At this moment, another man in black in a peaked cap came up from the cabin and handed a telegram to the lazy man.

The telegram was sent by another task force from another American merchant ship acting as a decoy, and reported to the lazy people that the American merchant ship acting as a decoy had been targeted by little Japan, and that the Japanese Navy had sent a warship and two gunboats to follow the American convoy, but it had not yet been boarded for inspection.

After reading the telegram, the lazy man took out a lighter and burned the telegram, watching the telegram paper turn into ashes in the firelight, the corners of the lazy man's mouth couldn't help but bloom a smile, little Japan is still stupid after all, a simple Ming Xiu plank road, secretly crossing Chen Cang, they deceived them to Yu Jing thoroughly, they really thought that the materials were in that merchant ship

"Look, commissioner." A man in a hat suddenly pointed ahead and shouted.

The lazy man looked in the direction of the man in the cap, but saw a faint fire, because it was far away, so it was not very real, but as the distance approached, he gradually saw that there was a war, because from time to time there were fires blooming in the darkness, and a faint explosion could be heard.

"Commissioner, it seems to be Tongling County." One of the capped men said.

"I didn't expect that the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui really dared to fight Tongling." The lazy man snorted, left the deck and boarded the bridge again, heading straight to the captain's quarters.

The military supplies on the ship were purchased by Ye Ruxue from more than 20 foreign companies in Shanghai in the name of a foreign firm in Wuhan, but the consignment agreement with the US-British Tobacco Company was signed by Chen Gongshu in the name of the military commander.

Because of Jisfeier's pervasive intelligence network, and considering the need for secrecy, Chen Gongshu did not tell the truth to the United States and British Tobacco when he signed the consignment agreement with the United States and British Tobacco, in other words, the United States and British Tobacco did not know that the materials would be delivered at Niutouzui instead of Tongling Wharf.

Therefore, the lazy man also needs to negotiate with the captain of the merchant ship temporarily.

The lazy man found the captain of the merchant ship of the American and British Tobacco Company, a bearded old man named Paul, and said: "Mr. Paul, Jihua has changed a new place, and the place of delivery has been changed from Tongling Wharf to Niutouzui. ”

"What, the place of delivery has changed?" Paul frowned and said unhappily, "Dear Mr. Lazy, Weishenme changed the delivery location without consulting us first?" Did you know that this is a breach of contract? If you can't give a reasonable explanation, we can refuse to perform the contract, OK? ”

"Mr. Paul, please be angry, please be angry." The lazy man pointed to the blazing Tongling County in front of him and said, "Mr. Paul, please see, Tongling County is in a fierce battle, and we can't even dock at this time, so how can we deliver the goods?" Therefore, we can only change the delivery location at short notice, and we ask that you be considerate of our difficulties. ”

"The war between the Chinese army and the Japanese army has nothing to do with our American and British tobacco companies, we are just businessmen, and we have no intention of getting involved in the war between the Chinese government and the Japanese government, and the Japanese will probably not prevent us from landing." The bearded Paul waved his hand and said in a stiff tone, "According to the agreement, we only need to transport the goods to the Tongling wharf and then unload the goods, as for what happens after the goods are unloaded, and who will end up with this batch of goods, it has nothing to do with our American and British tobacco companies, OK?" ”

Between the two disputes, the merchant ship had already deviated from the Jiangxin channel and slowly approached the county town of Tongling not far away.

The lazy man's face immediately became gloomy, and he said again: "Mr. Paul, I remind you that the place of delivery of the goods has changed, please consider it carefully." ”

But Paul was three in a row."

The lazy man didn't bother to talk nonsense with the bearded Paul, and directly took out a Browning pistol and put it against Paul's head

The bearded Paul was taken aback and exclaimed, "Oh God, my God, what do you want?" Madman, you damn lunatic, do you want to stir up friction between China and the U.S. government? Madman, I warn you, if you put down your gun now, I can act as if nothing happened, otherwise...

"Shut up," the lazy man shouted as he slammed the muzzle of his gun against the temple of the bearded Paul.

At this time, the sound in the captain's room had already alarmed the outside, the first mate and the two sailors immediately broke into the door, and saw the lazy man holding a gun to the captain's head, the first mate and the two sailors also quickly took out their revolvers, and pointed the muzzle of the black hole at the lazy man's head.

The lazy man hurriedly pulled the captain and retreated to the captain's corner, first tried to hide his body behind the captain, and then glared at the first mate and yelled: "Mr. first mate, now I order you to change the course immediately, if not, your captain will die, I am serious, I didn't joke with you, OK?" ”

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Niutouzui is a small fish village in Tongling County.

Chen Gongshu's choice of the delivery location of the goods in Niutouzui was by no means due to excitement, but after very careful consideration.

On the surface, the Japanese army controlled most of the counties in southern Anhui, but in fact, small Japan only controlled a few county seats, and most of the areas outside the county were controlled by the Southern Anhui Detachment of the New Fourth Army or the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, and even Chizhou also had guerrillas of the New Fourth Army active.

Originally, the southern Anhui region was the territory of the Tang-style Zundi Group Army, but in the summer sweep of the Republic of China P year, the Tang-style Zun's Group Army was heavily damaged by the Japanese army and lost a large area of territory, and then the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army suddenly rose and firmly controlled Longkou County

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for the batch of materials consigned by the United States and British Tobacco Company to get out of Xu Shijiu's hands

The facts in front of him also proved Chen Gongshu's speculation that the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui really launched an attack on Tongling County, intending to control Tongling Wharf to forcibly receive this batch of military supplies, although the battle situation in Tongling County is not very clear at present, at least the lazy people have not received accurate news.

However, lazy people will never dare to leave anything to chance.

It is by no means for no reason that Xu Shijiu can be crowned as the tiger of southern Anhui by Little Japan.

Since Xu Jiujiu has already made a move, if nothing else, taking Tongling is basically a sure thing.

Although the lazy person also saw just now that there seemed to be two small Japanese gunboats cruising outside the Tongling wharf, but with only two gunboats, I am afraid that it is far from enough to change the situation of the war, and it is also impossible to prevent the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui from receiving supplies from the United States and British Tobacco Company.

Unless little Japan had made up its mind to start a war with the United States and decisively sank the merchant ship of the American and British Tobacco Company, it would be impossible to prevent the American and British Tobacco Company from delivering supplies to the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui at the Tongling wharf.

The lazy man also did not expect Huang Baitao's army to seize control of Tongling County, although Chen Gongshu had already contacted the Third War Zone Governor's Department before he left, and Gu Zhutong had also vowed to take control of Tongling County before the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, but the lazy man was not so optimistic.

Therefore, the safest way is to change this batch of military supplies to be delivered at Niutouzui.

Then, after using the false target as a decoy to attract the attention of Little Japan and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, the Nationalist Army of the Third War Zone quietly transported this batch of military supplies from Niutouzui, which was the safest way Chen Gongshu could think of, and the only problem was how to overcome the Yankees' spirit of contract.

However, the lazy man has reason to believe that under the threat of the gun, the Yankees will eventually succumb.

As for what kind of dispute will be caused by threatening Americans with guns, that is a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It turned out that the idea of the lazy man was completely feasible, and under the threat of the muzzle, the bearded Paul chose to give in and ordered the first mate to change course and slowly sail to the bull's head mouth upstream of the Tongling pier.

At this time, neither the agents of Jisfeier No. 76 nor the intelligence department of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui knew that this batch of military supplies had actually passed by the Tongling Wharf, and their attention was still focused on another American merchant ship that was hundreds of miles behind, an armed merchant ship escorted by a warship.