Chapter 70: Good Luck Card
After Li Kongrong explained the matter, he asked Lu Ruping to let him get out of the car at the door of Huang Baitao's apartment, and then the car first circled around the city of Hong Kong, and when the time was almost up, he let Lu Ruping drive to the Taiping Theater on Queen's Road West, which is the most lively pastime in Hong Kong at night, under the shining neon, all kinds of high-end cars pulled over one by one, pairs of men and women in Western-style dresses came out of the car, and the black-clothed waiters came forward to greet and lead the way like butterflies shuttling through flowers, English and Cantonese were intertwined, If it weren't for those red-headed Ah San who were too conspicuous, Li Kongrong would have thought that this was the Hong Kong of later generations. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Go back and pick up your sister-in-law and her sister." Li Kongrong didn't want to enjoy the excitement alone, so he instructed Lu Ruping before parking, "Just say I'll invite them to watch the play." But I'll ask them to go first, and I'll come back later. ”
"Yes, sir." Lu Ruping nodded and smiled, he felt that the chief was too good to his wife. Jiang Jing, who was also in the front row, was a little uneasy, and he turned around and said, "Sir, this is just me." ”
"Are you scared?" Li Kongrong was undressing in the back seat, and then preparing to change into an evening dress and put on a pair of sunglasses.
"Of course I'm not afraid, I'm just worried about the ...... sir" Jiang Jing felt that it was too dangerous for her to protect Li Kongrong, and besides, there were too many people here, so she couldn't take care of it at all.
"What are you worried about me?" Li Kongrong's military uniform had been taken off, and he put on the pair of sunglasses after putting on the evening dress. "Who can recognize me in the crowd? You have to put your gun away, this is Hong Kong, and it will take a lot of trouble to get you out if something really happens. ”
"Inner monkey, Ah Sheng." As soon as the car door opened, the waiter greeted politely, "How many of you are there?" Is there a reservation? ”
"There are reservations. In the ......" Li Kongrong glanced around, feeling that everything was normal, so he handed him a small dollar bill and said in a low voice: "You can take us directly to the private room on the second floor." ”
The dollar waiter was known, but few people would tip a dollar, so he immediately led Li Kongrong and Jiang Jing to the designated private room on the second floor, and then bowed and retreated. At this time, the big drama has not yet started, Lin Dingli in the private room is drinking tea with Li Fanshuang, when Li Kongrong entered, both of them stood up, Li Fanshuang said: "Mr. Lin, let me introduce ......"
"No introduction, no introduction." Lin Dingli stroked his palms and smiled, looking very happy, "I know that this is the Captain Li Hansheng of the Navy who killed the Japanese Navy and turned over on the ship, and Colonel Li has been looking up for a long time." ”
"Let's talk at home." Li Kongrong didn't want Li Fanshuang to know some things, and at the same time, Li Fanshuang didn't know Lin Dingli's true identity, only that he was from Taiwan. "Otherwise, it's very inconvenient."
As soon as Li Kongrong opened his mouth, it was Hokkien, Lin Dingli listened to it cordially, and Li Fanshuang could only be confused, but he understood his identity and quickly found an excuse to go out. There were only two people left in the box, and Li Kongrong went deep into the essence after a little politeness, mainly on two issues: First, the Wang puppet government will soon be established, and the most important thing after the establishment of the Wang puppet government is to issue the Central Reserve Bonds, so as to expel the fiat currency in East China and hit the economy of the Chongqing government. This matter was in time, and Dai Li's military commander only thought of printing counterfeit banknotes after he asked for the Central Reserve Bills to come out.
In addition to printing money, the second thing is to obtain military intelligence of the Japanese army on the southeast coast, and Lin Dingli, as a member of the special high class, as long as he is well prepared, it is not difficult to obtain this information.
Li Kongrong said these two things straight to the point, and Lin Dingli was a little puzzled about the two things, and he said: "I have already contacted the military commander, and Brother Han Sheng believes in me like this?" ”
"We are all Fujianese, and besides, in the future, Taiwan will not be able to recover from military reunification." Li Kongrong smiled, "You and the military commander are one thing, and the navy is another thing." There is no substantive conflict between the navy and Chongqing and the military command, and if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone. ”
"Then why can't we make peace?" Lin Dingli is not tall, his face is white, but his eyes are triangular, and many things are hidden under his eyelids. "Aren't they all anti-Japanese?"
