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 lies quietly in the yard, and it can be seen that the slightly messy flowers and plants are growing desperately.
Because of the viewing 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.
He Guan enters the house.
The man in the room straightened up, clapped his hands, and smiled bitterly, "The briquettes got damp, so it was hard 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 'Blacksmith'."
He Guan had already touched the pistol with his right hand. He Guan stopped his next move and looked at the other party with an incredulous look.
It turned out to be Shuli Zhao.
This Inspector Fang Hua from the Central Patrol of the French Concession turned out to be Comrade 'Blacksmith' whom we were going to contact today!
Shuli Zhao knew that his current pseudonym was 'Huang Zhongyuan', and he also knew the code name of 'Blacksmith'.
There are also safety marks on the wooden doors.
These are enough to prove that Governor 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 dared not be careless.
"What are Detective Zhao talking about?" He Guan shook his head, "What Huang Zhongyuan? Doesn't Detective Zhao not even recognize me?"
He frowned and looked alert, "Where's Mr. Qin? He asked me to meet here."
A satisfied smile appeared on Shuri Zhao's face, and he said, "General Tan is from Chongqing and has fled Shanghai long ago. Doesn't Master Guan know?"
As he said that, he took a good look at He Guan and said, "Maybe Master Guan is now responsible for Chongqing's job?"
The code matched.
Generally speaking, there are 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 Pijia Street in Nanshi 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?"
Among the joint codes, the most important are 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 follower 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, Wang Ermazi's Wang."
Then the man said, Oops, I made a mistake. The second brother of the Wu family was talking about the house owner.
"That's right, I am Fang Huang, Fang Fang Zheng Fang, my name is Guang Huang."
That's how we connected. However, special attention should be paid to privacy when connecting in this way. 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 private situations, which is the communication between He Guan and Shu Li Zhao this time.
Qin 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.
Cardinal Zhao carried a kettle to make tea, and 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 would be 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 thing for the Japanese army. Strictly speaking, this kind of thing is nothing.
"It's just empty joy." Cheng Qianfan finally let out a long sigh.
Imamura Hyoutarou glanced at the student and patted his shoulder, "Kentaro, you have to know that a defeat in a battle is just one of the ordinary battles of victory and defeat, large and small."
Hyōtaro 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."
After 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 makes sense." Imamura Hyōtaro stared at the map. "We lost the first battle. If we can summarize in time and find the crux of the problem, it will be a good thing."
"The hungry tiger of the Kwantung Army has opened its bloody 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 the British and French." Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head, "It's the Germans."
"German?" Cheng Qianfan looked surprised, "Teacher, I don't understand."
"You don't need to understand. Your mission is to find ways to find out the Germans' attitude towards 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."
"Yes." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "I reported this matter to the teacher. They only tentatively contacted me. I followed the teacher's instructions and did not refuse or nod."
"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 Hyoutaro Imamura's solemn expression and quickly expressed his stance.
This battle in the far north was, to be precise, a defeat, and its emotional impact on Hyoutarou Imamura seemed to be more serious than Imamura's words indicated.
Cheng Qianfan did not dare to disturb the 'teacher', so he wisely said goodbye and left.
When they got 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, watching the student Kentaro Miyazaki get into the car and leave, watching the taillights of the car disappear, Imamura Hyoutaro turned around and stared at the map on the wall again.
His expression was solemn.
Regarding the Imperial Army's "Northern Advance" strategy, Hyotarō Imamura did not support it, or in other words, considered this strategy with a very cautious attitude.
Otherwise, Soviet Russia's huge military strength and strong industrial strength made calm diplomats like Hyoutaro Imamura afraid.
After learning from his friends that the Kwantung Army took the initiative to attack the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces at Nomenkan on the banks of the Hariha River, Imamura Hyoutaro has been paying attention to the results of the battle and possible subsequent developments.
The 64th Regiment was completely wiped out, and Imamura Hyōtaro was shocked to learn the bad news.
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 "urgently fighting 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 embark on new military adventures.
The Kwantung Army's desire for war was even greater than that of dispatching troops to China.
After the North Korean garrison failed in the Zhanggufeng battle, the Kwantung Army has been waiting.
The battle on the banks of the Halaha River was just the beginning of the war.
There are only two possibilities for the trend of 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.
Secondly, the Kwantung Army suffered a real major setback and its northern 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 department and cabinet towards this battle.
Hyōtaro Imamura took out a telegram from the drawer.
This is a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from China.
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 customs has not 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 quarreled, and neither of the two factions advocating expansion and non-expansion could convince the other.
Finally, Prime Minister Lu came up with a compromise idea: "Let the Kwantung Army handle the small matters of a division by itself."
Hyōtaro 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.
Imamura Hyōtaro then thought of the most suitable person to inquire about this information, his student Miyazaki Kentaro.
…
"Brother Fan, are you happy?" Li Hao asked with a smile when he saw the smile on Brother Fan's face in the rearview mirror.
Brother Fan's identity is too important, and the responsibility that Brother Fan 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 didn't say what happy event it was, and Haozi didn't ask any more.
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.
After losing 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 some of the Japanese troops?
Cheng Qianfan rubbed his temples.
Such strategic matters are 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 accurately analyze and judge.
"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 Japanese 23rd Division Sixty-fourth Regiment was destroyed, and the Japanese army declared a great victory."
"A Japanese team lost the ball?" Haozi asked excitedly after hearing this.
"Yes, the ball is dead." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile. This news is really refreshing.
"Remember?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
Haozi repeated it again, making sure that every word was correct, and 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 an accurate memory 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 thought of Haozi again, and could only shake his head helplessly.
Among my subordinates, the three brothers Jiang Mulezi came from a poor background and were not very literate. Zhuo Yun was a Taoist priest.
Wu Shunjia and Yang Changnian came from the special training class of Xiongzhenlou, and they have a good level of education.
Of course, it was the peach that satisfied him the most.
Of course, the one with the highest level of education is Zhao Yi...
Cheng Qianfan sighed softly.
…
"Our preliminary 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?" Shu Li Zhao took a sip of tea, glanced at He Guan, and asked with a smile.
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