Chapter 220: Intelligence for Weapons

"Business?" Nolan almost fell off their chair.

Thinking back to the so-called business last time, although it had let me prepare in advance, it also almost skinned me alive.

Regarding this, Nolan also has deep misgivings about his godfather.

"Believe me, it's absolutely a good deal." Seeing Nolan's slightly apprehensive expression, Chen Yongren smiled brightly.

Afraid?

Being afraid is right.

"……" Nolan remained silent.

Seeing Chen Yongren like that, he felt even more afraid.

Last time I told the godfather about the warehouse matter, Nolan has been uneasy, fearing it wouldn't be discovered.

Now the godfather wants to talk business again?

Who knows what kind of business he wants to discuss this time.

At this moment, Scarlett also noticed the commotion over at Nolan's side.

Although the Intelligence Bureau headquarters ordered a temporary halt to surveillance of Nolan, she still keeps an eye on Nolan when she has nothing else to do.

Looking at the stranger sitting across from Nolan.

Scarlett suppressed her inner delight.

"This guy is appearing for the first time!"

"Who is he?"

"How come Nolan looks at him with such a frightened expression?"

"There's a problem!"

"What do they want to do?"

Scarlett tried to stay calm, pretended to drink coffee, and her gaze lightly swept over the positions of Chen Yongren and Nolan.

"Should we look for a chance to approach him?"

"I have a feeling that approaching him will surely bring unexpected gains."

"I'm a woman, I can use my own advantages."

"I've done it this way before, and I can do it the same way this time."

This female spy is a bit overconfident.

If she really takes the initiative to come forward, Chen Yongren wouldn't mind leaving her a deep memory.

Nothing else to say.

The more you look at this female agent, the more she resembles that Black Widow, with a curvaceous figure, a head of fiery red hair, and a wild look.

No matter how wild the horse, after being whipped twice by the young master with a big whip, it will become a docile donkey.

Nolan is really useless.

After all this time, Nolan still hasn't dealt with Scarlett.

"What kind of business do you want to do?" Seeing Chen Yongren remain silent, Nolan was the first to break the silence.

Chen Yongren said: "I want machine guns and submachine guns, at least a hundred!"

Nolan frowned slightly, wary, and asked: "What do you need this equipment for?"

Then he seemed to realize something, and whispered: "You want to be a middleman, selling weapons to the National Government—daydreaming, that's impossible."

"Even my bureau chief couldn't have that authority."

"This would violate the neutrality clause."

"You know, we absolutely cannot sell weapons to the National Government."

Chen Yongren quietly looked at Nolan.

Meeting Chen Yongren's gaze, Nolan suddenly lost his composure and repeated: "... You know, this can't be done."

"Your neutrality clause also says you can't aid the National Government in any form, yet in the end you still assist it through commercial loans." Chen Yongren sneered.

Nolan remained silent.

He had certainly heard of this matter before.

But in Nolan's view, might makes right.

We're already giving the Japanese plenty of face by going through this process.

The Japanese merely muttered a couple of words, not daring to even let out a faint fart.

"Furthermore." Chen Yongren gave a mysterious smile and continued: "When did I ever say I would sell this batch of weapons to the National Government? I'm using them myself."

"For personal use?" Nolan's expression was strange; he simply didn't believe this nonsense.

"Of course." Chen Yongren nodded as if it were obvious.

The development of the Chinese gang requires weapons to support it; otherwise, how could we seize territory?

How to deal with that bunch of foreign patrols…

Ptooey!

Gang members engaged in a firefight.

"How many do you want?" Nolan asked.

Chen Yongren said: "First, 100 Chicago Typewriters, twenty Browning light machine guns, and 100,000 rounds of ammunition each."

After pondering for a moment, Nolan nodded: "No problem, a total of $50,000…"

Before Nolan could finish, Chen Yongren cut him off: "Wait, when did I ever say I'd pay?"

"?" Nolan slowly had a question mark pop up in his head.

You still want to freeload?

"As an exchange, I can give you important information." Chen Yongren said.

"What information?" Nuolan asked.

Chen Yongren said: "The transaction details between Germany and Riben."

"What did you say?" Nuolan exclaimed.

He had some doubts originally, but thinking that the godfather was far away in Songhu, yet even knew the true identity of the Black Widow.

It's not surprising for such an intelligence organization to obtain the transaction details between Germany and Riben.

If the godfather could produce strategic-level information and know in advance Germany and Riben's upcoming operational plans, he could make a killing from this war.

"This isn't the place to talk about these things!" Nuolan looked around and directly took Chen Yongren to his usual residence.

"After they reach an agreement, Germany and Riben will expand military cooperation, strengthen military exchanges, exchange weapon blueprints, and mutually improve each other's military capabilities." Chen Yongren said.

"Besides that, there is also the most important clause."

"What clause?" Nuolan exclaimed excitedly.

"The main event has finally arrived!"

He had a feeling that this clause was very important.

It even pertains to Germany's upcoming operational focus.

"This is another price, Nuolan; the weapons you give me can only buy this information." Chen Yongren laughed.

This information is really too expensive, but Nuolan only dared to think it, not say it, for fear of angering the godfather.

His mission was to gather intelligence in Songhu; now a major piece of information is right before him—how could he miss it?

"What do you want then?" Nuolan asked.

"Then it depends on what price you can offer." After saying that, Chen Yongren stopped paying attention to Nuolan, turned and left the room.

Left Nuolan alone in the room, scratching his head and cheeks.

Damn you for selling resources to little Japan; I'll annoy you for a few days first, then we'll talk.

……

After several days of continuous searching, the Japanese devils' search team finally found traces of the ship being violently struck in the reef area, as well as several chunks of flesh hanging on the reef.

They immediately realized what had happened.

Sailing at night is prone to going off course; surely they deviated from the normal route, accidentally hit the reef, and attracted nearby sharks.

Although the sinking area was determined, they had no means of salvage, so they could only first report this to Tengyuan Jintai.

Tufenyuan's office.

"General, the wounded soldiers' ship has been found. According to the report, they accidentally steered the ship into the reef area in the dark night, the ship sank and then came under attack by sharks." Tengyuan Jintai gave a simple report of the matter.

"Bah, you idiots, how could you go to the wrong place!" Tufenyuan Er shouted angrily: "Losing a few wounded soldiers is nothing; the charts we painstakingly bought have all sunk to the seabed!"

He knew that the reefs outside Songhu waters had complicated terrain, let alone the fact that sharks frequented the vicinity, making salvage nearly impossible.

"Go find the Germans immediately and demand the backup documents!" Tufenyuan Er shouted angrily.

"General, on the day of the incident I already demanded the charts again from the Germans." Tengyuan Jintai shouted angrily: "But that guy named Noah said the charts had already been sold to us according to the contract."

"They have no obligation to provide a second copy."