On the second day after the Battle of Nanjing, the official media of the national government, the JoongAng Daily, took the lead in revealing the details of the battle and announced that Japan's new fighter was called the "Zero Fighter."

As soon as the "Zero fighter" was revealed, not only China but also the Japanese military were shocked. Because they have only just named this new aircraft, and it has not yet been made public, and the knowledge of this aircraft model is only limited to the interior of the military department, and it is only limited to the upper echelons.

Unexpectedly, after the debut, the Chinese military had so much detailed information about them, and they also disclosed it publicly in the newspapers, which made the Japanese have to suspect that a large number of Chinese spies were mixed in with their top management.

Originally, the intelligence work had just improved a little, and Tohihara and others had to carry out a self-examination operation at the top of the Japanese army, which lasted until the outbreak of the Pacific War, which also disrupted many of Japan's plans to a certain extent.

In fact, Huang Ke did this intentionally, he still had some impressions of the Zero fighter, after listening to the report of Xu Shaozhou and others that day, after synthesizing all aspects of intelligence, Huang Ke decided to test the water first.

After synthesizing all kinds of information, he personally wrote it and asked his secretary Chen Liewen to revise it, and took it to Chen Bui of the Propaganda Department to publish it that night.

After the publication of the article, it naturally attracted the attention of all parties, and this caused the expected effect of creating suspicion and confusion within the Japanese leadership.

However, suspicion is suspicion, and thorough investigation is thorough, just when the city of Nanjing is shrouded in the haze of war, Shanghai not far away is a happy scene. Because this day is the day when the Shanghai Provisional Government of the Nationalist Government was established.

After Wang Jingwei and his entourage defected, they went to Shanghai several times after publishing a telegram in Vietnam, and began to plan for a puppet government.

In fact, there were not many things that he needed to do, because the Japanese had already fiddled with the structure of the puppet government before he came.

The structure is very simple, just move the Nanjing government to the set, even the national flag and national anthem do not need to be changed, government officials still use the lapel of the national uniform as the official attire, the original blue sky and white sun emblem and the big brim hat are also the standard system of the army, in short, the large to the institutional erection, the small to the dress, are completely modeled after the Nanjing National Government.

The difference is that the puppet government officials all have a badge printed with "Peaceful Nation-building" on their chests, but in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, most people will deliberately take off this medal.

To put it bluntly, this is a complete copy of the Nanjing government.

Before taking office, the main appointments to the leadership came out.

Wang Jingwei was naturally the chairman of the state government in the highest position, but he respected Chairman Lin Sen, who was still in Nanjing, as the chairman of the state government, saying that he was only acting temporarily. Chen Gongbo, Zeng Zhongming, Zhou Fohai, Li Shiqun, and other cadres of the Wang clan divided up the posts of important departments of the new government and gradually took control of the power.

This point made Wang Maocai, who had been saddle before and after the horse, extremely unhappy. Originally, Wang Maocai was planned to serve as the defense minister of the new government, overseeing military power. However, the Japanese abolished the establishment of the puppet government's defense department in Shanghai on the grounds that "there is no need to set up a national defense department for the joint deployment of troops between Japan and China at present."

In the end, Wang Mao only ended up with the posts of Minister of the Army and Minister of Operations, and his military rank was raised a lot, and he was a first-class general in the army, but it had no practical effect on him.

After experiencing so many winds and waves, Wang Maocai has already seen through it, it is better to make money and take power by himself, the soldiers that the Japanese say to you are actually things on the surface, and it is not necessarily who to listen to in secret, the only thing he can control now is probably his own No. 76.

When Wang Jingwei came to Shanghai from Vietnam a few days ago, Wang Maocai and a group of high-ranking Japanese generals gave him a simple welcome ceremony. To tell the truth, Wang Maocai felt secretly unhappy when he saw Wang Jingwei for the first time, and his oily head and noodles and red lips seemed to make him lose his appetite.

Wang Maocai and Wang Jingwei actually knew each other as early as the Great Revolution. At that time, Wang Maocai was still a cadre under Huang Ke, and Wang Jingwei was a revolutionary meritorious service in Guangdong. The two also had some unpleasantness when they were in Chengdu, and later Wang Maocai defected to Japan, and Wang Jingwei also issued a criticism and denounced him as a "shameless person".

Unexpectedly, the feng shui took turns, and it didn't take long for them to sit together again.

Wang Maocai now thinks that Wang Jingwei is also despised, he Wang Mao is a real villain, you Wang Jingwei is also a hypocrite, the difference between the two of us is on the ground, no one can look down on anyone?

Although he looked down on Wang Jingwei a little in his heart, he still had to participate in the grand ceremony of the establishment of the new government, after all, the harmony on the surface was still needed.

