Major Charles Drech was not only responsible for delivering news from Sir Menzies, but his mission in Hong Kong was to gather intelligence on the Japanese army. Pen & Fun & Cabinet www.biquge.info or more specifically, he is not the real head of MI6 in Hong Kong, but Alex Summers, an official in the Governor's Office. After talking about the above things, he turned the topic to the Japanese army, including the Japanese navy and army. He knew that Agent 007 had an intelligence organization in the Far East and had close ties to the intelligence services of the Provisional Korean government. And it is inconvenient for him to have direct contact with the Koreans, at least not openly, because this will cause protests from the Japanese, so the breakthrough can only be opened from Lee Kong-young's side.

Li Kongrong smiled at Dreige's request, and said: "They don't have any great information, and they are still in the layout stage, and they will not be able to achieve results until next few years." If you wish, we can all sit down and talk in April, including Mr. Du Yuesheng, whom I just visited, who controls the vast underground world of China, and with his help, any problem will be solved. ”

"Really?" Drech was suspicious, knowing that Li Kongrong was unwilling to hand over the German intelligence network, so he was very suspicious of him handing over the Asian intelligence network.

"Of course it's true." Lee Kong Rong nodded, he thought that the British had been focusing on Europe and neglected Asia, and letting them know more would help Singapore's defense. "I have a heartfelt affection and affection for Britain, but you have shrunk too much since the last war. How many intelligence stations do you have in Asia? Li Kongrong smiled and asked, "Beiping, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, just these six, are there none?" ”

"We ......" Drech sweated in his vest, and he hid the shock in his heart, "Sir, this is not something I can understand. ”

"It's a question that you can think of with your feet." Li Kongrong said. "The visa officer is the intelligence officer, and it's a good way to save money, and that's Germany. If Germany wants a visa officer to be an intelligence officer, the situation in Asia will only get worse. Moreover, the white race is always proud, thinking that the yellow race is inferior to you, which is a very ridiculous thing, and a nation like Japan should not be underestimated. It is very offensive to say that in my opinion, in a decisive battle, the Japanese Navy can basically defeat the Imperial Navy, no matter how it is played. ”

“Sir？！” Li Kongrong is no longer an offense, it is almost an insult, and Lieutenant Admiral Drech will never agree with him, he said: "I think you overestimate the Japanese, perhaps because the Chinese Navy is too afraid of the Japanese." ”

"Haha!" Li Kongrong laughed, "You are right, the Chinese navy is very afraid of the Japanese, but I am not, and neither is my fleet. I don't just say that the Japanese will completely defeat the Imperial Army and the Navy. Compared to battleships, people have 70,000-ton Yamato-class battleships, what do you have? Nelson or George V, less than 40,000 tons? ”

"Seventy thousand tons, seventy thousand tons of Yamato?" Dreich's eyes straightened, and he stared at Li Kongrong in great surprise, he didn't believe that the Japanese could build a 70,000-ton battleship, this must be false information.

"Yes, more than 72,000 tons of discharge at full load and 69,000 tons of standard discharge. Twelve boilers, four shafts and four steam turbines, with a full output of 153,000 horsepower and a speed of 27 knots. The main armor was more than four hundred millimeters. Nine 460 mm 45 times caliber main guns, shells weigh more than 1.4 tons, and the rate of fire is 1.8 rounds per minute......" The data in his memory blurted out, Dreitch heard it with a split heart, and he kept telling himself that this was false information, and it was impossible for the Japanese to build a 70,000-ton battleship, but Li Kongrong's last sentence made him collapse, "Do you know why Japan successively purchased 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses from Germany and the United States in 37 and 38, in order to forge the 650 mm thick armor plate of the main gun turret." ”

In 1935, Kure Port Naval Mechanics Factory imported a 15,000-ton three-cylinder hydraulic press from Hydraulik in Germany, in 1937, Muroran Steel Institute imported a 10,000-ton three-cylinder hydraulic press from Ripple, and in 1938, it imported a 12,000-ton three-cylinder hydraulic press from the United Machinery and Foundry Company (United.Eng.and.Foundry.co.) of the United States. In just a few years, the indirect import of 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses, obviously this is closely related to extreme manufacturing, before the large-scale use of 10,000 tons of die forging machines, the real significance of large hydraulic presses lies in shipbuilding. It is well known that the Japanese withdrew from the naval treaty shipbuilding, and they could build 70,000-ton battleships, which is too alarmist.

