The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 560 Saigon Wind and Cloud
It is true that Gao Jiu can earn money, but he also feels a little pressure.

If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know how expensive firewood is.Gao Jiu has a lot of places to spend money now. The normal monthly expenses of the Taohuashan guerrillas alone require 10 yuan. Ruili set up this stall, and the monthly normal expenses are no less than [-] yuan. ocean.

Other additional expenses are even more terrifying. For example, Ruili Construction Research Institute, material warehouses and other infrastructure projects paid for the purchase of weapons for the Vietnamese underground party guerrillas. Hundreds of thousands of oceans were spent in the blink of an eye.

Next, Gao Jiu plans to go to the Golden Triangle, where there are more places to spend money.The infrastructure is the big one, and a large sum of money has to be spent to buy food and other large quantities of supplies to appease the people of all ethnic groups in the Golden Triangle area, and the money needed is even more astronomical.

Although Gao Jiu is relatively relaxed at the moment, he needs more ways to make money to plan ahead.

This time when he came to Vietnam, Gao Jiu made a fortune.However, the money is a one-shot deal.He also thought that he could make more money here in Vietnam, preferably with long-term income.

After pondering for a long time, Gao Jiu came up with the idea of ​​the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.

The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is one of the earliest railways built in China. The total length of the railway is 859 kilometers. km, started in 394 and completed in 1901.The northern section is within the territory of China, crossing the Honghe Railway Bridge from Laojie City and entering Hekou County, YN Province, passing through Bisezhai to Kunming.

As we all know, rail transport has a larger volume and lower cost than road transport.Now that the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway has been interrupted, the pressure on the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway will be so great.Not only that, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway can go directly to the Haiphong port of Vietnam, and the transportation distance is shorter than bypassing Myanmar.It can be said that if the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway can be opened, it will be of great significance to China's anti-Japanese cause.

When Gao Jiu came to Vietnam, he naturally came up with the idea of ​​the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.He wants to use this railway to make another windfall.

Using the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway can obtain two benefits. On the one hand, Gao Jiu can import a large amount of materials from the United States and Germany and transport them back to China, earning the difference in price.On the other hand, it is to collect tolls on the railway.

Gao Jiu first found Luca, the person in charge of the North Vietnam Underground Party, and others, and discussed with them the feasibility of opening the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.

Luca said: "This railway was originally accessible in Vietnam. However, most of the southern part of Vietnam is still in the hands of the French Governor-General, and the transportation of materials cannot be transported.

Gao Jiu asked: "The French governor, can you talk to me? Can you reach an agreement with them to allow them to collect tolls for the goods passing through southern Vietnam.

In this part of North Vietnam, you and I can jointly collect tolls. "

Due to the control of a large area of ​​land in today's Vietnam, the weapons and equipment have also been greatly improved. The underground party guerrillas in the Vietnam region have been reorganized and the first division of the underground party in the Vietnam region has been established. There are more than [-] people in the regiment, and the current leader of the underground party is full of confidence.

He said: "Mr. Gao, let's go to the south together and drive out all the French there. At that time, the railway will be under our control. You can transport it however you want, isn't it better?"

Gao Jiu didn't think so. First of all, he didn't have such a big appetite, and in terms of the international situation, he couldn't do this either.

Today, the Pacific War has not yet broken out. In Vietnam, Germany, Japan, France, and the United States can all do business here, and the passage of ships at sea will not be hindered.

If it is really possible to control the whole of Vietnam, the Japanese will quit first, and the Germans and the French Vichy government will also be angered.No matter how Gao Jiu wants to buy supplies from Germany, he will be unable to do so, and the sea channel will inevitably be cut off by the Japanese navy, which will be even more detrimental to China's war of resistance.

Secondly, if you want to attack South Vietnam, it is not enough to rely solely on the strength of the underground party guerrillas. You also need to rely on the French such as Luca, but the French are unwilling to fight, and this matter will not work.

Thirdly, Gao Jiu didn't want to get involved in the French war, he still had a lot of things to do.

Gao Jiu persuaded the person in charge of the underground party in the northern Vietnam to give up this idea. For the underground party, it was possible to reach an agreement with the French in southern Vietnam, to provide the underground party with time to recuperate in the development of northern Vietnam, and to be able to travel from the railway station. He can also accept a profit from the Internet.

