Han Lin came back from Beiping and came to the coal company after a little rest for two purposes. The first is to downplay the recruitment of recruits by the gendarmerie headquarters this time, and tell Ogawa Keitake that he has returned, so as not to be suspicious of this Japanese spy and start paying attention to the situation in the recruit training camp.

Secondly, I just want to see how far the contradictions between Keitake Ogawa and Kazuki Watanabe have accumulated.

Most of the secrets of the Night Rose spy organization have been mastered, and the next investigation work in Jinling will be transferred to the intelligence network directly under the special agency stationed in Shanghai.

"Director Han is at the top of the Jinling government, and there are many sources of intelligence, since we are in a cooperative relationship, can you tell us about the internal controversy?" Keitake Ogawa asked.

"I also heard the commander talk about this matter, many government officials and military generals are opposed to the issue of retreat, of course, everyone must admit that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army exceeds that of the Jinling government army by a lot, and once a war breaks out, the Japanese army has a great chance of winning."

"However, the Japanese side insists on pinning the black pot of the Hu Bai incident on the head of the Jinling government, which is absolutely unacceptable, and will give all countries the impression that the Jinling government has taken the initiative to provoke and engage in spy activities, which is an insult to a country, and if a war breaks out because of the affairs in North China, the Jinling government will invest at any cost, forming a war of attrition and a tug-of-war, and the future situation is not yet known." Han Lin said.

These words are half-truths and half-truths, and any bloody Chinese will not ignore the humiliation brought by the Japanese army, and the voices of opposition are also true.

It is a pity that the current supreme commander has always regarded the underground party as the number one enemy, and for the sake of the "overall situation," he instructed He Yingqin to deal with the unreasonable demands of the Japanese army.

Han Lin's purpose is to send a signal to the Japanese secret services, and as for whether it can play any role, it can only be said that it is better to do it than not to do it.

"Is there any basis for this? The Imperial Kwantung Army and the North China Garrison Army were the most elite armies, and with such strength, it was easy to take North China, and I don't think the Jinling government's armed resistance would lead to any change in the results. Ogawa shook his head and said.

He himself knew that with the help of the Hu Bai incident concocted by the North China Garrison Army, the special services of the North China Garrison and the Kwantung Army put forward extremely harsh conditions to the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission, and they were completely interfering in the internal affairs of a country.

In this situation, there is fierce opposition within the Jinling government, which is purely normal, and it would be hellish if it didn't!

"According to high-level sources, even the Japanese military department did not have a unified opinion on whether or not to expand the war in China and seize control of North China by force, which means that they were not ready for an all-out war, and the focus at this stage is still involving the Manchurian issue."

The "Miller's Commentary" published in Shanghai on the 8th of this month held that Jincheng is the headquarters of Japan's garrison in North China, and the Japanese concession is heavily guarded, and the agents of the Jinling Government are simply unable to carry out two assassinations within its scope, and the Jinling Government should not bear any responsibility for such incidents.

"Because there are too many objections, the supreme commander is also hesitant and has not made a final decision, but listening to the commander's statement, the Jinling government will never allow the reputation of the Japanese army to be insulted and easily put the black pot on its head." Han Lin said.

The consequence of the Hu Bai incident was that the Jinling government fully accepted the conditions of the Japanese army, but the Hu Bai incident, which initially triggered the conspiracy, was not recognized by the Jinling government from beginning to end.

Founded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on June 9, 1917, the Miller Review was founded by Thomas Miller, a Far East correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune in the United States.

The newspaper was a bourgeois-liberal weekly newspaper in English, reporting and commenting on political and economic events in China and the Far East. The readers are both overseas Chinese and overseas, and more than half of the circulation is overseas.

The newspaper is also regularly read by Chinese politicians and intellectuals, and many college and middle school students use it as a textbook for practicing English, with a print run of about 5,000 copies.

In contrast to other foreign newspapers at the time that pursued commercial and advertising interests, Miller preferred to make the magazine an independent, non-profit-oriented English-language political journal, adhering to his long-standing style of running an American newspaper, with unscrupulous opinions as its editorial policy.

His aim was to promote contacts between foreigners and Chinese, and to publish stories about China on the front page, like the big New York newspapers that reported American news, with the aim of making the situation in the Far East clear to his own country and the development of the West to the East.

Miller's Review is well-known in American society and some other Western countries, and it also has a certain influence among Chinese intellectuals.

By the end of 1918, the journal was acquired by American John Benjamin Powell, a co-founder and Miller alumnus of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and took over as editor-in-chief.

The comments mentioned by Han Lin are the views expressed by the "Miller's Review" on the Hu Bai incident on 8 June, which can be used as the attitude of the Western media towards this incident.

"Thank you Director Han for the information, I will make a special report to the head of the agency on this matter. I heard that Director Han has close contacts with the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, and the U.S. government's special services in Shanghai are also in great need, and we will also give Director Han a satisfactory reward. Ogawa said.

It is impossible for Han Lin to lie to him, whether the weekly magazine has published such a comment, you will know it by checking it.

He also knows that Japan does not care much about such comments at the moment, and as long as it does not touch the interests of Western countries, no matter how lively the talk is, it will not make any substantive moves.

Han Lin had close contacts with Smith of the US Consulate in Shanghai, probably in economic contacts, and often received some dynamic information from the US government.

The secret service of the entire military department lacked this news channel, and Kageza Zhenzhao was highly praised by the intelligence department and the military department for this, and his eyes were red and dripping blood.

"Ogawa-kun, this move of yours has crossed the line! If you, as my liaison, want to know about the international information I have obtained, please consult with the Consulate in Shanghai first, and if he agrees, of course there is no problem on my side. Han Lin said lightly.

"Director Han, cooperate with our secret service, and you will get even more!" Ogawa said.

(End of chapter)