Fan Xuande immediately rejoiced: "This person is good!" Is there any way we can contact him? ”

Lattimore thought for a moment and said, "I think we can first tell his company in Chongqing that we have a business that we want to talk to him about and talk about it." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Fan Xuande nodded in agreement, and asked Lattimore to prepare immediately.

- The next day

Jiang Cheng was talking to Jin Shan about how to get close to the US Embassy in the mansion in Chongqing, when he received the news that the US Embassy had sent someone to his subordinates to say that he had business to talk to him, and immediately smiled and said to Jin Shan, "Isn't this a pillow for sleepy?" It seems that it's not just us who want to meet the Americans, but the Americans are also interested in us. ”

Jin Shan asked jokingly, "Boss, how do you know that this is for Yan'an?" ”

Jiang Cheng put his hands behind his back and smiled: "Isn't this nonsense? Isn't my company in the U.S. much bigger than in China? Even if they really have business, the U.S. government will only look for my company in the U.S., isn't this obviously the intention of a drunkard not to drink? Prepare for a meeting with the Americans. ”

Jiang Cheng didn't dare to go directly to the U.S. Embassy, not to mention anything else, whether it was the Central Command or the Military Command, there were absolutely countless people in ambush near the U.S. Embassy, Jiang Cheng and Lattimore and the others met in a private room in a teahouse.

Jiang Cheng and Jin Shan walked into the room and saw that there were two Americans who had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Jiang Cheng come in, Lattimore immediately got up and said with a smile, "Mr. Jiang, I have heard of the name for a long time, and I am very happy to see you here." My name is Lattimore, and I'm the deputy head of the U.S. delegation, and this is Lieutenant Colonel Barred. ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "I am also very happy to meet our American friends in China, President Roosevelt's move is absolutely correct, and China will definitely become an indispensable friend of your United States." ”

After Jiang Cheng sat down, several people first talked a few words, and then slowly introduced the topic, Lattimore said to Jiang Cheng, "Mr. Jiang, you are our friend of the United States, I believe and know how strong the isolationist sentiment in our United States is, even if our Mr. President is extremely sympathetic to China, it is difficult to provide much help to China, unless there are enough reasons to convince those old diehards in Congress, and we are here to find these reasons." ”

Jiang Cheng pointed out the window and said, "Not to mention how much the current international situation makes the United States need a hardcore ally like China, let's just say that in the future, China will have 50,000 people, and as long as there is a stable and willing government in such a large market, it will become the world's largest consumer market. ”

Lattimore smiled, this is really a businessman, no matter how you say it, you can talk about doing business, he shook his head and said, "This is not enough, we want to know more, so we hope to go to the north to investigate, first, to examine the actual combat capability of the Japanese army, second, to examine your country's determination to fight against Japan, and third, to investigate the actual situation of your country." ”

Jiang Cheng pretended to be stupid and said, "But what does this have to do with me?" You should communicate with our chairman, right? ”

"It's a pity that the chairman of your country doesn't want us to visit the north, so we want to do it as a civilian." Lattimore looked at Jiang Cheng and said with a smile, "Of course, Mr. Jiang helps us, we will not forget your friendship, in the future, we may have a large number of supplies shipped to China in the United States, maybe this is an opportunity to make a fortune." ”

The corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth curled slightly, and said, "I'm afraid you don't just go to the north, I believe that our chairman will be willing to let you go to the northern front line for your assistance, but there is not only a front line in the north, but also the Red Party, isn't it?" ”

Barred smiled and said to Lattimore, "I think let's just say it, Mr. Jiang, we hope you can help us go to Yan'an, we are very interested in your country's Red Party forces and the so-called base areas behind enemy lines." ”

Jiang Cheng immediately stood up and said, "I'm a major general of the White Party, you let me contact the people of the Red Party, isn't this trying to harm me?" ”

Lattimore clapped his hands and laughed, "Oh? Is that really the case? I have heard that there are quite a few Chinese in our country who are studying, and many Chinese have entered our navigation, mechanical and other departments to learn technology, and I think I should also suggest whether the background of these people should be re-investigated in China. ”

Jiang Cheng laughed, "Okay, I'm joking, I can match you up, but you must listen to me for all your actions." ”

Lattimore immediately said, "Of course, so how do we go about it?" ”

Jiang Cheng touched his chin and said, "If you are really interested in the Red Party, I am also interested in having someone accompany you all the way to investigate, how many people are you going to visit?" ”

"Two!" Lattimore replied.

