northernbook Chapter 999 Ma Dazhi's New Mission
Chapter 999 Ma Dazhi's New Mission
In a park by the Huangpu River, Zhang Yunhe, disguised as an old woman, met with Ma Dazhi.
For several years, ever since he started working with Zhang Yunhe to build the Other Shore Flower intelligence team, Ma Dazhi has never known whether Zhang Yunhe is male or female, nor has he ever seen his true face.
Zhang Yunhe met him only a handful of times, and half of those times she met him were when she was a woman.
Each time they met, Ma Dazhi couldn't tell whether the person was a man or a woman. Moreover, the appearance, age, height, and weight were different each time they met, but the voice was always a metallic scraping sound, making it difficult to distinguish whether it was male or female.
Sometimes, Ma Dazhi really suspected that Zhang Yunhe was like Sun Wukong with seventy-two transformations, and he also suspected that there was more than one person in the other shore flower, and that he did not see the same person every time.
At this moment, on a park bench, the two sat back to back. Ma Dazhi was wearing a suit and a black top hat, holding a newspaper in his hand, while Zhang Yunhe was walking a silky dog and occasionally feeding it a piece of ham.
"The new Special Higher Police Chief is named Tamura Takasuke. He's a ruthless man, far more vicious than any previous Special Higher Police Chief!"
"He's only been here for less than a month, and he's already arrested more than a dozen people from various Japanese departments and agencies. Half of these people are Japanese, including three from the garrison command and the military police command."
“The military police headquarters and the garrison headquarters were extremely dissatisfied with this and encountered strong resistance during the arrest. The two sides almost clashed, but Tamura Takasuke’s attitude was extremely tough, and he had the support of the headquarters!”
"I sent people to investigate. Some of those arrested by Tamura Takasuke were secretly reselling supplies, some were suspected of engaging in secret intelligence trading, some might be involved in embezzlement, and a few others were acting suspiciously. However, the Special Higher Police couldn't find any concrete evidence against these people; they were all arrested simply because they were suspected."
"Within the 76th Division, one person was suspected of being an underground Communist Party member, and two others were suspected of being undercover agents sent by the Blue Shirts Society. It was only after the Special Higher Police noticed their abnormal behavior that they arrested them, and only afterwards did they call Li Qun and Ding Mo'er to inform them."
Zhang Yunhe tossed a slice of ham to Gouzi and asked, "How's the intelligence activity going during the Special Higher Police's hiatus?"
Ma Dazhi said, "The intelligence exchanges between the various parties were instead met with a fierce attack from the 76th Division, resulting in significant losses for all. This included attacks on the intelligence forces of the Joker and the British. They captured an officer from the Joker's naval intelligence department from several foreigners, and after rigorous interrogation, they arrested three more based on the confessions of the arrested individuals."
"The British and the Joker have a long-standing intelligence partnership. One of those arrested had connections with the British, leading to the arrest of two British intelligence agents as well."
Zhang Yunhe was somewhat surprised: "Dare the people from No. 76 touch foreigners?"
Ma Dazhi took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Now the Japanese are backing them up, what are they afraid of? In the French Concession, Vichy Franchise has cooperated with the Japanese, and they ordered the police station to cooperate with the 76th Division to make arrests!"
Zhang Yunhe said, "You must be careful not to expose your identity. At critical moments, you must cut off contact with your subordinates. The underground work is more brutal than ever before!"
"The Japanese devils probably knew their chances of winning were dwindling, so they became increasingly brutal!"
Ma Dazhi agreed: "I understand!"
"Take these photos. The Japanese have recently brought in two hundred fighter jets and bombers from their homeland. These are close-up photos. Notify Jiangzhou to prepare for a surprise attack!" Zhang Yunhe said, handing an envelope under his arm.
The photo was taken by Matsushima and dropped into the dead mail box. Zhang Yunhe was notified by phone yesterday, and he came over today to retrieve the photo.
After seeing the photos, Zhang Yunhe went to the airport in person to see if it could be completely destroyed. However, when he arrived, there were only a few fighter jets left at the airport; the rest had been transferred elsewhere.
Ma Dazhi calmly took the envelope and stuffed it into his pocket.
"There's one more thing"
"What is it?" Ma Dazhi said.
Zhang Yunhe said, "I want you to help me raise a batch of rice, the more the better. This is a long-term project, and I will prepare the funds for you. However, it's best if you don't handle this personally."
Ma Dazhi thought for a moment and asked, "Could you give me a specific quantity?"
“One million shi is not a lot, and 500,000 shi is not a small amount!” Zhang Yunhe said.
Ma Dazhi gasped, "Hiss—so much? The Japanese are very careful with supplies these days. Such a large-scale purchase of grain will definitely attract their attention!"
"And even if you manage to collect so much grain, how will you transport it out? Things are different now. All the routes in and out of this place are controlled by the Japanese. Even cargo ships entering and leaving Franchise are subject to inspection!"
Zhang Yunhe said, "You just focus on collecting the grain; how to transport it out is my problem!"
After saying that, he kicked a box at his feet to Ma Dazhi's feet: "This is 200 million, enough to buy 100 million shi of rice!"
There was no other way but to have Ma Dazhi collect rice. Currently, most of the rice-producing areas are controlled by the Japanese, including Southeast Asia. The rice produced in Jiangzhou is not even enough to feed their own people, so they have to find a way to get rice from outside and transport it over.
Currently, over 80% of the residents in Hong Kong are from the south. They can eat noodles occasionally, but they are not used to eating noodles every meal. Therefore, it is necessary to bring a batch of rice over.
The grains Zhang Yunhe obtained from outside were almost all flour, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Rice was only produced in southern China and Southeast Asia, so if he wanted to get rice, he could only try to find a way in these places.
Ma Dazhi said, "It seems I need to find a large, secluded warehouse first, and the transportation around the warehouse needs to be good, otherwise it will be difficult to transport the goods out!"
Zhang Yunhe also knew the difficulty and danger of this matter, because most of the rice on the market was actually controlled by the Japanese, and it was by no means easy to obtain more than 50 shi of rice.
He told Ma Dazhi, "Do your best in this matter, and prioritize your own safety. If it's impossible, give up decisively and don't be reckless!"
Ma Dazhi agreed: "Okay, I'll be careful!"
In the days following his separation from Zhang Yunhe, Ma Dazhi discovered that it was extremely difficult to purchase large quantities of rice from the market. Ordinary people ate mostly coarse grains because the rice was looted from farmers and landlords by traitors and Japanese soldiers as soon as it was harvested, leaving the people with only coarse grains.