Although Kinoshita Eichi was the commander of the headquarters of the gendarmerie stationed in Shanghai, he had very little contact with Li Shiqun, and although the secret service headquarters was also under the supervision of the special high section of the headquarters, in fact, he mainly obeyed the orders of the Mei organ and then the instructions of the Jinling government.

The Gendarmerie Command was responsible for maintaining law and order in Shanghai and safeguarding the interests of the Empire, the Military Department, and the Japanese, while the Municipal Police Department was more suitable for such work, and the ties between the two sides were relatively close.

Therefore, he didn't have a good impression of Li Shiqun, and his tone was always sarcastic, and he was not unclear about the bad things that the secret service headquarters did in private.

But all traitor spies are the same, Kinoshita Rongshi is not particularly disgusted with Li Shiqun, this person is indeed capable, he can uproot the division of the Military Administration in Shanghai, this is the achievement, even the special high school class can not do this level, the empire needs such a person at this stage.

"Your Excellency General, my textile factory has been relocated to Suzhou, where Li Shiqun's territory is, and the local tea, raw silk, grain, rice, cotton and other materials still rely on his strong help, this request I can't refuse." Chen Mingxiang said.

If you want to impress Kinoshita Eichi, you have to come up with substantive reasons to convince him, whether it is a good impression or a bad impression, it is not as important as money after all.

The military police headquarters stationed in Shanghai accounted for half of the net profits of the Huatong Trading Company, and Kinoshita Eichi received an astonishing amount of dividends from it, ensuring the smooth production of the textile mill and the smooth progress of the smuggling transaction, which was also to protect his personal interests.

"What you said is also reasonable, the key to the survival of the textile mill is cotton and cotton yarn, it does need the support of the local government and the Qingxiang Committee, and it can't bypass Li Shiqun, since it involves the business of Huatong Trading Company, it makes sense for you to make some efforts in exchange."

"It may be a little difficult for you to find a breakthrough, and that's because you are not familiar with General Matsui's resume, and you don't know much about the relationship between the generals of the Imperial Army in Central China and him, so you came to me right."

"Matsui Taikuro used to be a staff officer of the Huaxia Division of the General Staff Headquarters, if you want to quickly get closer to him, now there is a good opportunity, just two days after coming to Shanghai, I am preparing to set up a special army headquarters in Shanghai Army Department Takeo Imai, who has worked in North China with General Matsui before."

"At that time, Takeo Imai was an army assistant military attache at the Imperial Embassy in China, and he had worked in Beiping for a long time, and he had a very good relationship with General Matsui, who was the head of the Beiping secret service of the garrison army, so you naturally don't know about this matter." Kinoshita Eichi said with a smile.

The gendarmerie is the policeman in the army, and this special branch of the army naturally has special resources, as the commander of the gendarmerie, Kinoshita Sakaiichi knows all the information of all the generals of the entire dispatch army headquarters, and it can be said that he knows everything about it, and as soon as Chen Mingxiang mentions Matsui Taikuro, he can immediately think of Imai Takeo.

"Takeo Imai Daisa? I have heard of this person before, he should also be a member of the Mei Agency, and he participated in the relevant negotiations of the agreement signed by Chairman Wang and the empire. Chen Mingxiang said.

Although he has not had any contact with Takeo Imai, he is no stranger to this person, and it can be said that this person played an important role in the formation of Wang's puppet government.

Moreover, Imai Takeo also participated in the third secret negotiation between the Japanese government and the Yamashiro government, and implemented the strategy of luring the old man to surrender.

Strictly speaking, Takeo Imai should be a spy, or a relatively high-level spy, not a pure soldier, and his work is more political and intelligence.

"Yes, Takeo Imai was previously the head of the second and fourth sections of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, participated in the negotiations between the empire and Chairman Wang, and assisted General Kagesa Zhenzhao in promoting the formation of the Jinling government, so he was naturally an early member of the Mei Agency."

"Later, he was transferred to the 65th Brigade of the 14th Army as the commander of the infantry wing, participated in the attack on the Philippine Lubin, and had just been transferred back to Shanghai from the base camp in Manila."

"The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army believes that there are too many army agencies stationed in Shanghai, and is ready to form an ad hoc army department in a comprehensive manner to manage it in a unified manner."

"Considering that Takeo Imai had been in Shanghai for a period of time before and was familiar with the situation here, he appointed Takeo Imai as a senior member of the department to be responsible for the formation of this department." Kinoshita Eichi said.

Shanghai is not only the largest international city and financial center in Asia, but also the core of China's industry and commerce, especially the highly developed public concession and the French concession, which are very important to all units of the Japanese Army.

The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, the Headquarters of the 11th Army, the Headquarters of the 21st Army, the Headquarters of the North China Front, the Headquarters of the First Army, and the Headquarters of the 12th Army all have their own directly subordinate organs in Shanghai, and it goes without saying that the Headquarters of the 13th Army is stationed in the local area.

The biggest drawback of the Japanese army in the war was that the logistics system was a mess, and it was impossible to guarantee the supply of military supplies, and the regular supply of daily necessities was not timely, which affected the life and operations of various troops.

Without a unified management organization, the offices of various military-level units are somewhat chaotic, and conflicts often arise in order to grab supplies, and the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army is also a headache for this.

This time, Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hahata sent Yongjin Zuo to be in charge of the special task of deputy chief of general staff, and set up a special War Department stationed in Shanghai, in order to solve this problem.

The escalating contradictions within the army have aroused the dissatisfaction of the Central China Liaison Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xingya Academy, and Japanese enterprises in Shanghai have also made frequent complaints.

"Your Excellency General, I don't want to say that Imai Takeo Dasa is a friendship, but I haven't even dealt with each other, so it seems a little inappropriate to visit him directly and ask him for assistance, right?" Chen Mingxiang said embarrassedly.

If you want to find Takeo Imai as an intermediary and help persuade Matsui Taikuro, you must not be able to go straight, you must find a suitable introducer, right now, listening to Kinoshita Eichi, he and Imai Takeo are not very familiar with each other, and he can't find the temple gate with a pig's head!

"Takeo Imai was originally in charge of intelligence work at the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, and since he is a member of the Mei Agency, you can ask Major General Kawamoto, the Minister of Intelligence of the Thirteenth Army Headquarters, to come forward."

"He is in charge of the intelligence work of the garrison headquarters, and there is a lot of interaction between the two, and I have heard that the personal relationship is also very good, and if he comes forward, I believe there will be a happy result." Kinoshita Eichi said.

With Kinoshita Eichi, a person familiar with the Japanese generals, beside him, Chen Mingxiang felt that the complicated situation suddenly became clear, as long as he could find the right person, there was room for negotiation in everything he wanted.

But turning around, the key to solving this problem returns to the Mei Mechanism itself!