"The result of the peace talks was that the navy was dismembered by Chongqing, and the military budget was robbed by the air force. If only they could defeat the Japanese, but they couldn't. Only the navy could smash the Yellow Dragon and force Japan to finally surrender. Li Kongrong said, he looked at Lin Dingli after speaking, and said. You may not know how weak Chongqing is now. Let's just say that the industrial strength of the entire southwest is less than half or even one-third of Taiwan's. The Soviet Union's aid is also decreasing, and next year they will sign a non-aggression pact with Japan and stop aid altogether. Why is the country able to counterattack now? Isn't it because the Soviet Union came to the aid of the arms?
After this wave is over, there will be no ammunition, except for the last one last year, there will be no new loans at all this year, and next year will also depend on the situation, maybe there will be at the end of the year. However, the fact that the United States has given loans does not mean that the army has ammunition and weapons, and weapons and ammunition must also be transported all the way from the United States to Yangon, Burma, and then from Yangon to Kunming and Chongqing, and the time it will take for an artillery shell to finally arrive on the battlefield from the United States will take more than half a year, and this does not include the purchase time on the American side; now Britain and France are both ordering military supplies in the United States, and the United States itself is also expanding its army, and many things cannot be bought by saying that they can be bought.
Even if it goes well, the loan at the end of 40 will not be used until the second half of 41, but at this time the Japanese will still keep the Burmese channel? All in all, Chongqing was thankful that it was able to hold its existing positions, and it was impossible to counterattack. ”
"Brother Hansheng means that Japan will attack Singapore?" Lin Dingli's eyes narrowed only a slit, although Li Kongrong didn't elaborate, he heard a lot of things.
"War costs money, it costs a lot of oil. The war has been fought for almost three years, and the Japanese economy has reached its peak, and if it continues to fight, it will definitely go bankrupt. If Britain and France were pinned down or defeated by Germany, would they have captured the South Seas? Li Kongrong asked rhetorically.
"But now there is no war in Europe." Lin Dingli talked about the current situation. "Germany is much weaker now than it was in the last World War. The last time he fought for four or five years, this time he can really beat the British and French? ”
"This war is different from the last one." Li Kongrong could not elaborate on the differences, but said: "According to my prediction, France will surrender in June next year." The situation in Europe has changed drastically, and the situation in the Far East will certainly continue to change, do you say that if France is defeated and Britain barely supports it, will the Japanese not be tempted by the South Seas? He needs oil, rice, rubber, bauxite, timber, ......, as long as it is a resource, Japan needs it very much, otherwise the war will not be able to last at all, unless they withdraw from Kannai immediately, otherwise the result of the war will be the destruction of Japan. ”
Li Kongrong said that there was another possibility of the War of Resistance, but this was obviously impossible. It is true that the Japanese civilian government and cabinet do not want to sink into the quagmire of China, but the Japanese military department is unwilling to give up the spoils of hard fighting. In fact, a large part of this loot is a loss of money, and only a few provinces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong can bear their own profits and losses.
Why does guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines work? It is not because of the strength of the people - if it is really strong, it will not be because of the heavy losses of the sweep, but because the guerrilla behind enemy lines is because it is worthless to occupy those remote areas, it is a vacuum. There are indeed resources, but there are no railways, and even where there are railways, the guerrillas often attack the trains and destroy the railways, which are expensive to maintain.
And the value of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong actually lies in water transportation: you can destroy the railway, how can you destroy the river? Not every river is the same as the Yellow River. Japan knew that the war was a loss-making deal, but because of the insistence of the military headquarters, it had to hold on, and it was impossible to withdraw, so it could only take a risk and come to Pearl Harbor.
Lin Dingli took Li Kongrong's words slowly, and said after a while: "I can assist in printing money, and military intelligence can also be collected, but how can I hand it over to you?" Do you have someone in Xiamen? ”
"Xiamen?" Li Kongrong nodded, "Xiamen has had people for a long time. ”
"North Koreans?" Lin Dingli knew that Li Fanshuang was a North Korean, and he was a little strange how Li Kongrong found a North Korean.