Early in the morning, Wang Maocai got up early. Miss Keiko had prepared a new general's dress for him, which was completely modeled after the uniform of the Nanjing Government Wehrmacht, and even the armband and texture on it were the same.

Wang Maocai walked up to Keiko, tried the general star on the epaulette with his hand, and smiled: "This thing is made like the real thing!" Lao Tzu is finally a first-class general. ”

Keiko naturally heard some sarcasm in his words, and she said coldly: "General, you are the general of the national government!" ”

"Good, good, really, really! Come, hurry up and wait for Lao Tzu to put it on. Wang Maocai, under the service of Miss Keiko, changed into this set of military uniforms of Zanxin.

I have to say that the workmanship of this suit is still relatively exquisite, using high-quality wool tweed materials, gold wire edges on the cuffs, and the buttons are all pure copper shining, coupled with calfskin armed belts and military boots, it looks majestic.

After changing into a military uniform, Wang Maocai did not button his shirt, he walked around in front of the mirror twice, and then pinched Miss Keiko's fat ass fiercely, and then walked out laughing wildly.

The main ceremony of the ceremony was held in the former Shanghai Municipal Government Building, where Sanmin Road, Wuquan Road, World Road and Datong Road intersect. The Nanjing government once planned to build a large downtown area of Shanghai, and took the lead in building the municipal government building here, but unexpectedly, the Shanghai War broke out before the project was completed.

The ceremony of the new government is more appropriate here, but it is a bit depressed because many places have not yet been completed. Although this part of the ceremony is not very grand, the atmosphere of the ceremony has been made full of wind and rain by the Japanese.

From the Hongkou Concession to Zhabei, and even in the Bund Public Concession, the Japanese have made arrangements with great force. The streets and shops were covered with the plaster flags and blue sky flags of the Japanese army, and the officials wearing national and new-style military uniforms and Japanese officers and soldiers wearing ceremonial and yellow military uniforms were intertwined on the streets, and there were scenes of singing farewell songs and military bands parading everywhere, and white lacquer slogans were also painted with slogans such as "Japan-China friendship." This actually gave people the illusion that the war between China and Japan had stopped.

Wang Maocai's special car slowly drove out of the mansion where he was staying, and drove along Sanmin Road to the ceremony building in front. It was 9 a.m., the road had been blocked by the gendarmerie, the wide road was rarely crossed by a few cars, and people waving colorful flags were on both sides of the road.

Wang Maocai lifted the curtain and looked at the dull-eyed people outside, and couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart.

"When will Wang Jingwei's convoy come?" Wang Maocai asked.

"In about ten minutes, do you want to wait for their convoy to pass first and then we'll catch up?" The driver, Ah Fu, asked.

"No need, just drive to the ceremony." After Wang Maocai finished speaking, he said to himself: "The Japanese like to watch us act, so they will show them a play." ”

Enjoying this time, the convoy behind also began to drive, and seeing the Qingtian flag hanging in front, he knew that it should be Wang Jingwei's car.

Didi! The car behind pressed its horn, seemingly urging Wang Maocai's car to drive away quickly.

"General, what should we do?" The driver, Ah Fu, turned his head and asked Wang Maocai.

Wang Maocai rubbed his temples and said, "Ignore them, continue to open ours." ”

Wang Maocai's lead car never gave up its position, and still drove steadily in the middle of the road. Although the road is wide, it is not so simple for the car behind to overtake, after all, it is not good to be squeezed to the side.

Wang Jingwei, who was sitting in the back car, saw this scene, and he asked angrily: "Whose car is in front?" Why are you so ignorant of the rules? ”

The driver told him that there was Commander Wang Maocai's car in front, Wang Jingwei snorted coldly after hearing this, and he didn't have to be too flamboyant at this time, so he had to follow behind Wang Maocai's car.

When Wang Maocai got out of the car, the military band began to play, and Wang Maocai walked out of the car in military uniform and nodded frequently with everyone. This stole Wang Jingwei's limelight a lot, and when it was Wang Jingwei's turn to get out of the car, many people had already followed Wang Mao into the hall.

At this time, Akira Kagesa and Takeo Imai, who came over, saw this scene, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and walked forward together.

"Your Excellency General, do you want to stop Wang Maocai's arrogance?" One of them asked angrily.

Takeo Imai waved his hand and said, "No need, the more fierce they fight, the more we can reap the benefits." ”

Akira Kagesa also nodded: "This is exactly the effect I wanted. ”

The two tacitly watched Wang Maocai and Wang Jingwei fighting at the establishment ceremony. Although Wang Maocai snatched Wang Jingwei's lottery, the next protagonist was Wang Jingwei, the host announced the start of the ceremony, and in an atmosphere of false joy, Wang Jingwei stepped onto the rostrum to prepare for a speech.

What they didn't notice was that in the crowd at this time, a knife-faced man was already staring at the rostrum.