Age of Rebirth

Chapter 340 Tianjin Port

Tang Qiuli also didn't understand why this girl suddenly lost interest in her previous work, and she even looked very disgusted.

Tang Qiu left Nai, so he had no choice but to formally appoint Shen Jun as the director of the investigation department of the Independent Division, and concurrently as the director of the investigation department of the Pingjin Police Command. Jun also acted as an agent for a period of time, so it is logical to take over now.

Shen Jun told Tang Qiuli an important situation. News came from the intelligence system of Tianjin Port that the Japanese army's transport fleet has been extremely active recently. There are often large-scale fleets that dock at Tianjin Port. According to various signs, These large freighters all come from Japan.

Because Tianjin Port is jointly managed by many countries, that is to say, China has no management power. The Chinese government has no power to intervene in all port affairs. On the contrary, it has no management power on its own ground. Tang Qiuli was furious thinking about it. [

The trucks that were unloaded from the large freighters were all tarpaulin-covered trucks. Because the pier was under martial law by the Japanese military police, ordinary people, especially the Chinese, could not get close to the pier. Shen Jun’s intelligence system folded in two special agents. , to get a rough idea of ​​things.

This is a newly transferred army from Japan to North China, with a strength of about 3000 people. Shen Jun's situation has aroused Tang Qiuli's high vigilance. According to the establishment of the Japanese army, these are two Japanese first-class divisions. Established, the Japanese base camp began to increase troops to North China.

This is a new situation. It may be that Tashiro Kanichiro, the commander of the Japanese Garrison in North China, suffered heavy losses many times in the course of many contests with Tang Qiuli.

This situation caused extreme anxiety in the base camp of the Japanese army. According to the idea of ​​the Japanese army, it will advance steadily from south to north. Chinese ambitions.

It is a matter of time to increase troops to North China. No wonder the Japanese have stopped barking recently. The so-called "abnormality is a monster", just like a wild dog that has always barked wildly, suddenly stopped barking, which makes people feel strange.

This is just the beginning. The Japanese base camp will continue to mobilize troops from the mainland. When the highest organization of the Japanese army feels that their strength has already gained the absolute upper hand, it is the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war.

Therefore, by closely monitoring the movement of the Japanese army, we can roughly judge the time when the Japanese army attacked North China.

Tang Qiuli ordered Shen Jun and Yu Deshui's intelligence system to find out the number, specific strength, and weapons and equipment of the troops transferred from Japan to North China at any cost. Wire.

Tang Qiuli felt the murderous intent from the Japanese army's increase of troops in North China. He felt anxious because the batch of Somi submachine guns and anti-aircraft weapons he ordered in the United States had not arrived, and the time left for him was not enough. ample.

The air defense force had just formed an army, what was lacking was advanced air defense weapons, and the training of the troops was imminent. Therefore, even though it was not September yet, he couldn't help but send a telegram to the old man Zhu Zixuan and Lei Di in the United States, urging the arrival of the goods as soon as possible.

After Mei Ting resigned from the position of the chief inspector of the police headquarters, she was a light official. She never thought of taking up the post of political director of the independent division, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the great cause of taking care of someone Tang.

Taking care of Tang Qiuli's personal life in an orderly manner, her daily job is to take care of Tang Qiuli personally, and she takes great pleasure in doing it with great enjoyment. Although the two of them have not yet broken through the last bottom line, Mei Ting has already taken care of Tang Qiuli as Mr. Tang's pillow Identity, come to ask for yourself.

He saw that something was wrong. Isn't it a waste of talent for such a capable and talented woman to be a housewife with peace of mind?Tang Qiuli felt that it was a pity, but he had no choice but to appoint Mei Ting as the chief secretary of the newly established secretariat of the Pingjin Garrison Command in view of the complicated routine work.

Contrary to Tang Qiuli's expectation, Mei Ting readily accepted this new position. Tang Qiuli had prepared a lot of speeches. Mei Ting had her own considerations. The chief secretary of the Pingjin Garrison Command should not communicate with the Garrison Commander every day. Let's deal, who is the guard commander?It's Tang Qiuli!

During working hours this time, there were plenty of opportunities to get along with him. Mei Ting was delighted, fearing that Tang Qiuli would regret it, she hurriedly agreed, and took office the next day.

Looking at the girl's overjoyed appearance, Tang Qiuli instinctively felt that something was wrong. Mei Ting's ability to work was undeniable, and Tang Qiuli was quite comfortable with it, which also reduced his workload.

However, this girl came too many times a day to ask for instructions and report on her work. People with good deeds counted carefully. The average number of times Director Mei came to the teacher's office every day reached an astonishing [-] to [-] times.

Tang Qiuli also reminded Mei Ting from the side, the girl looked blank and innocent, and said that she was the chief secretary of the security commander, and the work of other secretaries was collected by her, and then she would ask for instructions, because she had something to do Handle it, I'm still so tired that my legs and feet are sore!

As he spoke, he was still rubbing his feet, with a look of pain on his face, which made Tang Qiu speechless. Looking at the smug look on this girl's face, he felt scratching his head, feeling like he was in a cocoon. [

One day at the end of August, Mei Ting came to Tang Qiuli's office quickly and sent an urgent telegram. It turned out that the first batch of equipment shipped from the United States was about to arrive at Tianjin Port. Please prepare to receive it. , signed by Zhu Zixuan.

