As He Siming recounted the events, Ning Zhiheng finally understood the general situation. It turned out that Japan and Germany had signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in Berlin ten years ago due to their shared interests and strategic goals. Since then, their relationship had become increasingly close, and both sides had been trying to continue developing their military alliance.
Germany was the more proactive party in this regard. It had always hoped to have a strong force in Asia to contain the Soviet Union, prevent the Soviet Union from interfering in European affairs, and stop Germany's rise.
Japan naturally hoped to further establish a military alliance with Germany, a military power, to lay the foundation for its dominance in Asia and its rise to become a world power, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement.
Under this premise, relations between the two sides reached a high point. Since Germany's military technology level far exceeded that of Japan, it provided Japan with a lot of advanced military technology to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
Not long ago, Japan spent a considerable amount of money to finally obtain two very important technical documents from the Germans.
The most crucial document was the manufacturing blueprints for the G-type fighter jet engine, Germany's latest fighter jet engine. This was the most important piece of technical assistance Japan received from Germany.
It is important to know that in the early stages of World War II, Germany's fighter jet manufacturing technology was among the most advanced in the world, especially its engine technology, which was outstanding, with a reasonable structure and powerful horsepower, and was known for its superior performance.
The fighter jets developed in conjunction with these aircraft made a name for themselves on the European battlefield. In the blitzkrieg against Poland, the Polish Air Force was completely powerless to fight back. In the battle against France, they crushed the French Air Force with overwhelming force. Even the British Air Force's newly equipped Hurricane fighter jets were shot down in large numbers. It can be said that they swept across the European battlefield.
The G-type engines supplied to Japan this time are the latest technology recently developed by Germany based on the F-type engine. The difference is that they are mainly used for the manufacture of bombers.
Because Japan's main adversary is China, and China's military technology is far behind, Japan has already taken a significant lead in fighter jets and gained an overwhelming advantage. Therefore, Japan does not need to use more advanced fighter jets; its current Zero fighter jets are sufficient to cope with the situation.
However, in terms of bombers, due to China's vast territory and great strategic depth, the bombers developed by the Japanese themselves were clearly inadequate. Poor stability, short range, insufficient bomb load, etc., all restricted their offensive capabilities. Just bombing Chongqing was already very difficult. The bombers had to drop their bombs in a hurry and return immediately, otherwise they would not be able to return safely.
Not to mention, the Japanese had always planned to bomb Yunnan, China's rear area, directly threatening the Chinese government's main transportation lines.
For this reason, the Japanese specifically requested assistance from Germany and ultimately obtained this crucial manufacturing technology for the G-type engine.
Another top-secret document was the technical blueprints for German aerial torpedoes, a crucial technology urgently needed by the navy. Both were of great importance.
However, because Germany and Japan are too far apart, almost at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, separated by vast continents and oceans, their territories, airspace, and territorial waters are mostly controlled by enemy countries. For security reasons, such exchanges are conducted by the intelligence department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs through various covert means.
As always, after obtaining the two technical blueprints, Japanese intelligence agents disguised themselves and entered France from Germany. They then departed from the French port city of Lorient, took a passenger ship, circled the Cape of Good Hope, passed Madagascar, went through Singapore, and finally arrived at the international port city of Hong Kong, before transferring back to Japan.
Although this route is long, it is safe and has never had any problems. However, this time, an accident occurred. Just as the passenger ship was about to arrive in Hong Kong, Naoto Yanagawa, the head of intelligence at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of this transportation mission, suddenly died on the passenger ship, and the two blueprints he was carrying also disappeared.
This sudden turn of events stirred up a hornet's nest. The intelligence department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in a panic and immediately mobilized all intelligence forces in South China to try to retrieve the blueprints. The incident was too serious, and the orders were extremely forceful, even involving the Navy. Finally, the message reached He Siming.
This was indeed a crucial piece of intelligence. Ning Zhiheng pondered to himself that because the Chinese government's military technology foundation was too weak, these two technical drawings were not of great military significance to the Chinese government, but they were of great political significance. Perhaps he could think of a way to resolve this.
However, the incident occurred far away in Hong Kong, beyond the reach of our intelligence capabilities, making it difficult to intervene unless we use the intelligence market.
Thinking of this, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but feel a little tempted.
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