After discussion, Luca decided to go to General Russell and others first to get through their work, and he asked Gao Jiu to go with him.

General Russell is now in charge of the French army in northern Vietnam. With so many people eating, drinking, and sleeping, they need a lot of money.They have now severed ties with the French Vichy government, and they can no longer get military expenditures from France.

Although General Dai Gaole promised to provide them with supplies, the water far away cannot quench their thirst.General Dai Gaole's funds are also very tight, and Russell has no idea whether they can maintain their expenses for a long time.

In the past, they collected public security management fees from local governments at all levels in the occupied areas, but now, most of the local governments at all levels have become democratic governments established by the Vietnamese underground party, and it makes no sense for them to charge security management fees. .Although the underground party promised to provide them with some supplies, it feels very bad that this source of income is controlled by others, and there is no guarantee.

General Russell also had a plan to use the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Hearing that Gao Jiu and Lu Ka were also thinking about this, everyone hit it off.

General Russell personally sent a telegram to the French Governor, negotiating with him about the opening of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.

For the French Governor-General in Vietnam, the Northern Region of Vietnam is also one of their important sources of income.Coal, rubber and other materials are produced there, and these materials can be exported in large quantities, or a large number of industrial products can be shipped from France for sale in the North District of Vietnam.

Now that the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway has been cut off, their losses are not small.Now that Russell and others made this suggestion, the Governor's Mansion was also moved.A telegram was sent back quickly, asking Russell and others to send someone to Saigon for face-to-face negotiations.

After discussion, Luca decided to go to Saigon to negotiate in person.

Luca is now the backbone of the French in northern Vietnam. Gao Jiu was worried about Luca's problems, so he decided to personally escort Luca to Saigon.

Of course, Gao Jiu couldn't work in vain. He not only wanted to use the Burma Railway in the northern part of Vietnam to make money, but also set his sights on the country.

He first got in touch with the King of Yunnan through Long Yingyuan, and agreed with him that after the railway was unblocked, he and the King of Yunnan would each collect tolls for the railway in Yunnan.In the end, the King of Yunnan agreed to transfer all the materials from Vietnam to Yunnan via the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway to Gao Sanqiu, and Gao Jiu received [-]% of the toll.

Next, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Ouyang Xue, asking her to go directly to his wife and convey his conditions to the big man.

Now that the national government is in financial difficulties, almost all foreign exchange comes from exporting materials such as tungsten sand, tung oil, and bristles abroad through the Burma Road in exchange for weapons and other military products.

Not only that, but a large amount of civilian supplies also need to be transported through the Burma Road, which makes the Burma Road too busy and inefficient.

If the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway can be opened, it is naturally a dream for the national government, and the big man agreed to Gao Jiu's conditions without hesitation.

After negotiating all this, Gao Jiu, Li Qianhong and others pretended to be Luca's Vietnamese servants and followed him to Saigon.

After communicating with the French Governor-General's Office, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Administration approved a special train with only three carriages from the northern part of Vietnam to enter southern Vietnam and go straight to Saigon.

Gao Jiu caused harm to the Japanese countless times, Tian Huang couldn't bear it, and ordered the Japanese base camp to eliminate Gao Jiu no matter what.The Japanese base camp lost a lot of money this time, and the most important thing is that the embarrassment was too great, which made them very annoyed.

The Ninth Air Force could no longer use the airports in Vietnam, so it could no longer threaten the Burma Road. Seeing a large number of supplies continue to enter the Kuomintang-controlled area through the Burma Road, this will add a lot of difficulties to the Japanese army's subsequent operations.

The Japanese base camp was really impatient, and decided to form a special department to deal with Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu is Hamada Yoshishi's lucky star. Because of Gao Jiu, he started from a small intelligence staff at the grassroots level, and now he has become the acting director of the Special Advanced Section of the North China Dispatch Army. As long as he can be formally appointed, his rank can be promoted For the army major general.

Next, a bigger surprise came: the Japanese army base camp will set up a special class to deal with Gao Jiu, and Hamada Yoshito will be called to participate.

Hamada Yoshito explained the work of the super high school and flew to Guangzhou by plane.

