Red smoke and black smoke have enveloped London by the Thames for centuries, but this majestic and vibrant city has completely weakened in Chen Shaokuan's eyes, and in the same way, when he was in France at this time, he saw the buildings in disrepair and the old cotton wool exposed under the dilapidated satin of the sofa, and he also felt the weakness of France from the bottom of his heart.

In England, he also met a former adversary: Colonel Burleigh Groeman, the former naval adviser of the Republic of China, who had a dispute with him over the implementation of the British system in the navy, and the visit to the Scottish military port was not resolved, and the negotiations with the British navy were also hindered.

England is not happy, and France, which has never dealt much, is even less hopeful. There were a lot of invitations from French shipyards, but the problem was that Kong Xiangxi had no money - the French government agreed to borrow money from China, but the delegation needed to negotiate with the French bank, and the French bank needed a mortgage. After a few turns like this, I didn't get a penny of money, since there was no loan, it was natural that she couldn't fix the ship, and France itself was an agricultural country, and there were many colonies, so she didn't need Chinese minerals and agricultural products.

French loans to China are crucial to the Admiralty, and only with loans can there be ships, but it is not very important to Kong Xiangxi - at this time, Kong Xiangxi is planning a Pacific non-aggression pact, which is a supplement to the Nine-Power Pact, which was suggested by the French Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Lyons, after the First World War, the French, who no longer have much confidence, strongly advocate any contract that contains the words "peace and anti-war", such as the useless Paris Non-War Pact nine years ago.

Kong Xiangxi is the special envoy, Chen Shaokuan is the deputy envoy, although Chen Shaokuan very much hopes that Kong Xiangxi can spare some energy to follow up on the French loan to China, but he has no way to ask the special envoy to act according to his ideas as the deputy envoy, he can only use Kong Xiangxi's timetable as his own timetable, Kong Xiangxi will visit whoever he visits, and there is nothing more helpless than this.

In these helpless days, something happened that made Chen Shaokuan angry-Navy Lieutenant Li Kongrong, who was stationed in Berlin, actually spread peachy news again. The news was told by Lin Xianxi, but where did he hear it from Chen Shaokuan, who was in anger, forgot to ask, and there was no need to ask. As the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, and if the matter can reach Lin Xianxi's ears, it must already be known to everyone in Berlin.

"Send a telegram immediately to him to return to China, don't be embarrassed again!" Chen Shaokuan's face was pale, and his temper was famously hard. This Li Kongrong has repeatedly misbehaved, and with his temper, he should have been dismissed from the army a long time ago.

"Minister, I'm afraid this is not appropriate." Lin Xianxi didn't say a word, but Zhou Yingcong persuaded on the side. "After all, Shao Sheng is Mr. Yongzhi's adjutant, and this trip is also counted on Mr. Yongzhi's side. If you want him to go back, you must first nod Mr. Yongzhi, and send him back to China like this, in case Mr. Yongzhi ......"

"This is an internal matter of our navy, and he can't control it!" The more Chen Shaokuan thought about it, the more ruthless he became, this Li Kongrong was only allowed to join the delegation by putting down his old face and begging Kong Xiangxi, he was expecting this person to enrich the submarine fleet and strengthen the Fujian system, but he was good, he began to have an unknown relationship with Miss Kong from the mail ship, and it was only a month since he arrived in Berlin, and he actually took care of a female student.

"Minister......" Zhou Yingcong listened to Chen Shaokuan gasp for a while, and persuaded again.

"Don't say it, send a telegram to Berlin immediately, and tell him to go home immediately!" Chen Shaokuan, who hated in his heart, waved his hand sharply and immediately made a decision. "Kong Yongzhi's side is up to me to explain. We are the navy, and the honor of the navy is the first, and naval officers must be even more cautious in their words and deeds. I sent him to Germany to inquire about the news, not to play with women! ”

Chen Shaokuan looked like he had made up his mind, and Zhou Yingcong, who understood his temper, had to draft a telegram, although the meaning was what it meant, but the sentence was modified to be a little more euphemistic. Chen Shaokuan was not happy when he glanced at it, "What are you doing so politely, you just tell him that his behavior has ruined the reputation of the navy, and he will immediately return to China to wait for processing." ”

"Yes, Minister." Zhou Yingcong had to nod and write a telegram again, but this time Chen Shaokuan was still not satisfied, but he did not reprimand Zhou Yingcong again, but wrote a few lines by himself, signed it and said: "Send it out immediately!" ”

Zhou Yingcong reluctantly took the telegram, and Lin Xianxi, who had been watching coldly after he left, saw that Chen Shaokuan was still angry, and said with a dry smile: "People now, people who know people and faces don't know their hearts, or people who know the roots are more assured." ”

"Hey! I thought he was a talented person. "Chen Shaokuan didn't say anything, he was still thinking about the submarine." Who knows, but it's a ......"

