"Remember, Seventy-Six must be erased completely, without leaving even a trace." The caller was Razor Tojo, and the voice of this land minister is very distinctive, and you won't forget it once you hear it.

Sifang Dazuo stood at the desk with a telephone receiver in his hand, his waist as straight as a javelin.

"Oh, Your Excellency! The action has already begun, and rest assured that everything is under my control. Quartet replied respectfully, as if the Lieutenant General Tojo was standing in front of him.

"Quartet, you followed me when you were in the gendarmerie of the Kwantung Army, I believe you can handle this matter well, don't mess up." Tojo's tone in the earpiece softened slightly.

"Oh, nothing can go wrong, Your Excellency." Quartet bowed to the air in reply.

"Yoshi, I'm waiting for your report here in Tokyo, so be it." Tojo, as usual, hung up the phone unusually simply.

"Thank you very much, goodbye, Your Excellency the Secretary of War." Without the blind sound coming from the audio-visual microphone, the Quartet pretended to say a solemn farewell to each other, and then put down the telephone receiver with an indifferent expression under the gaze of a room of Japanese officers.

He didn't expect just now that Tojo would personally call to inquire about this operation, and it was obvious that the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters were also aware of the seriousness of the problem, and the Minister of War had already made it clear that the target should be killed and not a single person should be left alive.

Calls are made through the Japanese Army's dedicated line, and through the submarine cable between Japan and Shanghai, there is no need to worry about the risk of leakage of the call.

"Don't let go of a single one, it's an order from the Minister of War Tojo." Holding the scabbard of the 94th saber in his left hand, Quartet announced loudly to the officers of the 85th Wing.

"Drink!" Although there were several senior officers in the room with higher ranks than the Quartet, everyone bowed respectfully to the Quartet at this moment.

War Minister Tojo Razor personally made a phone call to interfere in this matter, which invisibly added a lot of mental pressure to the hearts of the officers of the 85th Wing. Captain Sazo thought that this was just a clean-up operation planned by the 13th Army Command, but he didn't expect that it would alarm the Minister of War in the cabinet. If this operation is successfully completed, it will of course be a great achievement, and everyone can be promoted and make a fortune, but if there is a problem during the operation, even a small mistake may be infinitely magnified by the people around the Minister of War, and even directly affect the career prospects of all the generals and colonels present.

"I personally went to the front line to command the operation!" Sasa grabbed the saber on the table and said loudly to the square.

"Wait a minute, I'll come with you." Quartet motioned to the adjutant to put away the atlas notes on the table, then picked up his combat cap from the edge of the table and put it on his head with his backhand.

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Nobuhiko Ushiba, the political secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stood next to a black Ford sedan with a Japanese consulate plate on it, lit a cigarette in his hand, and looked coldly at a group of Japanese officers and soldiers who were running quickly in front of him.

Ushiba and Takahashi, the two political officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are currently acting as special observers of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, and because it is not suitable for Foreign Minister Matsuoka to appear in public under such circumstances, the two of them, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, went to the scene of the operation to monitor the work of communication with foreign affairs.

After all, Matsuoka no longer dared to believe in this group of red deer army at this time, no matter how respectful the attitude of the Quartet was, no matter how attentive Maeda's service was, it could not soothe Matsuoka's fragile heart that was deeply hurt by the army monkeys.

The Japanese Army poked out Lou Zi during these days, every time Matsuoka's diplomatic department came forward to settle it, even if this is his duty, but this group of red deer can't just stare at him alone, he also has other work to do.

With that abundant energy, you can go to the Navy octopus, isn't this the Army's favorite daily life? Why do you want to provoke the independent people in three days, and you have to pick a soft persimmon to pinch, why do you always kick the steel plate! It's like this once or twice, if you really can't think about it, just go find a corner where no one is there and hang yourself for seppuku, don't always cause trouble to others! Is it interesting to mess with people all the time? Are the generals and colonels of the army all M physique? These brainless guys are all going to die for Lao Tzu! Red deer! Silly melon!

Although the foreign minister did not publicly shout out his thoughts, Matsuoka's crazy psychology could be clearly felt by Ushiba and Takahashi beside the foreign minister.

"You don't understand why, Takahashi, the army is definitely serious this time." The cowyard threw the cigarette butt at his feet, then stretched out his foot and crushed it vigorously.

"Really? Do you know why? Takahashi sat in the co-pilot's seat and poked his head out of the window when he heard the words.

"Of course I do." The cow farm shook the cigarette case and pulled out a cigarette again.

"You've been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, have you heard of the Ume Agency before? Cow Farm put the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it, then tightened the tobacco on the back of his hand.

