After New Year's Day in 1901, endless snow enveloped the land of Northeast China, and the thick snow soon covered the land of Northeast China, as well as the coastal city of Dalian. The heavy snow obscures the view www.biquge.info so much so that within 100 meters, you can't make out the hour hand on the clock tower of the square. Horse-drawn carriages still run the streets, although the snow obscures the view, but the public tram is the safest mode of transportation at this time.

The sound of the "clanging of the bell" tram runs between the Chinese and Western-style buildings, the tram is a gift from China to the world in the last century, since it was first put into use in Incheon ten years ago, it has swept the world in the past ten years, and as a city built after the invention of the tram, Dalian has the world's densest and most modern tram network.

The heaters in the trams that run through the wind and snow make the cars warm like spring, so that the passengers in the trains do not have to endure the bitter cold of the Kanto region, which is actually the reason why the passengers prefer the trains in winter. Because of this, for many years, the tram has been serving as the business card of Tohoku, symbolizing the industry, culture and civilization of Tohoku, and even to a certain extent, the modern way of life, which is precisely what the people of Kannai cannot enjoy.

Compared to the trams running on the tracks, the horse-drawn carriages on the asphalt streets are not so comfortable, and even if they are equipped with stoves, they are just simple charcoal stoves, and they even give the carriages a foul smell - or charcoal fire or coal, in short, the smell is not pleasant. But compared to horse-drawn carriages, automobiles that have just become popular in high society. But it has its difficult and unattainable advantage - Dongfang brand cars have heating. The engine's residual heat is enough to allow it to reach more than 20 degrees in a well-enclosed compartment. As a result, passengers no longer have to endure the bitter cold of the Northeast in winter.

It is precisely because of this that automobiles began to be sought after by the wealthy, and last year, the sales volume of Dongfang brand automobiles even exceeded 3,000 units, unlike the previous year, when it was first launched, it could only rely on "policy support orders", and because of this, now automobiles have become a status symbol in the Northeast -- because of the production relationship, not everyone can buy them. In fact, half of all cars are still purchased by government agencies, which is why a car factory specializing in car production has been included in the plans of the Tohoku Heavy Industry Development Corporation. Of course, most people don't care about this, at most the stock agents will brag to their customers about the future of automobiles, lobby the wealthy inside and outside the customs to buy the shares or bonds of the car companies, and it is through the boasting of those agents that millions of dollars will pour into the Northeast from all over the country and turn into factories. As a result, Northeast China has attracted more than 450 million yuan of domestic investment last year alone. In fact, it is precisely in the past many years that the idle private capital inside and outside the Kanto has gradually replaced the government or corporate investment, becoming the driving force behind the economic development of the Northeast and even the Kannai, and the mature stock and bond market is the root of all this.

But for outsiders, it's enough for them to enjoy all this, they don't need to care about it at all, but that's not the case for everyone.

Li Muchen, who was sitting in the car, looked at the documents in his hand as before, and compared with the passivity of other agencies in accepting cars, the intelligence bureau accepted cars much faster than people imagined, and even Li Muchen, as the director of the intelligence bureau, took the initiative to apply for funds to purchase more than 100 cars for the bureau to ensure the intelligence bureau's needs for transportation.

For others, perhaps, what they see is a symbol of the car's status and status, and of course, the heating in winter, but what Li Muchen values is its speed - it can drive at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour forever, as long as there is oil in the tank, its convenience is far from being comparable to that of a train.

Last year, he even arrived in Shenyang in 10 hours by car, without having to wait for the train as he used to. Although most of the 400 kilometers of roads were left over from the construction of the railway, and the rammed earth roads were maintained by the Zhuangding regiment along the line, Li Muchen still deeply realized the convenience of automobiles.

It is precisely because of this that Li Muchen, as the director of the intelligence bureau, interfered in "government affairs" for the first time, hoping to extend the asphalt roads in the urban area outwards and replace the original rammed earth roads with asphalt roads. It is possible to connect cities by road, but his idea is obviously unrealistic, after all, there are various reasons such as the cost of road construction.

However, his suggestion was supported by the commander and the military command department, with the support of the military command department, last year the Zhuangding regiment used the winter training to further renovate and level more than 100,000 kilometers of roads, of which as many as 3,000 kilometers were gravel roads, although the function of the road is far from comparable with the railway, but at least it is a good start, at least for the intelligence bureau and other agencies, they no longer have to wait for the train time as in the past, they only need to drive cars or motorcycles to go to various places.

Of course, the construction of modern asphalt roads was only a suggestion, a suggestion of a staff officer, and for Lee, he would devote more energy to his own work, which was also the scope of his work -- that is, intelligence work.

After the car drove into the driveway in front of the entrance hall of the Governor's Palace, Li Muchen stepped out of the car, walked through the spacious hall, and then went directly to the elevator.

As I walked through the heavy oak doors and down the wide hallway to the teacher's office. Along the way, Li Muchen passed through some offices, the combat map room, and finally he came to the teacher's office, to be precise, the governor's office, which was occupied by more than two dozen staff members.

When the staff in the office saw Li Muchen, they only nodded at him with a little familiarity, as for the others. Didn't even look up. In a way. They were also Tang Haoran's aides, some of whom were staff officers in army and navy uniforms, and they were the governor's military staff officers—a group of equally young staff officers. Most of the time, they would provide military advice to the Governor, and other staff officials would provide them with advice on all aspects of governance, so it can be said that a large and professional group of staff members is fundamental to the smooth running of the Governor's Office.

