"It's all reasonable, but it's not a valid clue, and it takes time to find the source," Kagesa said, "We should chase after it now." ”

"yes, there's one thing left behind that is strange."

"Strange?"

“…… It's a sewing machine, a butterfly brand, and I haven't found out where I bought it from, only some leftovers left by cutting...... ”

"Leftovers? Oddly enough, I've never heard of an agent making his own clothes. ”

"Yes, now it's safe to be sure that they've cut clothes here."

"What color?"

"Black, blue, white, and red, most of them are very conspicuous colors, not the colors that spies would wear."

Ying Zuo pondered for a while, thinking that it might be a clue, but he couldn't think of a clue, this group of people is so strange, every time he feels that he has caught the fox's tail, a new clue will appear, confusing his thoughts from the opposite direction.

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"Your Excellency, there is one more thing that I have always found suspicious."

"Oh?"

"Judging from the situation of these shootouts, their sought-after players can see through the darkness in an incredible way and shoot accurately."

"It's also just because they're hiding in the dark and we're exposed to the light so they can see."

"But on that day, the headquarters had already lost power, and they still accurately hit His Excellency Kusumoto. I heard that Chiang Kai-shek had found a 109-year-old man in Sichuan......"

"I have asked about this matter carefully, and there is someone next to His Excellency Kusumoto with a flashlight. Maybe the enemy has been caught. In a word...... Those rumors that Chongqing agents used some secret recipe to obtain the vision of night owls cannot stand scrutiny, please don't believe it. ”

"So what do you think they'll do next?"

"My opinion, did they dare to shoot at our warships, on purpose, and still want to divert our attention in the wrong direction?"

"Didn't you say that they were exhausted and exhausted? How can you still tempt us. ”

"These two judgments are not contradictory."

"By the way, Your Excellency, do you have any judgment on the details of this group?"

"Ask me this? I don't think these things can be done by Chongqing, or they are not Chongqing's ability alone. ”

"What do you think is behind the other forces?"

"Of course, judging from the several weapons they revealed, it was the American-made Thompson*, who had not been hidden during the operation, and a few remained at the scene. Two other assassination weapons were well hidden. One of them was a Soviet-caliber agent pistol, and the other was a silencer*, which was said to have been secretly developed only by the British, which was rather playful. It is not a secret that the Soviet Union came to China's aid; Britain's use of the Yunnan-Burma Highway to assist in the delivery of American supplies to China was also public. Recently, Chiang moved the Central Aviation School in Jianqiao to Calcutta, India, and the intention of the British to collude with Chongqing was also revealed. ”

"So, is it Britain, or is it the Soviet Union? Or is it the United States? ”

"This matter, if you look at it from a bigger perspective, I think the United States can be excluded in the first place."

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"I often say that if all the weird things happen in a very short period of time, one after the other......"

"Then there is a connection between them!" Kinoshita replied.

"Yes, who can profit from the strange sinking of the Navy's Harsh Ship? Is it the United States? I don't think so. A few days ago, I also asked Onishi of the Navy, and he said that there was no time to even send a report, it could only be a sneak attack by a salvo of submarines, and if a good captain occupies the best position, he can let more than 2 * hit the target at the same time, and this is the effect. ”

"Makes sense."

"Why did not dare to blatantly challenge our warships, but ambushed our convoy of ships transporting to Vietnam a few days after the United States warned us not to land in Vietnam? The Americans' base in the Philippines is the closest to here, and there is indeed the greatest suspicion of the Philippines, but I think that it is precisely the Americans who will never choose this sensitive moment, and with Roosevelt's cunning and patience, he could have strangled us with embargoes and sanctions, or waited for Japan to shoot the first shot to break through the isolationist shackles at home. ”

"Then only Britain and the USSR, which were scorched by Germany? Are they in a hurry to pull the United States into the water? ”

"Yes, judging from the recent actions of the base camp, the staff should have the same opinion, so they kept silent about the sinking of the warship and blocked the news, just to avoid boiling public opinion from interfering with decision-making. But immediately afterwards, these things that happened in Hongkou, I don't think they are isolated, the opponent knows very well that such a thing as the explosion of the headquarters cannot block the news, it is far more provocative than sinking a warship, and it came almost at the same time as the US sanctions statement, and the timing is appropriate, which is breathtaking. The American-made weapons left by the enemy at the scene rubbed off the running water number, in fact, it is clear to the discerning person at a glance, but it is precisely because it is too clear that it is suspicious. So there must be a conspiracy behind this. ”

"Clever."

"Report," someone shouted outside, "the head of the Kimura section called, and he had a major gain from the canneyard search, and he wanted to report it in person." ”

"Let him come back."

"Yes."

9 a.m. There are still 13 hours left before the final evacuation.