"Sir, I had a hard time believing it was real until I saw the photos. Sir Menzies, I am afraid, the same. It took a while for Dreyqi to regain his composure before he spat out so dryly.

"Believe it or not is your business." Li Kongrong said, "I just want to explain that there is this thing in the Japanese dockyard. And the battleships of this class were not built only one, but four in a row, and the other three were named Musashi, Shinano, and Kii. The keels of one Yamato and Musashi were laid at the Kure Naval Yard at the end of '37 and the other at the Nagasaki Shipyard at the beginning of '38, and they will be launched and outfitted in the second half of this year, and the two ships will be commissioned as early as the end of next year and the beginning of the next year at the latest.

This is a battleship, and I don't think the Nelson class or the George V class are its opponents, but I don't think the battleship will play any role in future naval battles. In addition to being a thug for an aircraft carrier and providing an anti-aircraft artillery platform, I won't thank you for giving me this kind of thing, the fuel consumption is too high, and it is not as good as an air defense cruiser of seven or eight thousand tons. What I'm really worried about is aircraft carriers, and now six aircraft carriers are being built in the Japanese dockyard: two Shozuru-class with a displacement of 25,000 tons; two submarines converted to the Zuihe-class, with a displacement of 13,000 tons; Two Kashihara Maru-class cruise ships were converted into Flying Eagle-class, with a displacement of 27,000 tons. With the addition of the original Kaga, Akagi, Flying Dragon, and Ryuchi, as well as the small aircraft carrier Fengxiang, by the end of next year and the beginning of next year, the Japanese will have eleven aircraft carriers.

How many aircraft carriers does the Royal Navy have? Fury, Hundred-Eyed Giant, Eagle, Athletic, Glory, there are four of them in the Radiance class, Radiance, Victory, Fearful, Indomitable, and here's ......, oh yes, there's also a Unicorn, which adds up to ten. In Dredge's astonishment, Li Kongrong quickly reported the names and numbers of aircraft carriers available to the Royal Navy in the past two years, and he said: "But the question is how many aircraft can ten aircraft carriers have?" Fury, Hundred-Eyed Giant, Eagle, and Athletic, these four aircraft carriers carry only more than 20 aircraft, and their speed is slow, not to mention the age of the ships; The Koei-class aircraft carriers also have very few aircraft, no more than 50 aircraft, while any of the main aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy have more than 60 aircraft. Carefully calculated, the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier force has at least one or two hundred more carrier-based aircraft than the Royal Navy.

There are not enough quantities, and the performance is not enough. I don't think that the Guanbi Yan can beat the Japanese Zero, or even the Ninety-Six Style. Its top speed is just over 400 kilometers, and the 96 is already 440 kilometers. The Zero is faster, more than five hundred kilometers. I don't think the Royal Naval Aviation is better than the Japanese Naval Aviation, after all, the Japanese have exhausted the Chinese Air Force, and their pilots have an average flight time of more than 800 hours, and most of them are veterans of the battlefield. Do you know why I don't like the carrier-based aircraft of the Fairey company, and would rather pay for the tender for a new model in the United States myself, right? For the Japanese Zero, the Tube Nose Swallow is a model that has just been put into service and is about to be retired, and this kind of aircraft cannot be given away for nothing, which will spoil the pilots.

The battleships are outdated, but with a pure aircraft carrier attack, the Royal Navy will definitely be completely annihilated by the Japanese Navy like the Russian Baltic Fleet. This is not alarmism. ”

"Sir, can you give me a report? That's what you just said. Dreich was frightened, and he looked at Li Kongrong pitifully, hoping that he would nod his head and agree to his little request.

"The report is available to you, but the question is whether the old stubborn Cabinet and the Navy believe it?" Li Kongrong asked rhetorically. "I have never doubted the bravery and fearlessness of the officers and men of the Royal Navy, but in the last twenty years the Council had spent too much money on the military, and the Navy aircraft carriers had not been well trained and had no good aircraft. The Japanese have been operating the war machine since 37 years, and through the tempering of the war, they have the latest carrier-based aircraft and a group of very good pilots. The Royal Navy, on the other hand, has nothing, and carrier-based aircraft are a generation behind in performance. The situation in Singapore is also very bad, and once the war starts, those battered fighters will not be able to beat the Japanese planes at all. ”

"Sir, if the report is submitted by you, I believe that the cabinet will believe that at the very least, it will carefully consider the deployment of the latest Hurricane fighter jets to Singapore." Drech was eager to take Lee Kong-wing to London now, and then he would give a report to the cabinet on the situation of the Japanese military in person, and he believed that Prime Minister Chamberlain would listen to his judgment.

