Whether to "defend again" in Shanghai or to retreat immediately, the Chinese high command is still hesitant.

However, at this time, no matter how determined the Supreme Command was in the end, Meng Shaoyuan's retreat deployment was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The specific deployment is that Yuan Zhong and his subordinates stayed in Shanghai, accepted the command of Wu Jingyi, and carried out tasks such as lurking and hoeing.

After entering Chongqing, they quickly contacted Qiu Xingchang and others, recruited members, conducted training, and then re-entered the battlefield.

Yue Zhenchuan and Wei Yunzhe's headquarters moved to Changshu, Suzhou, Wuxi, and other places, joined the Taihu guerrillas and He Ruyi, carried out guerrilla warfare, and waited for the call of Shanghai at any time.

Zhu Yanni's department is directly commanded by Meng Shaoyuan.

Shanghai Henglong Company has been stepping up its smuggling efforts all the time. With the full support of Joy and Hawes, some of the smuggling cargo ships were all flagged with the American flag.

This is tantamount to adding an extra talisman to them.

The leaders of each detachment received various amounts of yen as funds for their activities.

Of course, these so-called "yen" are all Hawes's masterpieces.

Xin Yichen, who was kidnapped by Meng Shaoyuan, although he has a bad character, his skills are quite exquisite.

Although he has never made counterfeit banknotes, he knows everything and is proficient.

It didn't take long for Xin Yichen to figure out the trick.

With his help, counterfeit banknotes made a qualitative leap.

A new batch of counterfeit banknotes is already available on the market.

But there is a problem, that is, the cost performance is still not good.

Because it is necessary to deliberately pursue the "authenticity" of counterfeit banknotes, the process is more complicated.

The cost of a round of yen is about seven cents.

Hawes is extremely dissatisfied with this, and this is the main problem he will solve in the future, how to reduce the cost of counterfeit banknotes.

In fact, Meng Shao was already quite satisfied.

He remembers the Second World War, when the Germans made counterfeit pounds, and because they were too rigorous, the cost of counterfeit banknotes far exceeded the monetary value of the real money.

Nowadays, people's defensive psychology against counterfeit banknotes is far less strong than that of their own time, as long as the workmanship is not too rough, it can be completely confused.

Moreover, Meng Shaoyuan also provided Hawes with an idea, in the case of not being able to reduce the manufacturing cost in a short period of time, he might as well give up the Japanese currency with a large denomination of 10 or 20 yuan and concentrate on making counterfeit banknotes with a small denomination.

Even decades later, this mentality still works.

People will repeatedly confirm whether the banknotes with large denominations are genuine, but the vigilance of banknotes with small denominations will be greatly reduced.

In order to ensure that the counterfeit banknotes could circulate normally, Meng Shaoyuan decided to "defy the law", and he went out with 300 yen.

His goal was Towne Road, the main settlement of the Japanese diaspora.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, especially in the early stage of the war, a large number of young adults and veterans who originally lived here have joined the ranks of the Japanese army.

However, because of this, the "Wufu Company Tragedy" occurred.

At 10 o'clock on the night of August 21, 1937, 200 Japanese expatriate volunteers gathered at the Wufu warehouse were suddenly attacked by the Chinese army, and all but one escaped and all the others were killed.

The Chinese insisted that this was the main force of the Japanese sneak attack.

There is no proof of death.

For this reason, the Japanese army was so angry that in addition to pointing the finger at Chen Yushan, the person in charge of the Wufu Company, a Chinese, the Japanese army also ordered Tatsuhiko Pukawa, the chief editor of the "Huari Shimbun" who arranged the retreat route of the volunteers, to commit suicide and apologize.

Tatsuhiko Urakawa hanged himself in his apartment that night.

His way of death was also very disgraceful, and he chose to hang himself instead of taking a disembowelment that could better show the spirit of bushido.

This is something that the Japanese look down on.

As for the "Huari News"?

This is an inconspicuous point of contact, and the Japanese special organs do not pay much attention to it at all, and let it destroy itself.

Seeing that Huari News was about to go out of business, a rookie reporter shouldered the burden of the newspaper:

Matsumoto Matsumoto!

She and the old man of the newspaper, Hirako Miyajima, worked hard to maintain the Huari News together.

There have been many times when Masako has felt that she can't hold on.

Huari News is just a small newspaper, they don't have a special news source, unlike those big newspapers, they can grasp first-hand news materials.

In addition, many of the male Japanese expatriates on Towne Road left the public concession to serve their so-called "holy war", so the sales of each issue of Huari News were very dismal.

Makiko was still struggling to hold on, but she didn't know how long she could last.

She's only 17 years old after all.

"Rukawa-kun!"

In the office outside, the voice of Hirako Miyajima was heard.

Rukawa-kun?

Rukawa Kaede?

