Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Ma Liang's strong reaction perfectly portrayed the role of a skilled special envoy with a top-secret mission.

At this moment, when I heard Xiao Li and the others mistakenly thought that they were the elite members of the famous Special Operations Team Red Team, I felt amused, but at the same time I realized that my efforts were not in vain.

Sure enough, not long after, Wang Xingyun took the initiative to explain and formally introduced himself:

"Comrade Special Envoy, I'm sorry to have tested you just now, but we also have our own difficulties."

"Now let me formally introduce myself. I am the chief of the First Section of the General Affairs Department of the New Fourth Army Headquarters. I am mainly responsible for transporting tungsten ore supported by the people of the Soviet area to Shanghai for trading in exchange for the weapons and medicines that our army needs most."

"This time, a traitor appeared at a transportation station along the way and we were unfortunately exposed and arrested. Fortunately, the special commissioner brought people by and saved us."

After listening to Wang Xingyun's explanation, Ma Liang was not surprised at all. He just nodded silently and continued driving.

Based on the few words of Chen Ziyi that he overheard on the drone, he had easily guessed what Wang Xingyun and others were doing.

On the contrary, Wang Xingyun is actually a section chief directly under the military. Although his position is not high, he has great power and can directly contact senior positions.

This was something Ma Liang had not expected.

Why did Ma Liang give such a high evaluation to Wang Xingyun, a section chief of the military department? This has to do with the importance of tungsten ore trade.

Back in the Soviet area, the output of the base alone was not enough to support the army.

From 1931 to 1934, before the start of the great migration, the Soviet area produced a total of 7830 tons of tungsten ore.

It brought back 620 million oceans of revenue for the Soviet area, accounting for % of the entire Soviet area's fiscal revenue.

This money not only bought the guns and ammunition that the troops urgently needed, but also cloth, salt and medicine, which fed 100,000 Red Army soldiers and supplied the people in the Soviet areas.

Tungsten is a very important material for military equipment. Tanks, armored vehicles, armor-piercing shells and aircraft, as well as civilian telephones, clocks and light bulbs all require tungsten.

In the early 1930s, my country's tungsten production not only accounted for more than half of the world's total, but its grade was also higher than that of tungsten mines in other countries.

Hans was determined to stir up trouble, and Britain and the United States were doing their utmost to blockade him. The only source of cheap and large quantities of tungsten ore that Hans could obtain was from China.

After the great transfer, the National Army immediately took over the tungsten ore trade with Hans.

The tungsten ore trade with Hans became bigger and bigger, and the Hans Marks in return were used to import large quantities of much-needed arms from Hans.

With the assistance of Hans' military advisers, several troops equipped mainly with Hans' weapons were formed. This was the famous "German-equipped division" in history.

The tungsten ore arms trade did not stop even after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and the trading volume even increased. It was not until August 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II, that it completely came to a halt.

It was only the 38th year at that time, which was the time when the amount of tungsten ore exchanged for weapons was the largest.

Wang Xingyun and his team, who had been operating in the tungsten mining area for many years, were forced to leave and lost control of the tungsten mining area.

But by mobilizing the miners and gathering the resources piecemeal, we can still get some tungsten ore.

The New Fourth Army was also experiencing great difficulties at this time, although it had reached a united front, accepted reorganization, and was able to carry out open activities.

However, the National Army was worried that the New Fourth Army would develop its core base in the south, and originally agreed to provide 18 French francs per month in military expenses.

(At this time, the national army had a similar number of troops and a monthly military expenditure of 25 French francs)

The military budget was originally discounted, and in the actual implementation process, it was cut by more than half, with only 8 French francs actually issued each month.

This 8 yuan per month was barely enough to guarantee food and wages for all officers and soldiers in the war situation with rapid inflation.

If there is a war during this period, this amount of military expenditure will obviously not be enough.

Fighting a war in this era required hiring porters, buying medicines, and preparing items to be used in case of casualties on the battlefield. It also consumed more food and non-staple foods than usual.

At this time, due to the outbreak of war, the price of tungsten ore skyrocketed. In addition, Wang Xingyun's batch of tungsten ore needed to be transported over long distances and secretly, so it was refined using traditional methods.

At this time, the price of unrefined tungsten ore powder had risen to 1700 oceans per ton. The price of the refined tungsten ore in Wang Xingyun's hands was at least around 8000 oceans, and 20 tons was 16 oceans.

According to the actual monthly military expenditure of 8 allocated by the National Government to the New Fourth Army, this batch of tungsten ore can support the New Fourth Army for two months. It is not difficult to explain why Wang Xingyun, the section chief, is so important.

Apart from Wang Xingyun trying to figure out some unpleasant things on the road, the atmosphere in the car was very depressing.

After about two hours, following Wang Xingyun's instructions, Ma Liang drove the car to a secluded mountain village and stopped.

Without saying a word, they started moving weapons and ammunition from the trunk of the car. Wang Xingyun and the other two also sensibly got out of the car despite their injuries and silently watched Ma Liang move the guns.

After Ma Liang moved the last gun, he got into the car without hesitation, closed the door, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment, Comrade Special Envoy!"

Wang Xingyun, who had been holding back until now, saw that Ma Liang was about to leave and finally couldn't help it. He called Ma Liang and also explained to Xiaoli and Xiaozhang.

"Xiao Li, Xiao Zhang, you are responsible for the alert. No one is allowed to approach unless I call you, including you two!"

"Yes, section chief!"

Ma Liang knew that the sex scene was about to begin, so he didn't say anything, but just looked at Wang Xingyun in confusion.

When Wang Xingyun saw that Xiao Li and Xiao Zhang had gone far away, he said to Ma Liang in embarrassment:

"Special Envoy, I have something I want to ask you for help with!"

"Let's be frank. We are all comrades. I will definitely help if I can!"

"It's like this. The transaction of the 20 tons of tungsten ore that I'm in charge of is only two days away. You can see my current situation. We can't enter Shanghai City. Our communication ability is too poor. We don't have a radio station to notify our superiors and send someone else to take charge."

"You also happen to be going to Shanghai to carry out a mission. Can you help me pass on a message? I just need you to tell me the location of the tungsten mine, and the buyer will bring people to transport the goods into the city. You don't need to be responsible for anything else. The comrades in the city will complete the remaining transaction procedures themselves."

It seems that the entire transaction chain is independent of each other. The transporter does not know about the transaction, and the transaction does not know about the transporter. The confidentiality measures are very well implemented.

Ma Liang pondered for a moment and did not express his opinion immediately. However, Wang Xingyun, who was anxious to make a deal, could not help himself. The transaction volume was too large and the value was too high, and he could not afford any risk.

"I know this violates the organization's work discipline, but there is really no other way now. I hope the special envoy can help me with this."

"All right!"

Seeing that Ma Liang agreed, Wang Xingyun immediately told Ma Liang the contact point and code, looking anxious as if he was afraid that Ma Liang would go back on his word.

After getting the information he wanted, Ma Liang happily agreed to help Wang Xingyun.