Hanaya's report was only two pages long, but Sawada Shigeru read it for a full quarter of an hour, and finally at the urging of Matsuoka, who had been impatient, he handed the two pages to the foreign minister who was sitting next to him.

This can only be said that Houdong Shaozo was dissatisfied with the Minister of War and did not understand the orders of his superiors enough, which is not enough to prove that he is the mastermind of this incident. And why did he assassinate His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs? He is not the only one who knows that gangster, and I believe that he was bribed by Chongqing, and this is just another assassination operation manipulated by Jiang Zhongzheng. After speaking, Sawada stroked the mustache on his lips and reached out to pick up the teacup on the table.

"It is not possible to decide who the assassination will be at that early stage, although the assassin was shouting anti-Japanese slogans at the time, but it is also possible that it was aimed at the German marshal, with the aim of destroying the friendly relations between Germany and Japan." Kagesa was writing and drawing in his small notebook, and he bowed his head and said what he thought.

"Where is Flower Valley now, can you let me meet him." Matsuoka didn't answer, he passed the report to Kagesa, turned his face to Miura and asked.

"Hah! He was waiting outside, and I would let him in right away. Miura nodded in agreement.

"It's a good thing." Matsuoka said kindly.

"Where, it's a matter of the next division." Miura bowed to Matsuoka, then turned and walked out of the conference room.

"The assassin's target was not me, I was only five or six meters away from the other party. You can clearly see the man's eyes, and his gaze is not at me at all, but at Marshal Brumberg. Watching Miura close the door, Matsuoka turned his head and sighed, then shook his head slightly and said.

"I thought about it again and again, if the target of the Assassins was the German Field Marshal, and for what purpose. This assassination was not so much an attempt to undermine German-Japanese relations as it was to undermine relations between the Chongqing government in China and Germany.

At that moment, what I doubted the most in my heart was Wang Zhaoming in Nanjing, because they had the reason, the conditions, and the ability to do this kind of thing. Many of them have been involved in Chongqing, and we are also aware of this, but there are also a group of people who hate and are hostile to Jiang Zhongzheng in Chongqing, and the Chinese have a saying called "becoming a king and defeating a coward", I believe you have all heard of it. In order not to become the Kou mentioned in it, they sometimes do terrible things that are difficult for us to understand. "Mei Agency" has been dealing with Nanjing, and I'm sure Kagesa-kun agrees with me. Matsuoka said as he walked to the corner of the room, picked up the thermos on the tea shelf, and walked back to the table to pour some hot water into his cup.

"Do you want to add a little bit too? Sawada-kun. ”

"Ah, thank you very much." Sawada Shigeru hurriedly lifted the lid of the teacup and respectfully thanked him.

"Indeed, Your Excellency. Wang Zhaoming does have a lot of short-sighted guys under him, and he thinks about problems completely according to instinct. If I hadn't read the report, I might have been a little worried, and maybe it was one of the bold guys who instructed Seventy-Six to do it. Kagesa closed Hanaya's report and handed it back to Matsuoka with both hands.

"Captain Hanaya's report has exposed the ideological problems of these officers, and so many outstanding instructors from the non-commissioned officer school and the army university are unable to teach our young officers how to obey orders. Hanaya's question is reasonable, Houdong Shaozo is indeed very suspicious, and a person with such dangerous thoughts even holds an important position as a staff officer of the wing, and I think that the military police should immediately follow up and investigate. Kagesa's expression was extremely serious, and this was a great opportunity to show his personal attitude in front of the Foreign Secretary.

No matter what the final result is, this matter will definitely be stabbed in front of the emperor, even if Houdong is finally proven innocent, this Shaozo's life is over, he dared to criticize the other party's decision behind his back after the Minister of War repeated orders, this is simply a public stab at Tojo's reverse scales, is it really called "Razor Tojo" in vain.

However, the first one to kick the dog into the river would make Tojo feel closer than beating the water dog again, although Kagesa's position made him not care much about the opinion of the Minister of War, but everyone in the staff headquarters knew that this army major general was famous for being a man.

"If the target of the assassin's assassination was really Marshal Brummberg, and it was planned by our officers, then once the matter is revealed..."Shigeru Sawada broke out in a cold sweat at his own speculation.

"Not only will the Reich's reputation in the world be damaged, but relations with Germany will also be seriously damaged." Matsuoka Yoyo said with a serious expression.

