Shadow Spy

Chapter 118 Take the cargo to Changsha by ship

Early in the morning on Wednesday, May 5, Li Junhao and two bodyguards, Jie Qi and Nick, boarded the gunboat "Kuiwen" of the U.S. Navy's Yangtze River Fleet in China and set off for Changsha.

The Kuiwen is a shallow-water gunboat with a full load displacement of 1150 tons. It is 55 meters long, 9 meters wide, and has a draft of 3.5 meters. The front and rear decks are equipped with a twin 130mm naval gun, two 450mm torpedo launchers, and two mines. The launcher and four twin-mounted 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose heavy machine guns are already high-end products for inland river gunboats in terms of firepower.This ship was a new ship in 1936. It was originally dismantled and shipped to Shanghai, where it was reassembled at the Jiangnan Shipyard under the guidance of onboard engineers. It is also one of the first-class battleships of the Yangtze River Fleet. (This ship is fictitious, please refer to the data.)
As Assistant Attaché and Lieutenant Commander, Li Junhao received a warm welcome from the officers and soldiers on the ship. The captain, Captain Dick Reis, even gave up his cabin to him, and Jackie and Nick were also assigned to the gunner's cabin.Li Junhao is not the kind of guy who doesn't know how to behave. After boarding the ship, he immediately took out the gift he brought - currently relatively high-end Camel brand extra-rich cigarettes, and he bought a whole box (150 cigarettes).

Although the U.S. military has a quota of cigarettes when stationed abroad, these special cigarettes are only supplied to school-level officers. Now, all officers and soldiers on the ship can have two cigarettes, so they are naturally very popular.

Li Junhao came from a marketing training background and was best at dealing with ordinary people. When he took off his crisp white navy uniform and put on the same blue one-piece sailor uniform as the officers and soldiers on the ship, he took the initiative to talk and help. Man can refuse his affinity!

In the astonished eyes of Jackie and Nick, their boss took less than two hours to get involved with the navy officers and soldiers, and he was greeted with smiling faces wherever he went.The most astonishing thing is that the two of them and all the officers and soldiers on the ship discovered that Mr. Pan Sen has an excellent memory. He just introduced everyone once and remembered everyone's name, military rank, position, and hometown. With this advantage as a premise, all The communication was extremely smooth and happy!
In other words, Major Panson is not familiar with the command work of the ship. Otherwise, the captain, Captain Reis, smiled and admitted that it would only be a matter of minutes for him to be replaced!
The first day of the voyage was spent in this happy atmosphere, and Li Junhao never suffered from seasickness in his previous life.

The second day of the voyage was not so great!Just on China's Yangtze River waterway, Li Junhao saw American warships, British warships, Italian warships, and of course more Japanese warships. No matter which country's warships appeared, Chinese ships had to rush to avoid them. The most arrogant Japanese warships They would also stop Chinese ships at any time, whether they were Republic of China ships or cargo ships, and they would forcefully inspect them, abuse them, beat them, and even kill them. He saw it all!
This situation has long been commonplace in the eyes of American sailors, and there is nothing unusual about their expressions.The anger in Li Junhao's heart continued to accumulate, and he even forgot the purpose of his trip. He kept thinking about how to retaliate against the Japanese warships?He thought about storing the gunboat at his feet into the system mall, but he couldn't operate it successfully because there were people on board. This made him angry and impatient!

On the afternoon of the third day (19th), the Kuiwen sailed into Changsha Pier. Li Junhao disembarked with two bodyguards, but the gunboat continued westward after replenishing fresh water...

Two cars waiting at the dock picked up Li Junhao and others and drove all the way to a warehouse area on the outskirts of the city. Wherever the vehicles passed, there were signs of excess.

Previously, Li Junhao only knew from documents that starting from November 1938, 11, due to improper orders from the Kuomintang government, the Kuomintang government troops took the initiative to set fire to Changsha before the Japanese army attacked Changsha, causing a fire in Changsha for five days, burning 12% of the houses, Thirty thousand people were burned to death and hundreds of thousands were made homeless. But when I saw these ruins, I couldn't help but feel the rage in my heart!
How harmful is a corrupt regime?He had seen it with his own eyes. Although it was only a small part of the world, it was enough to make him hate it deeply!
If it weren't for the fact that China's war of resistance at this time still needed a symbolic figure, he would have wanted to return to Chongqing and directly assassinate Jiang, who had brought disaster to the country and the people! ——
Two cars stopped in front of an obviously newly built mud brick warehouse. All the officers from the Changsha Station of the Military Command who were responsible for receiving him were present, but he had no interest in dealing with them at this time.

Li Junhao briefly inspected a dozen large warehouses, and then told the other party that he was tired after three days on the boat and needed to rest. He would start inventorying materials from tomorrow afternoon, and only a small number of people would be left to accompany him. Some people were sent away.

At this time, there were still two days before the handover of materials between the two parties. The military commander thought that the goods from Shanghai were on their way, so they were not in a hurry. Thanks to the convenient location, all their goods had been delivered, and the rest was just waiting. It was barter anyway. If you don’t receive the other party’s goods, you won’t let the other party take them away. This is basically something that can’t go wrong!Therefore, Li Junhao, the personnel dispatched by the Seventh Military Command Division, and the local personnel at Changsha Station were not worried at all about Li Junhao.

That night, Li Junhao stayed in the newly built Wangcheng Hotel, and asked Jackie and Nick to rest. He took a nice hot bath and turned off the lights to rest. In fact, his body entered the three tile-roofed houses in the portable space - —When you go out, safety is more important than anything else!

That night, he slept deeply and did not pay attention to the outside world. But in fact, two waves of people actually sneaked into his room. The first wave was from the Changsha Station of the Military Command, and the second wave was the spies of the Japanese Army Central China Dispatch Army. It was a trap, but not only did the two waves of people find no clues, they even found that the target person was not even in the room!The two waves of people thought that the other party had an ambush and were immediately frightened away. They did not even dare to make the next move!
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On Saturday, May 5, Li Junhao did not show up until almost noon. After having a sumptuous lunch with two bodyguards, he took a car to the warehouse area and officially started inspecting the goods...

In this regard, the personnel of the Seventh Military Command (Management Office) and the Changsha Station were very cooperative. They could look at anything and inspect it. With this cooperative attitude, most of the work was completed in one afternoon.

It was arranged to continue the next morning, but Li Junhao refused the banquet, and the three of them were driven back to Wangcheng Hotel.

After this day of investigation, Li Junhao has determined how to exchange goods safely.After accurate calculation and simulation, the exchange can be completed within half an hour, and this half hour is what he wants!
(End of this chapter)