Chapter 165: Hitting the Soft Underbelly
Last night in the Great World Ballroom in Jinling, Ding Mocun's younger brother Ding Shijun was beaten to death, ostensibly by a White Russian, but Su Chengde, the head of the Jinling District of the secret service headquarters, was also at the scene.
Ding Mocun, who was furious, immediately complained to Wang Jingwei and Zhou Gaohai, and pointed the finger at Su Chengde, and insisted that Li Shiqun was behind the scenes.
After such a serious incident, Li Shiqun couldn't stay in Shanghai, and took the train to Jinling early in the morning, and he was also worried that Wang Jingwei and Zhou Gaohai would listen to Ding Mocun's words and it would be unfavorable to him.
Although Ding Mocun has a position but no power, after all, he is a member of the Standing Committee and Minister of Social Affairs of the dignified Wang puppet government, and his status and level are far higher than Li Shiqun.
"Su Chengde is unlucky now, whether the matter is instructed by him or not, just by virtue of being at the scene, he will be suspected, after all, he is Li Shiqun's henchman, Li Shiqun and Ding Mocun are now enemies, and this move may not be true." Nina Liu said.
"When I finish dealing with the affairs of Luzhou, I will make a special trip to Jinling to express my condolences to Minister Ding, the situation at this time is very complicated, and I can't set myself on fire."
"Su Chengde is a traitor to the Central Union, and he was the first to be valued by Minister Ding, so he sat in a position in the secret service headquarters, but unfortunately, he took refuge in Director Li, such a person has a problem with his character, and sooner or later he will be unlucky."
"After I arrive in Luzhou, the affairs of the inspection team will be handed over to you to take full responsibility, and my seal will also be left for you, and the confidential room can use the radio to get in touch with me, and if there is anything that cannot be handled, send me a report, and the special high school has approved a military radio station for me." Chen Mingxiang said.
Radio is a strictly controlled military item, and even large businessmen with deep connections who need to use radio to contact business must apply to the Military Police Command for a record in advance.
However, considering that it was very inconvenient to have telephone contact between Luzhou and Shanghai, Gangcun Shaozuo of the Special High School approved a Japanese army radio station to Chen Mingxiang, and placed it at the acquisition station in Luzhou, and the Japanese army's telecommunications experts designed a set of simple passwords.
In addition, two telegraph operators were transferred from the radio training class of the secret service headquarters to be on duty for a long time, and Chen Mingxiang was allowed to purchase several radio stations for commercial use.
"This time, through the transport convoy of the Huatong Trading Company, medical supplies were delivered to the base area in a timely manner, and a large number of wounded soldiers and people were treated.
"In view of the special situation, after listening to the relevant reports, the leaders praised Chen Mingxiang through the provincial * party committee, although he worked for the Japanese puppet in the occupied area, he secretly made outstanding contributions to the anti-Japanese cause, and could not be treated as a traitor, and belonged to the object that could be won over." Zheng Tonghui said with a smile.
This was a rare large-scale medical aid with all kinds of bandages, medical absorbent cotton, medical alcohol, dressings, petroleum jelly, etc., filled half a truckload, and everything else was cloth.
Among them, the most precious was a box of aspirin tablets and sulfonamides, as well as a dozen sets of complete sets of surgical instruments imported from Germany, which made the leaders of the field hospital happy to close their mouths.
Another truck was full of rice, sugar, paper, soap and other daily necessities, which were confiscated items by the four enforcement sections, and Chen Mingxiang naturally had the right to call the shots, and only took out 30 percent, and no one would dare to ask.
"I was about to report to the organization that he took the people from the Luzhou Acquisition Station to Luzhou this morning on a plane from the Japanese Army."
"My fiancé is a very stubborn person, he will not easily shake his own ideas, every time I just mentioned the topic about us, he made excuses to prevaricate, I hope that the organization can take this opportunity to invite him to the base area to see on the spot, maybe it can touch him." Lu Kunyu said.
She has always wanted to fight side by side with Chen Mingxiang and be a husband and wife partner, but Chen Mingxiang is not interested in her topic, and every time she talks about him left and right, she deviates the topic.
The underground party had a prominent reputation in the anti-Japanese battlefield, but it did not have much presence in the underground battles in Shanghai, and now it was the military commanders who were fighting the Japanese and the Wang puppet government head-on.
At this time, Chen Mingxiang took the fight against the invaders as his belief, and his thinking was still relatively simple, knowing that the Yamashiro government was corrupt and short-sighted, but the fact was that the Yamashiro government was indeed confronting the Japanese aggressors, and under this premise, he did not think of changing his thinking.
"This matter can be considered, I will ask my superiors to see if I can arrange it, there is also our base near Luzhou."
"In fact, it is not necessary for Chen Mingxiang to become one of us, as long as he does not help the abuse, and is willing to make his own efforts for the cause of resistance against Japan, this is enough, time will prove everything, and the facts will also change his thinking, there is no need to force it." Zheng Tonghui said with a smile.
As long as they are willing to resist Japan, they are their own comrades, there is no rule that you must join the underground party to count, everyone has their own thinking and style of doing things, and it is meaningless to force it.
"Your Excellency, did you say that Chen Mingxiang went to Luzhou?" Nanzao Yunzi said.
She had just returned to Shanghai from Jiangcheng, and after coming to the Kodama Agency, the first news she heard was about Chen Mingxiang.
"Yes, he came to say hello to me before leaving, but this time he is very ambitious, and he is going to go deep into the Jiangtong District to open several large-scale acquisition stations and set up a material smuggling and transportation network, and I am very supportive of this."
"The degree of local government and ***** in the Chiang Tong District is unimaginable, and with his ability, he will definitely be able to handle the relationship with these people, there is no doubt about that."
"The war of the empire has been fought so far, and resources have been extremely tight, and the Military Command Department has asked the Kodama agency to do everything possible to collect materials, and Chen Mingxiang's measures will bring more resources to the navy."
"I agree to raise the purchase price of many materials, try to pay with hard currency like gold, and treat those who sincerely serve the empire, and let him see the benefits." Kodama and Shifu said.
The Navy's material procurement channels are firmly controlled by the Army, and in the Chinese battlefield, the Navy and the Army cannot really turn their faces, and Chen Mingxiang's Huatong Trading Company is becoming more and more important.
The scope of Kodama's collection is only in Shanghai and its surroundings, far from reaching the national control area, and there are many obstacles from the army, so he can't do anything in a hurry.
Chen Mingxiang came to the Kodama office in order to deal with the price of goods in the future, and he invested a huge amount of money and a lot of energy to transport the military supplies of the Chiang Tong region to Shanghai, and there must be a suitable price.
Kodama and Shifu agreed with this statement, as long as he could get what the navy needed, he could raise the price, and pay for it in gold and dollars, which were also stolen from the Shanghai market anyway.
He also promised to ask the naval fleet to take care of Chen Mingxiang's transport ships, and the condition for this was that the navy would have a 60 percent share of the goods of the Huatong Trading Company.
Chen Mingxiang was going to transport it directly from Gui Province to Shanghai by cargo ship, and when he arrived at the sea, it was the sphere of influence of the Japanese Navy, and this was a condition that had to be accepted.