Chapter 2027
Chapter 2027
Chapter 2027
Haihan's current industrial manufacturing capabilities and military technology are considered top-notch in this era, but the current production capacity is far from enough to continue exporting large quantities of arms, and the delivery time for related large orders is often half a year or even a year. For more than a year, those big customers who are willing to spend a lot of money also need to wait patiently for the schedule.
However, the Philippine colony under Spanish rule obviously does not yet have the same industrial production capacity. In addition, most of its military production sites are concentrated in the Manila area. In previous wars, many equipment and professional craftsmen failed to withdraw in time. The production capacity of weapons and equipment has been greatly reduced, and basically no longer has the ability to export large quantities of arms.
Therefore, for the plan of causing trouble for Haihan through military export, the colonial authorities have always had voices of opposition, thinking that this may not be able to weaken Haihan, but it will definitely weaken its own military strength, because the colony has been difficult to produce enough. To support foreign forces with weapons, we can only draw part of the weapons from our own troops to realize this plan.
In the eyes of opponents, this is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench their thirst. Once Haihan notices the adventurous approach of the colonial authorities, it is very likely that he will immediately launch a new round of offensive, and the Spanish armed forces, which have already abolished their martial arts, will have a hard time. Respond to the enemy's attack.The risk is not directly proportional to the benefit, which is also the main contradiction that the colonial authorities cannot solve at present.
However, the news brought by Jose and others brought a new change to this half-year-long debate—if the strategy of military export has begun to play a more significant role overseas, then this is no longer the case. It is a risky behavior with little effect, but an effective means that can really help the colonial authorities curb the development momentum of Haihan.
In this way, the Aragones faction who advocated military export regained the upper hand. Since this plan has worked and there is no better way to deal with Haihan at the moment, then continue to implement this plan and expand the scale of military export. It seems to be the only option for the colonial authorities.After quickly communicating with the partners, a new round of commodity-for-weapons transactions began.
However, perhaps because the environment in Cebu was considered safe, the colonial authorities did not take much secrecy about the transaction process, so that Paco, an outsider, entered the transaction site by mistake and witnessed Fernando sending arms to Haifaji. scene.However, this Paco is not only knowledgeable but also has a big mouth. After returning to his place, he directly sprayed at his subordinates.He was very happy after complaining, but the news slipped into the ears of those who cared.
After returning to the temporary residence outside Cebu City that night, Jose communicated with other companions in charge of monitoring, and finally believed that the situation described by Paco was indeed quite credible, because Paco saw At Fernando’s approximate time, other companions saw a group of Spanish soldiers escorting two carriages into Haifaji nearby. During this period, Paco also entered and exited briefly, which was basically consistent with the description Jose heard.
What is the origin of this Haifaji? Jose and others still haven't found any clues, but Jose realizes that this great achievement is getting closer and closer to him. Shipping out of Cebu, or even finding out where it was shipped, will definitely be rewarded by the superior afterwards.And if the Military Intelligence Bureau can track the whereabouts of this batch of arms, it will not be too difficult to find out the real identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, at least it is much better than guessing in Cebu.
But at this time, how to send information back to Manila in a timely manner has become a more troublesome matter.They now have a boat available, but this boat needs eight to ten crew members to go to sea, and their team only has 12 people in total.This means that either everyone evacuates together, or Jose will probably have to stay in Cebu to perform his mission while others return to Manila to report.
Another task entrusted to Jose by the Military Intelligence Bureau is to hope that he can establish a long-term intelligence network in Cebu. If he wants to complete this task, he must not leave Cebu easily, not to mention the current work of collecting intelligence. It went very well, and he had no good reason to voluntarily evacuate Cebu.
In the end, the result of everyone's deliberations was to try to confirm when the batch of arms traded to Haifaji by the colonial authorities would depart before deciding whether to rush back to Manila to report the news.
To investigate this matter clearly, there is no need to start with Haifaji's trading warehouse, because the only way to transport bulk goods out of Cebu is by shipping, as long as you keep an eye on the port.To be more specific, it is to find Haifaji's cargo ship at the port, and then try to inquire about its sailing schedule and destination by contacting the sailors on board.As long as specific information can be obtained, Manila will have a clearer goal when it takes the next step.
Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, all Jose can think of at this moment is this sentence.If you withdraw to Manila after confirming the news, you can certainly invite credit and reward, but the difficulty of this task is much lower than expected, so it is better to give it another go and stay in Cebu to form an intelligence network.I heard that my boss, Fang Peng, applied to be an undercover agent in Manila at the beginning, and now he has been promoted to be an intelligence officer in charge of the Philippine Islands. Isn't this a practice worth emulating?When the army goes south to conquer Cebu in the future, then I must be a hero. Maybe I will have the opportunity to cross the threshold of identity and become the No.1 Hispanic senior official of the intelligence department as promised by the boss before departure.
The next day, the investigators of Jose's team further narrowed the scope and concentrated on the relevant personnel of Haifaji Store.Although Jose and others did not dare to take the risk of directly entering the store, the investigation at the port made progress very quickly. With only a few pots of fruit wine, several Han people including Haifaji were found. There are only two cargo ships berthed in the Port of Cebu under the name of the commercial warehouse, and one of them is currently undergoing repairs in the dock due to water leakage on the hull. There is only one boat left.
After further narrowing the scope of the target, the Jose team will be able to devote more manpower and resources to investigate this target.Under their deliberate design, they quickly established relationships with individual sailors on the ship, and obtained some valuable news from them.
One morning, half a month after arriving in Cebu, a sailboat quietly left the port of Cebu and headed north.The boat left the port on the grounds of fishing, but its destination was Manila more than 400 nautical miles away.Jose was not on this ship. He stayed in Cebu with the other two Hispanic intelligence agents. However, after arriving in Cebu, he had already written a secret report in his own hand, which will be sent back to Manila by this ship. To MI.
Compared with when I came here, I couldn't find my way at all, and I had to rely on the military's charts and guessing to get to the destination. When I set foot on the return journey this time, the sailors on the ship seemed much calmer. .This time they took two days less than when they came, and they arrived in Manila smoothly.
After Fang Peng got the news, he went to the port himself. He didn't let these sailors show their faces on the pier, and took them directly to the Military Intelligence Bureau.After receiving the notification, Ran Tianlu also rushed over quickly, listened to the reports of these sailors with Fang Peng, and then checked the secret letter written by Jose.
However, Jose's letter is all written in Spanish. Although Fang Peng and Ran Tianlu can speak a little Spanish, they only stay at the level of daily conversation. As for writing and reading, they are completely useless, so they still find a special person to do it. It took a while to translate and understand the results of Jose's investigation of the case.
"This Jose... is actually so powerful! Brother Fang, you have such a talent under your command, and you still complain all the time. Even I was almost deceived by you. It's okay!" With emotion.
Fang Peng smiled wryly and said, "How dare I lie to Brother Ran, this is really unexpected... It's beyond my expectation that he can do this!"
When the two intelligence departments formulated this action plan, they both believed that the possibility of success was unlikely. If the intelligence team composed of a group of novices could successfully arrive at the local area and settle down, it could be regarded as a relatively successful result.As for whether they could get the key information needed by the intelligence department, neither Ran Tianlu nor Fang Peng had much hope, and they were even mentally prepared to lose this group of people.
But never expected that the team commanded by the Hispanic intelligence agent Jose turned out to be lucky. After arriving in Cebu, the situation they encountered was even more ideal than the best situation expected in advance. The suspicion of the colonial authorities, on the contrary, made a series of methods prepared by the intelligence agencies come in handy, making the Spaniards convinced of the information constructed by these evidences.
If the situation in the first half was the result of proper preparation by the intelligence department, then more than half of the investigation of the Han maritime merchants was due to the impromptu performance of Jose and others.The intelligence department did set the investigation direction for them in advance, instructing Jose to pay attention to the local Han merchants, but the specific operation needs to be controlled by Jose and others. Judging from the current results, what they have obtained The results have exceeded the expectations of the intelligence community.
The matter was so important that the two of them didn't dare to delay. Although it was almost midnight at this time, they hurried to Qiu Yuan's mansion with the secret report sent back from Cebu to report this important progress to him.
"Didn't you say that it would take a month or two for news to come back, why so soon? Is the news reliable?"
Qiu Yuan had already fallen asleep, but because Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng reported that there was an urgent matter, the secretary woke him up again, and then met the two late-night visiting subordinates in the study.After listening to their report, Qiu Yuan was also a little surprised.He knew that besides Manila, there were several other places investigating the matter, and Manila should be the latest place to intervene in the investigation, but now it seems that they have seized more accurate information ahead of them.
However, Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng did not dare to guarantee whether the information obtained by Jose and others in Cebu was reliable. After all, the people they sent were all newbies, and they might make mistakes in judging the situation.They could only tell Qiu Yuan that the information sent back had relatively high credibility, and further measures could be considered.
