Chapter 1134 Okada Toshihiko’s invitation

 It’s raining.

The raindrops pattered on the eaves, the ground, and the windshield of the vehicle.

Li Hao sat silently in the driver's seat. He was always alert. His left hand seemed to be on the steering wheel, and within reach of his right hand was a Browning shotgun.

Cheng Qianfan sat quietly in the back seat, looking through the windshield at the wet, dark and long rainy night.

 The vehicle stopped at the entrance of the alley.

This is a relatively hidden alley entrance, but the location is wonderful and the observation view is very good.

The rain is getting heavier.

 Two car lights penetrated the rain and fog.

 When the vehicle passed the street entrance, it was traveling very fast and splashed some muddy water.

 “Brother Fan.” Li Hao turned his head and looked at the back seat.

“Is it this car?” Cheng Qianfan asked.

“It’s hard to be sure.” Li Hao frowned and shook his head, “Originally, the car happened to pass under that street light and I could see it more clearly, but I didn’t expect it to rain heavily suddenly.”

 Speaking, he thought, "I can only say it's very similar."

While Cheng Qianfan was interacting with Araki Harima and Koike, Li Hao was waiting in the yard, and he would secretly observe the situation in the yard.

Just now, as soon as Cheng Qianfan came back, Li Hao reported a situation:

There was a black car in the yard, with a license plate I had never seen before.

Cheng Qianfan speculated that this car belonged to the mysterious man in Araki Harima's office.

 “Brother Fan, do you want to follow?” Li Hao asked.

 “No need.” Cheng Qianfan shook his head.

For him, there is actually a potential safety hazard at the moment. To put it more seriously, it can even be described as being surrounded by danger.

 Because he couldn't figure out why Sanbonjiro was secretly eavesdropping.

 Cheng Qianfan's mind was running rapidly like a machine.

In this case, he knew that his most rational and correct approach was to focus on stability and not act blindly.

You never know if there is a pair of eyes peeking in the dark!

 “Check that license plate number.” Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment and said.

"yes."

 “I’m back,” Cheng Qianfan said.

"yes."

 …

 It rained heavily that day and it rained all night.

The next day when Cheng Qianfan arrived at the patrol room, he came to see Lao Huang to open his throat ointment. Lao Huang also told him that many places had been flooded, and that there was a kid who took advantage of last night's heavy rain to break into houses and rob.

“The one who was robbed was Pang Laoyou from Nanshi.” Lao Huang said.

Cheng Qianfan knew this Pang Laoyou. He opened a cloth shop in Nanshi and the business was not bad. The Japanese occupied the Chinese border, and Pang Lao's family fled into the French Concession.

There are many families like Pang Lao who took refuge in the French Concession.

"Pang Laoyou was beaten half to death, his clothes were taken away, and the girl was almost ruined." Lao Huang said.

 “Lawless.” Cheng Qianfan cursed.

The deputy chief inspector of the Central District Patrol Office of the French Concession had a smile on his face when he cursed these words. It was obvious that he did not take the tragic experience of Pang Laoyou's family seriously at all.

Lao Huang glanced at Cheng Qianfan, and he lowered his voice and said, "If I hadn't known, I would have been itching to hate you just by looking at you."

“I know.” Cheng Qianfan nodded, “I also know that many comrades have always wanted to kill me.”

His expression became serious, "During this period of time, I will temporarily enter a state of silence. Unless there is an urgent matter, I will not take any action."

 “Something happened?” Lao Huang frowned and asked.

“It’s hard to say yet.” Cheng Qianfan took the cigarette handed over by Lao Huang, “It’s over there in the Special Higher Education Course. I noticed someone was secretly eavesdropping on my conversation with Araki.”

 “Is it Sanbonjiro?”

"Maybe." Cheng Qianfan nodded. He lit the cigarette and took a puff, with a contented expression on his face. "A lot of things happened during this period. I was originally worried that it would attract the enemy's prying eyes. I will take advantage of the situation to be safe." A few would be nice.”

 “Okay.” Lao Huang nodded.

He understood the meaning of Comrade Huo Miao’s greeting. When Comrade Huo Miao was temporarily ‘unable to take charge of the work’ for some reason, the work of the special party branch in the French Concession was temporarily taken charge of by Deputy Secretary Comrade Qin Qin.

 …

 Cheng Qianfan decided to enter a state of ‘silence’.

 He is not just letting go of organizational work temporarily.

 At the same time, he also strictly ordered the Shanghai Special Intelligence Group to enter a state of temporary silence.

　　means silence, not silence.

 Silence means not taking any active actions for the time being, reducing unnecessary contact between outings and units.

 Silence is based on silence. Each group will also cut off contact before, with the first priority being to save personnel.

