"It's all Japanese on both sides of the river?"

Ma Qiang asked.

"Yes, in the morning we entered the French Concession from the western district controlled by Wang, where there were not many Japanese, but the Hongkou district is also called Little Tokyo, and in this year, there were at least 80,000 Japanese immigrants. The headquarters of the Japanese gendarmerie and the Marine Corps are also located there. ”

"So many immigrants?"

"The immigration was to cooperate with Japan's expansionist policy, and the Japanese were engaged in agricultural reclamation infiltration in Northeast China, while in Shanghai, the focus was on infiltrating China's industry and commerce, so the Japanese in Shanghai had strong financial resources behind them. Where do you look? ”

He pointed with his hand and pointed to a majestic building on the north bank of the Waibaidu Bridge.

"Is it the Shanghai Mansion?" Ma Qiang is not as familiar with Shanghai's landmarks as Lin Xiuxuan and Lu Dacheng, but he still vaguely knows the name of this famous building.

"Yes, but this is the name of the future, now, it is called the Broadway Building, it used to be the property of the British Sassoon, a few years ago, it was forcibly bought by the Japanese, and it ostensibly belongs to the Rihengsan Co., Ltd., but it is actually the base camp of cultural and economic invasion."

"Cultural invasion?"

"Yes, sometimes cultural invasions are more subtle and effective than military invasions, and the Sino-Japanese cultural exchange held on the third floor is behind the scenes of the Japanese Koya Academy. And the headquarters of Xingya Yuan is in the Broadway building. The so-called cultural exchange is to whitewash their set of theories of justification for aggression and co-prosperity in East Asia. ”

As they were talking, they observed through the telescope at the same time that under the building, it suddenly became noisy, Lin Xiuxuan adjusted the focus, and found that there was already a row of cars parked there, and the Japanese soldiers were holding guns to drive away pedestrians on the road so that the car could turn around. After the car turned around, it crossed the Waibaidu Bridge and entered the public concession.

"When I was on the first floor just now, I heard someone say that Lieutenant General Ota and Counselor Okazaki will also be attending today's dinner. Looks like they're really here. ”

"Who are these two grandchildren? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"These two grandsons, they're not too famous, it's normal that you haven't heard of them. Vice Admiral Taiji Ota is the military attache of the Japanese Navy in Shanghai and the head of the Central China Liaison Department of the Koya Academy; In the future, he will become the commander of the Third Fleet, and maybe one day Cheng Dayang will deal with him. ”

"What about the other one?"

Katsuo Okazaki was Japan's diplomatic counselor to China, and if history hadn't changed much, he would have been part of the Japanese delegation that stood on the deck of the USS Missouri in 1945 and signed the instrument of surrender. Therefore, the ugly drama staged on the third floor today is still worth watching. ”

Ma Qiang's brain turned, and he suddenly noticed something.

"Team leader, you won't ...... Want to go to that bullshit meeting, right? ”

"I did want to go, but just now on the third floor I saw that the staff were wearing special signs, as if they were not casual to enter, maybe they needed an invitation or something. I'll have to figure it out. ”

"If you go, I'll go too."

The two were about to study the way to infiltrate the traitor conference, when Lu Dacheng, who had just finished taking a shower, walked out of it.

"Lin Division, we haven't eaten all day, why don't we divide the rations?"

"Lao Lu, what kind of rations do you eat, don't they have a cultural exchange meeting with a dinner party? Let's go to dinner and eat Japanese. ”

"Is it dangerous?" The boatswain flinched a little, "If it's dangerous, I won't go, I can eat canned food." ”

"What can I eat at the restaurant? If there is any danger, I'll scout first. ”

Lin Huaisheng confidently dropped a sentence, then turned back to the big bed and sat down, and found the "South Wind" magazine among the large piles of bought magazines stacked on the bedside table.

This kind of thing, he really doesn't want to take a second look, but if he wants to get acquainted with some characters, he doesn't have many options. He held his breath and flipped to the first page of the editor-in-chief's case.

"If it weren't for Japan, Asia would be dark."

He sighed, how cheap do people have to be to write such flattering words? Shaking his head and turning to the second page, there is a portrait of the editor-in-chief, although it is only a cartoon, but from the demeanor portrayed, it is indeed the person he met in the elevator just now, he has almost remembered that this master of Sinology has flashed in modern history and left a mark. Liu Yusheng's academic attainments may be true, but of course, his later prison record in Tilanqiao Prison is also a fact; Based on his words, the government of the Republic of China sentenced him to three years in prison for the crime of traitor, which is considered light.

"You wait here first, I'll go down and see how it goes."

