At night, Cole, who refused to be sent by Ishihara's guards, snorted alcohol and staggered from the other party's residence back to the Akasaka Palace's accommodation, and drank a meal of wine from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock this night, during which he had to chat and inquire about the news, and he had to talk nonsense with Ishihara Waner half-truthfully, but he really died countless brain cells, and he didn't know how much sake he poured, and he couldn't count it with a cup, 500 grams? 600 grams? Or more? After drinking it, I was really numb. The sake content is not too high, and if it were replaced by Russian vodka, it is estimated that it will not even be able to walk at the moment.

At night, there were gendarmes and police on the streets of Tokyo to maintain curfew order, and I would have been furious when I saw a drunk, but when I saw that it was Cole's German face, I immediately changed to a 120,000-point courteous look to help him, and asked with concern if I wanted to send him back on a motorcycle (side three-wheeler), and Cole, who was staggering, was also afraid that he would make too much of a fool of himself, so he agreed with a wave of his hand. Those who can be on an errand in the Tokyo gendarmerie or the police station are all discerning, and the German envoy can't afford to provoke him, and now his old friend Vice Minister Ishihara is even more single-handed, don't you see that the former Prime Minister Tojo has been rushed to become the commander of the gendarmerie? Major General Shikata Yuji, the former prime minister's confidant and the arrogant and domineering captain of the Tokyo Gendarmerie, was also transferred to the Burma battlefield. If they knew that the Tojo Cabinet was overthrown, it was this drunken German envoy who was making trouble behind his back, and they didn't know what they would be stunned about.

"Sir. You're finally back? The secretary who rushed to hear the news stepped forward to catch Cole, who was helped down from the car by the gendarmes, and quietly handed over a pack of cigarettes to express his gratitude, and the two gendarmes bowed again and again. They watched the Germans disappear into the lobby before turning around and going back with satisfaction - this pack of cigarettes was enough for them to blow cattle for half a month.

"In the evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called and said that you have two trips tomorrow, the morning is to go to the secret naval test site to watch the rocket launch test, and the afternoon is to communicate about the Indian independence movement...... Considering that you had no other arrangements, I agreed on my own initiative. The secretary looked at the drunken Cole and said embarrassedly, "You don't care about your body, right?" Do you want to help you postpone your morning trip - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the test site is a long way. They will send a car to pick you up at 6am. ”

Cole was sitting on the couch and half asleep, but when he heard the words "Indian independence movement", his mind immediately reacted. His eyes also shone brightly: "Don't push it off, I can do it, hey, I won't drink so much with Vice Chief Ishihara next time." I'm still dizzy. But the wine was worth it - I saw him give the order to retreat from the front line on Kuah Island, and told me half-truths that the army was ready to shrink its forces from the Nanyang Islands. ”

"Hey, isn't this a decision a long time ago? Why do you have to prepare? The secretary looked surprised, "Aren't you afraid of delaying the military situation?" ”

"You don't know enough about Japan, how can the Japanese make up their minds so easily and thoroughly, many times they use 'ventriloquiloquis' when they speak, and the true meaning needs to be figured out by yourself."

"If you misunderstand, it's troublesome, it's better for us to just give a direct order."

"Of course there are misunderstandings. But it won't be serious, which one of the generals will be a fool? If you have to pretend to be confused. It won't accuse you of anything, but it's not far from the reserves, and as for our ......," Cole rolled his eyes, "We don't necessarily have to ban it, before the Battle of Typhoon last year, the Yuan wanted to fight Kyiv, and Halder and they were going to fight Moscow, and everyone was pulling around, General Guderian was caught in the middle, and the best 6 weeks passed in this way-otherwise, why would the Russians give us a blow in Moscow?" ”

The secretary was also shocked, this was the first time he had heard of this inside story, and he said disgracefully: "Could it be Halder? ……”

Cole nodded: "Politics is a very complicated thing, far from being as simple as you seem. Leave that alone, let's study the movements of the Japanese - Indian independence? It can be seen that Japan's position has become semi-clear......"

"But isn't that the order reversed?" The secretary asked puzzledly, "Shouldn't we first determine the strategy of the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, then open up the links between the two countries, then attack India, establish military superiority, and finally promote India's independence-this military strategy has not yet moved at all, and the post-war political arrangements have been considered?" ”

"It's a Japanese specialty, so you should study hard." Cole waved his hand and said, "Get me some face wash first, and then report to me the information you have recently collected......

