"This... This is really—" Wehrle took off his monocle from his eye socket and handed the telegram to a curious Dogan.

"Unbelievable, I feel the same way as you, it's ridiculous." The Imperial Führer sat down on a Greek chair woven of vines with a cigar in his mouth, while an Italian waiter served freshly brewed Darjeeling black tea.

"How are you going to reply to Colonel Davidson?" Wehrle asked cautiously.

"Another investigative team? In the past two months, we have almost put together a dozen of our investigative missions to Asia. Xu Jun put the cigar on the ashtray and waved his hand to signal the Italian waiters on both sides to step down.

"I'm not going to send anyone over again, just choose from the people left behind in French Indochina. The one... Captain Stauffenberg, I remember that he was now waiting in Hanoi to return to Berlin, and now I had to ask him to postpone his original trip. Xu Jun picked up the black teacup and looked up at Tysenhofen.

The adjutant nodded respectfully slightly, indicating that it had been strictly inspected, and then the Führer lowered his head and took a sip.

"The Earl? My Führer, I have read the report he has sent back, and I can see that his administrative skills are excellent. Wehrle sat down on the chair on the other side of the round table and took a new cup from the tea tray.

"He is indeed a good officer, and I am ready to promote him to major when he returns." Xu Jun put the teacup back on the table and picked up the half-smoked cigar again.

"You can give him carte blanche and order him to assemble a lean squad of selected personnel to investigate this incident." Wehrle proposed. "As I thought, Wierle, you will draft this telegram. At the same time, the promotion order was sent over, which was regarded as a small compensation for delaying his return to China. A smile tugged at the corner of the Reich's mouth.

"Yes, my Führer. So how should Colonel Davidson's side respond? ”

"Let the special mission send a detailed report first, and I will not make a hasty decision until the investigation of the incident is clear. Remember to ask them to take a few more photos of downtown Shanghai, and if possible, it is best to use an airplane to take aerial photos. "The Führer is very eager to see the sight of his homeland in this plane.

"So you mean to let the envoy stay where it is, and stay in the Shanghai Concession until you make a decision?" Weirle asked tentatively.

"In reply, it was said that in consideration of Marshal Bloomberg's health, until the marshal's injury recovered, the special mission would temporarily stay in Shanghai, and a capable medical team would be transferred from Berlin. I'll leave it to the Eye of Odin to arrange. ”

"Understood, my Führer, in this case, the Japanese side will definitely be in a hurry to explain to you ..."

"Of course they will, Hiroshi Oshima is in Rome right now, I just don't know if he knows this is happening by now." Xu Jun took a puff of his cigar.

"It's hard to say, my Führer. This is really an unlucky fellow, and his colleagues in the country must think the same way. Weirle said with a smile.

"I will not see him for a while, let Ribbentrop go and meet with him, and tell the Japanese that the special mission will not go anywhere until the truth of the assassination is clear. At the same time, let Ribbentrop summon the media reporters in Rome, this is a very serious diplomatic incident, the Third Reich should express its attitude to the world, and we are extremely dissatisfied and indignant at this despicable assassination of the German envoy. Xu Jun picked up a small biscuit from the snack plate.

"Wait a minute, my Führer." Wehrle took notes in a small notebook.

"My Führer, who do you think assassinated His Excellency Blumberg?" Dogan stood aside and asked, placing the telegram in Xu Jun's hand.

"Obviously, it was planned by the Japanese." Xu Jun tapped his fingers on the telegram.

"Jiang Zhongzheng of Chongqing had previously made guarantees for the safety of the marshal, and although this person had a poor credit record in the past, I believed in my own vision in this matter. He had no reason or need to use such crude means to provoke Germany. Did you see the scene described in the telegram? The Assassin was shouting anti-Japanese slogans, and there was a phrase in Chinese called "Desire to cover Mizhang". "That last idiom is spoken in standard Mandarin.

"The meaning of this phrase is to want to cover up the truth of a thing, but instead make the truth more prominent." Looking at his subordinates with blank faces, the Führer explained with a smile.

"I understand that this assassin is misleading the witnesses at the scene and trying to make people think that he was sent from Chongqing." Dogan hammered his palm.

This would explain why the Assassins' target was the marshal. They wanted to undermine the relations between Germany and Chongqing, and it seems that our cooperation with Chongqing has made some people very unhappy. Weirle said with black tea,

In fact, there is another object of serious suspicion, that is, Wang Zhaoming's Nanjing government, which is said to be very dissatisfied with Germany's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of this regime. They have a special secret service in Shanghai, and they are fully capable of sending assassins to carry out this assassination incident and frame Chongqing, which is also their usual method.

