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Chapter 1285: Some Things, But Not Much

In the dark alley, Ryosuke Hase wrapped his windbreaker around him, looked back, and quickened his pace. His heels tapped on the wet stone pavement, making a crisp sound.

Melbourne's climate in July and August is exactly the opposite of that in the northern hemisphere. The monsoon blowing from the Indian Ocean brings a little chill to the city, and the fishy sea breeze reminds people that this place is not far from the icy Bass Strait.

As a few yellow fallen leaves were blown up by the wind, the footsteps in the alley stopped abruptly, and then sounded again after a moment, and the fallen leaves fell quietly to the wet ground.

A ray of light shone through the light grey clouds. Ryosuke Hase, who was walking hurriedly, looked down at the piece of paper in his hand. There was only a short sentence on the paper. After reading it, Hase immediately put it into his mouth and swallowed it.

Dozens of minutes later, the Japanese action team arrived at the destination.

Iguchi Saburo, Tongsuo, Wu Sibao, Xing Hanliang and several Japanese spy leaders came to a small room and found a place to sit down.

Ryosuke Hase, standing in the middle of the room, looked at everyone. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by Saburo Iguchi, which made him frown slightly.

"Hase-kun, when will the operation begin? I have important combat missions in the Republic of China and cannot stay in Australia for a long time. Please forgive me."

After waiting for so many days in vain, Iguchi Saburo spoke in a very tough tone and did not give any face to Hase, the person in charge of the operation.

Not only Jingkou, several other Japanese spy leaders also raised doubts. They had arrived in Australia for several days and had done nothing but eating and drinking every day.

Intelligence reconnaissance, no.

Specific deployment, no.

These people come from different systems, including the military and the cabinet. They are not afraid of Hase at all, and their words are inevitably somewhat harsh.

Hase Ryosuke pressed his hands down and said slowly, "Mr. Iguchi, I called everyone here to arrange the operation. Please be patient."

After saying this, he looked around the room and said, "According to reliable intelligence, the Germans have already taken action. I decided to take the penicillin formula directly after they succeed."

Everyone, including Tongsuo and Xing Hanliang, looked at Hase Ryosuke in surprise. Japan and Germany were allies, and doing this would certainly affect the relationship between the two countries.

Iguchi Saburo stood up suddenly, his eyes wide open, and said, "The Empire and Germany have many areas of cooperation. We can't attack the Germans just for a drug formula. This is an extremely short-sighted behavior."

The implication is not that it is impossible to attack the Germans, but that it is not worth it. Although penicillin is important, it is not important enough to destroy the alliance between the two countries.

Hase Ryosuke showed a helpless look on his face: "Mr. Iguchi, you have studied in Europe and the United States for many years, don't you know the embarrassment of yellow people in white society? We are too easily exposed here.

As long as we act quickly enough, if you don't say anything and I don't say anything, who would know that it was the Empire that did it? We can completely disguise ourselves as agents of the Republic of China and put the blame on Shancheng."

Tongsuo and Xing Hanliang felt a tightness in their hearts and secretly cursed the Japs for being so insidious. If the Germans took their anger out on Shancheng because of this, the consequences would be disastrous.

Iguchi Saburo's expression eased a little. So that's how it was. That could be discussed. They all could speak the dialect of the Republic of China, so they did have the basis to divert the trouble away.

For example, after the operation is over, people are sent to pretend to be from the Republic of China and move around the scene.

For example, they deliberately left clues related to the Republic of China's intelligence departments to disrupt the Australian police's investigation.

While everyone present was thinking, Hase Ryosuke spoke again and explained why he did this.

He said he had personally investigated the pharmaceutical factory and the results were not optimistic. The defenses of the pharmaceutical factory were very tight, and the probability of success was very slim whether by force or infiltration.

Therefore, instead of risking their lives to steal the formula, it is better to wait and launch a surprise attack after the Germans succeed.

By that time, the other party will be at their most relaxed, and they can complete the mission at the lowest cost.

Hase promised that during the operation he would try his best to persuade the Germans to avoid war. If the Germans refused to cooperate, he would kill all those who knew about the situation and frame the National Government.

The representatives of various forces, led by Saburo Iguchi, nodded slightly, agreeing to Hase's plan. They were not the fools who would shout that the black cards would be black for half a year. Since there were other options, they would naturally not be stupid enough to confront the pharmaceutical companies and the Australian officials head-on.

The meeting was over and everyone stood up to leave. Hase Ryosuke first stopped Xing Hanliang, but after thinking about it, he kept the copper lock.

"Sir, is there anything you need us to do?" Xing Hanliang asked respectfully.

"Mr. Hase, please give me your orders and I will definitely serve you." Tongsuo also showed his loyalty at the right time.

The two knew that Hase must have something to say to them if he kept them here. If they could gain Hase's trust, it would be very beneficial for the next undercover mission.

Thinking of this, Xing Hanliang and Tongsuo, who did not know each other's identities, looked at each other and decided to find an opportunity to get rid of the "dog traitor". In such a large-scale operation, it was normal for a few people to die.

On the other side, Hase Ryosuke shook his head: "Xing-san, Ji-san, during the operation, the two of you follow me and guard the perimeter." Xing Hanliang and Tongsuo were a little surprised. Guarding the perimeter was an auxiliary job and it was difficult to gain credit. Could it be that the other party had something against them?