The last time Cole returned home, his secretary did not go with him, but was ordered to stay there to gather information - of course, it was impossible to spy on intelligence, and Cole did not want to do so, and he taught his secretary a simple method: buy magazines and newspapers, analyze the situation in Japan through public information, and obtain first-hand information. Originally, these things could have been handed over to the ambassador to Japan, but the ambassador had been suspended from his post in China because of his trust and recommendation of Sorge, a spy, and the new ambassador had not yet arrived, and the embassy was panicked.

The secretary brought a large stack of materials, and it seemed that the results were still very fruitful: "...... This is not isolated from the news published in the February issue of the Women's Club, in which the government encourages the 'use of vacant land and the cultivation of medicinal herbs' -- full of descriptions of methods for making opium, and also tells the public that they can receive free seeds from the health departments of the prefecture and prefectures, and this news is not isolated, and I saw a photo of the harvest of opium under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Katai Agency in the October issue No. 243 of the "Photo Weekly", which reads: '...... When the fruit is still ripe, make a cut in the peel with a knife, scrape the juice into a bowl with a spatula, and then dry it and crush it and store it in a jar, so that the opium is formed, and about 200-250 grams of opium can be produced in one mu step (a unit of Japanese area', and then I also saw the purchase information and guide price in other newspapers...... In summary, the cultivation of opium is an important source of income for Japan. ”

"In addition, the "Friends of Housewives" magazine series published a large number of information on the processing of military sideline businesses, such as "sewing belts on the hats of steel helmets", "sewing navy uniforms", "weaving Xingya shopping bags", "processing and making aircraft parts for 60 yuan a day", etc., it is clear that Japan has not systematically organized women to enter factories or other economic organizations, but it has become active in cottage workshops......

"This is the Ministry of Finance instructed the Law and Political Science Society to compile the "Guide to Let Everyone Read the National Mobilization Law", the Japanese government in addition to" Shina Incident Special Tax "but also added" Greater East Asia Jihad Special Tax ", mainly in the form of indirect taxes on various daily necessities and necessities, such as last month matches were taxed, every 1000 matches plus 5 money, I took a look at the "Tax Collection Guide", other tax objects are like cow hair, and at the end there is a sentence "I don't know when the tax increase will be implemented, The people of Japan must be fully prepared from the perspective of the ideology of dealing with the protracted war'......

"This is the magazine 'Student' and 'Study and Examination', which is mainly distributed to middle and high school students, and in addition to encouraging students to report on the army and navy outside the military academy as always, it also reports in a particularly exaggerated tone the news of the expansion of the air force: '...... On this God-given opportunity, it is no longer unattainable for you to realize your dream of soaring into the blue sky and fighting in the sea and air.' Obviously, after the Battle of Midway, Japan intensified the training of pilots. ”

"The Japanese authorities have significantly tightened their control over the press and the press......," the secretary said, pointing to a portrait of a typical Japanese character on the cover of the magazine "Home Lights." If it weren't for the fact that he had the power to kill newspapers and magazines, these newspapers and publishing houses would never have been so flattering. What's even more curious is that I also heard some people say that this guy wrote this article to shoot Prime Minister Tojo's ass, because the prime minister hates waste the most, and he will go to the trash can in the middle of the night when he has nothing to do......"

Cole nodded solemnly: "What you hear is true, Prime Minister Tojo does have this habit - I have heard people talk about it more than once." ”

"That's really...... It's really ......" the secretary forced himself to not let himself laugh, "In addition, I also went to the market, vegetable market, shopping mall to conduct a shopping survey, and found that the price of ordinary materials has risen significantly and can only be supplied with tickets, everyone is complaining, but as long as there is money can still buy things from other places, I also tried to buy some, and finally found that the money was not enough, and the boss saw that I was German and said that it was okay to pay next time." Later, I thought of your instructions, and I took out half a pack of cigarettes to pay the price, and his eyes lit up, and in addition to settling the arrears, he also gave me a box of nori sushi. ”

"The Japanese people know more about the alliance between the three countries, and they are more friendly to me, I never queue up to buy things, everyone politely asked me to buy them first, and on the way back, the police volunteered to help me carry the bag - this is much better than our country, I thought that the Japanese could not tell the difference between Germans and Italians......"

"Your observations are very careful, so write a complete summary report on the situation in Japan based on these materials, and then send it back to China after writing, and count on him whether you can be promoted smoothly......" (To be continued. )