"Yes, there are Koreans and Fujianese." Li Kongrong said. "The North Koreans want to restore their country, and I promised them that they would support it. They went much deeper into Japan than we did, and many of them changed their Japanese surnames very early. ”
"Just be reliable." Lin Dingli was relieved, he extinguished the cigarette, and said, "Then I have direct contact with the North Koreans?" ”
"No, I'll send someone else to Xiamen to connect with you." Li Kongrong took out a fifty piece of fiat currency and tore it in half, and handed the larger half of it to Lin Dingli. "The code is, 'Sir, buy a pack of cigarettes, there are 35 cards, 39 cards, and 3 batteries.' You ask: 'Is there a camel brand?' He replied: 'It has just been sold out, only the Good Luck card.' ’”
Li Kongrong said the joint code, Lin Dingli not only memorized, but also repeated it in a whisper, and finally he was a little puzzled with most of the fifty yuan fiat currency, "Brother Han Sheng, is it inappropriate to buy cigarettes with this kind of big money?" Is there a smaller denomination? ”
"Then give you a small one." Li Kongrong took out a ten-yuan face value and tore it to him, and said with a smile, "The fiat currency has depreciated greatly, and the fiat currency will depreciate next year, and I can't be sure if ten yuan will be able to buy a pack of good luck cigarettes by then." ”
"Then I'll keep both." Lin Dingli put the two remnants of coins into his arms. At this time, Li Kongrong took out another check and said, "This 10,000 US dollars is considered the preliminary activity fund, you take it first." ”
"I don't take your money." Lin Dingli raised his head and looked at Li Kongrong, "The military commander gave me funds for my activities. ”
Seeing him like this, Li Kongrong still pushed the check in front of him and said, "The navy's family background is a little more than that of the military commander. ”
"But the navy is from Fujian." Lin Dingli pushed the check back again. "I'm uncomfortable taking your money."
Lin Dingli was not polite, and Li Kongrong had no choice but to put away the check: "Then I'll go back and buy a torpedo and write your name and call the Japanese." ”
"That's a good idea, hehe." Lin Dingli laughed, and his triangular eyes were completely opened. After laughing, he stood up and said, "It's an honor to meet Brother Hansheng today, but I can't stay too long, so I'll leave first." ”
"Understood." Li Kongrong also stood up and shook hands with him and said. "Take care, brother."
"The same goes for you." Lin Ding said, he smiled again before leaving the box, "Remember, that torpedo must have my name written on it." ”
"Definitely." Li Kongrong didn't think that he really took this matter seriously, and agreed immediately.
Lin Dingli's figure flashed at the door, and it took a while for Li Fanshuang to come back. Li Kongrong didn't explain Lin Dingli's matter, but only asked, "What about your army?" I went to Queen Mary Hospital just now, and Chief Huang told me that there were only more than 30 officers you had sent, and the others were rookies who had never touched a gun at all, so he could only arrange them elsewhere. ”
"We ......" Li Fanshuang didn't expect that Li Kongrong would be the army as soon as he opened his mouth, and he said with a sad face: "The motherland has been poisoned too deeply by the Japanese invaders, and the revolutionary youth with a sense of rebellion are deeply involved in partisan disputes, and there are only so many reliable people." ”
"More than thirty officers are not enough for one regiment! Will you rely on this regiment to restore your country? "Li Kongrong is a little dissatisfied." Why don't your diasporas around the world mobilize? There are also many Koreans in the United States, so can't we convince them to participate in the restoration of the country? ”
"Koreans in the U.S. belong to another party, and they're not willing to send people over to form an army." Lee Beom-shuang explained that the provisional government of the Republic of Korea is now difficult to hide. There are already few expatriates abroad, and there are several parties vying for it.
"You tell Mr. Jin that if you can't raise a decent army and show the banner of your own restoration next year, then you can watch the Yan'an faction and the United States send you to recover North Korea in the future." Li Kongrong said angrily. "You can't stay in Changsha all the time, Chongqing doesn't want to support you for the time being, and secondly, it can't support you. You should bring people to Hong Kong at once, use this as your headquarters, and then expand your organization in Shanghai and Manchuria and bring in more people. Whether it is deceived or coaxed, there are thousands of people who become the army, and then the banner of the restoration of the country is raised, naturally there will be people gathered, and they are always shrinking in Changsha, what is it called? ”
Li Kongrong was a lesson to the North Koreans, and he felt that Jin Jiu's gang had lost the sharpness they had before. Li Fanshuang was resigned, and Li Kongrong said again: "Let's put it this way, if you can't get enough people by the end of next year, you will bear the consequences." ”
Li Kongrong is tantamount to an ultimatum, Li Fanshuang was still submissive before, but after listening to this sentence, he changed a little. He bent down and bowed, "Please rest assured, you will definitely be able to pull it, you will definitely be able to pull it." After bowing, he said again: "I just hope you can give me some more funds, some of us are still in China, and we need a lot of money to go abroad." ”
"How many people are there?" Li Kongrong had already prepared funds for Li Fanshuang, but he was still worried that there would not be enough of them. For him, it is not impossible to lack North Korea as a Marine Division, but he hopes that North Korea will be restored with his own funding, so that there will be a place for both suppressing Japan and leaving a way back.
"Yes...... More than forty people. Li Fanshuang was embarrassed again.
"What can dozens of you do?!" Li Kongrong laughed angrily. "You better let Mr. Jin move his headquarters to Hong Kong first. If he did not come to Hong Kong, he pinned his hopes on Chongqing, wasting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the great cause of restoring the country was completely empty. (To be continued.) )