The spy career of a surgeon

Chapter 242 Lack of Money

The news that Guangzhou was lost spread back to the concession, causing an uproar for a while!

Zhou Qinghe and Zeng Haifeng have been assassinating traitors these days, and there are still a steady stream of people becoming traitors or trying to lean into the Japanese to benefit from the good times now.

But it is irrefutable that there is always a group of people in the concession who firmly hope that China will win. They write articles in newspapers, demonstrate, wave flags and shouts, raise donations of materials, and contribute their part to China's anti-war cause. .

For this reason, many people were threatened by the Japanese and even intimidated by ordinary Japanese people.

But they remained true to their original intentions and never flinched in the face of oppression.

News of defeat came one after another, and more and more cities were lost, but these were nothing. They would get them back sooner or later. If they persisted, they would definitely win.

But the news we got today has cast a shadow on many people's hearts.

If other cities are lost, there is still hope. If Guangzhou is lost, it is really heartbreaking.

War is indispensable for supplies. Whether it is guns and ammunition, or food, clothing, and medicines, they all need to be purchased from abroad and then shipped into China.

Shanghai, Qingdao, and Guangzhou are the three most important port cities in China at present. They can be said to be the three most important war blood vessels, receiving a continuous flow of foreign materials into China.

Some people smashed things angrily, some cried bitterly, and some people got drunk in broad daylight, talking nonsense and laughing like crazy, and then started to choke again.

The main function of the Yasuda Consortium is a bank. According to the statistics obtained here, the few words that President Yasuda chatted with Zhou Qinghe when he came to Shanghai were terrifying.

The Battle of Wuhan lasted for three months, far exceeding the Japanese plan. The manpower and material resources invested in it almost drained the small island country of Japan dry.

Wearing kimonos one by one, they came to the streets of the British-American Concession. Today, the women's clothes were very colorful, and the men were wearing samurai swords. They looked at the injured Chinese and smiled, and their companions pointed at the Chinese who made a fool of themselves and laughed at them. Non-stop.

Now, it's all gone.

"Money, money, money, the locals ask us for money! Where is the money?"

Hase Incheon threatened Iwasa Taro with his eyes wide open.

In addition, the young labor force, or as long as they are adult men, have been dragged into the battlefield, and the domestic labor force has disappeared. Japan is now in a depression, and the economic pressure is not ordinary.

The military department is anxious. It does not attach great importance to the taxation of Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East.

Alas, Zhou Qinghe raised his cup to drink tea. This quarrel had almost become a daily routine. It was nothing special. It was just that someone in the local area was anxious.

In the year of the Battle of Songhu, the total gold reserves stored in banks across Japan and the reserves required for the issuance of banknotes totaled 1.35 billion yen.

"He is not financially responsible!"

Hase Incheon became even more angry after seeing this, but he was really not targeting Zhou Qinghe. In a blink of an eye, he slapped the table against a group of staff officers and Taro Iwasa.

The two people in front of them probably didn't know too much. They only knew that the General Staff Headquarters's request to restore Shanghai's economy was very strict.

After arriving at the military police headquarters, Zhou Qinghe went to the conference room above for a meeting as usual.

"I don't know how to catch agents!"

"Sorry, I just came from the hospital, I'm late." Zhou Qinghe used the old excuses as a shield, then walked to his seat and sat down, the old god was there.

Fortunately, Zhou Qinghe had an idea.

He really didn't need to mix anything.

Over the past month, meetings have become more frequent, and the atmosphere has become more tit-for-tat. Because of economic issues, the military faction represented by Madoka Doi and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs faction represented by Hase Incheon are about to start a fight.

There is a shortage of money. It is very scarce. Some local high-level officials may not know the extent of the shortage. They just feel it in their daily lives, but they do not know the specific figures.

"You guys, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Iwai Mansion, you should let them arrest you."

The military department is out of money, and I'm afraid it won't be able to make much money if it continues to scrape the land.

It's really very polarizing.

"Everyone is perfunctory with me, and each of them is wasting their time. If this continues, the two of us will wait until we return to China to report on our work!"

In that year alone, when Japan launched the war, it spent about 960 million yen on imported military supplies.

"57 businessmen were killed in three months! Nearly 500 people died!"

No medicine, no guns and ammunition, what to eat? Where did the bullet come from? Is there still hope for this war?

Zhou Qinghe set out from home, sat in the car and drove to the Military Police Headquarters, looking through the window at the excited crowd on the street.

“Shanghai’s economy is no longer needed!”

The opposite is the Japanese.

So far this year, four billion yen have been spent on military expenditures!

This money not only depleted the country's reserves, but also used military force to plunder all Japan's wealth.

