Chapter 891 Blacksmith
That day, He Guan knocked on the door and heard a voice saying "Please come in" from inside.
“Please close the door.”
The door is ajar.
He pushed open the wooden door, locked the latch, and entered the yard.
The morning sunshine lay quietly in the yard, and you could see that the slightly messy flowers and plants were growing desperately.
Because of the angle of the sunlight, the interior of the house looks deep.
A figure was busy, and there was a choking smell floating in the air.
Heng Guan enters the house.
The man in the room straightened up, clapped his hands, and smiled bitterly, "The briquettes got damp, so it was difficult to light a fire."
He Guan was shocked.
He quickly reached for his waist and wanted to draw his gun.
Then he saw the other party smiling and said, "Hello, Comrade Huang Zhongyuan, I am the 'blacksmith'."
Having already touched the pistol with his right hand, He Guan stopped his next move and looked at the other person with incredulous eyes.
It turned out to be Shuli Zhao.
This Inspector Fang Hua from the Central Patrol of the French Concession turned out to be the ‘blacksmith’ comrade we were going to contact today!
Shu Li Zhao knew that his current pseudonym was "Huang Zhongyuan" and he also knew the code name of "Blacksmith".
There are also safety marks on wooden doors.
These are enough to prove that Shuli Zhao is indeed the comrade of our party who came to contact us.
However, because of the special status of the contact person, He Guan still dare not be careless.
"What are Detective Zhao talking about?" He Guan shook his head, "What Huang Zhongyuan? Detective Zhao doesn't even recognize me, right?"
He frowned and looked alert, "Where's Mr. Qin? He asked me to meet here."
A satisfied smile appeared on Shu Li Zhao's face, and he said, "Ms. Tan is from Chongqing and has fled Shanghai a long time ago. Doesn't Mr. Guan know?"
As he said that, he took a good look at He Guan and said, "Maybe Young Master Guan is now responsible for Chongqing's job?"
The secret codes are correct.
There are generally three types of joint codes for underground work.
One is a seemingly normal daily conversation, but it contains details that only both parties know.
For example, one person said: Cousin, where have you been? I went to Nanshi Pijia Street to look for you but couldn’t find you.
The man replied, "Fart, I've seen you on Pijia Street. You owe me three yuan and sixty cents, so you hid on purpose when you saw me, right?"
The most important of this joint code is the two specific signs of Nanshi Pijia Street and three yuan and sixty cents, which are used to identify each other.
There is also a joint code, which is a specially set preface and follow-up words that need to correct each other.
For example, one person said, Boss Huang, I was introduced by the second brother of the Wu family.
The man said, "You are mistaken. My surname is Wang, and I am the king of Ermazi."
Then the man said, Oops, I made a mistake. The second brother of the Wu family was talking about the landlord.
“That’s right, I am Fang Huang, Fang Fang Zheng Fang is called Guang Huang.”
This is how we connected. However, special attention should be paid to privacy in this type of connection. There should be no outsiders around, because this kind of conversation is problematic at first sight. It would be strange if outsiders heard it without raising suspicion.
There is another secret code for communication in a private situation, which is He Guan's communication with Shuli Zhao this time.
Tin Detai is a sensitive topic.
No one would have thought that they would use Qin Detai as their password.
“Comrade ‘Blacksmith’.”
“Comrade Huang Zhongyuan.”
He Guan and Shuli Zhao held their hands together. They looked at each other and laughed.
The water is boiling.
Zhao Shuli was carrying a kettle to make tea. The two of them drank tea and talked about things.
"I never would have thought that Inspector Zhao was one of our own." He Guan shook his head and said with a smile.
“I didn’t expect that the comrade who came up from the team was you, Aguan.” Shuli Zhao also said with emotion.
…
“Kentaro, do you know why the Kwantung Army promoted this defeat as a victory?” Imamura Hyoutaro glanced at Miyazaki Kentaro and said.
"The 23rd Division and the 64th Regiment are disappointing and disgraceful. They are a shame to the Locust Army." Cheng Qianfan said angrily, "Whitewashing a defeat into a victory is nothing more than..."
"Exaggerating the enemy's battle losses and minimizing our own losses" is a common practice of the Japanese army. Strictly speaking, this kind of thing is nothing.
“It’s just empty joy.” Cheng Qianfan finally let out a long sigh.
Hyoutaro Imamura glanced at the student and patted his shoulder, "Kentaro, you have to know that the defeat of a battle is just one of the ordinary battles of victory and defeat, large and small."
