Chapter 23: Untitled
Ever since he learned that Germany was secretly producing a large number of heavy weapons, Hans had actually been cautious, and if it weren't for his relatives who were still in Germany, Hans might have quietly gone to the United States to survive. Hans wasn't a pure soldier, he was just an intelligence officer, but that's why he was exposed to a wide range of information, and with a little analysis, it was not difficult to find the answers from these seemingly useless messages.
Hans has some people in the United States, and a large amount of information comes every month, and unlike the German intelligence services, Hans is only paying close attention to the movements of those industrial enterprises in the United States. Because of Lu Yuan's reminder, Hans began to be interested in the industrial manufacturing capacity of the United States, although Lu Yuan helped the German government find oil fields in China, but compared with the United States, Germany's industrial production capacity is incomparable. Especially at the beginning of this year, when he learned that the US military industrial complex was actively increasing the production of arms, Hans had a new judgment in his heart.
The German army is invincible in the world, for this, Hans is convinced, but the war is not only compared to military capabilities, but also compared to the massive consumption of logistics materials and supply capabilities. Germany is a country with few resources of its own, and although it has temporarily solved the problem of oil, it can arm a large number of troops and need other material consumption. With the comparison and measurement in his heart, Hans's mentality naturally changed, especially after learning that Lu Yuan had arranged for Hogg and them to settle in Macau, Hans also moved such thoughts.
"Old man, I don't dare to guarantee the safety of Macau 100%, but I can be sure that if there is a safe place in Asia, it can only be Macau." Lu Yuan, who had already seen Hans's thoughts, finally added. "But what about your family in Germany? According to the information I have so far, your Yuan is afraid that he will not be able to bear it at all, and if you want to bring your family to China, you must hurry up, and once the war starts, the situation will be difficult to say. Lu Yuan's voice fell, and Han Si nodded indifferently, which could be regarded as gratitude to Lu Yuan's advice.
Looking at Hans with an indifferent face, Lu Yuan knew that the old man was still hesitating, so he immediately reached out and patted Hans on the shoulder. "Old man, we have an old Chinese saying that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. I don't know if it's appropriate to use this as a metaphor for your current situation, but I think that's what it means, if you still want to see your family, then you have to make a decision sooner, time waits for no one. Hans, who accompanied Hans with a blank expression, sat for a while, Lu Yuan got up and said goodbye and left, as for whether Hans would make the decision he was looking forward to, it was not something that Lu Yuan needed to worry about.
Leaving Hans's bar, Lu Yuan bought some food and drinks on the street, and then rushed to the warehouse. Xu Huanshan was obviously very interested in these Japanese materials and documents that Lu Yuan had gotten, and when Lu Yuan rushed to the warehouse with fresh water, Xu Huanshan and the others were still busy. "Let's take a break first, things can't run here anymore, let's eat first, don't delay this time." Under Lu Yuan's persuasion, Xu Huanshan and the others reluctantly put down the information documents in their hands, Lu Yuan glanced at Yao Ansheng a few times, and found that the complexion of this product had improved a lot.
"I think you're recovering well, how's it going? Are you still used to being with them? After exchanging a few words with Xu Huanshan, Lu Yuan handed the fried pork liver specially bought for Yao Ansheng to the other party, "You have lost too much blood, eating more pork liver is good for blood replenishment." Lu Yuan's special care made Yao Ansheng a little flattered, but this pork liver didn't taste very good in his mouth, and he found out that the fried pork liver that Lu Yuan gave him was sticky to this blood, which was only five ripe at all.
"Pork liver can't be fried too well, otherwise it won't play a role in replenishing blood." Xu Huanshan saw the embarrassment on Yao Ansheng's face, so he came over to explain, but before Yao Ansheng came back to his senses and thanked Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan had already been pulled aside by Xu Huanshan. "Tell me the truth, where did you get these things?" Xu Huanshan lowered his voice and asked in a low voice, and when he asked, he deliberately gestured to the boxes of information documents behind the two of them.
Lu Yuan looked at Xu Huanshan without blinking, and when he was sure that Xu Huanshan's words just now didn't mean anything else, he grinned, "What, you found something good?" If I can find good things in it, it means that my efforts have not been in vain. As for how these things came about, don't forget, we can talk about it beforehand. If you have something good, you can go on, but don't ask me anything, if I really get bored, I won't give you anything like this in the future. Lu Yuan's words can be regarded as a warning and a reminder, although Xu Huanshan said that his teeth were itching, he could not do anything about Lu Yuan.