He was late, on purpose. The power was not in his hands anyway, so there was no need for him to join in the fun.

As for the attack on Guangzhou, it was because the economy could not survive, and the Chinese army's supply line to Guangzhou was cut off so that the Wuhan battle could end as soon as possible.

The key point is that the number of Chinese main forces eliminated in this battle was not very large, and it did not have the desired effect of a decisive battle.

Zhou Qinghe knew that his anger was not directed at him, so he just smiled helplessly at Hase Incheon without even answering.

"You got 300 million in funding, but you can't even catch a few military commanders' agents?"

If they knew that the big shots in Hongkou were generally unhappy about taking Guangzhou, I wonder how these two groups of people would feel.

Due to the information gap, many things are not as ordinary as they see.

But Hase Incheon had just had a quarrel with Iwasa Taro, and he was very angry. When he saw Zhou Qing and Wan came, he casually said with dissatisfaction: "It takes two months for one reason, can you use another reason to deal with me?"

Can you be more attentive and deal with these agents? "

"Why are you banging the table? What can I do? If the agent wants to assassinate me, I will arrest him for you, right? If you can't catch the agent, go to Chongguangtang. If you go to Dofei Yuan, don't I want to catch him? He can't even catch him. Here, how can I catch him?"

It stands to reason that Lieutenant General Iwasa Taro is much higher in rank than Hase Incheon, but he didn't feel like he was being overcome even after being sprayed. He just sprayed back in anger.

Then Zhou Qinghe killed him ruthlessly.

Tu Feiyuan took away the secret service agency, but Zhou Qinghe did not grab it or make any unnecessary moves. Even Li Liqun and Zhou Qinghe did not participate.

You can't go wrong if you don't do it.

An An can just open the door with peace of mind. As for Zeng Haifeng, let him assassinate him ruthlessly.

Just two words, make trouble, and Shanghai's economy will never get better.

"General Doi Madoka has arrived." The military police at the door reported.

Not long after, Doi Yuan walked in with steady steps and no sign of panic at all.

"Mr. Dohei, when will you give us a solution, or will you arrest the agent?" Hase Incheon couldn't help but complain when he saw Dohei.

"These Chinese agents are very slippery. They are all like dead soldiers. They only know that the mission is to assassinate, but they don't know where their superiors are. It's not that I won't arrest them, but it will be of no use if I arrest them."

It's not that Tu Feiyuan didn't make any gains, it's just that he couldn't catch the leader Zeng Haifeng. The agents below who only knew about random assassinations couldn't explain anything even if they were arrested.

"Mr. Hase, there's no need to rush, the matter will be resolved soon." Madoka Doi was full of confidence and sat down as he spoke.

"Oh? What can I do?" Hase Incheon's eyes lit up.

"I have already reached an agreement with the higher-ups in Chongqing. He will rebel and become the chairman of our government. When the time comes, he will split with Chiang Kai-shek. It is hard to say who these agents will listen to.

Moreover, he has high prestige within the party. If he comes to form the government, the regional economy under our control will definitely recover quickly. "

"Really? Who?"

"Vice Chairman Wang of the Kuomintang." Tu Feiyuan smiled slightly.

Hase Incheon was shocked in his heart, "He is willing to come? Are you sure?"

"We are almost done talking. Now that I have reached an agreement with his assistant, I will wait for him to go back and report. If Vice Chairman Wang has no objections, we can sign the agreement."

"Okay, okay." Hase Incheon was overjoyed.

At Chinachem Hotel, Zhou Qinghe received a signal from Zeng Haifeng and came to see Zeng Haifeng.

As soon as he entered the door, Zeng Haifeng sighed sadly.

"It's hard."

Zhou Qinghe smiled and said: "It's difficult for you, or is it difficult for Boss Dai?"

"You can still laugh. Boss Dai's telegram has arrived. Guangzhou has been lost. Material channels have been cut off. There is no need to defend Wuhan, a railway transit hub. The principal has ordered that the troops will be withdrawn in the next two days. The good news is that we have The material transportation in Wuhan has come to an end. The bad news is that material resources for Chongqing will be increased.

Boss Dai ordered that all means be spared to expand the number of transportation routes from four to eight, and that every means should be spared to make money to purchase supplies, otherwise Chongqing would really run out of ammunition and food.

The consequences are terrible. Once the army is short of food and clothing, it will destabilize the morale of the army.

Qinghe, the pressure is on us. Whether you can do it or not depends on your ability. You make up your mind about what to do, and I will listen to you. "

Making money is one hurdle, purchasing supplies is another hurdle, transportation is another hurdle, and exiting customs is another hurdle. None of them are easy to pass. But Zeng Haifeng also knew that the most difficult thing was Zhou Qinghe.

