"The consuls of Japan, Britain and the United States have been in frequent contact during this period of time, and in view of the fact that the British are deeply involved in the war in Europe, the Japanese have recently forced the British side to give up their interests in China, and the British have tried to get the support of the United States to maintain the garrison in the Shanghai Concession, but the United States has not supported this matter, and the British cannot stand it, according to Phillips, the British garrison in the public concession will all be withdrawn in the near future."

"What?" Ning Zhiheng was shocked when he heard this, although he knew that there would be such a day sooner or later, but when it came to the end, there was still a sense of urgency in his heart.

The British have been stationed in China for a long time, with a history of nearly 100 years, and this time they really decided to withdraw their troops, which shows that the British are indeed unsustainable.

"In other words, the British gave in to the Japanese in the end!" Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but sigh.

Huo Yueze nodded and said: "That's true, and Phillips also said that in this care meeting, the Japanese strongly asked the British to cut off China's transportation channels in Burma and stop transporting various materials to the Chinese government, and the British are considering it."

Phillips also obtained some confidential information, and after comprehensive judgment, he believed that this was just a weather vane, and that in the future, Britain would gradually give up some Asian interests in order to avoid a head-on conflict with the Japanese, so it was very likely that while withdrawing the garrison, he would agree to the Japanese request to cut off our Yunnan-Burma transportation line, and he told us to prepare early. ”

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, his body sat up straight all of a sudden, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, this was definitely the worst news.

Myanmar's communication line is currently the only transportation route for goods to and from the Chinese government receiving assistance from the international community, and it is also the main artery for China's economic trade and replenishment of the national army's armaments in the western region.

The route is connected by the Central Railway of Myanmar and the Yunnan-Burma Highway in China, starting in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, and ending in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.

In other words, most of this transportation line is in Burma, and Burma is a British colony, and if the British compromise with the Japanese and order the Burmese government to cut off this transportation line within the territory, it will be equivalent to cutting off the only transportation route between China and the outside world.

Don't look at the smuggling channels in Shanghai that have been laid for so long, but I have to say that because of various reasons such as safety and transportation, it can only be an invisible transportation channel, and it is difficult to sit on it in the end.

Moreover, the investment is large, the risk is high, and it is not able to transport arms, especially in terms of scale, and it is far from being compared with the previous Guiyue Highway and the current Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Therefore, the Yunnan-Burma Highway is the material supply line of the Chinese government in the true sense, and if the Yunnan-Burma Highway really goes wrong, it will be an extremely serious blow to the entire situation of the Anti-Japanese War.

"This matter is too important, and if the situation turns out as Phillips said, then he is still very good, and according to his information, when will the British withdraw from the garrison?"

"Two months at most, and even faster!"

Ning Zhiheng stood up all of a sudden, walked around the room a few times, and kept thinking in his mind, he believed in Phillips's judgment, the British Empire was no longer the grand occasion of the past, and now it was forced by the Japanese, and it was also expected to make concessions, and Phillips dared to make such a prediction, there must be enough information in his hand for reference, and the credibility was very high.

"I will report this matter to the headquarters immediately, and if we can respond early, we can minimize the damage." Ning Zhiheng looked out the window, whispered softly, and then turned to look at Huo Yueze, "During this time, you have to communicate more with Phillips, and report the situation in time, and in extraordinary times, we must pay more attention to the international environment, which is very important to us, diplomats like them have a lot of international intelligence, which they have an advantage." ”

Huo Yueze hurriedly nodded and took orders: "Yes, I will try my best to communicate more with these partners with diplomatic backgrounds and collect more international intelligence." ”

That night, in the early hours of the morning, in the telecommunications room of the Tan Mansion, Ning Zhiheng edited the message, handed it to Zuo Rou to encode, and watched the dispatcher send the important information he had just obtained to the headquarters.

After receiving the other party's confirmation signal, Ning Zhiheng raised his hand to look at the time, and said to Zuo Rou: "You take them away!" ”

Zuo Rou was stunned when she heard this, but she quickly understood that Ning Zhiheng was going to use the radio station alone, and she couldn't help but be secretly surprised, Ning Zhiheng was cautious, she knew it, but she never hid anything from herself, especially in telecommunications, all the call signs and wavelength channels of the contacts were handed over to her, and the corresponding codebooks were also kept by herself.

It was the first time he had used the radio station alone, and he had to connect with someone very important, so important that even she couldn't participate.

Zuo Rou knew the severity, otherwise she would be lazy, and immediately take all the subordinates in the room away, Ning Zhiheng stayed in the telecommunications room by himself, sat in front of a radio station, put on the headphones, adjusted the radio channel with his hands, looked for the wavelength, and when everything was done, he looked up at the big clock hanging on the wall, calculated the time, there was a pen and paper in his right hand, he could record at any time, and began to wait for the other party's radio signal.

