"Mr. Schneider, can you tell me why you are leaving here?" In the old office, Frank Foley, a visa officer with a visitor's file, said to the Jews who came in. Although he was fully aware of the reason for the other party's departure, he still routinely asked one by one, hoping that the other party's words would impress him, and finally gave the other party a visa.

"Yes, sir, I think I should probably go to Switzerland......" Mr. Schneider sat in his chair, and as he spoke, his eyes first looked at Mr. Welfare, the consular officer, but after a while he wandered to the little millet flag on his desk. He prayed to God in his heart to get him out of this place.

The meeting was boring and boring, everyone wanted to get out of here, but not everyone got a visa to leave. In Germany, Mr. Frank Foley had become numb to the suffering of the Jews, and he could only do his best to issue visas so that these bullying people could leave this terrible country.

As the fifth visitor today recounted his reasons for leaving Germany, the telephone on his desk rang. After saying sorry, he picked up the phone, and after the visitor left, he informed the secretary that he would be dealing with some urgent matters next, and that the rest of the meeting would be postponed.

The people waiting in line at the British Embassy were obviously disappointed, but it was only a postponement of the meeting, and as they left, a man in a gray suit cautiously entered Mr. Foley's office.

"It's not a good place to meet, Doctor." Welfare expressed his attitude, but he poured a glass of whiskey for Dr. Karl Kruger - the doctor who was supposed to be in Kiel had returned early, and as soon as he returned, he had come straight to the embassy, and something must have happened urgently.

"Frank, you should be glad I just escaped from the Gestapo!" The doctor said with some fear. "If it's not those two. Chinese, I think I have told the German police everything they want to know. ”

"Chinese?" Mr. Foley was shocked by the news confided in the Doctor. The Doctor is a veteran spy of MI6, codenamed 016 in the Division and TR/16 on the Navy side. He was actually a shipyard engineer, and in recent years he has been approaching German shipyards to write reports on German submarines. As the head of MI6's Berlin station, Mr. Foley was glad that he had such a capable subordinate and at the same time paid great attention to the safety of the doctor, and he did not expect that the doctor was almost arrested in Kiel.

"Yes, Chinese." Feeling safe at the British Embassy, Dr. Karl Kruger took the glass from his hand and drank most of his mouth before saying, "I arrived in Kiel and stayed in a hotel with a great observation position, and then I was followed by the Gestapo. The Chinese suddenly appeared, they warned me and helped me get out of Kiel. ”

"Why?" The doctor finished his sentence and continued to drink, which made Mr. Welfare think he was frightened.

"They are also probing for the intelligence of German submarines." The doctor said the message the Chinese had given him, "and they know more than I thought." Frank, they want to exchange information with us. ”

"Exchanging information?" The benefits were extremely surprising. This is Europe, the Chinese have never been familiar with it, they have little ability to obtain intelligence, and he suspects that the doctor is frightened, so he believes the Chinese.

"Yes. He needed a syllabus for the training of submarine cadets. The doctor said the other party's request, "and he will provide details of the German submarine." He said China would buy several submarines in Germany to deal with the Japanese, so he wanted to get a submarine training course outline. Frank, he has already given me quite a few data on the performance of German submarines, which is extremely important......"

"Doctor, what if this Chinese is a liar?" Foley interrupted the Doctor, who, as the head of the intelligence station, didn't trust anyone, especially when the spies he managed were extremely scarce.

"No, Frank, my major tells me that what he says is true!" During the three-hundred-and-fifty-kilometer journey from Kiel to Berlin, the Doctor had been convinced by Li Kongrong, and he completely believed the information in the hands of the other party. "By the way, his identity is a major of the Chinese Navy and an adjutant to Mr. Kong, the special envoy of the Chinese delegation to the UK."

"Mr. Kong's adjutant?!" Foley finally took some interest in the Chinese, and as far as he knew, Mr. Kong of China had extremely close relations with the Germans, and that as his lieutenant he was in Germany and not in England, apparently for another reason. Moreover, through the Germans who Kong was familiar with, this Chinese naval lieutenant could indeed obtain a lot of information.

"Yes. We can confirm that. The doctor said. In addition to a syllabus for submarine training, he could give us all the information he could about Germany, as long as the price was right. ”

"The right price?" Welfare finally smiled, this was the routine he was familiar with, he liked to deal with such double agents.

"Yes." The doctor cleared his thoughts for a moment, then said, "He also needs a visa with his picture on it, and by the way, he wants the code name 007 to be given to him by Six Places, which he says he likes." ”

"Oh my God!" Frank Foley's smile stiffened. Judging by this codename, the Chinese obviously know a lot of things.

"Yes, I'm also shocked by what he knows about us, which is why I rushed to meet you." The doctor lowered his glass. "He asked me if I was Mr. Munes or Mr. Sinclair in charge of Division 6, and I was really shocked. He smiled and told me not to be nervous, that he had no ill will towards Britain, and that he hated Germany because of its alliance with Japan, which had been invading his country. He personally hoped that Britain would help China, but he added that with his knowledge of Germany, it was obviously difficult, and that Britain could not stay out of Germany's war against the Czech Republic and Poland soon.

Frank, I can't really describe this man, he knows almost everything, and he obviously has quite a few friends of great position within Germany. I bet he says more about the Nazi inside story than you know. Yes, it's a miracle that he talks about Hitler's childhood and Hitler's performance during the First World War, and then about the failed beer hall riots and the Night of the Long Knives......"

