above the point of the knife

Chapter 463 A New Beginning

Downstream of the Songhua River, a riverside [-] kilometers away.

At this time, only a thin layer of ice had formed on the surface of the river, and it shattered at the slightest touch. A truck drove over from the gravel road.

The brakes were applied and the truck stopped.

Two people got out of the car, one was wearing a plaid jacket and a velvet cap, and the other was a black leather jacket.

The two dragged down a box from the rear compartment. It was made of wood and painted red, and it looked quite heavy.

"Master, it's all right."

The man in the black windbreaker pointed at Jiang Mian: "Hurry up."

"Ok."

The two carried the box to the river, gently blocked it on the ice, then took the pole, and gently pushed it toward the center of the river.

The wooden box slowly floated towards the center of the river, and after walking about seven or eight meters, the thin ice couldn't bear the weight.

There was a crisp sound of "click", as if falling into the water all at once.

The two people who cleared the traces got into the car and smoked a cigarette before driving the truck away.

……

"Welcome, please come in!"

"Congratulations, Police Officer Zhou, your Boss Bai's business is getting bigger and bigger!" Today is a good day for the establishment of "Lan" Ji Clothing.

"Normal, average, Boss Guo, please come inside!"

"Brother Zhou, you took down the 'Tong' record so silently, you are amazing, amazing..." Su Wenqing came in afterward, with a flattering smile on his face.

"Coincidentally." Zhou Sen chuckled, "Tong" Ji was forced to do nothing but accept Bai Yulan's conditions for becoming a shareholder, and at the same time gave up the position of major shareholder.

This also defeats Nakamura's conspiracy who has been planning "Tong" Ji. Zhou Sen's backstage is no worse than him, and it is even three points harder.

"This is Manager Zheng, the general manager of our 'Lan'ji Clothing." Zhou Sen personally introduced Zheng Nan to all the bosses who came to participate in the opening.

In fact, more than a month has passed since the Juntong case. Chuanhe Dingji has been investigating for such a long time, but he has not found any other clues. Chen Zhihong and Tang Xiaoru can't squeeze anything out, and the case is also closed.

Chen Zhihong and Tang Xiaoru were imprisoned, one for ten years and the other for five years.

Their children were given to a group of Japanese couples for adoption.

Not long after the child arrived at the adoptive parents' home, he was sent to the mainland of Japan. Originally, Zhou Sen planned to find a way to wait a year or two before finding a way to pick up the child.

No one expected that the childless Japanese couple actually sent him back to Japan. Although he left the identity information of the Japanese couple, it may take a long time before he wants to bring the child back.

Zhou Sen is willing to take over "Tong" Ji, and even return to the clothing industry, but it is not for the immediate benefit.

He was preparing for the war ten years later.

No one knows this secret, only he knows in his heart that he wants to build a logistics support system for that war.

If the logistics of that war can be guaranteed, the outcome of the war may not change much, but casualties can definitely be minimized, especially non-combat attrition.

……

After the office on Youyi Road was renovated, Ono Takanori naturally had no reason not to let people go.

However, he still wanted to use some tricks. First, he sent a few unimportant people over, just like squeezing toothpaste, squeezing it out bit by bit.

Zhou Sen was not in a hurry, he thought to himself, what you do is just what I want, anyway, I don't want to make any achievements right away, although he can do it too.

It only needs the cooperation of Peshkov, and it is not a problem for him to obtain any information.

Zhou Sen goes to and from work every day like this, sometimes he just doesn’t go, or finds a coffee shop, orders a cup of coffee, and drinks for half a day.

It's winter, and there's nothing wrong with it. There are fewer people on the streets, the prices of various materials are soaring, and the market is depressed. Everyone is saving money, and who is willing to go out to spend?

Soon, the year 1940 will come to an end.

It's Chinese New Year, and it's a happy event to add a baby to the family. It's just that life is not so easy, but for people like Zhou Sen, it's better than ordinary citizens. As for the top dignitaries, it's not affected at all.

At that time, the Japanese fell into the quagmire of the Guannei battlefield, and they couldn't wait to get out of this quagmire, so they made a lot of small moves.

The track of history has not changed, and the wheels are moving in the established direction as always.

As soon as the Spring Festival was over, Zhou Sen received an order from Sato to intensify his intelligence collection on the Soviet Far East Army.

He understood that the Japanese army was still arguing fiercely about whether to "go south" or "go north", and they had not made up their minds.