Hyoutaro Imamura opened the curtain hanging on the west wall.
"This battle at the Halaha River is still just a tentative contact." Hyoutaro Imamura pointed to the 'Manchuria-Mongolia border' on the map and said, "Although the results of the initial trial are not ideal, who will win in the subsequent battle? It’s still unknown.”
"What the teacher said is absolutely true." Kentaro Miyazaki seemed to have gained confidence from the teacher's words, and his eyes regained light. "According to the telegram, the strength of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces is greater than what the pre-war intelligence showed. This battle The defeat was not due to the lack of bravery of the Locust Army, but most likely due to a flaw in the intelligence and falling into the trap of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition."
Hearing Kentaro Miyazaki’s words, Hyōtaro Imamura also thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
Kentaro Miyazaki is an agent, and Kentaro almost never directly participates in operations. He is mainly responsible for intelligence work. Now Kentaro Miyazaki's analysis of the battle that took place in the Halaha River from an intelligence perspective actually makes some sense.
"Your analysis also makes sense." Imamura Hyoutarou stared at the map. "We lost the first battle. It would be a good thing if we could summarize in time and find the crux of the problem."
“The hungry tiger of the Kwantung Army has opened its **** mouth.” Hyoutaro Imamura said, “It will never be satisfied until it bites off a large piece of flesh and blood from the Soviet Union’s mouth.”
He glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki, who was staring at the map with hope and a bit of worry, and smiled lightly, "Okay, the war in the north is too far away from us, and I have a mission to share with you. .”
“Teacher, please give me your instructions.” Cheng Qianfan looked away from the map and said quickly and respectfully.
"In the war on the Halaha River, the empire was ostensibly fighting the Mongolian army, but in reality it was a war with the Soviet Union." Hyotarō Imamura said, "I believe that both the British, the French, and the Americans understand this. "
He looked at the huge polar bear marked in red on the map and frowned slightly, "The attitudes of the European powers, especially the British and French, towards the war in the north..."
"Britain and France should be happy to see the empire fighting Soviet Russia on the border of Manchuria and Mongolia." Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully.
“It’s not Britain or France.” Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head, “It’s German.”
“German?” Cheng Qianfan looked surprised, “Teacher, I don’t understand.”
"You don't need to understand. Your mission is to find out how the Germans feel about this matter." He looked at Kentaro Miyazaki, "I remember you once said that people from the German Consulate in Shanghai tried to win over you."
“Get closer to them.” Hyōtaro Imamura said in a deep voice, “Find out Germany’s true attitude towards the war between the Empire and Soviet Russia.”
“Yes.” Cheng Qianfan saw Imamura Hyoutarou’s solemn expression and quickly expressed his stance.
This battle in the far north, or rather a defeat, seemed to have a more serious emotional impact on Imamura Hyoutarou than Imamura's words indicated.
Cheng Qianfan didn’t dare to disturb the ‘teacher’, so he wisely said goodbye and left.
Arrived downstairs, Cheng Qianfan chatted with Kogoro Imamura for a while, left two bottles of good wine gift boxes for the teacher, and then left worriedly.
Standing at the study window, I watched the student Kentaro Miyazaki get into the car and leave. Watching the taillights of the car disappear, Hyōtaro Imamura turned around and stared at the map on the wall again.
His expression was solemn.
Hyoutaro Imamura does not support the Imperial Army's "Northern Advance" strategy, or in other words, he considers this strategy with a very cautious attitude.
For nothing else, Soviet Russia's huge military strength and strong industrial strength made calm diplomats like Hyoutaro Imamura afraid.
Hyoutaro Imamura has been paying attention to the results of the battle and possible subsequent developments after learning from his friends that the Kwantung Army took the initiative to attack the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces at Nomenkan on the Hariha River.
The 64th Regiment was completely wiped out. Hearing this bad news shocked Hyotarō Imamura.
He called his friend to inquire about the Kwantung Army's subsequent actions.
However, even if his friend hasn't called back yet, Hyotarō Imamura can already guess the possible reaction of the Kwantung Army.
The Japanese Kwantung Army, which had always gone its own way, was "urgent to fight the Soviet army" from top to bottom, because the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army had no important opponents except a small number of "Northeast Resistance Alliance", and they were very eager to carry out new military adventures.
The Kwantung Army's desire for war is even greater than that of dispatching troops to China.
Since the North Korean garrison failed in the Zhanggufeng battle, the Kwantung Army has been waiting.
This battle on the banks of the Halaha River was just the beginning of the war.
