The rest of the day was quiet, as if yesterday's incident was over.
Lu Ming knew that this was impossible. The Japanese were unable to succeed and must be planning a new plan. It was estimated that a new round of operations would begin tomorrow at the latest.
At noon he had a hamburger at the club and went back early. He stopped by a store and bought two bottles of the best vodka and two cans of caviar.
Peter and Andrei also bought some of the white bread, brown bread, pickles and sausages that they like to eat.
Lu Ming returned to the apartment building, went directly to the door of Andre's room, and knocked on the door.
Seeing Andre's confused expression, Lu Ming raised the food bag and vodka in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm looking for you to drink."
Andre's eyes lit up when he saw the vodka, and when he saw the two jars of caviar, he couldn't move his eyes away.
He quickly let Lu Ming into the room and said with a smile: "My friend, why are you in such a good mood today?"
Lu Ming smiled and said: "I always drank your wine before, so I have to treat you today."
Peter was also in the room, reading a Russian book. When he saw Lu Ming come in, he put down the book and came over and said, "Lu, do you have something happy to celebrate?"
Lu Ming thought to himself: How can there be any happy event? Now is the time when the mourning star is coming.
He smiled: "I have nothing to do today, so I came to you for a drink."
"How could it be okay? Didn't a big event happen in Shanghai yesterday? Why didn't you go to interview? Are you no longer a reporter now?" Peter asked repeatedly.
"Actually, strictly speaking, I am not a reporter, but a columnist. Many people are running away from such hot news, so I will not participate." Lu Ming immodestly raised himself to a higher level and became a columnist. In fact, he
Indeed, he is not an ordinary reporter.
"Yes, you write a column. It's your job to settle down and think. You don't need to rush to catch up on hot topics." Andre said he understood.
The three people cleared the things on the table, spread the tablecloth, took out all the food from the food bags, and placed them on the table.
Andre brought three more washed glasses and placed them in front of everyone.
"Come, for our health!"
Every time Andre and Peter drink, they have to give a toast, basically for their health.
Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh every time he saw them drinking. Before drinking, these two guys must smell the wine, then take a long breath, and finally pour the wine into their mouths.
Yes, they don't drink, they pour it into their mouths, and their lips basically don't touch the glass, especially the first glass of wine.
Lu Ming didn't know if all Russians drank like this, but it was probably this custom. He had not come into contact with many Russians, and the only ones he had close friendship with were the two in front of him.
After opening the caviar, Peter and Andre put the caviar in white bread and ate it sweetly while giving Lu Ming a thumbs up.
They knew that Lu Ming couldn't get used to the fishy smell of caviar, so they didn't let him. They just shook their heads and expressed pity that he didn't have a good taste.
In their eyes, caviar is one of the most delicious foods in the world. It is obviously a fragrant food, so how can it taste fishy?
After eating for a while, Lu Ming asked: "Mr. Peter, if a full-scale war breaks out between us and the Japanese, what will be the attitude of your government? Is it possible to attack Japan from behind?"
"Are you going to interview me?" Peter asked warily.
"No, I'm not doing an interview, but I really want to know. Don't worry, anything you say to me will not appear in the newspaper." Lu Ming said sincerely.
"That's good." Peter also believed Lu Ming's promise. They already knew enough about Lu Ming's character.
"We are currently carrying out a five-year economic plan in China. Our current energy is mainly focused on economic production. We will not make too strong a statement to the outside world." Peter said euphemistically.
"However, we will not sit back and watch Japanese militarism dominate Asia. We will definitely increase military assistance to China. In fact, we are doing this." Andre added.
"I believe you know better than I do that the Japanese ambitions are not only in Asia, they also have intentions towards the Soviet Union." Lu Ming stopped talking and did not go into details.
"Northeast China fell into the hands of the Japanese. We supported the large and small anti-Japanese armed forces with weapons and equipment and trained them. We also established a training base for them on this side of the border. They can retreat to us when they run out of ammunition and food.
Rest here, we will re-equip them and conduct military training for them." Peter said.
Lu Ming nodded. He had also heard about these situations sporadically, but those who could get help from the Soviet Union were some anti-Japanese armed forces close to the border.
"Although it cannot be said that it is selfless assistance entirely based on the spirit of internationalism, we believe that the Northeast Anti-Japanese Armed Forces can understand what we mean, and they are not fighting alone." Andre said.
The anti-Japanese armed forces in the northeastern hinterland were in a very difficult situation. The soldiers could only hide in the deep forests, suffer from hunger, and rely on their own meager strength to deal with the Japanese and fight for their lives.
"The resistance of the Northeast military and civilians against Japan will definitely be a protracted war. I hope to get more support and help from Soviet comrades!" Lu Ming said with a cup of his hands.
Andre said with a smile: "The Northeast Anti-Japanese Armed Forces have restrained the Japanese forces, which has reduced the pressure on our border. When it comes to dealing with the Japanese, the Soviet Union and China will always be firm allies."
"Mr. Peter, I have already submitted an application to the upper levels of the Nationalist Government. The proposal to increase the number of experts from the Soviet Union to aid China should be passed. Please also say hello to the country first." Lu Ming said with a smile.
He came today just to implement the "intelligence expert" thing.
"No problem, as long as your government applies, we will soon send experts to Shanghai to help you train professionals." Peter immediately expressed his attitude.
In fact, Peter hopes to add some experts to aid China. In this case, their wish to establish an intelligence network in Shanghai can be realized.
"We need electronic communication experts, cryptography experts, and agent skills training experts..." Lu Ming said, clasping his fingers.
"These are no problem. We will communicate with the country. In principle, there are no restrictions on your support, but you must be willing to bear all the expenses of our experts coming to China." Peter pointed to the food and drink on the table and nodded.
road.
"Can these experts bring us some advanced instruments and equipment? We will pay and discuss the price according to the quality." Lu Ming had already thought about it, both people and things are needed.
"Actually, we have already provided a lot of equipment to the National Government. For Brother Lu's sake, we will add another branch of advanced equipment this time." Peter lost no time in wooing Lu Ming.
"Establishing a special agent school is like a big job for us, so we need to invite experts to start from scratch and teach you step by step." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Girl, get on the sedan...what do you mean...what do you mean?" Andre asked with wide eyes.
"It's the first time for a big girl to get married. Chinese girls always ride in a sedan when they get married." When this topic was mentioned, Lu Ming couldn't help but take a sip of vodka.
"Oh, we taught you step by step with the 'big girl', haha." Andre smiled like a child.
Lu Ming was afraid that they were going off topic, so he quickly said: "Help us establish a full-service agent training school. Is this okay?"
Lu Ming actually didn't understand what kind of training an agent should receive, but there must be such a school in the Soviet Union. All he had to do was follow suit.
"We will do this even if you don't tell us. Since we have sent experts, we will definitely help you build a sophisticated team of agents." Andre said confidently.
"Then I'll be relieved. I don't know anything in this area, so I have to ask more of you two experts." Lu Ming said modestly.
Peter and Andre actually strongly agreed with domestic experts being sent to China, and more importantly, they wanted to use this to convert Lu Ming.
I helped you, but if you don't help me, you're not a friend enough.
If Lu Ming is successfully transformed into a Soviet agent, then the Chinese agents trained by these experts will naturally become part of the Soviet agents.
Hehe, this is simply a very profitable deal.
Peter and Andre raised their glasses at the same time, signaling to clink glasses with Lu Ming. The eyes of the two Soviets also touched, feeling that their plan was about to be realized.