Chapter 882 - Information Protection (1/2)
What the adjutant meant was that if they were to report this intel in P5092’s name, P5092 would have to bear all the responsibility should anything go wrong.
In other words, if Ren Xiaosu were just guessing where the emplacements were located, P5092 would have to take all the blame for it.
Honestly, very few high-ranking officers were willing to take such a risk. That was because committing a mistake as serious as this in the war would likely affect their career in the Pyro Company.
But there was nothing he could do about it. The adjutant realized his superior trusted that kid’s word a great deal for some reason.
As his adjutant, what could he do? He could only summarize the intel in a document as per his superior’s instructions. Furthermore, he had to fabricate some details and events so that HQ would believe the authenticity of it.
After the adjutant left, the deputy chief editor of Hope Media, Ji Yi, visited the command tent. P5092 was still very polite towards Ji Yi. He smiled and said, “Mr. Ji, what brings you here?”
“I heard that you just won a battle, so we’d like to do an interview here. If possible, can you reveal some details of this battle? For example, your strategic decisions, the number of barbarians casualties, whether any soldiers performed outstandingly, and other things like that.” As an outsider, Ji Yi did not know Ren Xiaosu had also participated in the battle. He had not seen Ren Xiaosu for the entire day.
P5092 thought for a moment and then said, “Sure, I can tell you every detail of this battle!”
Ji Yi’s eyes lit up. He was afraid this matter would involve military secrets that could not be reported.
However, he heard P5092 say, “This battle was originally meant to scout out the deployment of the barbarians’ emplacements. Due to the fall of Stronghold 176, the barbarians got their hands on some of our Central Plains’ firearms and explosives. These weapons are extremely lethal to our troops. Moreover, in complex terrain like the forest, we would have to pay a very heavy price if we fought against armed barbarians…
“Thus, I entrusted the mission to a highly skilled individual by the name of Ren Xiaosu. He led a recon company into the forest while our infantry brigade took charge of covering the front. I didn’t have much hope for the mission initially, but Ren Xiaosu has surprised the Pyro Company greatly…
“In this battle, it could be said that Ren Xiaosu fought entirely on his own…”
As P5092 spoke, he suddenly noticed that Ji Yi’s expression had become strange. “Mr. Ji, what’s wrong?”
Ji Yi said, “So you’re saying this great victory was all the credit of Ren Xiaosu?”
“Yes.” P5092 nodded and said, “I hope you can spend more time noting his achievements while writing the report.”
In truth, P5092 had an ulterior motive in requesting this. He wanted to expose Ren Xiaosu’s name to the world. Although he still did not know which organization Ren Xiaosu belonged to, if the other party’s superiors were to see this report and see how close Ren Xiaosu had become with the Pyro Company, it would probably be very difficult for Ren Xiaosu to return to his organization, right?
The higher-ups were usually paranoid about such matters, and even the Pyro Company was no exception. P5092 even felt that there was basically no exception to this anywhere in the world.
Therefore, this move of his was the same as how the Great Hoodwinker had forced Wang Yun into a corner. It was a ploy to sow discord!
Moreover, he was openly trying to sow discord. After all, P5092 was praising Ren Xiaosu!
In the end, Ren Xiaosu would only be able to remain at the Pyro Company because of this.
However, P5092’s plan was foiled. When he flipped through the newspaper the next day, there was not a mention of Ren Xiaosu at all. Any references to him were all replaced by “a certain soldier”!