After separating from Lu Yuan, Xu Huanshan pulled his rickshaw back to the stronghold and reported the entire process of Lu Yuan's meeting with him, along with Lu Yuan's request, to his superiors. "I don't know what this kid has in mind right now, but from the few times we've had contact with him, this kid doesn't have any ill will towards us. If I were to define him, I would think that this boy was not a bad man, and that he seemed to have a kind of admiration for the Japanese. ”

It's just that based on these few contacts with Lu Yuan, Xu Huanshan is not completely sure that Lu Yuan can accept his lobbying and participate in the underground organization, but on the whole, Xu Huanshan is still at ease and trusting to Lu Yuan. The top level of the underground party in Shanghai also held the same opinion on Xu Huanshan's affirmation, but on the issue of whether to give Lu Yuan intelligence support, different voices appeared among the top echelons of the underground party, and some people believed that Lu Yuan's set was completely the same as that of gangsters and thieves, and once the matter was exposed, it would be detrimental to the reputation of the underground party.

Xu Huanshan had no way to refute the different opinions, and in fact, the opinions of the opponents were not unreasonable, and if the Shanghai underground party provided such intelligence support to Lu Yuan was exposed, it would indeed have an impact on the reputation of the underground party. Lu Yuan did not know that the Shanghai underground party would have a fierce dispute over his small request, and he was entertaining the visiting Hansen and his party in his residence, especially Hansen had brought three German military personnel in civilian clothes.

Hansen didn't immediately introduce the three of them to Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan could only choose to ignore the other three for the time being, until Lu Yuan, who reacted, beckoned Hansen and his party to go upstairs and enter his study, and Hansen introduced the three people to Lu Yuan. "Lu, this is General Haussmann of the Wehrmacht Staff, these two are his assistant, Major Eric, and the adjutant, Captain Luca. I showed the weapon drawings that I had given me to General Haussmann, and the general was very interested in them and wanted to meet you, the provider of the drawings, so I brought them here. ”

"Lu, please forgive us for being uninvited, but I have to say that you have to blame for this, because those drawings of yours are so amazing, I can't wait to meet you, because I have some small questions I want to discuss with you." General Haussmann, introduced by Hansen, looked to be in his forties, with blonde hair typical of Germanic people, and an angular face with a faint smile. He didn't feel embarrassed at all because of Lu Yuan's slight hesitation, but he stretched out his right hand to Lu Yuan first, and his words were full of Chinese-style enthusiasm.

General Haussmann's anti-guest was the main thing, and Lu Yuan secretly surprised himself, and said in his heart that this product had not lived in China for many years, otherwise how could this product speak Chinese so fluently. Seeing the confusion in Lu Yuan's eyes, General Hausman let go of his right hand and smiled at Lu Yuan, "I have always been interested in mysterious China, and I have a language teacher from China, and I have lived in Shanghai for more than 4 years, so it is not unusual to be able to speak Chinese." ”

Hausman's answer made Lu Yuan smile a little embarrassed, and after a few people sat down in the study, after Fauber brought the coffee in, Lu Yuanquan closed the study according to Hansen's instructions. "Lu, we have carefully looked at the drawings you gave to Mr. Hansen, and those drawings of Soviet-style rifles are nothing to us. What I would like to know is that the Garand rifles of the Americans just began to equip their armies last year, how did you get the details and drawings? ”

Faced with General Hausman's question, Lu Yuan explained with a smile, "There is nothing to hide, I have already told Mr. Hansen that I am an overseas Chinese who came back from Europe. Because of my extensive travel, I have many friends in Europe, and I can guarantee the accuracy of the drawings I have given to Mr. Hansen, because I have had the privilege of seeing all of them with my own eyes. Lu Yuan's rhetoric obviously has a big loophole, but Lu Yuan himself doesn't care, because he knows that if he doesn't want to say it, no one can force him to tell the truth.

As Lu Yuan expected, his remarks did not win General Hausman's consent, and even Hansen shook his head again and again. Seeing this, Lu Yuan had no choice but to continue, "Actually, you don't have to find out the reason, what I want to say is that this is actually a transaction. Those drawings are exchanged for one of my chips in exchange for the support of your consulate, and if you think my chips are not enough, maybe I can come up with other chips, and there will always be chips that will satisfy you, right? ”

General Hausman secretly praised Lu Yuan's calmness in his heart, but he knew what the main purpose of his trip was, and while secretly praising it in his heart, he also asked Lu Lu again. "Lu, I'm still the same question just now, we have to know how you got the information of the American Garand rifle, which is very important to us." General Hausman was so entangled in the source of the drawings of the Garand rifle, which Lu Yuan did not expect, but he couldn't say that it was drawn by himself, so Lu Yuan could only answer the other party according to the answer he wanted in advance.

