At the intersection of Sichuan Road and Chongming Road in Hongkou District, there is a seven-story apartment building in the style of modern Deco, because it is close to the North Sichuan Road Bridge, so it is named after the Bridge Apartment.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu in 37 years, the Japanese army invaded Shanghai on a large scale, and then confiscated the building belonging to the Chinese merchants as the garrison of the Japanese Shanghai gendarmerie.

The Japanese regarded Hongkou as the core control area, and along the Sichuan Road, there were also military and special service organs such as the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai, the Japanese Army Headquarters in Shanghai, the Concession Marine Corps Detachment Headquarters, the Mei Organ, the Shanghai Organ, the China Fleet Command, and the Shanghai Base Area Command of the Japanese Navy.

At this time, in a conference room on the fourth floor of the bridge building, a group of Japanese military and political leaders stationed in Shanghai were engaged in an extremely heated discussion.

"It's madness to do that! I strongly oppose it! The captain of the gendarmerie, Miura Daisa, said loudly as he hammered the table.

"Aren't we short of our troops? Isn't the reason for asking sin sufficient? It is incomprehensible why the gendarmerie should oppose it and not be willing to come up with convincing reasons. "It was the captain of the 109th Wing who spoke that Uesumi Yoshiyoshi Osa, who was about to retire at this time, so he was bent on reaping military merits and adding a general star to his shoulders, but unfortunately the 109th Wing was really limited in combat power, and the superiors did not dare to take them as the main force at all, so that this wing has always been responsible for public security combat missions, and has been competing with the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the Jiangnan area all day long.

"I also think there's never been a better time to do it, Your Excellency." The chief of staff of the 13th Army, Major General Sakurai Province, said to Shigeru Sawada, who was sitting on the main seat.

"Regarding the issue of sending troops to the concession, it must be reported to the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of the Army, because it is a matter of international relations, and it is impossible to alarm Your Majesty..."

"Only with His Majesty's consent can we send troops to the concession, which has long been determined. I understand your mood very well at this moment, but in this matter, there is no room for relaxation at all. Sawada Shigeru replied with a cold face.

"Your Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, you have been granted full powers by the base camp this time, if you agree...", Kamizumi Osa still refuses to give up, the temptation of promotion is burning his heart like a flame at the moment, seeing that the opportunity to obtain the star is deprived by his boss, so that this fifty-four-year-old boss Zuo is willing.

"I won't agree, Izumi Dazuo, you must not use force at this time." Matsuoka Yoyo made a final blow and completely shattered Uezumi Daisa's heart to serve the country.

"After the commanders of the units return, they must strictly follow the response guidelines just announced, and those who violate the order will be severely punished by military law. Immediately block the traffic between Hongkou and the concession, and strictly check all suspicious persons. The gendarmerie paid special attention to the search of the area west of Huxi, and if necessary, could request the assistance of the 13th Army.

Until a new order is issued by the Dispatch Corps Command, all units must strictly guard their headquarters and must not enter the concession, and soldiers must not leave the barracks without receiving military orders. On the side of the Marines... I'll leave it to Major General Suga. Sawada Shigeru nodded slightly to Rear Admiral Hikojiro Suga, who was attached to the Japanese Navy's Shanghai Military Attaché's Office, across the table.

Because it was Matsuoka Yoyo who nominally presided over the meeting, the Navy sent this senior military attache to attend, and the rear admiral did not say a word during the whole meeting, and it seemed that he was watching the army's good show the whole time.

"You can rest assured that the Navy will act in accordance with the orders of the Military Command Department and His Majesty." The rear admiral bowed slightly.

"Then it was decided, and the meeting was adjourned. Miura Daisa and His Excellency Kagesa Akira will stay for a moment. Matsuoka Yoyo stood up, and the people present at the meeting were not subordinate to each other, so they could only be distinguished by rank, and here it was the foreign minister with the highest rank.

Everyone stood up and bowed goodbye to the foreign minister and the commander of the army, and then left the conference room in twos and threes, and in the end only the captain of the gendarmerie and the head of the Mei organ remained.

"How's the investigation going?" Matsuoka's expression was unusually serious, and his eyes were fixed on Miura, who was in the gendarmerie.

"Captain Hanaya has found the information of the assassin in the archives, and after comparing it with the photos at the scene, it can be confirmed that it is the same person." Saburo Miura replied respectfully.

"Does this really have anything to do with Seventy-Six?" Sawada Shigeru asked nervously.

"It's not certain yet, I asked Li Shiqun, and he swore he didn't know anything about it." Miura replied.

"This Liu..."Matsuoka flipped through the documents that Miura had brought.

"Liu Agen, Your Excellency. He used to work as a secret agent in the Huxi Intelligence Section, and after the disbandment of the Huxi Intelligence Section, he was transferred to No. 76, where he was a professional thug and participated in several assassination attempts. The captain of the gendarmerie reported.

"The Mei Agency has also started an investigation, Your Excellency Kagesa." Matsuoka looked at the famous head of the secret service.

"The situation at Seventy-Six is complicated, but I have a feeling that this matter should not be related to them." Major General Kagesa raised his hand and straightened his glasses, then opened the notebook he had brought with him.

"According to Liu Agen's relationship in Shanghai, we have obtained some clues so far, and he should still be in Shanghai now, but I don't know where to hide." The head of the secret service said.

"There's something I want to report to you, and Captain Refusal speculates that our officers are likely to be involved in this incident." Miura was obviously hesitant when he reported, and sure enough, the other three people present immediately changed their faces.

"Can you produce evidence?"

"What are the participants' names, identities, units?"

"Could you please elaborate?"

The three people present almost simultaneously raised their own questions, and it was interesting that no one shouted "this is impossible".

Hua Gu only expressed his personal suspicions, and he couldn't come up with useful evidence for the time being. He believed that the mastermind of this incident should be Nao Atsuto, a staff officer of the 116th Division Headquarters, Captain Yoshihide Amano and Lieutenant Kazuo Shiomi of the 13th Army Headquarters, and Captain Kazuo Kamiya of the 116th Wing may also be involved. Miura reported.

"Houdong, Amano, Shiomi and Kamiya." Kagesa wrote down these names in his notebook.

"It's impossible to suspect these officers for no reason, I've seen both Amano and Shio, and judging from their resumes, they're two promising young men." Sawada Shigeru said.

"Huagu once saw this Liu Agen, it was at the party organized by Houdong Shao Zuo, he saw Shao Zuo and Liu Agen talking quietly, and it was very strange how a dignified division staff officer could have a relationship with a branch hooligan. Later, he learned that Liu Agen was working in the Huxi Intelligence Bureau at that time, and Houdong had some private investment in Shanghai, and often hired Liu Agen to solve some inconvenient things for him to appear in person. Miura said a little tactfully, but except for Matsuoka, who was still a little confused, the remaining two people understood, it was nothing more than some blackmail, kidnapping, killing people and other unsightly work.

"This only proves that Houdong and Liu Agen knew each other, but it does not prove that he was related to the assassination." Sawada Shigeru asked with a frown.

"That's what I asked about Hanaya, and then he told me something, the day before Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived, he attended a banquet organized by Houdong." After Miura finished speaking, he took out a report.

PS: I feel a little unwell today, so I'll write here for the time being, I hope you will understand, thank you for your support. (To be continued.) )