But as far as the Kwantung Army is concerned, the "Northward Advance" is naturally what they want to see, because the "Northward Advancement" must be dominated by the Kwantung Army, and the Army is the support, while the Southward Movement is biased towards the Navy.

The army has not been supported by funds for these years. If it goes north, domestic resources will be tilted towards the army. The army will naturally usher in a wave of great development, and especially for the Kwantung Army, it will bear the brunt of it.

Therefore, many militants within the Kwantung Army are actively advocating the "Northward Advance", and even secretly carry out investigations at the border.

Especially after the Spring Festival, there are more and more petty actions. Zhou Sen's special intelligence room receives a lot of information every day, allowing the intelligence room to analyze and judge.

As a result, Zhou Sen's work increased, and the special intelligence room began to expand again, with the number of people increasing from dozens to hundreds.

At the same time, the sign of "Lilac Publishing House" was officially hung up, and the intelligence agency using the publishing house as a cover appeared on the Friendship Road in a grand manner.

It's just that ordinary people don't know it, and they only think of him as a publishing house with Japanese identity and background.

Time soon enters April.

Alman took the initiative to meet Zhou Sen in Liang Yiming's old house on Beisandao Street. This place is still very safe so far.

He and Arman's secret meetings are basically here, but they don't meet often, basically only once a month or two.

"Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka is in Moscow right now. Negotiations are progressing a lot and an agreement should be reached."

"Even if an agreement is signed, do you believe it?"

Alman shook his head: "Of course I don't believe it. Japan is a country that does not keep its integrity. Even if it signs a neutral agreement, it must be wary of its sudden attack. They have this tradition."

"But doing so will definitely have a certain impact on China's war of resistance." Zhou Sen said that the easing of relations between Soviet Russia and Japan in the Far East will definitely make it easier for Japan to deploy more troops from outside the pass to fight inside the pass.

Of course, it is not entirely true. If Japan fully implements the "Going South" plan, it will also need to draw troops from the Kwantung Army.

"We are also in an extremely dangerous situation now. We can only concentrate on dealing with the European side first. If we fight on two fronts, this is a taboo for military strategists." Alman said that after many years in China, he naturally read a lot of books on China. , especially the art of war.

"Okay, just for this matter, why don't you make an appointment to meet me?" Zhou Sen said, it's not easy to coordinate such a meeting.

Arman took a photo from his inside pocket and handed it over.

Zhou Sen reached out suspiciously and took it.

When he saw the two babies in the photo, he was stunned. One had blond hair and the other had black hair. Judging from the clothes, it was a boy and a girl. The boy had blond hair and the girl had black hair.

This facial profile, the boy is European and American with a high nose bridge, but his hair is black with a touch of curly hair, while the girl has more oriental faces and black hair...

Zhou Sen's heart beat faster.

"This is?"

Arman chuckled and nodded.

"She said that it is your right and responsibility as a father to ask you to name it," Arman said.

"Is she back?"

"No, she is still in Moscow, where she is safer and more able to work for our great cause," Arman said.

Zhou Sen took out his notebook, thought about it, and wrote two names on it with a pen: Zhou Bin and Zhou Na.Then note male and female respectively at the back.

"Which one is bigger?"

"Boy," Arman said.

"Is she okay, is there any difficulty in life?" Zhou Sen stuffed the photo into the inner layer of his wallet and hid it close to his body.

"Don't worry, she's fine," Alman said.

"Thank you, Arman." Zhou Sen said solemnly.

"Even if the agreement is signed, the Japanese may still have lunatics who will do things at the border. We need you."

"I know, don't worry." Zhou Sen nodded.

Soon, Zhou Sen received internal news that Japan and Soviet Russia had signed a neutrality treaty, valid for five years.

Of course, this agreement has not yet been approved by the Emperor of Japan, so it doesn't count for the time being, but Zhou Sen knows it.

The Japanese side will ratify this treaty. The economic situation in Japan is already very bad. The United States and the West have imposed trade restrictions on various strategic materials he needs. If they want to continue to expand, they must get the steel they want. Strategic materials such as , oil and rubber, even if these materials and minerals are available in Siberia, they will be buried underground and want to be excavated and mined. Even if Japan occupies Siberia, I am afraid that it will not have time to wait to mine them.

Especially oil.

Without oil, warships, and cars cannot run. This modern military equipment is almost like scrap iron.

