Chapter 3463
The preparations for the special operations division have entered the countdown stage, and almost everyone on the island is busy surrounding this major project. But to say that there are relatively leisurely people on Phuket Island during this period, it is not without them, such as Li Dechang, who came to Phuket Island with Qian Shaobao.
When Li Dechang arrived in Phuket, he was also cordially received by Qian Tiandun. But Qian Tiandun's attention to him was obviously very limited. After assigning him a residence and office space, he did not ask about the progress of the establishment of the Ministry of Security's agency for so many days.
The place Li Dechang got was a small courtyard not far from the island's port. It was said that it had been used as the project headquarters and construction site canteen during the construction of the dock. Now that it is free, it can be used by the Ministry of Security as a resident office. .
Of course, this small courtyard is a temporary house, and the conditions are naturally not much better. It is a house with the simplest structure of wooden pillars and mud walls. The few furniture in the house are also made of locally harvested wood. , not even varnish was applied, and the marks of knife and axe cuts were visible to the naked eye.
The most valuable possessions inside and outside the courtyard are probably the tiles on the roof. The officer who handed over to Li Dechang said that these tiles were all building materials transported thousands of miles from Xingdao in the early days of landing on the island. The brick and tile workshop built by the special warfare division on the island was only put into operation in the second half of last year.
Li Dechang and the dozen or so followers he brought from Xingdao will have to temporarily live and work in this small courtyard for some time to come.
Since the island's supplies currently basically rely on external imports, there is currently no trading market. All living supplies are controlled by the military and distributed through a rationing system.
The materials needed by Li Dechang and his gang had to be applied for at the Special Warfare Division Logistics Office first, and then they would go to the warehouse to collect various items on a regular basis with the certificates issued by the Logistics Office.
After all, Li Dagui was experienced and had anticipated such a situation. The accompanying supplies arranged for Li Dechang covered almost all daily necessities, and even food such as rice, flour, oil, etc. weighed over a thousand kilograms.
If Li Dechang encounters connection problems with the special operations division after arriving in Phuket and is unable to obtain supplies, he can survive on his own for a period of time relying on the supplies he brought with him.
However, what Li Dagui was worried about did not happen in the end. Li Dechang's negotiations with the Special Warfare Division Logistics Office went very smoothly, and he received a batch of supplies on the same day as the formalities were completed.
The only inconvenience that Li Dechang felt was that the courtyard was too small, so it was a bit crowded after moving in.
The three main rooms facing south are used as Li Dechang's bedroom, living room and study respectively. His dozen or so subordinates could only live in the east and west wing rooms respectively. Two rooms had to be squeezed out to serve as an archive room for storing confidential information and a communications room for installing radio equipment.
On the south side of the courtyard are the courtyard gate, toilet, woodshed and kitchen. There is basically no room for modification.
The door number of the office was prepared and brought over from Xingdao, but hanging the plaque with gold letters on a black background at the entrance of this simple courtyard would seem a bit out of place.
Li Dechang wanted to call all the people for a meeting. There was no room in the courtyard that could accommodate so many people, so he had no choice but to use the patio of the small courtyard as an open-air meeting room.
However, he had nothing to complain about. When he was invited to the reception banquet, he visited Qian Tiandun's residence. He also lived in an adobe house, but the place was larger. Of course, with the gradual advancement of various infrastructure projects on the island, Qian Tiandun's new residence is expected to be completed this year, and it will definitely be much more upscale than the temporary residence.
In the same way, as long as Li Dechang can solve the problems of building materials and labor on his own, no one should stop him from building a more magnificent security office on the island.
Regarding the personnel and work allocation of the intelligence agency under Li Dechang's jurisdiction, Li Dagui also made arrangements for him in advance.
Among these more than ten subordinates are spies who are good at long-term lurking and are proficient in multiple languages, intelligence analysts who are good at collecting and organizing information, field experts who specialize in assassinations and arrests, and even a telegraph operator who specializes in radio operations. member.
With these professionals, Li Dechang no longer has to worry about building the basic structure of the yamen. He only needs to focus on grasping the direction and making decisions on important matters. For Li Dechang, who lacks department management experience, this has indeed successfully avoided most of the problems that foreign intelligence structures will encounter in the initial stage.
But Li Dechang soon discovered that even if his father had made careful arrangements for him in advance, it was not easy to work on Phuket Island.
Phuket is still under military control, and the movement of non-military personnel is subject to strict restrictions. Even personnel belonging to the Ministry of Security must apply to the military first, and only after receiving approval can they go to some sensitive places controlled by the military.
When the special operations division "attacked" Phuket last year, they invited representatives from various countries to send representatives to the island to view the "bandit suppression results." However, those foreign representatives left this place one after another after the war. Currently, there are no agencies from other countries on the island. Even if the original owner, Siam, wants to send people over to discuss matters, they must first submit an application to the special warfare division through diplomatic channels. .
The purpose of the Ministry of Security’s establishment of overseas offices is mainly to collect intelligence from other overseas countries. Currently, the foreigners on Phuket Island are basically foreign immigrants working on construction sites. These people are obviously not the work of the Ministry of Security. object.
Li Dechang could only try to send intelligence personnel abroad to visit nearby countries such as Siam and Myanmar. But when his subordinates tried to leave the island, the military vetoed such an arrangement.
The answer given to him by the Special Operations Division Headquarters was simple. There was going to be a large-scale military operation in the near future, so all personnel movements on the outlying islands were suspended. They were only allowed in but not out to avoid leaking the news.
Although Li Dechang did not know Qian Tiandun's action plan, he generally knew that the special operations division had plans to march westward into the Indian Ocean. Now that we are directly sealing off the island, it seems that we are going to take serious action.
Although the Security Department is also a privileged office, that is compared to other departments. On the territory of the special operations division, the prerogatives of the Security Department are not easy to use.
Li Dechang also went to the division headquarters to find Qian Shaobao, thinking that through this only contact, he might be able to learn about the special operations division's next combat arrangements. But when he went there, he only saw Qian Shaobao keeping an abacus, not knowing what he was calculating.
Qian Shaobao obviously had no time to meet him. After waiting for a long time, he only came out to say hello and then went back to fiddle with his calculations.
Li Dechang had no choice but to obey the arrangement and wait patiently for the access to the island to be reopened.