That day, He Guan knocked on the door and heard a 'Please come in' from inside.
"Please bring the door with you."
The door is a false door.
He pushed open the wooden door, bolted the door with his backhand, and entered the yard.
The morning sun was lying quietly in the yard, and it was obvious that the slightly messy flowers and plants were growing desperately.
Due to the sunny perspective, the house looks deep.
A figure was busy, and a pungent smell was floating in the air.
He Guan entered the house.
The man in the room straightened his waist, clapped his hands, and smiled bitterly, "The coal balls are damp, and it's finally time to catch fire."
He Guan was shocked.
He quickly reached his hand to his waist, and he wanted to pull out his gun.
Then he saw the other party smile and said, "Comrade Huang Zhongyuan, hello, I am a 'blacksmith'."
He Guan stopped the next move with his right hand, and he looked at the other party with incredible eyes.
It turned out to be Zhao Shuli.
This French Concession Central Police Inspector Fang Hua turned out to be a comrade "blacksmith" who was going to join the team today!
Zhao Shuli knew that his pseudonym was now "Huang Zhongyuan" and also knew the code name "Blacksmith".
There are also safety marks on wooden doors.
All these are enough to show that Zhao Shuli is indeed the comrade of our party who came to join us.
However, because of the special identity of the connector, He Guan still dares not be careless.
"What is Inspector Zhao talking about?" He Guan shook his head, "What Huang Zhongyuan? Inspector Zhao won't even know me."
He frowned and showed a look of alertness, "Where is Mr. Qin, he asked me to meet here."
Zhao Shuli showed a satisfied smile on his face, and he said, "Once Qin is from Chongqing, he has long fled Shanghai. Master Guan doesn't know?"
As he said that, he looked at He Guan, "Or, Young Master Guan is now serving Chongqing's job?"
The code has met.
There are generally three types of joint codes for underground working.
One is the seemingly normal daily conversation, but it contains details that are clear to both parties.
For example, someone said to me, where have you been? I went to Pijia Street, Nanshi City to find you but I didn’t find it.
This person replied, "Fuck you, I saw you on Pijia Street. You owed me three or six cents. You just hiding when you see me, right?"
Among the codes of this joint, the most important ones are the two specific symbols of Pijia Street in Nanshi and 3.60 yuan and 60 cents, which are used to identify each other.
There is also a kind of joint code, which is specially set for prefaces and posts that need to be corrected by each other.
For example, someone said, Boss Huang, I was introduced by the second brother of the Wu family.
This man said, you are wrong, my surname is Wang, Wang Ermazi.
Then the man said, "Oh, I'm wrong, the second brother of the Wu family is talking about the boss of the house."
"That's right, I'm Fang Huang, square square, Guang Huang."
This way the head is connected. However, when the joint is used in this way, you need to pay special attention to privacy. There should be no outsiders around you, because this kind of conversation is problematic, and it would be strange if outsiders hear it and don’t have suspicion.
There is also a connection code in the same private situation, which is the connection between He Guan and Zhao Shuli this time.
Qin Detai is a sensitive topic.
No one would have thought that they would use Qin Detai as the connector code.
"Comrade 'Blacksmith'."
"Comrade Huang Zhongyuan."
He Guan and Zhao Shuli held their hands together, and they looked at each other, laughing.
The water boiled.
Zhao Shuli carried a kettle to make tea, and the two of them talked about things while drinking tea.
"I never thought that Inspector Zhao was actually his own person." He Guan shook his head and said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that the comrade who came up from the team was Aguan you." Zhao Shuli also said with emotion.
...
"Kentaro, do you know why the Kanto Army promoted this defeat as a great victory?" Imamura Hitaro glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki and said.
"The 23rd Division, the 64th Regiment is disappointing, shame, they are the shame of the Locust Army." Cheng Qianfan said angrily, "It is nothing more than embellishing a defeat into a victory..."
‘Exaggerate the enemy’s combat losses and reduce our own losses’, this is a common occurrence in the Japanese army. Strictly speaking, this kind of thing is not anything.
"It's just a moment of joy." Cheng Qianfan sighed deeply at the end.
