The factories in the Jurong base area were still working normally, and the shops in the city were also open for business as usual.

Although they could occasionally hear the low "buzzing" sound of fighter planes flying overhead, it did not affect people's normal work.

In recent days, because the Japanese devils had dispatched troops from Nanjing, traffic between Jurong and Nanjing was completely cut off, and many workers who lived in Nanjing were unable to return home after work.

They could only live in the temporary collective dormitories provided by the factory. Xie Zifang was a blast furnace worker in the Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant. Working in front of the blast furnace for a long time had made his face blackish-red.

Now it was his break time. Looking at the planes streaking across the sky, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his blackish-red face turned a little pale.

He had been working in the factory for a year and was very used to everything here. As a worker working in front of the blast furnace, he was constantly exposed to the scorching iron.

This meant that his salary was much higher than that of ordinary workers in the steel plant. The wages of workers in Jurong were already quite high. Xie Zifang's income was enough for him to live very well in Jurong, and he was also qualified for the steel plant to bring his entire family to Jurong.

Most of the workers in the entire steel plant were like this. After settling down in Jurong, they asked someone to send a letter or took leave to go back once to bring their entire family over.

Because they didn't know until they came to Jurong. Once they arrived, they realized that as long as they were willing to work, they could definitely find something to do here.

The most important thing was that life here was not only prosperous but also very safe. In the eyes of other workmates, Xie Zifang's failure to bring his entire family was a bit out of place.

The factory didn't force everyone to bring their families. These were all personal matters. Under normal circumstances, the factory wouldn't care too much.

Today, Xie Zifang looked at the planes in the sky and felt a little embarrassed. The people behind him had been asking him to provide information about the factory these days.

Like how many workers were in the factory, how much steel was produced every day, and what the workers' moods were like.

In Xie Zifang's view, these were all minor problems and didn't seem to affect the steel plant, so he honestly told them everything he knew.

But this time, the handler asked him to find a way to shut down the blast furnace and bring chaos to the steel plant.

In order to achieve this goal, the handler was going to bring him some explosives and detonators today to take into the factory to sabotage. This matter made him very embarrassed and afraid!

At this time, he couldn't help but regret his action of selling himself for two silver dollars a month. Now he had a salary of thirteen silver dollars a month.

He had long looked down on the two dollars of activity funds, but it was easy to get on the boat, but difficult to get off. He had thought countless times about confessing and no longer doing these little tricks.

But he never dared to, he was afraid!

In the teahouse, Xie Zifang looked at the handbag being pushed over. It was a rectangular handbag made of canvas, which looked a bit old.

This was very much in line with his current situation, but the things in the bag made Xie Zifang afraid to take it, like a poisonous snake. The handler obviously saw his hesitation, reached out and picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said, "You don't have to worry. At least twenty people in the steel plant are doing the same thing as you today.

There are even more people doing this kind of thing in Jurong. If there aren't a hundred, there are seventy or eighty people doing these things.

Everyone is doing this, and there's no way to find out who's doing it."

These words comforted Xie Zifang and made him feel better. When he walked out of the teahouse, Xie Zifang had an extra handbag.

It was easy to take this handbag back to the dormitory, but it was a bit difficult to take it into the factory. The inspection at the factory gate was very strict.

Not only did they strictly check the materials the workers took out of the factory, but they also checked the things they brought into the factory. Xie Zifang threw the handbag he brought back under the bed, wishing he could just ignore it.

It was definitely impossible to take it directly through the factory gate. In the afternoon, Xie Zifang specially walked around the outside of the factory building for a long time and finally came up with a way: before going to work, he would throw the handbag outside the factory, and then do his job as usual.

Then, at night, he would pretend to go out to pee and bring the handbag into the workshop. Where should he use this bag of explosives?

Xie Zifang didn't know yet. He only knew that he couldn't blow himself up.

Jurong had always been very open. In order to revitalize the economy, Li Xian had to open up somewhat.

Opening up and revitalizing the economy had also made countless people from all walks of life come to Jurong. Of course, there were also secret agents buried by various forces.

What Li Xian could do was to vigorously promote every good deed that the Jurong base area had done for the people in every factory in Jurong, so that everyone could supervise others, and report anyone with suspicious behavior to the security department.

Xie Zifang was reported today. Someone saw him take a heavy handbag back to the dormitory, then take the handbag out in the afternoon, and then return to the dormitory empty-handed.

When the people from the Security Department found Xie Zifang, he hadn't gone to work yet. Originally, he was on the night shift today.