Now that Madoka Doi is personally in charge of the secret service, she has to be careful about everything. This old guy's eyes are too rogue, and he can't guarantee what he is targeting.

The four transportation routes involve a lot of people and materials. This is actually the limit of the safety range he and Zhou Qinghe discussed. This is all the result of taking the lives of the agents, and it is actually very difficult.

The first thing to bear the brunt is that once Tu Feiyuan discovers the smuggling transportation, Zhou Qinghe may be dragged in.

But orders, just orders, are difficult for everyone.

It's difficult for them, and it's difficult for the front line as well.

"Eight is a bit too much."

Zhou Qinghe frowned slightly, thinking about the route the military police had taken and which personnel were available.

The design of this kind of route must be absolutely safe. It doesn't matter if you leave Shanghai. No one must leak the news inside Shanghai, otherwise there will be a bunch of people caught.

"Why don't you make the Tu Fei Yuan first." Zhou Qinghe turned to look at Zeng Haifeng and raised his eyebrows.

Zeng Haifeng was shocked in his heart: "You are too courageous. A popular lieutenant general, Tu Feiyuan, died in your territory. You will definitely not be able to escape the blame. It is inappropriate!"

Moreover, killing him is inherently risky. Even if you kill him, you, a gendarmerie captain, will not be able to escape this trouble no matter how you run. Even if you don't die, at the very least, your position will be taken away. That will be even worse. What will you do after the gendarmerie is gone?

Forget it, forget it, this trick won't work. "

"Then kill Iwasataro."

"If he's not still a lieutenant general, what's the difference? Wait a minute." Zeng Haifeng suddenly paused with a pale face, "You mean to let Tu Feiyuan take the blame."

"The agent killed him. Dofei Yuan was the person in charge of counterintelligence. Of course he was the main one responsible. I failed to protect him well, so I took the second responsibility. I can still bear the minor responsibility because there is someone behind it." Zhou Qinghe smiled.

"That's not impossible." Zeng Haifeng rubbed his chin and thought: "If I kill Taro Iwasa, will your military department transfer Doi Yuan away?"

"It has to be punished anyway. Who knows the result? It doesn't hurt to try. Guangzhou was lost, Wuhan was lost, and the military command organization in Shanghai was furious, so they killed the commander. It's very reasonable."

"It's very reasonable." Zeng Haifeng thought for a while and was happy: "Hey, kill the commander. When this news comes back, the principal won't look at me favorably? Come on, let's discuss how to kill him?"

"Come forward, we are fighting for the overall situation of the war."

"Yes, the overall situation of the war of resistance.

Then you have to give me medals. I have to ask the principal to give me two medals this time, saying, how to kill? "

Zhou Qinghe thought about it for a moment: "With tight security, it's really hard to kill if you want to. Hey, there is one thing that can be used. Soon, Vice Chairman Wang will defect to the Japanese. When he comes to sign the agreement, this Taro Iwasa I may have to attend the meeting when the time comes."

"Wait, who are you talking about? Who wants to defect to the Japanese?"

Zeng Haifeng's mind went numb for a moment, and he said blankly: "Vice Chairman Wang, which Vice Chairman Wang?"

"Using the knife to make a quick move, you can live up to the boy's head."

After Zhou Qinghe finished speaking, he watched Zeng Haifeng's mouth slowly widen, his eyes bulging out, his expression a little silly.

"Are you serious?"

"That's what Madoka Doi said."

"You didn't tell me earlier!" Zeng Haifeng's voice suddenly rose an octave, and he walked towards the door like a hedgehog with fried fur: "I want to report this matter immediately, wait a minute."

Zeng Haifeng came back and said seriously: "Are you sure?"

"That's what Madoka Doi said."

"Then it's true."

Zeng Haifeng murmured, then gritted his teeth: "This bastard, how dare he! He has no shortage of food and clothing, lying there in his position will be prosperous and wealthy for the rest of his life, Vice Chairman and Vice President! Damn it!" Even if Wuhan is lost, even if Chongqing is lost, you won’t lose your fucking home!”

"Based on time, we are almost in talks with Dofeiyuan now, which means we were already in contact during the Wuhan battle, probably right after we killed the first prime minister." Zhou Qinghe added.

"You're looking for death! I'll report it right away. We'll talk about killing the commander later!"

"Have you thought about the consequences of the report?" Zhou Qinghe suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Zeng Haifeng paused.

Zhou Qinghe shook his head slightly: "Heaven knows and the earth knows that the Military Police Headquarters knows, Boss Dai knows, the principal knows, and then what? The principal goes to ask him, have you rebelled? Where is the evidence?"