Masako quickly stood up and rushed out of the office.

She really saw "Rukawa Kaede" again.

In an instant, her tears flowed.

Rukawa Kaede, it's really Rukawa Kaede!

He...... He turned out to be alive.

"Mako, I'm back."

Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile.

This smile should be as sincere as it is sincere, how warm it should be.

Matsuko couldn't control her tears at all: "Rukawa-kun, you're still alive, you're still alive." I...... I thought you were also sacrificed in the Wufu warehouse......"

"No, I have this one that the real son gave me."

"Liuchuan Feng" Meng Shaoyuan took out something.

It was at the time of the last separation, and the "imperial guard" that the real son gave to Meng Shaoyuan.

A Japanese amulet.

Matsuko was still crying, but she was laughing.

Until now, she still remembers what he said to herself when she gave it to Rukawa Kaede Gomori:

"When I'm on the battlefield, as long as I touch this omamori, I think of the real 捍子, I feel that the real 柍子 is with me, and I will touch the omamori as if the real 柢ko is holding my hand and giving me strength."

Why, Masako found that her face was a little hot?

"Ah, it's time for lunch." Miyajima was an empathetic woman, and she felt she should give the two young men more time.

It's not easy for Zhenzi, her grandfather is dead, her parents are in Japan, and she has only one "relative" like herself.

Well, now that Rukawa Kaede is not only not dead, but also has returned, he can give Makiko the greatest encouragement and confidence.

It's a pity that Miyajima Hirako and Matsumoto's grandfather, Matsumoto Hirokuni, both made the same mistake:

This "Rukawa Kaede" is a despicable guy at all.

There is no such thing as discipline in him.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at the time: "Yes, it's time for lunch, so let's do it, Ms. Miyajima, I'll invite you to lunch." ”

"Ah, I don't have to." Miyajima Hirako looked at Makiko and smiled and said, "I still don't want to get involved in the affairs of you young people." Go ahead, I'm looking at it here. ”

"Please."

Makiko bowed to Hirako Miyajima.

She had some regrets, she knew that Rukawa Kaede would come, and she should have dressed up beautifully......

……

They chose one of the best Japanese restaurants on Towne Road to eat.

Since the outbreak of the war, Masako hasn't been here to eat for a long time.

"On that day, a lot of people surrounded us." Meng Shaoyuan's tone was so solemn: "We had almost no weapons, and we were slaughtered by the Chinese people. I was fighting with a soldier of the Chinese Army, and as a result, I was knocked unconscious by a rifle butt on the head, and when I woke up, I found that they were all ......."

Hey?

This lie is similar to the lie about why I was able to survive at Hujiang University.

It's a pity that Matsuko didn't notice these at all: "You suffered, Rukawa-kun." When the Wufu warehouse tragedy came, I thought it was ...... I thought ......"

"You think I'm dead too?"

Mako's eyes turned red again, and she nodded vigorously.

Meng Shaoyuan was very gentle and naturally held Zhen Zizi's hand: "How could I die?" I won't die until I see Makoko again. ”

This time, instead of having red eyes, Masako blushed.

She twitched slightly, but Meng Shaoyuan held it tighter: "What about you?" Mako, how are you doing these days? ”

"I'm not too good." Matsuko simply gave up the idea of pulling her hand out of the other party's "claws": "My grandfather died, and President Puchuan hanged himself for some reason." I'm in charge of the newspaper by myself, and I'm tired, really tired. I can't hold on anymore. ”

"If you can do it, you will do it." Meng Shaoyuan said gently: "A person, only when he is most isolated, will he find himself strong, not to mention, you are not alone, you and I are by your side." ”

Mako's face was no longer red, on the contrary, she felt that she was very happy today.

All the previous grievances, with the arrival of "Rukawa Maple", have disappeared.

"Newspapers, the most important thing is journalism." Meng Shaoyuan said with great concern: "I came back this time, and I saw a lot, maybe I can provide you with some useful news." ”

"Really?" Makiko was surprised and delighted.

"Of course, how could I have lied to the real man?" Meng Shaoyuan said with great sincerity: "I have heard that when the empire was at war with the Chinese people, although the Americans remained neutral on the surface, they actually helped the Chinese government all along, especially a company called Angus International.

They are constantly helping the government of China, transporting weapons and medicines, and they are flying the American flag, which is simply unscrupulous. Moreover, they are also preparing to transport a foreigner to Chongqing recently. This foreigner is very important to the Empire, and may even endanger the Empire, and Angus Foreign Company will use it to send this foreigner out tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Foreigners? How do you know those details? "Makoko was a little confused.

"Because I have someone on the other side of China." Meng Shaoyuan lowered his voice and said: "Tomorrow afternoon, at two o'clock, Angus International Voyage, as for the name of the cargo ship, it is the American 'Cape of Good Hope Warriors'!" ”