"Mr. Li, please wait!"

Although no pass-through is required. But outside the office door, Li Muchen was still stopped, and after the attendant hung up the phone, he got up and personally pushed open the heavy oak door for him.

"Shogun, you're here, sit!"

Looking at Li Muchen who walked in, Tang Haoran casually closed the documents on the table.

"Yuanyou, long time no see!"

Han Che, who was sitting across the desk, watched the arrival of his old friend, and Han Che hurriedly stood up, maybe for others. People don't know that Li Muchen is the intelligence chief of the Northeast, but for him. This was no secret, perhaps because of his profession, Han Che always felt that his old classmate's eyes flashed with a gloomy and cunning light. In fact, even among the old classmates, the evaluation of Li Muchen will be lowered by a few points because of his profession, and even those who have excesses call him a "loyal dog", but Han Che, as the chief of staff of the Navy, knows very well that the marshal needs this "loyal dog", and the Northeast also needs this "loyal dog".

In the past few years, he has skillfully succeeded in usurping the power of the Admiralty and turning the so-called research center into the Naval General Staff, thus usurping the Admiralty's command of the naval fleet, and even overthrowing the Admiralty to some extent.

At this time, he had a smile on his face, but Li Muchen couldn't guess what he was thinking or what he was going to do. This is a person who will always be incomprehensible, as an intelligence officer, he once analyzed his old classmate, this guy is always "incomprehensible".

But at least one thing was clear to him - even the Naval Intelligence Service he had set up was still inseparable from the support of the Intelligence Bureau. Just like now, his intelligence directly determines everything!

This kind of pride and self-satisfaction somewhat made Li Muchen regain some sense of pride, and nodded slightly at his old classmates.

"Handa,"

Then he turned his gaze to the teacher again, bowed respectfully, and only then did he get down to business.

"Teacher, the bureau just got a piece of information, I want to ......"

After a slight pause, Li Muchen turned his gaze to Han Che and said seriously.

"The Navy should be very interested!"

"Oh, any good news?"

As soon as he heard that the navy would be interested, Han Che immediately became interested, although the navy has now used the military attache corps stationed abroad to set up intelligence offices, but in intelligence work, it is far less professional than them.

"It's the best intelligence officer in the Toyo who sent it back."

As soon as he spoke, Li Muchen emphasized the reliability of this information, the best intelligence officer, although he was a little curious about this person, Tang Haoran just nodded slightly and said:

"Oh, it's about the Navy."

As the de facto ruler of the Northeast, Tang Haoran knew more or less that the Intelligence Bureau had a large number of intelligence personnel in the East, and several of them had already infiltrated the local high-level and could obtain a large amount of high-level information.

"According to our intelligence, seven of the nine combat ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet will assemble in the port of Konstantin around February 3rd!"

Li Muchen's words only made Tang Haoran stunned, and Han Che, who was drinking tea, trembled his hands suddenly, and looked at Li Muchen in surprise.

"Is the information reliable?"

What has always been the biggest obstacle for the Navy? It is the main force of the Pacific Fleet that is distributed in five military ports, and the scattered fleet makes it completely impossible to implement many plans of the Navy, and now, the concentration of the seven capital ships of the Russians in the port of Constantine is undoubtedly something that the Navy has longed for for a long time, and more importantly, time...... The Navy has almost twenty-six days to prepare everything!

Tang Haoran also set his eyes on Li Muchen, although he knew that this information might be extremely accurate, he still had some doubts in his heart.

"Very reliable, the same intelligence as Russia's invasion of the Philippines is from the same person!"

Two years ago, the Intelligence Bureau obtained information about Russia's dispatch to the Philippines half a month in advance, and that information was even accurate enough that Russia would send which fleet. This undoubtedly proves the accuracy of this information.

And what does this information mean?

Tang Haoran noticed that Han Che seemed to be a little distracted, although his expression was solemn, but obviously, his thoughts were no longer here, perhaps, in his mind, there were already countless plans brewing there, this was the news that the Navy had been waiting for for a long time.

Intelligence work can be said to determine the direction of a country in many cases, and if this information is accurate, it may be .......

With a cigar in his mouth, the already smoky room was even more foggy. Tang Haoran watched Han Che's facial expression change, and asked:

"How's it going, do you have an idea?"

"Teacher, maybe, this is the last chance!"

Han Che looked a little excited, but his gaze was very resolute, and then he added.

"I should say it's the best chance!"

Yes, it's been a long time since there has been such a good opportunity, and if you miss it, maybe the Navy will really have to prepare for a tough battle! At least for now...... The Navy still has a chance to prepare everything!

"You have to understand that once you make a decision, then everything will be irreparable!"

Tang Haoran's expression looked a little weird, touched the handle of the chair with the palm of his hand, and thought silently, it is not so much a piece of intelligence that determines the fate of a country, but a decision that will determine the fate of a country, after all, it is not intelligence that makes the decision, but himself, and intelligence just helps him make a decision.

"It's not just a matter of the Navy, the whole of Northeast China will be ...... then"

With his eyebrows furrowed slightly, Tang Haoran could feel what this moment meant, and every judgment he made would directly affect the future of Northeast China and even China! China's destiny will be fundamentally changed by its own decisions. After a long silence, the cigar smoke was almost burning to his fingers.

"Our destiny, the destiny of the country and the nation, will be fundamentally changed because of this decision, Handa, do you understand?" (To be continued.) )