The secret war is silent

After the secret research team changed its direction of deciphering, it began to collect and study a large number of Japanese diplomatic telegrams. The listening tasks of the radio room almost doubled compared with the past.

Diplomatic communications almost never stop.

Unless there is a special requirement to silence the radio station, under normal circumstances, the radio stations of diplomatic missions are on 24 hours a day.

Luo Yao stipulated that a regular meeting should be held on Monday every week, which should be held in the evening. Telegrams should be copied and received in the morning, and then at least three or four more meetings should be held within a week.

No meetings for anything.

It also avoids redundancy, which will bring unnecessary waste of time to the work, and meetings are generally required to end within half an hour, and only talk about things, not nonsense.

A room on the third floor was specially renovated, some sound insulation designs were made, and a conference room was built.

This conference room is generally not open to the public.

It will only be opened when everyone needs to be brought together to discuss issues, and detailed inspections need to be done before each meeting.

The security measures were so tight that even Gong Hui thought it was making a fuss out of a molehill, but this is what Luo Yao asked, and everyone must comply.

Director Chi, please introduce your research results last week.

Since the webmaster wants me to talk, I will simply tell you about the research situation in the past two weeks since we switched to Japan's confidential diplomatic cables. Chi An stood up and said solemnly.

Under the guidance of consultant Osborne, we conducted statistics and analysis on the intercepted Japanese diplomatic secret messages and eliminated some specific messages. We found that Japan's diplomatic secret messages are generally divided into two types. The encoding of the first type of secret code is relatively simple, followed by The Japanese Air Force secret code we deciphered before is similar. Its characteristic is that two English letters represent a kana letter, sometimes representing a Chinese character. In rare cases, there are also words or phrases representing more than two Chinese characters. This kind of secret code is generally It starts with the letter 'LA', so I named it the 'LA' code.

Wen Xueren took over: The 'LA' coded cipher message that Director Chi mentioned is the shortest among Japan's secret diplomatic messages, and there are a huge number of them. There are about one or two hundred copies every day, accounting for about one-third of the Japanese diplomatic ciphers we intercepted. One in many.”

What about the deciphering situation?

There has been some progress, a lot of statistical work is still being done, and some can only rely on guesswork. But judging from the current analysis of the requests, most of the contents of these secret messages are daily notifications and the like. There is some value in deciphering, but the value is not Very high, said Jia Bingwen, director of the Statistics Office.

As long as it can be deciphered, then we have to decipher it for him. There is no valueless information in this world, but whether you can see its value.

yes.

The second type of Japanese diplomatic secret message is similar to the first one. He uses two kana letters instead of one, two, or even three or four Chinese characters, such as attack, retreat, division commander, etc. The structure of the cipher code is more complicated. We need to decipher the letters of the kana first, and then guess the Chinese character phrase it corresponds to based on the words we have mastered. Don't look at it, it is an extra step. In fact, the difficulty is increased by ten times. , this kind of secret code is generally used for the transmission of their confidential messages. Once deciphered, we can master a lot of important information about the Japanese army. Chi An continued.

Luo Yao nodded.

Deciphering this kind of secret code requires being very familiar with Japanese. At least being able to speak it is not enough. You must reach a certain level. Zhu Shaoxian, a newly joined researcher, said.

Do we need more manpower?

It's not needed yet. Chi An shook his head.

Consultant Osborne, what do you have to say? Luo Yao turned to the only consultant of the secret research team. He still respected this American enough, at least his current role was irreplaceable.

The most important person always spoke last, which made Osborne feel respected, so he kissed his voice and said: Through my research on the intercepted telegrams from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I found that they were sending the telegrams. Time is very regular. For example, the time and place are fixed, which makes it easier for us to find the rules. For example, when marking time, there will be pseudonym overlapping in the messages they send continuously. We You can use this to analyze the meaning of these pseudonyms...

Very good. It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic about their work and the progress is faster than I thought. Luo Yao was very happy. In fact, he also knew that Japan's diplomatic code has at least one strategic level code. However, this type of coded communication is not often used and is difficult to intercept.

Even if it is intercepted, it will be difficult to decipher it with their current capabilities and technical strength.

It can only be said that deciphering secret codes is something that cannot be rushed. You have to take your time, and you will not be fat in one bite.

I ask you to produce your results immediately. However, there must be progress every day. Even if it is wrong, it will not matter. Deciphering secret codes is actually a process of trial and error. Many times, we just miss the mark. Maybe when , this window paper will break with just a push. ​​Luo Yao concluded his speech.

Webmaster, where is the Japanese typewriter you promised?

Luo, I hope to have a commercial 'Engani' cipher machine for research. As you know, most of the encryption of strategic-level secret telecommunications in the world is designed based on the 'Engani' cipher machine. Osborne said.

You two, these two things are not that easy to deal with. I am already working hard. I hope you two can give me a certain amount of time, okay?