"Well, then I'll tell you. In fact, the Americans had already begun to develop semi-automatic rifles with sustained firepower as early as 1935, and the design of the Garand rifle was finalized in 1935, and after a long period of lobbying and testing, the US government decided to gradually equip their troops from the beginning of 1936. A good friend of mine, who was a member of the Garand rifle testing team, is no one else I think is more familiar with the stats and information of this semi-automatic rifle. ”

Lu Yuan's answer didn't seem to say the point, and General Hausman's eyes still showed a hint of suspicion, but neither he nor Hansen continued to ask about the source of the drawings of the Garand rifle. After the First World War, although Germany was sanctioned by the war as a defeated country, the sanctioned German industry did not collapse, on the contrary, after the First World War, there were many refreshing designs and ideas in the German military industry, and the semi-automatic rifle, which was lighter than machine guns and could provide continuous firepower on the battlefield, was one of them.

The news that the Americans developed the Garand rifle was not a secret to Germany, but the German spies tried hard but never got the actual object and drawings of the gun, and it happened that General Hausmann, who was on a business trip in Shanghai, learned that a German expatriate living in Shanghai had a design drawing of the Garand rifle, and he was surprised and took the initiative to find Hansen, which caused Hansen to take them to Lu Yuan here for verification.

Regardless of whether there were any loopholes in Lu Yuan's answer, General Hausman was now very sure that Hansen was not lying, and the blueprint of the Garand rifle he got was indeed closely related to the young man in front of him. "Lu, I have to admit that you are very good, but what I want to say is that in order to gain the support of the Empire, it seems that a single rifle drawing does not seem to be enough. The Empire cannot disagree with the Japanese on some issue because of a draft of the rifle you provide, because that would not be in the interest of the Empire. ”

Damn the interests of the empire, Lu Yuan secretly scolded in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, "General, I don't know what the differences you just said are, but what I want to say is that if I were you, as long as it was something beneficial to the empire, even if it would be blamed by the head of the empire, I would do it." Moreover, I do not think that the Japanese dare to challenge the majesty of the empire, do you not think that the Japanese are becoming more and more arrogant in Asian affairs? Personally, I don't think that the eagerness of the Japanese to show their greed for Asia is not a good thing for the overall strategy of the empire. ”

"Oh, the overall strategy of the Empire? Young man, I'm starting to be more curious about you. Lu Yuan's answer made General Hausman subconsciously reach out and grope his chin, and then smiled at Lu Yuan. Lu, that's okay, let's make a new deal between us, you just talked about the overall strategy, I don't know if you came up with this word yourself or heard it from someone else. If you can give me a satisfactory answer here, I will go and convince the consulate in Nanking to support your plan, or I will pay you a sum of money as the cost of our purchase of those drawings from you. ”

General Haussman's attitude changed so quickly, even Hansen didn't expect it, and he didn't expect that General Haussman would value Lu Yuan so much, you must know that the wealthy Haussman has never been in the habit of taking the initiative to consult with others. Han Sen's face was full of shock, but Lu Yuan still smiled flatly, "General, I have to admit that you are a good negotiator, and you seem to have decided that I have no other choice." ”

Lu Yuan's frank confession made General Hausman laugh very smugly, and Lu Yuan had no choice but to get up and take out a world map from the bookshelf and spread it out on the table. "This is China, its place in Asia, I don't think I need to say more, it is an indisputable fact that the Japanese are eyeing China. However, in China today, European countries have big and small interests, and if the Japanese start a war against China, they will assume that China will surrender as fully as the Manchus did decades ago. ”

"But we can imagine what would have happened if China had not chosen to surrender, but had used China's depth of territory to engage in a stalemate with the Japanese. I admit that the Japanese are indeed strong, but the Japanese also have a fatal problem, that is, their population is not enough to provide enough troops to occupy China. In the event of such a stalemate, what will happen to the European countries with interests in China? I know that Japan has always wanted to form an alliance with your country, and in this case, the alliance may trigger hostility and vigilance on the part of your country in the European national team. ”