Hase Ryosuke certainly had no objection to the two of them, but he had other plans. Xing Hanliang was Fat Tiger's good friend, and Ji Dawei was his tentacles to penetrate into No. 76. Hase did not want to see them die in an operation that was doomed to fail.

The Japanese targeted their allies, and the Germans were not idle either. Muhle made the final operational deployment in the safe house, and the Abwehr agents were ready to go.

Time flies, and two days later, the Hall Glass Factory once again delivers goods to the pharmaceutical factory. This shows how prosperous the pharmaceutical business was during the war.

In the evening, the truck from Hall Glass Factory stopped in front of the pharmaceutical factory. The driver was still the substitute driver from last time. When he saw Gucci coming to inspect, he greeted him familiarly.

"Hurry up, man. I want to get off work early."

Gucci ignored the other party and ordered his men to check the inside and outside of the truck carefully. As usual, the little agents opened the cargo boxes in the car and did not miss any place where people could hide.

After working for a long time, a spy jumped off the truck and shook his head gently at Gucci, indicating that he had not discovered anything.

"Open the door."

Gucci didn't say anything more. He just raised his hand and said something. The truck slowly drove into the pharmaceutical factory. The factory was busy and the rumbling sound of the machines drowned out the sound of the engine.

In this month, the German Northern Group rapidly advanced towards Leningrad, the Central Army Group made significant progress in the Moscow direction, the Southern Army Group continued to attack Kiev and defeated several important Red Russian forces west of the Don River.

But Red Russia gradually recovered from the chaos in the early days of the surprise attack. A large number of new troops were added to the front line, and strong fortifications were built around key cities. The German offensive was no longer as sharp as it was at the beginning of the war.

The largest war in human history consumed countless troops on both sides. Hundreds of people fell on the European plains every minute, and the number of wounded was countless. The price of penicillin soared.

Faced with logistics officers from various countries waving money, the Zuo family pharmaceutical factory has been working hard, with people taking breaks but machines continuing, and the workers working in three shifts.

Now medicines are not medicines, but stacks of pounds and US dollars.

Out of distrust of Red Russia, the Zuo family did not accept the ruble, which was like waste paper. It didn't matter if Red Russia was unwilling. If the other party didn't want it, there were other countries that wanted it.

Looking at the light coming through the factory's ventilation window, the truck driver's eyes showed greed. He stepped on the accelerator and drove to the warehouse door.

The Chinese porters from the pharmaceutical factory climbed onto the truck without waiting for it to stop and moved the wooden boxes into the warehouse. The driver then got out of the car, stretched his arms and legs, and lit a cigarette.

The guard who was supervising the transportation came over, put out the cigarette in the other person's mouth, and pointed coldly at a strategic area of ​​the warehouse on the wall where a sign prohibiting fireworks was written.

Perhaps he felt humiliated, or perhaps because of his long-standing arrogance towards the yellow race, the driver threw his cigarette butt heavily on the ground, pushed the guard hard, and kept cursing and shouting.

The conflict attracted everyone's attention. Guards from other directions slowly gathered around. The porters also stopped working with unfriendly looks, ready to teach the white driver a lesson.

In the chaos, a slight noise suddenly came from the other side of the truck, and then a piece of skin between the car body and the chassis was lifted up, and a black shadow flexibly crawled out and slowly moved along the wall to the dark corner.

"Co-pilot, is this the Germans' plan? Using a hidden compartment in a truck to hide people, isn't that too hasty?"

In the distant surveillance point, Wu Chunyang frowned and asked Zuo Zhong with a strange expression. Mu He conducted firepower reconnaissance and bribed the driver, but this is the result?

Zuo Zhong laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Chun Yang, don't complicate a simple issue. Do you remember what Big Ivan said about Mu He going to the glass factory to do?"

Wu Chunyang nodded and replied: "Remember, Mu He looked at the production process, information, and transportation vehicles. I understand!"

After Zuo Zhong's reminder, Wu Chunyang knew that visiting the production process and checking the information were not the main purposes. Mu He's real intention was to grasp the details of the Hof Glass Factory's freight vehicles.

When it is impossible to make a breakthrough from the outside, using trucks to send people into the pharmaceutical factory is indeed a good idea, but the guards at the pharmaceutical factory are not blind. If they want to hide people, they must tamper with the truck.

However, it takes time to modify the vehicle. Even if the Germans bribed the glass factory drivers, they would not be able to install secret compartments on real trucks in a short period of time.

Moreover, the Hof Glass Factory has been cooperating with the pharmaceutical factory for a long time. The guards at the pharmaceutical factory are very familiar with the trucks at the glass factory. Using the same model of vehicle or changing the license plate will not be able to deceive the guards.

So there was the scene where Muhle pretended to be a British businessman and went to the glass factory. Based on the intelligence obtained by Muhle's reconnaissance, the Abwehr copied a truck of the same model into a glass factory transport vehicle and installed secret compartments on it. Wu Chunyang had to admire the Germans' attainments in mechanics.

It took only a few days from Much's visit to the glass factory to the appearance of the fake truck. The design of the secret compartment was also very clever. There must have been technical experts in the German action team.

If this matter were handed over to the Military Control Commission, it would certainly not be done so perfectly. This is a matter of a country's industrial foundation and has nothing to do with intelligence.

Zuo Zhong silently looked towards the corner and had a clear understanding of Mu He in his mind. The other party had some stuff but not much. Now it was his and the Military Control Commission's turn to make a move.