Chapter 189: I see
On 7 July, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Dispatch Army, Nishio Toshizo, was to come to Shanghai to inspect it?
Li Shiqun was dumbfounded, thinking that this matter was very ridiculous, what time is July 7, then it is the third anniversary of the July 7 Incident, the Japanese army should keep a low profile, is this Nishio Shouzo's brain in water?
"Your Excellency Nakasa, there is something wrong with Commander-in-Chief Nishio's actions, right? This may exacerbate the contradictions and cause turmoil in the Shanghai market. Li Shiqun said.
Nishio Shouzo ran to Shanghai to pretend to be forced, and it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with him Li Shiqun, but if there is social turmoil in Shanghai, the secret service headquarters will be busy.
"I also know it's inappropriate, but unfortunately, even General Kagezo can only watch from the sidelines, and we can't guess what the big man thinks!" Qingqi said helplessly.
Although the shadow of the Mei organ has a lot of power in China, it is really not enough to put it in the upper echelons of the army, Nishio Shouzo is the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion of China, or the commander of the 13th Army, that is an absolute big man.
"Paralyzed, is this commander-in-chief having his head caught in the door, but he chose this time to inspect Shanghai, and it is clear that he wants to provoke, in case the people in the military command know the news, then there is something going on, isn't there something going on, isn't it forcing our secret service headquarters to hang himself?" Chen Mingxiang scolded hatefully in Li Shiqun's house.
It turned out that this matter had something to do with Nishio Shouzo's visit to inspect, Li Shiqun didn't have as many channels as him, so he couldn't guess what happened, but he connected all the news, and the general outline was there.
But there is another point that doesn't make sense, such an operation should not be commanded by a commander-in-chief of the dispatch army, right?
Even if it is an offensive concession, the British and American concessions and the French concessions, there is basically no resistance force, the troops of the American and British troops have long been withdrawn, and the war in Europe is very tense, and with the help of the marines, the lease can be cleaned up.
"Who knows, we don't understand the affairs of the Japanese, starting tomorrow, the secret service headquarters will enter a tense state, and the July 7 incident will stimulate the people too much, so as to prevent something from happening. The city government is holding a meeting this evening, with the participation of the gendarmerie command, the police department and the headquarters of the secret service. Li Shiqun said.
In the office of the headquarters of the Third Fleet, sitting sat Shigetaro Shimada, Saburo Miura, Rear Admiral Minamizo Yunko, Rear Admiral Matsuue and others, and it was an extremely secret meeting, the goal of which, with the help of an unbelievable plan, was to annex the concession in one fell swoop.
The plan was proposed by Saburo Miura, and for this reason, it also received strong cooperation from the Navy, which is why he appeared at the base headquarters.
Why should the Navy support it?
The reason is actually very simple, there are two, one is to see the jokes of the Army, the Navy and the Army dog-eat-dog have become habits, there is no excitement, but the Army bites itself, and the feeling is too cool.
Second, the navy also hopes to expand the scale of the war, the army is fighting in China, but the navy is useless, and several broken ships of the Yamashiro government are far from being the opponents of the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet, and they are not a level of competition, so they are also ready to show their muscles and brush up their sense of existence.
"Yunzi has found a group of killers in Shanghai, all of them have accurate marksmanship and ask for money and death, equipped with grenades made in the United States, and when Nishio enters the hotel, he will throw grenades to kill him!"
"To be on the safe side, I arranged for two squads of gendarmes to follow them in plainclothes, and when they finished their mission, they would immediately shoot them indiscriminately, and if they missed, the gendarmes would take remedial measures and shoot at Nishio." Saburo Miura said.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Saburo Miura and Shouzo Nishio can be said to be incompatible, and freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and everyone who has been making trouble for a long time knows it.
Saburo Miura thinks that Nishio Shouzo is a fake aristocrat bought with money, taking the private benefits of Japanese companies, but pretending to be a fake Qinggao, which is a typical hypocrite.
And Nishio Shouzo thinks that Miura Saburo is greedy and shameless, he is simply a mountain bandit bully, he is tyrannical in Shanghai, and he also participates in the smuggling of tobacco, such a person is not worthy of being a general of the Japanese Imperial Army.
He wanted to remove Miura Saburo many times, but he also had a handle to be held by others, and this high-profile visit to Shanghai City, in addition to provoking the emotions of the Chinese people, made it clear that he wanted to slap Miura Saburo's face.
If the two had a quarrel and Nishio Toshizo made a request to the Ministry of War, Saburo Miura would inevitably be dismissed, which was the advantage of the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army.
Saburo Miura thought of this method, sent someone to assassinate Nishio Shouzo, and then took the opportunity to occupy the concession, according to the army's consistent thinking, his behavior will definitely be forgiven, and maybe he can be rewarded!
This is also the main reason why the Navy sees jokes, Rear Admiral Saburo Miura, the commander of the gendarmerie of the 13th Army Military Police Command, actually wants to murder the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army and the commander of the 13th Army.
The navy also has no good impression of Nishio Shouzo, this person is too arrogant, why don't you look at when, in case it causes public outrage and causes the Chinese to kill Japanese nationals, who will bear the consequences? Paralyzed, the Japanese theater is in charge of the marines!
"At 10 o'clock in the morning of 7 July, the Third Fleet began to mobilize and assemble on the river to prepare for an artillery bombardment, and the intelligence officers had already measured the coordinates, and as soon as the concession side sent a signal, the marines would immediately launch an attack, and with the current defensive capability of the British and American concessions, the battle would be ended in half an hour." Shimada said confidently.
Until 5 July, Chen Mingxiang still did not find out what the problem was, the Japanese army did not move at all, the fleet did not leave the port, and the marines did not assemble on standby.
But there are some things that cannot be calculated, and no one thought that Chen Mingxiang's doubts were actually solved by Wu Sibao.
"Director Chen, when I was drinking last night, I heard from the two brothers of the Green Gang that the head of the special high school class, Nanzao Yunzi, has often been in contact with a group of professional killers recently, and he doesn't know what to do!" Wu Sibao said.
The Green Gang is overwhelming in the local area, and the news is also the most well-informed, Miura Saburo and Nanzao Yunzi thought that what they did was very hidden, but they didn't expect to be remembered by the people of the Green Gang in their eyes and told Wu Sibao.
Nishio Shouzo is going to come to Shanghai, Miura Saburo has a grudge against him, Nanzao Yunzi hires killers, the Marines are going to prepare to attack the concession, Miura Saburo and Nanzao Yunko have been to the Third Fleet Headquarters!
All this is connected together, and Chen Mingxiang discovers an amazing thing, Saburo Miura actually wants to assassinate Nishio Shouzo, and then use this excuse to attack the concession!