It is likely that they want to use this to undermine the good relations between Germany and Chongqing. Because if we fall out with the Chongqing side, they can take advantage of the situation, start contact with us, and eventually induce us to recognize their power and completely fall over to their side. Xu Jun snuffed out the cigar head in the ashtray.

"Since there is such a big suspicion in Nanjing, why did you think that it was planned by the Japanese?" Dougan was a little puzzled.

"Is there a difference between the two? In this matter, the goals of Japan and Nanjing should be the same. It may even be that the two joined forces to orchestrate the incident. I believe that the Japanese are behind the scenes, because without the consent of the Japanese side, the Nanjing side would not have had the courage to do such a thing.

It is very clear in the report sent by the Tokyo Embassy that Japan attaches great importance to this visit, that the city of Tokyo has made comprehensive and meticulous preparations for receiving it, and that they have even held more than 10 rehearsals for welcoming activities in advance.

Therefore, no matter who sabotaged this major diplomatic activity, the Japanese side will definitely not spare the masterminds of this incident. The Nanjing side will not be unaware of this, so they definitely do not have the guts to do it alone. After Xu Jun finished speaking, he took a bite of the small biscuit.

"You mean, the Japanese take the marshal's visit very seriously and will not allow anyone to sabotage it, so how could they possibly plan this assassination? It doesn't make any sense at all, my Führer. "Dougan was completely confused.

"You're right, Dogen, that's what people think normally, but the problem is that Japan is not a country that can be looked at with normal thinking." Xu Jun put the small biscuit he had taken a bite into on the teacup tray.

"To understand the behavior of Japanese people, you have to understand their history and culture. If you know all this, you will find that this is a very amazing country.

For thousands of years, the country has never really been united. For the most part, they maintain a balance in the form of a tribal alliance. They never really experienced the feudal era of great unification, and until the nineteenth century, they still retained the shadow of slavery, and the subjects were equivalent to the private property of the feudal lord, who could deprive any subject of property or even the life of the feudal lord if he wished.

Even during the reign of the shogunate, the feudal lords retained a great deal of autonomy and could even wage war against foreign countries without the approval of the shogunate.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan made the leap from a semi-feudal and semi-slave society to a constitutional monarchy, but the traditions, ideas, laws, and morals that sustained the old system were still intact.

The Japanese people, as in the past, were loyal only to the group to which they belonged and only cared about the interests of their own group, and they did everything they could to do whatever was deemed beneficial to their organization, without considering the ideas of other groups or the serious damage that might eventually be done to the country. Xu Jun tapped lightly on the table.

"I remember that the Japanese were all loyal to their emperor, my Führer." Tysenhofen rarely interjected, and he made Xu Jun a new cup of tea.

"It's not a contradiction, thank you, Tysenhofen. Because when they make these decisions, they will declare that they are doing it for the sake of the emperor, and they will say that they are doing it for the sake of the country, and that the decisions they make will be more beneficial to Japan, and it cannot be denied that there are many Japanese people who do believe this, but in fact, most of the time, it is their groups and some individuals who ultimately benefit. Xu Jun said with a sneer.

"God, do they really believe this? Who is to judge whether these ideas are correct? This is ridiculous. Dougan exclaimed.

"Nobody, the players and the referees are themselves. It is very likely that what happened in Shanghai was orchestrated by a small number of Japanese soldiers, and the reason was, of course, that "this would be more beneficial to Japan and the emperor." After speaking, the Reich Führer put down the teacup in his hand.

"Is it necessary to inform the investigation team and the special mission of your judgment?" Weirle asked.

"No, don't affect the judgment of the front-line personnel, maybe there will be more interesting discoveries." Xu Jun said with a smile.

"My Führer, the relatives of His Excellency Mussolini have arrived." At this time, Tysenhowen reported from the side, Xu Jun looked up and found an Italian army colonel standing not far away.

"This is Colonel Santini escorting the family." The adjutant introduced.

"The weather is good, the air in the garden is better, let him bring his family here." Xu Jun said to Tysenhofen.

"Yes, my Führer."

"Prepare a few more chairs."

"Yes, my Führer."

"Don't forget the tea and snacks."

"Yes, my Führer."

"Get some more of these little cookies."

"Yes, my Führer."

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