Volume 1: Battle of Songhu Chapter 191
If you want to get money, you can only rob the money ship of Wang's puppet government.
Ye Ruxue said: "There are no eyebrows for the time being, but if nothing else, there should be news in the next few days." ”
The penetration of the intelligence line requires a process, from contact, temptation to mutual trust, and it cannot be done without a certain amount of time precipitation, but then again, at this stage, double-sided and even multi-sided spies abound, so if you want to get some intelligence, it is not difficult, at most it is to spend some money, or women.
Before Ye Ruxue's words fell, the newspaper operator Xiaolan hurriedly walked in.
"Seat, Shanghai Emergency Power." Xiao Lan stood up and saluted, and then handed a telegram paper to Ye Ruxue.
After Ye Ruxue finished reading it, a smile appeared on her pretty face, and she said to Xu Shijiu: "Commander, if you really say something, you will come here, just said that the Wang puppet government was transporting money, and there was news from the Shanghai station." ”
The currency issued by Wang's puppet government is commonly known as the Golden Bill, and the official name is the Central Reserve Bill, and its value is tied to the Japanese army's military bills.
The sole purpose of the little Japan's instructions to the Wang puppet government in issuing the Central Reserve Bonds was to use a pile of paper to legally plunder resources from the vast occupied areas, so it was impossible to make any reserves for the Central Reserve Bonds.
Since the introduction of the Central Reserve Bonds last year, due to the enforcement of the bayonets of Little Japan, they have quickly become popular in Nanjing, Wuhan, and other large cities that have already fallen, as well as in major counties where Japanese troops have garrisoned them.
Chairman Mao is very right in saying that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and little Japan holds a gun in his hand, and what they want, the Chinese people in the occupied areas simply can't stop it.
By the beginning of this year, the central reserve bonds in the entire occupied area of central China had almost completely replaced the fiat currency, becoming the only fully circulating currency, and even on the Longkou side, there were also central reserve bills flowing in.
However, Greater Shanghai is the only exception.
After the Battle of Songhu, the Nationalist Government gave up a large part of the territory of East China, including Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government, but Shanghai was not occupied by the Japanese army due to the existence of the concession, so it became an isolated island in the occupied area.
Within the isolated island of Shanghai, the branches of the four major state-owned banks of the Nationalist Government are still open and busy, and the fiat currency is still recognized by the major chambers of commerce in Shanghai.
By the 30th year of the Republic of China, the credit of the fiat currency was close to collapse, but its credit in Shanghai was still strong, because Shanghai was a place where the elites of the entire Far East gathered, and the business was extremely prosperous, and it could contribute huge revenues to the national government every year, so the national government did not hesitate to take out valuable foreign exchange reserves to maintain the stability of the value of the fiat currency.
The strong position of fiat currency in Shanghai, and the huge benefits it can bring to the Nationalist government every year, will of course attract the coveted by the Wang puppet government.
Only two weeks after the establishment of the puppet Central Reserve Bank in Nanjing, Wang could not wait to set up a Shanghai branch at No. 15 Waihai in Shanghai, the former site of the former Kuomintang Central Bank, and forcibly implemented the Central Reserve Bank.
This move by Wang's puppet government touched the backlash of Chairman Chiang.
If you look at the history of Chairman Chiang's fortune, you will find that his fortune history is actually the history of the expansion of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, and Shanghai Tang is the place where the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols gather.
In the face of the aggressive offensive launched by Wang's puppet Central Reserve Bonds, Chairman Chiang remotely directed the industrial and commercial circles in Shanghai to boycott the Central Reserve Bonds in an all-round way.
However, the victory of Chairman Chiang and the fiat currency was only temporary, and Wang's puppet Central Reserve Bills soon made a comeback with the help of Jisfeier No. 76, and under the terrifying deterrence of the 76 spies, the Central Reserve Bills gradually began to circulate.
However, Chairman Chiang was by no means ready to be killed, and he quickly instructed Dai Li's Military Command Bureau to launch a counterattack against the Jisifeier No. 76 and began to assassinate the senior staff of Wang's puppet China Reserve Bank in Shanghai.
At the same time as the incident in southern Anhui, the assassination and counter-assassination, retaliation and counter-retaliation between the military commander and Jisifeier No. 76 were in full swing, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
It is against this background that Xu Shijiu also wants to intervene to crack down on the central reserve bonds of the Wang puppet government, and of course the military commander will not mind providing a little information to the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.
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In order to successfully carry out the money robbery, Xu Shijiu specially held a preparatory meeting, which was attended by Li Mu, Hu Renjie and Shu Tongwen, who happened to come to Longkou for a meeting, in addition to Xu Shijiu, Gao Shenxing, and Ye Ruxue, the director of intelligence.
