At about seven o'clock in the evening, the three of Nakajima Osa, Ono Nakasa and Shimada Nakasa of the Marine Corps Headquarters arrived at Marata Villa, although they were very familiar with each other, almost to the point of talking about everything, but they ate out at every party, and they had no contact with Wang Zhen, but they knew about her existence.

"Nakajima-kun, Ono-kun, Shimada-kun, you are my best friends, I solemnly introduce my confidante, my closest girlfriend Miss Wang Zhen." Chen Mingxiang pointed at Wang Zhen and said.

This is also a small means to increase mutual trust, all along, the political and military circles in Shanghai know Wang Zhen's name, but there are very few people who can see her, so there are rumors of Jinwu Zangjiao, the thing is, the more mysterious, the more people want to see her.

"Chen Jun, I have long heard that you have a beautiful and elegant girlfriend, a noble family from Jinling, when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation, it is the most beautiful young lady I have ever seen, you are really blessed!" Nakajima said with a smile.

"Don't dare to be so praised by His Excellency Dazuo, please take a seat!" Wang Zhen said with a dignified expression and a modest tone, then bowed slightly, turned around and left first.

"Thank you Nakajima-kun for your compliment, let's take a seat, first taste my lover Wang Zhen's tea art, it seems that today, a few of them are in a very good mood!" Chen Mingxiang invited the three of them to a specially arranged tea room.

In the center is a root carved coffee table, on which is placed a full set of tea sets from Ru kiln, surrounded by six root carved round stools, the ground is all paved with solid wood boards, the west wall hangs a calligraphy, a huge static character, the west wall is an antique wooden frame, on which are placed tea cans, teapots, teacups and various utensils.

Looking at Wang Zhen's elegant posture and skillful and superb movements, it was really very beautiful, and the three naval officers who also dabbled in the tea ceremony couldn't help nodding, although they couldn't be said to be top-notch, they could be regarded as masters.

"The fleet of the Imperial Navy conducted a long-distance battle with the American aircraft carrier fleet in the southwestern waters of the Pacific Ocean, that is, the Coral Sea, and the fleets of the two sides did not have any contact, it was purely an air engagement of carrier-based aircraft, which was also the first time in the world."

"A light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Navy, the Xiangfeng, was unfortunately sunk and also lost a destroyer, but the heavy aircraft carrier of the US Navy, the Lexington, was blown up and sunk by the Imperial Naval Air Force, and also lost a destroyer, so in contrast, the Imperial Navy achieved a victory." Ono said.

Chen Mingxiang knew almost nothing about naval vessels, and the training of the Military Control Bureau did not include heavy equipment such as airplanes and warships, but at most some knowledge of guns, explosives, and grenades that could be actually used in the performance of tasks, but after listening to the words of several naval officers, he could roughly understand what was going on.

The Battle of the Coral Sea, which took place between 3 and 8 May between the Japanese and US aircraft carrier fleets, was basically an equal battle, and it also created a naval history, thus changing the mode of naval warfare, and the use of aircraft carriers was raised to an extremely high status.

The USS Lexington, a heavy aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 43,400 tons, was able to carry more than 90 carrier-based aircraft to attack, and was the main aircraft carrier of the US Navy, which can be called a major loss.

However, the light aircraft carrier Xiangfeng, which Japan lost, had a full load displacement of only more than 11,000 tons, and was used as a submarine carrier, that is, a submarine command ship, and was converted into an aircraft carrier in late January this year.

This modified aircraft carrier is more peculiar, there is no bridge on the flight deck, and it is wooden, it can only carry thirty carrier-based aircraft to fight, and the losses are still within the bearability.

"Now that the Imperial Navy has won, let's have a good drink tonight and celebrate the heroic Imperial Navy, let's go to the restaurant!" Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

Although he felt pity in his heart, this kind of thing is just a spectator for a small person like him, besides, the information has been sent, and he has also fulfilled his responsibility for this battle, what effect has it played, and he still has to wait for the reply of the bureau headquarters.

"Fifty trucks? This number is too frightening, I need to discuss it with His Excellency the General, the public concession has been confiscated a lot, but the Imperial Army is also in need of transport, and I can give you thirty to reach the top. ”

"Chen Jun, why do you suddenly want to buy so many vehicles, if it's transportation, I can find a way to get you a few more freighters." Nakajima asked curiously.

"I also have no choice, you all know that I have three textile factories, and the cotton yarn and cloth produced are also the main commodities used to exchange strategic materials, but the imperial merchants always look down on my textile mills, and have repeatedly asked the military police headquarters to transfer these three textile factories to them, and they are still purchased at a low price, but fortunately, they were rejected by General Kinoshita Eichi."

"The main lifeblood of the textile mill is cotton, but the purchase of cotton has been monopolized by them, and the personnel I sent to the countryside to collect cotton have been repeatedly harassed, in view of this situation, I plan to withdraw two of the textile factories to Suzhou."

"The transportation of machinery and equipment and materials, the removal of personnel, all need transport trucks, and secondly, to harvest cotton in the countryside also need vehicles, 50 vehicles are not enough, my plan is to expand 100." Chen Mingxiang shook his head and said.

When nine out of ten sentences are true, and only one of them is false, it is impossible for most people to tell the difference, and Chen Mingxiang is using this principle at the moment.

The three middle-level officers of the Japanese Navy in front of them could not care about these things in normal times, and these situations were not lying, and even if they were checked, there would be no problems.

So what is a lie?

It is true that the difficulty in purchasing cotton has not yet reached the point of affecting production, and the Huatong Trading Company and the Guotong Region are doing business, but the Japanese military acquiesces to it, who dares to prevent these textile factories from collecting cotton?

The lie is that Chen Mingxiang's purpose is to move the two textile mills to the cotton production area, which can not only reduce the cost of transportation, but also control the cotton production area, and also make a look of grievance, which is "necessary" to withdraw from the Shanghai market and was forced by the Japanese textile industry.

"The three most expensive gentlemen may not know that just a few hours ago, Shimada Kiyoken Daisa, director of the First Economic Bureau of the Central China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy, Soichiro Ueda, president of the Shanghai branch of the Japan Textile Association, and Ling Xianwen, chairman of the Shanghai Material Control Committee, came to my house."

"They forced Mingxiang to close the factory, and they also robbed the factory's cotton yarn and cotton, and they didn't even plan to give the payment, and if they didn't transfer it, the factory would soon go bankrupt!" Wang Zhen said.

"Bastard! These merchants, who only saw money in their eyes, did they know that the products of the textile factory were not used for personal gain, but for the imperial army to exchange strategic materials for the Chiang Tong region! ”

"This kind of behavior directly affects the interests of the army, and it is extremely bad in nature, what is the gendarmerie command for?" Nakajima Daisa's face suddenly looked bad.