Chapter 31: Entrustment
On April 20, 1938, at the foot of the fisherwoman's statue, Zhou Lin was looking at the road into the fisherwoman's statue.
"What's the matter? Ask me out in such a hurry. Zhou Lin took out a cigarette and lit it.
Behind the statue of the fisherwoman, a voice came out: "Call from my hometown and ask about the Wuhan plan." ”
Zhou Lin swallowed a smoke ring in his mouth: "I asked yesterday, and the other party said that there will be definite news within a week." I'll be notified as soon as the plan is ready. Is the money ready? ”
"After a few turns, the money has been withdrawn. All are small-denomination checks. ”
"How small is a check?" After asking, Zhou Lin was secretly thinking, it won't be a check for $100, right?
"$1,000 a piece, a total of 200 sheets, put it away." As he spoke, a small box was attached to Zhou Lin's buttocks.
Zhou Lin put his bag on his buttocks, and put the box in his bag with his other hand. The whole movement was natural, as if he had an itch in his butt and scratched it.
"If you get the plan, how are you going to send it back?" Zhou Lin was worried about being detected by the Japanese, after all, it was not very safe to send telegrams.
"I will leave Mingzhu and go to a latent spot in Changshu to shoot my hair. You will be asked to cooperate on the docks. After thinking about it, Yang Kun said: "It can't be sent in Mingzhu, as soon as the enemy hears the signal, he will guess that it is related to the Battle of Wuhan." After all, this is not something that can be finished in a few words, and it will take at least half an hour or more. ”
Zhou Lin frowned: "Half an hour? In ten minutes, the Japanese will lock you in. Can't you send it by someone? ”
"Someone sends? It's easier to go wrong! Blockade of the road? Reliability of the sender? More ungraspable. Yang Kun explained.
Zhou Lin understands, who has no problems? No one knows.
"Why Changshu?" Zhou Lin didn't know the reason.
"The person in charge of Changshu is my student, and he knows the roots."
"But Changshu isn't him alone? Is there no risk? ”
"On the day I arrived, I asked him to scatter the people, one to carry out an explosion and sabotage at Yushan to attract the attention of the Japanese, and the other to set up an ambush on the way to the place where the report was sent to stop the enemy. Buy me time to send the report. ”
"Old Yang......" Zhou Lin became worried.
"Understood, don't worry! The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will definitely cost many people. The team members in Changshu may all serve the country loyally, but they deserve to die! Die a glorious death. ”
"You must come back to me!" Zhou Lin's eyes were wet.
"There is only a 10% chance that I will come back! After all, it is in the enemy's heavy area, and it is difficult to get out of trouble. Don't worry, if I die for my country, the director will send someone to contact you again. I have only one request! ”
"Say! I'll do it! "I've entrusted my little family to you! They're ......"
Zhou Lin wrote it down attentively: "I swear to God, if you are gone, I will take care of your family." But I still want you to come back! ”
Yang Kun agreed: "Even if it is one percent hope, I will work hard." Say something happy. ”
"What else is there to be happy about?" Zhou Lin didn't care.
"You've been promoted to the ranks! Now a lieutenant colonel! Yang Kun said happily.
"Even if I am promoted to colonel, I am just a traitor in the eyes of everyone." Zhou Lin couldn't be happy.
"There will always be a day when you will be cleared! Let's fight for that day! ”
Zhou Lin lit another cigarette: "I'm afraid that I will be accused of being a traitor." ”
"You have to keep alive! Live to the day of victory. Oh! The director asked, can another refurbished gun from another million oceans be sold? ”
Zhou Lin almost jumped up: "One million oceans, forty thousand rifles, who am I selling them to?" ”
"Look at the opportunity! As long as there is an opportunity, sell it, don't leak it, make the city full of wind and rain, and it can't be said to be from Wuhan. Yang Kun admonished.
"Then where did I say it came from? It can't be said to have been shipped from the United States, right? American guns are not formal at all. Zhou Lin didn't know how to lie.
"You just said it was from Shanxi!" Yang Kun was ready to leave.
"In that case, Yan Lao Xifei plucked my skin!"
"He can't get by! And you helped his arsenal with propaganda, and he should thank you. ”
"Yes! Do you think I'm looking for him for publicity money? 100,000 oceans isn't much, right? ”
No response! Zhou Lin looked back and saw that there was no one.
"It's time for me to go back too!" Zhou Lin staggered away.
Before he arrived at the dock, Zhou Lin was stopped, it was Chang Liang.
"Come with me!" Chang Liang pulled Zhou Lin into Zhou Lin's car.
"Where are you going? I haven't eaten yet! Zhou Lin fell away.
"It's the one who dragged you to dinner!" Chang Liang had already gotten into the car.
"Then I'll have to go back and ask for leave!" Zhou Lin drove towards his home.
"That's 20,000 oceans." Chang Liang gave Zhou Lin a silver dollar check.
Originally, Chang Liang promised to give Zhou Lin ten percent, 40,000 oceans, and 20,000 oceans were hidden in Yamada.