Lin Xiuxuan took this magazine and went out of the room alone, if he had the opportunity, he would very much like to deal with these cultural people who blatantly colluded with the enemy to make such a "goodwill" scandal.

From the elevator down to the third floor, the venue setup is already in its final stages, some workers are still connecting the venue's flash wires at the heights, and some invited guests have already begun to enter. He walked behind a Japanese couple and heard the reception woman in a kimono at the door tilting her head and speaking softly:

" 申し訳ありません,招待状を見せていただけませんか?"

"It turns out that I really want admission tickets."

Lin looked behind the two Japanese and saw that they took out a well-made invitation, most of the text was printed, but the name column was left blank, and the guests were asked to fill in their names with pens, which was written by Kenichiro Nitta, the principal of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Elementary School.

Obviously, all you need to do is get a few blank invitations and fill them out by yourself. Lin knew that this so-called cultural goodwill exchange meeting was nothing more than a fake cultural presence, and the fact that it was bought and bought; in order to attract the so-called celebrities on the beach who are ashamed to answer to the Japanese; So as long as you come to the party today, the Japanese can't ask for it, and they won't be too strict, but the invitation should not be scattered casually, at least it needs to be someone with a head and a face, which is also a problem.

Lin Xiuxuan casually walked to the side of the lounge area, where there were several rows of sofas facing the entrance of the conference hall, and there was a commissary where coffee and food were sold at a discount. There were already a lot of reporters with cameras, some whispering, some scribbling in their notebooks, they should be waiting for celebrities from all walks of life to appear, but it was still early, and they all seemed quite idle.

There were also some other people sitting on the sofa who were uniformly dressed and pretending to read the newspaper, they didn't have cameras and notebooks, and the eyes under the brim of their hats were still wandering around from time to time, Lin Xiuxuan relied on his professional sense of smell, and he could guess that most of them were plainclothes sent by the patrol room to maintain security, or they could be agents sent by No. 76 to monitor, obviously this place has become a place where all kinds of forces gather.

Lin took a copy of the Daily Telegraph from the newspaper shelf next to him and sat down with Erlang's legs crossed.

On the front page was General de Gaulle's speech on the takeover of the colonies in Cameroon, and the British newspapers clearly wanted to highlight the declining state of the Vichy government in Africa, and the victory of Free France. Lin watched the news while keeping an eye on the various people coming in and out.

Judging from the article, the Governor of French Cameroon was determined to throw himself into Free France, which meant that General de Gaulle had another city in the fierce confrontation with the Pétain government over the French colony; It was already difficult for Pétain's government to take full control of the French colonial armies in Africa, and although victory was still far from it, for the anti-fascist camp, the final victory was accumulated from these bits and pieces.

The second edition was war news, all bad news from the Soviet front.

In his article, columnist Christopher Myers predicted that although the Russians were still resisting, their defeat in Belarus was almost assured, and the next major battle between the Soviet Union and Germany could break out in the Smolensk area. There are signs that German armored forces are moving closer to this area, and the seizure of the area means that the German front is less than 240 miles from Moscow.

The article goes on to say that, according to reliable sources in Moscow, the Central Committee of the CPSU has begun to evacuate important facilities and personnel from Moscow in a systematic manner, that the families and personal property of the leading members of the Central Committee of the CPSU have received secret permission for priority evacuation, while the majority of ordinary citizens have been forcibly requisitioned close to the front line, where anti-tank trenches have been dug and most of the people have received very little food rations, and that any acts of resistance and complaints will lead to a trial for treason and a quick execution.

It is also reported that Stalin has ordered the arrest of General Pavlov, commander of the Western Front, Major General Klimovsky, chief of staff of the Western Front, and other people, and that the People's Commissariat of Defense is investigating the responsibility of these generals for panicking in battle, as well as other possible acts of collaborating with the enemy.

The article also concludes with a special mention that in late June, a new type of Soviet tank appeared on the Belarusian front, which effectively struck at the armored forces of the German Army Group Center. These tanks were said to be much heavier than the German tanks and were no less fast than them; Reliable sources indicate that the official designation of this tank is T34; According to the analysis of experts from the 10th Division of the Military Intelligence Agency, the tank should be equipped with a 17-pounder gun and a 6-pounder gun at the same time, as well as 4 additional machine guns, and the tank crew may be up to 6 to 8 people.

Lin looked at this nonsense that the Englishman didn't know how to save up with a few pieces of information, and at the same time paid attention to the situation in the venue, he saw a short figure facing outside, it was Liu Yusheng, a traitor who had just met in the elevator.