Chapter 15: A Little Trouble in Tokyo
The person who picked up the goods finally came. King Ryū couldn't hold back the anger of a week of suffering on a desert island, and his temper came up with a curse, and the American lieutenant immediately changed his face, and the sailors raised their carbines and ordered them to lie on the ground.
With the muzzle of the gun against his head, the king of the royal ryu immediately died down, and Xu Tingge, who was eager to try, also stopped cooking, and honestly lay on the ground and ate a mouthful of sand.
The captain of the submarine was the youngest son of the Pacino family, Lieutenant Commander Edward Pacino, who personally landed on the island to inspect the bristles on the Aduo Maru, and couldn't help but have a big headache, the submarine has limited internal space, and even if the torpedo is shot out, the fuel and fresh water are released, it will not be able to accommodate 500 tons of bristles.
However, the problem was not difficult for the people of the Pacino family, and the major and a few of his subordinates combined to get rid of them with the people and the boat.
The Zhejiang sailors were naturally happy to go with the Americans, but the Japanese sailors and the king of Ryūo and others were unwilling to be prisoners of war, and Major Pacino was not difficult for them, sending a few sailors to watch over them.
King Ryu wanted to cry without tears, so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded the Americans for not believing in their words, turned his head and scolded Yan Qingyu again, what kind of good business he was looking for, he lost his wife and broke his soldiers, and he had to smash his life into it.
Suddenly, he found a large wooden box on the beach, and hurriedly ran over to pry it open, and there were dozens of boxes of penicillin injections in strong packaging, as well as a lot of paper packets.
"Developed, half loaded!" Yusang shouted excitedly, but then his face became sad again, although he changed the goods, but he was still trapped on a desert island.
The next day, the shadow of a ship gradually appeared on the sea, everyone was happy, lit the fire, lying on the coconut tree and waving clothes, the ship was getting closer and closer, it was a Japanese Navy destroyer, the warship put down the boat, and saw the shipwrecked person trapped on the isolated island and rescued it with the box.
They were received by a neatly dressed naval officer and introduced himself: "I'm Kenjiro Tobita of the Combined Fleet, and you're on the destroyer Yukikaze. ”
After learning that the ragged and dirty man in front of him was the son of a high-ranking domestic official, the destroyer immediately became extremely polite, served them a fine meal, and sent them to Manila.
The white tablecloth, sashimi, and wine made the king of Goryu feel human civilization again, and he couldn't help but shed tears: "Soga, what the hell is the Yukikaze of Great Japan, Your Excellency Captain, how did you find us?" ”
Tokita said that the Manila Navy Command received a distress message indicating the latitude and longitude that Japanese sailors had been killed, and the fleet had sent them to check on them.
King Ryu understood that it was the US submarine that sent a distress telegram for them, and these ghosts and beasts of the United States still talked about the spirit of humanity.
After arriving in Manila, Goryu and the others transferred to a passenger ship to Tokyo, and of course the indispensable cargo was the box of penicillin and glass stockings.
It is said that the U.S. submarine activity was rampant, sinking many Imperial transport ships and causing extremely heavy losses, but the Oro King arrived in Tokyo unscathed under the protection of Amaterasu, and was stunned by the scene in front of him in the port, and a military band greeted him.
The port of Tokyo was full of drums and salutes, and the Cabinet and the Ministry of the Navy sent people to greet the Emperor, as well as a heavyweight, His Excellency Shiro Ishii, a military doctor.
It turned out that they were not greeted by the king of the royal ryu, but by those extremely precious penicillin.
This antibiotic drug is a special drug developed by the Americans, and it is the most suitable for wounded soldiers on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire are fighting everywhere, and countless soldiers die of injuries every day and every month.
Previously, the Japanese scientific community had only heard of penicillin, but had not seen it, and King Ryuryu brought a large number of physical objects, which were just used for research, which was also a great achievement.
But for the dignitaries in Tokyo, the allure of penicillin is far less than that of glass stockings, which are tons of nylon stockings produced by DuPont in the United States, which are ordinary commodities in the United States, but in other countries, they are hard currency.
King Ryūo also had the praise of "jade-faced beautiful boy" in Tokyo's social circle back then, and the ladies and ladies admired him, and now he has the aura of an imperial hero, and he has a large number of glass stockings on hand, and he has become the No. 1 darling of Tokyo's high society, and he is intoxicated with the gentle countryside every day.
Yan Qingyu and Xu Tingge were stranded in Japan, the small life was not very comfortable, 1943 had arrived, the war lasted for six years, the lack of materials had affected the mainland, after Doolittle air raid on Tokyo, the lights were also controlled here, the windows were pasted, the pedestrians on the streets were in a hurry, and the war seemed to be imminent.
Yan Qingyu can speak Japanese, and soon he got a kimono and went out in clogs, Xu Tingge's Japanese is limited to the likes of Yaga Yo Xihai, he can only sit in a hotel, bored, he also advised the king of the royal ryu, don't indulge in this, the bigger task is still ahead.
