One night at the end of August in the summer and autumn season of 1939, a faint thunder came from the sky over the sultry Nanjing, like rain. The men and women on the street looked up to the clouded sky and accelerated their pace.
A Mitsubishi jeep dexterously shuttled through the chaotic crowd. The driver hit the steering wheel with one hand and drove into an intersection and stopped by the flowerbed, pushing the door, and one foot in and outside the car.
In spite of the hot weather, the senior intelligence officer of the Japanese Central China Dispatching Army Yaguchi Shouichi still wore a neat trousers shirt, because he came to the officers’ club to have fun tonight.
There was a slight smile on his face, and he glanced casually at the front of the club where people came and went. The people seemed to be those people, but when he glanced at the license plate number of a small car parked in front of the door, his brows were slightly frowned and his eyes condensed. After hesitating for a short while, he still raised his foot and walked towards the club.
As soon as he entered the hustle and bustle of the bar, at the first glance, he locked down Masao Takahashi, who was alone in the corner of the right hand corner, the secret service chief of the Japanese-Chinese Central Dispatch Army and also dressed in casual clothes. At a glance, he moved his gaze away, and in Takahashi's eagle-like vision, anyone's delicate behavior can be seen in full view.
He glanced at the bar far away, and the officers who usually have a stern face are all sitting and standing, or arrogantly talking, or holding the bar girl in his arms. It’s happily, of course, there are also. Sitting alone in the corner without a word and drinking a glass of wine, such as Masao Takahashi. However, the glance he looked at him was to use the corner of his eye.
He stopped there like a jade tree in the wind, but he actually had a deep meaning, hoping to attract the attention of two people in the first place. I'm here.
One is naturally Takahashi. Since he is here, he will inevitably be stared at by him and simply post it. The other is at least one of the drunken and dreamy sentient beings who is still awake. In the next second, the eyes of the two met instantly, and the other's eyes slid over the floral shirts they were wearing, and important information was exchanged.
In the next second, Takahashi raised his hands in the corner and patted him twice: "Hi, Yaguchi-kun!"
Yaguchi turned his face to pretend to see that he raised his hand and walked over.
"I rarely see you here, Takahashi-kun."
"So, do you come here often?"
Yaguchi sat down across from him and joked: "I don't want to wrong my good figure. It belongs to these flower girls."
Takahashi made an aggrieved gesture, pointing to his five short stature and said, "Yaguchi-kun, what you said is too unkind."
Haha smiled, and Yaguchi said: "How dare you! Takahashi-kun, why is there such a good Yaxing tonight?"
With a faint smile, Takahashi said: "Yaxing can still train a war-loving taker like me. But Yaguchi-kun, as a high-level intelligence officer, don't you think that behind the scene of singing and dancing in front of you, there is a faint radiance. Is there a weird breath?"
Looking around the bar, Yaguchi nodded and said: "Yes, similar places tend to be intelligence distribution centers. However, I haven't seen it yet."
Takahashi said: "I'm also under observation. The top-secret information on the Wuhan battle was leaked, and I faintly felt that it was related to this bar, so I came here to take a look. Yaguchi-kun, I believe you didn't come here simply to dance with the girls. Right?"
Nodding, Yaguchi sold an obedient and said: "It's kind of like Takahashi-kun."
Since Takahashi and himself bluntly stated his intention to come here, it can be concluded that he is not directed at him, then can his intention of coming here succeed
The battle of Changsha is just around the corner, and the enemy and the enemy are both concerned about dispatching troops. At this time, a wonderful trick by one side can be regarded as a treasure to determine the victory or defeat. At ten o’clock in the morning, Okamura Ningji came to preside over the combat meeting of the commander of the theater division. As his former senior intelligence officer, Yaguchi Yaguchi attended and explained the general situation of the offensive and defensive forces of the Xiangbei theater, focusing on the general situation. Lingshan Kuomintang troops defended, supported, and responded to the situation.
He belonged to the wartime intelligence class, and was originally required to give an overview and explanation for the entire Xiangbei theater, because the main theater of the Changsha battle was located here. Unexpectedly, at nine o'clock before the meeting, Chief of Staff Asasaburo Kobayashi suddenly asked him to immediately sort out the current information of the Shiling Mountain garrison and explain it at the meeting.
Once the explanation was over, he left the venue.
Out of professional sensitivity, it is obvious that Okamura Ningji wanted to launch a blitz attack on the Tongling Mountain defense zone.
Tongling Mountain, with high and steep slopes, is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is 100 kilometers away from the main battlefield in northern Hunan. It is not suitable for large corps to fight, and should be abandoned in theory. But from the topography, once it is taken, it will be able to drive straight into the Xiangbei theater to form a restraint situation, dividing the Xiangbei theater into two in one fell swoop.
The question is, can it be won
And what Yaguchi has to consider is the consequences once it is won!
Amidst the noisy voices, jazz stubbornly penetrated through it.