Cheng Qianfan is busy with four things when he is free.

 First, make money, the war in Europe is raging, and the most direct benefit to Cheng Qianfan's black market business is that he immediately ordered that the prices of all materials from Europa be greatly increased!

 Secondly, ‘Mr. Xiao Cheng’ was busy dealing with his wife Bai Ruolan and his two mistresses Ying Huaizhen and Zhang Ping, and he was very happy.

Thirdly, the conflict between Jiujiu Trading and the New Asia Peace Promotion Association intensified, and the two sides had several **** clashes, and at one point shots were fired.

 Fourthly, Cheng Qianfan’s hobby is to “talk on paper” with Peter, always paying attention to the war in Poland.

  Britain and France formally declared war on Germany.

According to normal logic, since war has been declared, Britain and France should naturally send troops to fight the German army.

 Furthermore, at this time, the main force of the German army was on the Eastern Front. In terms of the military strength of both sides, it was extremely beneficial to Britain and France.

 Cheng Qianfan and Pitt were able to roughly grasp the current situation based on news in newspapers and telegrams with mainland France.

The German army indeed deployed an army group on the German-French border to prevent Britain and France from taking the opportunity to send troops.

 This force should probably have about thirty divisions, but only ten of them may be active divisions, and there does not seem to be armored units or motorized units.

On the opposite side, the British and French coalition forces have more than a hundred divisions, and they have the absolute initiative in terms of strength.

It can be said that once Britain and France launch an attack, the German army can only mobilize its main force on the Eastern Front, which will directly affect the war on the Eastern Front.

Pitt even learned to use the idiom "encircle Wei and save Zhao" to describe this military situation choice.

In addition, if the British and French troops cross the Rhine River and attack Germany's Ruhr area when the German army attacks Poland, it will undoubtedly be a drain on Germany, because the Ruhr area is Germany's industrial center.

Furthermore, the French newspaper on the 5th published news that Poland once again asked France for urgent help and asked General Gamelin to keep his promise.

This was in August. Gamelin swore to the Poles that if Germany dared to invade Poland, France would definitely send up to fifty divisions to assist Poland. The French army would move west along the Polish Corridor, German Cut'.

 However, in the face of the Polish people's hoarse calls for help, the French military remained silent.

  Britain and France declared war on Germany, but still stood still, which greatly damaged the morale of the Polish side.

Polish Commander-in-Chief Leeds has ordered to withdraw all troops to the east of the Vistula River and build a new line of defense.

Furthermore, the Polish government fled Warsaw in panic and headed for Lublin.

A German newspaper described it this way, “From a military point of view, the war is over and all that remains is to hunt a rabbit.”

 …

 Faced with huge pressure from international public opinion.

 The British and French finally took action.

On the 7th, British and French ground forces launched a probing attack against the German army.

The newspapers immediately reported a great deal, saying that the British and French allied forces had achieved a victory over the German army.

"What's going on? Isn't it a small victory that dampens the German army's arrogance?" Cheng Qianfan smoked a cigar and teased Peter, who looked unhappy.

Peter glared at Cheng Qianfan, which meant that you had also read the telegram and knew the truth, so you should stop making such sarcastic remarks.

Unlike many French people in the French Concession who cheered for the small victory achieved by the British and French coalition forces, Cheng Qianfan and Pitt, a team of non-staff war observers, knew the inside story:

The British and French forces did launch an attack on the Western Front. However, this attack was very funny. After the Germans fired back, the British and French forces withdrew and the two sides faced off again.

  The "war situation" on the German-French border was understood by the German side.

The Germans understood that the British and French forces had no real plans to engage in a large-scale war with the German army. Therefore, the German army on the eastern front suddenly began to speed up its sweeps in Poland.

On the same day, Rundstedt's Southern Army Group severely damaged the two Polish armies "Cracow" and "Lodz" and occupied Poland's second largest city Krakow and the industrial center of Lodz.

 Subsequently, the German armored forces approached the southern suburbs of Warsaw and cut off the Poznan Army's retreat.

  The German Army Group North completely annihilated the Pomeran Army, severely damaged the Modlin Army, and occupied the Polish Corridor.

A senior general of the German armored army named Guderian led the 19th German Armored Corps under his command to quickly advance to the line of the North Sva River and advance rapidly across the land of Poland. After completing the encirclement of the Pomeranian Army, they again He led his army from East Prussia and went south to outflank the Polish army's retreat.

While the German troops were sweeping across fallen leaves on the Eastern Front, the British and French allied forces on the Western Front finally could no longer sit still.

 They succeeded in advancing as much as eight kilometers into the German defense lines in five days.

