Chapter 656: Luring the Snake Out of the Cave
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Liu Zezhi replied: "Before leaving, Mr. Mao strictly ordered: At all costs, the Japanese must not be allowed to transport the gold looted from China back to the Japanese mainland and become military expenses for the invasion of China. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"Mr. Mao doesn't say it, I also know the stakes, and I don't dare to do my best. Zezhi, you just came back, have a good rest, once Feng Gensheng has news there, you and I will immediately enter the state. What is the level of Cai Kun's counterfeiting? Did you understand? I always hope that Ge Jiapeng will come back with you. ā
"The counterfeit banknote factory still needs to be repaired and rebuilt, Ge Jiapeng really can't return to his post, Cai Kun's level of counterfeiting, Ye Junyuan also recognizes it, saying that talent and Ge Jiapeng are between the best, and what is lacking is only experience."
"Then I'll be relieved."
At 6 o'clock in the evening of September 13, Dong Kang came to see Feng Gensheng and reported: "Team Leader Feng, there is an abnormal movement at the Peace Wharf: the No. 15 barge on the easternmost side was taken down by Ekazaki Takayuki under Kagezo Zhenzhao for three days, from 3 p.m. today to 3 p.m. on the 16th. A medium-sized passenger liner with a deadweight of a thousand tons was moored there. ā
The Special Economic Office under Heiichiro Ono controlled the control materials in the Songhu area, and often transported materials from docks, stations, airports, highways, etc., while the special services of the Songhu Occupation Army Headquarters under the command of Kagezo Zhenzhao rarely intervened.
Zhang Zhan once reported to Zhou Chengbin: No. 76 assisted Heiichiro Ono to exchange precious metals through major banks and special exchange points, and the subsequent transportation work was temporarily established by Kagesa Zhenzhao, and Ezaki Gui was responsible for the working group headed by the team leader. Although Feng Gensheng did not know about Zhang Zhan's existence, Zhou Chengbin informed him of this information.
Feng Gensheng asked, "Is Ezaki Takayu at the Peace Pier?" ā
"Here, Jiang Feng, a peripheral member there, is a security inspector, two hours ago, I received information from him, and went to the scene in the name of collecting debts, fortunately, the No. 15 barge can no longer enter, but I saw Ezaki Takayu get off the car at the side door of the dock. Then I didn't dare to delay and rushed over immediately. Although Dong Kang was Feng Gensheng's assistant, he was not at the same contact point in Zhouzhuang as Feng Gensheng, and his cover identity was the owner of a mid-range Suzhou noodle restaurant located outside the Peace Wharf, where the two cooks, two runners, and two handymen were all operational agents of the military command.
"Dong Kang, I'll give you a portable radio station, you go back immediately, I remember that there are several five- or six-story apartment buildings on the east side of the Peace Wharf, you find a condescending place, set up a monitoring point, and report to me immediately if there is news."
Dong Kang replied: "I understand, don't worry." ā
Seeing Dong Kang away, Feng Gensheng called Cai Kun, another assistant who had just arrived at the Zhouzhuang contact point for two days, and ordered: "This is a telegram, send a report to Director Zhou immediately." ā
At half past seven o'clock that night, Zhou Chengbin ordered someone to call Liu Zezhi and Zhang Chi, who rushed back two days ago, and said, "Take a look, Lao Feng just sent it." ā
After the two looked at it, Zhang Chi replied: "According to your order, I sent Li Yi to contact Gong Suhe, and Gong Suhe said that he would try his best to find out where there is printing equipment in the Songhu area that can be converted into a banknote printing production line." Before he had news, my subordinates and I could assist the Shanghai branch to intercept the shipment of precious metals out of Shanghai. ā
Zhou Chengbin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you, Lao Zhang, this is exactly what I want to say to you." ā
Zhang Chi smiled: "Between you and me, there is no need to be so angry. Director Zhou, what should I do next? ā
"As far as I know, the Japanese are not going well in exchanging precious metals, and at this time, it should be a part of the exchange that has already been exchanged. The first thing we have to decide is: do we want to do it? ā
Zhang Chi asked, "Is it the information sent by Zhang Zhan?" ā
"No, not exactly, there are very large stalls for the exchange of precious metals, almost all the branches of the banks, and there are special temporary exchange points in Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc. The news is compiled by three or four sources. ā
Liu Zezhi replied: "Yes, there will be losses if there is action, and our intentions will be exposed after we do it, if the number is not enough, what should we do next?" ā
Zhang Chi said: "Intention to be exposed? You don't need to think about this, right? The Japanese were searching for precious metals in the Songhu area, and the Shanghai Branch of the Military Command was ordered to intercept them, which was expected. ā
Zhou Chengbin asked: "Lao Zhang, will the news of your visit to Shanghai leak?" ā
"The counterfeit banknote factory was blown up, Zezhi and I, Ge Jiapeng and I were punished, and I left Chongqing with Li Yi and others, Mr. Mao said that it was difficult to hide it, since this is the case, he simply ordered Zhang Yi to send information to Zhao Changqing."
"In other words, Ono Heiichiro and others will think that you came to Shanghai to reinforce the Shanghai branch to intercept the Japanese shipment of precious metals?"
"Yes."
Liu Zezhi asked, "Director Zhou." How many precious metals have been exchanged by Japanese people so far? Are you informed? ā
"The exact number is not clear, but I speculate that there are about ten tons of silver, two or three tons of gold, and a small amount of platinum, etc., in varying fineness."
"How much is the difference from the original plan?"