"Of course I've heard that I'm not that lonely, but so what?" Takahashi was very dissatisfied with this senior's betrayal, but in order to keep the other party talking, he could only endure the impatience in his heart.

It stands to reason that this "May Agency" should have been disbanded in March, at least in the report to the Cabinet. But now you see, this organ has not only not disappeared, but has become more powerful, and there is no open establishment, but it allows them to evade the supervision of a number of higher departments, and they have become more unscrupulous in doing things. Cowfarm sneered and picked up his cigarette.

"Isn't the Ministry of War aware of this situation?" Takahashi felt the pocket of his vest and pulled out a silver-shelled cigarette case.

"Maybe you know, maybe you don't know, who knows? But now I think I know everything, that's why it's like this. Ushiba replied like a tongue twister, and then pointed to the Japanese soldiers behind the barbed wire barricade at the crossing, who were armed with loaded Type 38 rifles, bayonets reflecting the cold light in the sunlight.

"Have you ever heard of the name "Southeast Trading Company" before? The cowyard spat out a smoke ring.

"Sounds like a trading house." Takahashi put the lighter in the lower pocket of his suit vest.

Indeed, this firm was actually opened on the 76th, and the real boss behind the scenes was the "Mei Agency" in Shanghai. Cowfarm took a puff on his cigarette and flicked the ash with his index finger.

"On the surface, it seems that Qingqi Qingyin contributed to this matter, but in fact, it was Major General Kagezo who was completely manipulating behind his back. They used this trading house to start a material business with the Chongqing side, and the "Mei organ" used the power in their hands to issue a large number of military passes, and the Southeast Trading Company used these documents to transport a large number of mechanical parts, cotton yarn, cloth, and even Western medicines to the Chongqing-controlled area in exchange for tung oil, pig bristles, and other military materials from Chongqing. Cowyard said with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Damn it, red deer! This is the enemy, this group of shameless traitors! Takahashi was a hot-blooded young man, and he had heard similar rumors from others before, and he had always thought it was propaganda from anti-war elements, so when he saw the example now, his heart was filled with resentment.

"This is not a capital enemy, after all, it has also exchanged for supplies that Japan is in short supply, of course, it doesn't matter if you want to understand it that way. You must know that this is a big business, and it involves several domestic chaebols, and none of them can be provoked by people like us. And this kind of thing is not just happening here, as far as I know, the situation in North China is even more serious.

But the problem is that this time, the handle was caught by the Germans, and it is said that they have found out part of the inside story, and what is more troublesome is that it is said that the Navy Command Department has also begun to intervene, which is a bigger scandal than the Siemens bribery incident back then, so once the Navy has the evidence, they will definitely poke this matter out.

Think about it, ordinary officers and soldiers fought bloody battles with the Chinese army on the front line, while the rear side started business with the enemy, constantly transporting important strategic materials to the enemy. It is conceivable that this will seriously hit the officers and men of the front-line troops and the morale of the 100 million people in the country, and will even set off a wave of protests against the army, and the army will fall into an extremely unfavorable passive situation.

Therefore, this time, the army wants to destroy all the evidence before this matter is exposed, and you can see that it is the troops of the 13th Army who are doing it, and it is actually the high-level of the Ministry of War who is behind it. Niu Farm took a sharp puff of the cigarette and flicked the cigarette butt far away.

"Do you know what you said, Lord Matsuoka?" Takahashi frowned and snuffed out the cigarette.

"What do you think?" Niu Farm did not answer the junior's question, but only showed a smile that was secretive.

The area around No. 76 has been heavily encircled, starting from Kaina Road (now Wuding West Road) in the north, to Yidingpan Road in the west, and then to Yuyuan Road in the south, all roads leading to the land have been closed. The road to the east, all the way to the west of Connaught Road (now the western section of Kangding Road), was under the tight control of the British and French forces.

During this period of time, even the vehicles of the consulates of various countries in Shanghai should not want to pass through this area, and any personnel and vehicles, regardless of the military, government, officials, or civilians, will be subject to strict inspection, and those who encounter suspicious identities will be detained on the spot, and they will not be able to leave until they have passed through the halls of the Japanese gendarmerie and the patrol house, and they can only leave if they find that there is no problem. Both the Japanese and the troops in the concession received the same order, that is, if they encountered a suspicious target with weapons and dared to resist, they could shoot and kill on the spot.

PS: Three thousand word chapters, it's a make-up of yesterday's word count, and the author is late for an update today, so I'm sorry.

I can only change it today.,The chapter owed will be made up tomorrow.,Thank you for your support.。 1910