However, the Polish side angrily complained, saying that the British and French sides were engaged in a passive war, and that the British and French allied forces even deliberately left time for the German troops to retreat when attacking.

“Poland will not be able to hold on any longer.” Peter looked at the map and shook his head.

On that day, the Europa war report came. Guderian's 19th Armored Corps, which had made a great success on the Polish battlefield, had surrounded Brest, east of Warsaw, and was about to complete the final encirclement of the Polish army with Army Group South.

“I heard that the coalition bombed the German defense area yesterday.” Cheng Qianfan said casually, shaking a red wine glass in his hand.

Hearing this, Peter seemed to have been greatly humiliated. His face turned red and he snorted coldly.

 Since successfully advancing eight kilometers in five days, the British and French forces have stood still again.

To be precise, they strategically gave up the eight-kilometer victory and withdrew to the Maginot Line.

At present, hundreds of thousands of British and French troops are quietly hiding in the cement piers of the Maginot Line.

The daily task was to throw several "paper bombs" with stacks of leaflets promoting peace wrapped in them at the German positions opposite.

 This matter was exposed by a troubled American reporter, and there was an uproar for a while.

 “Are you deliberately making me angry again?” Pete was angry.

"My friend, you have to understand that whether it is a personal friendship or a business standpoint, I am firmly on the side of the powerful France." Cheng Qianfan said seriously, "I feel the same as you, but I am a little aggrieved. , I feel unable to understand the current situation.”

 After hearing what Cheng Qianfan said, Peter sighed and smiled bitterly, "I can't even understand it."

Because he had a better understanding of the current situation of the French army, Peter was mentally prepared for the fact that the war between the British and French forces against Germany would be difficult in the initial stage. However, he never expected that France and Britain would declare war on Germany, and it would turn out to be like this. A war situation:

 Declare but not fight.

 …

 Go back to your office.

 Cheng Qianfan opened the window and held a showerhead in his hand to water the flowers.

At this moment, his eyes caught sight of the car on the road opposite the patrol house yard.

 A strange color flashed in his eyes.

 Cheng Qianfan raised his hand and glanced at the sun. It seemed that because of the glare of the sun, he closed the window.

The frosted glass window was not completely closed, leaving a gap.

Cheng Qianfan's expression was solemn. Just now, he caught a bright color, and this bright color came from the car.

 This is the reflection from the telescope.

 In other words, someone in the car was observing him with a telescope.

 A smile appeared on Cheng Qianfan's lips. He did not hesitate and did whatever he decided to do.

Then, Cheng Qianfan quickly took out the telescope from the drawer. He closed the curtains and hid behind the curtains to observe with the telescope.

 That’s right.

The license plate of the car across the road was the same license plate of the unfamiliar car that Li Hao saw in the courtyard of the Special Higher Education Course that day.

 At the same time, it was also the vehicle that Cheng Qianfan suspected was being used by the mysterious man who was hiding in the lounge in Araki Harima's office.

What was this car doing outside the patrol house?

 Cheng Qianfan was secretly wary.

 …

 In the car.

“Kentaro Miyazaki discovered us.” Toshihiko Okada lifted the car curtain, glanced at the building of the central patrol room, and said with a smile.

“Your Excellency,” Umezu Sagami, who was sitting aside, said, “You ordered the car to stay here for a long time, wasn’t it just to attract Cheng Qianfan’s attention?”

"Yes." Okada Toshihiko nodded slightly, "The response was quite quick and I was not disappointed."

But then, Toshihiko Okada shook his head and said, "Just cover the window and use the gap in the window to observe."

He pointed to the window of Deputy Inspector Cheng’s office on the second floor of the Central Patrol Building. “With the curtains drawn, it’s a little too obvious, but it will arouse alertness and suspicion.”

“Miyazaki is just an ordinary agent after all, so naturally he cannot compare with you.” Umezu Sagami complimented.

 After saying that, Umezu Sagami showed a trace of hesitation.

“Sasami-kun, if you have something to say, it’s okay to say it.” Okada Toshihiko said.

"Hai." Umezu Sagami said, pointing to the office building of the patrol room, "Your Excellency wants to verify the relationship between Miyazaki and Section Chief Sanmoto..."

"No, no, no, I'm not interested in those things, and Sanbon-kun is my good friend." Okada Toshihiko shook his head, "I just took a fancy to the talent of Miyazaki Kentaro."

After learning more about 'Cheng Qianfan' from Sanami Umezu's residence here, and learning more about the background of Cheng Qianfan, the orphan of the Kuomintang martyr, through other channels in the past few days, he was determined to second Miyazaki. Kentaro's determination.

For this trip to Nanjing, Cheng Qianfan, impersonated by Kentaro Miyazaki, is simply the most suitable talent tailor-made for this mission.

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