"If only that were the case." Li Kongrong sighed. He had previously mentioned the strength of the Japanese Navy, but the former director, Admiral Sinleck, wanted him to focus only on German intelligence. This director may be able to listen to it a little more when he comes to power, so that he has the opportunity to say the following things - the defense of Singapore and the Far East can rely on the Chinese Volunteer Navy, but Britain must provide help in all aspects, not to mention that when it captures the fourth and fifth cruise ships, the Royal Navy must not only assist, but also give priority to equipment and funds in the refit. Money is not afraid of much, after the fifth cruise ship, Li Kongrong is ready to start building the giant-class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy in history, with an average of 12.5 million US dollars per ship, and the price is not high.

"Exactly. Sir。 Drech didn't understand Li Kongrong's thoughts, and insisted on asking him to provide a report on Japan's military strength.

"Oh well. I'm starting to compile this information now, about a week later, but by then I was already in Singapore. Li Kongrong estimated the itinerary, "You give me the name of the person in charge of Singapore, and I will ...... when the time comes."

"No, no. The report is very important, and I would like you to hand it over to me directly, and I will hand it over to Sir Menzies as soon as possible. Dredge's tongue licked his lips, he didn't want such an important report to be handed over to Mr. Green in Singapore. I decided, Sir, this time I will go to Singapore with you, this is my job. ”

"Come with me to Singapore?" Li Kongrong smiled, "But I am going to stay in Singapore for a while this time, and I also want to meet the person in charge of Singapore." I have something to trouble him. ”

"I could introduce you to Mr. Jackson Haze Green." "He's been in Burma for twenty years, he's a veteran of intelligence, and London has high hopes for him. I'm sure he will be very happy to meet you. ”

Dredge didn't want to report that he had fallen into Green's hands before he went to Singapore, and the purpose of doing so was to attack, which he saw when he licked his lips. However, he doesn't say anything, the information is in his own hands, and he can say what he needs to say. With a smile, Lee Koon Rong happily agreed to go with Major Drech to Singapore with him.

A Zheng Pingru and a Drech, Li Kongrong believes that there will be American spies around him in the future, such as Melles of the US Naval Intelligence Service, and Donovan of the Strategic Intelligence Agency. It's just that the Strategic Intelligence Bureau is full of Soviet spies, and the harder the person, the more Soviet spies are, which has almost become an important criterion for judging spies - the characteristics of these people are first of all clear origins, and they all have a serious identity or well-known guarantor, but the background is vague when checked, you can't tell how he is a provincial person who can mix with a Fujianese, or this Fujianese can't prove that he has been there and done anything in the previous ten years.

In addition, they are all capable and excellent, not only do things hard or even hard, anything that is handed over to them can be successfully completed, and there is nothing in return. In the end, once they are suspected of being spies, they will first say that someone is jealous of their ability and frame themselves, and if they seize the evidence, they will bite out an equally good accomplice, saying that that person is a real spy and that he is a loyal horse boy.

It's all routines. If you want to infiltrate, you must send a powerful person over, and it is impossible to come with a straw bale. And powerful people won't say that there is, which is so coincidental that your little fellow happens to be a capable person. In order to install outstanding talents, people always have to make up an upright and reassuring identity. The bigwigs of the Republic of China are all hands-off, and they don't go deep into the actual work at all, and when people come, they will arrange it down when they see each other, and they can rest assured that they have a righteous and bright identity or a good guarantor.

These people come in and behave everywhere, always want to be appreciated and rise to the core, and it's normal to work hard, even hard, for this. As for biting out the accomplice after being suspected, they believe that the logic of ordinary people is to choose one or the other: if one of the two suspects is confirmed to be bad, then the other will be considered good. If one dies, the remaining one will definitely be reused, or to climb to key positions, but one to back the other.

It's all about influencing or controlling, not about achieving one's own ambitions or futures, which is an essential characteristic of an infiltration espionage. Li Kongrong thought that there would be Soviet spies with the label of the US Strategic Intelligence Agency around him, and suddenly thought of the Communist Party of Malaya, who would definitely find a way to infiltrate the navy. Although this is difficult, like Gao Juemin in Ba Jin's novel "Home" and the five heroes of the KGB and Cambridge in reality, this kind of rebel who does not know the blessing in the blessing is easy to be bewitched and easily reused. If these people are not cleaned up, the consequences will be unimaginable given the navy's reliance on overseas Chinese of Fujian origin in Nanyang.