"So now we must get to the bottom of the matter at once, and we must get ahead of Britain and France. We must catch that Liu Agen at all costs, this person is the key to the whole thing, as long as we hold him in our hands, we can gain the initiative in this matter. Major General Kagesa immediately pointed out the crux of the matter.

"We need to be prepared now, one is how we should explain if the assassin was assigned by Nanjing, and the other is how we should deal with the assassin if he was assigned by Houdong Shaozuo." Matsuoka said, holding his chin with his fingers.

"Can't it be assigned by Chongqing?" As soon as Sawada spoke, he knew that he had asked a stupid question, because the two people in the room looked at him like an idiot.

"Your Excellency, Captain Hanaya has arrived." The door to the conference room was pushed open, and Miura stood in the doorway to report.

"Come in." Matsuoka replied loudly.

Miura and Hanaya walked into the conference room one after the other, stood two meters away from the conference table, took off their military hats, and bowed to Matsuoka.

"You're Captain Hanaya?" Looking at the young gendarme in front of him, Matsuoka's expression became softer.

"Yes, I'm Mao Hanaya." Hanaya replied loudly.

"Don't be so nervous, Captain Hanaya." Matsuoka moved his finger to the report on the table.

"Huh! Don't be nervous under it, Your Excellency. The lieutenant bowed slightly in a respectful manner.

"Well, a good gendarmerie officer indeed." Matsuoka turned his face to Sawada, who quickly nodded in agreement.

"Valley of Flowers." Matsuoka turned his face and greeted.

"Heh, Your Excellency." The captain puffed out his chest.

"We've all read this report, and it's written in great detail. However, you did not provide convincing evidence that Houdong Shaozo had anything to do with the matter. Do you have anything to say about that? Matsuoka shook the report in his hand and asked in a gentle tone.

"Huh! Your Excellency, this is only a preliminary report, and I have now made new discoveries, which should prove that Houdong Shaozo planned the assassination of Your Excellency. Hanaya didn't show stage fright at all, and he replied loudly with his head held high.

"Huh? Tell me what you've discovered. Matsuoka glanced at Kagesa and saw that the other party had already picked up a pen and was ready to take notes.

"I found out that Hou Dong Shaozuo had left the barracks without permission two days ago and had a secret meeting with three other officers at the East Asia Hotel on Zhapu Road, and four witnesses could testify to this. At the same time, I also found out that Houdong Shaozo had bought a Browning pistol from a black market merchant, which was the same model used by the Assassins. Flower Valley reported.

"Captain, don't forget that this is Shanghai in China, and it is not difficult to buy a pistol, there are at least hundreds of pistols of the same model circulating on the black market, which is not enough to prove anything." Kagesa put down his pen.

"That's just one of the doubts, Your Excellency." Hanaya's gaze turned to Shadow Zuo and continued: "In addition, there is not only one person who has listened to Houdong Shaozo in the past two days, and he is going to do something big that will surprise everyone, but when others ask, he has a mysterious expression and refuses to explain.

There is also Lieutenant Shiomi of the military headquarters, and some people once heard him talk to the outside world on the phone, saying that something big will happen in the next few days, so that the other party can be prepared. So when I heard the news of the assassination of the Foreign Secretary, the first thing that came to mind was them. Flower Valley replied loudly.

"Why didn't what you just said be included in the report, and what preparations did you make? Who was that Shiomi talking to? "Shadow sensed that something was wrong, and if it was indeed these bold officers who planned this incident, then it was clear that they were also preparing for the future.

"Because there is no conclusive evidence yet, I want to investigate further... I'm very sorry, Sir, but this was my mistake. As for who to call, because it's the internal telephone system of the military headquarters...."Hanaya said this, and suddenly the door of the conference room was pushed open.

"Sir! The Huangpu Road Police Station had just called to inquire that the 1st Brigade of the 116th Infantry Engineer Wing and the 2nd Brigade of the 109th Infantry Wing were entering the public concession through the Waibaidu Bridge. An army lieutenant burst through the door and reported loudly.

"Red deer! Who is the officer leading the team? Who passed the order! Sawada jumped to his feet when he heard the news.

"According to the other party, it is the two staff officers of the military headquarters, Amano and Shiomi." Shao Zuo raised his head and reported loudly.

PS: I'm not in good health today.,For the time being, I can only update one chapter first.,The other chapter will be added tomorrow.。

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