"Something?" Zhou Lin saw that Chang Liang did not bring his aunt's wife, and guessed that something was wrong.
"There's business!" Chang Liang sat in the car and didn't get out.
Zhou Lin knew that Chang Liang didn't want to go in to say hello, so he greeted Xiangjun, left Xiangjun, who was busy in the kitchen, and drove away from the dock.
"Where to go!" After opening, Zhou Lin asked.
"Kelly's West Restaurant in the French Concession." Chang Liang closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.
After Zhou Lin entered the French Concession, he first went to the Bank of America and deposited $10,000 into his father's account. I just received 20,000 oceans from Changliang, and I deposited them all, and then added 200 oceans to exchange them for 20,000 US dollars.
"Sent money to your parents?" Chang Liang opened his eyes and asked Zhou Lin, who was back in the car.
"Having money to do business in the United States is much stronger than Mingzhu, here it changes three times a day, yesterday I had a million fiat currency, but today I am a poor egg." Zhou Lin talked about his business experience.
"If I have money, I will buy guns and recruit people!" Chang Liang and Zhou Lin's concepts are different.
Zhou Lin did not reply, the two had different concepts and had no common language.
Soon arrived at Kelly's West Restaurant and entered a private room.
There were still three people in the room! All are lords with the rank of major general.
Zhou Lin guessed what would happen and greeted the three of them.
The food and drinks soon came up, and the five people were seated, and the adjutants were waiting outside the door.
The next scene made Zhou Lin unable to understand which song this was.
Three checks were handed to Zhou Lin, each with the same face value: 10,000 oceans.
"Three generals, which song are you singing? It's not my birthday, is it? ”
Zhou Lin stretched out his hand and stopped the three checks, he had to make it clear!
"This is our congratulations to the little brother on his new marriage!" The three explained.
Zhou Lin said to himself: Newlywed? If you had known that I slept on the couch every day, you would not congratulate me on my wedding, but would have given me consolation.
"The three generals are too polite!" Zhou Lin pretended to excuse himself.
"Call us dude! It is called like a cannon. The trio insisted.
It's hard to be gracious! Zhou Lin had no choice but to accept the check, and the five of them had a drink.
The three of them glanced at Chang Liang, and Chang Liang had no choice but to say: "Little brother, these three are all classmates of my military academy, and they are now hanging a false title in the General Staff Department." They have something to ask the little brother. ”
"Three old brothers, you have something to say! I like to go straight. Zhou Lin hurriedly stood up to toast and clinked glasses with the three of them.
"Good! I love the character of the little brother! This time, we want to buy 5,000 rifles from each of the little brothers. A major general named Direction said.
"Ahem!" When Zhou Lin heard this, he was choked by the wine he drank.
Last hour ago, Yang Kun let himself think of selling 40,000 guns, but in the blink of an eye, the person who bought the gun came to the door! Could it be that he is really the nephew of the Jade Emperor?
"You don't need to sell guns for your high-level guards, do you?" Zhou Lin was confused: "Even the old * guard unit doesn't have five or six thousand people!" ”
"Don't hide it from my brother, we bought guns to prepare to form a troop, to be the commander of the division with real power, not to be a senior staff member without power."
Zhou Lin pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Last time, the customer's Wuhan Arsenal was all gone. ”
When the three of them heard this, their faces showed disappointed expressions.
"But!" Zhou Lin saw the expressions of the three of them clearly.
"But what? Speak up, brother! "The three of them were in a hurry.
Zhou Lin looked at the door, immediately ignored the direction, opened the door and ordered: "No one is allowed to enter without our approval." ”
"Yes!" Several guards immediately cordoned off the perimeter of the house.
Several heads touched each other, Zhou Lin took a puff of cigarette, and said slowly: "My friend said that he can get a batch of Zhongzheng rifles from the Shanxi Arsenal. ”
"Ahh The hope after the disappointment overjoyed the three.
"We want! It's a pity that there are no heavy weapons. The direction hurriedly toasted Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin's heart moved, and the Wuhan Arsenal had refurbished heavy weapons, but that guy only had a lifespan of one and a half years or two, so he didn't dare to distribute them to the troops.
Because Chang Liang didn't say yes, Zhou Lin didn't take it seriously.
"Heavy weapons? Wuhan Arsenal has it! Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, small cannons, all of them! Zhou Lin blurted out.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Chang Liang couldn't sit still.
Zhou Lin rolled his eyes: "Brother Chang, it's not right for you to say that?" How do I know you need that thing, it's too heavy, it's hard to carry, it's not as convenient as a rifle. ”
"But compared to the rifle, the rifle is a fart!" Chang Liang came out foul.
"No wonder Wang Jie asked me last time, why only need a rifle and no heavy weapons, he was laughing at me!" Zhou Lin came to his senses and said.
"It just so happens that I'm talking about heavy weapons, so let's not talk about it, you get me 300 heavy machine guns, 600 light machine guns, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition for each gun." Chang Liang didn't care about the three of them, and rushed to start the order.
