After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, two places were lucky enough to escape the clutches of the Japanese.
One is Fujian, which is across the sea from Taiwan.
The reason why Fujian did not fall was because of its mountainous terrain and economic value.
Another one is Macau.
There are many legends about why Japan did not occupy Macau.
Some people even made up the so-called theory that the Portuguese authorities were using tricks to so-called three million Japanese expatriates.
It was said in a serious way that once Japan occupied Macau, Brazil would repatriate the three million Japanese expatriates.
This made the Japanese economy even worse.
I don’t know who came up with this “genius story”.
In fact, by the 1940s, there were only 200,000 Japanese expats in Brazil.
There is only one real reason why Japan did not occupy Macau:
intelligence!
After Hong Kong was occupied by Japan, a large number of intelligence personnel fled to Macau to form a new intelligence network.
In order to obtain intelligence from the Allies, Japan gave up the idea of occupying Macau.
After all, after the reckless occupation of Hong Kong, the Japanese discovered that their intelligence personnel had lost an important source of intelligence.
Keeping Macau as a place for intelligence agents from all walks of life to gather here will be conducive to the work of Japanese intelligence agents.
In addition, as the sovereign country of Macau, Portugal itself is a neutral country. Its capital, Lisbon, was known as the "Window to Europe and the United States" during World War II. It gathered a large number of intelligence personnel from the major powers at the time and played an important role in intelligence collection.
In order to expand and strengthen the functions of the Lisbon legation, the Japanese government collected a large amount of British and American intelligence, so naturally it would not offend Portugal easily.
If Japan recklessly invades Macau again, it will not only lose Macau, an important intelligence center, but may also offend Portugal, trigger a severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and then lose Lisbon, an important intelligence base.
For the sake of Macau, a small land, Japan will never do such a trade that is not worth the loss and loses a huge intelligence network.
It can be seen that intelligence work in war can even determine whether a region or a country can be protected from aggression.
However, it is precisely because of the special characteristics of Macau that the head of the Japanese spy agency became the emperor here.
The Japanese Consulate in Macau was established in 1941.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan used semi-threatening methods to force the Portuguese and Macau governments to allow Japan to establish consulates.
In 1943, it was upgraded to the Consulate General. This consulate actually became the supreme government of the Macau government.
The head of the Japanese Consulate in Macau was named Fukui Yasumitsu. He used threats to force the Macau government to give the green light to the public activities of Japanese spies. collar
The embassy is responsible for administrative affairs. They have counted Macao's population, investigated Macao's economy, measured Macao's land, and organized Macao business groups to invest in the Japanese-occupied areas on the mainland. These are obvious interferences in internal affairs.
But the Macau government did not dare to object because the Macau consul had a trump card:
spy!
The spies specialize in assassinations, espionage and other work. They are responsible for eliminating anti-Japanese forces in Macau and eradicating administrative personnel who do not listen to the Japanese.
The Japanese consul in Macau took the opportunity to support puppets who obeyed the orders of the Japanese. The two complement each other well.
Meng Shaoyuan and his party arrived in Macau under such a situation.
Although the conditions are equally harsh, the living space is obviously much better than in Hong Kong.
As soon as he set foot on the land of Macau, Meng Shaoyuan immediately thought of the Shanghai Public Concession.
A thief stole the bag of a guest who had just disembarked, and ran away.
The police were so close, but they didn't seem to see them at all.
People soliciting customers for brothels, cigarette stalls, and casinos are everywhere you look.
At that time, Macau’s economy was in a deformed state.
Due to the cutoff of sea transportation, overseas rice could not be imported, and food could only come from the mainland. The Japanese army and traitors hoarded it to make huge profits, and the price of food in Macao was rising day by day.
This resulted in more than 50,000 deaths in Macau due to hunger and resulting malnutrition and disease during this period.
During the turmoil, Macau also gained abnormal prosperity due to its status as an isolated island. Traitors, spies, bandits and profiteers with ill-gotten gains came to Macau one after another for recreation.
The number of casinos, opium dens, and brothels in Macau continues unabated.
In addition, as a large amount of gold, silver and foreign currencies flowed into Macau, many banks from the mainland also moved to Macau, bringing unprecedented prosperity to Macau's financial market.
"Does it look like a public concession?" Meng Shaoyuan asked as soon as he got off the boat.
"It's not that it doesn't look like it, but I feel like I'm back in the public concession." Li Zhifeng also felt this way.
They walked in three groups.
Meng Shaoyuan and Li Zhifeng are in a group. ,
The Richardsons were in a group by themselves.
Ding Wenrui was on his own, and his mission was to secretly follow and protect the Richardsons.
In this way, the target can be minimized.
Ding Wenrui has always been a dedicated person.
He followed the Richardsons leisurely, always keeping a suitable distance.
But not long after he left, a guy with a mustache suddenly approached him quietly.
Ding Wenrui immediately became alert.
"brother."
When the man spoke, he spoke in Mandarin with a Guangxi accent: "Do you want information?"
What?
Ding Wenrui wondered if he heard wrongly.
The man said mysteriously: "Do you want the US Pacific Fleet Operation Plan No. 7?"
ah?
Seeing the other party's hesitation, the man continued: "Do you want the American one? Do you want the Japanese one? The Japanese army has a secret sneak attack plan on Chongqing, codenamed 'Song'."
Hallucination, I must be hallucinating.
There is another possibility that the other party is a Japanese spy who came to test him deliberately.
Ding Wenrui felt that the latter possibility was more likely. He made a blank expression: "What are you talking about? I can't understand a word."
"Hey, brother, why are you pretending to be someone who only eats this bowl of rice?"
Mustache didn't seem to care at all: "I noticed it from the moment you got off the boat."
you?
Ding Wenrui was shocked.
Mustache continued to smile and said:
"There are three of you, two foreigners, a man and a woman, and you. When you were getting off the boat, a suspicious person approached the foreign man. You immediately stepped forward skillfully and blocked the guy.
Finally, you confirmed that there was no danger and took a few steps back. Save my eyes, poison, nothing can be hidden from me. From Hong Kong, the foreigners must have escaped from Hong Kong, right? You are protective, right? "
Ding Wenrui's expression changed a little as a result of several mistakes.
After all, he was a soldier turned agent.
Although he has made rapid progress during this period, there is still some gap between him and the experienced agents.
"Don't panic."
Mustache actually comforted him.
Not panic?
How can you not panic when this happens?
But Mustache said: "I don't care whether you are from Chongqing, Nanjing, or from the old workers' side. It has nothing to do with me. I just sell information. How do you want it?"
Information dealer!
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