"Whether you have talent or not depends on being able to speak the Tao, if you really want to be able to speak the Tao and have talent, then what kind of battle will you fight." Lin Xianxin said his reasoning, "The submarine is a new thing, and no one has really been there." Just by virtue of those few articles, can it be said that Li Kongrong is talented? I don't think so, what can he know as a machine mechanic, and the compass doesn't know where it is. ”

What Lin Xianxi said seemed to be reasonable, Chen Shaokuan nodded and thought of letting Li Kongrong return to China, but the information he explored should still be handed over, so that when he arrived in Germany, these people would have a basis, but the wording of the telegram in front of him was extremely harsh, and he felt that it was not appropriate to go to the telegram to hand it over, besides, he was only given a hundred dollars at the beginning, what can he find out about this money.

Chen Shaokuan gave 100 US dollars and really couldn't find out anything, but the problem was that Li Kongrong was 'born to know', and his understanding of German submarines was beyond the reach of any foreigner except the Germans. This is what Dr. Karl Kruger admires most about him, in his opinion, it must have cost countless efforts and money for Chinese to obtain such accurate information, and Li Kongrong's generosity in sharing all this with him really made his heart flutter.

In the bustling Berlin Zoo, the doctor codenamed 016 dressed up in disguise, sat on a white bench on the side of the road with an observer's newspaper and waited for Li Kongrong, codenamed 007, when he kept looking at his watch and thought that 007 was late, a voice sounded in his ears: "Doctor, I really didn't expect you to come." ”

The man was dressed as a cleaner and wore a hat, and he had apparently been sweeping the floor here for a while. The doctor shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I know it's against the rules for me to come to meet, but I have a few details to ask about......"

The doctor opened the newspaper in its entirety, his head hooked lower. He has been thinking about several parameters of the VII. submarine for the past few days, hoping to find the answer from Li Kongrong. The doctor cares about the submarine, but Li Kongrong cares about the passport - he said that he would let the major take sleeping pills to sleep and promise that there would be no trouble, but he didn't come here to be a teacher to answer questions.

"What about my passport? Doctor? Li Kongrong interrupted the doctor's questioning, and instead of looking down, he looked around vigilantly. He suddenly remembered the stupid hat in Infernal Affairs—he looked at everyone who said it looked like a policeman, and they were all spying on him. Li Kongrong has a similar feeling now, what a fucking fuck, it seems that the next meeting can't be in a crowded place, it should be on the rooftop or in the cinema.

"I've brought it." The doctor took out an envelope and handed it to Li Kongrong while saying, "We hope that you can go to London, which will be more beneficial to our future cooperation, and you will be safer after training." ”

The doctor's words Li Kongrong only took the wind in his ears, and what he cared about was the passport itself. When I opened the British citizen passport, I saw that my photo was pasted on it, and there was an English name: David · Robert·lee。 "David Robert Lee?" He read it aloud.

"Don't like it?" The Doctor smiled kindly, he actually took it. "There's everything about you in the document, and it's important that you memorize it and don't leave it out, especially the red part. The submarine course you want is also included, but it's just a brief, basic part. ”

"It's really real." Li Kongrong, who got the passport, suppressed his smile, he finally got a foreign passport, which means that the problem of Chang Kaishen's receiving money has been solved - he can take this passport to a Swiss bank to open a secret account, and I hope that the Swiss bank, which implemented the secrecy law in 1934, will keep it absolutely secret for depositors.

"It's totally true!" The doctor stressed that he did not know why Lee Kong-wing suspected that the passport was fake.

"So, my wife, can also become a British citizen?" Li Kongrong suddenly asked a question.