Although Qiu Yuan was somewhat skeptical, he still chose to believe the intelligence department's opinion. After all, he had cooperated with the intelligence department to write the secret letter himself, and he also hoped to find out the case as soon as possible.
So a confidential telegram was sent overnight from Manila to Sanya, and Qiu Yuan asked Victory Fort in the telegram whether to take follow-up measures immediately.
At this time, the executive committee is also studying the information fed back from various places. In fact, except for Manila, the investigation work in other places is also making progress.
The first is the local investigation by the Ministry of Security in Hainan. Zhang Qianzhi has investigated the South Asian ethnic groups and other specific groups who have settled in Sanya, and with the assistance provided by the local snake Lanka in the settlement area, he has already found out the dead people in Xue Zheng's team. South Asian identity.These people lived in Sanya for a period of time before participating in the attack on the son of the Joseon Dynasty. They all temporarily lived in the South Asian ethnic community at the mouth of the Sanya River as immigrants, but they have not yet had the opportunity to be naturalized.
According to the information found by Lanka, these South Asians are all from Luzon Island, and there are signs that they understand Spanish, which basically confirms the target of their service.After that, the Ministry of Security conducted a thorough search of the former residences of these people, and finally found a large sum of money from the mezzanine under the bed, and all of them were Haihan banknotes in large denominations, which far exceeded that of ordinary South Asian immigrants. level of property.
According to the speculation of the Ministry of Security, this should be their daily expenses or operational rewards, but this money was earned or spent, and it was eventually confiscated as stolen money.
According to the confession of Xue Zheng and others, the group of them assembled in Sanya, and the people who participated in the operation were basically lurking in Sanya. If they had not received the summoning order, they might have been in Sanya as civilians. live on.
This situation also sounded the alarm for the Ministry of Security. Xue Zheng and others were just a group of bounty killers who were forced to expose their identities in order to carry out the attack mission, but there must be more than these people lurking in Sanya, and Xue Zheng could not provide information more information.
The only thing that is certain is that there must be lurkers one level higher than Xue Zheng and the others in Sanya, so that they can be summoned when necessary.And this kind of lurker who hides deeper may have obtained Haihan nationality, and may even work in an official agency, and it will only be more difficult to dig him out.How to find these guys hiding in the dark is probably the key task that the security department will take time to complete next.
(End of this chapter)
Haihan's current industrial manufacturing capabilities and military technology are considered top-notch in this era, but the current production capacity is far from enough to continue exporting large quantities of arms, and the delivery time for related large orders is often half a year or even a year. For more than a year, those big customers who are willing to spend a lot of money also need to wait patiently for the schedule.
However, the Philippine colony under Spanish rule obviously does not yet have the same industrial production capacity. In addition, most of its military production sites are concentrated in the Manila area. In previous wars, many equipment and professional craftsmen failed to withdraw in time. The production capacity of weapons and equipment has been greatly reduced, and basically no longer has the ability to export large quantities of arms.
Therefore, for the plan of causing trouble for Haihan through military export, the colonial authorities have always had voices of opposition, thinking that this may not be able to weaken Haihan, but it will definitely weaken its own military strength, because the colony has been difficult to produce enough. To support foreign forces with weapons, we can only draw part of the weapons from our own troops to realize this plan.
In the eyes of opponents, this is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench their thirst. Once Haihan notices the adventurous approach of the colonial authorities, it is very likely that he will immediately launch a new round of offensive, and the Spanish armed forces, which have already abolished their martial arts, will have a hard time. Respond to the enemy's attack.The risk is not directly proportional to the benefit, which is also the main contradiction that the colonial authorities cannot solve at present.
However, the news brought by Jose and others brought a new change to this half-year-long debate—if the strategy of military export has begun to play a more significant role overseas, then this is no longer the case. It is a risky behavior with little effect, but an effective means that can really help the colonial authorities curb the development momentum of Haihan.
In this way, the Aragones faction who advocated military export regained the upper hand. Since this plan has worked and there is no better way to deal with Haihan at the moment, then continue to implement this plan and expand the scale of military export. It seems to be the only option for the colonial authorities.After quickly communicating with the partners, a new round of commodity-for-weapons transactions began.
However, perhaps because the environment in Cebu was considered safe, the colonial authorities did not take much secrecy about the transaction process, so that Paco, an outsider, entered the transaction site by mistake and witnessed Fernando sending arms to Haifaji. scene.However, this Paco is not only knowledgeable but also has a big mouth. After returning to his place, he directly sprayed at his subordinates.He was very happy after complaining, but the news slipped into the ears of those who cared.