"Well, I'll tell you, before you came, we just found several documents with the insignia and seal of the Japanese Imperial Family in one of the boxes, which the Japanese call the Emperor's Decree. My people have already read the Emperor's edicts, and they found that one of them was about the Battle of Nanjing, and the content of the edict was an order to send the commander of the Shanghai Army, Matsui Ishine, to attack Nanking at all costs. In order to reduce the casualties and losses of the Japanese army itself, the edict also hinted that Matsui Ishone could use chemical warfare to take the city if necessary. ”
Chemical warfare? When Lu Yuan heard these three words, he only felt his scalp tingle. As the name implies, chemical warfare is the use of chemical weapons to kill, injure, exhaust and delay the opposing army through the various poisoning routes of poison and the combat effect produced in a certain poisoning space and poisoning time, so as to achieve the intended military objectives. How could he not know what these three words meant, and in the network of the afterlife, there are countless related messages. Throughout the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army condemned the Chinese anti-Japanese army for using poison gas bombs to attack the Japanese army, and at the same time used chemical weapons to attack the defense areas of the Chinese army.
In 1937~1945, the Japanese army used chemical weapons many times in the war of aggression against China. On October 8, 1941, the Japanese army used a large amount of mustard gas in Yichang, Hubei, and about 1,600 Chinese troops were poisoned, of which more than 600 died. On May 28, 1942, in Beitan Village, Dingxian County, Hebei Province, the Japanese army used poison gas bombs to poison more than 800 soldiers and civilians who had been transferred to the tunnel to persist in the War of Resistance. According to incomplete statistics from the Nationalist Government at that time, from July 1937 to May 1942, the Japanese army used chemical weapons more than 1,000 times, covering 13 provinces, and nearly 40,000 people were affected.
In order to prevent accidents, Lu Yuan also deliberately took the emperor's edict and looked at it for a while, and found that it was really the same as what Xu Huanshan said. "So what do you want to do? Don't tell me, you just talked to me casually? After reading the content, Lu Yuan did not immediately return the things in his hand to Xu Huanshan, but asked Xu Huanshan with a solemn face. As soon as Xu Huanshan could say that to himself, Lu Yuan knew that Xu Huanshan would never let this thing only exist in the box, but Lu Yuan now wanted to know what Xu Huanshan's next plan was.
"What else? Of course, it is to give this thing to the newspaper, and then expose the ugly face of the Japanese imperial family in the newspaper. Although the Japanese can influence many newspapers, the Japanese will never dare to provoke those newspapers with Western backgrounds. Xu Huanshan looked confident, but Lu Yuan didn't have much confidence in it. Although the Japanese army in Shanghai could not ignore the Western countries, the barrel of the gun was stronger than the barrel of the pen after all, and the war in Europe was imminent, so the Japanese army, which had already allied with Germany, was waiting for an opportunity to clean up the Western forces in Shanghai.
The hesitation on Lu Yuan's face made Xu Huanshan pause for a moment, and then asked, "Then do you have any good ideas?" Xu Huanshan's question made Lu Yuan sober up, when it was 1939, this is Shanghai, which was almost completely controlled by the Japanese army, what Xu Huanshan just said should be the best solution, but Lu Yuan didn't know what damage and losses this could cause to Japan. According to Lu Yuan's understanding of the Japanese, and according to the Japanese principle of hypocrisy to the bone, even if all the newspapers reported on this matter, the Japanese might say that it was slander.
"Forget it, these things have already been handed over to you anyway, and you can see for yourself. However, I think it is better to give a copy to the government side, because it is difficult for people in the Kuomintang to read the newspapers in Shanghai. Lu Yuan smiled at Xu Huanshan, but did not say his true thoughts, and Xu Huanshan did not continue to ask. Lu Yuan did not leave the warehouse immediately, but accompanied Xu Huanshan and them to rummage through these documents, and before dinner, Xu Huanshan and they had found more than 30 valuable documents.
"How? Lao Xu, this deal is a good deal. Lu Yuan looked through the important documents that were found one by one, and secretly remembered the contents of two of them, but he didn't forget to joke about Xu Huanshan. I tell you, the things have been given to you, and you have benefited from them. But when will you give me that money, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, you can't rely on the debt. ”
Lu Yuan instantly became a dead man asking for money, Xu Huanshan had no choice but to shake his head and laugh, "Don't worry, I can't rely on anyone's account." According to what we said in advance, either give money or provide information, we will naturally provide information to you. Don't worry, we've worked together so many times, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. As he spoke, Xu Huanshan said a name in Lu Yuan's ear, Lu Yuan paused for a moment, and then nodded again and again.