Chapter 796: Intelligence Warfare Outside the Customs III
"I've heard of the female agent Nariko Kojima, she investigated Chen Jun, and it should be windless and waves, which also shows that Chen Jun's activities are suspicious, what about the conclusion of the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department?" Yukio Kasawara asked.
Although he did not believe that Chen Mingxiang would be an agent of the Military Command Bureau, as the chief of the general staff of the Kwantung Army, he must believe in the investigation of the intelligence department, and this is a matter of principle.
However, he didn't make a big fuss, and the instructions he gave to the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department were to seek truth from facts, and not to chase after the wind and shadows.
Chen Mingxiang is not a member of the Kwantung Army, but the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army is behind him, if Shunroku Hata is on fire, Umezu Mijiro will have to go around, and the background and strength of the people are much tougher.
"The Manchurian Railway Investigation Department has made a careful analysis of the large amount of information collected, and believes that Chen Jun is indeed in close contact with the Military Unification Bureau, which is an undeniable fact, otherwise the imperial army in Central China has obtained strategic materials worth more than one billion yuan in recent years, how did he smuggle them?"
"To say that Chen Mingxiang is an agent of the Military Command Bureau, at least until the purpose of the investigation has no evidence, Chen Jun's approach may be to bet on both sides, and his scope of activities is limited to smuggling, more appropriately, he is a typical speculative businessman, who has always followed the direction of the wind."
"The Shanghai Market Investigation Institute of the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department believes that in terms of his style of doing things, it is also difficult to explain it, he will hide when he encounters intelligence, he will hide when he encounters action, he is all in a false position, he does not want to be promoted, he just wants to make a fortune, he has opened a number of large enterprises in central China, and his own industries are increasing, and if the agents of the Military Command Bureau are like this, then the empire will be relieved."
"The intelligence department in Shanghai has not investigated him once or twice, he is eating in such an environment, how many pairs of eyes are staring at him, there has been no mistake in these years, and the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department does not believe that there are such powerful agents at all." Takeda said.
Kasawara Yukio was immediately relieved, the conclusion of the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department still had sufficient weight, and he also knew that the Military Control Bureau relied on smuggling to obtain funds, and in this respect, Chen Mingxiang may be the agent chosen by the Military Control Bureau, but at the same time, he is also the smuggling agent of the Imperial Army in Central China.
It is normal for military command agents to lurk in a certain intelligence agency to collect information, but if Chen Mingxiang is a military commander agent, it is too outrageous!
He owns Huatong Trading Company, Haiyuan Salt Industry Company and Yuchang Coal Company, more than a dozen enterprises such as textile mills, silk reeling factories, silk weaving factories, tea factories, tobacco factories, briquette factories and shipping companies, as well as a large number of tea shops and silk villages, and his assets are estimated to be hundreds of millions.
"This kind of behavior of betting on both sides is understandable for Chen Jun, which comes from the instinct of a businessman, plus he is originally a Chinese, and he will not be 100% loyal to the empire."
"It is not surprising that even among the personnel of our empire, there are many unreliable, such as those who are greedy chaebols, such as those who betray the country."
"Since he is good at speculative business, as long as the General Headquarters gives him enough benefits, he can also be used by us, I like such a person." Yukio Kasahara said with a smile.
It is normal to make war and wealth in wartime, and there are not a few people who do this, and those with shortcomings are the easiest to control and the most reassuring.
Chen Mingxiang took Akiko Takada from the club and took a car back to the residence in the Japanese overseas Chinese residential area in Xinjing, and the girl's expression was not panicked, but a little uneasy.
Along the way, he carefully scrutinized this matter several times, combined with what Furuno Yoshiwu just said, he probably understood something, and his mood was not so depressed, even if she was an intelligence officer, so what?
"Miss Takada, please take a seat, please don't be restrained when you come to my house, since several generals have arrangements, you will come over and be responsible for cleaning up the housework according to the working hours at the Yamato Hotel in the future!"
"My main business is in Central China, that is, Jiangnan in the eyes of ordinary people, the number of times I come to Xinjing is very limited, sometimes I can't come once a month, this residence will be entrusted to you." Chen Mingxiang said.
Since the last time he left, the people of the Xinjing branch have adjusted the furnishings in the residence according to his intentions, replacing the sofa, coffee table, wine cabinet and other Western-style furniture in the living room, and laying exquisite carpets.
Although it has just entered November, there is already heating in the house, and the temperature must be at least about 20 degrees, which makes Chen Mingxiang feel uncomfortable.
"Chen Jun may have misunderstood, I am not an agent sent by the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army to supervise you, just an ordinary waiter at the Yamato Hotel. Major General Yoshitake Furuno thinks that you have worked hard for the Kwantung Army to exchange supplies, so he asked me to take care of your life and did not accept any other mission. ”
"My family used to be in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was a very beautiful city, my father was a businessman, but because of poor management and went bankrupt, the family moved to Shinkyo with the immigration policy of the empire, and the family had two younger sisters and a younger brother in addition to their parents, and opened a small grocery store in Shinkyo to make ends meet."
"I went to school in Shinkyo, and after graduating from middle school, I stayed at home for two years, and then went to the Yamato Hotel as a waiter, and I was the first in every internal assessment, and I was fortunate to make tea and pour wine for the generals of the empire several times, and was promoted to senior waiter by the hotel, Major General Koshitake Furuno had a little impression of me, and this selection was still appointed by him." Akiko Takada said with a gentle smile.
Yamato Hotel is the property of South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd., is a chain of high-end hotels, senior military officers and high-level government officials, used to come here to meet or organize activities, the waiter of the hotel is naturally one in a thousand.
Since Akiko Takada works in such an environment, her reaction is definitely much sharper than that of ordinary people, and she already feels that Chen Mingxiang is worried about her identity.
Since the 918 Incident, Japan has immigrated a large number of people to the puppet Manchukuo, similar to the experience of the Takata family, which is simply countless, but Chen Mingxiang will not easily believe her, her own mission is higher than life, how can she trust people at will?
Akiko Takada went to the kitchen to find the iron kettle, opened the faucet and filled it with water, lit the gas to boil the kettle, then cleaned the tea set, and skillfully brewed the pot of tea.
In the small talk between the two, Chen Mingxiang also learned some information that the living conditions of the Gao Tian family are not very good at present, although they are much better than the Chinese people in the occupied areas, they are not rich.
Her father was a chronic alcoholic due to a failed business, his liver was not good, and he did not have much work. My mother was overworked and now in poor health and needs to take medicine all year round.
After graduating from high school, one sister joined the Manchurian Railway headquarters as an ordinary typist, the other sister guarded the grocery store at home, and the younger brother was still in school.
It is said that the two of them have jobs, and there is a small business at home, so the income should be reasonable, but the parents' medical expenses consume most of the monthly income, plus daily expenses, and they are also very nervous.