The drone quietly flew along the Huangpu River, monitoring the movements of the enemy's Third Fleet, which blocked the entrance to the sea at Wusongkou. They knew that the boat was within range, and now they could slowly tighten the noose, and by all indications, the enemy did not fully understand what was going on, and certainly not completely fooled it.

Lin, Lu Qingshan, and Xu Chong respectively monitored the outside through drones and surveillance equipment installed at the head of the wall, and they did not venture out of the door. There were no suspicious figures on the streets outside, and the Japanese patrols were suspected of being armed Japanese nationals, passing by from time to time, but they did not become more frequent, or suddenly disappeared. And both of these situations are alarming.

The task force didn't care much about Shu Ping's mess, and they had to sort out all the things they needed to retreat.

Lin Xiuxuan squatted on the ground and folded a French flag sewn from three pieces of fabric of different colors, which was made by a team member stepping on a sewing machine at the last minute. In the Public Concession, the Chinese system needed to apply for the purchase of the flag of any country, so they had to do it themselves. When I bought a sewing machine, I originally wanted to trim the oversized clothes and pants for the team members, because most of the clothes and pants were bought by the boatswain in the evening when he couldn't see his face clearly, and he went to the thrift market to buy them in a way that didn't bargain, and almost none of them fit. The clothes of unknown origin were soaked in disinfectant overnight before the lice were removed.

"Team leader, can this thing get past it? The fabric was so thick that it couldn't float at all. Like diapers, not like flags. Lu said.

"I asked Gao Zhicheng to install the blower under the flagpole."

"Hopefully it won't be used. It's too dangerous. ”

"It seems that the enemy has turned our warehouse into a headquarters, and the door is full of cars." Xu Chong said as he stared at the screen.

"I don't know when they'll find a clue."

"Once they go to Merlin, they'll find out more about us. Sooner or later, we will find this place," Lin Xiuxuan sighed, "I hope they won't be too fast, and I hope they won't find C-gen." ”

The boatswain had already given Binggen a sum of money and asked him to hide the car for a while, but Binggen didn't say it too clearly, but Binggen has also seen some doorways these days, so the boatswain gave money, he didn't shirk, let him hide for a few days, naturally he couldn't be sloppy, and he didn't know where to hide recently.

11 p.m.

Sixteen shop warehouse on the second floor. The section chief Kimura who had just arrived was drinking water as if no one was around, and after drinking, he began to pant roughly, and Kagesa could only wait, but Kagesa noticed that Kimura was wearing a new watch on his hand, and it seemed that this guy was really insatiable, and it was completely within his own calculations.

"I went to Merlin and scared them a little, and those guys said it all." Kimura finally caught his breath and began to speak.

"Since the beginning of this month, they have sold a total of nine batches of canned food, which are delivered by an unknown Dodge truck, which is a huge amount that you must not guess."

"How old?"

"There are 21.5 tons in total, more than 10,000 cans, and strangely enough, half of them are large cans of 1,500 grams to 3,000 grams, which are usually the type used in military houses. The other party signed in the name of Lu Shuichang. Here's the details. They were all subdued in hard currency, first in dollars, later in gold. ”

Kagesa took the slip, held his glasses, and looked nervously. Such a large amount was indeed completely unexpected.

"General, my people went to the rice shop to investigate," Kinoshita said, "In the last week, they have sent 5,000 catties of rice here, all paid in dollars, and this is only the data of one family." ”

"This ...... How is this possible? Kagezo stood up and looked at his subordinates blankly, he rarely showed a puzzled expression in front of his subordinates, this time was an exception, "I have only heard of smuggling medicine out of the concession, but not about transporting grain." Not at all like the behavior of an agent. ”

Hunched over like a praying mantis, he walked back and forth several times around the room, trying to get a taste of what the men had really thought in the room.

"If I'm not mistaken, they are more than a squadron in number." Kagesa nodded with certainty, "It's hard for that little river boat to carry so much food, especially since they still have a lot of cargo that we don't have in their hands, they may have a lot of ships, or ...... And a big ship. ”

"But the big ship, it's impossible to stop here without being noticed, and no one mentions seeing a big ship docked here." Kinoshita said.

"Maybe it's in and out at night every time? Kinoshita-kun, how do you usually monitor the boats on the river? ”

"I usually inspect small boats, big ships, but it's actually very relaxing, because China's shipping industry has been crushed by us in recent years, and the motorized inland river boats of more than 200 tons are basically owned by Chairman Kodama's Central China Revitalization Co., Ltd., so ...... Whether it is the navy or the marine police, they are generally not checked on the Huangpu River, but it is only a small area, leaving Wusongkou or crossing the Jiujiang River, it will be checked. Usually, Chongqing agents come in, or the communist army transports medicines, all in unpowered sailboats, and these ships do not need to be registered when they enter the port, and there are big loopholes. ”

"Is there a special case where a big ship can sneak into a port?" Kagesa asked.