Chapter 125 Self-sufficiency through War
Why did the Japanese military police command let the inspection team become a restriction on the entry and exit of materials in Shanghai? The Japanese side cannot give privileges to many people, because the military is worried that such smuggling will become uncontrollable and harm its own interests.
For example, large machine tools, seamless steel pipes, steel, rare metals, rubber, gasoline or diesel, communication equipment, radio stations, etc., must not be sold.
But what smugglers want is money, and they don't care about any policy or strategy, and they will sell whatever they have in the Shanghai market, so the existence of the inspection team is very necessary.
"Did the Director hear any good news? I have been chased by a group of powerful smugglers these days, and I have to ask the special high school to send a gendarmerie class, so that I can sleep quietly. Chen Mingxiang said.
"I went to the Mei organ just now and heard some news, which is not a secret, and the Japanese military headquarters has clearly issued the final order to the Japanese troops in various parts of China."
"Beginning in September, the country will no longer be provided with any other material support except weapons and ammunition, and military supplies will be obtained entirely in the occupied areas, and the insufficient part will be obtained by various means from the non-occupied areas, but no materials of important military value can be sent out."
"In August, the Executive Yuan of the Shancheng government issued a decree allowing grain, gauze, finished cloth, machinery, hardware, transportation equipment, communication equipment, cement, salt, alcohol, vegetable oil, diesel gasoline, medicines, sacks, electrical equipment, cotton yarn, medicines, chemical raw materials, insecticides, and other materials to enter the Chiang Tong District."
"It seems that the Yamashiro government is no longer able to hold on to the economic blockade of the Japanese army, and the conditions offered are that the goods will be released regardless of where they come from." Li Shiqun said with a smile.
As the director of the secret service headquarters, Chen Mingxiang must have known the news of the Japanese military police in his home, and he still felt a little emotion in his heart.
When he was deprived of power by the gendarmerie headquarters, Chen Mingxiang's home was deserted, and few guests came to visit, and suddenly he regained control of the inspection team, and the threshold was about to be broken in an instant.
"With the order of the Japanese military department, the military police headquarters is bound to relax the intensity of inspections, and those Japanese enterprises that are crooked and crooked must also quickly shut their mouths, and this will bring a completely new situation to the export of materials from Shanghai and the exchange of materials from the national control area."
"Good thing, Huatong Trading Company and Southeast Trading Company will generate a steady stream of wealth as a result, and the director can also use this as a basis to expand the strength of the agent headquarters, maybe by this time next year, you will already be the princes of the ruling party." Chen Mingxiang said.
Li Shiqun smiled slightly, and felt very useful to Chen Mingxiang's last sentence, this kid is very likable and can speak!
He is also a little self-aware, he is not arrogant enough to dare to compare with Wang Jingwei, the weight of the two is too much different, he is the vice president of the Shancheng government, the dignified number two person, and he doesn't want to catch up with him on a horse with qualifications and background.
But to be a prince, or perhaps a high-ranking official of Wang's puppet government, he still has this ambition, and with Mei Organ's support for him, as long as he does a few beautiful things, the position is at his fingertips.
In the end, Li Shiqun is the lackey that the Japanese admire the most, and the news he said is particularly reliable, and within two days, Gangcun Shaozo called him and asked him to go to the military police headquarters.
"Chen Jun, I have good news to tell you, according to the latest instructions of the Ministry of War, all dispatched troops in China must solve the problem of logistics support on the spot, and the rest must be self-sufficient except for materials such as guns, ammunition, and communication equipment."
"The other is the strategic reserve, the imperial army to accumulate strength for the war, especially rare metals, tung oil, rosin, pig bristles, timber and other materials, it must be purchased in large quantities."
"To this end, with the consent of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, the blockade of materials in Shanghai has been officially lifted, and it will be implemented from October 10, and you can contact those businessmen now, make arrangements according to your ideas, and then report to the special high school for the record."
"But you have to pay attention to materials such as cotton yarn and cigarettes, which require a small amount of output, machine tools that can make weapons and ammunition, seamless steel pipes, steel and rare metals, rubber, gasoline or diesel fuel necessary for transportation, communication equipment and radio stations, etc., still need to be strictly guarded." Kinoshita Eichi said with a smile.
Strict guarding? Prevent a fart!
These are all important sources of goods for trading with the national control area, and this is not good, so why not smuggle some cigarettes, cane sugar, hardware and salt?
"Your Excellency General, considering that Huatong Trading Company mainly smuggles tung oil, pig bristles and other important strategic materials for the navy and army, do you give me a special care?" Chen Mingxiang said.
"Chen Jun, Your Excellency the General also has his difficulties, this matter must be done, the military police headquarters' cargo export records, there must be no such thing." Gangmura Shaozo said.
You can't give up the huge dividends of Huatong Trading Company, just put on a high posture, and the output record does not fill in these types of things, you can pass the test, isn't this a cover-up and stealing the bell?
"Please rest assured, Your Excellency General, Huatong Trading Company will abide by the regulations of the empire, and must not let these materials flow out of Shanghai, and I will strictly require the various executive sections of the inspection team to carefully inspect the goods that have passed, and I will personally review the daily cargo records." Chen Mingxiang hurriedly said.
"Very good, I am still very relieved that you are doing things, the pressure on our army's strategic material reserves is much greater than that of the navy, the materials you exchanged from the Jiang Tong region will mainly be supplied to the army in the future, Kodama and Shifu dare to trouble you, I will come out to pay him." Kinoshita Eichi said.
For the sake of their own interests, the navy and the army, which are as deep as the sea, have just ended their cooperation in the big bombing, and then they begin to bite it, which is also the norm for the Japanese army.
The number of the army in China exceeds the number of the navy by 100 times, as high as more than 1 million, and the pressure on logistics has also increased dramatically when the base camp is so engaged.
Therefore, according to the order of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, in addition to the various field armies wantonly expropriating and looting supplies in the occupied areas, the military police, a special branch of the military, has also been entrusted with important functions, especially the military police headquarters in an international metropolis like Shanghai.
For Kinoshita Sakae, the Huatong Trading Company, which has close cooperation with the Kokutong Region and can bring a large number of strategic materials, is the most important link in the military police command, and it must serve the army.
He also knew that the Kodama agency had always relied heavily on Chen Mingxiang's smuggling channels, and during the period of cooperation, Kodama and Shifu also received great benefits and purchased a lot of strategic materials for the navy.
But the Navy's material procurement agency will not be put in the eyes of the Military Police Command at all, is it possible that on the ground, your Navy still dares to tear its face and find trouble with Chen Mingxiang?
Before that, please find out first, he is a member of the army gendarmerie stationed in Shanghai, and if he wants to exert pressure, he has to ask me if he agrees!