Tang Qiuli walked around the office a few times excitedly, and told Mei Ting to immediately call the directors of the Pingjin Police Headquarters to hold a meeting immediately to discuss matters related to receiving equipment.

There is a problem here that needs to be resolved immediately. The large cargo ships coming from the United States are not far from the multi-national joint management. Another pier is managed by the Tianjin Municipal Government and does not have to deal with foreign powers. However, the berth of this pier is too small. There is simply no way to stop a large freighter with tens of thousands of tons.

Out of luck?Not to mention laborious, time-consuming, and labor-intensive work, there is no way to guarantee safety. The Japanese warships are showing off their might in the waters off Tanggu, and there is a reasonable collision.

The directors of the Garrison Headquarters have no good solution, especially now that the Japanese freighters come and go every day, occupying the pier, and the big powers know that the relationship between Tang Qiuli and the Japanese is quite bad. And who is willing to stand out, talk small words, accompany the smiling face, and fight the Japanese who are very arrogant and unreasonable now,

Tang Qiuli suddenly remembered that the first time he came to Tianjin, he had contact with the German Consul General in Tianjin, von Hoffmann. Both sides had a good impression, and von Hoffmann even invited him to his house as a guest.

I also gave von Hoffmann a Chinese antique. Although it was a fake, it was still a work of art, right?Now, von Hoffmann is still in Tianjin, serving as the consul general. With this relationship, things will be easy to handle.

The next day Tang Qiuli drove to Tianjin with Mei Ting and Shan Hu.

The German old man was very pleasantly surprised to see Consul General von Hoffmann. He had a deep and good impression of Tang Qiuli, and felt that he was different from all the Chinese he knew.

Seeing Mei Ting next to Tang Qiuli, he was obviously taken aback. He was very impressed with Xiaoling, thinking that she was the most beautiful and temperamental Chinese girl he had ever seen.

The old man was straightforward and asked directly: "Tang, why didn't Miss Zhang Xiaoling who came with you last time come? My wife misses her very much!"

Tang Qiuli felt a pain in his heart, and all the past events in Tianjin came to mind. The dance of life that night, the so-called "seeing things and thinking about others", the imitation antique that he and Xiaoling gave Hoffman was still placed in the A conspicuous position, but the beloved one is gone, and there is still his own flesh and blood.

Tang Qiuli's face turned pale in an instant. The delicate Mei Ting quietly held his hand, and found that Tang Qiuli's hand was cold and wet, and trembling slightly.

Seeing Tang Qiuli's sudden change of expression, Feng Hoffman felt a little abrupt, especially when there was a girl with Tang Qiuli who was comparable to Xiaoling in appearance and temperament. Seeing the two of them getting close It's obvious that the relationship is not ordinary.

Just as he was about to apologize, Tang Qiuli obviously didn't want to bring up the past again. He took a deep breath, calmed down, waved his hand at Hoffman, and just told Hoffman: "Mr. Hoffman, my fiancee, Miss Zhang When I was in the Northeast, I was killed by the Japanese, and I took the liberty to visit today because it was also related to the Japanese.”

"This is my lover, Ms. Mei Ting, and this is Mr. von Hoffmann, the German Consul General in Tianjin, who is also my old friend." He introduced Mei Ting to Hoffman, obviously not wanting to embarrass Mei Ting, but also Let Hoffman know the current identity of Mei Ting and her relationship with herself.

Von Hoffman was stunned for a moment, with a very regretful expression on his face, followed by anger and hatred. The proud personality of the Germanic nation filled him with contempt for the upstart Japanese. His good impression of Xiaoling made him It is a pity that the beautiful girl like a flower was killed by the Japanese, which made him full of hatred for the Japanese who killed the beautiful life.

Tang Qiu left straight to the point and told Hoffman about his intentions. The German old man was very forthright and immediately agreed to help.

He also gave Tang Qiuli an idea. Since the freighter came from the United States, the United States also has the right to unload cargo at this port. He suggested to go to the American Consul General in Tianjin immediately.

Accompanied by Hoffman, Tang Qiuli came to the U.S. Consulate. After explaining the situation, the U.S. Consul General thought it over and thought what Tang Qiuli said was very reasonable. Tanggu Wharf was jointly managed by multiple countries. Why should the Japanese occupy it alone?

In fact, the big powers in Tianjin didn't have a good impression of the upstart Japanese, but there was no conflict of fundamental interests, so they didn't care about it.

Now, as the face of the United States was at stake, of course he had to speak, and finally agreed that he and Consul General von Hoffman would apply to the Multinational Port Management Committee for a berth, and American freighters must be able to unload at Tanggu Wharf. [

After saying goodbye to Feng Hoffman, it was already evening, and Tang Qiuli decided to stay overnight in Tianjin because he had to pick up the goods every day.

The hotel she chose happened to be the Bohai Hotel. Ever since she entered the hotel, Mei Ting felt Tang Qiuli's mood swings and strangeness.

(To be continued)