At seven o'clock in the morning, there were still many people on the streets of the Public Concession, people who played all night in entertainment venues, people who got up to do small business, people who got up early to eat, and so on.

However, everyone was surprised to find that the various intersections near the border were surrounded by Japanese soldiers with loaded guns, and motorcycles, armored cars, and trucks were parked.

Many people already know about the shelling incident on the Huangpu River in the early hours of this morning, after all, the place where the incident occurred was on the side of the British Concession.

An atmosphere of panic and panic quickly spread in the public concession, and some merchants began to transfer valuables, and some even made their wives and children unkempt, fearing that the Japanese soldiers would behave like beasts.

Chen Mingxiang walked out of the Bank of China, looked at the cheering Japanese military police, handed out a box of cigars, and then drove to the office of the Foreign Affairs Office, waiting for the final moment to come.

At eight o'clock, the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Horiuchi Yujo, arrived at the Ministry of Industry Bureau by car, and on behalf of the Japanese government, he informed the administrative officials of the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands that the Japanese Empire had declared war on Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands, and was about to take over the public concession in Shanghai.

At eleven o'clock in the morning of December 8, the Japanese army and marines entered the concession at the same time from various junctions, and at twelve o'clock, all areas were completely occupied.

"Mingxiang, the Japanese army will not carry out massacres and robberies against foreigners in the concession, right? What other foreign women are there who will not be abused? He Bingxian said as he looked at the Japanese soldiers walking on the street.

The two sisters held one of Chen Mingxiang's hands, and their palms were covered with sweat, which showed that they were extremely nervous.

Staying in the Foreign Affairs Office, the Japanese army would not do anything to them, and according to past events, they were very afraid to see the scene of blood flowing into rivers and corpses on the streets.

In the process of the Japanese troops stationed in the concession, he was afraid that his lovers would be unexpected, so he asked them to follow Chen Mingxiang, which was equivalent to being protected by the headquarters of the military police stationed in Shanghai and the headquarters of the Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, and there was no place safer than Chen Mingxiang's side.

"Cases in this process are inevitable, but large-scale mass incidents will not, there are many embassies in Shanghai, and the Japanese government also has to take into account the international influence, not to mention, their purpose is to provide resources for the war with the huge wealth accumulated in the concession for a hundred years, and it is difficult to say in the future, the Japanese can do anything." Chen Mingxiang said.

He is also worried that this kind of thing will happen, but the current situation is that he is powerless, and he can't even help his country's fathers and villagers, let alone those foreigners?

Fortunately, the biggest purpose of the Japanese this time was to seek money, and there were no vicious incidents for the time being, and it is estimated that the Japanese troops stationed in the concession had received a stern warning in advance, otherwise it would never have been so calm.

In order to achieve a smooth transition, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai still handed over the concession to the former Ministry of Industry and Bureau to carry out "management" duties, and foreigners could continue to stay in their own residences, waiting for the implementation of population registration, and then they could walk outside, and on the surface it appeared that their work and life were not affected.

At noon on the same day, the Japanese in Hongkou District organized a great celebration, and the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Combined Naval Fleet and the great victory was also announced.

"Ono-kun, you should be the busiest time now, how do you have time to come to me?" Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

After he finished lunch, he was drinking tea with his sisters in the office! Although I didn't want to have anything to do with them, there was a beautiful woman waiting for me, and my mood was a lot more relaxed, and chatting helped me relax.

"The affairs of the concession have to last for a long time, and they can't be dealt with in a day or two, and my intelligence department doesn't have much work, and it's Shimada-kun and Nakajima-kun who are busy."

"There's no need to avoid it, just sit down, I don't have any important work, just come and sit and have a cup of tea. I have long heard that Chen Jun has a pair of beautiful twin girlfriends around him, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation! Ono said with a smile.

Chen Mingxiang was immediately embarrassed, Ono Nakasa was a naval intelligence officer, and he must have known that He Zhuoxian and He Bingxian sisters were Chen Gongbo's lovers, and when he said this, he was just joking with himself.

"Thank you for your compliment, our sisters are ashamed, please drink tea!" and Zhuo Xian generously poured a cup of tea for Ono Nakasa.

At this time, Chen Gongbo sent the two sisters to Chen Mingxiang, there was really no man's responsibility, and the two sisters were very contemptuous of this, they had never seen such a man!

"The judgment we made last time we drank was not wrong at all, the Combined Fleet really attacked Pearl Harbor and bombed the US Pacific Fleet station upside down, but the fly in the ointment was that the three aircraft carriers were not in the harbor, and the rest were perfect."

"This time the combined fleet implemented radio silence and only turned on at a certain time period, Admiral Yamamoto is really a genius, and we all think it is a miracle to have accomplished such a feat in a distance of more than three thousand kilometers!"

"Admiral Yamamoto conveyed the attack order to Vice Admiral Nagumo, and with only a few words and a set of numbers, he climbed a new peak of 1208, which shows how meticulous the fleet's plan is." Ono said.

The attack on Pearl Harbor had been successfully completed, and the inside story was no longer a secret, but became the best material to boost morale, and soon spread within the Japanese Navy, and Ono Nakasa's intelligence department was the first to get the news.

Climb to new heights 1208!

Chen Mingxiang suddenly remembered the telegram intercepted by the Xiamen Radio Station of the Military Command Bureau, and now the mystery has finally been solved, and it turned out to be a telegram sent by Admiral 56 Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, to Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, commander of the Mobile Fleet.

The sound of airplanes suddenly sounded outside, Chen Mingxiang pushed open the window and took a look, only to see several planes flying at low altitude, snowflakes of paper falling from the sky.

"What's this?" Chen Mingxiang asked curiously.

"Don't bother, it's a leaflet distributed by the joint command organization, the content is to calm people's minds and maintain social order, the imperial army will protect private property, and we will continue to drink tea." Ono said.

Isn't it a joke that the aggressor can also protect private property?

Whether it is an enemy property or not, it all depends on the mouth of the Japanese army, saying that you are, if you are not, you have to be, if you say no, yes or not, everything must be spoken with fists.

However, the confusing measures taken by the Japanese army still gave many foreigners some illusions, and the order was generally stable within the concession, but they did not know that the robbery of personal property was the last step in the process of receiving the wealth of the concession.

As soon as the Japanese army occupied the Public Concession, the banks of various countries were liquidated, and the banks of the governments of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Yamashiro were all entrusted to the Japanese Shojin Bank.

In the process, the Japanese army plundered about 1.12 billion yuan in cash in fiat currency, as well as assets worth 476 million yuan in fiat currency of major banks.

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