Seeing the people from the Security Department, Xie Zifang immediately confessed everything. Hearing him say that twenty people in the steel plant would be sabotaging tonight, and seventy or eighty people in the entire Jurong base area would be sabotaging, this major intelligence was immediately reported to Li Xian.

Li Xian had only been happy for less than two hours today when he heard this news. He immediately ordered to strengthen defenses, and at the same time ordered the people from the Jurong Security Department to arrest those people they had been monitoring.

This time, Lin Fan really wanted to help but couldn't. There were so many people in the Jurong base area, and if he wanted to find the saboteurs, he didn't understand the situation at all, so how could he help?

Li Xian was very calm: "We will strengthen our vigilance and will definitely be able to find some people. Even if there are some who slip through the net, we have contingency plans.

What the Japanese devils can't get on the frontal battlefield, they won't be able to get with these kinds of tricks either."

Lin Fan very much agreed with this point. He reminded: "We must prevent the Japanese devils from attacking the command organs."

"The security of all command organs has been strengthened. I will have people check again."

Lin Fan was an amateur when it came to dealing with internal saboteurs. He should still concentrate on fighting the Japanese devils on the frontal battlefield.

Today was the second day of the Japanese devils' official offensive against the Jurong base area. The Special Forces Brigade's Air Force returned, and with the participation of fighter planes, bombers, and ground attack aircraft, the Japanese devils' several offensive directions all suffered devastating blows.

The Jurong base area was not large to begin with, and the Special Forces Brigade had two main airports in this small base area.

The combat aircraft only needed a dozen minutes to reach the battlefield, which made the Japanese devils attacking in various directions suffer great losses. Good news from various battlefields was frequently reported, and the entire command headquarters was filled with cheers. The staff officers in the command headquarters were truly excited and didn't know how to describe their current mood.

Yesterday, the Air Force had traveled across the ocean to bomb the Japanese devils' home, and today they had repelled the Japanese devils who came to attack the base area.

Everyone was very happy! Lin Fan was no exception. He looked at the map and thought about how to continue to expand the results. Good news also came from the Jiangbei base area and the Lunan base area. Today, they also repelled the Japanese devils who came to attack, eliminating more than 2,000 Japanese devils.

Just as the Special Forces Brigade was focused on counterattacking the Japanese devils' mopping-up operations against the base area, the National Army had already advanced towards the Jurong base area in two routes from Tianmu Mountain and Heyue Mountain.

For this operation, they used four regular armies, three commando teams (each commando team was equivalent to a division), and two security columns from Jiangsu and two security columns from Jiangxi, for a total of 150,000 troops.

The commander of this operation was Li Pin, who had just retreated from the north bank of the Yangtze River. His proposed combat plan was a pincer attack.

One route would attack Guangde from the front, and the other route would attack Anji. No matter which one succeeded, they would quickly occupy Guangde Airport and cut off the north-south connection of the Jurong base area.

Although the relationship between the Special Forces Brigade and the National Army had not reached the point of being as close as fish and water, it had always been very good.

The National Army stationed in Ningguo and the Tianmu Mountain line was originally to prevent the Japanese devils from attacking in this direction, but with the Special Forces Brigade blocking them.

The pressure on these National Army forces was very light. The two sides were stationed very close to each other. The two sides often organized training exercises.

The Special Forces Brigade officers and soldiers stationed on these two lines were not sensitive to the movements of the National Army, believing that this time was just a normal training exercise.

When the first battalion of the 33rd Infantry Regiment of Jurong, stationed in Heyue Mountain, was suddenly attacked by the National Army from both the front and the rear, they realized that the National Army had declared war on Jurong.

At the same time, the National Army stationed in West Tianmu Mountain also launched an attack on the first battalion of the 44th Regiment of Jurong stationed in East Tianmu Mountain.

The National Army had been preparing for this for a long time. Their training teams quietly lurked behind the Jurong defenders in these two places and suddenly launched an attack, causing the soldiers on these two defense lines to quickly collapse and retreat.

The 33rd Regiment and the 44th Regiment were both formed after the establishment of the Jurong base area. All the ordinary soldiers had not participated in real combat. When fighting the National Army, they faced an unfavorable environment and collapsed all at once.

Lin Fan, who received the news that friendly forces had been attacked, was silent for a long time before ordering a full defense. He immediately telegraphed the whole country about the situation that the Jurong base area was being attacked by the National Army while it was repelling the Japanese devils' seven-pronged offensive.

Chang Kai-shek was very happy after receiving the news that the first wave of attacks had opened up a gap in the defense line of the Jurong base area.