Kong Jie's trip to Tianjin, after leaving the concession, left the subsequent cooperation with John and other American businessmen in the American concession to Tianjin businessmen Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming.
After Kong Jie returned to the base area, it was clear that according to the historical process, after October, the British and American merchants in the British and American concessions would gradually leave the concession.
There was not much time left for Kong Jie to operate, so after Kong Jie returned to the Independent Group, he worked non-stop to launch follow-up cooperation with John and other American businessmen through Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming.
First, within a week, John's merchant ship transported two batches of various living supplies produced by the production factories in the concession to paralyze the Japanese army's judgment.
After these living supplies were transported to Shanxi, Xu Fenggong, Xu Qingnian's father, came to receive them. The two parties handed over, received the goods and made payment.
On the one hand, there are American businessmen, and when passing through water crossings, they will pay the toll tax to the Japanese army exactly 10 cents.
On the other hand, Xu Fenggong, who had many contacts with Japanese businessmen and the Japanese army and won the trust of the Japanese, came forward.
In this way, there were two routine transportation of living supplies. After the Japanese army inspected and found no problems, the Japanese army also opened the door to convenience.
Inspections of cargo transported to and from John's merchant ships have been much less intense.
American Concession.
John is located in a luxurious residential area with American architectural style.
Deputy Joe Foss is reporting to John on the progress of some business cooperation with Kong Jie.
"Boss, these two material transportations went very smoothly. The Japanese army inspected them and released them without any problems. I have also contacted the Japanese officers at the ferry along the way. If there is another material transportation, they will only
It will just be a formality and will never be checked carefully."
"In addition, after the person arranged by Mr. Xu (Kong Jie's pseudonym Xu Zijie) came forward to hand over the goods, the payment for the goods was given quite readily."
John nodded, took a puff from his cigarette, and as the smoke rose, he asked: "How is the investigation going on Tianjin businessmen Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming?"
"There are no problems with the identity of local businessmen who have been doing business in Tianjin in the early years," said Joe Foss.
"Is that really the case?"
"The boss is suspicious..."
"Forget it, these are irrelevant to us. Even when Mr. Xu came to the concession, the incident of the Japanese Bank's vault being robbed outside the concession was related to Mr. Xu. What does it matter?"<
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Qiaofusi asked doubtfully: "The boss still suspects that Mr. Xu is related to the robbery?"
John said: "I'm not sure, but this thing is too strange. Shortly after Mr. Xu arrived, the robbery happened. After Mr. Xu and his party left, the robbery never happened again."
"Tell me, is there really no connection?"
"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Joe Foss said.
In these two transactions, thanks to Kong Jie's promise, Joe Foss made a fortune and naturally had to say something good for the big benefactor.
"Maybe!" John did not refute, and after thinking for a while he asked: "Qiao, based on your experience of escorting Mr. Xu and his party back to Shanxi, what do you think the true identities of Mr. Xu and his party are?"
Joe Fus hesitated for a moment and replied: "First, they are definitely not Japanese, and second, they are definitely not ordinary businessmen and common people."
Joe Foss didn't say anything else, and the two of them smiled in tacit understanding.
In addition, due to the recent Japanese bank vault robbery, I heard that the military commanders in Tianjin have not been very comfortable recently.
So what is the identity of Kong Jie and his party? The answer seems to be obvious.
"Boss, are you going to send this batch of arms in the cargo according to the list sent by Mr. Xu this time?"
Joe Foss asked slightly nervously. After all, this batch of arms is expensive, but it depends on whether he can get 10% of the profit from it.
John smiled and said, "Send it, of course we have to send it. This time we will go there in person to show our sincerity."
Joe Foss: "..."
How can this nigga get a commission?
"Boss, aren't you worried that our guess is true?"
John smiled nonchalantly and said: "So what if the guess comes true? From a businessman's point of view, I don't want the Chinese army to lose too quickly. You know, once one of China and Japan loses, we will want to make huge profits from it.
, but it’s not that easy.”
"Then should this batch of arms be prepared according to Mr. Xu's quantity?"
"No nono."
John shook his head and said: "This is not possible. The risk is too great. I think we need to be more stable. Once the Japanese army notices that we are transporting arms to their opponents, the deal will not be completed. Even
It will make you angry."
Having said this, John looked at the list of arms provided to him by Kong Jie in his hand.
"Mr. Xu's appetite is not ordinary. He really regards me as an omnipotent arms dealer!"
"Even I can't easily get hold of such a large amount of arms, let alone take the risk of transporting them to the Japanese under their noses."
"Besides, if he can't give me a satisfactory price, I will never give him these arms."
Joe Fus asked: "Boss, do you mean you are not going to sell this batch of arms to Mr. Xu?"