The contact with the underground party organization must not be through his subordinates, not even Zuo Rou, so Ning Zhiheng can only do it himself, and he will receive radio waves on time at 0:30 in the morning every day in the future.

Soon the agreed time has passed, and no message has been received today, this is normal, only when the underground party organization feels the need, will it communicate to the shadow, Ning Zhiheng put down the earphones, restored the channel of the radio station, got up and walked out of the telecommunications room.

Early the next morning, in the office of the bureau, the bureau was talking to Bian Ze in a low voice.

"The Nanjing station has crossed the Yangtze River, and is currently looking for a hidden place to hide in the western mountains, and I have asked them to find out the situation of the poison gas factory as soon as possible and wait for the opportunity to move, and Shang Zhenyun said that high-energy TNT explosives are needed, at least 400 kilograms."

"Let him choose the place to put it, let the National Salvation Army team send it over, in short, what they want, tell him, if he can complete this mission and blow up this poison gas factory, I will reward Nanjing Station, and he will be promoted to one level!"

The bureau attaches great importance to this task, so it is heavily rewarded and encouraged, as long as the result is not at any cost.

"Also, this operation is very important, you tell Shang Zhenyun that he must be well-designed, act safely, and can't make any more mistakes, not every time there is such good luck."

"Understood, but the bureau, has the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau started its activities in Nanjing? Their intelligence capabilities are excellent, if they can, can they provide more help to the Nanjing station, you know, the original intelligence personnel of the Nanjing station were of low status, and they were not able to break into key positions, and now they have almost no intelligence sources in Nanjing, and they are very ineffective in doing things. ”

Bian Ze knew that the task of destroying the poison gas factory was very difficult, and it was difficult to accomplish it with the strength in Shang Zhenyun's hands alone.

The bureau seat looked at Bian Ze, he knew very well in his heart that with Ning Zhiheng's character and planning ability, seeing Nanjing's strategic position rebounding, there would definitely be arrangements in Nanjing, but with Ning Zhiheng's current status, as long as he refused to admit it, he couldn't say it clearly.

"I will ask the Shanghai Intelligence Division to provide intelligence support as much as possible, but it is better to rely on others than on oneself, and the Intelligence Division is not omnipotent, so don't expect too much."

"Yes!" Bian Ze nodded in agreement.

At this time, Secretary Liu knocked on the door and reported, "Director Wei asks to see you!" ”

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive!" The bureau said with a smile and nodded to Secretary Liu.

"Wei Liangbi is a frequent visitor to your place, and he is more diligent than me, so he must have another major piece of information this time!"

The bureau laughed, he had always had nothing to hide from Bian Ze's henchman, and said helplessly: "I hope he comes, but I don't want him to come, as long as he comes, there will be a storm, but if he doesn't come, I don't know the bottom of my heart, for fear of missing something, haha!" ”

Between jokes, Wei Liangbi entered the office, stood up to the bureau, and signaled to Bian Ze, and then handed over the telegram in his hand to the bureau: "Bureau, this is a telegram sent by the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau last night, and the content is not urgent, so I didn't bother you late at night." ”

The bureau seat snorted, raised his hand to take the telegram and looked at it, his brows suddenly furrowed, and his face became serious, sure enough, it was important information, and what was reported in the telegram was what he had been most worried about.

At present, the Chinese government is in a difficult situation, and in order to survive this long war, the whole country has exhausted its resources, and at present it lacks everything, especially arms and military supplies, and all of it has to rely on external assistance.

However, since the international situation has changed dramatically, the Japanese have taken the opportunity to exert pressure, and the position of the British has begun to waver, and some people in the military junta have already worried that there will be problems in Burma, and if this happens, it will be an extremely fatal blow to China's current situation.

Judging from the information sent by Ning Zhiheng, the previous worries were inevitable, and this time would come soon, even two months at most, and there was not much time left for him to prepare.

Wei Liangbi said on the side: "The intelligence department attaches great importance to this information, and requires the bureau to consider carefully and prepare for contingencies in time, the bureau, now the wharf in Yangon Port is full of our aid and trade materials, piled up, we must increase the existing transportation volume and transport these important materials back in time, otherwise, once the Myanmar government closes the transportation line, so many valuable materials will not be transported back, and the loss will be too great!" ”

"You're right!"

The bureau nodded, in fact, the entire operation of the Yunnan-Burma transportation line, the military commanders are involved, for this purpose also set up a Myanmar working group, in-depth Myanmar to assist in the work, he is very clear, with the current transportation situation of the Yunnan-Burma highway, if you do not hurry up to increase the volume of transportation, and when the transportation line is really cut off, the accumulation of massive materials may be lost.