There are only two possible trends in the battle. First, the Kwantung Army wants to fully test the strength and attitude of the Soviet army, and if possible, completely defeat the enemy Russia. The Kwantung Army will create a new legend of the Imperial Locust Army.
Second, the Kwantung Army suffered a real major setback and its northward advance strategy suffered a major blow, so it had to temporarily stop its troops.
Of course, it is not just the Kwantung Army, but also the attitude of Japan's domestic military ministry and cabinet towards this battle.
Hyoutaro Imamura took out a telegram from the drawer.
This is a message sent from China by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Compared with the strong fighting spirit of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese government and military were cautious about going to war with Soviet Russia.
On the one hand, they are worried about the huge military strength of Soviet Russia, and on the other hand, the outcome of the battlefield in China's Guanhai Pass has not yet been decided.
Therefore, when the Kwantung Army reported the fighting conflict at the Halaha River and requested to continue to increase troops, the Japanese high-level officials got into a quarrel, and neither of the two groups advocating expansion and non-expansion could convince the other.
In the end, Prime Minister Lu came up with a compromise idea: "Let the Kwantung Army handle the small matters of a division by itself."
Hyoutaro Imamura understood the meaning of this decision, which meant that the Japanese government decided to pretend to be dead and hide first to see the results of the Kwantung Army's battle before deciding whether to go into full-scale war...or whether peace talks were needed.
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also assigned a task to its subordinate intelligence agencies to find ways to find out the German attitude towards the war between the Empire and Soviet Russia.
Among them, the Iwai Mansion in Shanghai naturally received this task.
Hyoutaro Imamura thought of the most suitable candidate to inquire about this information, his student Kentaro Miyazaki.
…
“Brother Fan, are you happy?” Li Hao saw the smile on Brother Fan’s face in the rearview mirror and asked with a smile.
Brother Fan’s identity is too important, and the responsibility he bears is also too great.
Brother Fan is so miserable.
Li Hao knew that Brother Fan’s heartfelt smile was so rare.
“Yes, there is a happy event.” Cheng Qianfan said happily.
He did not say what happy event it was, and Haozi did not continue to ask.
For Li Hao, as long as Brother Fan is happy, that is his greatest happiness.
Cheng Qianfan carefully pondered in his mind what Hyōtaro Imamura said to him, and tried to figure out Hyōtaro Imamura's expression and attitude when he spoke.
With the defeat of this battle, the Kwantung Army will not give up, and the war in the north will further expand.
This should be certain.
So, what impact will this war in the north have on Guan Nei?
If the war expands, can Soviet Russia contain part of the Japanese army?
Cheng Qianfan rubbed his temples.
Such a major strategic matter is not something he should consider.
What he has to do is to inform the northwest headquarters and Chongqing of the real information he has in a timely manner.
He believes that with the foresight of teachers and other leaders, they will be able to conduct accurate analysis and judgment.
"Haozi, you will go home later." Cheng Qianfan said, "Inform Zhou Ru to send a report to Chongqing."
“The Japanese army attacked the Outer Mongolian army and fought fiercely with the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces. The entire 64th Regiment of the Japanese 23rd Division was destroyed, and the Japanese army declared a great victory.”
“The Japanese team lost the ball?” Haozi asked excitedly after hearing this.
“Yeah, the ball is dead.” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile. This news is really refreshing.
“Remember?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
Haozi repeated it once and made sure that every word was correct. Cheng Qianfan nodded with confidence.
Haozi’s biggest problem is that he doesn’t know much about literacy, and it is really difficult to learn to read. However, this kid has accurate memories of numbers and foreign letters, and he is also very good at memorizing things in his mind.
The boy also said that learning to read would hurt his brain, so Cheng Qianfan stopped forcing Haozi to learn to read.
He thought of the encrypted information handwritten by another subordinate, Haozi, and then thought of Haozi, and could only shake his head helplessly.
with the three brothers Jiang Mulezi coming from a poor background and not very literate, and Zhuo Yun is a Taoist priest.
Wu Shunjia and Yang Changnian came from the Xiongzhenlou special training class, and they have good educational levels.
Of course, peaches satisfy him the most.
Of course, the one with the highest level of education is Zhao Yi...
Cheng Qianfan sighed softly.
…
“Our initial plan is to use Cheng Qianfan’s Jiujiu Trading to transport the materials out.” Shuli Zhao told He Guan.
“Qianfan’s Jiujiu Trading?” He Guan asked.
“Have you heard of it?” Shuli Zhao took a sip of tea, glanced at He Guan, and asked with a smile.
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