The Office of the Director of the Intelligence Division of the Shanghai Station of the Secrecy Bureau.

Chen Huaimin: "Director, you asked me to investigate the matter of Pang Qingtong's pistol, and I have checked it. ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Is there any doubt?" ”

"That gun was bought by Director Gao from the black market a few months ago, and I never thought that Mrs. Gao would lend it to Pang Qingtong for self-defense."

"Has anyone confirmed it?"

"Deputy Director Li knows, and many people in the station know about it, so ...... No suspicions have been found for the time being. ”

Xu Zhengyong: "That is to say, Zhou Zhiyu should be unlucky and take the initiative to go back to find death!" ”

Chen Huaimin: "Yes, if he stayed in the hotel honestly, this kind of thing would not have happened...... The question is, why did he go home? ”

Xu Zhengyong sighed happily and said, "The ghost only knows...... Hey, where's the black market? ”

Chen Huaimin perked up and said, "Director, if you have any valuables, I can help you." ”

Xu Zhengyong glanced at him and said lightly: "It seems that you are also a frequent visitor to the black market?" ”

Chen Huaimin said with a smile: "It's not that it's a regular customer, what do you need to be in short supply, the black market is really convenient." ”

Xu Zhengyong sighed: "Actually, I can understand the mood of Director Gao, I have been in northern Jiangsu for ten years, and I have always used Mauser Twenty Rings, and I really use my feelings." ”

Chen Huaimin asked tentatively, "Do you want to buy one too?" ”

Xu Zhengyong really had this idea, the guns of the Secret Bureau are all Colt or Browning, similar to the pistol of Mauser Twenty Shots, because it is too large, it has never been a standard gun for agents.

Chen Huaimin saw that Xu Zhengyong was a little tempted, and said, "If only you bought it a few days ago." ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Why? ”

"In the past, a new Mauser pistol was only fifty yuan, but it has risen to seventy yuan in the past two days, and if you buy it now, it will cost you an extra twenty yuan for nothing!"

"I heard that the price of rice and sugar has risen, and the price of guns has also risen?"

"Scarcity is expensive, I heard that the black market is out of stock now, so the price is indiscriminately raised."

"Out of Stock ......"

Xu Zhengyong also knows a thing or two about the black market arms business, and the most popular pistol type today is the smaller the better.

Moreover, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army had a lot of pistol regiment pistol brigades, which were strange troops, that is, the so-called German armament troops.

In such a situation, there is a sudden shortage of stock on the market, it must be because someone buys a large number of them at one time, which has caused a short-term supply interruption!

Who would buy so many guns on the black market?

Xu Zhengyong pondered for a long time and said, "Chen Huaimin, you check for me, who is buying a lot of guns recently!" ”

Chen Huaimin: "Could it be the gang organizations of the Qinggang Hongmen?" ”

Xu Zhengyong groaned and said, "I'm worried that it's not them who are buying guns!" ”

Chen Huaimin: "You mean the Communist Party?" ”

Xu Zhengyong nodded and said, "If you can't find the buyer, check the seller!" ”

"Yes!"

…………

A week later, the Secret Service conference room.

Xu Zhengyong, Gao Fei, Li Xianjie, and the heads of several important departments were all present.

Wang Fangxiong's face was solemn, he looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Last night, Chen Su's troops attacked Suqian, and the 69th Division suffered heavy casualties, and Commander Dai's life and death are now unknown!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, and Xu Zhengyong said: "It's not that the northern part of Jiangsu is about to be encircled, how can the communist army make a sneak attack?" ”

Wang Fangxiong sighed: "This is the dereliction of duty of the main general!" Thinking about encircling people, don't prevent the opponent's counterattack? ”

Gao Fei thought for a while and said, "Isn't Cao Jiaji stationed in the 11th Division?" Didn't they go for reinforcements? ”

Wang Fangxiong: "At the same time as the communist army attacked Suqian, it launched an attack on Caojiaji's 11th division at the same time, and an integrated division was eaten by two-thirds overnight, and the engineer battalion and cavalry battalion were all wiped out!" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Stationmaster, I think it's too bad, there are still Dong Jitao's 41st Brigade and Zhang Bingyao's Independent Regiment stationed near Luodian, if they are reinforced in time, they can also solve the dilemma of Division Commander Dai." ”

Gao Fei: "What Director Xu said makes sense, the 41st Brigade plus the Independent Regiment, nearly 8,000 fresh troops, should be able to withstand the attack of the communist army, as long as it resists three or five days, our reinforcements will arrive, and Division Commander Dai should be fine." ”

Wang Fangxiong shook his head and said, "I feel that this sneak attack by the communist army was carefully planned...... Forget it, the Secret Bureau is not the headquarters of the suppression, so I don't have to worry about this, I mean to remind you that any slightest negligence may be exploited by the Communist Party! ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Stationmaster, I have something to report. ”

Wang Fangxiong: "Say." ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Some time ago, the Mauser pistol on the black market was suddenly out of stock, so I sent someone to check it. ”

Wang Fangxiong lit a cigarette and waited for his next step.

Xu Zhengyong: "After a week of investigation, it was initially found that in this section, someone bought more than 30 Mauser pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at one time on the black market!" ”

Gao Fei: "Could it be that the Green Gang is purchasing guns?" They have been active lately. ”

Xu Zhengyong shook his head and said: "I also thought like Director Gao at first, but in fact it is not the case, I sent someone to check the major gangs in Shanghai, and they have not purchased so many guns and ammunition recently. ”

Wang Fangxiong: "Have you found out who the buyer is?" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Not yet, but we found out that the seller is an arms dealer named Qu Mazi!" ”

Wang Fangxiong: "More than 30 pistols can't do anything big...... What are you going to do? ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Stationmaster, if it's an ordinary bandit, or some underworld characters bought it, of course it doesn't matter, I suspect it's the Communist Party now!" ”

Wang Fangxiong frowned and said, "You mean that these guns were bought by the Communist Party?" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "That's right! ”

Wang Fangxiong pondered for a while and said: "If this batch of guns was indeed purchased by the Communist Party, it means that they have added more than 30 new people!" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "Yes, I thought so too, that's why I reported this matter to you." ”

Wang Fangxiong: "What do you have a good idea?" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "I want to start with Qu Mazi." ”

Li Xianjie: "Director Xu, an arms dealer like this, whoever gives money, he will sell it to whomever he wants, what use can you check him?" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "If it's one or two pistols, he will sell them to you anyone, but more than 30 pistols, plus so many bullets, if there is no acquaintance to introduce him, he doesn't dare to sell them to the other party easily!" ”

Wang Fangxiong's eyes lit up and said, "Are you the acquaintance who wants to find out Qu Mazi?" ”

Xu Zhengyong: "That's right! ”