The choice of Japan's "going south" is based on its own needs, not their choice, which is inevitable.

As long as the war madmen in the base camp have a little brains, they will know which direction the war should go.

Although this is crazy, why not take a bet once, if you make the right bet, it will not be a 200-year national fortune, but a thousand-year national fortune.

The Germans lost one after another in the air battle of Great Britain, as if the strait was a moat, and the powerful German army could not cross it.

The Mustache Führer is not a person who likes to hang himself from a tree, and he will inevitably adjust the direction of the war.

Once this war machine is turned on, it doesn't mean that you can stop it if you want. Therefore, when the war between Germany and the Soviet Union will break out, there are already signs.

It's just that the exact time when this battle broke out is still unknown, at least, the initiative is not in the hands of the Soviet side yet.

In fact, Zhou Sen knew that the Japanese already knew the approximate time when Germany launched the war against the Soviet Union, but this matter was top secret, and even the famous "Ramza" had not been able to obtain definite information at this time.

Zhou Sen knew it, but he didn't have a definite source of information, so he couldn't pass this information on to Su Fang.

After all, he couldn't explain the source of the intelligence, and who would believe it if he talked in plain words?
However, even if he didn't have his own early warning, someone else would provide the Soviet side with information, so he didn't have to worry about it.

On June 6, Germany launched the "Barbarossa" plan, and the German-Soviet War broke out. At the beginning of the war, the Soviet army was defeated by the German army without any preparations and suffered heavy losses.

The Kwantung Army Command saw this situation, and some officers who supported the "Northern Advance" began to clamor, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they could send troops out of Siberia, they might be able to join forces with the German army in Moscow. The Soviet Union and Russia can be divided up, and Japan has not only gained a huge strategic depth, but also eliminated its old opponents, ensuring the security of the north.

So an acting plan for strengthening the combat readiness of the Kwantung Army was released, which is the "Guan Special Performance".

The purpose of the Japanese army is very simple, which is to paralyze the Soviet army with acting, and then quickly turn the acting into actual combat when the time permits.

This plan was recognized by the Japanese military base, and was approved by Japanese Prime Minister Tojo for implementation.

Zhou Sen didn't know much about the specific content of the relevant plans, and the Japanese kept this aspect absolutely confidential to him.

But he can also infer one or two from the orders sent to the special intelligence room by the intelligence department of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

The traitors from Soviet Russia in the intelligence room were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

If Japan and the Soviet Union go to war, they will have a place to use.

It is a pity that the situation that the Japanese side expected the Soviet side to deploy troops from the Far East to support the European battlefield did not happen.

In the face of the Far East Army with a powerful force, the "Guan Special Performance" plan was taken up high, but gently dropped.

Of course, there have been several incidents of misfires, but none of them triggered the outbreak of large-scale conflicts.

In Zhou Sen's view, there is no suspense, but the process is actually quite thrilling. After all, history is changed by many "accidents".

As the Japanese side canceled the plan to "solve the northern issue", Zhou Sen's special intelligence room suddenly became idle.

In addition to routine intelligence gathering work, there is nothing else.

His importance has naturally declined a lot.

Zhou Sen also knew that once Japan did not plan to use troops against Su, his "chess piece" would not be so important, so what would the Japanese do, replace themselves, and kill the donkey?
Or continue to let him stay in this position?
However, just when Zhou Sen sensed that he might become very dangerous, Jiro Kageyama was transferred away.

He was replaced by a retired Japanese lieutenant officer named Fukuhara. This guy was chubby, his eyes were always smiling, and he looked like an old rich landowner in the country, cunning and cunning.

Matsuda Kikuo was also transferred away, and Akiyama Nosuke acted as the deputy director of the Bingcheng Police Department and the chief of the Secret Service Section.

Lin Dakuan finally climbed up half a step and became the deputy chief of the secret service department, in charge of the work of the secret service department.

However, the position of section chief of the special affairs department of the police department has always been reserved for the Japanese. Unless Lin Dakuan is transferred to other places, he can only serve as the deputy section chief.

As for Zhou Sen, he had no experience as a leader in the police department, so he worked with Shibuya Saburo and came out of the police department.

Went to Zhengyang Department as acting director.

So far, Zhou Sen has gone from acting director to director, and then to the deputy director of the Bingcheng Police Department before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Finally, after the Soviet army took over Bingcheng, he worked in the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association. Command introduction, join the Communist Party of China.

The book is over.

(End of this chapter)