"Furthermore, Deputy Commander Feng Xiuli of the Fourth Corps is currently en route to Beiping with an entire division. Once he arrives, your tenure as Garrison Commander will effectively be over. If you cannot capture the thief who stole the supplies by tomorrow, Feng Xiuli may well have you escorted to Nanjing, and by then, even I won't be able to save you."
Chen Jicheng turned deathly pale. "Director," he urged anxiously, "how could it come to this? I am your subordinate—you can certainly save me, can't you?"
Li Lin looked at this old subordinate, who had followed him through the War of Resistance and attained the position of Beiping Garrison Commander through military merit. He sighed. "Jicheng, the scale of this incident is far too great. No one can save you. Your only hope is to unearth the perpetrator and recover the supplies."
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