The excitement of the engagement between the Tang and Gu families made Shanghai lively for two days, and two days later, the sudden anti-Japanese propaganda caught the entire Japanese puppet government, including the Japanese, off guard.

At first, a large number of propaganda articles were distributed by patriotic students in various concessions, and they were organized, uniformly distributed at night and then quickly withdrawn to the concessions.

The number of people is large, and they are all distributed by one person, so that the patrol police and the special agents of the investigation department have nowhere to catch them.

Demonstrations broke out in various concessions, and patriots held high the blue sky and white sun flags, shouted slogans, or sang the national anthem, turning the entire concession upside down.

At such a critical juncture, of course, the Japanese attached great importance to it, and Tanaka immediately issued an order to the Investigation Department and the Police Headquarters to do everything possible to arrest anti-Japanese propagandists.

At the same time, Tanaka dispatched a large number of Japanese military police to forcibly close down all the printing houses around Shanghai, and arranged for Matsushita and Tang Yi to personally interrogate the relevant personnel of the printing houses, vowing to find out the people who printed the propaganda materials.

But these measures were too late, and Wang Zhaoming's reputation had already stinted all over Shanghai in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the new government, which had not yet been formed, had lost its legitimacy in the hearts of the people of Shanghai.

At the same time, the Japanese wanted to use "Wang" to establish a new Republic of China government to gain the support of the Chinese, and the dream of making soup in Shanghai.

Although Shanghai Tang has fallen, it is still one of the most splendid pearls of the Far East, and it is no longer under the attention of the great powers all the time.

The occurrence of such an incident made the Japanese government feel very disgraced, and Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe personally sent a telegram to reprimand Tanaka's poor management.

Although the police headquarters and the investigation department have made efforts to arrest several anti-Japanese propaganda elements, private propaganda articles continue to spread.

The patriots were still untimid, and handed over the leaflets in their hands to the strangers around them, along with their own lives.

Investigation Division

In the interrogation room, Tang Yi threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and stepped on it fiercely.

He turned his head to look at Matsushita beside him and said, "This person is no problem, there have been so many trials, and none of them have problems." ”

The twenty-four hours of continuous high-intensity interrogation had exhausted Tang Yi and Panasonic.

Panasonic scratched his head obviously a little puzzled, and said in a tired voice: "This is the director of the last printing plant, there are thirteen printing factories around Shanghai, each of them has no problem, how can we deal with it?" ”

"Don't think about the matter of the difference first, how to turn public opinion back is the primary problem." Tang Yi pursed his lips and said with a little disdain.

"Tang Yijun, that's right, but I can't find anyone, how can we explain it." Panasonic said helplessly.

Tang Yi opened his mouth and said: "Matsushita-kun, this time the matter is so big, it must have been carefully planned by the anti-Japanese elements, we can't find clues in a short time, in my opinion, it is better to bring out a few death row prisoners from the prison at will, execute a few and then announce the surrender of a few, give an explanation to the above, withstand this limelight, let's investigate slowly." ”

Panasonic immediately understood what Tang Yi meant, and found a few people to deal with the matter first, at least to give an explanation to Japan.

"I'll have to discuss this matter with Tanaka Daisa." Panasonic is clearly a little tempted.

Tang Yi also nodded when he heard this, and asked: "Da Zuo should agree, after all, Wang Zhaoming is about to arrive, and if you want to end this matter quickly, this is the only way." ”

Matsushita nodded in agreement and said, "These anti-Japanese elements are hiding in the concession, and I really want to rush in and arrest them one by one and shoot them one by one." ”

Immediately afterwards, Matsushita slapped the interrogation table angrily and said seriously: "One day, our Great Japanese Empire will occupy the concession and completely control the entire Shanghai Beach." ”

Tang Yi was silent when he heard this, and did not speak.

In fact, Matsushita's words came true three years later, in the early morning of December 8, 1941, immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Japan extended its military occupation to the foreign concession in Shanghai, and since then the entire city of Shanghai has been occupied, and the isolated island has completely disappeared.

Of course, these are all afterthoughts, and the work behind enemy lines at that time was even more difficult and dangerous, but Tang Yi was already one of the high-ranking figures in Wang's puppet government at that time.

"Tang Yijun, why don't you go and report this matter to Tanaka Daisa, Dazuo still trusts you quite a lot......" Panasonic said a little embarrassed.

Tang Yi smiled, he naturally knew why Panasonic said this, and it was obvious that he didn't want to carry this pot that was unfavorable.

Then Tang Yi stood up and said, "Matsushita-kun doesn't have to be embarrassed, the relationship between the two of us doesn't need to, I'll report it." ”

After speaking, Tang Yi opened the door and walked out of the interrogation room.

"Hey, I'm Tang Yi, give me the office of Tanaka Daisa." Tang Yi went out and went to the communication room next to the interrogation room and dialed the phone.

About five minutes after the other end of the line, Tanaka's equally tired voice came, "Hey, what's the matter?" ”

"Dazuo, I'm Tang Yi, and Matsushita-kun and I have already interrogated the relevant personnel of the thirteen printing houses around Shanghai, and these people have no problem." Tang Yi reported truthfully.

"Oh? So you are reporting this to me, do you want me to give you a solution? Tanaka's temper is obviously very bad, after all, he was personally reprimanded by Konoe Fumiro.

Tang Yi took the microphone and pursed his lips disdainfully, and then replied: "That's the case, I and Panasonic staff believe that this matter should be carefully planned by the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, and it is very likely that these propaganda articles were not printed by the printing houses around Shanghai, but are very likely to be printed from Jiangbei or from further afield." ”

Tanaka thought for a while when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "... There is some truth, but it is definitely too late to expand the scope of the search, and we must end this matter before the 20th. ”

Tang Yi was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that Tanaka had already taken the bait.

"Dazuo, I think so, since the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are using public opinion to bring trouble to us, we should also use public opinion to attack them head-on."

When Tanaka heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What does Tang Yijun mean ......?"

"We can secretly propose a few death row prisoners from prison, and then hype it through the Shanghai Daily and the surrounding Japanese-controlled newspapers, that the elements who tried to subvert the co-prosperity of Greater East Asia have been caught, and they have already repented and joined the new government." Tang Yi said.

Immediately after breathing a sigh of relief, Tang Yi spoke again: "In this way, whether it is true or not, the Kuomintang and Communist elements will immediately enter a state of silence and carry out a careful investigation, so that the public opinion in Shanghai before the 20th will definitely be controlled by us again." ”

After being silent for a long time on the other end of the phone, Tanaka's tired voice finally came: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to Tang Yijun to be fully responsible, Panasonic will be your deputy, and you must quickly control the public opinion in Shanghai for me." ”