Zeng Haifeng frowned, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood the trouble of this matter.

"It's very difficult. He has a lot of power in the army. If he doesn't admit it, no one can do anything to him."

The most troublesome thing is that Wang knew about this matter. Based on the inference, there were only a few people who leaked the secret, and Zhou Qinghe was among them.

"How to do?"

"You still have to report when you need to, but don't leave it in the telegram. From sending to receiving the report, if someone leaks the information and he doesn't admit it, then you and I will have framed the vice president, and we will both die without a burial.

Send someone or go to Chongqing yourself and tell Boss Dai personally and let him make the decision. Boss Dai is just here to take the blame, and we don’t know anything. "

This was the only way to deal with the matter. Of course, Zeng Haifeng chose to make a trip by himself and never let anyone else know about it. He happened to go to Hong Kong, and then sent a telegram asking Boss Dai to go to Hong Kong and report his duties. This way, there was still time. Hurry up.

The assassination in Shanghai was going to continue, and he couldn't leave for a long time.

It took three days to go there. Three days later, Zeng Haifeng came back in a hurry.

"How to say?"

Zeng Haifeng's expression was very relaxed, he smiled and said: "Guess what Boss Dai said?"

"What nonsense, just say it."

"It's not interesting." Zeng Haifeng scorned, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Boss Dai said something big, look at how nervous you two are. He knows about it, the principal also knows about it, and Wang even took the initiative to tell him Principal, documented.

The principal is in charge of the battle, and he, the vice president, is in charge, so it is very common to consult with the Japanese to see if there is room for discussion. "

"Brilliant." Zhou Qinghe laughed, thinking that he had left no stone unturned, so that even if he was discovered by others, he would not be slandered.

"Do you understand? If we report it recklessly and in a big way, both of us will die."

"Oh, but Boss Dai also said that what Wang and Principal said was to send people to contact the Japanese to see if everyone could take a break and recuperate. They didn't say they would rebel. No one knows about this. .

It was impossible for him to deceive Tu Feiyuan into signing the agreement, so this matter was most likely true, and Wang really wanted to rebel in the name of peace talks. "

"Then what does Boss Dai mean?"

Zeng Haifeng smiled: "Boss Dai said there is no need to worry. This is a good thing. If we expose it now and there is no evidence, we will be beaten down. It will be us who will suffer, and it will be detrimental to the party. If he loses face, there is a possibility of a split within the military. Then China is really finished.

So the best way now is to stand still. We don't know, let him run away, let him rebel. If he rebels, he will be completely targeted at the pillar of shame.

All power within the party belongs to the principal.

The principal is happy, you have done a great job. "

Zhou Qinghe smiled after hearing this and poured the tea Shi Ran: "How about standing high and seeing far away? Just look at the two of us, we know how to fight and kill, we know how to kill traitors. We can turn people upside down. Isn't this a powerful method? "

"Boss Dai also said that if he defectes, he will still be killed."

"Let's talk about defecting. Since he doesn't care about anything, let's discuss our matters first and kill Iwasataro first."

While Zhou Qinghe and Zeng Haifeng were discussing, Chongguangtang.

Doi Yuan invited Hase Incheon, who came forward to invite the consuls of Britain, the United States and France to dinner.

Madoka Doi raised his sake cup with a smile: "Actually, I have something to ask you for help with today. I know that all your countries have agents in the concessions, so I just want to ask you to help me find the people who belong to the military command. , on behalf of Japan, thank you for your help, please."

There was no good banquet, so of course the consuls from Britain, the United States and France started practicing Tai Chi.

"Sorry, it's not convenient for us to participate in the war between you and China, and we don't know where the military commander's agents are."

Doi Yuan smiled calmly: "I know you have concerns, so let me make it clear. The existence of these agents has threatened the economic development of Shanghai and made the concession noisy and uneasy. This is a loss for everyone's interests.

Your country has invested a lot in Shanghai. Are you receiving a lot of complaints from businessmen these days?

If you are willing to help me find them, then everyone will benefit from it.

If you are unwilling, then I will also tell you a piece of news. Shanghai, Qingdao, and Guangzhou are all in our hands in Japan. In order to implement a material blockade of China, our ships will strictly control each pass.

The merchant ships of your country are likely to face very cumbersome inspections. I am not joking, but they will!

On the other hand, I work as an agent. I don't believe that your secret service department will not pay any attention to these military agents in the concession. In fact, you know where they are.

Just say it, it's an easy thing, and your merchant ships will be able to flow smoothly. "

(End of this chapter)