"According to the plan of the Japanese, by now, the exchange should be more than half of the total, and the actual progress is less than 20%, and the Japanese have postponed the deadline for exchange from the original date of October 20 this year to December 31 this year."
Zhang Chi hesitated: "Chicken ribs......"
"What kind of chicken ribs?" Liu Zezhi retorted: "Your tone is too big, more than ten tons of silver, two or three tons of gold, not less." When people who don't know hear this, they think that you, a poor ghost, are a rich man who has seen the world. ā
Zhang Chi replied with a smile: "For me personally, and even for the Shanghai Branch, this is an astronomical amount, but for the whole war situation, don't forget, the Shanghai Branch helped the British to transfer nearly six tons of gold from under the noses of the Japanese. Stinky boy, can't you be polite when you talk to me? ā
"You're welcome? It was the gold reserves of the British, and only thirty percent of them were the honorarium of the military commanders, which was not as valuable as this one. ā
Zhou Chengbin waved his hand and reproached: "Okay, let's talk about business!" Let your subordinates see you like this, what are you like? ā
"Isn't this no outsider?" Zhang Chi said again: "Director Zhou, whether to do it or not, of course, is up to you." ā
"Zezhi, what do you mean?"
Liu Zezhi said: "The wishes of the Japanese are good, but can they be realized, I am very worried about the old devil Heiichiro Ono: the precious metals that are easy to collect and exchange have basically been exhausted, how much can be exchanged in the future?" It's an unknown. The responsibility is to definitely do it, but I recommend changing the location of the action. ā
Zhang Chi interjected: "You mean not to do it at the dock, but to change on the way?" A medium-sized passenger ship with a capacity of 1,000 tons? According to common sense, it should be transported out of the dock and reloaded onto a warship? China's navy and air force were all exhausted, and they had to turn to the Allied navy for help. ā
Zhou Chengbin replied: "No, the Japanese have lost the right to control the sea and the air, if I were Japanese, I would disguise the precious metals, and use the civilian cargo ships and passenger ships to secretly transport them in batches." ā
Liu Zezhi nodded again and again: "Yes, this is the only reasonable choice, Director Zhou, do you mean that the Japanese have set a trap for us?" ā
"A trap and a smoke bomb: a real means of transporting precious metals in disguise."
Zhang Chi also nodded and said, "Makes sense, hum!" The trap that has been detected is worthless, so let the Japanese go in vain. ā
Zhou Chengbin said again: "Zezhi, you propose to change the location of the action, where is the change?" ā
Liu Zezhi replied: "There is only one choice: a warehouse where precious metals are stored. Since the Japanese have set a trap for us, the precious metals will not be shipped out of the warehouse for the time being until we are fooled. ā
Zhang Chi asked: "Director Zhou, the Japanese have set up so many exchange points, and if they go out and enter the warehouse every day, it won't be too difficult to figure out the location of the warehouse, right?" ā
"I have been keeping an eye on the fact that Li Shiqun set up 12 intelligence stations in various areas of Songhu during his lifetime, and also participated in the implementation of the plan to exchange precious metals. Every day, after the banks are closed, they are collected and handed over to the branch vaults of the local Shojin Bank, which is guarded by these intelligence stations, the Japanese Special High Division, and the local gendarmerie. ā
Liu Zezhi was puzzled: "That is, precious metals are stored in the vaults of more than a dozen banks? So how do you do it? I know about the dozen or so intelligence stations: fifty or sixty people in each family are basically operational agents, plus the special high school of the Japanese, and the military police...... We are underground, and although the strength of the Shanghai branch is not what it used to be, how can it have the ability to launch an attack on more than a dozen vaults at the same time? ā
Zhang Chi replied: "Yes, the underground intelligence war is a surprise attack, fighting strength, fighting a war of attrition, and we are at an absolute disadvantage." ā
Zhou Chengbin added: "There is another problem, according to Zhang Zhan's report: he suspects that the gold in the precious metal is secretly shipped and stored in the underground vault of the central bank of the Wang puppet government in Shanghai. In other words, it is very likely that the underground vaults of the dozen or so Zhengjin banks are only silver. ā
Zhang Chi asked, "Doubtful?" So the intelligence is not accurate? ā
"Yes, for more than a month, Zhengjin Bank has undertaken the vast majority of the financial business of the Wang Puppet Ministry of Finance, and there are armed escorted cash trucks every day."
Liu Zezhi said: "How can the Japanese gather all the precious metals together? We also had to have a correct topographic map of the site, and the Japanese thought we would never know about it......"
Zhang Chi, who had nothing to do, smiled and said, "What do you think - that's right, you go to Heiichiro Ono and order him to do what you want......"
Zhou Chengbin glanced at him, and Zhang Chi had no choice but to shut up.
Liu Zezhi did not refute Zhang Chi, and thought thoughtfully: "Boss Dai's order is at all costs, at all costs...... Is it to ruin the gold? Or robbing precious metals? The Shanghai branch does not have the strength...... Heiichiro Ono and Akira Kagesa also know this...... The Japanese choose civilian passenger ships and cargo ships that secretly transport precious metals, and there are many conditions, and there will not be many ...... that meet the conditions."
Zhou Chengbin replied: "Of course, it was a robbery of gold, but the Japanese did not know about it...... What do you mean......"
"Real gold is not afraid of fire, and precious metals cannot be burned or blown up unless they sink into the sea. This batch of precious metals was originally collected by the Japanese with great painstaking efforts, and they sank into the sea, the same thing, which is a great contribution to the military command; For Heiichiro Ono and others, it is an unforgivable crime. ā
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