Chen Mingxiang paid great attention to his contact with the navy, and the first acquaintances of Ono Nakasa, Nakajima Osa, and Shimada Nakasa, usually accepted his gifts.

Daily contact includes cigars, red wine, imported lighters, etc., and even the occasional expensive luxury such as a camera, and rare specialties for the New Year's holidays.

The relationship is slowly established in this way, Shimada Nakasabetsu looks at the rank and position is not high, but the qualifications in the Navy are not low, the key is that the school he graduated from is very famous, it is the Navy Non-commissioned Officer School.

Counting up, Yoshida Zengo, Yamamoto Fifty-six, Shigetaro Shimada and other famous naval generals are all his seniors, and most of his classmates work in important departments of the Navy or fleet, and they are very well-informed.

According to Shimada Nakasa, Admiral Shigetaro Shigetaro will definitely be reused after returning to Japan, and the bigwigs of the Military Command Department appreciate him very much, especially a royal bigwig who controls the Japanese Navy, and once specially promoted him.

The successor, Furukawa Mineichi, once served as the deputy chief of the military command department and the commander of the Japanese Second Fleet, and the specific situation is not very clear to Shimada Nakasa, after all, he is only a middle sake, and the level of contact is still a little lower.

Vice Admiral Takahashi, the newly arrived commander of the Third Fleet, Chen Mingxiang has not yet met, but according to Shimada Nakasa, he is a typical advocate of the southward expansion strategy.

After he became the second director of the Military Command Department, he always clamored for the seizure of the South Seas region and Southeast Asia, and as a circle of strategic interests of Japan, these remarks were deeply appreciated by the bigwigs of the Military Command Department, so he was sent to China to serve as the commander of the Third Fleet of the Front Fleet.

"I heard from Ono Nakasa and Captain Kodama that there will be a large-scale operation in the Imperial Navy in the second half of the year, and if you want to be promoted, this is a rare opportunity, do you want to participate in the battle of the marines stationed in Shanghai?" Chen Mingxiang asked seemingly casually.

The Marine Corps is the only ground force of the Japanese Navy, and it is also an important mobile force to compete with the Army, and now it is more and more valued by the Navy, and if the Navy has an important operation, the probability of the Marine Corps being dispatched is very high.

"I have also heard a little bit of this news, to put it bluntly, that is, the debate between the navy and the army on whether to go south or north, and now there is a definite conclusion."

"Germany and the Soviet Union have already started a war, and the Kwantung Army, the strongest and most elite army in the empire, has not made any moves, which shows that the southward strategy proposed by our navy has defeated the army's northward strategy and successfully mastered the situation."

"I have a very low position and don't know much about the inside story, but the Military Command Department asked the Kodama agency to increase the procurement of materials, especially strategic materials such as metal, tung oil and pig bristles, which is likely to make the final preparations for the southward expansion strategy." Shimada Nakasa said.

Being able to get this information is a gain for Chen Mingxiang, and he also knows that he can't get major naval secrets from the mouth of a middle-level officer, and this guy is not a lieutenant of the intelligence agency.

Chen Mingxiang also felt a little strange, tonight's drinking party was not very important, what was the Japanese high-ranking like the commander of the fleet running to do?

At six o'clock in the evening, people began to come to the club one after another, Chen Mingxiang, as the owner of the cocktail party, naturally had to greet at the door, and the seven spider spirits who appeared at the listing ceremony this morning also came to the club in advance to help Tang Seng.

"Your Excellency the Mayor, did you come early enough tonight to check the preparations for the reception?" Chen Mingxiang said with some confusion.

It's only six o'clock, according to the normal rules of the game, the drinking party starts at seven o'clock, this kind of big guy basically appears at about half past seven, Chen Gongbo's move is a little wrong!

"I've always been very relieved about the work you do, I don't need to check, I don't want to come early, it's just that some people's eyes are green when they are hungry, can you do it if you don't come?"

"By the way, Zhou Gaohai and Ding Mocun will also come to the club, you arrange a quiet place, we will meet first, there are more monks and less porridge, this meal is not easy to cook."

"At seven o'clock, after the high-level officials of the Japanese side came, they also arranged for us to have a meeting in this place." Chen Gongbo said meaningfully.

There must be something important at tonight's reception, and it is no wonder that the Japanese army is coming to the top generals, perhaps to discuss some secret with the city government.

"Your Excellency Mayor, I have a special meeting place in the Bank of China, just in the garden house in front, it is very quiet and no one dares to disturb it, what do you think?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

His house is cleaned every day by special personnel, always kept clean and tidy, and can be used as a reception place at any time, and there are cigars, red wine, coffee, not to mention the decoration, very high-grade, even luxurious, all the furniture purchased is Western-style, even the coffee pot and coffee cup are imported.

"That's the best, the environment in the office makes people feel uncomfortable, and when the drinking party starts, you ask Mo Guokang to come to this place, be my translator and recorder, and ask someone to bring a pot of tea and prepare ten teacups."

"You don't have to worry about the vigilance work, the gendarmerie command will be in charge later, if it weren't for the cocktail party, I would have asked you to come to the meeting." Chen Gongbo said.

This No. 2 traitor of Wang's puppet government has a not very good-looking face, but his eyes give people a feeling of helplessness.

Chen Mingxiang muttered in his heart, what the hell is going on, even Zhou Gaohai, the No. 3 traitor, and Ding Mocun are here, the problem is a bit big!

At half past six o'clock, the guests began to arrive in large numbers, to attend such an occasion, generally speaking, they have to bring a dance partner, and some people do not bring it, but they just want to take advantage of this opportunity to pull relationships, meet more people, and walk with more friends!

"Matsuda-kun, I haven't seen you for a long time, why do you have time to come here tonight? It looks like Your Excellency has a bright future and has obtained a higher rank, congratulations! Chen Mingxiang suddenly saw Matsuda Nakasa, the chief of the intelligence department of the 13th Army Headquarters, no, it should be Dazuo now.

"Thank you Jun Chen, I have received gifts from you many times, but I have never had time to thank you, I must have two drinks tonight, I came with Commander Shigeru Sawada, he has other things, and he will come to the reception later."

"Chen Jun, in the past six months, you have provided a large number of strategic materials for the 13th Army of our army, and His Excellency the commander has very much appreciation for you. Matsuda said with a smile.

"I know about the meeting, Mayor Chen Gongbo and Minister Zhou Gaohai have arrived in advance, and the meeting place is still arranged by me, if it is not for the reception of the Foreign Affairs Office, I, as the host of tonight, will not be able to get out, and I will also participate in this meeting."

"It seems that the situation will change at the end of the year, not only will the navy make a big move, but even your army will have important military operations." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

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