"It's too easy for two people, I have a plane, you can fly directly to Yan'an." Jiang Cheng said immediately.

The two glanced at each other, and Lattimore shook his head and said, "Although we are interested in Yan'an, we don't want to see everything that Yan'an has prepared for us, so we want to take a look at the North China base area, and we are also interested in Shanxi and other places recovered by the Red Party. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "That's the case.... Then you just want to see more, you don't want to fly over directly, and you can't see anything in the northwest, so you can only go to the Central Plains or Shandong and Hebei, but after all, you are foreigners, and the gap between your appearance and characteristics is too big with us, and it is easy for the ears and eyes of the chairman to get the news by going to the northwest, so I suggest that we still take the direction of Shandong and Hebei, and we can go to the Japanese-occupied areas first, where the chairman can basically lose his surveillance of you, and then go to Shanghai, Shanghai is the place where you have the most foreigners. We can easily disappear wherever we are, and we have a lot of people in Shanghai, so I'll be responsible for finding a boat for you to cover your way to Lianyungang, where you can go ashore, which is a large base area behind enemy lines for the Red Party. Once there, the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army will protect you all the way to Yan'an. ”

"Lianyungang? Is that a port? The Red Party still has its own port? Lattimore said incredulously, as far as she knew, even the Chongqing government army had lost all the ports.

Jiang Cheng said with a smile: "Indeed, Lianyungang was snatched from the Japanese army by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army of the Red Party Armed Forces, and the Japanese army originally wanted to take it back, but for various reasons it has not succeeded, and this is probably the last port in the hands of our Chinese." ”

Lattimore suddenly became more interested in the Red Party in Yan'an, he was extremely aware of the naval strength of the Japanese army, and it was tantamount to pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth to be able to take a port under such circumstances, how strong these Red Party forces were, he only felt that there were countless mysteries waiting for him to solve, and he, as an intelligence officer, was the most interested in the mystery.

Lattimore and Jiang Cheng quickly discussed the details, and when they returned to their residence, Jiang Cheng smiled at Jin Shan and said, "This is really a no-brainer, it seems that the Americans are not very satisfied with the Chongqing government, this is good news for us, I think we can report it to the chairman immediately." ”

Jin Shan agreed, "I can see it too, but I heard that Jiang Intermediary is very polite to these Americans, why do Americans not appreciate him?" ”

Jiang Cheng sighed, "I'm afraid it's too polite, so that the Americans can see that Jiang Intermediary is strong on the outside and on the inside." ”

-- Shanghai

The Hinomaru flag flutters all over Shanghai, this Oriental Pearl has fallen to the enemy for more than three years, looking at everything here, Jiang Cheng and Jin Shan are a little emotional, but Jiang Cheng believes that it will not be long before Shanghai will return to the hands of the Chinese, and the time is getting more and more ripe.

Bao Ruide looked around with some vigilance and asked, "Jiang, who are we waiting for?" ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, although this is a place in the hands of the Japanese army, in the underground world, there is still most of the country in our hands." ”

"Guest officer, do you want to take a car?" A rickshaw stopped in front of Jiang Cheng and the others and asked.

"The car is easy to sit on, but the road is difficult to walk, so forget it." Jin Shan stepped forward and said with a smile.

"People are doing it, the sky is watching, so please do it." The coachman lowered his head and smiled.

"I should be tired of hearing the language of the world," Jin Shan also bowed his head and said.

"I love to listen to the autumn grave ghost sing," the coachman smiled and looked at Jinshan.

"Boss, it's time to get in the car." Jin Shan said to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng nodded, only to see the coachman waving to the side, and soon a few rickshaws came, Jiang Cheng motioned to Bao Ruide and others to get on the car, Bao Ruide hesitated for a long time, and then sat tremblingly on the rickshaw pulled by the coolie who was a little weak in his eyes.

The group went around the bend, and it took a while to come to a remote hotel, Jiang Cheng and the others got out of the car, and the coachman waved his hand and said, "The place has arrived, please come." ”

Jiang Cheng and the others were led by the coachman to a private room, where there were two men and one woman, one of whom was wearing a veil.

"Slippery heads, you're in a good place." Jiang Cheng sat down with a smile and said.

