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

"Hey, give me four doses of Sijunzi Decoction. I need to replenish my spleen!"

When the underground party member disguised as a pharmacy clerk heard this, his eyes lit up and he was also confused as to why he didn't know the person who came. However, he still answered according to the contact code:

"Sir, medicine is poisonous to some extent, so don't take it carelessly! The chief doctor of our Chunlaitang is a veteran Chinese medicine practitioner from three generations ago. How about asking him to check your pulse?"

"Okay, let me check your pulse!" Ma Liang said as he clenched his right thumb into a fist.

The code words used by real agents during meetings are all very normal everyday expressions. There won't be any strange words like "The moon is so beautiful tonight".

Even gestures, facial expressions, tokens in the hand, and clothes worn are strictly regulated.

If any one of them doesn't match, the connection is considered a failure.

Seeing that Ma Liang had used both the code and the hand gesture correctly, the waiter led Ma Liang into a quiet clinic and shouted at the backyard:

"Doctor Guo, a guest is here!"

When Guo Xiaoan in the backyard heard the voice, he knew that the contact person had arrived. He suppressed his joy and slowly walked to the clinic.

But the moment he saw Ma Liang, Guo Xiaoan immediately became alert. Without saying a word, he felt Ma Liang's pulse and waited for Ma Liang to speak first.

"major!"

Ma Liang had been scoring this contact point since he came in. Seeing Guo Xiaoan's reaction, Ma Liang gave him a professional evaluation.

Since Ma Liang intends to use this contact point to establish contact with the underground party, he doesn't want to encounter a group of stupid teammates.

If Guo Xiaoan heard that Ma Liang, a stranger, had matched the contact code, and introduced himself right away, and called him comrade in a friendly manner, Ma Liang would give up this line immediately after reporting the information.

"You must be Guo An, right? Wang Xingyun, who shared a vegetable cake with you in Yangshan 35 years ago, asked me to bring you a message. The goods you want are in Luojia Village, 10 kilometers northwest of Shanghai."

Seeing that the other party did not speak first, Ma Liang took the lead in identity verification according to the secret between the two provided by Wang Xingyun.

"Why didn't Lao Wang come in person?"

When Guo Xiaoan saw Ma Liang tell the secret that only he and Wang Xingyun knew, he was already 8% convinced of Ma Liang's identity.

"There was an accident. He will tell you later."

Ma Liang knew that being arrested was not an honorable thing, especially in the spy world. What awaited Wang Xingyun was a long review, and there was no guarantee whether he could pass it, so Ma Liang did not tell the truth.

"I'll let the buyer pick up the goods right away!"

"You came just in time. If you had come a day later..."

Having said this, Guo Xiaoan stopped in time. He still had doubts about Ma Liang's identity, but this batch of medicines was too important, so he immediately arranged for someone to get them.

"Boss, it's not good!"

The guy outside suddenly shouted, and Ma Liang and Guo Xiaoan immediately stood up alertly.

Ma Liang had sharp ears, and he had already heard the sound of military boots stepping on the ground, as well as shouting and cursing in Japanese.

After Ma Liang and Guo Xiaoan came out of the clinic, they saw a business called Deyi Trading across the street being taken in and sealed off by the Japanese army. An interpreter shouted:

"The German-Italian Company violated the rules by smuggling tungsten ore. It has now been seized by the Japanese Locust Army. All the perpetrators will be arrested and all their funds and goods will be seized!"

"I repeat once again, tungsten ore is a strategically controlled material. All tungsten ore must be operated by Japanese trading companies designated by the government. No one else is allowed to operate it."

"It's over!"

Ma Liang clearly heard what Guo Xiaoan said in person, and he realized that the Deyi Trading Company across the street should be the buyer of the tungsten ore that the underground party wanted to trade.

At the same time, Ma Liang also remembered that it seemed that this year, because the Japanese army occupied Guangdong and Guangxi, the export channels of Hans’ tungsten mines were cut off, and all tungsten mines were controlled by the Japanese army.

Tungsten ore is an important strategic resource, and it is scarce in daily life, so naturally they would not give much to Hans.

Without the tungsten mine and having found a new tungsten mine in Spain, Hans no longer relied solely on China. After this year, he completely cut off his aid to China.

When Guo Xiaoan said "it's over", he didn't just mean that the deal was over.

Now that the Japanese army is conducting strict inspections, no one can bypass them and transport tungsten ore into the concession to sell to foreigners.

That meant that the New Fourth Army would no longer be able to use tungsten ore to exchange for urgently needed medicines and weapons unless they agreed to sell the tungsten ore to the Japanese army.

This is obviously impossible, but just because the New Fourth Army doesn't sell it doesn't mean others won't sell it.

You should know that tungsten ore is a necessity in military production, and Japan produces almost no tungsten.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, more than 75% of the world's tungsten ore was produced in China, and 99.9% of the country's tungsten ore was controlled by the Kuomintang government.

After all, tungsten ore is only produced inland, and the output in the Japanese-occupied areas is negligible. Therefore, as long as the National Government cuts off the supply of tungsten ore to Japan, the Japanese military production will definitely suffer a major blow.

Not to mention completely cutting off supply, at least it can reduce the quality of the Japanese army's weapons and equipment, increase their manufacturing costs, and reduce the number of deaths in fighting against the Japanese army.

But unfortunately, the superiors did not let go of this deal.

In just one month in 1940, Guangdong and Guangxi smuggled 80 tons of tungsten ore, while more than 3000 tons of tungsten ore were smuggled across the country every year, 97% of which was bought by the Japanese army.

It can be said that such important strategic materials could not be transported out without the permission and protection of the top leaders of the Nationalist government.

And these smuggled tungsten sands were turned into bombs by the Japanese army and exploded on the national army. It was truly magical.

Ma Liang was scratching his head in worry at this moment.

"Should we care or not?"

It would be impossible for others to sell tungsten ore to foreigners without going through the Japanese search, but this was a piece of cake for Ma Liang who had a portable space.

"Forget it, just help me this time!"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Ma Liang decided to help this time.

Ma Liang did not retreat immediately, but followed Guo Xiaoan to the backyard of the pharmacy.

"Maybe I can use my other channels to sell the tungsten ore!" Ma Liang said softly.

"Are you saying we want to sell it to the Japanese? I'd rather not sell it than have the tungsten mines that the folks in the Soviet area brought out with great effort turned into planes and tanks that attack our own people."

Guo Xiaoan thought that Ma Liang was going to propose selling it directly to the Japanese, so he rejected Ma Liang righteously, with a murderous look in his eyes, as if he wanted to treat Ma Liang as a traitor.

"No, it's sold to Hans. I know Hans merchants in the concession, and they can take it."

Ma Liang hurriedly explained, fearing that he would be misunderstood as a collaborator with the enemy.

"That's great, but time is a bit tight. How about this? Originally, we sold refined tungsten ore for 8000 dollars a ton. As long as the bill is settled before tomorrow, I can sell it to you for 6000 dollars a ton."

In a hurry to get funds to buy medicine, Guo Xiaoan took the initiative to slash the price.

Ma Liang looked at Guo Xiaoan with some surprise.

Being able to take the initiative to lower the price, Guo Xiaoan is a real character, both in terms of his courage and power in the underground party!

"If it's 6000 yuan per ton, I think they will be willing to settle the bill before tomorrow!" Ma Liang answered affirmatively.