After returning to the temporary residence outside Cebu City that night, Jose communicated with other companions in charge of monitoring, and finally believed that the situation described by Paco was indeed quite credible, because Paco saw At Fernando’s approximate time, other companions saw a group of Spanish soldiers escorting two carriages into Haifaji nearby. During this period, Paco also entered and exited briefly, which was basically consistent with the description Jose heard.
What is the origin of this Haifaji? Jose and others still haven't found any clues, but Jose realizes that this great achievement is getting closer and closer to him. Shipping out of Cebu, or even finding out where it was shipped, will definitely be rewarded by the superior afterwards.And if the Military Intelligence Bureau can track the whereabouts of this batch of arms, it will not be too difficult to find out the real identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, at least it is much better than guessing in Cebu.
But at this time, how to send information back to Manila in a timely manner has become a more troublesome matter.They now have a boat available, but this boat needs eight to ten crew members to go to sea, and their team only has 12 people in total.This means that either everyone evacuates together, or Jose will probably have to stay in Cebu to perform his mission while others return to Manila to report.
Another task entrusted to Jose by the Military Intelligence Bureau is to hope that he can establish a long-term intelligence network in Cebu. If he wants to complete this task, he must not leave Cebu easily, not to mention the current work of collecting intelligence. It went very well, and he had no good reason to voluntarily evacuate Cebu.
In the end, the result of everyone's deliberations was to try to confirm when the batch of arms traded to Haifaji by the colonial authorities would depart before deciding whether to rush back to Manila to report the news.
To investigate this matter clearly, there is no need to start with Haifaji's trading warehouse, because the only way to transport bulk goods out of Cebu is by shipping, as long as you keep an eye on the port.To be more specific, it is to find Haifaji's cargo ship at the port, and then try to inquire about its sailing schedule and destination by contacting the sailors on board.As long as specific information can be obtained, Manila will have a clearer goal when it takes the next step.
Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, all Jose can think of at this moment is this sentence.If you withdraw to Manila after confirming the news, you can certainly invite credit and reward, but the difficulty of this task is much lower than expected, so it is better to give it another go and stay in Cebu to form an intelligence network.I heard that my boss, Fang Peng, applied to be an undercover agent in Manila at the beginning, and now he has been promoted to be an intelligence officer in charge of the Philippine Islands. Isn't this a practice worth emulating?When the army goes south to conquer Cebu in the future, then I must be a hero. Maybe I will have the opportunity to cross the threshold of identity and become the No.1 Hispanic senior official of the intelligence department as promised by the boss before departure.
The next day, the investigators of Jose's team further narrowed the scope and concentrated on the relevant personnel of Haifaji Store.Although Jose and others did not dare to take the risk of directly entering the store, the investigation at the port made progress very quickly. With only a few pots of fruit wine, several Han people including Haifaji were found. There are only two cargo ships berthed in the Port of Cebu under the name of the commercial warehouse, and one of them is currently undergoing repairs in the dock due to water leakage on the hull. There is only one boat left.
After further narrowing the scope of the target, the Jose team will be able to devote more manpower and resources to investigate this target.Under their deliberate design, they quickly established relationships with individual sailors on the ship, and obtained some valuable news from them.
One morning, half a month after arriving in Cebu, a sailboat quietly left the port of Cebu and headed north.The boat left the port on the grounds of fishing, but its destination was Manila more than 400 nautical miles away.Jose was not on this ship. He stayed in Cebu with the other two Hispanic intelligence agents. However, after arriving in Cebu, he had already written a secret report in his own hand, which will be sent back to Manila by this ship. To MI.
Compared with when I came here, I couldn't find my way at all, and I had to rely on the military's charts and guessing to get to the destination. When I set foot on the return journey this time, the sailors on the ship seemed much calmer. .This time they took two days less than when they came, and they arrived in Manila smoothly.
After Fang Peng got the news, he went to the port himself. He didn't let these sailors show their faces on the pier, and took them directly to the Military Intelligence Bureau.After receiving the notification, Ran Tianlu also rushed over quickly, listened to the reports of these sailors with Fang Peng, and then checked the secret letter written by Jose.
However, Jose's letter is all written in Spanish. Although Fang Peng and Ran Tianlu can speak a little Spanish, they only stay at the level of daily conversation. As for writing and reading, they are completely useless, so they still find a special person to do it. It took a while to translate and understand the results of Jose's investigation of the case.
"This Jose... is actually so powerful! Brother Fang, you have such a talent under your command, and you still complain all the time. Even I was almost deceived by you. It's okay!" With emotion.
