bluntly, Li Zhijie was negligent. Chen Guobang had clearly told him to be prepared, but problems still occurred in the end.

"Let's not talk about the past." After saying that, Lu Shaohua took a deep breath and continued. "What we need to do now is revenge. We need revenge."

Lu Shaohua became more and more excited as he spoke, and at the end he resorted to yelling to vent his resentment.

Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei's emotions seemed to be aroused by Lu Shaohua's words. Their faces turned cold and murderous intent was revealed naturally. They did not speak for a long time.

Lu Shaohua was satisfied with the two and began to plan the next move.