Hitotaro Imamura glanced at the student and patted his shoulder, "Kentaro, you have to know that a battle defeat is just one of the common big and small battles."
Imamura Hitaro opened the curtain hanging on the west wall.
"This battle in the Halaha River is still just a tentative contact." Hitotaro Imamura pointed to the 'Manchurian-Mongolia border' on the map. "Although the results of the preliminary temptation are not ideal, it is still unknown who will win the battle in the future."
"What the teacher said is very true." Kentaro Miyazaki seemed to have gained confidence from the teacher's words, and his eyes were shining again. "According to the telegram, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces had more troops than the intelligence before the war. The defeat in this battle was not brave enough, and it was very likely that there was a mistake in the intelligence and he fell into the trap of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces."
After hearing what Kentaro Miyazaki said, Hitotaro Imamura thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
Kentaro Miyazaki is an agent, and Kentaro has almost never participated in the operation directly, mainly responsible for intelligence work. Now, Kentaro Miyazaki analyzes the battle that took place in the Haraha River from an intelligence perspective, which makes it quite reasonable.
"Your analysis makes sense, too." Hitotaro Imamura stared at the map, "If you fail in the first battle, if you can summarize it in time and find the crux of the problem, it will be a good thing."
"The hungry tiger of the Kanto Army has opened its bloody mouth." Imamura Hitaro said, "I will never be satisfied if I haven't bitten a large piece of flesh and blood from the Soviet population."
He glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki who was staring at the map with hope and a little worried, and smiled calmly, "Okay, the war that happened in the north is too far away from us. I have a mission to explain to you."
"Teacher, please give me instructions." Cheng Qianfan's eyes took back from the map and said respectfully.
"The war in the Haraha River, on the surface, the Empire fought against the Outer Mongolian army, but in fact it was a war with the Soviet Union." Imamura Hitaro said, "I believe that both English, France, or Americans understand this."
He looked at the huge polar bear marked in red on the map and frowned slightly, "The attitude of European powers, especially the British and French, towards the war in the north..."
"British and France should be happy to see the empire fighting with the Soviet Union on the Manchuria-Mongolia border." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep thought.
"It's not British and French." Imamura Hitaro shook his head, "It's German."
"German?" Cheng Qianfan showed surprise, "Teacher, I don't understand."
"You don't need to understand. Your task is to find a way to find out the attitude of the Germans on this matter." He looked at Kentaro Miyazaki, "I remember you once said that the people from the German Consulate in Shanghai tried to win you over."
"Yes." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "I have reported this to you with the teacher. They just contacted me tentatively. I followed the teacher's instructions and did not refuse or nod."
"Get close to them." Hitotaro Imamura said in a deep voice, "find Germany's true attitude towards the war between the Empire and the Soviet Union."
"Yes." Cheng Qianfan saw that Imamura Hitotaro's expression was solemn, and quickly expressed his opinion.
The battle that took place in the distant north was a defeat to be precise, and the emotional impact on Imamura Hitaro's Imamura seemed to be more serious than what Imamura said.
Cheng Qianfan did not dare to disturb the "teacher", so he said goodbye and left with tactfulness.
When he got downstairs, Cheng Qianfan chatted with Kogoro Imamura for a while, and left two bottles of good wine gift boxes for the teacher, and then left worriedly.
Standing at the study window, watching student Kentaro Miyazaki get in the car and leave, and watching the car taillight disappear, Hitotaro Imamura turns over and stare at the map on the wall.
His expression was solemn.
Imamura Hitaro did not support the Imperial Army's "northern advance" strategy, or considered this strategy with a very cautious attitude.
Nothing else, the huge Soviet Union's military strength and strong industrial strength made calm diplomats like Imamura Hitaro fearful.
Imura Hitaro has been paying attention to the results of the battle and possible subsequent progress when he learned from his friends that the Kanto Army was actively attacking the Su-Mongolian coalition forces in Nomenkan on the Hariha River.
The 64th Regiment was wiped out. When I heard the bad news, Imamura Hitotaro was shocked.
He called his friend to inquire about the subsequent actions of Kwantung Jun.
To be continued...