Originally, Liu Chang, as the county magistrate of the Longkou Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, should also attend this meeting, but after the Noguchi incident, Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing obviously no longer trusted Liu Chang, so they excluded him.
"According to the intelligence, tomorrow morning there will be a Japanese gunboat carrying 2 million yuan of Chinese reserve coupons from Nanjing to Wuhan." Ye Ruxue's eyes swept over the faces of the participants, and then pointed to the map and said, "The Wang puppet government has organized two more divisions in Wuhan, and this money is military expenses. ”
"Two million dollars?" Gao Shenxing was taken aback and said, "Little Japan is forced to bind the exchange rate, one yuan of the Chinese Reserve Bond can be exchanged for a piece of ocean, and two million yuan of the Central Reserve Bond is not two million oceans?" ”
Xu Shijiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, two million oceans, this is definitely a huge amount of money, if you can really get it, the military supplies of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui for a whole year will be guaranteed.
Of course, it's not enough to get money, you have to spend it.
It's just that spending money is really not a problem for the military commanders, and even for the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party, it is really not a problem, and with the help of the military commanders or the CCP, it is easy to get military supplies.
Ye Ruxue said: "One for one is just a comparison set by the Wang puppet government itself, and there is no such a high price in the people, but there are still two for one, and in big cities such as Nanjing and Wuhan, the price is slightly higher." ”
After all, Wang's puppet Central Reserve Bank had just been established, and its credit had not yet been established, so he did not dare to do things too far, and the total price of the first batch of printed Central Reserve Bonds was only 50 million yuan, and the currency value was quite strong for the time being.
Hu Renjie said: "But the question is, how to rob the money? ”
Two million yuan, to say that Hu Renjie is not moved at all, it is false, if the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui really robbed this large amount of money, as a legitimate county magistrate appointed by the national government, Hu Renjie should also share a sum of money, and he can deduct some points from it casually, it is enough to eat and drink spicy.
"Director Ye, do you have any ideas?" Xu Shijiu looked at Ye Ruxue's delicate and beautiful face, if he wanted to rob the Japanese gunboat, he would definitely not be able to do it, and he had to do it secretly.
Ye Ruxue said: "The gunboat carrying the China Reserve Coupon will depart on time from Xiaguan Wharf at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and according to the distance, it will arrive at Chikou at about ten o'clock in the evening after tomorrow, and then it will moor into Chikou Wharf."
Li Mu asked: "Is it possible to directly attack Chikou Wharf?" ”
Ye Ruxue said: "There is a small Japanese Marine Corps brigade stationed at Chikou Wharf all year round, and there is also a small Japanese infantry squadron near the wharf, so there is no chance of winning by sending a small force to attack the wharf." ”
Li Mu frowned, although his 5th Brigade was all elite veterans from a hundred, there were only about 20 people, and the ammunition they carried was also limited.
Ye Ruxue continued: "The only chance is that before the gunboats transporting the coupons enter the wharf, there is a delta about fifty miles downstream of the Chikou wharf, there are two small rivers flowing into the Yangtze River at the same place, and the middle waterway is vertical and horizontal, and the traffic is very convenient. ”
"Okay, this is it" After Xu Shijiu finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Shu Tongwen, "Awen, are there any water guerrilla activities of your Communist Party in that area of the delta?" ”
Shu Tongwen nodded and said: "Yes, there is one of our guerrillas over there, speaking of the captain of this guerrilla team, you may not have much impression of the captain, but you must remember Lao Gao." ”
"Me?" Gao Shenxing asked, "Who is the captain of this guerrilla force?" ”
Shu Tongwen smiled and said, "Zhou Mantian, Da Zhou, you taught him marksmanship." ”
"Oh, Da Zhou, I remember him." Gao Shenxing immediately remembered that he had indeed taught two people marksmanship at the beginning, and said, "In addition to him, I remember that there was a little sparrow, what happened to him?" ”
Shu Tongwen said with a smile: "The little sparrow is the vice captain. ”
Gao Shenxing also smiled, and then said: "Heh, that's good, I've become the captain and vice captain." ”
Shu Tongwen smiled again: "Everyone is growing." ”
Xu Shijiu said in a deep voice: "Then it is decided, in the delta fifty miles downstream of Chikou, to rob the small Japanese gunboat, Xiao Mu, whether this can be done or not depends on the ability of your 5th Brigade." ”
Li Mu Huoran got up and replied solemnly: "Captain, rest assured, our 5th Brigade guarantees to complete the task."
Xu Shijiu nodded, looked around at everyone again, and said: "I reiterate again, this matter is very important, it must be kept strictly confidential, and it must not be exposed at all."