Xiaobao sat on the train from Harbin to Dalian. Opposite him sat Kenji Ogasawara, a lieutenant of the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army. Michitake Yamaoka and Daikiyan sat on the other side facing each other.

The train stops at Xinjing Railway Station. All four of them were looking out through the car window.

"It's really fast, from Harbin to Xinjing in such a short time." Daiki said as he looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Eighty kilometers per hour. It is the fastest train in all of Asia. It's faster than a train in Japan, and there are so many mountains in Japan. Shan Gang Daowu said with emotion.

"When I first arrived in Manchuria from Japan, I wasn't used to it. Manchuria was too big. Oki Yanichi was also very emotional.

"Xinjing has been built from such a small place to what it is now in just a few years. The tall buildings are designed by some of Japan's best designers. Wide streets allow planes to take off and land. As a city, it has begun to take shape. Yamaoka Daowu said.

"We want to build Manchuria into a strong and reliable rear for Japan. I hope this trip to Shanghai will be worthwhile. Da Xi Yan said with a sense of ambition.

"It's a big rear that can be attacked, retreated, and defended. It is better to lose the Japanese mainland than to lose Manchuria! Shan Gang Daowu said decisively.

Xiaobao didn't understand Japanese, and he didn't understand a word of what Yamaoka Michitake and Daiki Yanyi said.

Kenji Ogasawara also sat there with a blank expression. Ostensibly, he went to Shanghai with the two governors to investigate Jewish assets, but in fact he was proficient in English and had another mission to Shanghai.

An officer walked into the carriage, he gave a military salute to Yamaoka Michitake, and then handed an envelope to Yamaoka Michitake.

Michiwu smiled and took the envelope and put it in his pocket.

The officer turned and walked out of the carriage and got off.

The other three people in the car all looked nonchalant and indifferent.

The train started slowly, and the scenery on both sides of the window receded faster and faster.

"We arrived in Dalian in more than ten hours. Then we can take a boat to Shanghai. Shan Gang Daowu said with great interest.

"With the Korean Peninsula to the north, Japan to the east, Chinese mainland to the west, and Taiwan to the south, such a large ocean is now a veritable Japanese inland sea." Daxi Yanyi said with a smile. His words obviously echoed the meaning of Yamaoka Daowu.

"Sometimes I think the Japanese Empire is expanding too fast. Can this really last? Yamaoka Daowu said. His face turned gloomy.

There was a sudden silence in the carriage.

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In the small building of the Plum Blossom Hall in Hongkou, Shanghai. Several key members of the Mei organ sat together to discuss several major events that had taken place recently.

Inuyoken said: "General Kagezo accompanied Mr. Wang back to Japan to discuss the establishment of the provisional government of the Republic of China. Now that Michitakeshi Yamaoka of the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army has come to Shanghai to track down the flow of Jewish funds from the northeast to Shanghai, how should we respond? ”

Shimizu Dongsan said: "Shanghai has been seriously damaged by the war. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are also pouring into Shanghai. The arrival of Jewish people and money in Shanghai is a good thing for us. The last time people from the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army came to Shanghai, they had already blocked us back. This time we can push them back as well. ”

Hikojiro Suga was a member of the Japanese Navy's Secret Service. He said confidently: "Shangang Daowu, a wealth fan, and Daxi Yanyi, a pervert, are they so difficult to deal with when they come to Shanghai together?" It's just that as far as I know, a few of them have already booked a room on the fifth floor of the Sassoon House Hotel. And I heard that Hurley, the military attache at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, is going to Shanghai for a vacation in the near future. He also lives in the Sassoon Building, you see. ”

"There's no conspiracy in this, can it?" Inuyoken squinted his eyes and said.

Japan is far from monolithic. Contradictions between the army and the navy. The contradiction between the establishment and the non-establishment. Even soldiers from different backgrounds have different ideas. The Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain were very different. It's normal for everyone to protect their own one-third of an acre.

With the rapid expansion of Japan's sphere of influence, this contradiction became more and more intense. Whether to go south to Southeast Asia or to the north of the Soviet Union was in constant debate with each other, and they constrained each other.

Behind these appearances there are also shadows of other great powers. Naturally, the Soviet Union wanted Japan to go all out south to fight for the colonies of the United States, Great Britain and France, so as to enter into a direct conflict with these great powers. And the United States and Great Britain naturally wanted the Japanese to go north to deal with the red plague of the Soviet Union.

"If Hurry and Michitake Yamaoka meet, it will be nothing more than Michitake Yamaoka telling Hurley about their grand plan for the Kwantung Army to attack the Soviet Union in the north. And they have no intention of getting involved in American interests in East Asia, such as the Philippines. Hikojiro Suga said.

"The rescue of a large number of Jews from Europe to Manchuria was to curry favor with the United States, which was also part of the Kwantung Army's plan. That's their puffer fish plan. Shimizu Dong San said.

Ken Inukai, the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiyoshi Inukai, acted as a temporary host in the absence of Yoshiaki Kagesa. He cleared his throat and said, "They must be prevented from meeting anyway." ”

"Among these four people, in addition to Yamaoka Michitake and Oki Enichi, there is also a man named Kenji Ogasawara. He was fluent in English, and was supposed to be preparing to act as an interpreter for the meeting between Michitake and Hurley. The other person was a military officer, but he couldn't make out the numbers. It may also be because of an injury to his nose that has a steel plate on it. However, when these four people boarded the ship in Dalian, our navy people carefully observed him: he was very young, and his hands had thick calluses on the tiger's mouth and index fingers. It seems to be a guy with a gun in both hands. Hikojiro Suga said.

"Put your efforts on the pervert of Daxi Yanyi. There is no shortage of women in Shanghai, all kinds of women. It is said that some Western women in Shanghai will make a temporary cameo appearance for a few days when they are short of money. Even if it's just to make a fool of him. I'm going to stare at Michitake Yamaoka and Kenji Ogasawara. Without Kenji Ogasawara, Michitake Yamaoka would be deaf. That military cao should be the one who protects the safety of the mountain gang Daowu, so don't worry about him for now. Inu Yangjian said.

"There are a lot of people in the Shanghai Qinghong Gang who are willing to do things for us. They are the head snakes in the concession. After all, it's a concession, and there are some things that we Japanese can't do in it. Just let them do it. And those who were formerly in command can also come in handy. We had to be all present at the reception, and we had to find some local celebrities in Shanghai to cheer us on. Let them see that Shanghai is stable and prosperous. Inu Yangjian finally said.

When the minesweeper sent by the Japanese Navy to send Michitake Yamaoka from Dalian to Shanghai was about to sail into the wharf, Michitake Yamaoka and the other four stood on the deck in a daze looking at the brilliant night scene of the Bund in Shanghai.