OK!

Osborne, I heard that your eyes are not doing well recently. Have you seen a doctor? Luo Yao asked.

The doctor said it's conjunctivitis and I need to rest. There should be no problem. Osborne said, Luo, I run with you every day. I feel like I'm back to when I was twenty. It's very good.

Really, I thought you would scold me in your heart.

Haha, those students like to call you the 'perverted' webmaster. Actually, I think so too. Osborne smiled wildly.

I don't mind this, they will be grateful to me in the future. Luo Yao said with a smile.

The meeting is over!

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Luo Yao also had to participate in the work of the secret research team. Sometimes, he would sit in the radio room for several hours, copying intercepted messages.

Sometimes, analyzing and calculating relevant secret messages only accounts for a small part of the management work of the 84 Veterinary Station. Usually, unless something really happens, I rarely go out.

Also, he has to teach new students. He can be said to have multiple jobs, and his time is fully scheduled every day. There is such a perverted webmaster who forgets to eat and sleep at work.

Who among my subordinates dares to slack off?

The national army lost territory one after another on the front line. The Japanese army attacked Nanchang City and captured it in less than a day. The news cast a shadow over the anti-Japanese war.

Wang Zhaoming arrived in Jinghai secretly. Although it was kept strictly confidential, there is no airtight wall in this world. He had just arrived in Jinghai.

The military commander knows this.

The Assassination of Wang thing has probably been arranged again, this time in the Jinghai Concession, but with the strict protection of the Japanese and traitor spy agency No. 76, it is probably more difficult than in Hanoi.

With Dai Yunong's perseverance, I guess he won't give up.

In the mountain town in April, the temperature is already very warm. Thick cotton-padded clothes have been taken off and people have put on thinner coats.

The branches are green and the flowers are blooming, creating a vibrant scene.

However, there are always a group of annoying flies in the sky. They come to harass them from time to time and drop two bombs, which is really annoying.

The Xiangcheng Station finally agreed to let him go. There was really no need to offend the bureau headquarters for two young women who were not very high-ranking.

After all, Luo Yao is now also the lieutenant colonel's staff officer in Room A. He is qualified to access many confidential military messages, and he is also qualified to attend every meeting.

However, he is a staff officer just for the convenience of his work and has no real power. Generally, he will not go to meetings in Room A unless he is asked to attend by name.

However, the Veterinary Station No. 84 spread within the Military Command Bureau, and was even ridiculed by some other agencies. The Military Command Bureau actually has a Veterinary Station. Is this because it is changing its profession to breed war horses?

It's just that there are very few people who know what the Veterinary Station does, and most of them are at the top. People outside have no idea that this is a secret code-breaking agency within the Military Command Bureau, and even now the personnel and technical strength far exceed that of other organizations. A military special technology research laboratory of a secret code deciphering agency.

The outside world also believed that the last time the military command deciphered the aviation code of the spies lurking in the mountain city in Japan was the result of the Special Technology Research Laboratory.

For this reason, Wei Daming, the director of the research office, and Dr. Wen Yuqing, the director of the secret inspection institute, had a big disagreement.

The Secret Inspection Institute wanted to come to the Military Command to steal troops in the name of studying. Dai Yunong could not refuse and agreed. However, the experts from the Secret Inspection Institute stayed in the Military Command Special Technology Research Laboratory for a week and found out that they had been deceived.

The Juntong Special Technology Research Laboratory did not decipher the so-called Japanese aviation secret code, and believed that the Juntong was committing fraud, and even filed a complaint with the old man.

However, the military commander continued to report the deciphered Japanese aviation secret messages to the attendant's office, and the results proved to be correct.

Wen Yuqing was embarrassed in front of the old man, and his relationship with Dai Yunong was broken.

He also learned that there was another organization within the military that was engaged in research on deciphering secret codes, and had poached Chi An, the backbone of the Japanese Imperial Army Secret Code Research Group that was once affiliated with the Ministry of Military Affairs.

This talent is the key.

However, the military commander kept this organization strictly confidential, and no one knew of his existence. Wen Yuqing tried to inquire about the relevant situation through Wei Daming several times.

Although Wei Daming had a grudge with Luo Yao, he also knew that if he disclosed information about the Secret Research Group to Wen Yuqing, he would definitely be disliked by Dai Yunong.

What's more, he had been unable to use his strength in the secret inspection station. Wen Yuqing was guarding him as if he were a thief. How could he tell Wen Yuqing?

In this way, Wen Yuqing was very frustrated. The secret inspection office spent so much money every month, including special funds, but had no special results. It was also jealous of talents, and the old man complained quite a lot.

In late April, Japanese bombers suddenly became more frequent in bombing mountain cities, almost every day, and the number and intensity of bombing raids also increased greatly.

The Japanese Air Force finally realized that there was a problem with their secret communication code and changed the code to a new one.

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