John shook his head again: "This is an important way for us to make money through the war. Since Mr. Xu has the financial resources, why not sell it?"
"It's just that it's impossible to conclude such a big deal at once. If Mr. Xu dares to send this list, he must know very well that I will not rush to ship this batch of arms to him directly."
"In this way, this time I will prepare only two hundred M1917 rifles, two M1917 heavy machine guns, three M2 60mm mortars, plus five Browning light machine guns, and ten Springfield sniper rifles."<
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"Let's wait until we meet Mr. Xu to see his reaction!"
Qiaofusi said: "Boss, if Mr. Xu is really from the military..."
"That's perfect. I like people with big appetites. Are you afraid of dealing with the military when you're in the arms business? That's our biggest potential customer. Compared to the Japanese, they want our arms even more.
, then we can do something about the price to obtain maximum benefits.
You have to know that standing behind us is the most powerful military in the world!" John said confidently.
Having made up their mind, John and Joe Foss boarded the ship when two American transport ships set off from the concession for the third time.
As for the small batch of arms that John brought to Kong Jie, they were included in the ordinary cargo.
The water transportation was quite smooth.
Money is indeed omnipotent, and Joe Foss managed the Japanese officers along the way very well.
Seeing that it was an American caravan and that it had been transported twice before, the Japanese officers along the way led the team to check it briefly and then let it go.
There was no awareness of the arms contained in the cargo.
It took more than a day for the caravan to successfully arrive in Shanxi.
Qiaofus came forward to contact Xu Fenggong and secretly revealed the news that what was delivered this time was not just daily goods.
The news was quickly passed to the enemy's Ministry of Industry through Xu Fenggong, and then delivered to the underground intelligence and transportation station outside the root area through the enemy's Ministry of Industry.
The information and transportation station will then pass the message to the regiment headquarters.
A series of information was transported, and it took nearly an afternoon for the news to reach the independent regiment headquarters and reach Kong Jie's hands.
Secretly digesting the news delivered this time:
Yangquan Fengxianju, at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, John will be waiting for the arrival of Mr. Xu to discuss follow-up cooperation.
Captain Kong frowned quite dissatisfied with this.
"I took John's merchant ship and rushed from the concession to Yangquan area. It should have been in the morning, but it was already after five o'clock in the afternoon when the news reached the regiment headquarters."
"Just the delivery of the message took so long."
"If the transmission of this information is delayed for some more time, I will even miss this cooperation with John."
"Wenjie, our intelligence transmission and communication capabilities are still too weak."
"It seems that the establishment of this intelligence and communication system must be put on the agenda soon."
Kong Jie had secretly agreed with John and other American businessmen to conduct subsequent arms transactions. Kong Jie had told Li Wenjie.
Li Wenjie said helplessly: "Captain, it is not easy to establish a fast communication system. Our communication equipment is too backward and the number is not large."
"We don't dare to use the captured radio stations and communication equipment produced by the repair shop for the time being. They can be easily intercepted and deciphered by Japanese spies."
Kong Jie said: "Forget it, let's talk about this later. I have to prepare for a trip to Yangquan."
Li Wenjie said worriedly: "Captain, Yangquan is the base camp of the Japs. Isn't it too risky for you to go there in person?"
Kong Jie joked: "Don't worry, there is a monk following me! Besides, we are not bad at it. We just go to Yangquan, it's like being in a deserted place."
"In addition, these American businessmen are not easy to fool. If I don't come forward in person, we may not be able to get the batch of arms we want."
Seeing that Kong Jie was paying attention, Li Wenjie said nothing more, but secretly told the monk to be careful on the road and protect the group leader.
In addition, teams were arranged to respond in the guerrilla area close to Yangquan at any time, and Wang An, the head of the enemy's engineering department, was asked to secretly notify reliable comrades in the enemy's engineering department to provide covert support.
After everything was settled, Kong Jie and the monk disguised themselves and left the base secretly.
By the time the two of them arrived at the gate of Yangquan County, they were already dressed like ordinary people with flat heads.
In addition, the two of them had obtained good citizen certificates in advance, so the Japanese and puppet soldiers at the city gate casually checked them and let them go.
After entering the city, Monk Kong Jie and his two brothers arrived near Fengxianju in advance without any delay.
This Fengxianju is a restaurant, where businessmen can drink and eat on weekdays. It is also somewhat famous. Although it is crowded with people, it is the least likely to arouse suspicion.
There are also many foreign businessmen visiting and spending money.
After arriving at the place, the monk scouted the area around the restaurant in advance to make sure there were no problems. He and Kong Jie waited secretly until the agreed time, and secretly saw John and Joe Foss appear and enter the restaurant.
Then he entered the restaurant...
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