Guangzhou, the headquarters of the Japanese South China Expeditionary Army.

The Japanese base camp wants to take advantage of Gao Jiu's opportunity in Vietnam to eradicate Gao Jiu in one move.This time, the best agents in the country were mobilized to form a special section, and Hamada Yoshihito was designated as the section leader, and Hejian Daisaku, the deputy section chief of the Special Advanced Section of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, was appointed as the deputy section section leader.

Hamada Yoshito knew Gao Jiu very well, he knew that Gao Jiu was very skilled, if there were no capable people to deal with him, no matter how good the strategy was, it would be useless.According to his suggestion, the Japanese side specially transferred in the Japanese army's sniper and blasting masters this time, and also invited four Japanese swordsmen of the sword class.

In order to deceive others, Yoshiichi Hamada and others did not go to the French Governor-General's Palace in Vietnam in the name of Japanese officials, but in the name of businessmen, they first flew to Hong Kong and then to Saigon.

At Saigon Railway Station, Luca got off the train. He only brought two French guards. Gao Jiu and Li Qianhong dressed up as ordinary Vietnamese soldiers and followed them with gifts.

The French Governor-General sent Frank, a French major, who was very familiar with Luca, and led a group of French soldiers to meet Luca and others at the train station.

Frank and Luca got into the car, Gao Jiu and the others got into a truck, and the car left the train station and headed for the Governor's Mansion.

On the way, Frank chatted with Luca for a few words, and he asked with great interest, "Is that Chinese Gao Jiu really as amazing as it is depicted in the newspapers?"

Luca nodded and said, "He's the smartest oriental guy I've ever seen. From what I've seen, he's probably even more powerful than what's described in newspapers."

As he spoke, he described his impression of Gao Jiu in detail.

Frank said with some fascination: "I hope to meet such a character."

Roca remembered Gao Jiu's explanation, and asked, "Have any Japanese been to the Governor's Mansion recently?"

Frank said: "After Hanoi Airport was occupied by you, the Japanese Consulate in Saigon came to the Governor and talked about this matter. The Governor said that this matter has nothing to do with the French Governor-General's Palace, and the Japanese did not say anything. In the past few days never came."

The French Governor's Palace is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Saigon City. The road in front of the gate is very strange. It is a fork in the road. Two roads pass around the Governor's Palace respectively.

The French have a strict hierarchy. After entering the Governor's Palace, Frank arranged for Luca to live in a luxurious hotel, and his men were arranged for an ordinary reception.

Luca disagreed and insisted that the people he brought live with him.

Frank understands his thoughts, now that Luca and them are already in a hostile camp, he should be more careful.Frank agreed to Luka's request, and arranged the four followers he brought, including Gao Jiu and others, into the hotel.

After Gao Jiu settled down, she really wanted to go out to check the terrain, but was asked by the hotel staff not to go out casually, so Gao Jiu had to stay in the hotel, and wanted to wait until night to go out to check the terrain inside and around the Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, Yoshito Hamada himself also came to Saigon. Instead of entering the Japanese consulate, they came to a Japanese company, which was the secret liaison station of the Japanese intelligence agency in Saigon.

Kono, the first secretary of the Japanese Consulate in Saigon, received a call from Daisaku Kawama and quietly came to Japan Co., Ltd.

After introducing each other, Hamada Yoshito asked Kono about the situation of the French Governor-General's Palace.

After Kono introduced the situation, he said: "According to the information provided by our personnel in the French Governor's Palace, the French rebel general Luca and others will come to the French Governor's Palace in the next few days to meet with the French Governor Thomas."

Hamada Yoshito asked: "What are they going to talk about?"

Kono said angrily: "These damn French, they don't want to fight with each other, they want to talk about business cooperation."

Hamada Yoshihide's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had a special feeling that this matter had something to do with Gao Jiu.Because Gao Jiu is not only a soldier, but also a kidnapper, a very economical kidnapper.The conversation between Luca and others with the French Governor Thomas may be related to Gao Jiu, and it is even possible that Gao Jiu will come to Saigon with Luca and others.

Hamada Yoshito asked Kono to inform the inside line in the French Governor's Palace to keep a close eye on the movements of Luca and others.

(End of this chapter)