"Of course, and your son too." The doctor replied. Within a few days, MI6 found out everything about Li Kongrong, and Malcolm Woolcombe, the leader of the fifth group, thought that this person could be trusted, and he had no experience of being recruited by other countries' spy organizations, and based on the relationship between the Royal Navy and the Chinese Navy, especially the fact that he wanted to come to the British Royal Navy for an internship nine years ago but failed, it can be roughly concluded that this person has a very good opinion of Britain. "But, Lee, you have to show your worth."

"Of course." Li Kongrong carefully put the passport in his arms alone, then stuffed the envelope to the other side, and while hiding these things, he took out a piece of paper, then sandwiched it in the newspaper, and finally put the newspaper on the chair. "This is part of the parameters of the battleship Bismarck that I have heard, and for the sake of the first official cooperation, this news is still free."

"Bismarck?! Oh, my God! The Doctor sighed. As far as he knew, the German battleship was launched only last year, and the secrecy was extremely strict, and if this information was true, it would definitely cause a sensation in MI6 and the Naval Intelligence Bureau, and even alarm the Cabinet.

"Alright. I think I'm going to England, but not now, the day after tomorrow, the Envoy will arrive in Berlin, and I don't know when he'll leave Germany, and even if he does, he'll probably come back here, so I haven't been able to get to London for the last few months. Li Kongrong said his own arrangement. For him, now that he has his passport, he can postpone negotiations with Britain for a while.

"What time is it?" The doctor asked. The newspaper in his hand was also put on the chair, and exchanged it with Li Kongrong's, he opened the newspaper casually, and quietly put the letterhead in his arms.

"At least in August." Li Kongrong replied. "I only had time to go to the UK in August. I had to go on official business and befriend German dignitaries, and it would take a lot of time for information to get out of their mouths. Also, I have a plan ......"

"What's the plan?" The doctor lowered his head and asked, and the parameters of the Bismarck alone made him want to return to England immediately.

"A plan to stop the war." Li Kongrong said discretionally. "There is only one force standing in front of the Nazis now, and that is the Prussian officer corps, and if we can delay Hitler's taming of the officer corps, then the war may be postponed or even prevented."

"Oh God!" The doctor was just an engineer, and he was not clear about the political wrestling within Germany. "You'd better write a detailed report." He said.

"Of course, I'll be going to London in August with this report." Li Kongrong smiled. This is a brilliant idea that he has come up with in recent days - to delay the political life of the current Minister of Defense, Field Marshal von Blomburg. This may have made little difference to the general situation of the world, but the war has helped a lot. Through constant recollection, he found that von Blomburg's ouster was very close to the time of Foreign Minister Niu Wright's resignation, which could not help but give him an association: after purging the top of the Wehrmacht, Hitler also purged the diplomatic system and the military industrial system, after all, the Wehrmacht was the pillar of both.

It was after this that Ribbentrop came to power, and when Ribbentrop came to power, he changed his previous neutral stance and immediately turned to Japan in an all-round way, while Hitler openly recognized Manchukuo. At the same time, Germany immediately suspended the Sino-German arms trade and forcefully recalled the military advisory group a few months later. After negotiations, Germany only agreed to deliver the arms ordered by China and to re-export them through a third country; In the subsequent Sino-German trade, arms were completely excluded, and only industrial raw materials and non-military industrial goods were traded.

Marshal von Blomburg was a month late, and Bintrop was in power for 30 days at night, and the Sino-German arms trade was likely to continue for another 30 days, although this was not good for the overall situation, but it was beneficial to China. It's not convenient for China to do this, and it would be nice if MI6 did it. And it was also beneficial to Britain, the day the Prussian officer corps fell, and Hitler started the war one day later. Of course, with the current German economic system and Hitler's madness, war is certainly inevitable, but Li Kongrong only cares about China's interests, as long as it is beneficial to China, it is enough.

Stimulated by Bismarck's intelligence and war deterrence plan, Dr. Karl Kruger hurriedly left the zoo, and after he left, Li Kongrong quickly disappeared into the crowd, and half an hour later, he returned to the villa. He was about to go back to his room to take a closer look at the passport and background identification information, when a telegram came from France, and the words on it were like a thunderbolt -- in view of the fact that Major Li Kongrong's behavior was offensive to morals and ruined the reputation of the navy, he was ordered to return to China immediately to be dealt with. Chen Shaokuan. Anxious.