After discovering that Masao Takahashi appeared in the bar, the nerves of Lieutenant Intelligence Officer Yun Shan at the Military Command Nanjing Station have been highly mobilized. Especially when she saw Yaguchi showing up at the door, and wearing a floral shirt that indicated that she had submitted important information, she couldn't help but get a little nervous.
I was the only person to connect with Yaguchi Shoichi. How to complete the intelligence transfer under the nose of the Japanese-Chinese dispatched military secret service chief Takahashi, known as the "Falcon", is very difficult. If you are a little careless, the two will be at the same time. And this handover must take place in the bar, this is the signal that Yaguchi sent to her. Any other place and time will only increase Yaguchi's risk.
In order to reduce the risk of Yaguchi, Yunshan began to frequently turn from the embrace of the Japanese officer to the embrace of another officer, often before a song, so she changed her dance partner, probably because of her outstanding appearance and graceful dance. The Japanese military officers were so fascinated that every officer said that he could dance a song with her and "three lives are fortunate."
These four words are the Chinese words she hears most from these officers, although they have become nondescript "three-three 吆西."
She had slid past Yaguchi with her partner twice, but he was obviously unwilling or unable to take the move. Is it because of Takahashi? Either or not. When he slid in front of him for the second time, his gaze seemed to flick to one side. Oh, she understood right away, maybe the only way to leave a trace, but can he eat so accurately? Let's try again.
When she whirled by one of Takahashi's subordinates with a scent of wind, she stretched out her hand to him and chanted "Kino-kun, come my dear", Kino lifted her body from her partner's hand. Li took her over. She giggled arbitrarily, walked around the dance floor, and turned to Yaguchi again. When she flew towards Yaguchi, Chino really pushed her into Yaguchi's arms, her mouth still humorous. Said "Let's find your old lover", and when she fell into Yaguchi's arms, she smiled awkwardly and stretched out her hand to touch his face.
During this period, at least eight senior officers who participated in the morning combat meeting once danced with Yun Shan, and the suspected obstacles were basically removed. Yaguchi took the opportunity to kiss Yunshan's fragrant cheek, and at the same time he didn't forget to smile apologetically to Takahashi.
Takahashi waved his hand coolly, please feel free.
Sliding into the crowd with the charming Yunshan, Yaguchi became more nervous than before. He brought the information with him, and besides that, he could dictate to her. On another occasion, he could easily do both of these points. But not today. With Takahashi watching from side to side, he dare not and cannot take this risk.
So, when he turned his back to Takahashi, tapped a set of Morse codes on Yunshan's waist with his fingers. Do you understand Morse codes? Yun Shan pulled out a fancy to make him face Takahashi, and typed an understanding on his thick shoulder, not to waste a word.
Yaguchi sent a smile to Takahashi, but his nervous mood was greatly relaxed.
After a dance, Yaguchi returned to his seat and took a glass of iced brandy from Takahashi and said to him: "Are you going to dance too?"
Shaking his head frequently, Takahashi said, "Are you asking me to show my ugliness? I'm really not interested. That's why you jumped, and it's not because of your good figure."
Yaguchi took the opportunity to show off, "Do you know what they call me? Haha, the dance king from Mount Fuji."
As soon as Takahashi said "worthy of the name", Yun Shan once again slid over and stretched out her hand to "invite to dance", but the object was Takahashi. Takahashi naturally declined, but Yaguchi praised Yunshan's cleverness sincerely. She seemed to be proficient in lip language, and she understood what she meant by asking her to invite Takahashi to dance a song just now. This girl is not easy.
After Unsan left, Takahashi suddenly sat closer to Yaguchi, and asked in a rather mysterious tone: "Yaguchi-kun, have you heard? There seems to be a new big move in the military?"
Is it a temptation or ordinary intelligence inquiries among colleagues? Since I have appeared in a combat meeting, pretending to be serious will only arouse disgust and alienate each other's relationship. As an undercover agent, the gains outweigh the gains.
So Yaguchi said: "Your dog nose is too good! Chief of Staff Kobayashi suddenly asked for information on the Shiling Mountain defense zone, which will not be without a target, but I am not sure, after all, Shiling Mountain is not so easy to fight. Someone has mentioned it before. , But I gave no."
The two are both in the ranks of Grand Zuo, and they often meet and make jokes.
Takahashi's eyeballs rolled around in his eye sockets, unable to see whether he was observing the situation in the bar or turning his mind. He nodded and said, "That's it. On the battlefield, surprising victory is eternal. The only magic weapon. If you fail in the early stage, it does not mean you will not be able to come back in the later stage. Battles conducted under the premise of mutual understanding between the enemy and ourselves often rely on strange tricks to win. In my opinion, this battle is getting more and more interesting.
"Look at me," Yaguchi said halfway, and as expected, Takahashi's eyes retracted from the crowd to look at him. "You are born to be a general who will set you in the first battle, not a dirty little character who hides in the dark and puts a cold spear."
"Am I?" Yaguchi laughed and nodded, and Takahashi laughed. "Aren't you?"
The laughter of the two people was too presumptuous, which drew people's attention, but when they saw that it was them, most of them turned away in fright.