"Lao Chang, you want so much at once, what should we do." The three were upset.
"Don't worry, three brothers, tell me how much you want." Zhou Lin was busy playing the garden.
As a result, when people told it one by one, Zhou Lin had a headache again, it was too troublesome.
Finally, a total, the weapons are directly allocated according to the division of the national army, and the price is quoted according to the division.
A division of 5,000 people, fully armed, 300,000 oceans.
Three divisions, 900,000 oceans, plus 250,000 Changliang's heavy weapons, a total of 1.15 million oceans were sold.
The task given by Dai Li, one time to do it.
Everyone discussed it and gave Zhou Lin a 10% commission for his business.
In other words, Zhou Lin only earned 115,000 oceans.
"Three big brothers, I have to hand over half of my commission to the head of the agency, and you must also be prepared to take out 60,000 oceans per person to pay taxes to the military police headquarters!" Zhou Lin reminded.
The three of them laughed: "You two were dragged to the gendarmerie headquarters in the middle of the night, and we know about the search of your pockets. After your customer confirms, I will also report to the Imperial Army. ”
After talking, it was to drink, Zhou Lin was drunk and sent home.
As soon as he returned home, Zhou Lin sorted out his thoughts.
The total list of munitions was: 15,000 rifles, 600 heavy machine guns, 1,200 light machine guns, 1,000 pistols, and 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition of the famous type.
One rifle is 400 oceans, totaling 600,000 oceans, one wheel machine gun is 150 oceans, totaling 180,000 oceans, and one heavy machine gun is 300 oceans, totaling 180,000 oceans. One pistol of forty oceans, totaling 40,000 oceans. In addition to the gun with ammunition, another 150,000 oceans of ammunition (it is a reloading bullet, but it is not obvious that it is a reloading bullet). A total of 1.15 million oceans of arms purchases.
The price of refurbished guns in Wuhan is: 25 oceans for rifles, totaling 375,000 oceans. Wheel machine guns 100 oceans, 120,000 oceans. Heavy machine guns 200 oceans, 120,000 oceans, 25 pistols, 25,000 oceans, 100,000 bullets. A total of 740,000 oceans.
1.15 million minus 740,000, the profit in the middle reached 410,000 oceans.
Now there are two plans: one is to let Wuhan ship at 115. Subtract the three divisions plus the weapons of Chang Liang, and give the rest to the Eighth Route Army. Second, it only sent 740,000 yuan to Wuhan, but received 1.15 million yuan for the sale, and the difference in the middle was transferred to Yan'an.
After dark, Zhou Lin came to Li Qiang's bookstore.
After hearing Zhou Lin's report, Li Qiang was stupid, he had never handled this big "business".
The old way, Zhou Lin watched the store and waited, and Li Qiang went to send an A-level secret message.
An hour later, a call came from Yan'an, and the call was longer, and the pros and cons were analyzed.
This shipment, it is likely that Dai Kasa and Yamada will pay close attention.
They will definitely send someone to follow up the whole process, and there will be no possibility of dropping off the goods halfway.
If you take the liberty of placing the goods, then the enemy will know Zhou Lin's identity.
For the safety of Zhou Lin, the central government instructed: You can only ask for money, not weapons.
In fact, the five leaders of the central government also fought for "money and guns" for half an hour, and finally agreed on the same opinion: everything is for the sake of the safety of the butterfly.
Zhou Lin breathed a sigh of relief, he also tended to ask for money, not weapons.
On the road this time, it is no longer calm, there must be huge waves.
"Even if you take money, you can't go to the bank in the concession anymore." Li Qiang said.
"Yes! With such a large sum of money, it is impossible for no one to pay attention. Zhou Lin also had a headache in order to go out of the account.
"Let them send the money into Hong Kong and divide it from Hong Kong." Li Qiang said.
"No! As long as it is an account, you can find clues. Zhou Lin denied it.
"Pay the bill in gold?" A small yellow croaker is worth 40 oceans, and 10,000 small yellow croakers are needed.
Zhou Lin rejected it again: "10,000 small yellow croakers are not bad for the risk of going to the account." ”
"In dollar cash!" Zhou Lin and Li Qiang said at the same time.
400,000 US dollars, only 40 stacks, just a box to hold.
So, Li Qiang went to the newspaper operator again and sent a telegram to the central government.
Half an hour later, the central government replied: approve the dollar bill plan.
The place where the money is collected must be a pearl, so the place of payment cannot be a pearl.
Finally, it was selected in Anqing. There, the strength of the underground party is still relatively strong.
When it is critical, you will find organizations to help and distract the enemy.
In Anqing, it is necessary to pay Dai Li, but also to transfer money to the organization.
"Remember! Anqing's payment cannot be disclosed in advance. so as not to set up an ambush in the early stage of the enemy. It is necessary to create the appearance of random picking. The Japanese and Wuhan temporarily knew the place of payment, and they didn't have time to arrange it. Li Qiang demanded.