Lost and Spy

Chapter 2435 Intelligence trafficker
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 fabricated the so-called Portuguese authorities' so-called 300 million Japanese nationals using tricks.

It is said that once Japan occupies Macau, Brazil will repatriate these 300 million Japanese nationals.

This made the Japanese economy even worse.

I don't know who came up with the "genius story".

In fact, by the 40s, there were only 20 Japanese nationals 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, the Japanese side 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 important sources of intelligence.

Retaining Macau and allowing intelligence personnel from all walks of life to gather here is beneficial to the work of Japanese intelligence personnel.

In addition, Portugal, the suzerain of Macau, is itself 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 major powers at that 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 intelligence from the United Kingdom and the United States. Naturally, it would not easily offend Portugal.

If Japan recklessly invades Macau again, it will not only lose Macau, an important intelligence center, but may also offend Portugal, triggering the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and then losing Lisbon, an important intelligence base.

Losing a huge intelligence network for the sake of a small Macau, such a deal that is not worth the loss will never be done by Japan.

It can be seen that intelligence work in war can even determine whether a region or a country is immune to aggression.

However, it is precisely because of the particularity of Macau that the head of the Japanese spy agency became the overlord here.

The Macao Consulate of Japan was established in 1941.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan forced the governments of Portugal and Macau to allow Japan to set up consulates by means of semi-threats.

In 1943, it was upgraded to the Consulate General, which actually became the supreme government of the Macau government.

Yasumitsu Fukui, the head of the Japanese Consulate in Macau, forced the Macau government to give the green light to the public activities of Japanese spies by means of threats.collar
The embassy was in charge of administrative affairs. They had counted the population of Macau, surveyed the economy of Macau, surveyed the land of Macau, and organized a Macau business delegation to invest in the Japanese-occupied areas in the mainland. These were obvious interferences in internal affairs.

But the Macau government dare not object, because the Macau consul holds a trump card:
spy!

The secret agents specialize in assassination, espionage and other work, and are responsible for eliminating anti-Japanese forces in Macau and eradicating administrative personnel who do not listen to the Japanese.

The Japanese Macao Consul took the opportunity to support the puppets who obeyed the orders of the Japanese.The two complement each other perfectly.

It was under such circumstances that Meng Shaoyuan and his party arrived in Macau.

Although the conditions are as bad, the living space is obviously much better than Hong Kong.

As soon as he set foot on the land of Macau, Meng Shaoyuan immediately thought of the Shanghai International Concession.

A thief stole the bag of a guest who had just disembarked, and ran away.

The police who were close at hand didn't seem to see it at all.

Soliciting customers for brothels, cigarette stalls, and casinos can be found everywhere.

At that time, Macao's economy was deformed.

Due to the severance of sea traffic, foreign rice could not be imported, and food could only come from the mainland, and the Japanese army and traitors hoarded it for huge profits, and the price of food in Macau was rising day by day.

This made Macau more than 5 people die of hunger and the resulting malnutrition and diseases during this period.

During the turmoil, Macau also achieved abnormal prosperity due to its status as an isolated island. Traitors, spies, bandits and profiteers with ill-gotten wealth came to Macau for entertainment.

Macau's casinos, smoking halls, and brothels continued unabated.

In addition, as a large amount of gold, silver and foreign currency flowed into Macau, many banks in the mainland also moved to Macau, which brought 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 International Settlement." Li Zhifeng also had this feeling.

They walked in groups of three.

Meng Shaoyuan and Li Zhifeng are in a group. ,

The Richardsons were in their own group.

Ding Wenrui was alone, and his task 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 unhurriedly, keeping a suitable distance all the time.

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 Mandarin with a Guangxi accent: "Do you want information?"

what?
Ding Wenrui wondered if he heard it wrong.

The man said mysteriously, "Do you want the US Pacific Fleet's No. [-] combat plan?"

what?
Seeing the other party's hesitation, the man said again: "Do you want the American ones? Do you want the Japanese ones? The Japanese army's secret attack plan on Chongqing, code-named 'Song'."

Hallucinations, I must have hallucinations.

There is also a possibility that the other party is a Japanese spy who came to test him on purpose.

Ding Wenrui felt that the latter possibility was more likely, so he made a blank expression: "What are you talking about, I can't understand a word."

"Hey, brother, why are you pretending to eat this bowl of rice?"

But Mustache didn't seem to care at all: "I've noticed it since you got off the boat."

you?

Ding Wenrui was shocked.

Mustache continued to say with a smile:
"There are three of you, two foreigners, a man and a woman and you. When you got off the boat, a suspicious person approached the foreign man. You immediately stepped forward skillfully and blocked the guy. .

Finally, you confirm that there is no danger, and take a few steps back.Save my eyes, poison, nothing can hide from me.From Hong Kong, the foreigners must have escaped from Hong Kong, right?You are protective, right? "

A few right or wrong, Ding Wenrui's face changed a little.

After all, he turned from a soldier to a secret agent.

Although he has made rapid progress during this period, there are still some gaps with veteran agents.

"Don't panic."

Mustache actually comforted him.

Don't panic?

Can you not panic when this happens?

But the mustache said: "I don't care if you are from Chongqing, if you are from Nanjing, or from the old worker's side, it has nothing to do with me. I am just selling information. How do you want it?"

Intelligence monger!

(End of this chapter)