Fang Peng smiled wryly and said, "How dare I lie to Brother Ran, this is really unexpected... It's beyond my expectation that he can do this!"
When the two intelligence departments formulated this action plan, they both believed that the possibility of success was unlikely. If the intelligence team composed of a group of novices could successfully arrive at the local area and settle down, it could be regarded as a relatively successful result.As for whether they could get the key information needed by the intelligence department, neither Ran Tianlu nor Fang Peng had much hope, and they were even mentally prepared to lose this group of people.
But never expected that the team commanded by the Hispanic intelligence agent Jose turned out to be lucky. After arriving in Cebu, the situation they encountered was even more ideal than the best situation expected in advance. The suspicion of the colonial authorities, on the contrary, made a series of methods prepared by the intelligence agencies come in handy, making the Spaniards convinced of the information constructed by these evidences.
If the situation in the first half was the result of proper preparation by the intelligence department, then more than half of the investigation of the Han maritime merchants was due to the impromptu performance of Jose and others.The intelligence department did set the investigation direction for them in advance, instructing Jose to pay attention to the local Han merchants, but the specific operation needs to be controlled by Jose and others. Judging from the current results, what they have obtained The results have exceeded the expectations of the intelligence community.
The matter was so important that the two of them didn't dare to delay. Although it was almost midnight at this time, they hurried to Qiu Yuan's mansion with the secret report sent back from Cebu to report this important progress to him.
"Didn't you say that it would take a month or two for news to come back, why so soon? Is the news reliable?"
Qiu Yuan had already fallen asleep, but because Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng reported that there was an urgent matter, the secretary woke him up again, and then met the two late-night visiting subordinates in the study.After listening to their report, Qiu Yuan was also a little surprised.He knew that besides Manila, there were several other places investigating the matter, and Manila should be the latest place to intervene in the investigation, but now it seems that they have seized more accurate information ahead of them.
However, Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng did not dare to guarantee whether the information obtained by Jose and others in Cebu was reliable. After all, the people they sent were all newbies, and they might make mistakes in judging the situation.They could only tell Qiu Yuan that the information sent back had relatively high credibility, and further measures could be considered.
Although Qiu Yuan was somewhat skeptical, he still chose to believe the intelligence department's opinion. After all, he had cooperated with the intelligence department to write the secret letter himself, and he also hoped to find out the case as soon as possible.
So a confidential telegram was sent overnight from Manila to Sanya, and Qiu Yuan asked Victory Fort in the telegram whether to take follow-up measures immediately.
At this time, the executive committee is also studying the information fed back from various places. In fact, except for Manila, the investigation work in other places is also making progress.
The first is the local investigation by the Ministry of Security in Hainan. Zhang Qianzhi has investigated the South Asian ethnic groups and other specific groups who have settled in Sanya, and with the assistance provided by the local snake Lanka in the settlement area, he has already found out the dead people in Xue Zheng's team. South Asian identity.These people lived in Sanya for a period of time before participating in the attack on the son of the Joseon Dynasty. They all temporarily lived in the South Asian ethnic community at the mouth of the Sanya River as immigrants, but they have not yet had the opportunity to be naturalized.
According to the information found by Lanka, these South Asians are all from Luzon Island, and there are signs that they understand Spanish, which basically confirms the target of their service.After that, the Ministry of Security conducted a thorough search of the former residences of these people, and finally found a large sum of money from the mezzanine under the bed, and all of them were Haihan banknotes in large denominations, which far exceeded that of ordinary South Asian immigrants. level of property.
According to the speculation of the Ministry of Security, this should be their daily expenses or operational rewards, but this money was earned or spent, and it was eventually confiscated as stolen money.
According to the confession of Xue Zheng and others, the group of them assembled in Sanya, and the people who participated in the operation were basically lurking in Sanya. If they had not received the summoning order, they might have been in Sanya as civilians. live on.
This situation also sounded the alarm for the Ministry of Security. Xue Zheng and others were just a group of bounty killers who were forced to expose their identities in order to carry out the attack mission, but there must be more than these people lurking in Sanya, and Xue Zheng could not provide information more information.
The only thing that is certain is that there must be lurkers one level higher than Xue Zheng and the others in Sanya, so that they can be summoned when necessary.And this kind of lurker who hides deeper may have obtained Haihan nationality, and may even work in an official agency, and it will only be more difficult to dig him out.How to find these guys hiding in the dark is probably the key task that the security department will take time to complete next.
(End of this chapter)