Dr. Karl Kruger became more and more agitated the more he spoke, and by the time it came to the night of the Long Knife, he was speechless. Seeing that the doctor was excited and hurriedly invited him to sit down, his heart was also full of shock. From the perspective of the international situation, the Chinese do have a reason to completely turn to Britain, and although the Chinese government and Germany cooperated, the object of their cooperation was not the Nazis, but the high-ranking officers of the Wehrmacht and the German arms manufacturers, and the company called HAPRO was a mixture of the two.

"I agree, this Chinese is valuable." After thinking about it, Frank Foley, who was the head of the Berlin intelligence station, decided, "We can recruit him as an intelligence agent and provide him with a passport, as long as his information is valuable." His code name can also be determined to be 007, which is not a very difficult thing to do. ”

"Frank, you've apparently made a perfectly correct determination." The relieved doctor nodded in approval.

"But he should prove his worth." Welfare is not a very foolish person, and he immediately said what he wanted. "Doctor, we are now trying to find a way to obtain the intelligence of the Luftwaffe, if he can provide the Luftwaffe intelligence - in addition to the intelligence, he must also give some evidence that can prove the complete truth of the information he has provided, such as photographs, documents, purchase orders, performance test reports, ......"

"It can't be Frank." Before he could finish speaking, the doctor shook his head, "He said that he could not provide these things, he could only get information from his German friends, and it was impossible for him to go deep into Germany to obtain information in person, so it was impossible for him to provide these things you said." ”

"That's what he said?" Frank Foley looked at his informant.

"Yes. That's what he told me. Dr. Karl Kruger nodded. He said that if we were to prove his worth, it would be confirmed by the end of the year that Hitler was plotting to purge the Wehrmacht generals who were not loyal to him, so that there would be no more resistance to his own war, and that they had made a vicious plan that by the end of the year, and no later than next January, Field Marshal von Blomburg, Minister of Defense, would be relieved of his post. ”

"Is this true?" Frank Foley asked. He suddenly wanted to contact Baron William Drup, who was in charge of political intelligence, and he was also very familiar with the situation of the Nazi Party, and perhaps he could confirm this.

"Yes, that's what he said." The Doctor said. "He said that this piece of information is free and that the next one will start to be charged."

"Okay." Welfare looked at the calendar on the wall, it was already late May, and although it would take several months to confirm the authenticity of this information, at least this would determine the ability of this Chinese. If things do happen as he says, this will be an important source of information for Germany. "I must report this to London, and if possible, it would be better for him to go to England once, and our men will have a detailed discussion with him to discuss the details."

"But he said he needed a passport." The Doctor emphasized this. "He can't leave Germany with his passport because it's not good for his safety."

"Of course. I will of course give him a new passport, as long as he provides a photo of himself. Frank Foley, who had been nervous for a long time, finally sat down. As a visa officer at the embassy in Germany, getting a passport is a breeze.

"I've brought it." The Doctor unexpectedly began to dig into his pockets, and it was clear that he couldn't wait for this new partner to join MI6.

"What did you bring?" Welfare looked at him strangely, feeling that everything was incredible.

"A picture of him." The doctor didn't notice anything wrong, he opened the folded envelope, and inside was a photograph of Li Kongrong, which had been recently taken in Shanghai, with a smile on his face - he had finally gone abroad.

"Okay." Although there was a lot of reluctance in the welfare subconscious of receiving the photo, since the matter had come to this point, he could only handle it according to the established procedures - not only Chinese took the initiative to contact the embassy to provide information to Britain, but also the embassies or consulates of other countries in Britain also took the initiative to come to the door. Some of these people are real, and some are fake, and the screening is very real, but now that this Chinese has rescued the doctor from the hands of the Gestapo, his authenticity is obviously much higher than those who walked into the embassy.

"Doctor, you must also give me a memo about Operation Kiel." Welfare suddenly reminded. "We have to be cautious about this man."

"There's no problem with that." The doctor agreed, and he added, "Are you going to investigate him thoroughly?" ”

"Of course, we have to know him somewhat." Welfare nodded.

"Then he will be very upset." The doctor shrugged his shoulders in regret that the Chinese had told him about it, and that they had found out nothing but what he had told him.

*

The British were investigating everything about Major Li Kongrong through the intelligence network, and the major was extremely idle at this time, and he was accompanying Kong Lingyi and Kong Lingjie to watch and play in the zoo. Kong Lingyi did not blame him for his tardiness, after all, he had 'important business' on his side, and Kong Lingjie did not take this adjutant seriously, he was attracted by the animals in the zoo, the Leica camera hanging on his chest kept photographing those animals, and several princelings were accompanying him.

Although several days had passed, Major Lee Kongrong had not recovered from Kiel's frenzied operation, and after just a little sleep, two crazy men pulled out a British MI6 agent, who was then tracked down by the German secret police. He was completely unaccustomed to such a life, but his other self found it very exciting.

The idea of rescuing a British spy and then exchanging information to get what he needed was a whimsical idea, but it proved to be a very effective one, and the British spy was so pleased with it that he even asked for a photo of himself saying that he wanted to get himself a new passport. He will then take this new passport to the UK to meet with MI6's spy chiefs.

It's crazy! Major Li Kongrong's first reaction to learning of the plan from his diary was to oppose it, but in the subsequent discussion, the two Li Kongrong's points of contention were placed on July 7 and August 13, and if conflict really broke out in Peking on July 7 and war really began in Shanghai on August 13, then he would have to agree to the plan

-- After the outbreak of a full-scale war between China and Japan, Germany will definitely be on the side of Japan rather than China, so no matter how the previous submarine contract was signed, there is a possibility that it will be canceled or not delivered. In this case, the help of the British was crucial, and only with the help of the British could they obtain submarines and eventually gallop across the oceans.

To be honest, this agreement is far-fetched, but on the other hand, if it does happen, then the Major has no way to refute the other decisions of his own - after all, his every judgment is right.