King Ryū said: "Xu San, you underestimate me, I am also a hero sharpened on the battlefield, I did this to make a name for the Imperial Organ, so that all of Japan and East Asia will know that I am the King of the Imperial Institution, and know the existence of the Imperial Institution, what plum organ, Tsuchihihara, Imai Takeo Kawashima Yoshiko, all history, I am the king!" ”
It happened that Yan Qingyu came back, and King Ryu said: "I'm going to have a treat tonight and go to the prince's mansion for a drink." ”
The so-called prince is naturally the brother-in-law of the royal king, His Royal Highness Prince Shimizu Kaede, and the guests in the prince's mansion that night were gathered, most of them were relatives of the imperial family, there were people from the royal family, there were also people from the royal family, and there were also people from the royal brother Pu Jie and his Japanese lady from Manchukuo.
Sure enough, from everyone's conversations, it can be heard that from Manchukuo to Korea, from Chinese mainland to Japan mainland, from Vietnam and Myanmar to the Philippines and Singapore, the reputation of the imperial organs has become half the sky.
Prince Shimizu said that according to the news of the Imperial Palace, His Majesty may have to summon King Ryū in the next two days.
Everyone was immediately excited, being summoned by His Majesty the Emperor was a matter of glory to the ancestors, even if it was a nobleman like the Imperial Family, it was also a matter of pride to be able to win this honor, and the eyes of the King of the Imperial Ryu flashed with tears of excitement, and he said movingly: "I will definitely work hard for Your Majesty to achieve the common prosperity of Greater East Asia." ”
After two days, the emperor really issued an edict to summon the king of the royal ryu, the imperial mulberry burned incense and bathed, changed into a kimono and went into the palace, Xu Tingge was still messing around with the lower girl in the room, Yan Qingyu found the young military uniform of the king of the imperial ryu from the closet and put it on, hung up the saber and went out of the hotel from the side door, and called a taxi in a grand manner, and went straight to the war headquarters.
The army department in the base camp is full of gendarmes and is extremely strict, but in fact, the guard is very lax, Yan Qingyu easily mixed in, swaggering around in the empty corridor, it was noon, the officers were all gone, and there was basically no one in the building.
Yan Qingyu specially selected the office of the senior official to enter, went up to the third floor to see the office of the Minister of War, took out a steel wire from his pocket and picked the door lock, went in and rummaged indiscriminately, the top secret documents in the drawer were stuffed into his arms indiscriminately, and he was busy, suddenly the door was pushed open, and an old man with a round-framed eyes and a mustache walked in, and he saw Yan Qingyu who was rummaging through his drawers.
Both of them were stunned, and it took Yan Qingyu a second to come back to his senses, isn't this person the Japanese Prime Minister and Minister of War General Hideki Tojo.
General Tojo was extremely shocked, this young young man actually broke into his office and rummaged around, it was simply lawless, which department this kid is, he must find out clearly and punish him severely.
He turned around and shouted: "Gendarme! ”
Yan Qingyu knew his situation, this was not the time to be reckless, he grabbed the inkwell on the table and smashed it, the hidden weapon level of the Cangzhou Swallow Gate was not covered, the inkwell flew to Tojo Hideki's face with a whistle, and smashed him with a face full of flowers, the bridge of his nose was broken, his face was full of black ink, his glasses were also pasted, and the collar badge was also black, and when the gendarmes ran in, the office was empty, and there was an intruder.
Hideki Tojo washed his face, put adhesive tape on his nose, and was furious, and ordered the gendarmes to strengthen the security of the War Department, and the officers inspected the office one after another, and found that a lot of documents, cash, souvenirs, etc. were missing.
As for who the mysterious Shaozo really is and where he came from, it has become a permanent mystery.
By the time Yan Qingyu was in Tokyo, Aduo Maru had arrived in Australia under the escort of the submarine Mackerel, and the 500-ton bristles were transferred to an American liberty ship and transported back to the San Diego Naval Port on the West Coast, where they were transported by overland to New York, and finally appeared in the Pacino family's warehouse.
The number of 500 tons of bristles is not large, but it can solve the urgent need for the New York shipyard, and the Pacino family has offered a sky-high price, and the shipyard is naturally unwilling to be the wronged leader.
500 tons of pig bristles are produced from authentic Chinese native black pigs, the origin is the Japanese occupation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, in order to collect these pig bristles fought dozens of battles, large and small, sacrificed hundreds of soldiers, and then used river freighters to capsize the risk of transporting to the Philippines, risking being sunk by Japanese submarines and aircraft, handed over, by American submarines back to Australia, and then transferred to New York, through thousands of miles, involving the army, navy and intelligence agencies, the cost and its huge, the price is simply the same as giving away for nothing.
"These bristles, not ordinary bristles, each one carries the tears of the people of the occupied areas and the blood of the resistance army, Mr. Manager, please forgive my honesty, this price is indeed not expensive." Chen Zikun said very sincerely.
The legendary experience brought tears to the eyes of the purchasing manager and accountant of the New York shipyard, and it was a shame that countless people paid a huge price to transport these bristles for the victory of the country.
The manager took out the checkbook and swiped down a string of numbers, which were a little higher than Pacino's offer.
"The extra money is a little bit of heartfelt gesture from our New York shipyard on behalf of the American people to the Chinese people, please accept it." The manager said this with a sacred expression.