Coming out of the consulate, Feng Chen thought in his heart that he should go to the Varsha West Restaurant on Xiafei Road as soon as possible and immediately send out the information he had today, so that the central authorities could understand the situation in Shanghai and adjust the strategy of fighting the enemy in a timely manner. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The neon lights are still flashing on Xiafei Road, and the pedestrians shuttling, the rickshaws coming and going, and the occasional few small cars speeding by, dotted with the prosperity of this city that never sleeps in the East, making people feel the slightest hint of the tense atmosphere before the big war.

It is the peak of dining in the evening, in the restaurant on the second floor of the Varsa Western Restaurant, soft saxophone tunes fill the entire restaurant, like an invisible smoke spreading, whispering men and women dining, making the whole Western restaurant seem unusually quiet and harmonious, Feng Chen is like a dream.

Feng Chen went upstairs and glanced around the restaurant, and walked straight towards the bar, Sonia was busy, and she didn't find it until Feng Chen arrived at the bar.

"Mr. Feng, Mr. John Sun has not come back from his outing."

"How can you contact him?" Feng Chen asked eagerly.

"I'm coming back." Sonia replied as she looked up at the clock hanging on the wall.

Feng Chen had to stand in front of the bar and wait, Sonia quickly brewed a cup of coffee for Feng Chen, handed it to Feng Chen and said, "Mr. Feng, please have a cup of hot coffee first." ”

"Thank you!"

Feng Chen's heart was extremely anxious, but he still pretended to be leisurely, leaning on the bar, slowly sipping his coffee, waiting for Sorge to come back.

"Isn't this Grand Prince Feng?" With the sound of questioning, a young man wearing a black trench coat and a top hat, who looked no more than two years older than Feng Chen, was followed by a beautiful woman, smiling and walking towards Feng Chen.

"Hehe, it turned out to be Editor-in-Chief Wang and Miss Shen! Fortunately, fortunately! ”

The person who came was Feng Chen's old acquaintance, Wang Xinheng, editor-in-chief of the Nanjing Soviet Russian Review Agency.

"Oh? Do you know Feng Gongzi? Wang Xinheng turned his head and looked at Shen Bailu behind him and asked.

Shen Bailu smiled and nodded slightly.

"Miss Shen not only dances flexibly and lightly, which is endlessly memorable, but also fascinating." Feng Chen took Wang Xinheng's words and praised Shen Bailu.

"Master Feng, you and my brother haven't seen each other for a while, we are fortunate to meet here today, this is fate, I am the east, how about we have a drunk party tonight?" Wang Xinheng boldly invited Feng Chendao.

Because he has been friends with Wang Xinheng for many years, Feng Chen couldn't refuse, so he could only promise stubbornly: "Today, it's better for my brother and me to be the east, let's catch up with the old together." ”

"It's okay, between you and my brothers, whoever does the East is not the same?!"

Feng Chen looked back at Sonia standing in the bar, Sonia understood, and enthusiastically led the three of them to a western table far away from the bar to sit down.

"I heard that my brother recently went to the Shanghai Social Bureau to get a high degree, and he was very appreciated by Director Wu Wenxiong, and it is said that he also gave you the name of a reporter of the Xinsheng News Agency." Wang Xinheng looked at Feng Chen with scrutinizing eyes and said.

"It's just a mouthful of food! After my brother's "Culture Weekly" was shut down by the authorities, I almost ended up on the streets, but thanks to the help of my cousin, I found this errand. Feng Chen poured out his experience for more than a year without concealment.

Feng Chen felt that his public identity did not need to hide Wang Xinheng, although Wang Xinheng's public identity was the editor-in-chief of the Nanjing Soviet Russian Review Agency, who knew what secret identity he had behind him? There was also the mysterious courtesan Shen Bailu sitting next to her, who was sacred, Feng Chen didn't know in his heart.

Soon the food came up, Feng Chen ordered two bottles of snake dragon ball wine, and after the wine was poured, Feng Chen picked up the goblet and said, "Brother Wang, Miss Shen, toast to our lucky meeting today!" ”

The three of them touched the cups lightly and took a sip together.

Putting down the cup, Feng Chen asked, "Why did Brother Wang come to Shanghai?" ”

"Don't hide it from Brother Feng, at the end of last year, I was transferred to the Political Training Research Class of the Military Commission as an instructor, and this time I came to Shanghai with the Minister of Military Affairs to supervise the defense handover in the Zhabei area tomorrow."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to hand it over tomorrow!"