The slippery ghost smiled slightly, nodded to Jiang Cheng and said, "It's just a shabby place, Snow Girl, you go outside and stare outside, Boss Jiang and friends, this is a hundred-eyed ghost, the person who let you leave Shanghai safely to Lianyungang, because Boss Jiang, the person you brought this time is a little special, he doesn't see people with his true face." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I understand, these two are the representatives of the United States, Mr. Bao Ruide and Mr. Xie Weisi, this slippery ghost is one of the main responsible persons of the Chinese Red Party in Shanghai, and he will help us leave Shanghai." ”

Bao Ruide didn't expect to see the Chinese Red Party so soon, and immediately reached out to the slippery ghost in surprise and said, "Hello, I'm Bao Ruide, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm very curious about your Red Party, and I have a lot of questions, can you answer them for me?" ”

The slippery ghost shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't answer you these questions, I've been here for too long, and I don't know a lot about the current situation in the base area and the center, I think you better be patient." ”

Bao Ruide touched his head and said, "Okay, by the way, this Mr. Bai, thank you for your hard work." ”

Jiang Cheng and Jin Shan almost laughed when they heard Bao Ruide call Zhongxi Gong Mr. Bai, and Zhongxi Gong also crooked his mouth and said, "This matter is very easy to do, I have prepared documents for the four of you, they are all true, and we have also prepared a Japanese fishing boat, the owner of the boat is our own people, you can take his boat to Lianyungang, on the way, even if you encounter the Japanese army, it is easy to send over." ”

Hearing that everything had been arranged, Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi rested with peace of mind, seeing that there were no outsiders, and several people began to talk about other things.

"Slippery ghost, hundred-eyed ghost, this time the central government let us come to another purpose is to learn more about the recent situation of the Japanese army in central China, the last time the New Fourth Army sent a telegram to the central government saying that it hoped to launch a medium-sized campaign in Jiangsu, just this time the Americans came, and the central government also wanted to show the Americans whether our Chinese Red Party resisted the Japanese or not, but they were worried that this would disrupt the entire strategic deployment, so I want you to help judge it." Jiang Cheng said to the two.

The slippery ghost looked at the hundred-eyed ghost, that is, Zhongxi Gong, Zhongxi Gong thought for a while and said, "Let me talk about the situation of the Japanese army first, since the battle of Shandong at the beginning of the year, the Japanese army has been in a state of active defense due to the change in the overall strategy, especially now after the Soviet Union and Japan signed a treaty of neutrality, the call for the Japanese army to go south is getting higher and higher every day, so the Japanese army is now redeploying around the south, as far as I know, the Japanese army in North China has no longer added any technical arms, and Central China is similar, At present, the Nanjing puppet government and the Japanese army in Central China are jointly establishing a military factory in order to produce some weapons on their own, but the South China Front has become important because it has become the main offensive direction of the south, and has recently purchased a lot of weapons.

In terms of the source of soldiers, many veterans with combat experience have been transferred back to China, replaced by some old and weak, and in order to cope with the decline in military strength, the Japanese army also recruited a large number of puppet troops, but I don't think these puppet armies have strong combat effectiveness, at most they can only maintain the place.

If we launch an offensive in Jiangsu, my suggestion is not to attack Taizhou, once we have attacked Taizhou, we will be tantamount to threatening Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, the two gateways to Nanjing, and the Japanese army will have to refocus its attention on us. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Your suggestion is very good, I will report it to the central government, slippery head, do you have any ideas?" ”

The slippery ghost thought for a while and said, "I'm just worried about one point, if the Japanese army really goes south, and we fight a medium-sized battle in Jiangsu, then Lianyungang will be dangerous, because the reason why we control Lianyungang is not that we can deal with the Japanese navy, but because of the discord between the Japanese navy and the army, but the Japanese army must cooperate with the army and navy to fight in the south, so I am afraid that Lianyungang will be difficult to hold." ”

Jiang Cheng said indifferently, "I remember when I was in Lianyungang, whether it was me or Master Lin, I never thought that I could keep it until now, now Lianyungang is an airport, all the machinery and equipment have been pulled away, there is not much trouble, if the devil wants, let them help us see the home, or it won't be long before the one who should come back will come back!" ”

The arrangement of Zhongxi Gong and the slippery head ghost was very stable, everyone came to Lianyungang safely, Bao Ruide breathed in the fresh air, looked at the fishing boat leading the way in front, and said excitedly, "We have finally arrived in the north of China, God!" It's incredible that this place is really still in the hands of you Chinese! ”

Xie Weisi kept taking pictures, Jiang Cheng nodded beside him and said, "Yes, surviving in the belly of the Japanese army, and getting stronger and stronger, and finally supporting the Japanese army alive, the hardships and difficulties in this are difficult for others to know." ”