"Oh?! What's new? Could it be that Cai Tingkai dares to disobey the military order? ! ”

"I don't know if General Cai dares to disobey military orders, but I know that something big will happen tonight!" Feng Chen leaned forward and said in a low voice.

"Oh? You mean the Japanese will do it tonight? Are the sources reliable? Wang Xinheng looked at Feng Chen in surprise and asked.

"The news is reliable or unreliable, Brother Wang will know tomorrow, come, let's continue to drink our wine, don't talk about state affairs." Feng Chen said as if he had nothing to do with himself.

"Brother Feng, I'll take the lead with Miss Shen, I'll make up for this glass of wine for you in the future, my eldest brother will make up for it, your news is too shocking, I need to go back immediately to verify."

Wang Xinheng got up and hurriedly left the Walsha West Restaurant with Shen Bailu.

Feng Chen dried the wine in the cup alone, took out a bowl of borscht and was drinking it, Sonia came over and said in a low voice, "Mr. John Sun is back, waiting for you in the room." ”

Feng Chen got up and came to Sorge's room and said bluntly: "Comrade Sorge, I want to use the radio." ”

"The Japanese are going to do it tonight?"

"Yes!"

"Intelligence?"

"From two key places, the captain of the cruiser Oi of the Japanese Navy, Nobuyoshi Takeda, and the consul general of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Ryuichi Hiraoka."

"Okay, I'll ask Sonia to take you up, be careful, it won't be too long."

The content of the telegram sent by Feng Chen to the Central Soviet District this time was very short: "According to reliable information, the Japanese army will attack the Zhabei area of Shanghai at about 11 o'clock tonight. Cuttlefish. ”

After the information was sent, Feng Chen looked at the time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, so he didn't stay too long in the Varsha West Restaurant, went downstairs to stop a rickshaw, and hurried to the Shanghai Municipal Government.

The Shanghai Municipal Government Office Building was brightly lit, and in the afternoon it had officially sent a note to the Japanese side, accepting all four unreasonable demands, but until now, the Japanese have not made a clear reply, as if nothing had happened.

Commissioner Zhang Chong was also restless all afternoon, walking back and forth in his office, and the Nanjing side would call every half hour to inquire about it, and everyone could not figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in the Japanese gourd.

Seeing Feng Chen hurriedly walking into the office, Zhang Chong was obviously shocked, walked to the desk and sat down and asked, "Is there any definite news?" What the hell are the Japanese messing around? No clear reply by this time?! ”

Feng Chen said: "The Japanese Consulate will inform the Shanghai Special Municipal Government in the name of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at around 11 o'clock tonight that it is satisfied with our acceptance of the four demands of the Japanese side. ”

"Exact information?"

"Exactly! However, commissioner, this is all a smokescreen, the Japanese military has made pre-war preparations and will start attacking Zhabei after the consulate replies, so now it is necessary to immediately telegraph to the military headquarters of the 19th Route Army to strengthen the defense tonight. ”

Zhang Chong got up abruptly and said, "Let's go, let's go next door and immediately send a telegram to the Central Investigation Bureau and the Ministry of Military Affairs." ”

After the two telegrams were sent, Zhang Chong thought for a while and said, "Take the radio and let's go to the military headquarters of the 19th Route Army!" ”

After a while, Fang Xiaoman and Mo Sanqiang packed up the radio station, and everyone accompanied the commissioner Zhang Chong in a military jeep, escorted by a platoon of gendarmes, and drove towards the military headquarters of the 19th Route Army.

As the car walked on the road, Zhang Chong asked, "Feng Chen, have you been in the Japanese consulate this afternoon?" ”

"Commissioner, I also went to Wusongkou, and met the captain Takeda Nobuyoshi on the Japanese cruiser Oi, and the Japanese army will attack Zhabei at about 11 o'clock tonight, which is what I learned from Takeda Nobuyoshi."

"Oh?! In what capacity did you go? Could this be a deliberate trap set by the Japanese? Zhang Chong turned his head to look at Feng Chen and asked suspiciously.

"I went as a Japanese, and Ryuichi Hiraoka gave me a document for a Japanese consulate staff, and he asked me to meet Nobuyoshi Takeda under a pseudonym. I found out today that the attitude of the Japanese cabinet and the military toward the handling of this incident is diametrically opposed, and there are deep contradictions between them. ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"When I met Nobuyoshi Takeda on the Oi, he said arrogantly that whether the Chinese side accepts the four demands put forward by the Japanese side or not, they will do it tonight."